(I cried because my wife and children came to Weihai to play in the past two days. Yanyu saved the draft for two days and prepared to accompany them. However, the timing was wrong and it was released in advance. Therefore, I had to take time out to code today.
Chapter 1...4,000 per day for the past two days, please forgive me!)
On this day, Di Renjie came to see Li Min excitedly.
And he didn't tell Li Min what happened, but pulled him and walked out.
On the way, Li Min couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Renjie, have you come up with another new invention? After all, don't tell me what new product you have developed!"
The scientific research institute cannot always move forward under Li Min's guidance. In that case, the meaning and value of the scientific research institute will be lost.
So now, except for the products that Li Min needs them to make, Li Min has let go.
Li Min didn't ask any questions about what new products they wanted to research or what direction they wanted to develop.
They always have to experience failures and setbacks before they can gradually get on the right track.
This time, Di Renjie was so excited that Li Min could guess right away.
No need to ask, their scientific research institute must have successfully developed a new product.
And this new product is definitely not the subject of light bulbs and batteries that he researched for the institute.
There are already a lot of people in scientific research institutes now, and they will probably conduct research on several topics.
If he had developed the light bulb, he had come up with the topic himself, and Di Renjie would not have been so excited.
Moreover, light bulbs may not be produced in such a short time.
Although Di Renjie was a little disappointed when his master guessed the reason, he was not too surprised.
It's really normal to be able to be guessed by one's evil master, but it's really weird if he can't be stepped on.
However, Di Renjie was very secretive about what new products the scientific research institute had developed and refused to tell them.
"Master, guess what!"
Li Min asked with a dark face: "Do you want me to guess?"
Di Renjie chuckled and said, "I won't guess!"
"Master, we will be here soon. You will see it soon. Don't worry, I will definitely give you a surprise!"
Not long after, Di Renjie pulled Li Min to the courtyard of the scientific research institute.
The courtyard of the scientific research institute is very large because sometimes we need to study some weird things.
And there is land in the yard, so the test of the steam plow can be completed in the yard.
When Li Min walked into the yard, he saw a tricycle.
This tricycle is relatively large. Li Min feels that this tricycle can carry at least fifty or sixty people.
Even in later generations, there won’t be such a big tricycle, right?
This is definitely a superstar tricycle!
Moreover, the fender of this tricycle is very thick and seems to be able to be erected.
Seeing this tricycle, Li Min couldn't help but look thoughtful on his face.
"Renjie, is this tricycle used in the military?"
"Wow, Master, you have guessed all this...Master is so awesome, I can't hide anything from Master!"
This is the steam tricycle they made, right?
In the past, Di Renjie and Li Min proposed to build a steam tricycle, but Li Min rejected it.
Because Li Min knew very well that there was actually not a big market for steam tricycles.
After the advent of the internal combustion engine, steam tricycles will soon disappear from the stage of history.
But what Li Min didn't expect was that the scientific research institute developed a steam tricycle.
However, this time the steam tricycle was used in the military.
Such a steam tricycle, because of its huge size, uses a large steam engine, which perfectly avoids the shortcomings of the steam tricycle that Li Min proposed before.
"Ignition, start, let the master see the speed of the steam tricycle!"
"yes!"
It turns out that there are three people on standby on the steam tricycle.
Among them, one person is driving and two people are responsible for lighting the fire.
Soon, the flames ignited, and with a huge roar, the steam tricycle rumbled and ran.
They should have been burning for some time before they came over, otherwise, they would not have been able to run so quickly.
The speed of the steam tricycle can be described as lightning fast.
Li Min felt that he could reach a speed of at least sixty or seventy miles.
Although this speed is not comparable to the speed of a war horse in a short period of time.
But if you have the endurance, you can definitely outrun your horse for several blocks.
By the way, I still don’t know how far this steam tricycle has a range.
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "Renjie, how far can this steam tricycle travel at one time?"
Di Renjie chuckled and said: "Master, according to our experiments, this steam tricycle can run at least 150 miles at a time, and then water and charcoal need to be added."
"Of course, in fact, you can load more water and charcoal on the car to increase the endurance. But if you do this, it will affect the performance of the steam tricycle. The current ratio should be the optimal ratio."
After hearing Di Renjie's words, Li Min couldn't help but nodded.
After the steam tricycle stalled, Di Renjie pulled Li Min to the front of the tricycle.
Well, the height of the tricycle is much higher than the height of the two people. From the bottom, you can't see the whole view of the tricycle at all.
Di Renjie pulled Li Min onto the tricycle, and then Di Renjie introduced Li Min:
"Master, you see, twenty-two crossbow launchers can be installed on this tricycle. Ten can be installed on each side, and two more can be installed directly behind. In this way, if you encounter an enemy, you can shoot at any time."
"Furthermore, these crossbows can be fired continuously and the angle can be changed, so that a team of steam tricycles can be successfully formed. They can be fired in batches. General Xue likes these steam tricycles very much and plans to launch them after consulting you.
Mass production, you see..."
If this steam tricycle is used in war, it will definitely be a powerful weapon.
Of course, the shortcomings of steam tricycles are also quite obvious.
The first is that the defensive power is still a bit poor. Of course, compared with horses, even heavy cavalry and steam tricycles are not comparable.
The most important point is that steam tricycles rely too much on terrain.
It won't be able to walk on a road with too bumpy terrain.
But horses are different. As long as it is not too dangerous, they can travel smoothly.
Moreover, as soon as the internal combustion engine appears, the steam engine will be eliminated.
This made Li Min actually not very willing to mass-produce these steam tricycles.
However, it looks like the scientific research institute put in a lot of effort to develop the steam tricycle.
If you completely deny it, it will chill their hearts.
Moreover, this steam tricycle is actually not completely useless.
After thinking about it, Li Min agreed.
Finally, Li Min also made a suggestion.
"I discovered that the tires of your steam tricycle are a weak point. If the enemy damages the tires, the steam tricycle will soon roll over. Therefore, I suggest adding a steel plate protection on the outside of the tires!"
After hearing Li Min's instructions, Di Renjie nodded repeatedly and immediately recorded it, preparing to improve it when he returned.
Li Min, on the other hand, shook his head and left directly.
Now Tuyuhun must rely on the Tang Dynasty to establish a country.
Tubo was also frightened by the Tang Dynasty.
Not to mention them, even the fifteen countries that came to propose marriage to the Tang Dynasty, after seeing the power of the Yizhou Eighteen Cavalry, I believe they would not use swords and guns against the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, this steam tricycle is sharp.
But now in Datang, for the time being, there are no enemies at all!
So, what is the use of making so many steam tricycles?
I learned the skill of slaying dragons, but there are no dragons in the world...
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At this time, compared with the peaceful Tang Dynasty, the west of the Tang Dynasty was experiencing the baptism of war.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a powerful empire to the west of the Tang Dynasty called the Arab Empire.
At its most powerful period, the Arab Empire spanned Asia, Africa and Europe.
The Tang Dynasty called the Arab Empire Dashi.
In the original historical trajectory, about a few decades later, there would be another confrontation between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire.
However, that confrontation ended in Datang's defeat.
Of course, the reason why Datang failed was because Datang’s army was small in number and reinforcements did not arrive in time.
Dashi also discovered that Datang was not easy to mess with, and the two sides quickly signed an agreement, which did not trigger a subsequent war.
However, in the original historical trajectory, Dashi was busy expanding to all directions during this period and did not conflict with the Tang Dynasty.
However, now because of Li Min's arrival, this little butterfly flaps its wings gently, causing many things to deviate from the established track.
In this life, Dashi has developed somewhat rapidly.
In this life, Dashi is rapidly annexing Persia.
The Great Eclipse caused genocidal killings and cultural genocidal religious spread, leading to the end and mutation of ancient Egypt and ancient Persian civilization.
At this time, Persia, compared with the behemoth Dashi, was simply no match for Dashi in the sky and on earth. Who were Dashi's rivals?
Seeing that Persia was about to be exterminated, it quickly sought help from the Tang Dynasty.
However, it was a long journey from Persia to the Tang Dynasty. It was estimated that it would take at least nearly half a year before the national letter asking for help was sent to the Tang Dynasty and then the Tang Dynasty responded and prepared to send troops.
After such a long time, Persia must have perished long ago.
As for the Anxi Protectorate, since they had not received any instructions from the imperial court, they did not dare to have a rash conflict with Dashi.
The Persian Empire was soon annexed by Dashi.
The generals guarding the Anxi Protectorate also deployed troops to prevent the Great Food Festival from attacking the Tang Dynasty.
It was the army of the Caliph of the Great Food Kingdom that captured Persia.
Alifa launched an attack on Byzantium and the Sassanid Empire last year.
Khalid ibn Velid, known as the Sword of Allah, led the Arabs to quickly pass through the inaccessible Syrian desert. On the bank of the Yarmok River, he annihilated the 50,000-strong Byzantine army and captured the richest man in Syria.
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The Arab armies won consecutive victories and finally forced Jerusalem, which had been besieged for two years, to surrender.
Faced with the fierce exploits of the Arabs, the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius said sadly: Syria, such beautiful and beautiful rivers and mountains, still belongs to the enemy!
The victory of a series of aggressive wars caused the Arab Empire to expand rapidly at this time.
They are no longer satisfied with their current achievements.
Compared with the original historical trajectory, their greedy eyes were fixed on the Tang Dynasty, which was adjacent to them, decades earlier.
In their eyes, Datang was just a huge piece of fat.
If they can swallow this piece of fat, then their Arab Empire will complete a qualitative leap.
They have captured two-thirds of the Tang Dynasty and the entire world. Can the remaining one-third be far behind? (This is just their own idea)
Therefore, the Caliphate had decided to invade Datang.
After they captured Persia, they pretended to rectify Persia without making the slightest move to invade the Tang Dynasty, in order to paralyze the Tang Dynasty.
Qiao Shiwang, the guard of the Protectorate of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, was indeed confused by the food at this time. (In official history, the establishment of the Protectorate of Anxi was probably a few years later.)
He believed that the Great Eclipse was just to annex Persia and had no idea about the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, the entire Tang Dynasty was not very defensive about Dashi.
The Caliphate, while quickly rectifying Persia, was quietly preparing to launch an attack on the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.
One night half a month later, Harris led his army to invade the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.
And the location they chose was Henglus.
History has huge inertia.
Although this battle was decades ahead of schedule.
But the location of the war was still placed in Henglus.
However, compared with the scenes in the original historical trajectory, the Tang Dynasty suffered a big loss in the Battle of Henglus.
Because Qiao Shiwang, the guard general of the Anxi Protectorate, only had less than 10,000 troops in his hands.
Secondly, he was not too wary of Dashi's army.
This allowed Dashi's army to easily occupy Henglus.
And the easy invasion made the Dashi army unscrupulous.
They felt that although the Tang Dynasty had a vast territory and a large population.
But compared with other countries they invaded before, there is not much difference.
In their opinion, Datang's strength was completely invincible.
In the following time, the Caliph led his army to attack the two cities of Julan and Suiye in the Anxi Protectorate.
And began to occupy the cities of Datang vertically and continuously.
As for Qiao Shiwang, he was first caught off guard by the Dashi army.
However, he quickly reacted, organized the soldiers of the Protectorate, and began to fight back.
Qiao Shiwang worshiped the Prince Consort, and he still has some abilities.
At this time, the invading army of the Caliphate was too successful, which led to them underestimating the enemy.
And Qiao Shiwang took advantage of the Caliph's mentality of underestimating the enemy, organized less than ten thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and fought several victorious battles.
However, the army led by the caliph exceeded one hundred thousand.
However, Qiao Shiwang's army only numbered less than 10,000 people.
The huge gap in numbers meant that Qiao Shiwang could only achieve one or two lucky victories in local wars.
Next, the Caliph led a large army and destroyed Qiao Shiwang's army with a crushing advantage.
Finally, Qiao Shiwang led the army and evacuated hastily.
The Caliph led the Arab army and quickly captured the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.
While Qiao Shiwang was reorganizing his army, he was flying pigeons to send letters to the court to report the situation of the war.
Flying pigeons pass letters to convey information, and there are unsafe factors such as information leakage, so it is not a conventional way to convey information.
But now that the Anxi Protectorate was lost and the entire Tang Dynasty was in danger, Qiao Shiwang had to use this unconventional method to pass the news to the court as soon as possible.
