After the arrows used in the Tang crossbow are improved, they can be used many times. In this way, when fighting for a long time, there are fewer crossbow arrows to carry. As long as you are guaranteed to win every battle, the crossbow bolt will always be enough to use.

Of course, if you lose, the crossbow arrows you bring will become the enemy's, and in that case, it will make no difference how much you carry.

The new army of Anxi was armed with a large number of horses and camels, each of which was equipped with a heavy crossbow and carried hundreds of pounds of arrows, as well as a large number of pack horses, which were mainly used to transport such steel crossbow arrows. These horses and camels ensured that the Tang Army's crossbow array always had sufficient lethality.

The soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield were mainly new recruits, all young men in their teens and twenties. According to the order, regardless of whether the enemy still breathes or not, if you see one, you will be stabbed twice. Although they have been fighting for so long, it is all the crossbow array that is working, and these recruits have never been given a chance to shoot. Now standing in this pool of blood, chopping the horizontal knife on the corpse of the Persian, finally a soldier could not stand it anymore, and spit it out.

If this blow was not tightened, dozens of recruits bent down with horizontal knives and vomited desperately in a pool of blood.

The veterans continued to carry out their orders, retrieving their crossbow arrows and slashing knives at the corpses of the Persians, all the while laughing at the newcomers.

"There are people who have babies, look at your little bit of talent!"

"Housheng, let's avenge your father and brother, what do you spit on, what did they do to your father and brother in Tanros Chuan, how can you return it now. It's a happy event, you know? ”

"This hasn't made you really use knives with the black-clothed thieves, if you really let you go to the battlefield, that's it?"

After all, the contents of the stomach are limited, and after vomiting, it will be empty. The recruits' faces were not very good-looking, but they all insisted on waving their horizontal knives and chopping up the corpses they saw.

Ma Ling looked at this scene with a smile, and couldn't help but think of the first time he killed someone. The memory of the Guanzhong man Ma Lan does not talk about him, the first time he appeared on the battlefield of the Talas River and occupied the body of this Guanzhong man, it was the night of the defeat. Faced with the swarming enemies, he could only vomit and kill until he was completely unconscious.

When the sassy building was launched, he slashed his horizontal knife into the neck of the Posilin cavalry, and there was no burden on him. This is the case for the first time, and the elite soldiers of a hundred battles have also grown up like this.

It takes longer to clean up the battlefield than it did to kill people before. Bian Lingcheng had already left the barracks in high spirits and went to the Persian prisoners of war to ask Mu Kun for questioning, and Ma Ling watched the infantry inspect the battlefield over and over again, recovering every crossbow arrow.

As for the weapons of the Persians, they were also collected. These weapons will be transported back to Anxi, where they will be re-smelted into steel in the Majia workshop and made into various weapons needed by the Anxi army. The tattered armor of the Persians, no one could see it at all, and it was left directly on them.

There were more than 1,000 Persians lying on the barbed wire, and they were all completely dead. Ma Ling told the soldiers to pull the corpses apart, so that the barbed wire would be functional again. Now that there are more enemy troops attacking, relying on this military camp can still easily kill and injure the enemy.

Feng Changqing was extremely excited, looked at the battlefield in front of him and said: "The 20,000 enemies have all been wiped out, and the Han family's sons are actually unharmed!" Renjie, this kind of battle, the old man has never heard of it. In this battle alone, you and I are enough to shine in the annals of history. This is a feat that has never been done before! ”

Ma Ling smiled and nodded, and said, "Relying on the sharp weapon of the general as a prisoner, and the black-clothed thief is a fool to lead the army, we can win so easily." The more things like the eight-ox crossbow, the better. ”

"Equip you with so many hard crossbows, the old man has already exhausted the treasury. I have a large number of border troops in the Tang Dynasty, which section makes it unnecessary to have such a sharp weapon there? In a short period of time, the general prison will not give any replenishment to the Anxi army. ”

"If that's the case, we might as well make our own." Ma Lan smiled.

"Is it feasible to make your own?" Feng Changqing frowned and said, "You must know that building a hard crossbow is not as simple as making arrows, from materials to craftsmen, it is extremely exquisite. ”

"Let's try it, maybe we can make it?" Ma Lan snorted and said.

Feng Changqing glanced at Ma Lan, nodded, and sighed: "Renjie, you have been in Anxi for ten years, and the old man has watched you step by step to get to where you are today, I only thought you were a brave general before, but now it seems that I underestimate you." Renjie is worthy of being a eunuch, but he is a splendid and all-round talent in civil and military affairs, but he has been hidden all these years! ”

Ma Lan smiled, there are some things that these people must get used to, otherwise they will always hide clumsy, and it will be too tiring.

"The bow back of the Xia Ming sword shines on the frost, and the autumn wind goes out of Xianyang. If you haven't received the source of the Tianzi River, you don't plan to look back at your hometown! Feng Changqing recited in a low voice and sighed, "Renjie's poem is now extremely popular in Anxi, and in a few days, I am afraid that it will be transmitted to Chang'an." Cen Shen said that this should have been done when you came to Anxi to join the army, and these old men didn't find out about your ability, which is really ashamed. On the day of planning the Western Expedition and the Great Eclipse, if you can ask Renjie for advice, I don't know what the situation is today? ”

Ma Lan was embarrassed, and said in his heart I hadn't crossed it at that time, Ma Lan, a man in Guanzhong, was a genuine enemy of 10,000 people, and if he asked him, he would ask Yu Blind.

Looking at Feng Changqing's meaning, he obviously believed that he could make the Eight Bull Crossbow by himself. Gao Xianzhi's defeat of Talas was really a matter of Feng Changqing's hatred, and Ma Lan didn't want him to continue, so he diverted the topic and said: "The benefits of my Tang crossbow arrows are unparalleled in the world, but I can't rely on them every time. The Anxi army I want is to defeat the enemy in a plain battle without relying on the advantage of crossbow arrows. If you blindly take advantage of the crossbow arrows, sooner or later you will lose your courage, and the enemy will be defeated and will not be convinced. ”

Feng Changqing bowed his head and said with a smile: "Renjie can think like this, I am relieved." The benefits of the equipment may not always be in me, if there is no intention of victory, the heart of death, what kind of Tang Iron Army! Even without the benefit of crossbow arrows, I can still fight in the yellow sand without a return, and I am a good man in Anxi! ”

The two of them looked at each other, and they both laughed. For a moment, I couldn't help but feel sorry for each other.

Feng Changqing looked at the firelight a few miles away, sighed and said, "Bian Lingcheng is really hateful tonight!" If he hadn't stopped him, these black-clothed thieves would have all been beheaded! It is a great disaster to leave these thousands of thieves behind! ”

Ma Lan smiled, lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, doctor. It's just meat on the chopping board, and when it's in my hands, how can I let him get away again? Tomorrow after sunrise will be the time for these thieves to be beheaded! ”

"Are you going to kill?" Feng Changqing frowned and said, "Killing and surrendering has always been intolerable to courtiers, not to mention that Bian Lingcheng is here, since he promised to leave these people's lives, how can you allow you to kill these people?" ”

Ma Ling smiled: "Killing people with white blades is nothing but the courage of a horseman." Killing people with a knife is what a gentleman does. ”

Feng Changqing smiled and said, "It's the first time I've heard of such a shameless gentleman. The words are good, where is the unknown knife? ”

"Doctor, just wait and see. When it's time to come, the knife will come. Ma Lan smiled.

……

In the dark night, only a faint starlight fell on the earth. In the distance, the sound of falling horses' hooves could be heard, and soon a dozen healthy horses appeared on the meadow.

The knight at the head waved his hand, and the horse slowly stopped.

"Raise the fire!" The knight commanded in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The four knights behind him answered at the same time.

Five torches dipped in oil burst into flames and lit up the meadow. Yang Yu turned around and took a look, but he couldn't see the fire in the direction of the barracks.

This distance is already far enough.

Traveling at night, without torches, is too dangerous. These brothers are all good-looking, but they can't go wrong in the night.

"Brother Yang, where are we going to pass on the military order, why are we sneaking around?" One of the knights couldn't help but ask.

"Where to go? Naturally, it was Shule City. Yang pre-smiled.

Seeing that the knight was still going to speak, Yang Yu's face sank and said, "Don't talk nonsense." This is the general's personal order, so that we must deliver it before dawn. Don't think about those who don't have it, if anyone goes wrong with Lao Tzu, be careful of your head! Change horses! ”

As he spoke, Yang Pre propped up the saddle with both hands, and then went to the back of another war horse beside him. The four knights behind him hurriedly changed their mounts, and at this time, Yang Yu had already jumped out with three war horses.

The four of them hurriedly followed, and fifteen war horses flew over on all fours, galloping quickly towards the outside of Shule City. With the light of the torches, you can see the traces of the daytime, and the road is much easier to walk at night.

Constant galloping, changing mounts from time to time, more than a hundred miles of road, is nothing at all for knights who ride light and fast horses. The sky was still dark, and lights could already be seen in the distance.

It was not the lights in Shule City, but the bonfires lit by the shepherds of the Wuqijin tribe. Although they have lost the sharp spirit of their ancestors, the Wuqijin tribe is still a nomadic after all, and they still maintain some of their original habits, such as being guarded in shifts when camping.

"A bunch of eggless guys! More than 100,000 people were driven here by a group of black-clothed slaves, what a shame! Yang pre sneered and sped up.

The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence in the camp, and the young Turkic men by the campfire quickly mounted their horses and rushed out shouting.

"Who?" The Turkic man shouted loudly, bending his bow and arrows one by one and preparing to attack, but when he saw the bright light armor on the knights, he quickly collected the bow and arrows, and a respectful look appeared on his face.

"What tribe are you from? On which side of the Goshu tribe camped? Yang Yu asked loudly with an impatient face.

"Back to my lord, we are from the Geshu tribe." A Turkic man said in unison.

"Take me to your patriarch quickly, I have something important!" Yang pre-emptively waved his horsewhip and said loudly.