Although the sneak attack of the Turkic cavalry was not successful, if the Sui army just felt fortunate and then put the matter aside, it was actually a failure, and summing up the lessons of each battle was the basis for the next success. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as the day dawned, all the generals above Ying Yanglang followed the commander Zhang Xuan to the battlefield outside the camp, although Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng had a lot of urgent matters to deal with, but the two still took the initiative to follow, this kind of opportunity is not easy to encounter.

The battlefield was full of Sui soldiers who were cleaning up the aftermath, carrying corpses, escorting prisoners of war, counting war horses, and some wounded war horses were also carefully cared for.

There are also many soldiers driving ox carts to collect iron crossbow arrows, this iron crossbow arrow to build a consistent money, a shot will cost 30,000 yuan, no matter how strong the national strength can not withstand such a cost, so recovering the iron crossbow arrow is the first task after the war.

Zhang Xuan rode on a majestic green horse, which was also one of his nine favorite horses, captured from Yu Wenhua and his hands, and was also the original Sui Emperor Yang Guang's treasured horse, named Qingyan.

"The biggest problem we encountered this sneak attack was that the scout tactics were wrong, of course, I'm not blaming our scout soldiers, they worked hard and they were very good, and they couldn't be blamed, I mean our scout tactics went wrong......."

At this time, Pei Xingyan reminded Zhang Xuan in a low voice: "Handsome, there are outsiders here." ”

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew that the two Tang generals were also behind him, but he didn't care, he nodded to Pei Xingyan, and continued to say to everyone: "We know from the captured prisoners of war that they left the main camp five days ago, when we just set off from Shiai County to the west, and our scouts were only deployed three days ago, that is, when we arrived in Jiaocheng County.

If our scouts can keep a close eye on the Turkic battalion, then we will be able to make a comprehensive deployment and annihilate all the 40,000 Turks who will attack in the future in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone nodded silently, the reason why Zhang Xuan didn't care about the two Tang generals on the side was because he only talked about the appearance, not the root cause.

The root cause lies in the fact that although their strategy has been determined, that is, to annihilate the Turkic army in the annexed state, they are a little indecisive in terms of specific tactics, whether to directly confront the Turkic army, or wait for the Turkic army to run out of food, or perhaps wait for the Turkic army to fail in the south, and it is the delay in this tactic that has caused them to be slow in the deployment of the army.

And the deeper reason is the mutual distrust between the Sui and Tang dynasties, Li Yuan wants the Sui army and the Turkic cranes and mussels to fight, and the fisherman profits, Zhang Xuan's heart doesn't want to use the Turkic hand to capture Taiyuan, and he will be the savior again.

It was only that the Turkic army had no intention of attacking Taiyuan, and it stopped in Loufu County, which finally made Zhang Xuan decide to send troops north.

However, he didn't want to talk about these deeper reasons in detail with the generals.

At this time, Xie Yingden couldn't help but ask: "I heard that the reason for the defeat of the Turkic army this time is because of a new type of defensive heavy crossbow, can Your Highness introduce it?" ”

Xie Yingdeng's question made a group of Sui generals next to him look sideways, it was obvious that Xie Yingdeng asked a very sensitive question, and Wang Junkuo also felt a little inappropriate, he coughed lightly, reminding Xie Yingdeng that there were some things that could not be asked.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "The reason for defeating the sneak attack of the Turkic army is because our Fang Army Division has seen through the strategy of the Turkic Army to attack the west, so that we can deploy one step ahead, so if we are meritorious, the Fang Army Division should be ranked first." ”

All the generals applauded Fang Xuanling together, Fang Xuanling bowed and smiled: "The marshal has really won the award, the military advisor should give advice, if one day the marshal says that Fang Xuanling went into battle and killed the enemy general, then everyone will praise me again!" ”

The generals burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became lively all of a sudden, at this time, several soldiers carried a honeycomb heavy crossbow, Zhang Xuan patted the heavy crossbow and said with a smile: "If the Fang military division is the first merit, then this heavy crossbow is the second merit, without its excellent performance, the 10,000 cavalry attacking the battalion will not be defeated so quickly, and the Turkic rear army will not immediately decide to withdraw the army, so I want to give a heavy reward to the craftsman who developed this heavy crossbow." ”

Wang Junkuo and Xie Yingdeng didn't expect Zhang Xuanzhen to take out this heavy crossbow, and they had prepared it in advance, and they didn't shy away from it at all, both of them were a little moved in their hearts, and they surrounded everyone together.

At this time, five soldiers who operated the honeycomb heavy crossbow were also brought up, Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "Learning to sum up experience and learn lessons is not only a matter for the general, but also for every soldier. ”

A fire chief bowed and said: "This heavy crossbow is easy to operate, and it is also very labor-saving to be wound with a long rod copper rod, and the lethality is needless to say, if it is still insufficient, I personally feel that it needs to be improved in some details, such as replacing the quiver is stuck in a wooden wedge, under the gravity strike, this wooden wedge is easy to break, resulting in shooting out together with the quiver, if it is changed to a copper fastener, like a crossbow machine, then it is more durable." ”

Another soldier also said: "The winch in the rear is flat, so that the winding soldiers and the arrows affect each other, only after the winding can start to load the arrows, so it wastes precious time, if the winch is placed vertically, then the winding and the loading of the arrows do not affect each other, can be carried out at the same time, saving half of the time, and as long as two people are wound, it is enough, three people can operate this heavy crossbow, which is two less than the current five people." ”

Another brigade commander said: "The all-wood structure is indeed easy to fall apart, and the force of each shot is very violent, although it is only fired twice, it feels like the shelf is about to fall apart. ”

"Why doesn't the stone cannon have this problem?" Jang Hyun asked.

"Qi Yu Dashuai, the main joints of the stone cannon are pig iron, so it is very strong, although the honeycomb heavy crossbow is an all-wood structure, relatively lightweight, but if it is pulled by a cart, it is not a big problem to use pig iron to weigh more than a hundred catties, but at least it becomes very strong."

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Everyone, you say, I say, are summing up the experience and lessons of a battle, Wang Junkuo on the side of the heart with a lot of emotion, he finally understood in his heart why the Northern Sui army can win many battles and be invincible, there are many reasons, but as far as he sees today, being good at summarizing lessons and lessons is also an extremely important reason, this time because of the scout's ineffectiveness and suffering, then as long as you reflect in time and make up for the loss, there will be no next time.

Wang Junkuo's mood became heavy, a summary of the operation was not only done by the top brass of the army, but also ordinary soldiers participated in the discussion, obviously very powerful weapons were also criticized to be incomplete, how could such an army not be terrible? Wang Junkuo began to worry about the future of the Tang Dynasty.

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Back in the big tent of the Chinese army, Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "Why did Your Highness invite the two Tang Army generals today?" ”

Zhang Xuan stood in front of the sand table and quietly watched the Turkic camp, and after a while, he said lightly: "Either you don't do it, or you want to do it to the extreme, I believe that the two of them will know every word in the Sui camp sooner or later." ”

Fang Xuanling sighed slightly: "Your Highness is far-sighted, ordinary people really can't think of it!" Many generals are still worried about involving General Tang in the discussion. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, turned around and asked Pei Xingyan, "Is Yuanqing worried?" ”

Pei Xingyan hesitated for a moment, the words of the military advisor just now made him dare not speak easily, what did the marshal's foresight refer to?

But since the marshal asked, he couldn't help but answer, and after hesitating for a moment, Pei Xingyan said: "Back to the marshal, I am indeed a little worried about my humble position. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "Actually, I know in my heart that some things are indeed secrets, such as the lessons of the scout's deployment, such as the honeycomb heavy crossbow, etc., are all relatively important information, and in the future, we will fight with the Tang Army, these information may be used by them, but even if they know this information, can they defeat us?" ”

Pei Xingyan thought for a while and said: "The rules of our scouts can be found by them after a few explorations, even if they see it with their own eyes, they may not be able to make it, although what the marshal said is important, but it is not confidential, so it doesn't hurt for them to listen to it." ”

Zhang Xuan still shook his head, "You only said the surface, not the bones, the battle between the two armies lies in morale, the hegemony of the two countries lies in national strength, we compete with the Tang Dynasty for the world, in essence, it is a struggle for national strength, for example, I sent the drawings of the honeycomb heavy crossbow to the Tang Dynasty, a thousand heavy crossbows cost 60,000 catties of pig iron for one shot, and the iron crossbow is extremely difficult to build, and it is necessary to make three iron crossbow arrows to succeed in one, how much pig iron needs to be consumed, do you think the Tang Dynasty has such a large national strength to use it?" ”

Pei Xingyan nodded slowly, "I finally understand my humble position." (To be continued.) )