The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

On the city wall, a soldier holding a sniper crossbow put down his crossbow, and then respectfully said to Li Jing:"Marshal, I have successfully sniped the enemy general!"

"very good! After this battle, I will personally seek credit from Your Majesty for you!"

Li Jing rarely took the initiative to praise, which shows how happy he is.

There are only three such sniper crossbows in the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is extremely difficult to operate. Few people in the army can control it.

Fortunately, there are many talents in the Royal Academy of the Tang Dynasty. A suitable candidate was still found.

Today was the debut of the sniper crossbow. He defeated the enemy's general in one fell swoop. This could directly speed up the enemy's defeat. How could he not be happy? How could he know that Bols was The enemy general's... everyone else is wearing ordinary armor or silver armor, but he is wearing a gold armor full of glittering gold. Who else will kill you if you don't kill him? As soon as the general died, the Eastern Expeditionary Army was immediately in chaos, and the group was leaderless.

For Li Jingke didn't know how to beat up a drowned dog, so he immediately ordered:"Prepare the crossbow box!"

On the city wall, many defenders immediately took out a meter-long crossbow box that looked like a long box from their backs, then turned on the mechanism and fired them all! The rain of arrows in the sky reminded the Eastern Expeditionary Army of chaos and trampling on each other. Shoot away.

The power of the crossbow box is not as terrifying as the six-company crossbow. It only does more damage than the arrows shot by ordinary archers. It cannot penetrate the thick armor of the heavy cavalry, but... it can't withstand the many arrows it fires!

Although most of the crossbow arrows failed to penetrate the armor of the heavy cavalry of the Eastern Expedition, there were too many arrows, and there would always be one or two arrows that happened to hit the fragile joints or throats that their armor could not protect. Killed.

Furthermore, the sky-wide rain of arrows blocked out the sun, and it was frightening just to look at it.

After Bols's death, the Eastern Expedition Army was unsustainable, and all fighting spirit and morale were lost. In the end, Bols was An adjutant temporarily took over the position of commander and ordered the army to retreat quickly.

After receiving the order to retreat, how could the remaining 200,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army dare to stay? After leaving the corpses of friendly troops on the battlefield, they retreated in a hurry

The first wave of horseshoe pits cost them tens of thousands of vanguard troops, and then the terrifying six-company crossbows and crossbow boxes ruthlessly harvested the lives of nearly 10,000 troops. Their technological strength crushed this battlefield. This was vividly displayed, making them feel boundless fear.

Facts have proved that Li Changqing's strong support for the development of technology by the Mohists was a correct decision. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty was famous for its iron cavalry, with 200,000 heavy cavalry that ranked first in the world. The cavalry's way of rushing into battle is best understood, and he is naturally well aware of the shortcomings of heavy cavalry.

Therefore, when Li Jing knew that he was facing a fifty-year-old man, he was not afraid at all.

"marshal! A certain person is willing to lead an army to hunt down the enemy invaders! Those who offend me in the Tang Dynasty will be punished as soon as possible."

Su Dingfang said to Li Jing, clasping his fists, with a determined look on his face.

Cheng Yaojin immediately agreed, Weng said:"The same goes for so-and-so! Li

Jing nodded, waved his cloak, and said:"Very good, I will give you two 30,000 dragon cavalry troops each to chase down the enemy!" But be careful not to fall into the enemy's trap"

"You will eventually understand!"

Su Dingfang had a more delicate and steady mind, clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Before long, 60,000 dragon cavalry troops, led by Su Dingfang and Cheng Yaojin, galloped out of the city and chased the defeated Eastern Expedition army. Horse hoofs Rolling up yellow sand all over the sky

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The Eastern Expeditionary Army lost its commander and was frightened by the killing. Their army of more than 400,000 was actually chased by a mere 60,000 dragon cavalry guards led by Su Dingfang and Cheng Yaojin and fled.

After seven days of pursuit, the deputy commander of the Byzantine Eastern Expedition finally fled the Western Region with a remnant army of 20,000 and tens of thousands, and returned to the original route in embarrassment while allowing tens of thousands of troops to stay behind to prevent the dragoon guards from pursuing him.

This first contact between the two civilizations ended with the complete victory of the Tang Dynasty. The Eastern Expeditionary Army lost nearly half of its troops, and the Tang Dynasty suffered only less than 10,000 casualties!

This death was caused by the desperate resistance of the Eastern Expeditionary Army at the rear.

This battle directly shocked all the countries in the Western Region. They once again intuitively felt the power of the Tang Dynasty, and their hearts of surrender became stronger.

After the news came back to Chang'an, there was cheering and joy throughout Chang'an.

Chang'an, Tai Chi Hall.

Li Jing reported to Li Changqing the detailed process and results of this war

"………In this battle, we suffered 7,032 casualties and killed more than 267,500 enemy troops. However, the Sixth Company's powerful crossbows and crossbow boxes and other equipment were very large and consumed a lot."

After listening to Li Jing's report, all the officials in the palace were shocked. What a terrible casualty ratio! It's simply outrageous!

Li Changqing also smiled and said:"It doesn't matter, money is just a dead thing, and the crossbow box can be used up. Reinvention, but the lives of our Tang Dynasty soldiers cannot be bought with money."

"You deserve the most credit for the victory in this battle. You can be considered the first contributor."

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty, this is the credit of all the soldiers, I am just the commander."

Li Jing said respectfully, without any intention of taking credit.

"I still have something to report. When General Su and General Cheng were chasing the enemy, they captured some enemy prisoners of war. I found several businessmen who had been to the far west and were proficient in foreign languages. From the mouths of these prisoners of war, I Got some information."

Hearing this, Li Changqing's eyes lit up and asked:"What information is it? Why don't you tell me directly?"

"Your Majesty, this army is called the Eastern Expeditionary Army. It is an imperial army called the Byzantine Empire in the far west. Someone found their emperor and told them that the east was full of gold, so they sent the Eastern Expeditionary Army to conquer.."

Li Jing answered in an orderly manner.

When Li Changqing heard this, he was not too surprised, because it was similar to what he had guessed. The Byzantine Empire was another name for the Eastern Roman Empire.

However, defeating the Byzantine Empire this time showed the power of the Tang Dynasty, but it was also very powerful. We may suffer a second retaliation from them, and the next time may be a larger and better prepared army.

"It is urgent to develop national strength."

Li Changqing narrowed his eyes, and his mind gradually became firmer._Fei

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