Su Chen said: "The current armor is only 20% of its original weight, and there is no need to carry other things. That is to say, the weapons in the hands are somewhat heavy, and half of the weapons can still be carried by the camels,"
"Cheng Wuting and the others didn't say anything, so it should be fine."
Su Chen and Li Chengqian were on the deck watching the soldiers busy while chatting.
Elsa took small steps and trotted all the way to the two of them,
"What is that... thick, long iron thing?"
Elsa's language talent is really full, and she can communicate well in Chinese.
"cannon!"
"For siege!"
Su Chen explained briefly.
"By the way, what are you siblings doing in Medina all day?"
"I've never heard of gunpowder or Greek fire, that's all."
"I asked you big cannibals where there is a big iron smelting plant, but you don't know."
Elsa glanced at Su Chen and said aggrievedly: "Those nobles in Medina don't talk to us about military affairs and weapons!"
"I know it would be great if the cannibals learned how to make paper and print!"
Su Chen didn't say anything. That's not bad. Hashim brought back a map of the Dashiguan Mansion.
The quality of the paper is really good, and Da Shiren's ability to apply what he has learned is really strong.
The Linghu family had only brought papermaking to Dashi for a few days. Not only had they mastered it, but they had also spread it across the country!
"Your Highness! It's time for me to go down!"
Seeing that the first batch of baggage on the shore had been loaded, Su Chen said goodbye to Li Chengqian.
"Let's get off the boat together, I'll go and help the teachers and soldiers!"
The two got off the boat together and found that Elsa was still following:
Su Chen frowned: "Go back to the ship, the army is setting out now, don't cause trouble!"
Elsa returned to the boat dejectedly, muttering: "It won't work if I just go down and take a look,"
"The people of the Tang Dynasty were so weird, they even brought their own wheels,"
"Um?
That wheel looks like it’s made of iron!”
Regardless of Elsa’s trivial thoughts,
Su Chen and Li Chengqian came to the camp on the shore. After some encouragement from Li Chengqian,
Yuchi Baolin clasped his fist towards Li Chengqian and set off with a thousand troops of the front army.
Then came Cheng Wuting with 1,500 baggage troops,
The rear army of 1,300 troops followed closely behind the baggage troops, led by Su Chen himself.
It is said to be a large army, but in fact there are always 3,000 Marines, plus 800 auxiliary troops.
There were less than four thousand people in total, marching towards the capital of the Dashi Empire!
This military operation is a joke in the eyes of others.
More than 3,000 people want to attack the capital of the world's second most powerful empire?
But everyone in the Tang army, from the commander-in-chief Su Chen to every soldier, was full of confidence in this battle!
From the landing point to the first node, it is about one hundred and sixty miles,
Liu Rengui had already set up a simple camp in the middle.
When it got dark the next day, the army arrived at the first node.
The original camels and horses were exhausted after two days of carrying heavy loads and needed to be replaced here.
A new batch of livestock was replaced, and the army moved forward as needed on the third day. This time, Su Chen was in front and Yuchi Baolin was behind.
Su Chen did not let Liu Rengui follow him to Medina. He would take the marines who were responsible for collecting livestock a few days ago.
Responsible for continuing to monitor this march route after Su Chen leaves.
In the future, when Su Chen retreats from Medina, he will be responsible for supporting him, and Li Chengqian will send all the remaining marines and part of the navy to him.
Su Chen didn't want to be cut off suddenly.
Six thousand marines, Sun Renshi's second fleet, took away two thousand,
Su Chen took three thousand people to attack Medina.
The remaining one thousand was given to Liu Rengui, just in case.
Arriving at the second node on the evening of the fourth day, Liu Jingren was waiting here.
At this time, it was less than fifty miles away from Medina.
"Commander, I have sent people to keep an eye on you on the way to Medina."
"The Big Eater should have discovered us, but the specific countermeasures are not yet clear!"
Su Chen smiled and said: "This is less than fifty miles away from Medina,"
"It's time to discover that the cannibal is a fool!"
Liu Jingren said: "Then, Commander, what should we do next?"
"If we rush to Medina in one go, the soldiers will be exhausted too much. I'm afraid..."
Su Chen glared at him: "What are you thinking of?"
"You said that once the cannibal discovered us, you still wanted to reach Medina in one go?"
"Send all the scouts out and make sure the soldiers have a good rest tonight. The war is probably going to start tomorrow!"
Liu Jingren said: "Commander, the general has been carefully paying attention to the movements around us in the past few days. There is no big cannibal army coming towards us."
Su Chen: "We are in an enemy country and are unfamiliar with the place, so be careful!"
"yes!"
Su Chen smiled again and said: "In fact, the fact that the army can get here proves that our plan is half successful!"
Liu Jingren, Yuchi Baolin, Cheng Wuting and others nodded together!
Cheng Wuting pointed at Liu Jingren and said: "The general was worried along the way that the cannibals would suddenly come out of Medina."
"In that case, this kid will probably have a hard time running away!"
Liu Jingren smiled: "Don't tell me, I'm scared myself!"
"My hundred and ten people are scattered around. Once the big cannibal army appears, we will count them all!"
"It's strange that the big man-eater didn't move. They must have noticed me."
Su Chen said: "It's only been four days. It probably won't take more than two days for the Big Eater to find you."
"I guess the nobles in Medina are still wondering, what do our sudden appearance of troops want to do this time?"
"Just imagine, if a group of three thousand Turks suddenly appeared on the north bank of the Weishui River, would you think they came to attack Chang'an?"
Everyone shook their heads together: "How is that possible? Based on the combat strength during the Wude period, if you don't have a hundred thousand troops, you can't even think of touching the Chang'an city wall!"
Su Chen smiled and said: "The big cannibal thinks so too!"
"There are currently more than 30,000 defenders in Medina. It is estimated that there are 30,000 to 50,000 people who can arrive in the surrounding area within three days, and even more those farther away,"
"They definitely wouldn't have thought that more than 3,000 of us were here to attack Medina, at least they wouldn't have thought so until we showed up here."
Yuchi Baolin arrived: "This big cannibal is quite careless. There are only so few people left in the capital."
Su Chen said: "Actually, there are quite a few. You have also seen the desert climate of the Dashi Peninsula. How many people can be supported here in total?"
"Besides, the main force of Dashi is still in the former Persia,"
"Compared to this desolate and barren peninsula, the two river basins are rich and full of oil. I guess the cannibals have already regarded it as the center of their country!"
Cheng Wuting said: "No matter what the reason is, we are already here anyway, Medina is right in front of us, we must not return empty-handed!"
