The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 76 Longbow and Horizontal Sword
After Su Dingfang left, Li An also took Liu Xiatian and Liu Fangzi to start counting the weapons sent by Li Zhi. These weapons were all standard weapons in the Tang Dynasty army.The bow is a longbow. This kind of longbow is the pride of the Tang Dynasty. It is made of a kind of extremely tough Sangtuo wood. The bow is slightly slender and has a wide arm, making it easier to aim and shoot.

We all know that around the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the heavy cavalry formations introduced by the Hu people from the Western Regions had posed a great threat to the Central Plains army. Although they moved slowly, because the cavalry wore metal armor, key parts of the horses were also made of animal skins. Wrapped with other protective materials, it is equivalent to an ancient tank. Ordinary bows and arrows are difficult to damage it. Once it rushes to the infantry formation, the spear in the hands of the infantry cannot penetrate the cavalry armor, and the sword in the hands of the heavy cavalry together with the mount's Horse hooves can have a huge killing effect on infantry.

When the Tang army arrived, the military talents of the Tang Dynasty came up with a strategy called "drawing the bow when drawing the strong, shooting the man first and shooting the horse"!
Its basic meaning is: use a longbow with higher toughness and stronger potential energy to attack heavy cavalry from a distance, make the most of the disadvantage of slow movement of heavy cavalry, and prolong the shooting time; because the protection standard of horses is lower than that of cavalry, And the target is bigger, so the shooting target of the longbow is mainly the horse. As long as the horse is shot over, the cavalry will lose its combat effectiveness in an instant.

Later, with the development of metal smelting technology, the Tang army was gradually equipped with "armor-breaking arrows" that could shoot through armor, making the infantry's tactics to restrain heavy cavalry more advanced and effective.It can be said that the combination of long bow + "armor-piercing arrows" was the basic tactics used by archers in the Tang Dynasty infantry to deal with heavy cavalry.

Therefore, almost every soldier of the Tang Dynasty had this kind of long bow.

The sword is a horizontal sword. Some people may ask why not Mo Dao?

Haha, you can't get the Modao thing. It's a military secret of the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Zhi is the prince, he can't get access to the Modao. In the Tang Dynasty, the Modao was a kind of weapon about 1 feet long, weighing about 15 kilograms, with two sides. Using the heavy-duty slashing weapon of the sword, the Tang army mobilized tall, burly, and extremely powerful soldiers to form the Modao Team. When encountering heavy cavalry, the Modao Team rushed to the front line and was responsible for the specialized force against the heavy cavalry.

There is a saying that I like to describe Datang's Modao formation, which is called advancing like a wall, which means that the Modao formation is like a wall moving forward, a wall that people can block.

"How is it?" Li An asked, looking at Liu Fangzi who was squatting in front of him swinging his longbow and horizontal knife.

Liu Fangzi stood up, looked at Li An and replied with a smile: "The strongest long bow and the sharpest long knife are both first-class weapons."

"Thirty long bows and thirty horizontal knives!" Liu Xiatian looked at Li An and said: "We happen to have 30 soldiers in Lijia Village, Lang Jun. Tonight, I am going to divide the 30 people into six groups. Begin a night watch in case someone attacks you at night.

And I will start to contact my former colleagues from the government tomorrow and invite these colleagues from the government to come to my village in Lijia. "

"Yes. But you must have a clean background. If the person with good character is a ruffian or a person with evil intentions, I will not show mercy." Li An answered cautiously.

At this time, Liu Xiatian immediately said: "Please don't worry, Mr. Lang. If you want to enter Lijia Village, you must become Mr. Lang's servant. If anything makes Mr. Lang angry, he will be beaten, scolded, and even killed."

Li An nodded, that's it. Li An didn't want his Lijia Village to be in any danger, because his daughter was in Lijia Village.

As night fell, Li Duoduo was working hard to write a letter. Although each stroke was not very beautiful, he could write his own meaning on the paper. Of course, the content was also very simple. For example, the letter to Zhao Kai was: Zhao Dad, I'm fine. Duoduo bids you farewell. Don't think about Duoduo in the future.

Just a few strokes like this. After all, Li Duoduo is only five years old, and her repertoire of characters she knows is still very small.

The pen is charcoal, just like a pencil. When Li Duoduo was writing, Liu Huzi kept holding the lamp hard. After all, no cherry is eaten for free. You must know that these cherries really belong to the powerful in the Tang Dynasty. private property.

Ordinary people like Liu Huzi, if it weren't for Li Duoduo, he would never be able to eat it in his life, because cherries are completely monopolized by the royal family and nobles, and civilians can't even think of eating one.Liu Yiyi carefully used her fan to fan Li Duoduo, and if there were any mosquitoes, she would directly drive them away.

I kept writing until Li An came back and just finished writing. The little guy breathed a long sigh of relief and quickly handed the letter he had written to Li An: "Dad, I have written all the letters. When will you help Duoduo deliver them?" Going back?"

Li An looked at Li Duoduo's letter with a smile on his face: "When dad is busy for this period of time, I will help Duoduo deliver the letter."

"Okay!" After saying that, Li Duoduo yawned. Seeing that the little guy was sleepy, Li An said, "Let Duoduo and dad go to bed. Yiyi will send Huzi home. Let's take a rest with you."

"Yes!" Liu Yiyi smiled slightly.

There was no words all night, and the next morning, Li Duoduo got up early and was carried to Liu Fangzi's house by Liu Yiyi, who asked Qin Ying to wash up and dress up. When Li Duoduo came back, Li An also got up. Liu Yiyi helped Li An get some face wash, and then went to bring breakfast over.

The two bowls of buns were noodle soup, cooked with chicken soup, sprinkled with chopped green onions, and the soup was clear and green. As soon as they were brought over, the delicious flavor of the chicken soup began to rise. Li An asked: "Yiyi, have they all started eating?" ?”

Liu Yiyi smiled and replied: "When I came, I had already started cooking. If you eat, you should also eat there."

"Yeah." Li An nodded: "What did you eat for breakfast?"

"Eggs, meat cakes, and cold dishes are also prepared according to your instructions." Liu Yiyi smiled slightly.

"That's good, you go eat too. When you finish eating, come and collect the bowls." Li An smiled and waved to Liu Yiyi, but today Liu Yiyi did not leave, but looked at Li An Some hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Li An sat down and brought a bowl of noodle soup in front of Li Duoduo. The little guy couldn't wait to eat it. Then Li An looked at Liu Yiyi and said: "Yiyi, it's okay. If something happens to you Just tell me and I'll do my best to help you, okay?"

After Li An said this, Liu Yiyi plucked up the courage and said, "Lang Jun, it's like this. My two brothers came to see me this morning. They are now helping in Lijia Village. I heard that Lijia Village is recruiting villagers. , they want to enter Lijia Village and become villagers, and they promise to listen to Lang Jun. When they come in, they will sign a servant letter with Lang Jun, promising to be loyal to Lang Jun for the rest of their lives."

"Haha...!" Li An laughed: "Yiyi, don't worry about this. Your cousin has brought all your family members into our Lijia Village. Your two brothers are the ones who work the hardest. I've seen hard work, and it's pretty good. You go back and tell your two brothers that as long as they work hard, life will only get better and better in the future."

"Hey!" As soon as she heard that her brother was praised by her husband, Liu Yiyi was extremely happy. She quickly bowed and said happily: "Don't worry, husband, my brother will definitely work hard for you, husband."

"Okay, let's go eat quickly!" Li An laughed.

(End of this chapter)