Chapter 1: It's too real
In the first month of 2023, a rental house in Yongfeng No. 2 Village, Yincheng City.
Lu Xiaoning glanced out the window and found that there had been wind, rain, thunder and lightning, so he quickly got up and closed the window, so as not to lose money to the landlord when the window glass was broken.
As a 996 social animal, it is not easy to make some money.
What the hell, there is actually thunder in the month of the Great New Year?
When I returned to the computer desk in my room, I saw that the software had been downloaded.
This is an expansion film for the large-scale ancient war game "Dynasty", set in the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty.
As a hardcore player of "Dynasty", Lu Xiaoning has been looking forward to this expansion for a long time, and today he finally got what he wanted, it was like doing that with his girlfriend for the first time.
The expansion was quickly installed, and Lu Xiaoning eagerly clicked to start.
Now there are very few people who play terminal games, and most of them switch to mobile games, such as kings, Genshin Impact, eating chicken, or mobile games such as masturbation, but Lu Xiaoning is still obsessed with the war terminal game of Dynasty.
However, just as he was about to enter the game interface, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded outside the window.
And the explosion was extremely loud, almost outside the window, which shook Lu Xiaoning's eardrums to a buzzing sound, and even a blue current was directed to the computer along the wires on the wall.
The computer screen flashed and then went black.
"me!" Lu Xiaoning was so angry that he scolded.
This is too unlucky, right, a thunderbolt to split the computer?
This is a new machine that he just bought after spending more than half a month's salary.
After scolding for a few words, Lu Xiaoning restarted the computer with the mentality of trying.
A miracle really happened, the computer screen actually lit up again, and a picture jumped out: a team of Tang cavalry wearing black hammer armor was marching in the desert, and they looked very tired, and some of them drooped their heads, and their bodies were crooked as if they might fall off their horses at any time.
It's okay, it's not like a five-cent special effect.
The game production team is attentive this time.
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In 753 AD, the first month of the 12th year of the Tang Dynasty, Anxi.
A team of Tang cavalry is moving forward in the rolling yellow sand.
The cavalryman in the lead had a straight waist and a sharp look in his eyes.
As he went, he took off his pocket, revealing a tanned and angular face with Chinese characters.
Lu Wen felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, because he hadn't taken a drop of water for two days, his throat and eyes were so dry that he was about to emit green smoke, and his lungs were also burning uncomfortably.
It would be nice to have a barrel of wine at this time.
Lu Wen thought to himself, he must fill his stomach.
It's a pity that fantasy is just fantasy after all, let alone wine, you can't even drink saliva.
"Head, I just can't walk." A Tang soldier said, "Let's get off the horse and rest for a while." ”
"No, I can't rest, cheer me up and go forward, I already know here, there is an oasis more than ten miles ahead, there is a spring on it, and you can drink spring water when you get there."
Lu Wen knew that the brothers were now supported by a breath of qi, and once this qi was discharged, they would never be able to leave the desert again, so he did not hesitate to make up a lie to deceive his subordinates.
"Marine, is there really an oasis ahead?"
"Head, you're not lying to us, are you?"
"What are you lying to, am I idle?"
"Lao Tzu has been guarding Cyruburg for five and a half years, and this desert has gone no less than twenty round-trips!"
Lu Wen is talking nonsense, he has been guarding Cyruburg for five years, but he has not traveled to Khotan through Tulun Moraine (Taklamakan Desert) many times, not to mention that he has encountered a sandstorm this time, and he has already lost his way.
However, more than a dozen Tang soldiers under Lu Wen believed his words, and they all sped up their horses, thinking that they would arrive at the oasis earlier and drink the sweet spring water earlier.
However, nine times out of ten, things are not as good as in the world.
As soon as I crossed a sand dune, I saw a team of Hu riding over.
"Lu team, Tubo dog!" Tang Bing, who was walking in front of the path, reported the number at a glance, which is an innate sensitivity to numbers, "Thirty-one Tubo dogs, about three miles apart!" ”
"Formation! One word! Lu Wen put the strapper on his head.
The sixteen cavalry Tang soldiers behind Lu Wen also spread out to both sides, forming a formation.
Lu Wen raised his right hand again and waved it forward, and the seventeen horsemen urged the war horse to meet the Tubo cavalry.
Although there were thirty-one Tibetan cavalry on the opposite side, nearly twice the number of their Tang army, although they were tired and thirsty, they still took the initiative to attack the Tibetan soldiers without hesitation.
Because they have to fight their way forward.
The robes of the 9th Regiment were still waiting for reinforcements from Khotan.
The Tubo cavalry on the opposite side spotted the Tang army almost at the same time, and then immediately set up a goose marching formation and greeted the Tang army, and the Tubo cavalry could still hear the oo shouts from a distance.
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Love, love, this production level really exceeds expectations.
Lu Xiaoning stared at the computer screen with bated breath, reluctant to move away for even a second.
This opening animation is really the conscience of the industry, how many years have I not seen such a good animation production? No, I've never seen such a good production, and Final Fantasy 15's animation is nowhere near that.
This animation is not like animation at all, and it is not lost to those live-action high-definition movies made by hundreds of millions of dollars.
The color and texture of the black hammer armor, the undulating mane of the horse when galloping, and the sand and dust carried by the horse's hooves, all the details are so real.
It's so real, Lu Xiaoning can't tell that this is an animation at all.
If you have to find a shortcoming, it is that there is no soundtrack, and then the camera movement is really amateurish.
The camera is always fixed a few meters in front of the Tang Army, and it is always a panoramic view from above.
With such a sophisticated production, a lot of funds have been burned, but I didn't expect to get two close-ups of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and the war horses under the crotch, and the Tubo cavalry on the opposite side has not even appeared on the scene.
Lu Xiaoning only knew from the mouths of the Tang Dynasty soldiers that he had discovered the Tubo cavalry.
But the camera focused on the Tang army from beginning to end, and did not give the Tubo cavalry.
A long howl from the commander of the Tang army sounded again in the earphones, and the seventeen Tang cavalrymen lined up took out a horn bow from the sack at the same time, pulled the bow and arrows, and then pointed at the screen in unison.
It's handsome! Lu Xiaoning couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart.
I like the Jin Ge Iron Horse and Cavalry Shooting in the Cold Weapon Era.
The pinnacle of cavalry and archery of the Han Dynasty has to be the Tang Dynasty.
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"Shoot the arrows!"
Lu Wen gave an order, and the seventeen horsemen released the bowstring at the same time.
Seventeen birch arrows swept into the air in an instant.
Most of these seventeen cavalry are veterans, and the timing is very accurate, at this time the two armies are about two hundred steps apart, far beyond the range of the horn bow, but it takes time for the light arrow to fly in the air, and the Tubo cavalry is also rushing forward quickly, so when the light arrow falls from the air, it can just fall on the head of the Tubo cavalry.
About half a flick of the fingers (3.6 seconds) passed, and several screams were heard in the distance.
Obviously, the first wave of light arrows fired had already hit many of the Tibetan cavalry.
It's a pity that the lethality of the birch light arrow is still weaker, and it can only barely penetrate the chain mail of the Tibetan cavalry.
Therefore, unless it happens to hit the connecting gap of the armor, it is difficult to inflict real damage on the Tibetan cavalry.
The Tibetan cavalry also used bows and arrows to fight back, and many of the light arrows they shot also hit the Tang army, but such light arrow throws were even more insignificant to the Tang cavalry.
The defense of the Tang army's black hammer armor was much stronger than that of the Tibetan chain mail.
Unless an armor-piercing heavy arrow is used for a direct shot at close range, it is impossible to penetrate the black hammer armor of the Tang cavalry.
The seventeen Tang cavalry soldiers who were swinging out ignored the projectile of the Tubo cavalry, and shot more than ten light arrows in just one snap of a finger, and in the blink of an eye, the two sides were less than fifty paces apart.
Lu Wen changed to an armor-piercing heavy arrow, buckled it on the string, and then pulled out the horn bow with all his might.
only heard the sound of bang, and a Tibetan cavalry on the opposite side fell off his horse.
"Color!" The sixteen cavalry Tang troops lined up cheered in unison when they saw this.
By the time Lu Wen pulled the bowstring again, the two sides were less than thirty paces apart.
The Tang cavalry and the Tibetan cavalry replaced the light arrows with heavy armor-piercing arrows at the same time.
The shooting of this wave of armor-piercing heavy arrows is not comparable to the light arrow throwing just now.
Four Tang soldiers and seven Tibetan cavalry were shot at the same time and fell under their horses.
After shooting a wave of heavy arrows, all the Tang cavalry and Tubo cavalry did not hesitate to throw away the horn bow, and then took out their respective melee weapons, the Tang cavalry used the same horse lance, the weapons of the Tubo cavalry were a little messy, there were horizontal knives, bones, and even scimitars, of course, the main spear.