Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

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Among them, the range of Fuyuan crossbow is equivalent to the effective range of M4 rifle.

In fact, once the Tang Dynasty army formed a crossbow formation, the light cavalry had no chance to rush up and fight in close combat.

Walking to another huge warehouse, all the arrows are stored in a bundle of 25. At a glance, there are at least a million bundles.

And each of them is well-made, although there is a thin layer of rust, but it can't hide their ferocity at all. It is said that the arrows in ancient times were usually used after a thin layer of rust. Even a light scratch from an arrow can cause tetanus, which is very immoral.

So don't think that the quartermaster is negligent when he sees the rusty arrows in the armory. He did it on purpose.

Seeing so many weapons, Ashina Gushe almost drooled, and said in a trembling voice: "Liu... General Liu, you actually have so many weapons stored here?"

Liu Rengui smiled disapprovingly: "What is this? Our armory in Guanzhong is really scary. Each warehouse can be used by tens of thousands of people for several years. There are more than 100 warehouses in total."

Although Liu Rengui was obviously bragging, Ashina Gushe didn't doubt it.

Liu Rengui casually picked up a dual-purpose horizontal knife for stepping and riding, stroked the smooth blade and sighed: "A good knife, it can cut seven copper coins and five rolls of straw mats with one knife. Didn't it mean you , it was that idiot Xieli who beheaded countless people! Unfortunately, there is no need for it now.”

Ashina Gushe is thinking about a riding bow. The riding bow is well-made. The bow arm is made of more than a dozen materials. It is no more than three feet long, but it can shoot 300 meters away. It is equipped with heavy arrows or armor-piercing cones. No armor can stop it.

Hearing Liu Rengui's words, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "You don't need such a good weapon anymore? Then what do you use?"

Liu Rengui smiled indifferently, and said, "Of course it's better weapons."

Liu Rengui pointed to the mountains of weapons and said, "Little Khan, these weapons can be exchanged, just bring them as many livestock as you have!"

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When Ashina Gushe went to the arsenal to check the weapons, Su Dingfang didn't understand Chen Ying's actions very much.

Ordinarily, for the defeated generals of the Western Turks, there is no need to use any tricks, just push them across the line.

In front of Ashina Gushe, Su Dingfang didn't ask his own questions, but after Ashina Gushe left, he finally couldn't help asking: "General, I can't figure it out!"

Historically, the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, in its heyday, had jurisdiction over today’s Xinjiang, eastern and southeastern Kazakhstan, all of Kyrgyzstan, eastern Tajikistan, most of Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, the eastern half of Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Most of them and so on.

Especially in Afghanistan, under the Anxi Dufu in the Tang Dynasty, six Hufu (equivalent to the state) were established, Humi, Hushiqian (Tang set up Shazhou Dudufu), Yubin (Xiuxianzhou Dudufu), Fanyan (Wufeng Dudu's Mansion), Hedarazhi (Tiaozhi Dudu's Mansion), Gudu (Gaofu Dudu's Mansion).During the period of 662-674, Tang also granted the title of Belus, the son of the last Persian emperor who came to Tang in exile, as the Persian emperor, and placed the Persian governor's office in eastern Persia and Afghanistan. After the Battle of Talas in 751, all the countries in the Western Regions to the west of Congling belonged to the Arabs. After that, Central Asia gradually became greener.

Today's Tocharo, not only the later Afghanistan, also has a very famous name, the cemetery of the empire.The United States and the Soviet Union are two superpowers, and this place, which is about the same size as Sichuan, has returned home.

Although both here and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau belong to the plateau zone, the biggest difference is that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has abundant rainfall, while Tocharo is dry and less rainy.In addition, farming here is almost extinct, and Datang has no supplies at all.

Chen Ying used his troops here. Four-fifths of the plateau and mountainous areas are here, and he can find any mountainous area to sneak in, and he can play hide and seek with Chen Ying.

Regardless of the fact that Chen Ying has an army of [-], it sounds like a lot.However, even an ordinary valley cannot be filled.In this case, it is definitely the best place to ambush, attacking the Flesh Mill.

Chen Ying looked at the surrounding Tang soldiers and said, "We have too few people!"

Su Dingfang asked suspiciously: "There are few people?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "That's right, our Tang Dynasty has a population of only 500 million, especially our Anxi, where there is no human habitation for thousands of miles!"

In fact, thanks to the early Tang Dynasty, the Bashu area was settled peacefully. If it was really fought down like Hedong, Hebei or even Henan, I am afraid that 20 Tang soldiers would not be able to fill Bashu.

Chen Ying needs friends, and needs to use Turkic people to consume Turkic people.

Now that Ashina Gushe came with their sincerity, Chen Ying did not directly accept Ashina Gushe's surrender.

This is the smartest way to do it, as the saying goes, to promote Mi En and fight Mi En.

Once Datang accepts Yipidulu Khan's surrender, he will be responsible for their supplies, and he can't watch them starve to death.The point is that most of these Turkic people are white-eyed wolves, who gobble up food and scold their mothers when they put down their chopsticks.Free aid will only fuel their arrogance.

Therefore, Chen Ying established an equal mechanism to communicate with Yipidulu Khan's troops.If you need food, there is no problem. Datang has plenty, and you can exchange it for horses and camels. If you want weapons, there is no problem, you can exchange them for materials equivalent to them.

This is a relationship in which there is no clear affiliation between the monarch and the ministers, and the two parties are very equal.

But, will this really be equal?

Chen Ying only needs to cut off the supply of supplies, and Yipidulu Khan will return to pre-liberation overnight.

Su Dingfang really couldn't figure it out, but Ma Zhou already understood.

Ma Zhou pulled Su Dingfang and said, "General Su, we can settle a bill!"

Su Dingfang smiled wryly, "What account?"

Ma Zhou smiled wryly and said: "Once our Anxi Army soldiers are killed in battle, it will not be counted as the government's compensation. Our General Chen will give ordinary soldiers [-] guan as pensions, and the Lancers and Modao generals will each receive [-] guan."

According to the current deal between Chen Ying and Ashina Gu, a horse draws two buckets of grain for one stone, and a horse draws a knife. One hundred coins can be exchanged for five hundred stones of grain, and more than 400 draw horses can also be raised. At least fifteen dead soldiers.

Su Dingfang stopped talking.

Chen Ying laughed and said, "Things that can be solved with money are nothing!"

The advantage of the Tang Dynasty is not combat power, but productivity.The combat effectiveness of the Tang army in the Tang Dynasty basically came from the powerful industrial production force of the Tang Dynasty.

If the Tang Dynasty is dragged into a full-scale military confrontation with the West prematurely, it will not be able to quickly increase productivity and strengthen its own strength.It would be better if Datang contributed money and guns, and Yipidulu Khan's department contributed people and efforts, and both sides showed their strengths, and fought with the West.

This kind of thing happened frequently in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Africa during the hegemony period between the United States and the Soviet Union in the [-]th century.

It's called a proxy war.

Chen Ying was going to use Yipidulu Khan and the Turks under his command to fight a proxy war.

Historically, the Great Food Kingdom was established in AD 632, and it is now the third year of Kaiyuan (that is, AD 628), which means that the Great Food Kingdom will be established in four years.

When Chen Ying decided to conquer the Western Turks, he also nip this threat in the bud.

Chapter 87 The First Battle of the Western Expedition Blood-stained Red Sand Mountain

Chapter 87 The First Battle of the Western Expedition Blood-stained Red Sand Mountain

The rise of a nation is destined to step on the bones of other nations.The history books of the Huaxia ethnic group all record the shame and blood debt of the barbarian invasion. This is a typical example of bullying others without culture.

If Dapeng, Guifang, Donghu, Linhu, Loufan, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic and other nomadic peoples also have their own scripts and have the habit of keeping black accounts, you will find that the history of the rise of the Chinese ethnic group is these The history of blood and tears of nomads.

Therefore, even if Chen Ying only showed a little kindness, they couldn't wait to come over.

It's not that they are cheap, they are really afraid of being beaten, and afraid of living a hard life!

In the eyes of these Turkic men who yearn for a prosperous life, Datang is a paradise and a fairyland on earth.

In fact, the people in Anxi are also working hard.On average, each of them can plant more than 700 mu of land. Even if they use the latest four-driver and four-share plow, they can cultivate [-] mu of land per day. With sowing and fertilization, the entire cultivation period lasts for more than a month.

As for the harvesting, it is even easier. A manpower harvester can cut eight acres of land a day, but a simple harvester using animal power can harvest fifty acres a day with one person and two horses. This kind of animal harvester works like It was a carriage with a sweeping knife in front, and the felled wheat was directly pulled aside with a sliding pole.

Although it is still very hard, the people in Anxi are happy. Their annual income is nearly a thousand shi of grain, except for the tax payment of more than [-] shi, and the rest is at their discretion.In terms of food consumption alone, they only need to work for one year, and they will not be able to eat all the food in ten years.

What's more, the people in Anxi also grow cash crops, such as rapeseed, cotton, and various fruits.