Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

After the first square team ended, the appearance of the second square team made everyone even more stunned.

The second square team is still a carriage, but the difference is that this carriage has a strange shape, a huge shield stands on its sides and behind, and eight archers stand on the carriage.

In addition, its wheels are larger than those of the previous carriage, so that the frame height of this carriage is close to 1.5 meters high.

Seeing this, everyone was a little surprised, is this a chariot?After all, in addition to the soldiers controlling the horses, the ancient chariots also had archers on them.

Could it be that Datang has developed a new type of chariot?The shield looks like it is covered with a layer of iron, and its protective ability is beyond doubt.But it is said that it is a chariot, and there are no lengthened strangulation rods used by strangling infantry on the axles on both sides of it.

However, although these formations have explanations, it is impossible for the explanations to explain these weapons and equipment to them in detail. In fact, these chariots can be regarded as an experimental improvement invention of the Ordnance Institute.

The brand-new carriage they developed is currently quite flexible in the field, and can almost adapt to most terrains. Even if it is impossible to adapt to the terrain, in fact, it can be passed with a little help from people or animals, as long as the carriage is not very serious. .

Because the steel shock absorbers and cast iron wheels add too much to the carriage.

This allows the carriage to cope with harsh terrain, and reduces the failure rate, and the ability to load and other aspects has also been improved.

That's why this carriage appeared. This carriage... is actually a way to prevent enemy cavalry from cutting. The steel plate shields on both sides of the carriage are actually two pieces. After one of them is put down, it can be combined up and down to form a shield. A huge shield nearly two meters in height.

And the shields on the left and right sides can be deployed to form a shield wall with the shield at the rear of the carriage.

On the battlefield, if these carriages are united, there will be connecting rods prepared in advance between their shields, so that they can quickly form a steel wall that the enemy cannot overcome!

Moreover, after the frame of the carriage is disassembled, it can also form a platform for spearmen or archers to stand on.

And when this carriage forms a shield wall, it can also carry a large amount of military supplies, such as arrows and other battlefield supplies, which can be used to the fullest.

To be honest, this kind of invention has never appeared in history, because there has never been a carriage with such strong adaptability in history, and it is impossible to use steel on such a large scale to form carriages and shields.

Whether it is useful or not, Li Ke thinks it is useful, at least after the archers or infantry, baggage and other troops in the rear carry it, to some extent, the possibility of enemy cavalry raiding and cutting has been eliminated.

Because of the shield wall with brackets, the enemy's cavalry cannot break through at all, but the soldiers standing behind the shield wall, even if there are no spearmen, only archers, may destroy the enemy's cavalry.

Especially after Datang has no shortage of arrows, what threat can the enemy's cavalry pose to the archers protected by such a shield wall?

In addition, this kind of carriage has special functions in special circumstances. For example, for rivers with a depth of no more than 1.7 meters, the design of this carriage can be combined with this shield wall to form a temporary pontoon bridge in the river!Moreover, it is also a pontoon bridge with an iron bridge deck, which can play a great role in the transfer of large troops and the rapid assault of the enemy.

And a river with a depth of 1.7 meters is difficult even for cavalry, let alone supplies for large troops.

In addition, with its height, some small city walls with a height of about three or four meters can even climb up by stepping on it.So this carriage still has many functions, which is why Li Ke asked the Ordnance Institute to manufacture a large number.

As for whether its actual effect is that great, this thing can only be known on the battlefield. It is a test. Anyway, with Datang's current strength, the cost of casting these things is not much at all, and some of it is the strength of this test.

The weapons and equipment under different technological means are naturally different.

When the third military weapon phalanx appeared, the envoys on the city wall all looked solemn this time, because this time... it was a large bed crossbow.

And there is a super-large bed crossbow with three crossbow arms, but its structure is the same as that of the first phalanx, and it is combined with a carriage, so its weight does not seem heavy, and its moving speed is obviously faster , can be directly pulled by the pack horse and follow the troops to advance quickly.

You must know that the bed crossbows used in various countries now have very thick wooden frames. These wooden frames alone cannot be pulled by the carriages of various countries. Even if they are put on, the carriages cannot move forward at all.

Wooden bearings and wheels can't bear its weight, even if it can bear it temporarily, it can't walk for a long distance.

But all the wheels and hubs of Datang's carriage are made of cast iron, so naturally there is no problem with bearing such a crossbow.

In this phalanx alone, there are more than 20 such large bed crossbows... Doesn't this mean that bed crossbows like Datang can be applied to the battlefield at any time?And not just siege warfare? !

This carriage phalanx is the last phalanx. When the last carriage phalanx passes by, there is a brand new phalanx in the distance moving slowly here again.

But this phalanx is different from all previous phalanxes. It has neither uniform movements nor uniform armor. Gray-haired soldiers in their 20s didn't wait.

They just formed a simple square and walked slowly in this direction.

But this time, it was Li Ke's voice that rang out from the speaker.

"The square team that is coming to us now, they don't have a well-equipped army, they don't have perfect weapons and armor, and many of them have not even undergone strict military training. Some of them are only in their early twenties, and some are already gray-haired. .”

"But it is they who guard the last frontier of this land with their blood! They are the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty! Defense! Army! People!"

"Some of them, when the Tang Dynasty was established more than 20 years ago and were unable to take care of the frontier, they silently guarded the frontier without backup, defense, or supplies. The longest group of people guarded the frontier for more than ten years. Years! In the most difficult time, they can only eat wild vegetables and voles to survive the difficulties."

"And there are some, they are ordinary people living near the frontier. When the Central Plains was devastated and the people were in dire straits, they silently and automatically transformed into soldiers stationed on the frontier. They stayed for several years, more than ten years! Until the mainland Tang reincorporates this land into the national territory!"

"It is they who guarded the land of China with their blood and responsibility, making them an eternal monument!"