There are only ten trebuchets here, but their prestige is earth-shattering, very shocking, and makes people's hearts chill.

Although Chen Xuanli and the others had been in battle for a long time and knew all kinds of weapons well, they had never seen such a prestigious ordnance, and they couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The boulder smashed on the ground with an earth-shattering sound, even though it was far away, it was still shocking.

"Oh my God! This is a prestige. Chen Xuanli looked surprised and couldn't help shaking his head.

"How far is this? Six miles! God, that's too far away. Chen Xuanli looked at the landing point of the boulder and estimated the range, all of them were shocked.

"That's right, more than six miles." Li Longji nodded approvingly and said, "Your vision is quite accurate, and you can see it at a glance." ”

"Six miles? That's great! Chen Xuanli and the others were first shocked, then surprised, and cheered: "With such a sharp weapon, the trebuchet of the Great Food is very good!" ”

Although there were trebuchets in the Tang Dynasty, they were used too little. Although the trebuchet has a long range, it has its inherent shortcomings, one is that the trebuchet is a parabolic smash, and the power is limited; The second is that the number of stones is limited, and the third is that the trebuchet is too bulky. Because of these shortcomings, ranged attacks are not as useful as crossbows.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty gave up the trebuchet and specialized in the development of strong crossbows and formed a crossbow array, which was invincible.

It wasn't until the Battle of Kabul that after seeing the trebuchets of the Arab Empire, Li Longji and the others realized that the Tang Dynasty had to redevelop the trebuchets, otherwise, the strong crossbows would be suppressed by the trebuchets of the Arab Empire.

After several years of hard work, there is finally a harvest, and the range of the trebuchet is so far. More than six miles of range. Six-mile range. If it's in the modern world. It's nothing. Not to mention missiles, even artillery has a range of N six miles. But in the Tang Dynasty, the range of six miles was already amazing, and few ordnance reached this range.

With such a long range, it is either none, or it only stays in the real stage, and cannot be put on the battlefield. These ten trebuchets can be used in real combat, and their meaning is very different.

"It's the trebuchet of the Great Food. I don't think it has such a long range. ”

"Definitely not!"

"Although the trebuchet of the Great Food is very powerful, we have seen it, but I am sure that no matter what, the trebuchet of the Great Food cannot have such a long range."

"It's good now. Fighting the Big Eater again, if nothing else, the trebuchet alone is enough to give the Big Eater a headache. ”

The generals were overjoyed, and they began to shout.

The Arabic Empire's trebuchets are really powerful, which makes the generals wary of suppressing their trebuchets. That's a great joy, who can not like it?

"The trebuchet is so good. It can also be used to siege cities. Chen Xuanli raised his eyebrows, thought of another use of the trebuchet, and said, "If you cooperate with the crossbow, then there will be a good show." ”

"It is also a method for attacking cities." Yang Siqiao raised his eyebrows and said, "If you don't throw stones, but throw fierce fire oil, you can turn the city into a sea of fire." ”

Fierce fire oil is oil, which was mainly produced in Yan'an in ancient China, and has been used in warfare since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. With a trebuchet shooting up to six miles away, if you throw fierce fire oil into the city, as long as there is enough fire oil, it is enough to turn the city into a sea of fire.

Chen Xuanli and Yang Siqiao are worthy of being famous generals, and with a word from you and a word from me, they will tell all the uses of trebuchets.

"I'll show you our crossbows again." Li Longji took the generals to another place.

There are hundreds of powerful crossbows here.

The generals took a look, the size of the strong crossbow had not changed, and even the crossbow arrows had not changed, and they did not see the reason for a while, and they were a little puzzled.

It wasn't until Li Longji gave an order that the crossbowman fired, and the crossbow bolt broke through the air, and it was shot three miles away, that the generals were surprised: "So far? Three miles? ”

"Is it really Sanli? Am I dazzled? ”

"It seems like it might be possible...... That's right. ”

The generals clearly saw it clearly, but they were incredulous and discussed.

The strong crossbow can be shot three miles away, which is not absent in ancient times, but only stays in the real yàn stage and cannot be put on the battlefield. But now it is a strong crossbow that can be used in actual combat, and the range of these three miles is amazing.

"It's good now. The heavy cavalry of the Great Dog Eater became a living target. ”

"The big dog is also a little interesting for trebuchets and heavy cavalry, the trebuchet has our trebuchet suppression, the heavy cavalry has our crossbow array suppression, what does the big dog take to fight us?"

The generals were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.

The heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire is really good, they not only have excellent equipment, but also strict training, strict military discipline, and the loyalty to die for Allah, who does not exist zài, they charge very mighty, momentum like a rainbow, and move forward.

The best way to deal with heavy cavalry is a strong crossbow, the longer the range of the strong crossbow, the stronger the power, and the far away can be powerful, and the heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire will have to bear.

Trebuchets and crossbows surprise the generals a lot, however, there are even more surprises for them.

"This is the armor we've made in the last few years, you guys try it." Li Longji led the generals to the arsenal and asked them to try on new armor.

Chen Xuanli took a look, this was Mingguang armor, and he was shocked when he held it in his hand: "Huh! Much lighter. ”

"That's right, it's a lot lighter, but its defense power has only increased." Li Longji introduced.

"Really?" Chen Xuanli, Yang Siqiao, Xue Zhi, and the generals all stared at Li Longji with round eyes, with an eager face.

"Absolutely." Li Longji called someone over and carried out the real thing in front of the generals.

As Li Longji said, today's armor is much lighter than in the past, however, its defensive power is superior.

"Great! That's great! Chen Xuanli has always been calm, but at this time he is not calm at all, his right hand is clenched into a fist, he shook it fiercely, and roared: "Mo Dao Hand can fight for a longer time!" ”

"That's right! Mo Knife Hands can fight for a long time! That's a great thing! Yang Siqiao, Xue Zhi and the generals cheered in unison, all of them couldn't help but be happy.

The Mo Dao Battle Array is infinitely powerful and indestructible. Whatever you want. Encounter the Mo Dao battle array. It doesn't matter if it's a man or a horse. will all be split into pieces. However, there is a fatal flaw in the Mo Dao Battle Array, that is, the physical consumption of the Mo Dao Hands is huge, and they cannot fight for a long time.

The reason for this defect is that the equipment is too heavy, a Mo knife weighs fifty catties, plus armor, bows and arrows, horizontal knives and other "standard equipment", a Mo knife hand has to carry hundreds of catties. Such heavy equipment. No matter how good your fitness is, how long can it last?

It is precisely because the equipment is too heavy that the Modao battle array cannot fight for a long time and cannot be pursued quickly, which requires the cover of the knife hand and the cooperation of the cavalry.

If the weight of the armor is reduced without compromising its defensive power, this is a great blessing for the Modao Battle Array, and it is an extremely gratifying thing.

The Modao battle array is one of the three major weapons for the Tang army to win. If you can fight for a long time, do you need to think about the benefits?

Under the leadership of Li Longji. The generals watched the same way, knew its progress, and knew how to use it on the battlefield. Li Longji then took the generals back to Daming Palace, asked the generals to sit down, ordered someone to send tea and snacks, and began to deliberate.

"You've all seen it and know what we've achieved in the last few years." Li Longji had a smile on his face.

"Huh." Chen Xuanli and the others let out a burst of laughter and were very happy.

Looking at the ordnance this time, the progress made by the Tang Dynasty was far beyond their imagination, and they were pleasantly surprised.

"That's not all the achievements, there's another great achievement, which I haven't told you yet." Li Longji said with a smile: "Datang now has a million horses......"

"What? A million horses? Chen Xuanli's eyes almost fell off.

War horses are "strategic resources" in ancient times, which are related to the rise and fall of countries. Throughout history, the powerful dynasties in Chinese history, the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, are all related to war horses, and these four powerful dynasties all have a large number of war horses, which has created the glory of these four dynasties.

The Tang Dynasty wanted to go on an expedition to the Middle East, and it needed a lot of war horses. The Tang Dynasty mastered a million war horses, do you still need to think about its benefits?

The Tang Dynasty could do it, regardless of the type of troops, and each person had a war horse. With war horses, the mobility of the Tang army was greatly enhanced, and it could quickly assault and catch the Arab Empire by surprise.

"This is just the official horse in charge of the imperial court, not the private horse of the people." Li Longji continued: "If necessary, another three and a half million horses can be recruited. ”

The reason why the Tang Dynasty was strong was that it had a large number of war horses. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, when Wang Maozhong was in charge of raising horses, the imperial court had as many as 700,000 war horses, which was the largest in ancient Chinese history. If you add private horses, there will be more, and millions of war horses will not be a problem.

It is precisely because of such a large number of war horses that the Tang army has a particularly strong mobility and can sweep all nations.

Now, Li Longji has strengthened this advantage, far surpassing the peak of the Tang Dynasty in history.

"Your Majesty, this is really a great thing." Chen Xuanli almost sang it and said, "We have collected 300,000 war horses in the Western Regions over the years. ”

"Good!" Li Longji praised loudly and said: "With the mastery of the imperial court, there are 1.3 million war horses, which is enough for us in this battle." If it is not enough, I can also recruit private horses into the army. Well, you can also recruit Mobei, and you can also recruit Tianzhu's elephants into the army, this foot hard work is enough. Just let your hands and feet go and fight. ”

The one million war horses Li Longji mentioned only meant the war horses in the mainland. If you add the nine surnamed Tiele and Hui tribes in Mobei, it will be even more. If the Tang Dynasty did its best, it could also raise another million war horses, which was amazing.

"Thinking of the Han Wu, with only 300,000 war horses, you can defeat the Huns and make the Huns collapse. Datang has so many war horses, are you still worried about big things? Wu Zetian was overjoyed, but his originally tired face was extremely excited, and the crutches in his hand were heavily focused on the ground.

"What the Holy Queen said is very true." The ministers agreed in unison.

In the "Mobei Decisive Battle" initiated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty invested 300,000 war horses, of which half were official horses and half were private horses. In this battle, the Han Dynasty suffered heavy casualties among the Xiongnu, and they never recovered.

The magnificent songs of "Fleeing at Night" and "Sealing the Wolf Juxu" were also staged in this battle.

"Next, let's discuss the matter of sending troops." Li Longji also agreed with Wu Zetian's words. (To be continued......)