The war came earlier than imagined, and it was also more powerful than imagined.
When Li Ye and Nangong first rushed to Yangguan together, the preparations for the battle at the top of the city had already been completed.
The sun in front of him is not the same as the Earth's Sun Pass in Li Ye's memory, it is much bigger and majestic in general.
In fact, many cities in this world are larger than the earth, and the population of some places is several times or even ten times that of the earth. Li Ye has long been used to this, since it is a monk's world after all.
The Shimen monks outside the city seemed boundless at first glance, no matter how you looked at it, there were no fewer than 50,000 people.
These are 50,000 monks, not 50,000 ordinary soldiers.
There are only 12,000 garrison soldiers on Yangguan, and most of them are ordinary soldiers. On average, monks only reach the level of corporal leaders.
God knows where Shimen got so many monks, but seeing that people with skin and facial features obviously different from those in the Western Regions and plateau accounted for about half of the number, Li Ye was relieved.
Of course, the monks came from Tianzhu. This is what Master Feihong said. The strong man of the Holy Buddha broke his wrist and abandoned Tianzhu, and transferred all the monks who could be transferred from Tianzhu to the northwest.
Fifty thousand monks and soldiers are not comparable to the two or three hundred thousand Uighur troops.
Since the civil strife in Tubo, the Shimen and the Luna Sect have fought, the slaves and the nobles have fought, and the battles before Yangguan have all been contests between the Guiyi Army and the Uighurs. Now, seeing such a huge and orderly battle formation of monks suddenly, many soldiers felt uncomfortable.
The term of incompatibility is somewhat implicit, to be more precise, it is fear.
After all, in the eyes of most ordinary people, monks are still a group worthy of respect. If they are so-called eminent monks, they should be even more revered and even worshiped. Among the 50,000 or so monks, there must be quite a few eminent monks who have attained the Tao.
Li Xian squatted behind the rammed earth parapet, and was getting together with a young man, playing with a brand new bed crossbow. This bed crossbow is somewhat different from ordinary bed crossbows, not because of the different styles and sizes, but because it reveals strong aura fluctuations.
So, this is a magic weapon.
Chu Nanhuai, Su Emei, Wei Xiaozhuang, Li Wenwen, Wei Xiaozhuang and others also gathered in front of several bed crossbows, chatting with some old soldiers in the army. Three miles outside the city, it was obvious that the formation had been completed. The monks who were about to knock on the pass turned a blind eye.
Li Ye came to Li Xian, leaned his upper body forward, put his head over the heads of Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng, looked at the bed crossbow, and listened to the conversation between Li Xian and the young man in his early twenties.
Magical artifacts are nothing to monks. Magical artifacts from the first level to the ninth level are common items among Qi training monks and real-world monks. Except for poor Jianghu monks, whoever relies on a powerful organization, no one has One or two
A heroic general in the army, as long as his rank is high enough, he will have magic weapon armor, which can defend his whole body in all directions, which can be called a sharp weapon on the battlefield. Of course, there are not many such armors, and those who command less than five thousand soldiers are at the level of commanders and envoys, so don't even think about having them.
The Lu Gu Sword in Li Ye's hand was a peerless magic weapon in itself, and later came to the territory of the monster clan, and was successfully promoted to a peerless magic weapon, which is a rare treasure in the world.
But magic tools are also limited. Although there are various types and uses are also strange, but the power is actually the same, and the size is not large. Generally speaking, the mainstream is still the sword, gun, sword, halberd, shield, bow, axe and so on.
The bed crossbow, a major weapon in the army, maintains a certain deterrent effect on low-grade monks, and has never been a magic weapon. The reason is nothing more than one, the craftsmanship of making magic tools in the world is not enough to support the emergence of magic tools of mass destruction.
Of course, the sword in the hands of a real person can indeed kill a large number of ordinary soldiers. But to get to the bottom of it, that is the power of the monk, not the power of the magic weapon itself.
This is also why, when soldiers and warriors come to the battlefield, relying on the field of battle formations, it is the root cause of the existence of such things as vertical and horizontal maneuvers. If the bed crossbows become magical weapons, their power is increased by several levels, and they can completely snipe and kill generals, so what will military generals do
Now that the bed crossbow has been turned into a magical weapon in Yangguan, it is no wonder that Li Ye, King An, the first person in the Tang Dynasty, stretches his neck to look carefully, and when the battle is about to break out, he does not hesitate to listen to the commentary quietly up.
"The reason why a magic weapon is a magic weapon is nothing more than two points. One is the material used to make the magic weapon, and the second is the runes engraved on the magic weapon."
As the young man said, he showed Li Xian the eye-catching but not dense runes on the bed crossbow, "The material is the foundation, it determines how much aura the magic weapon can withstand; the runes are the finishing touch, it determines In order to be able to inject the aura into it, how much growth can be brought out."
These words are the common sense of monks, and there is nothing to think about.
The young man with ordinary clothes, dark skin and only a short jacket in the cold weather, showing big and bulging muscles on his arms, continued to say enthusiastically:
"In fact, there are only so many magic weapon materials in the world, and there is not much difference in the various spirit stones produced by different mines. But to engrave runes, monks need to do it themselves. When the realm of monks in the world is not much different, The grades of the runes are actually about the same."
This is the reason why the bed crossbow cannot be used as a magic weapon: the material is not allowed, and the level of the monks' engraving of runes is just like that.
When the young man said this, his voice was two points louder, obviously he was talking about the important point, and he was also very excited, "But after continuous exploration with Master and I, we found that the potential of the material was not taken into account when making magic tools. When they are fully excavated, they can bear more aura power, in fact, they only need to improve the process of engraving runes!
"On the other hand, after decades of exploration, master continued to read books on making magical instruments, and continued to forge various magical instruments, and finally found a way to raise the engraved runes to a higher level! The two are combined together, We can use the current types of spirit stones to create more powerful instruments!"
Speaking of this, the young man puffed out his chest, and stretched his muscles so that ordinary women would feel ashamed and jealous when they saw his chest muscles: "These bed crossbows are the latest achievements of my master and I! It retains the advantages of the bed crossbow being simple and easy to use, and increases its power by a large amount, even if it is a monk of the third rank of Qi training, if he is hit by an arrow, he will definitely be pierced through his body!"
Hearing this, Li Ye's pupils shrank suddenly.
He turned his head and looked at Nangong the first.
Not surprisingly, from Nangong's first glance, Li Ye noticed his astonishment.
To say shock is too subtle, to be precise, it should be panic!
Although the bed crossbow is unmatched in power, in terms of damage, it has always been able to pierce the body of a monk at the first level of Qi training. If it is a monk at the second level of Qi training, it will only be knocked down by the huge impact force and will not be affected too much. The injury, and the cultivation base has reached the third level of Qi training, and it can already block the flying crossbow bolts of the bed.
Only warriors, martial masters, and Wu Zong, these monks who have not entered the realm of Qi training, will be pierced through the body by the bed crossbow!
If the current bed crossbow can penetrate even the body of a monk on the third level of Qi training, then the monks it can threaten will directly rise from below the second level of Qi training to below the fourth level of Qi training!
Don't look at the gap between the two realms, the article here is too big.
There are more than ten million monks in Datang? In the words of Shimen, there are as many as the sands of the Ganges River. Switched to a language that people in Tang understand, that is as much as the silt in the Yellow River!
However, there are only a few hundred great monks in the real world in the entire Tang Dynasty!
The high-level qi training monks that Li Ye mobilized to Hexi are his team that he has cultivated for many years, and he has the profound accumulation of Quanzhen Temple, plus Tsingyi Yamen, Huanyinfang, all casual cultivators in the rivers and lakes can network Internet, and only less than 10,000!
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Although there are tens of thousands of monks under Li Maozhen's command, it includes all the monks who practice Qi training in Hexi!
Most of the monks in the world are in the low level of Qi training, that is, the first, second and third levels of Qi training.
But now, the bed crossbow in front of him can directly shoot and kill the monks on the third level of Qi training!
Who is this muscular young man with a temperament not too different from an ordinary blacksmith
Who is his master? Can such a sharp weapon be made
As a time traveler, Li Ye knew very well that the advancement of weapon manufacturing technology would change the face of war!
Li Xian stood up, and when he saw Li Ye, he smiled and said: "You came at the right time, just to try these bed crossbows and see if you can equip the army on a large scale. Shazhou is a remote and barren place, although relying on In the Western Regions, commerce is flourishing, and supplies are limited after all, even if Zhang Huaishen personally helps them, there are too few spiritual stones available to their master and apprentice, and the first batch made ten bed crossbows like this."
Seeing Li Ye, Li Xian was not even half surprised. This cultivation base of tolerance and state of mind, even if you see it in the fairyland, you still have to admire it.
Seeing Li Ye, Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng hurriedly saluted and stepped aside.
After carefully looking at the bed crossbow, Li Ye suppressed the tide of his heart, glanced at the ordinary-looking young man, and then said to Li Xian: "Although there are various types of spirit stones on this bed crossbow, the vast land of the Tang Dynasty is basically the same. Not lacking. Only the skill of engraving runes is really a magical touch, and I am afraid it will take time to hone. However, as long as you are a cultivator in the real world, after a period of careful thinking, you should be able to master it."
These words are tantamount to acknowledging that in the future, wherever bed crossbows can appear, such magic weapon bed crossbows will basically appear!
And it is true.
Li Xian's answer to Li Ye was clear in his mind. As the former King An, he had mastered the extraordinary existence of the Tang Dynasty's military and political affairs, and he knew very well how many cultivation resources there were in the Tang Dynasty. The reason for asking this question is nothing more than to cover up his identity.
In the northwest frontier, Lao An Wang, who fought for a long time, was once a hero who looked down on the world, and was hailed as the hopeful existence of Tang Zhongxing.
But now, even the old soldier who has experienced battles with him and survived many battles, does not know his true identity, and thinks that he is just a righteous man who wants to defend the border.
Li Xian raised his head and laughed heartily, grinning almost to the ears, but the laughter was not loud, it could even be said to be silent.
He is like this, accustomed to suppress all his words and deeds, including emotions.
He was not like this in the past. When he was King An, he showed his sharpness and made no secret of his true temperament. He sat down and said what he wanted to say, and he was shining brightly and brightly, just like the sun in the sky.
He does have this capital, he belongs to Li Tang's clan, and was once cultivated by Xuan Zong, the master of the Ming Dynasty. He is destined to be the backbone of the Tang Dynasty. He has indeed done it, whether it is crusade against rebels, rebels, or the ruling party, he has done impeccable.
If he had always been King An, I am afraid there would be no chaos in Huangchao.
It's a pity that after Xuanzong's death, Li Xian did not meet a wise lord. His emperor was a foolish emperor, and he was also a foolish emperor who was jealous of powerful ministers. The Tang Dynasty he has worked hard for all his life.
Since then, he has been a different person.
Li Ye saw Li Xian for the first time after traveling through time, even if the other party overwhelmed the traitor, his figure looked so lonely.
Afterwards, Li Xian was willing to become an invisible person after he saw clearly that his son could inherit his career and possibly do better than himself.
To this day, he has saved Li Ye, the Battle of Hedong, and Yangguan, but no one knows his name. None of the soldiers knew that the righteous man in front of him was actually King An who existed in the sky of Tang Dynasty like the sun in the past.
Empathy is a bullshit, without a similar experience, how can the same feelings come from
No one can appreciate Li Xian's heart, no one knows how lonely his spiritual world is.
But he never said it, and he never wanted to be understood. He just did what he believed and what he should do. Even Nangong No. 1, who guarded the Yang Pass side by side with him and was bathed in blood for a long time, fell into self-doubt and personal depression and left here.
He is still here.
His heart is as solid as gold.
Li Ye knew that no one's heart could be as strong as gold and stone for no reason.
If it were Li Ye, if possible, he would not have such an ambition.
Because, a hundred refinements become gold.
What kind of suffering and fortitude must be experienced in order to achieve a heart like gold and stone
Li Ye's eyes were turning red, and his throat was dry, but Li Xian himself didn't feel anything unusual. After laughing silently, he pulled the young man with a rather straightforward face to Li Ye, and introduced him: "The successor of the sixth disciple of Bailudong, Peng Zushan. Their lineage, Shigong craftsmanship, every disciple can be called a generation of master craftsmen."
When Li Xian said this, there was a glint of honor in his eyes, obviously he was proud of the achievements of Peng Zushan and his master.
This is normal, Li Xian himself studied and practiced in Bailudong, he is a disciple of Bailudong.
Li Xian can indeed be proud of such an outstanding disciple as Peng Zushan and his apprentice. People of insight say that people in the world don't know about Bailudong, and there are no outstanding people in the world.
However, at this moment, seeing Li Xian's glorious expression, Li Ye's red eyes almost couldn't hold back his tears.
What are you proud of? Having a disciple like you in Bailu Cave is something that other disciples should be honored with!
You are the most outstanding disciple of Bailu Cave!
Li Ye couldn't say these words in public, so he could only salute Peng Zushan, "On behalf of Tang Dynasty, Li Ye thanked brother, respected teacher, and... Bailudong."
Hearing the word "Li Ye", Peng Zushan's astonished eyes were as big as bull's eyes. How dare he slack off in front of King An, so he quickly turned sideways, expressing that he did not dare to accept Li Ye's gift, and at the same time clasped his fists in a hurry, "King An, don't be like this, Zhesha is here! It is our blessing to be able to work for Datang!"
Li Ye opened his mouth, but in front of Li Xian, he couldn't say a word for a moment.
King An, I am indeed King An, but my prince is inherited from the middle-aged man with a tattered green robe and a yellow sandy body beside you! What are you afraid of and me? What you should be afraid of is the comrade next to you.
Li Xian seemed to notice Li Ye's uneasiness, and pulled him aside, looked outside the pass through the loess parapet, and looked at the Shimen monks who were ready to attack.
Li Xian pretended to be relaxed and calm, and said in a homely tone with Li Ye: "Peng Zushan's master and apprentice have been in Shazhou for a long time. In order to help the Guiyi Army defend the frontier, they have never had an easy day, let alone Moment wasted.
"Before the magic weapon bed crossbow was manufactured, they had already improved the longbow, fuyuan crossbow, arm crossbow, horn crossbow, etc. in the army, and even all kinds of armor, in the hands of their masters and apprentices, became more powerful. Stronger than ever."
Speaking of this, the smile on Li Xian's face became more and more intense, he glanced at Li Ye, and said slowly: "Do you know why the army of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was invincible, and why the frontier troops in the four towns of Anxi were able to open up the frontier for the dynasty?" thousands of miles?"
Li Ye has many answers to this question. For example, the generals are both wise and brave; But these answers are obviously not what Li Xian wants to say at this time.
So Li Ye bowed and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Li Xian smiled happily like a child, "I know you have answers in your heart, many answers, your answers are actually right. But what I want to say today is that Erlang of Datang can expand the territory, in fact The core relies on three words: Chinese civilization."
Speaking of this, Li Xian paused for a moment, as if to give Li Ye time to think, "What is Han civilization? Why has Han civilization been strong and unabated throughout the dynasties? Why did the wise monarchs among them In the end, they all chose to study Han civilization? Just to rule the Han people more conveniently? Of course not."
Li Xian looked at the monk corps that had begun to approach the city gate, his eyes were as calm as water, without any waves, and he continued: "In the final analysis, it is the advanced and powerful Chinese civilization. Advanced and powerful, this is the core truth I realized.
"Because it is advanced and powerful, all ethnic groups entering the land of Kyushu will learn Chinese civilization as long as they have some knowledge. Advanced and powerful things will make them even more unrivaled. Who would not choose? Then the question arises, Why is the Han civilization advanced and powerful? Where are they manifested?"
Li Ye didn't answer, but just listened quietly.
He knew that Li Xian had the answer.
Sure enough, Li Xian continued: "The Chinese civilization is advanced, all-encompassing, and leading in all aspects. Otherwise, there would be no foreign races occupying the Central Plains willing to scramble to learn. And one of the most important items is craftsmanship. All kinds of craftsmanship. Yes, you are right, what I want to say is craftsmanship.
"The army of the Tang Dynasty marched for thousands of miles, with only tens of thousands of frontier troops, they were able to expand their territories. The most important thing they relied on was craftsmanship. We have the best armor, the most powerful bows, and the most reasonable So, even if our steel casting skills are not as good as Persia's, even if our long swords are not as strong as theirs, Gao Xianzhi can still make them fear!"
Speaking of this, Li Xian turned to look at Li Ye, and asked solemnly: "Do you understand?"
Li Ye nodded, and replied solemnly: "In this battle, no matter how many monks there are in Shimen, Yangguan will not be lost. Because our army is strong in all aspects. Our armor, bows and crossbows, our The magic weapon bed crossbow will make them pay with their lives!"