Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 219 Butterfly Wings
What are you thinking... You can't tell Her Royal Highness that you are more confident about helping you save your life.Xue Lang calmed down, and said: "This subordinate is just pleasantly surprised by the results of the battle. However, this subordinate did not join the army in the battle, where is the credit?"

Princess Pingyang glanced at him, and said: "Although Youyang did not participate in the battle, the divine arm bow and bed crossbow presented by Youyang have made great contributions! Jieli was injured by the divine arm bow, and many Turkic soldiers were injured by the bed crossbow. , God-armed bow shooting! It was a great boost to our army's morale, but it was a huge blow to the Turks."

Xue Lang understood it as soon as he heard it, no wonder the results of the battle were different from the historical records.Compared with the current bows and arrows, the shooting range of the divine arm bow and the bed crossbow is farther, and the power is also greater.The Turks didn't know that Tang Jun had added such a sharp weapon, and it was justified that the loss would increase by surprise.

Therefore, Xue Lang said modestly: "It turned out to be a result of surprise. The subordinates who presented the divine arm bow and bed crossbow were just the ones who forged the sharp weapons. It was the King of Qin who really made the sharp weapons use their power. The subordinates dare not take credit for it." .However, it is a pity that Xieli can still send people to negotiate peace, thinking that the injury will not be serious."

Princess Pingyang nodded in agreement when she heard the words, and said, "It's a pity indeed. However, the defeat in this battle will definitely be detrimental to Jieli's prestige. If you don’t keep your promises, there will be no peace talks, and our defense will still not drop.”

All the generals responded suddenly: "Here."

Xue Lang said: "With the deterrence of the god arm bow and the bed crossbow, ordinary small tribes dare not come, and there must not be many large Turkic tribes, so when the time comes, it may be a combination of several small tribes or It may be a big tribe coming. Once the gate is knocked, the offensive will not be small, and the pressure will increase!"

Princess Pingyang said in a deep voice: "When it grows bigger, it grows bigger. The god arm bow and the bed crossbow are good at defending but not good at attacking. I'm not afraid of them coming to attack, but I'm afraid they won't come. The Turks have now been defeated by the King of Qin, and their prestige and offensive have fallen. Gather an offensive. Only Liu Heikai must not be unjust! If he is allowed to regain all his lost ground, his prestige in the court will be greatly damaged. Even if he recovers the lost ground in the future, it will be difficult for the people to regain it. , we wait for the border towns to try our best to keep the Turks out of the pass, and we must not let the Turks enter the pass, and one soldier or one soldier will mess up the affairs of the court. The generals obey the order—”

"Here."

"Make every effort to improve the defense posture, and martial law is in a wartime state, and we must not relax it. Anyone who violates it will be dealt with by military law!"

"Here!"

Xue Lang was stunned, counting the time, now it is October, the king of Qin defeated Jieli Khan, the war with Jieli has subsided, the imperial army has moved back, the main force has returned, the imperial court will naturally take action to deal with Liu Heita.

Xue Lang quickly asked: "Your Highness, who is the imperial court going to appoint as commander in the campaign against Liu Heita?"

Princess Pingyang said: "The prince is the commander-in-chief, lead the army to conquer!"

Huh... According to historical records, it was not that Qi Wang Li Yuanji led the army first, but because he was afraid of Liu Heita, he did not dare to attack, and led the army to watch Liu Heita lose all his land.King Qin's fame is growing and his prestige reaches the position of the prince. The prince Zhongyun Wanggui and Xianma Weizheng persuade the prince to lead the army to Liu Heita to make military achievements and establish prestige.The crown prince led the army to Liu Heita after Jiancheng.

Now history has changed!
Yuanji had no chance to lead the army, so the prince directly led the army!Presumably, King Qin's win against Jieli was too dazzling, which stimulated the prince and aggravated the prince's sense of crisis. So, did the prince ask for an order to lead the army in advance?
Xue Lang figured it out, but also sighed secretly.In fact, in the eyes of an outsider like him, the most suitable person to appease Liu Heita is King Qin.One is that the King of Qin had defeated Liu Heita, so he had a psychological advantage and was familiar with Liu Heita's combat methods. He also brought the results of defeating Xieli, which had an encouraging effect on the morale of the people; the second was that the King of Qin was really good at leading troops in battle.Compared with the illustrious King Qin, the crown prince's record is actually not that good.

When Li Yuan raised an army, the crown prince lived in Hedong, heard the news of his father's army and fled back to Taiyuan. He remembered to take Li Yuanji and his concubine with him, but he didn't remember to bring his concubine Li Zhiyun with him.

However, I am afraid that the sage also thinks that King Qin has a high merit, and the prince's prestige is already weaker than that of King Qin. If King Qin continues to lead the army, the poor prince will be even weaker.So you want to balance it out?
Xue Lang couldn't guess the saint's mind. Now that Liu Heita was the prince, he thought that in order to ensure that the prince, who rarely led troops in battle, defeated Liu Heita, the saint would choose the generals who would accompany the prince.

Xue Lang is on a desertion here, Princess Pingyang has already assigned the missions of the generals, Xue Lang only has one mission, to prepare the army rations as much as possible and distribute the luggage.

Speaking of which, although Weizeguan was the first to equip the god arm bow and bed crossbow, the income was limited. The god arm bow was the first to guarantee the bear army, and then the defenders. The bed crossbow went directly to the city wall and was used to defend city.

After the task was assigned, Princess Pingyang said: "Youyang, come with me."

"Here!"

Princess Pingyang called Xue Lang and went straight to the workshop.Getting off the carriage at the workshop, Princess Pingyang walked in front, and said to Xue Lang who was following: "My subordinates found two crystal clear crystals, and I asked the craftsmen to polish them into telescopes. "

Actually made it?Not sure how the lens is polished?
Xue Lang immediately became interested and followed Princess Pingyang in with great interest.The people in the workshop had obviously received the order from Princess Pingyang to come, and they all waited at the door to greet them——

"Your Highness welcomes you, Your Highness Wanan."

"Excuse me, let's get up, where is the finished telescope? Show me."

"Here."

The master craftsman immediately handed over the finished binoculars. There were two pairs in total. Princess Pingyang took one and handed Xue Lang another.Xue Lang held it in his hand and rubbed it carefully——

The shell of this Tang Dynasty version of the telescope is made of wood. The specially selected light wood is polished very smooth, and it is light and easy to hold in the hand without any effort.

And the most important lens is indeed carved from a whole piece of white crystal, because there are a few flocs unique to natural crystals at the edge of the lens, but because it is at the edge of the lens, it has little effect on the vision big.

Xue Lang set it up and looked at it. Without the function of adjusting the focus of modern telescopes, the distant scenery shown in the lens is still clear, with little distortion.I think it is the best level that current technology can do!

The most surprising thing is that Xue Lang didn't explain the concept of interpupillary distance to them, mainly because he didn't know how to explain it.And these skilled craftsmen have noticed this problem without a teacher. The distance between the two lenses is actually in line with the principles of ergonomics. When using a telescope to look into the distance, there is not much discomfort.

Presumably this is the reason why the masters have thoroughly studied the telescope!
Xue Lang happily rubbed the telescope in his hand, and Princess Pingyang asked: "Youyang, how about it? Maybe use it?"

Xue Lang said: "Your Highness, what you did was better than I expected, very good. By the way, master, how did you polish the lens? It's so smooth?"

The master replied respectfully: "Back to Xue Jianyi, the lens is polished using the technique of jade polishing, which is why it is so smooth."

Xue Lang gave a thumbs up without hesitation!Great job, the craftsmen of my big flower planter!

Princess Pingyang smiled, and said: "The masters have meritorious service, and this palace will reward them. Each master will reward a hundred guan, twenty bolts of silk, and apprentices will reward ten guan, five bolts of silk."

The masters were both surprised and delighted, and quickly expressed their thanks: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

(End of this chapter)