Early the next morning, Tang Yu led Yang Yunfan and Chen Zishan to the Summer Palace to meet Mrs. Tang.
After the two announced their names, Mrs. Tang said to Chen Zishan: "Please take me to say hello to Master Zhou." Then she said to Yang Yunfan: "Is your grandma Taijun She still okay?"
Yang Yunfan replied respectfully: "Thank you, Mrs. Tang, for caring about me. Grandma is in good health."
"Hey, it's not easy for a female prostitute to manage a large family. Your grandma has to work harder than me. I stopped caring about the family affairs more than 20 years ago. But the situation of your Yang family, your grandma You have to hold on now." After speaking, Mrs. Tang sighed.
Although the Yang family in Tianbo Prefecture was favored by the court, as a military family, most of the men were in the military and were stationed at the border all year round, unlike others who could live at home permanently. When there is smoke everywhere and barbarians invade the border, they are ordered to fight again.
If the earthen jar is not broken near the well, the general will inevitably die in battle. On the battlefield, swords and arrows are blind, and it is common to be wounded and killed. Over the years, only a group of women and children are left in the family, so women are often in charge of the house.
Yang Yunfan also sighed inwardly, cupped his hands and said, "The Yang family is a military family. Since I have a military position, I have to guard the border outside. These years have been really hard for my family."
Seeing that the topic was a bit heavy, Tang Yu on the side quickly changed the topic and said to Yang Yunfan and Chen Zishan: "Next, let me show you the concealed weapon room of my Tang Sect."
The Tang clan has lived in Bashu for generations. It is a famous family with hidden weapons and has been famous in the world for decades. People of the Tang Sect dominate Shu with hidden weapons and firearms. They are good at designing, inventing and using various hidden weapons and firearms, and their power is astonishing.
The Tang Sect is famous all over the world for their hidden weapons, but they are also proficient in the art of traps. Although the members of the Tang Sect did not have an advantage in a head-to-head confrontation, their various methods were difficult to guard against. The Khitan cavalry that swept across the world were helpless when they encountered the Tang Clan's traps and hidden weapons in the forest, so much so that even the Khitan Emperor was about to die at the hands of the Tang Clan.
After years of careful development, the Tang Sect's hidden weapons have more names. The more famous ones include thunderbolts, soul-stealing arrows, rain of flowers in the sky, dragnet and other powerful hidden weapon skills. They can also arrange blades, hidden thunder, cold Frost uses various mechanisms to plot against her opponents.
There are four rooms under the Tang Sect: the concealed weapons room, the firearms room, the medicine room and the martial arts room. Among them, the concealed weapon room is the most famous. The current hidden weapon room of Tang Sect is managed by the younger generation Tang Yu.
Yang Yunfan and Chen Zishan followed Tang Yu into the concealed weapon room, and Tang Feng, who had never been interested in it, also followed.
Tang Yu looked at his sister in surprise and said jokingly: "Little sister, haven't you never been interested in the concealed weapon room? Is the sun rising in the west today?"
After being teased by his brother, Tang Feng rolled his eyes at him, put his hands behind his back and walked with an exaggerated swagger and said: "I heard that you have built two new gadgets. Come in and take a look, maybe I can still It comes in handy.”
When Tang Yu heard this, he quickly stepped forward and said nervously: "You didn't let others find out that I created the "World in My Sleeve" for you, right? That thing must not be used indiscriminately until life or death, otherwise your father and the others will know about it. I’m going to be punished.”
Seeing his brother's nervous expression, Tang Feng chuckled, lifted up his sleeves and said, "Look, I've never used this "Knowledge in the Sleeve" once. You are my biological brother. How can I not listen to your words?" ,hey-hey."
I saw a small sleeve crossbow inside Tang Feng's cuff and close to the arm. The sleeve crossbow fit perfectly on the arm. There was a row of tiny arrows inserted into the palm-sized sleeve crossbow. It shone with cold light, making people dare not underestimate it. The sleeve crossbow is wrapped tightly around the arm with thin wire.
When Yang Yunfan saw this scene, he couldn't help but secretly worry about the few naughty boys who were teasing Tang Feng. If he hadn't taken action that day, he would have had to show off his power.
Tang Yu felt relieved when he saw that his sister had indeed not used the "Qiankun in the Sleeve" yet, and warned him to use this weapon with caution as he walked.
Although the Tang Sect uses concealed weapons as weapons, they can't easily hurt people and generally won't be used until life or death is at stake. The "World in His Sleeve" that Tang Yu secretly built for his sister was also built for her by her father and uncles behind her father's and uncle's back at her sister's persistent "begging" for self-defense.
Everyone followed Tang Yu to the showroom of the concealed weapon room. Exquisite concealed weapon bows and crossbows were placed in rows in front of everyone. There were also some unfinished new bows and crossbows placed on the ground on one side, or they lacked necessary parts. , or it may be a defective product that the craftsmen are not satisfied with.
Looking at the exquisite hidden weapons, strong bows and crossbows in front of him, Yang Yunfan couldn't help but admire them again and again. Tang Yu smiled, then sighed and said to Yang Yunfan: "Although these objects are exquisitely made, most people in the world attribute these objects to "wonderful skills and ingenuity", or they disdain them, and mostly regard them as We don’t like to use hidden weapons because they are insidious and cunning things, but our Tang Sect doesn’t have these worldly scruples and mostly use such weapons to defend ourselves.”
Yang Yunfan said seriously after hearing this: "Senior Brother Tang, what you said is wrong. The real insidious thing is the human heart. As long as you keep your heart upright, any weapon can be a good soldier. If there were not these hidden weapons, Mr. Tang Laoling would not be able to kill Hu Lin." Killed the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang. Therefore, the only thing that truly determines the good and evil of weapons is the human heart."
After hearing Yang Yunfan's lofty words, Tang Yu was filled with admiration and said excitedly: "Junior Brother Yang's words are very true. Weapons are cold and there is no good or evil. What really determines good and evil is the human heart."
Tang Feng, who was on the side, was also very pleased after hearing Yang Yunfan's words. She was happy that her sect's weapons had been renamed, and was impressed by Yang Yunfan's lofty words.
Yang Yunfan looked at the strong bows and crossbows in front of him, and suddenly his heart moved, and he said to Tang Yu: "Senior Brother Tang, your sect has so many excellent crossbows. To put them here is really a waste of heaven. It is better to offer them to the court. If the army has these powerful bows and crossbows, its combat effectiveness will be greatly improved."
The Khitan mostly relied on cavalry, which came and went like the wind, while the Song Dynasty mostly relied on infantry, which relied on foot to control cavalry, and crossbows were the most practical weapons.
Recall that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han general Li Ling used 5,000 "shooting infantry" at Junji Mountain to fight against a Xiongnu cavalry that was six times his own, and he used powerful crossbows to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers.
Historical records record that Li Ling commanded his troops to fight, firing thousands of crossbows, and the Xiongnu soldiers fell in response to the bows. The Xiongnu army was defeated and retreated up the mountain. The Han army pursued and killed thousands of Xiongnu soldiers.
Chanyu was shocked and summoned more than 80,000 cavalry from King Xian of the Left and King Xian of the Right to besiege Li Ling. Li Ling fought and walked south and was trapped in a valley. In the end, he was captured because he ran out of arrows. This shows how lethal the crossbow is to the cavalry.
