Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 142 Checking for Leaks
"Brother's eyes are as bright as a torch, and he can see the problem at once!" Zhang Zhao habitually raised his thumb and praised Li Ruotai.

Li Ruotai couldn't help but twitched his cheeks, what brother?You feel honored to have messed with my girl, don't you?
This is in the barracks?On this occasion, it's not appropriate for elder brother to come and elder brother to go, right?

But what!Although Li Ruotai was complaining, he still found it quite useful!As brave as Zhang Erlang, he also politely called me elder brother. Doesn't this seem to be of great status.

After praising Li Ruotai, Zhang Zhao went on to return to the formation. He pointed to the sign of rejecting horses on the rice paper and said.

"The key to the ability of this formation to defeat cavalry with infantry is to reject horses and trap the soldiers like a city wall.

Most of the Kara Khan army are cavalry, and the Iqta cavalry and the Gulam cavalry are the best. They are all armored, with only their eyes exposed, and they cannot be hurt by ordinary knives and guns. The momentum of the charge is even more amazing.

Our infantry, with the exception of a XX's Regret Shandu and Liu Duwei's Palace Guard Army, are all recruited Yi Cong athletes.

Going to the battlefield suddenly, it is inevitable to panic when facing Karakhan's iron cavalry for a while, so it is necessary to imprison them with refusal horses to prevent them from scattering. "

Master Zhitong touched his big bald head, nodded thoughtfully, but then shook his head again.

"Your Majesty, there are not many trees here, and we don't bring much wood. The refusal horses we made must not be very tall. If the cavalry rushes, the people who should panic will still panic. I'm afraid the effect will not be good!"

"Master Zhitong is indeed a great virtuous mage with a kind heart, but no kindness can be tolerated in this battle. This refusal is not to prevent the soldiers from leaving, but to show that no matter who dares to take a step beyond the refusal, immediately Unforgiven!"

Zhang Zhao's face turned cold, and he swung his hand down abruptly, and there was a sudden silence in the handsome tent. After a long while, Master Zhitong clasped his hands together.

"Nanwu Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva kills one person to save everyone. The military law is strict, and there are strict reasons for it."

Compared to Zhitong who was not familiar with the harsh punishments of the military, Li Ruotai and Liu Zaisheng understood it.

This is a good way, with the border of rejecting horses, and killing whoever dares to break out, it is indeed much better than soldiers running all over the ground without knowing who to kill.

"As for the arrows, you don't have to worry. When I came, I had already invited [-] birch arrows from the Great Sage Emperor.

And even if Prague Khan Saktu withdrew all the troops that besieged Balasakun, it would only be more than [-].

He still needs to divide his troops to garrison, search for food and grass, and at most half of them can be used for fighting, and the arrows are enough! "

Li Ruotai and Liu Zaisheng looked at each other, and once again had a vivid understanding of Zhang Zhao's position in Li Shengtian's place.

Especially Li Ruotai, he was seldom in Wangcheng before, so he didn't know how much Zhang Zhao was favored by Li Shengtian. It was only because of his elder brother Li Ruoyu's instructions that he must respect Zhang Zhao a lot, so he behaved so obediently.

And only now did he know that his elder brother Li Ruoyu was taking it lightly. This is not the nephew of the Great Sage Emperor, this is the treatment that the Great Sage Emperor's own son may not necessarily have!

The Khotan army now has a total of 500,000 arrows, but Zhang Zhao gave [-] arrows to the two thousand people at one time, absolutely exceeding the standard treatment.

Ma Yaozi scratched the back of his head, hesitant to speak.

Although he was also the leader of the Guiyi Army before, the Shouchang Army was not considered the main force of the Guiyi Army, and it was because the old boss Luo Xianda practiced a patriarchal system.

So he had never spoken on such a formal occasion before him, so he was a little embarrassed because he was usually thick-skinned.

Zhang Zhao also saw the horse kite, it was rare that this dog had an embarrassed side, so Zhang Zhao waved his hand to signal him to come forward.

"This is a military discussion, and I want everyone to express their opinions. Just speak up!"

"Second general, the last general feels that if this formation is to fight against iron cavalry, the divine arm bow should be the most important point.

Because the enemy's iron cavalry is well armored, except for the strong bow with more than one stone, the ordinary longbow may not be easy to break through the armor, and they have to rely on the bow of the gods.

General, you arranged the bow with the longest range to fire at the end, which should be because of this consideration.

But in our army, there are currently less than fifty god-armed bows. If there are too many enemy armored cavalry, we can't shoot them in time. If it takes a little longer, the large formation will be in danger of being defeated. "

Zhang Zhao glanced at Ma Yaozi with admiration in surprise, this guy still has some skills.

Sure enough, the experience gained from practice is the most valuable. Ma Yaozi has been on the battlefield a lot. Although he has never read a book, he can always find problems keenly. a hero.

Moreover, the horse kite is very accurate. The most important thing about stacking arrays is the divine arm bow, because it can make every iron horse hit, and it will fall in response to the string.

When the army of the Southern Song Dynasty used stacked formations, it relied on the god-arm bow to restrain the golden cavalry.

The Song army had a lot of magic arms and bows, and often Jin Guojia cavalry would die or be wounded before they broke the formation. Therefore, no matter how they attacked, they could never break through the formation. If Zhang Zhao wanted to copy the formation, he had to have a lot of magic arms. bow.

However, the god arm bow is extremely difficult to make, mainly because no one knows what the god arm bow in history was like, and they only guessed that something like a pulley was used.

The magic arm bow that Zhang Zhao made now was made by him in later generations with a group of cold weapon fanatics, and he also borrowed ideas from many bow and arrow masters.

So what he came up with was a gadget that could only be mass-produced under modern industry. If it was moved to the Tang Dynasty, it would immediately cause serious trouble.

When he left from Dunhuang, he also confidently said that if Cao Yuande had three hundred magic-armed archers by his side, he would be able to guarantee the smooth handover of the Guiyi Army's power, but it is estimated that Cao Yuande would have scolded him bloody up.

Because even after Zhang Zhao, who has production experience, came to Khotan, he offered a huge reward on the premise that Li Shengtian was transferred to the craftsman's ass, and now he has only made one hundred and sixty pieces. There are more than fifty of them that are qualified, and thirty or forty of them that are barely usable.

And the price is skyrocketing. For the cost of a god arm bow, you can make more than [-] long bows, or more than eight strong bows. The distressed Li Shengtian can't stand it. Poor Cao Yuande, I don't know. Did you make five of them?

So the difficulty for Zhang Zhao is that the golden finger has been developed and it is very easy to use, but it cannot be mass-produced.

"Well, since you have found out this problem, the horse team, do you have a solution?"

Zhang Zhao thought for a while, but there was no good way, so he just asked Ma Yaozi casually.

Originally, he didn't expect Ma Yaozi to come up with any good solution, but what he didn't expect was that Ma Yaozi excitedly said that he already had a countermeasure.

"General, I heard that the Neikufu ordered a batch of horned crossbows for the Shenwei left army, but the soldiers of the Shenwei left army don't like to use them, because the horned crossbows were originally used by the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, and it is very inconvenient for the infantry to carry them.

But since we want to fight with stacked arrays, we don't have to worry about moving. Can we urgently transfer these horn bows for us to use first?

Although it is not as powerful as the God Arm Bow, it should be enough to shoot Karakhan's armored cavalry. "

Zhang Zhao was right when he thought about it. The horned crossbow was the standard equipment in the army of the Tang Dynasty, and the Jianghuai crossbow was well-known back then.

However, the crossbows of the Tang Dynasty are the same as the Han crossbows. They have high precision and strong lethality, but they are heavy and difficult to wind. Gradually, they are not liked by the soldiers. .

But in Zhang Zhao, this is just enough. Who did the Southern Song Dynasty use so many god-arm bows to deal with?That dealt with Jin Guozhen Jurchen, not the kind of fake Jurchen of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.

This group of true Jurchens headed by the Wanyan family were freaks who could ride a wall with heavy armor in the eleventh century. Their combat effectiveness was extremely outstanding among the northern peoples in the entire history of China.

If it hadn't been for the rapid corruption after entering the Central Plains, and the emergence of a group of peerless generals including Grandpa Yue in the Southern Song Dynasty, the territory of the Jurchen Kingdom would definitely not be smaller than the territory of the Yuan Dynasty in history.

You must know that in order to fight against the Kingdom of Jin in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Wumu, Han Zhongwu, Wu Jie, Wu Lin brothers, and Yu Yunwen broke out. The names of Yue Wumu, Han Zhongwu, and Yu Yunwen have been placed in the history of 5000 years, and they are also fascinated by future generations.

As for the Karakhans that Zhang Zhao was facing, don’t look at the Iqta armored cavalry or the Kuram armored cavalry that sounds like a cowhide. Can they be compared with the Jurchens of the Kingdom of Jin?They are equipped with hundreds of god-arm bows to aim at?

Not to mention comparing with the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty, the army of the Jurchen of the Hou Jin Manchuria can fight so much that their mothers don't even know it.

If Saktu Bugla Khan has a thousand in his hands, no, if there are three hundred Jin Guo Jurchen, Zhang Zhao will kneel directly, and it will be useless for him to hang up.

"The suggestion that the horse team is making is very important. Once you get credit, you can enjoy a jar of fine wine, one sheep, and ten coins!" Zhang Zhao patted Ma Yaozi on the shoulder, as if he was optimistic about you.

Dozens of generals in the handsome tent looked at the horse kite with envy and envy. Although the ten penny money was a lot, it was nothing, and a sheep was not bad, but it was not enough to make everyone envious. What really made everyone envious was What a jar of fine wine.

This was on the battlefield, and the entire army, including Zhang Zhao, was not allowed to drink without order.

The wild bear swallowed hard. In this cold weather, a roasted lamb and a jug of wine, that taste, tsk tsk!Not to mention how beautiful it is!

He also wanted to have a good drink, but he thought about breaking that huge head, and he couldn't think of any other suggestions, so he could only watch Zhang Zhao end the military discussion in depression.

"Old Xiong, call Dunzhu and the others, they will come to my camp later!" Ma Yaozi blinked his eyes continuously.

The wild bear was immediately happy!He shook his big head with excitement all over his face.

(End of this chapter)