Chapter 412: The Battle of the Gentlemen
The sixth day of the fifth month in the sixteenth year of Taichu.
King Changlin led Zhao Changqing's ace force, the heavily armored cavalry, to the Niutoushan area and successfully joined forces with Zhuge Liang.
Three hundred thousand heavily armored cavalry, this is a very powerful force.
And all of these 300,000 people are warriors.
Regardless of their level of realm, 300,000 people, even with one kick from one person, can trample countless land gods to death under their feet.
Of course, this is somewhat exaggerated.
However, this can also reflect the power of heavy armor cavalry from the side.
All three hundred thousand troops came to the emperor and others and stood quietly.
The mighty spirit is fully displayed.
Zhao Changqing smiled at Zhuge Liang and said: "Kong Ming, my army of 300,000 people can withstand a million-strong army. Now, this army of 300,000 people is yours."
As soon as he finished saying this, 300,000 heavily armored cavalry shouted in unison: "I have seen the Prime Minister!"
The momentum was shocking.
This was deliberately arranged by Zhao Changqing.
The heavy armored cavalry are their own army, and they are more elite than anyone else.
Zhuge Liang was a little worried about putting such an iron cavalry in his hands.
Therefore, this is also a disguised way of telling Zhuge Liang, make good use of these 300,000 cavalry, you can make them obey you today, and naturally you can make them disobey him in the future.
Zhuge Liang naturally understands this truth.
He bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will definitely lead our Wei cavalry and be invincible."
Zhao Changqing nodded lightly and asked the 300,000 cavalry to set up camp and rest in place.
And they naturally wanted to discuss military matters.
According to the latest intelligence, they learned that currently, Kong Ren, Jiang Qianqiu, and Ye Xiaochen from the Kowloon generals had arrived at the Niutoushan battlefield.
Although these three people have never been famous for their academic knowledge of military art, they are experts at commanding special forces in combat.
Kong Ren was a Confucian commander, and he was best at commanding long-sword soldiers in combat. Some people commented that his power was probably not inferior to that of the Euphorbia warriors who were so powerful in the world back then.
Jiang Qianqiu is the youngest general among the Kowloon generals. He is only in his thirties now, and he is best at commanding cavalry in battle.
He once served as a cavalry instructor in the Tang Dynasty and taught four to five million elite cavalry.
Among them, there are 200,000 cavalry, which is the most powerful cavalry in the Tang Dynasty.
Known as the Golden Fire Cavalry by the world.
All of them are wearing golden armor, all of them are majestic, and their combat prowess is even more extraordinary.
When he came to the Niutoushan battlefield, he wrote a letter of challenge to Zhao Changqing, planning to ask him to use the cavalry to fight to the death in the prairie outside Niutoushan.
Ye Xiaochen, all his subordinates are archers.
What he is best at is commanding archers in battle.
He once developed a continuous-fire crossbow that was unique to Tang Guocai, and became widely known to people all over the world.
This kind of continuous-fire crossbow is extremely powerful, more than ten times more powerful than a bow and arrow.
It is known as the nightmare of the armies of all countries.
What Zhuge Liang is most afraid of right now is the crossbowmen under Ye Xiaochen.
Moreover, he has more than 100,000 crossbow troops under his command.
This is a very astonishing number.
Once a hundred thousand crossbowmen are deployed in formation, tens of thousands of troops can be killed in an instant.
After he knew that Ye Xiaochen had come here, he thought about it all night long and planned to make a crossbow of his own to compete with the crossbowmen under his command.
Previously, Zhuge Liang had discussed with his wife Huang Yueying about the production method of the Liannu, and his wife also gave a lot of pertinent opinions.
This gave him a rough idea.
After several days of hard thinking, he finally created a new type of repeating crossbow, and told Zhao Changqing about it, "Your Majesty, I am confident that this kind of repeating crossbow is better than Ye Xiaochen's."
The strong crossbows are several times more powerful, but it may be difficult to cast them in large quantities in a very short period of time."
Zhao Changqing thought for a while and said: "This is easy to handle. I will immediately ask the Manufacturing Department and the Ministry of Industry to find a way to build this kind of crossbows overnight. The more the better, and send them here."
Zhuge Liang said: "For the current plan, this is the only way."
He was afraid that he would not have enough time, but it seemed that this was the most effective method at present.
"What name do you plan to give this kind of crossbow?" Zhao Changqing asked.
Zhuge Liang shook his head, "Wei Chen hasn't thought of it yet, why don't your Majesty help Wei Chen think of one?"
Zhao Changqing pretended to think deeply for a moment, and then said: "Then why not just name it after your surname and call it Zhuge Liannu!"
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"
Zhuge Liannu was named after his own surname.
This is a great opportunity to be remembered forever.
Once future generations think of the name of this kind of repeating crossbow, they will think of themselves first.
He originally thought that His Majesty would give him a name related to the state of Wei.
After all, the crossbow designed by Ye Xiaochen was called the Tang Heavy Crossbow by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Your Majesty gave yourself such a name, I am really grateful.
Zhao Changqing said: "You don't need to thank me. After all, I should be the one to thank you. You have paid a lot for Wei, and I will remember it in my heart."
Zhuge Liang bent down and clasped his fists and said: "Wei Chen doesn't dare, this is all Wei Chen's responsibility."
Zhao Changqing asked him about other things, "Do you know that Jiang Qianqiu, one of the Nine Dragons generals, signed a challenge to me? What do you think?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to pay attention to this kind of thing at all. After all, Jiang Qianqiu is just a general of the Tang Dynasty at best, and your Majesty is the emperor of our Great Wei Kingdom. He is not worthy of writing a letter of war to your Majesty, so
, Your Majesty, why should you care?"
Zhao Changqing felt that these words made sense.
He had heard a sentence before.
A lion will never look back because of the barking of a wild dog.
but...
Zhao Changqing really wanted to see whether the heavy armor cavalry was more powerful or the so-called golden fire cavalry.
He told his military advisor his inner thoughts.
Zhuge Liang thought for a while, but still disagreed with this matter, "Your Majesty, if the enemy sets up an ambush and the heavy armored cavalry suffers heavy losses, it will be irreparable."
Zhao Changqing said: "I have thought about this problem before, and I will handle it properly. The grassland outside Niutoushan is endless, and there can be no ambush at all. Moreover, they choose the place, and we choose the time. Since it is a matter of gentlemen,
If we want to fight, then we should go to fight, otherwise, people in the world will say that we are afraid of the Tang Dynasty’s golden fire cavalry.”
Zhuge Liang said: "Since your Majesty is determined to go, you should let General Chen Qingzhi lead the troops to fight. Why should your Majesty lower your status?"
Zhao Changqing said firmly: "Because I am the emperor immediately!"
...
The next morning.
Zhao Changqing gathered his troops and headed to the prairie.
Each side has 30,000 troops.
Sure enough, it was thirty thousand.
This is a battle between gentlemen.
The Golden Fire Cavalry has not been on the battlefield for many years. Jiang Qianqiu needs a gentleman's battle to prove to the world that the Tang Kingdom's Golden Fire Cavalry is still the most powerful cavalry unit in the world.
The main reason why Zhao Changqing fought was to tell the world that Wei's heavy armored cavalry was the best army in the world.
After all, Zhao Changqing spent a lot of effort to train this cavalry.
Chapter completed!