Chapter 156: Ballista
"Chief, the Khan has told us that if we find the Tang army, let us hold out, and then notify the surrounding tribes to gather absolute superiority, and then attack them."
An old man next to him said that this person is an old man from the Ronggong tribe, so he is more conservative in doing things, and the news from the royal court can prove that this Tang army is different from before, and if you are not careful, something big may happen.
"He, like his father, let me stand still at every turn, my Ronggong tribe is strong and strong, when I encounter such an army, do you stay in the barracks? If it is spread out, others will say that I Yu Dan has no guts, his father said this about me back then, and as a result, he got the position of Great Khan, and now he is here again, I bah, I just want everyone to see, I Yu Dan is no worse than their grandfather. ”
Yu Dan was extremely angry when he thought of what happened back then, and now he still let Lao Tzu stand still, and all the credit will go to you, and the momentum of Lao Tzu's vein will become weaker and weaker in the future.
"Leader ......"
The old man wanted to say something, but Uncle Danhuang had no time to listen, in his opinion, let himself hold his troops still, this may be a conspiracy of the Tuyuhun Great Khan, he was afraid that he would make a contribution, if he had merit, then he would have majesty on the grassland, if someone followed him, his position as Great Khan might not be guaranteed.
"Hurry up and order someone to send an order to the surrounding fifteen tribes, so that they can immediately organize their troops and horses to the tent of the emperor's uncle."
The old man saw that he couldn't stop Yu Dan, so he could only ask his cronies to quickly take Yu Dan's seal letter to pass the order, so that the fifteen tribes around him were all strong, if their people came to support, even if something happened to Uncle Yu Dan, these people would be able to help us turn the tables.
On the other side, Li Xiang and his subordinates are ready, and the small tribe next to them took it down without much effort, and also left them a back road, so that they can go to the Ronggong tribe to report the news, and now on the way to the Ronggong tribe, Li Xiang has already asked his subordinates to prepare, as long as these people dare to come, we will keep them and let them have no return.
When everyone was ready, there were three dull noises in the sky behind them, these were the scouts in the sky, proving that they had seen the army of the Ronggong tribe coming out, and it was still forty miles away from the Ronggong tribe, and they would definitely not be able to detect us in such a position, but we were able to know their movements very well.
"This imperial uncle is really conceited, according to normal thinking, even if the whereabouts of our army are discovered, it is impossible to come out with the army immediately, you should send someone to investigate first, it seems that he is also a reckless commodity in normal times."
Li Guang spit out the grass roots in his mouth, he really didn't know what to say about Uncle Yu Danhuang, relying on his strong strength, he rushed over with people in a big way, you must know that this is a war and not your usual hunting.
"Uncle Yu Danhuang is usually suppressed by Tuyuhun Khan, there is no chance to lead the troops at all, he is getting weaker and weaker on the grassland, and now it is easy to get a chance, if he doesn't show it, then I'm afraid he won't be able to live up to his current name, inform the brothers to prepare for battle, and defeat them at one time."
Li Xiang also learned some about the situation on the grassland from Zaterk, and learned that this Danhuang Uncle had long been dissatisfied with the ruling system on the grassland, but Tuyuhun Khan's control was too strong, even if this Danhuang Uncle was not satisfied, it could only be endured first, and now that there is such an opportunity, it is strange that he can endure it.
"The Ronggong tribe really deserves to be the third largest tribe in Tuyuhun, just looking at the queue of cavalry advances, they must have no less training in ordinary times, thanks to our ambush, if we are facing the enemy head-on, although we can also win, but our losses will definitely not be small."
Huo Qubing He told the truth from the heights, the cavalry relied on the stability of the lineup between them and the combat skills in peacetime, although the two sides have not exchanged fire yet, but Huo Qubing is called the god of war, which is not a glorious title, but he can really see the difference in combat effectiveness between the cavalry.
"Don't underestimate this Uncle Yu Danhuang, he was also a strong contender for Tuyuhun Khan back then, but it's a pity that he was still young back then, so he was calculated by his eldest brother, but his father's elite elite cavalry, that allowed him to inherit more than half, even compared with the cavalry of the royal court, he is not worse here."
When Zaterke talked to Li Xiang at the beginning, he specially listed the advantages of several tribes to Li Xiang, including this Ronggong tribe, which was left by his grandfather, plus Uncle Yu Danhuang has only been in and out of the country over the years, and the entire tribe has been operated like an iron bucket, except for the command ability, the combat effectiveness is really good.
"Are the ballistas ready?"
When Li Xiang asked this, some people didn't know what kind of new weapon this was, but in fact, this was not a new weapon, but a war crossbow that had been abandoned a long time ago, and Li Xiang had been modified to become the current cannon.
This thing used to shoot directly, to put it bluntly, it was a large bow and arrow, if it was erected on the city wall, or if it was attacking the city wall, it was very good, but if it was a flat battle, this thing would not have much power.
So Li Xiang modified this thing into a projectile form, and added two porcelain bottles to the bottom of the crossbow arrow, which were filled with gunpowder, like a mortar.
In the past two days, Li Xiang took his subordinates to conduct experiments, and basically figured out the range and power of this thing, how far it can hit and how powerful it can be under the condition of headwind and downwind and no wind, Li Xiang has counted it in his heart, so he moved this thing to the battlefield.
"Your Highness, can you be reliable with that thing? If it's unreliable, it's better to take the cavalry up and kill them, although they can't wipe them out, but they can also bring them a lot of damage, if your thing doesn't work, they will have a sense of vigilance, such a large group of cavalry, we have no second choice but to retreat. ”
Huo Quzhi said with some worry, although the cavalry under his command is elite enough, after all, there are only two or three thousand people, and the cavalry in front of him is full of 30,000 people, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too big......