Zhang Desheng took out the short arrows shot from ordinary bows and crossbows and placed them on the table. "General, in our previous battles, our defeat was inseparable from these short arrows!"
"Short arrow?" Hu Yingxing leaned sideways and asked.
He didn't even look at the bow and arrow on the table.
There is a lot of this stuff in the army, there is nothing new about it.
There is nothing special about it either.
Seeing this, Zhang Desheng said: "General, let me demonstrate it to you!"
Then, he picked up an ordinary bow and put a short arrow on it.
With a little effort, the short arrow flew into the air.
Naturally there is no possibility of ejaculation.
Hu Yingxing said: "The arrow is too short to fit on the bow, so naturally it cannot be shot!"
Zhang Desheng shook his head, "General, not necessarily, Wu Chaojun can shoot it!"
"And this short arrow is so fast and powerful that even a shield can't stop it!"
"Ordinary armor can be shot through!"
"When we retreated before, many people fell to such short arrows!"
After hearing this, Hu Yingxing's face instantly furrowed.
"What you said is true?"
Zhang Desheng held his head high and said sonorously: "General, if I have any lies, please tell me!"
At this time, Hu Yingxing's eyes fell on the short arrow and re-examined it.
Gradually, I also discovered something special. Compared with ordinary arrows, they are too short.
Is it possible to shoot such a short arrow?
"How could this short arrow be shot?" Hu Yingxing found it unbelievable, and even more incredible.
Zhang Desheng shook his head, "Go back...back to the general, even the last general doesn't know!"
Hu Yingxing froze.
"How could an emperor who was dissolute and tyrannical develop such an offensive weapon?"
"How can this be?"
Zhang Desheng responded: "General, it is impossible for a dynasty that is rotten internally and externally to have such combat effectiveness. We must have overlooked some news!"
"Also, compared with the previous ten years, the combat effectiveness of the Wu Chao Army has obviously improved qualitatively!"
"General, this..."
After Hu Yingxing heard what Zhang Desheng said, he sighed, "It's us who underestimated the enemy!"
"Maybe the Wu Dynasty is no longer the poor and weak Wu Dynasty it once was!"
Zhang Desheng thought so too.
Not long after, a father-in-law wearing eunuch clothes walked into the military tent and said in a high-pitched voice: "General Hu, Your Majesty asked this old slave to ask about the military situation!"
The old man who walked in was the eunuch beside Emperor Xiwu, Eunuch Hai!
He is Seibu, the largest eunuch leader.
Since they were people close to the emperor and had a relatively high status, when Hu Yingxing and Zhang Desheng saw him, they also bowed their hands in greeting with some respect on their faces.
"Eunuch Hai!"
If the people around the emperor are disrespectful, they will definitely be punished.
If some unfavorable words come into the mouth of the emperor, they will inevitably be the ones who are unlucky.
After seeing their attitude, Eunuch Hai nodded with satisfaction, "General Hu, Vice-General Zhang is determined. I came here tonight to act on orders, so don't overthink it!"
Hu Yingxing said: "Eunuch Hai, you are too polite, please take a seat!"
Eunuch Hai waved his hand, "General Hu, no need..."
He said no need, without any politeness, and sat down in Hu Yingxing's seat unhurriedly.
When Hu Yingxing and Zhang Desheng saw them, a look of fierceness appeared in their eyes, but it passed quickly.
"General Hu, tell me, there have been many good news some time ago, what's going on recently?" Eunuch Hai raised an orchid finger and said with a strange air.
"No good news at all?"
Hu Yingxing told the truth, "Back to my father-in-law, our army has encountered a hard nut to crack, so we stopped here!"
Eunuch Hai said casually: "General Hu, in this case, you have to tighten your grip! Otherwise, His Majesty will not be able to wait any longer, and Long Yan will be furious!"
"yes……"
Hu Yingxing nodded.
Eunuch Hai sat for a while before he stood up and said again, "Just a reminder to the general, your majesty is in a bad mood recently, so you should be tighter!"
"OK!"
"That's alright, I won't bother you anymore, old slave!"
Prepare to leave.
Hu Yingxing said: "Eunuch Hai, please stay!"
"Oh?" Eunuch Hai stopped and looked at Hu Yingxing, "General, what's the matter?"
Hu Yingxing then took off a jade pendant from his body and sent it to Eunuch Hai, "Eunuch, a little care is nothing! You have to keep it!"
When Eunuch Hai saw this, he was not polite and smiled with a stern face, "General Hu, you are so polite!"
With that said, he put the jade pendant into his large robe.
Hu Yingxing laughed with him.
Before leaving, Eunuch Hai said with a sweet smile: "General, I will make it clear to Your Majesty about the difficulties at the tiger's teeth!"
"Thank you so much, father-in-law!"
Hu Yingxing bowed his hand.
"Easy to say!"
Just like that, send Eunuch Hai away.
At this moment, Hu Yingxing's expression suddenly changed, and he spat coldly, "Humph, your Majesty is so confused when eunuchs rule!"
Zhang Desheng then said, "Let me tell you, your Majesty is not confused at all. He allowed the eunuchs to run amok just to restrain the power of the prime minister!"
Hu Yingxing sighed softly and waved his hand, "Things above the court have nothing to do with us!"
"Stop talking about government affairs in the future!"
Zhang Desheng responded, "Yes..."
"General, what happened just now?"
Hu Yingxing said: "Let me be quiet for a while!"
"By the way, Lin Xianfeng must be buried with dignity!"
Zhang Desheng took the order.
Leave the Chinese army camp and arrange Lin Zichong's burial.
As for Hu Yingxing, he sat slowly on his chair and fell into deep thought.
In this way, several days passed, and the Seibu Camp became quiet.
At Huya Pass, Jiang Ning stood in front of the sand table, playing with a few small flags in his hands, and said to himself: "Now there are 80,000 guards at Huya Pass and 50,000 golden guards, a total of 130,000!"
"But apart from Jin Yiwei, there are only 80,000 left!"
"Using 80,000 to fight against 150,000 is really unrealistic!"
"Sieging the city is even more impossible!"
Jin Yiwei has a strong ability to fight alone, but if he uses it to attack a city, he will be giving his own efforts to the butcher's knife. He will naturally not do such a thing that is not worth the gain.
Also, Jin Yiwei is the trump card!
Unless you have the right opportunity, you will naturally not use it. After all, the cost of training a Golden Guard is too high.
"It seems that the only option is to let Seibu attack!"
Jiang Ning sighed and moved his eyes to the Northern City and the Eastern Front, "I don't know what the fighting situation is like on these two fronts!"
From Jiang Ning's point of view, there should be no problem in the northern border. After all, Xiao Zhanming was the general he single-handedly promoted and trained.
The most worrying thing now is the eastern front, because the eastern front defenders are new generals carefully selected from one hundred thousand naval forces, and they are only in their early twenties.