Looking at the densely packed and elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, the Anda people were numb, especially the opponents were all heavy armored cavalry, which meant that they had no room for resistance at all.
Ju Wentai's lips were trembling a little as he was riding on the war horse. He felt that his hands were shaking so hard that he could not hold the horse's reins. He couldn't help but think of how he had continuously targeted Datang over the years, and even had Li Shimin reprimand him more than once.
When had the dignified Khan been so humiliated? Compare yourself to others, if you were to be humiliated like this and then catch that person yourself...
Ju Wentai felt that his hands and lips were a little numb. He trembled his lips and wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak for a while. He also felt that his lips were a little numb. The sun at noon was so hot, and beads of sweat continued to form on his forehead. It flowed down, but he couldn't feel any warmth. Instead, he felt cold all over and shivered a little from the cold.
There were some flowers in front of his eyes. The enemy's cavalry in the distance seemed to be moving. Are they about to take action? An idea came into Ju Wentai's mind, and some gold stars suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and then his whole vision went dark, and then he fell off the horse.
The Anda people were also a little stupid. They never expected that Ju Wentai would fall off the horse. Among so many people, he fell directly from the horse. When Ju Wentai's guards reacted and helped him up, Ju Wentai was no longer there. Breathe.
The Turkic armies sent by Gaochang and Yibiduolu surrendered! And Ju Wentai... was scared to death.
Anyway, he died after falling off the horse inexplicably. It is impossible for a living person to fall off the horse, so he could only be scared to death.
The one who led the team to intercept was An Shengan. He was also a little speechless. He never expected that this would be such a situation. The king of a country was actually scared to death?
"General, I still have some money in Gaochang. I wonder if I can redeem myself?" Wang Jin, a general in Gaochang, said.
Almost the entire country of Gaochang is Han Chinese, and it is one of the few capitals in the Western Regions where Han people gather. Naturally, surnames and other names are also Han surnames.
"Gaochang is gone. Two days before you came here, the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty had already bypassed your main force and completely surrounded the Gaochang Kingdom." An Shengan curled his lips in disdain and said, "As for you, I don’t know where you got the courage with this little strength. How dare you provoke Datang?
"Ah?!" Wang Jin and the Anda people were dumbfounded. There were actually 20,000 troops in the Tang Dynasty that had already taken a detour to capture Gaochang?
This...means that the other party got the news that they want to attack Yiwu City? Or is it that Datang wants to attack Gaochang in advance? !
"Ah what! You Western Turks and these Western Region countries have influenced our Tang Dynasty to make money, do you understand?!" An Shengan looked at Wang Jin with disdain and said lightly.
He deeply remembered the words of his grandfather and General Li Daozong. There are some words that you just need to know, but you can't say them to others. But there are some words that you don't care if others believe or not, but you must say them to others!
"This... I wonder if the general can clarify it?" Wang Jin asked.
"What is unspoken is the literal meaning. You are blocking my Datang to make money. I Datang doesn't care about your Western Turks and various Western Region countries attacking each other, but you can't block my Datang to make money! Therefore, the purpose of Datang's dispatch of troops this time is to calm down all the countries in the Western Region and not to affect our Datang's caravans going to Persia, Byzantium and other countries for trade!" An Shengan said calmly.
Wang Jin: "..."
Anda: "..."
They were all a little speechless. They didn't know how to answer this for a while. In their opinion, this reason was too nonsense. When did the Tang Dynasty consider these merchants? What does commerce and non-commerce have to do with the Tang Dynasty?
But if Datang insists on saying that... there seems to be nothing wrong with it!
So they could only remain silent, otherwise what else could they do? They are all already prisoners.
After catching these prisoners, An Shengan and the others did not move forward, but waited where they were, because they knew that Li Daozong and An Xinggui were also on their way, and they would meet him here and then head to Gaochang.
Gaochang is the first step of Datang's operation in the Western Regions this time, and it can also be said to be the first example it has won. It must be done well.
Li Daozong and the others have indeed set off. Not only have they set off, but the subsequent trading companies that will assist in transporting supplies have also set off. The delivery of these supplies is temporarily handled by the First Logistics Army of the Tang Dynasty, from the first batch of urban management guards trained by Li Ke. , mobilized some manpower from inside, and then integrated it.
A large number of retired soldiers were recruited to work.
And they basically used horse-drawn carriages, pack horses, and camels to transport supplies. There are a lot of carriages among them, but their carriages use new-style carriages.
A main bearing under the carriage and the wheels on both sides are all made of steel, and shock absorption measures composed of leaf springs are also used under the carriage. And the steel wheels on both sides also use tires for the first time.
However, this tire is naturally incomparable with the tires of later generations. It is made of solid Eucommia rubber, but it does use some manufacturing methods of later rubber tires, such as multi-layer pressing and various technologies.
It can only be said that some technologies are not difficult, but the process of invention and discovery is difficult. A cheating player like Li Ke has a complete set of technical books to deal with. Although modern rubber tires cannot be made, at least they are compared to The first generation of rubber tires in history were pretty good.
At least it doesn’t have to be like the original history of the earliest introduction of rubber canvas inner tubes.
The lifespan of these tires cannot be compared with that of later generations, but compared to simply walking on steel wheels, they actually reduce a lot of vibrations, giving the carriage a certain shock-absorbing ability, and the goods on the carriage will not shake more due to bumps. Vigorous means saving effort.
Of course, the most important invention here is naturally the invention of sealed bearings and balls. Although there is no synthetic lubricating oil, only animal grease, it is not a bit less labor-saving than the previous wooden bearings.
Therefore, the current carriages not only carry more goods, but also travel faster, are more adaptable to the terrain, and naturally save more animal power.
This is probably the same as the horse-drawn carriage in the countryside thirty years ago.
It is no exaggeration to say that the sum of these bUffs has increased Datang's current land transportation capacity by at least ten times compared to before.
In the vast Gobi Desert in the Western Region, sometimes the roads are actually easier to walk than in the interior.
