There are only ten catapults here, but their power is earth-shaking, shocking, and making people feel cold.

Although Chen Xuanli and the others had been through the battle formation for a long time and knew all kinds of weapons, they had never seen such a powerful weapon before, and they were shocked.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The huge rock hit the ground and made a shocking sound. Although it was far apart, it was still shocking.

"Oh my God! This is the power." Chen Xuanli and the others looked surprised and kept shaking their heads.

"How far is this? It's six miles! Oh my God, this is too far." Chen Xuanli landed the huge rock and estimated the range, and everyone looked shocked.

"That's right, it's more than six miles." Li Longji nodded in approval and said, "Your eyes are quite accurate, you can see it at a glance."

"Liuli? That's great!" Chen Xuanli and the others were shocked at first, then surprised, cheering: "With such a powerful weapon, Dashi's trencher is worth it!"

Although there were trenchers before the Tang Dynasty, they were used too little. Although the trenchers had long range, they had their inherent shortcomings. First, the trenchers were parabolas and had limited power; second, the number of stones was limited, and third, the trenchers were too bulky. It is precisely because of such defects that long-range attacks were not as easy to use as powerful crossbows.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty gave up the catapult and specially developed powerful crossbows to form crossbow formations, which were invincible.

It was not until the Battle of Kabul that after seeing the catapult of the Arab Empire, Li Longji and the others realized that the Tang Dynasty would redevelop the catapult, otherwise the powerful crossbow would be suppressed by the catapult of the Arab Empire.

After years of hard work, we finally gained something. The range of the catapult was so far. It exceeded the range of six miles and the range of six miles. If it were in modern society, it was nothing. Not to mention missiles, even cannons had a range of six miles. But in the Tang Dynasty, the range of six miles was already amazing, and few or more weapons reached this range.

Such a long range is either not available or only staying in the experimental stage and cannot be put on the battlefield. These cross trenchers can be used for actual combat, and their significance is very different.

"Even Dashi's trencher, it's not that long."

"Definitely not!"

"Although Dashi's catapult is very powerful and we have seen it, I'm sure that no matter what, Dashi's catapult cannot have such a long range."

"Now, I'm fine. I'm fighting with Dashi Dog again. Not to mention anything else, just a catapult is enough to give Dashi Dog a headache."

The generals were very happy and started shouting in a verbal manner.

The Arab Empire's trench was really powerful, which made the generals wary. If it could suppress its trench, it would be a great joy, who would not be happy?

"The catapult is so great. It can also be used to attack the city." Chen Xuanli raised his eyebrows, thought of another use of the catapult, and said, "If you cooperate with the crossbow, there will be a good show."

"It is also a method to attack the city." Yang Sixu raised his eyebrows and said, "If you don't throw stones but throw hard tinder oil, you can turn the city into a sea of ​​fire."

Fierce turbulent oil is oil. In ancient China, it was mainly produced in Yan'an. It was used in wars since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. With a range of six miles, if the turbulent oil is thrown into the city, as long as there is enough turbulent oil, it is enough to turn the city into a sea of ​​fire.

Chen Xuanli, Yang Sixu and others are worthy of being famous generals. With your words or my words, you will tell us all about the purpose of the trencher.

"Let you see our powerful crossbow again." Li Longji took the generals to another place.

Hundreds of powerful crossbows are placed here.

When the generals saw that the size of the powerful crossbow had not changed much, and even the crossbow arrows had not changed much. They didn't see the reason for this for a while, and they were a little puzzled.

It was not until Li Longji gave the order that the crossbowman and the crossbow arrow broke through the air and shot three miles away that the generals were shocked: "So far? Three miles?"

"Is it really Sanli? I'm not dazzled?"

"It seems like maybe...yes."

The generals could see clearly, but they were unbelievable and were talking about it.

The powerful crossbow can shoot three miles away. In ancient times, it was not without it, but it only stayed in the experimental stage and could not be put on the battlefield. However, it is a powerful crossbow that can be used in actual combat. The range of these three miles is amazing.

"Now, the heavy cavalry of the Big Food Dog has become a living target."

"The big-food dog is just a catapult and a heavy cavalry. The catapult has our catapult to suppress it, and the heavy-food dog has our crossbow formation to suppress it. What will the big-food dog fight us?"

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

The heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire was really great. They not only had excellent equipment, but also had strict training and strict military discipline, but also had the loyalty to die for the non-existent Allah. They charged forward with great might, as powerful as a rainbow, and moving forward.

The best thing to deal with heavy cavalry is a strong crossbow. The longer the range of the strong crossbow, the stronger the power, and you can show your power from afar. The heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire will suffer.

The catapult and the powerful crossbow gave a lot of surprises to the generals, but there were also things that made them even more surprised.

"This is the armor we have made in recent years, you can try it." Li Longji brought the generals to the arsenal and asked the generals to try the new armor.

Chen Xuanli saw that this was Ming Guangkai, and he held it in his hand and was startled: "Hey! It's much lighter."

"That's right, it's much lighter, but its defense is only increased but not decreased." Li Longji introduced.

"Take it serious?" Chen Xuanli, Yang Sixu, Xue Zhi, and the generals all stared at Li Longji with eager expressions.

"It's true." Li Longji called someone over and conducted an experiment in front of the generals.

As Li Longji said, today's armor is much lighter than before, but its defense is better.

"That's great! Great!" Chen Xuanli has always been calm, but at this time he was not calm at all. He clenched his right hand into a fist, shook it hard, and shouted: "Mo Daozhang can fight for a longer time!"

"That's right! Mo Daozhe can fight for a long time! This is a great thing!" Yang Sixu, Xue Zhi and the generals cheered in unison, and they were all overjoyed.

The Modao Battle Formation is infinitely powerful and invincible. When it comes to the Modao Battle Formation, no matter whether it is a human or a horse, it will be split into pieces. However, the Modao Battle Formation has a fatal flaw, that is, the Modao Hand's physical energy consumption is huge and it cannot last long.

This defect is caused by the heavy equipment. A Modao weighs fifty kilograms. In addition, a Modao hand has to carry hundreds of kilograms. No matter how good the physical fitness is, how long can it last?

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

If the weight of the armor is reduced without damaging its defense, it is a great blessing for the Modao Battle Formation and is an extremely happy thing.

The Modao Battle Formation is one of the three powerful weapons for the Tang army to win. If it can fight for a long time, do you still have to think about the benefits?

Under the leadership of Li Longji, the generals watched the same thing, knew their progress, and knew how to use it on the battlefield. Only then did Li Longji bring the generals back to the Daming Palace, ask the generals to sit down, order people to send tea and snacks, and start discussing matters.

"You all saw it and knew what we have achieved in the past few years." Li Longji smiled on his face.

"Hehe." Chen Xuanli and the others burst into laughter and were very happy.

This time watching the ordnance, the progress made by the Tang Dynasty far exceeded their imagination, and they were very surprised.

"This is not all achievements, there is also a huge achievement, I haven't told you yet." Li Longji smiled and said, "The Tang Dynasty now has millions of horses..."

"What? Millions of horses?" Chen Xuanli and the others almost fell off their eyes.

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

The Tang Dynasty wanted to go to the Middle East to expedition, so many war horses were needed. The Tang Dynasty mastered millions of war horses, so do you still need to think about the benefits?

The Tang Dynasty could do it completely, regardless of the military branches, each with a war horse. With the war horse, the Tang army's mobility was greatly enhanced, and it could attack quickly and catch the Arab Empire off guard.

"This is just an official horse under the jurisdiction of the court, and the private horses of the people are not counted." Li Longji continued: "If it is necessary, you can recruit another 300,000 horses."

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 Tang, during the period when Wang Maozhong was in charge of raising horses, the court had a total of 700,000 war horses, which was the best in ancient Chinese history. If private horses were added, there would be more, and million war horses would be no problem.

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

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

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

"Okay!" Li Longji praised loudly and said, "In addition, the court has controlled 1.3 million war horses, which is enough for our battle. If it is not enough, I can also summon private horses into the army. Well, I can also summon elephants from Mobei and recruit Tianzhu into the army. This kind of coolie is enough. Just let go of your hands and feet and fight."

The one million war horses Li Longji mentioned only refer to the war horses in the mainland. If the nine surnames Tiel and Uighur tribes in Mobei were added, then there would be more. If the Tang Dynasty had put all its strength into it, it could also get one million war horses, which was amazing.

"Thinking about Hanwu, with only 300,000 war horses, he could defeat the Huns and make them unable to recover. The Tang Dynasty had so many war horses, but he was worried about whether the big thing would be done?" Wu Zetian was very happy. His originally tired face was extremely excited, and the crutches in his hand focused on the ground.

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

In the "Decisive Battle of Mobei" initiated by Emperor Wu of Han, the Han Dynasty invested 300,000 war horses, half of which were official horses and half of them. In this battle, the Han Dynasty fought heavy casualties in the Huns and never recovered from then on.

The heroic songs of "The Shanyu Escape at Night" and "The Fence of the Wolf and the Guxu" were also staged in this battle.
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