Chapter 295 Can't Erase
"It's a win." Li Rui stood on the battlefield of bloody corpses, breathing the air with a strong and choking smell of blood, and sighed.
At his feet was a spectacular corpse belt that stretched for more than ten miles. The Hu people's corpses were everywhere, piled up in the east and west, covered the battlefield in the east and west, and extended all the way to Yiyang. More than 6,000 Jie cavalrymen who did not evacuate the battlefield in time, more than 17,000 Qiang and Di infantrymen, were basically killed and injured under the crazy strangulation of the Liangzhou army. Their bodies were piled up into a mountain and a mountain!
Looking at so many corpses, Li Rui instinctively felt physical discomfort, but it was still tolerated. He did not forget that the Hu people were killed and injured so much that he was indispensable to this. Without the gunpowder jar he made, the final result of the Hu people was shattered with thunder. It is really hard to say how the final result of this battle was. Those Hu people who died on this battlefield would definitely curse him in the underworld, right? But so what? In the war, either you die or I die. If you don’t die, I will die. Instead of letting you kill me, it would be better for me to kill you first!
Beigong Jing did not pursue the enemy. He handed over the task of pursuing the enemy to Zhang Xiong, and he was dedicated to commanding the infantry to collect spoils. He also looked at the extremely spectacular corpse that seemed to extend to the horizon, and said lightly: "It's a pity that the main force of the Hu cavalry was let go. If they annihilated their main force of cavalry in this battle, they would probably have to calm down for a while."
Li Rui said: "It is also a very brilliant victory to be able to annihilate so many infantry! How have anyone ever achieved such brilliant results in fighting against others?"
Beigong Jing smiled and said, "That's right." He picked up a scimitar from the body of an officer Jiehu and handed it to Li Rui: "This knife is good, I'll give it to you."
Li Rui took the scimitar and looked at it. He saw that the knife was less than one meter long, in the shape of a crescent moon, with a thick back, but the blade was extremely thin, and the blade was covered with charming cloud patterns. He couldn't help but be surprised: "Damascus knife?"
Beigong Jing was curious: "What is the Damascus knife?"
Li Rui said: "It's...it's a famous treasure sword produced from the Western Regions. It is said that it can cut a piece of gauze floating in the air into two pieces, which is extremely sharp!"
Beigong Jing said: "It is extremely sharp and true, but it is not produced in the Western Regions."
Li Rui asked: "So where does it come from?"
Beigong Jing said: "Persian. This Uz knife is produced in Persia."
Li Rui: "..."
Well, I have suffered another loss.
At this time, the Middle East was not the ruins of the Crusades. At this time, the Middle East was one of the cores of the Eurasian civilization. Thousands of years ago, the Sumerians rose here, allowing the blue planet to shine with the first ray of civilization. Then the Babylonians, Hittites, Egyptians, Assyrians... rose one after another, and you finished your debut. Under the baptism of blood and fire, steel and wisdom, the land became more and more dazzling.
The rise of Persians unparalleled the land into a huge empire. Cyrus, Darius and other famous monarchs were enterprising and swept all the way, setting up a huge territory across the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, bringing the entire Middle East into a glorious imperial era. Although Persia was later destroyed by the Macedonians, after Alexander's death, the Parthians quickly became independent and expanded their territory to today's Iraq and Syria, competing for power with Rome in the Mediterranean. The war between Rome and the Parthians lasted for more than two hundred years. The Romans, who had always invaded the fire, encountered an unusually strong opponent. Although they had defeated Taisimone several times with their absolute advantage in national strength, they were unable to completely defeat this opponent. On the contrary, they also suffered losses from the opponent's repeated counterattacks, and were exhausted.
When the Parthians were no longer able to resist the Roman offensive, the Sasans quickly replaced it. The Parthians were outsiders, and to all Persians they were colonists, while the Sasans were the Persians with a strong root. The regime they established was supported by all Persians. So the Romans discovered that when the Parthians fell, they had to face a stronger opponent than the Parthians.
What luck did the Romans do you think!
Among the weapons used by the Parthians and the Persians to counter the Roman attack, there is this famous full moon scimitar. This scimitar was repeatedly folded and forged with crucible steel imported from India, and finally cast. It is extremely sharp. With a swing, it can cut a strong male goat into two pieces. The resistance horse seems to not exist in front of it. Here we have to mention that India was the only one in the world who made crucible steel at that time, or in other words, Indian craftsmen were
The only group of craftsmen in the world who have truly seen the color of molten steel. The civilizations in other regions are either not good at ore, or technology, or ore and technology, and cannot make such good steel. Uz Steel has thus become one of the fist products exported by India. The knife made of Uz Steel is like mud, which is a terrible killing weapon in the hands of Persian cavalry. God knows how many Roman soldiers broke their hands and feet while slashing, and their bodies and heads are different!
With the opening of the Silk Road, some products and technologies in the Western Regions and Middle East slowly spread to China through this road. For example, the famous chain mail was spread to China during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Chinese dignitaries and nobles had a high reputation for this soft and light armor, but they lacked interest in imitation. The treasure swords passed from Persia made countless treasures and generals flocked to them, and they spent a lot of money to buy one. Unfortunately, the number was too small, and most people could not do as they wished. In this era, "Wuzi Knife" was synonymous with the treasure swords. Those with some conditions were proud of being able to get one. Jiehu didn't know where to get so many to equip their own personal soldiers. However, this was not important. What was important was that these treasure swords became the spoils of the Liangzhou Army!
It must be corrected here: there was no Damascus knife in ancient times. At least when the Umayyad dynasty rose, Damascus became the political and economic center of the Islamic world. The term Damascus knife was not well known until at least after the tenth century AD. Before that, people always called this kind of treasure sword the Uz knife. Li Rui suffered a loss of no culture and only knew Damascus knife, but not the Uz knife, so he was embarrassed.
"This knife is very good. It is extremely powerful when slashing. A light knife can create a terrifying wound on the enemy." He said happily, waving the scimitar in his hand.
Beigong Jing said: "It's true."
Li Rui noticed that he had not selected the spoils and couldn't help asking: "Major General, why don't you pick a sword?"
Beigong Jing said lightly: "I am more used to using swords, and the scimitar is not suitable for me."
Li Rui said oh and didn't say anything.
In addition to seizing a large number of excellent weapons and equipment, a large number of excellent war horses were seized. The impact of the Hu people's large-scale migration was not all bad. The most typical example is that they brought a lot of things from the Western Regions and even Western Asia and India, such as crops, textiles, spices, weapons and armor, and even horse breeds. Li Rui saw at a glance that many of the seized war horses were strong and tall. The most important thing was that their ears were still curled, and they gave you a heart from time to time. He was surprised: "I'll go, where did these mixed Hushang get so many small curled horses?"
Beigong Jing could hear it clearly and asked, "What kind of horse is a small curly horse?"
Li Rui said: "It is a horse produced in India. It is tall and strong, with strong endurance and explosive power. It is a very excellent war horse!"
Beigong Jing said: "I heard that there were a group of war horses from Jiehu that were tall and strong, running like flying. Jiehu cavalry rode them and could march quickly for several days, as fast as lightning. I was always curious about what kind of war horses had such endurance. It turned out that they were called Xiaoshu's horses!"
Li Rui said happily: "These small curly horses are all ours!"
Beigong Jing also laughed: "That's nature. If we defeated them, their war horses will naturally belong to us."
The Liangzhou Army collected the war horses that were panicked and ran all over the world. They were not in a hurry to collect those armor and weapons because these things were not long-legged, and it would not be too late to collect them after they were caught back. These horses really had legs. If they didn't catch them, they would really run away!
After most of the day, they collected more than 4,700 war horses, as well as a large number of camels, mules and other pack animals. Li Rui counted and found that there were more than 1,500 small curly-eared horses inside, which made him very happy. With the fierce combat power of the Liangzhou cavalry and these excellent war horses, they could completely build the most powerful heavy cavalry in the world at present! With such a super trump card, his life was even more stable!
Just as he pinched his chin and looked at the groups of tall horses, a scout came on a horse and saluted Beigong Jing: "Major General, reinforcements are coming!"
Beigong Jing showed a surprised look: "Reinforcements?"
Li Rui also had a ghost expression on his face: "Reinforcements are here?"
The scout's expression was also strange: "Yes, the court has sent us reinforcements!"
Li Rui and Beigong Jing looked at each other. I don’t know what Beigong Jing was thinking. Anyway, Li Rui was galloping in his heart. Oh, your ancestors, are you mistaken? We have finished the war and you sent reinforcements to come here? What a big deal to support, it’s almost the same to distribute the spoils!
The big guys in Luoyang City are believed to be penetrated by modern police spirits. Otherwise, how could the style of the bad guys being beaten away before they arrived so well?
Chapter completed!