Chapter 343: Pull the ballista
If Li Xiang hadn't come back, Master Zeng would have been able to decide almost everything on the grassland, but now that Li Xiang was sitting here, of course, Li Xiang had to ask Li Xiang about everything.
"Is there any news from there on the plateau? Lu Dongzan is right in front of us, they can't take this opportunity to fight? ”
Just when Lu Dongzan was in a hurry, Li Xiang drank wine instead, and Changsun Chong was supposed to protect Changsun Huanting's carriage and horses, but in order to be able to catch up with the things on the battlefield, this guy found a reliable deputy general to watch, and he had already come to the grassland.
"I also want them to start fighting quickly, but Lu Dongzan is not a fool, he has already explained to his subordinates when he leaves, all of them can't go out of the camp to fight, they can only stay in the camp, and those toast masters shouldn't be able to find a chance for a while."
Li Xiang's intelligence network is not so fast, but Tuyuhun's intelligence network is very fast, and at this time he has already received the local battle report, which may be a little undetailed, but it is generally the same thing.
"No wonder these toast masters are so scared, it seems that Lu Dongzan is by no means a simple person on the grassland, if you want to solve them, it is estimated that it will be easy."
In the past few days on the Tuyuhun prairie, Changsun Chong and Wei Chi Jingde have not been idle, often chatting with some people outside, and naturally they also know what the situation of Lu Dongzan is on the plateau, compared to the person who was teased by us, they are a different scene on the plateau.
"If I guessed correctly, His Highness asked me to do this today, it should be to drag him down, mainly because the longer it drags on, the greater the possibility of revealing the stuffing, once the Dao Lu Dongzan of the Tubo army is not in the barracks, maybe the flaw will come."
Although Lord Zeng was a civil official, there was nothing wrong with his brain, so he quickly saw what Li Xiang meant.
Midu Khan also nodded secretly beside him, Lu Dongzan is indeed terrible, but if compared with Li Xiang, he is often always half a beat slower, fortunately he did not meet Lu Dongzan, if he has anything to do with this person, according to Li Xiang's ruthlessness, he must not keep himself.
Regarding Lord Zeng's statement, Li Xiang did not deny that he thought this way when he came, so when Lu Dongzan made an appointment to meet Lord Zeng, Li Xiang immediately asked Lord Zeng to call him sick.
"But then again, don't be so easy, whether this old guy can stay here or not depends on our performance, let's go out and practice later, and pull the ballista out and put some movement."
Hearing Li Xiang's words, Changsun Chong and Wei Chi Jingde were a little distressed, they don't know the real cost of this thing, but according to what Li Xiang said, each shell costs fifty to one hundred yuan, if we pull it out and fight for a while, how much will it cost?
"The cavalry is just rushing to kill for a while, our shouting is also very strong, these days have been like this, if you fire the cannon casually, are you firing the cannon? That's the money you paid out, a cannonball is 80 yuan, let's go out to practice this morning and the tens of thousands of dollars are gone, how long will it take to earn it back? ”
Under the influence of Li Xiang, these people became more and more aware of what the cost of war was, and they didn't consider it at all in the past, they thought that it was a matter for the household yamen, and we only needed to be responsible for winning the war.
But now, after the influence of Li Xiang, they also know that we are all one, if there is not enough profit, we can't spend so much money, we should think like this from the perspective of the individual, and we should think like this from the perspective of the country.
"I can't bear the wolf, isn't it just a few shells? Think about it carefully, if Tibet is weakened like this, how much money can we earn back? In case they are divided into many small countries, and some people go to Chang'an City to pay tribute, we will make a lot of money at that time. ”
When Li Xiang finished saying this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, in addition to us in this tent, Midu Khan was still sitting here.
Li Xiang looked at Midu Khan with some weakness, although there was no expression on his face, but he was obviously unhappy in his heart, after all, Midu Khan was also the prey in Li Xiang's eyes in the past, and now Tuyuhun is not as good as before, although they did not have to carry things to Chang'an City to pay tribute, but at least they did not have as much autonomy as before, and they had to listen to the Lord to do everything.
"That's right, that's right, it's our two brothers who are stingy, you continue to drink, and the two of us brothers will take people out, keep it and let the old boy know how powerful we are, and I will also go out today and prepare fifty shells for him."
Changsun Chong patted his chest and said, Li Xiang really doesn't know what to say, you have been ruthless for a while, so you will prepare fifty shells for others, saying that you are stingy, you are really stingy, of course, you have not let go of shells before, and today you will have a small scale, which can be regarded as a test of the water.
For that kind of ballista, Midu Khan also likes it very much, and also hopes to be able to equip it in Tuyuhun, but it is a pity that these things are not sold to the outside world, even in the army of the Tang Dynasty, the number of such things is very small.
In less than half a burnt of incense, there was already a rumbling cannon sound outside, and the shell exploded in the middle of the two armies, so Lu Dongzan also heard it, Lu Dongzan hurriedly came out of his tent, and looked at the smoke in the distance in a daze, Datang already has such a sharp weapon, if it is placed in our barracks, then can our army still be able to hold on?
General Huyan stood next to him, not knowing what to say, the last time he had a meeting with the people of the Tang Dynasty, he suffered a loss on these ballistas, although he was already very careful, but when the people of the Tang Dynasty pulled this thing out, all the Tubo people lost their temper in an instant.
According to the words of His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun, any truth is within the range of the cannon, if you are not convinced, you can argue with us, it doesn't matter if we lose, we still have cannons to help us win back face, but if you lose, it is not only a debate match, but also the land of your Tubo country.
The expression on Lu Dongzan's face was getting worse and worse, originally he also thought that Datang and Tubo were not much different, but when this weapon came out, he felt that it was too far behind......