In the past, when victory could be easily achieved, no military equipment would be reformed. Even if there was new technology, it would be temporarily stored. According to His Highness, this would make it easier to save costs.
There are no stronger opponents on the battlefield, so why should we reform? You know, there are so many military equipment produced. Once an improved model appears, the previous ones may become obsolete. This is also a big loss for the Tang Empire.
Although the Tang Empire is now very rich and powerful, some things must be paid attention to. If there is no good housekeeper, the Tang Empire will probably become extravagant and wasteful. Once the extravagant and wasteful atmosphere spreads, it will not be so easy to ban this atmosphere.
Therefore, Li Xiang paid great attention to the development of technology, but he would not apply it to the entire army so quickly. It must be based on facts. Take the crossbows they used as an example. The iron-making technology in the rear had already launched the second and third generations, but there was no improvement yet. All of them were still using the first generation of crossbows.
It is because there is no equipment on the battlefield that can defeat ours. Attacking the Byzantine Empire has also allowed us to see the strength of the enemy. In this case, the crossbow must be upgraded. Whether it is the sharpness of the arrow or the ejection distance of the crossbow, there must be a new upgrade.
Sima Jun asked his men to take note that it must be sent back to Li Xiang quickly. Now, if the speed is fast enough, it will take us nearly half a month. If the speed is slow, it may take two to three months. This is still the case when roads are built everywhere. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to transport the new equipment. After all, we are now engaged in a global war.
"Will the general continue the attack?"
The deputy general in charge of artillery came over. They had a great time fighting today. If they continued to attack, they would be able to break down the city wall before nightfall. However, nightfall is not our advantageous time. Darkness will cause too much interference to the Tang army. Even if you can break down the city wall before nightfall, I'm afraid we will have to stop the attack here. The other side may repair it in one night. It is worse than the current state. It is about to collapse, and they don't know how to repair it.
"Let your men go back and rest. They performed quite well today. Tell the cooks in the main camp to prepare a nice meal tonight. Let the entire army rest well tonight and fight again tomorrow morning. Also, clear all the areas on the battlefield. Don't leave anything behind for them."
Although Sima Jun is not very old, he is quite familiar with some things on the battlefield. Take the current situation for example. It will be dark in two hours. There is no benefit for us to continue fighting. Apart from wasting energy and artillery shells, we cannot make any other progress. We might as well go back and rest and start again tomorrow morning.
After receiving the general's order, the horn sounded in the team. Everyone understood that it was the horn to retreat. All the troops began to retreat slowly, as a show for the enemies on the city wall, letting you see how we retreat.
Eladoan saw very clearly that even if the Tang army retreated, they were in a formation that covered each other. If you were to launch a surprise attack at this time, you would most likely fall into their trap. You must know that the Tang army was very cunning.
Of course, the most important thing is that they are strong enough. What you see is just conspiracy and tricks, but conspiracy and tricks require cleverness. The Tang Dynasty army may pay attention to this cleverness, but more often it relies on brute force. In this case, they are not afraid of this at all, so when these things happen, you have to look at your actual strength first.
Thousands of cavalrymen rushed out, but only one tenth of them returned, and many of them were covered in blood. You can imagine what the fight was like. Count Berita had died on the battlefield. He was a very important nobleman, and the city lord could not hide it. He had to write a letter to the capital.
After a day of fighting, everyone felt one thing, that is, the feeling of failure was spreading over them at any time. No matter what method the Tang army adopted, there seemed to be no other turning point on our side. With this feeling of failure spreading, we really didn't know how to defeat these people.
When the people of the Arab Empire first told us about the power of the Tang Dynasty army, many people in the army felt that it was nonsense and that such an army could not exist in the world. At that time, many people thought that the people of the Arab Empire were scared silly.
But after a day of fighting, they realized that it was not that those people were scared silly, but that we were just sitting in the well and looking at the world from a narrow perspective. If we could get out earlier, perhaps we would be able to see everything in this world and would not be in such confusion now.
So in this case, the Tang army was not exaggerated by anyone, but our combat effectiveness was too complacent. If there were no new changes, we might lose a lot of land in our country like the people of the Arab Empire and watch these Tang people bully us.
Although they also hated their own incompetence and hoped to be able to think of various solutions immediately, they were still very logical and knew that it was unlikely to come up with such a solution in a short period of time. It probably took more than one or two days for the Tang Dynasty to become so powerful.
Night fell quickly. There was a bright light in the distant sky, which should be the direction of the Tang Dynasty military camp. In the past, the people of the Byzantine Empire might have thought of launching a night attack, but the previous failure made them throw such ideas out of their minds.
Whether it's day or night, we seem to have no advantage at all. If this continues, as the war gradually escalates, our strength will be drained away bit by bit until we have no strength left. If this really happens, then our country will be finished, right? Although Red Dragon City is still in our hands, we feel even more sad.
