This is the reason why Ju Wentai attacked Yiwu City. In his opinion, Yiwu is still the country of Yiwu. His attack on the country of Yiwu does not count as an attack on the Tang Dynasty. Yiwu is too close to Gaochang and he will capture Yiwu. After that, Gaochang was connected into a whole.
By then Gaochang will completely control the entire Silk Road.
Yiwu has already received the news that Gaochang is about to attack. The news was naturally told to King Yiwu by people from the Ministry of Public Security. Yes, there is also a Ministry of Public Security in Yiwu City. Anyway, King Yiwu's current idea is to completely mess it up. .
I am from the Tang Dynasty, you can do whatever you want here.
But when Li Daozong and An Xinggui arrived, King Yiwu was so excited, "Fuck!" My army from the Tang Dynasty is coming! Ju Wentai, you little bitch want to hit me, right? Hahaha, I asked you to come.
King Yiwu immediately ran outside the city to greet the two.
They also welcomed 10,000 Tang troops.
"King Yiwu, our army will not enter the city. We will send three thousand troops into the city first, and the other troops will stay behind." Li Daozong said.
They brought a lot of war horses this time, and there were many oases around Yiwu (later Hami). Although the population of Yiwu was small, the area of grassland and other cultivated land around Yiwu was actually much larger than that of later generations.
Therefore, the war horses will definitely not be able to enter the city. The size of Yiwu City, if all the army and war horses enter, will probably not be able to fit inside the city.
Although Yiwu City is the Hami of later generations, it is not actually the main urban area of Hami of later generations. It is located in Yiwu County of Hami of later generations, which is in the canyon of the Tianshan Mountains. Therefore, the north and south sides of the city are surrounded by Tianshan Mountains. Because of this There is a river in the canyon.
In fact, in ancient times, wherever there were cities, there were rivers.
Cities without rivers will eventually be abandoned. The most typical examples are Yumenguan and Yangguan in the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, a small underground river flowed through the ground and finally merged into the Longle River. However, around the Tang Dynasty, By that time, the above-ground rivers here had almost disappeared, and Yumen Pass and Yang Pass were basically abandoned in the Han Dynasty.
It was not until later generations that these two places opened up underground water sources through scientific and technological means, and this place became an oasis again.
Therefore, a city like Yiwu City with two backings and located in a canyon is not very easy to attack.
"No problem! When the two generals come, everything will naturally be decided by the two generals." King Yiwu highlighted a professional matter and left it to professionals to do, "This is the general I, Yiwu, am responsible for defending the city. , from now on, he will directly obey the orders of the two generals."
People have already given their face to this, so what else can Li Daozong and An Xinggui say, they can only accept it with a smile.
Seventeen thousand Tang troops stayed behind and lurked in the valleys on both sides. Although Yiwu City is located among mountains, the surrounding peaks are actually not cliffs and are still easy to climb, so Yiwu City The city wall also has four walls, and the north and south sides are not directly connected to the mountain.
Its city wall is only four meters high. Although it is made of stones and other barriers, because the enemy can easily climb the surrounding peaks to observe the situation inside the city, so... this city is actually easy to attack.
"I've met the two generals." After Li Daozong and An Xinggui entered the city, the person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security, who was responsible for logistics and transportation, came to greet them.
The transportation and management of logistical supplies are handled by the Ministry of Public Security, but the delivery is handled by Yuelai Trading Company.
"Excuse me, what do you call me?" Li Daozong said with a smile.
"My subordinate He Jin is in charge of the Public Security Department of Yiwu City. He is the director here." He Jin saluted directly.
"It turns out to be Director He." Li Daozong and An Xinggui also clenched their fists and saluted He Jin.
"Don't dare, two generals. I'm here to hand over the ordnance placed here to the two generals. This is also what the ordnance is going to test, or the attack strategy." He Jin said.
Li Daozong and An Xinggui looked at each other. They knew that a large amount of supplies had been transported to Yiwu City, but they did not expect that there were ordnance here.
"Can you tell me what it is specifically?"
"Of course. Mainly 1,000 single-person crossbows, 500 double-person compound crossbows, and 200 squad crossbows. A total of 200,000 crossbow arrows of various types." He Jin said.
"200,000?!" Lord Anxing was stunned. It wasn't that the number was large, but that each of the 50,000 elite troops they set out this time was equipped with a bow, and 10,000 of them were also equipped with an additional crossbow. And the total number of bows, arrows and crossbow arrows for all soldiers is 60 for each person individually or 60 in total. According to His Highness, this is 1 ammunition base.
In other words, the total number of crossbows, bows and arrows carried by the 50,000 troops is 3 million!
Compared to 200,000, this number is naturally not much.
But what An Xinggui was confused about was when 200,000 crossbow arrows were piled up in Yiwu City. You know, he thought that the most piled up here was food.
"And what is this single-person crossbow? Don't we carry a crossbow with us?" An Xinggui asked a little strangely.
"A single crossbow is a crossbow that can be drawn. It is larger than the crossbows equipped with the army." He Jin introduced it, and then said: "Two generals are coming with me."
Soon He Jin led them to several huge warehouses. It seemed that these warehouses were built not long ago. They had a two-story structure, which was rare in Yiwu City.
After opening the warehouse, under the command of He Jin, they quickly took out a crossbow from inside.
Seeing this crossbow, Li Daozong and An Xinggui couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Do you call this a single crossbow? In their opinion, the kind of crossbow they carried before that could be aimed with one hand and pulled open was a single-person crossbow.
But this thing in front of me... There is a special bracket structure under the crossbow, and the combined length of its crossbow arms is close to a person's height.
You call this thing a one-man crossbow?
Its crossbow arrows were almost as thick as an adult's thumb. Looking at the sharp arrows, Li Daozong and An Xinggui felt that this thing might not even be able to resist the steel armor they were wearing.
There are also two unique round wheels on both sides of its crossbow arm. This is a structure they have never seen before.
"Can one person pull it open?" An Xinggui couldn't help but ask. Look at how thick the crossbow string is. Do you tell me that one person can pull it open?
"Okay." He Jin said with a smile, "This is a military crossbow that uses the latest technology of the Ordnance Institute. It can be opened by one person."
After saying that, He Jin directly asked a member of the security army next to him to conduct the test directly. Seeing that this member easily pulled the bed crossbow away, An Xinggui and Li Daozong looked at each other.
They don't understand the principle, but they can tell that this thing doesn't seem to require that much strength?
