manynovel Chapter 2141: Another Journey
Chapter 2141: Another Journey
"The chestnut horse has just been saddled with a white jade saddle. The moonlight is cold after the battle. The iron drums on the city walls are still beating. The blood on the golden sword in the box has not yet dried."
Under the moonlight, there is a small table, a bamboo chair, a cup of wine and a pot of tea.
Li Shen looked up at the moon in the distant sky and couldn't help but feel inspired.
Not far down the hillside, the guards of the Imperial Guard Camp were digging and carrying corpses to build a mausoleum, and the generals were also counting the military achievements of each unit.
The guards of Prince Ji's mansion are different from the imperial army. The military exploits of this kind of group charge are all based on the collective unit.
They have no chance of promotion, but they have chance of getting rich.
After the battle, the number of enemies killed will be counted, and Prince Ji's Mansion will reward corresponding money according to the number of enemies killed.
This can also be considered a reward mechanism, giving soldiers motivation.
Li Shen has never been stingy with money. As long as things are done well, Li Shen thinks spending some money is worth it.
Looking at the busy guards, Li Shen felt a little bored and sleepy.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, the guards in charge of the hot air balloon have returned, and they have something to report."
Just at this moment, a guard came up to deliver a message.
"Let them come over." Li Shen picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
"See you, Your Majesty."
Soon a guard was brought over.
"Well, what do you have to report?" Li Shen nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty, I just spotted a group of people fleeing in the direction of our next target."
The guard reported without any further ado.
"Oh? How many people are there?" Li Shen asked.
"Your Highness, there aren't that many people, probably only a few dozen."
"Okay, go down and have a rest." Li Shen waved his hand. After the guard pushed him down, Li Shen immediately ordered:
"Someone, go and call Sima Xue."
Although Li Shen didn't care much about it, he would naturally discuss it if there was a situation.
After a while, Xue Rengui came up from below.
"My lord, what are your orders?"
"Come, sit down and have a drink." Li Shen waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Xue Rengui bowed and sat down. Shi Tou stepped forward and poured a glass of wine for Xue Rengui.
"Rengui, a guard just reported that a small group of people escaped towards our next target."
Li Shen said directly.
"Your Highness, this is also within our expectations. This way, our next battle will probably not be so easy."
Xue Rengui replied.
"Yes, we won't be so relaxed in the next battle." Li Shen stood up, walked to the edge of the hillside, and sighed while looking at the brightly lit camp below.
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. If their weapons are the same as the rebels here in the next battle, our casualties will be minimal."
Xue Rengui saw that Prince Ji was worried about the guards, and spoke to comfort him.
"I know what you said, but armor is most vulnerable to bows and crossbows. If it's just a sword and spear competition, I have some confidence."
Li Shen didn't look back.
“Haha, Your Majesty, armor is indeed afraid of crossbows, but that is ordinary armor, not our armor.
I do not believe that there are any steel arrowheads among these rebels.
Their ordinary arrows can't penetrate our armor."
Xue Rengui smiled lightly, feeling that Prince Ji was worrying too much.
Li Shen turned around and looked at Xue Rengui with a serious expression:
"No, you are wrong. They may have fine steel arrowheads. Don't forget how the Prince Consort Duwei got injured.
Rengui, there is nothing impossible in this world, so never underestimate the enemy.
Although the imperial court's arrows are not made of fine steel, they are made of fine iron. If combined with a powerful crossbow, even if they can't penetrate our breastplates, they can still injure the guards."
Even the best armor has its flaws. The most common armor in the Tang Dynasty was Ming Guang Armor, which had decent defense, but had many weak points.
Chain mail is also vulnerable to blunt weapons and crossbow arrows, and is heavy.
The armor of the Guard Battalion is a composite armor improved based on Shanwen armor, plate armor, and Mingguang armor.
The defense mainly relies on the material itself, which is a composite metal material.
In fact, as early as the pre-Qin period, composite metal materials were used to make armor, which could effectively resist bronze arrows.
What Li Shen was most worried about was that the other party had fine steel arrows and powerful crossbows, which were too lethal.
"Your Majesty, the rebels are all the remnants of Gaochang and Tuyuhun. It's good enough that they have weapons. They shouldn't have powerful crossbows and fine steel, right?"
Xue Rengui had some doubts. It was already surprising that these country bumpkins had any weapons. How could they have a powerful crossbow? They didn't have the technology to do so.
"Didn't I say that everything is possible? Didn't the enemy also have powerful crossbows and ladders in the battle of Qinghai Yaoyi?"
Li Shen asked back.
"Your Highness, do you mean that someone will give it to them? This is a serious crime of aiding the enemy." Xue Rengui reacted immediately.
Isn’t that what happened in the battle of Qinghai Yaoyi? The powerful crossbow almost shot Your Majesty to death.
"We have to be on guard. People can do anything to achieve their goals."
Li Shen felt a little emotional.
"Then according to your opinion, Your Highness..." Xue Rengui asked.
"Tell the guards to pack quickly. We will set out tonight." Li Shen looked up at the moon in the sky.
"Today is a full moon. God is helping us."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Xue Rengui bowed.
"By the way, I suddenly feel that it is not appropriate to leave those women and children here. Please send the two injured guards back to deliver a message to Qu Baochang.
Let them send someone to pick them up, so that they won’t be eaten by wolves.
Also, let Qu Baochang go back and notify them to send more horse-drawn carriages to transport the rebels' weapons and equipment as well as our many spoils of war.
These are things we cannot carry with us.”
Just as Xue Rengui was about to leave, he heard Li Shen giving instructions again.
There are wild animals in this place. Li Shen has seen them several times while visiting.
These women and children are powerless, and even if there are dozens of strong men, they may not be a match for the wolves.
What's more, there are so many weapons and loot here.
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Xue Rengui took the order and left again.
Li Shen returned to his seat, drank tea and looked at the scenery under the moonlight.
The battlefield inventory has been completed and delivered to Li Shen. More than 2,000 enemies have been killed, thousands of weapons and soft armor, and thousands of horses.
This battle was quite fruitful.
Half an hour later, Xue Rengui came to report that the Jingguan had been completed and a wooden sign had been carved.
Li Shen did not go to check. Although he had seen dead people, he still felt a little creepy.
After the team finished packing and told the women to wait here for someone to pick them up, Li Shen gave an order and the team set off towards the next destination.
The next target is only seventy or eighty miles away from here.
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