Hearing Luo Zhang's shout, Cheng Yaojin knew that Luo Zhang had seen through his trick and stopped hiding. He walked out from behind and said with a smile on his face: "Luo Zhang, you came very early!"
"I was just arranging the queue here, and you came."
Luo Zhang snorted and ignored the guy, but looked at the 30,000 cavalry.
There is nothing surprising about 30,000 people, but 30,000 cavalry are different. If they charge, even 300,000 soldiers can disperse them.
, this is the role of cavalry.
Of course, Luo Zhang does not have all 30,000 real cavalry here. Half of them only know how to ride, but are not cavalry. Yumen Pass is not close. They have to arrive in three days, and they have to seize every minute of time.
There were no airplanes or cars in the Tang Dynasty, only war horses.
After conquering the Eastern Turks, the Tang Dynasty got a large number of war horses. Not to mention 30,000 cavalry, even 100,000 cavalry could be raised. However, it would have to wait for a while, and Luo Zhang had no time to wait.
"Master Cheng, you have also heard of His Majesty's order. We only have three days to reach Yumen Pass!"
"There is a fierce attack by the Tibetans there. If we can't get there in three days, once the Yumen Pass is lost, we will be sinners!"
"But!!! I didn't expect you would still want to tease me at this time. What did you think!!!" Luo Zhang's voice suddenly changed to a high pitch, which scared Cheng Yaojin. If it weren't for He has experienced many battles, and others would have fallen off their horses.
"Well, Luo Zhang, you can't misunderstand me. I'm really arranging the queue and waiting for you to come. Everything is ready. As long as you give the order, we can set off immediately!" Cheng Yao Jin hurriedly defended.
Luo Zhang didn't dwell on the problem anymore. It was enough to say this kind of thing once. He just warned Cheng Yaojin that time was tight and he couldn't laugh anymore.
"What did the artillery say?" Luo Zhang asked the most critical question.
Although the 30,000 cavalry are important, the artillery is more important. The speed of transportation must be accelerated in order to reach Yumen Pass in time.
Of course, according to Luo Zhang's idea, it would be great if the artillery could arrive at Yumen Pass together with the cavalry, but it would be too difficult.
Upon hearing Luo Zhang's inquiry, Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said: "The artillery has been placed. Each artillery is pulled by four batches of war horses. It's great that you came up with the method of installing iron wheels on the artillery. With these wheels, the artillery can You don’t have to worry about long-distance transportation.”
Luo Zhang followed Cheng Yaojin to the back to take a look at the artillery. Sure enough, the steel workshop made round wheels for the artillery according to his requirements. The design of the wheels was naturally Luo Zhang's masterpiece.
Of course, these are not worth mentioning. As a person of later generations, Luo Zhang is naturally a piece of cake to do these mindless things.
However, even if two wheels are added, the speed of the artillery still cannot be much faster.
"Let's go ahead and send a group of people to escort the artillery to follow, as fast as we can. If it can't be faster, don't worry. We will arrive at Yumen Pass first. I think we should be able to hold Yumen Pass. As long as we can hold it, when the artillery arrives, let the Tubo people take care of themselves. Try the power of the artillery!!!" Luo Zhang snorted.
Cheng Yaojin's eyes were also shining. He didn't know the power of artillery. He destroyed the city wall of Liaodong County in just a few rounds. If not, it would have taken at least a month to capture Liaodong County, and there would have been at least five casualties. More than ten thousand.
The price was too high, but there was nothing we could do. At that time, Liaodong County had a garrison of 200,000 troops, and the defenders already had 200,000 troops. How could we fight this battle?
Without an army of 600,000, we can only rely on wasting time to capture Liaodong County. When Liaodong County is captured, the weather will definitely get colder and the day lilies will be cold by then.
The army set out to rescue Yumen Pass this time. There was no swearing-in meeting, no farewell from the people, and no instructions from His Majesty. There was only one sentence, if Yumen Pass is lost, ask them!
It would be a lie to say there was no pressure. Luo Zhang felt pressure for the first time. After all, this was an unprepared battle and it happened suddenly.
Not only Luo Zhang's side, the pressure on Li Jing's side is equally great. The news just came back that the Western Turks are encroaching on the lands of the Eastern Turks like crazy, taking in the Tang people of the Eastern Turks and the slaves of the Eastern Turks as theirs. slaves, driving them to do things for the Western Turks, such as transporting grain and grass, digging stones, cutting down trees and other chores.
Most of the people who can stay in East Turkestan are business managers or young masters. Anyone who has done something like this will have wailing and screaming every day. If they don't work, they will only be whipped. , the Western Turks don’t know who you are, and they won’t be merciful.
