The war came earlier than I thought and was more powerful than I thought.

When Li Ye and Nangong first arrived at Yangguan together, the preparations for war at the city wall had already been completed.

The sun in front of you is different from the sun gate on Earth in Li Ye’s memory. Overall, it is much bigger and more majestic.

In fact, many cities in this world are larger than those on the earth, and the number of people in some places is several times or even ten times that of the earth. Li Ye has long been used to this, after all, it is a world of monks.

The monks of the Buddhist sect outside the city looked boundless at first glance, and no matter how they looked, they could not be less than 50,000 people.

These are 50,000 monks, not 50,000 ordinary soldiers.

There were only 12,000 garrison soldiers on Yangguan, and most of them were ordinary soldiers. On average, monks only reached the level of sergeant commanders.

God knew where Shimen got so many monks, but only seeing that the skin and facial features were obviously different from those of the Western Regions and the plateau, Li Ye was relieved.

Of course, the monks came from India. This is what Master Feihong said. The Holy Buddha and hero cut off their arm and had abandoned India. They transferred all the monks who could mobilize India to the northwest.

The combat power of 50,000 monks is not comparable to that of the Uighur army of 200,000 to 300,000.

Since the civil strife in Tubo, the Shimen and the Moon God Cult have competed with each other, slaves and nobles have started a war, and the battles before Yangguan have been fought against the Uighurs. Now, when I suddenly saw such a large and neat monk formation, many soldiers felt uncomfortable.

The statement of discomfort is somewhat implicit, or more accurately, fear.

After all, in the eyes of most ordinary people, a group of monks is still worthy of respect. If they are so-called monks who have attained enlightenment, they should be even more respectful, or even worship them. Among these 50,000 monks, there must be a large number of monks who have attained enlightenment.

Li Xian squatted behind the rammed earth female wall, and was gathering with a young man to fiddle with a brand new crossbow. This crossbow is somewhat different from an ordinary crossbow. It is not that the style and size are different, but that it reveals strong spiritual fluctuations.

So, this is a magic weapon.

Chu Nanhuai, Su Emei, Wei Xiaozhuang, Li Wenwen, Wei Xiaozhuang and others also gathered in front of several crossbows and whispered with some old soldiers in the army. They obviously had already lined up three miles outside the city, and the monks' corps that were about to start knocking on the gate turned a blind eye.

Li Ye came to Li Xian, leaned forward, stretched his head over Zhang Chang'an and Chu Zheng's head, looked at the crossbow, and listened to Li Xian talking to the young man in his early twenties.

Magical tools are nothing to monks. First-level magical tools to ninth-level magical tools are ordinary objects among Qi training monks and real-person cultivators. Except for the poor monks in the martial arts world, who doesn’t have one or two items with a powerful organization?

As long as the level of the military is sufficient, they will have magic weapons and armor, which will defend all over the body in all directions, which can be regarded as a weapon to surround the battlefield. Of course, there are not many such armors, and it is impossible to imagine that even those who lead 5,000 soldiers will be in charge of this level.

The Lu Jujian in Li Ye's hand is a top-grade magic weapon. Later, he went to the territory of the demon clan and was successfully promoted to a top-grade magic weapon, which is a rare worldly treasure.

However, magic weapons are also limited. Although they are all kinds of and have all kinds of uses, their power is actually not much different and their size is not large. Overall, the mainstream is still swords, guns, swords, halberds, shields, bows, axes, etc.

The big killer weapon in the army, such as the bed crossbow, has a certain deterrent effect on low-grade monks and has never been a magic weapon. The reason is nothing more than one: the technology of manufacturing magic weapons in the world is not enough to support the emergence of large-scale destructive magic weapons.

Of course, the swords in the hands of the Real Human Realm can indeed kill a large number of ordinary soldiers at one time. But after the root of the matter, it is the power of the monk, not the power of the magic weapon itself.

This is why, when the military generals arrive on the battlefield, relying on the battlefield, they are the root of existence such as vertical and horizontal striking. If the crossbows are turned into magic weapons and their power increases by several levels, they can completely kill the generals, so what else can the military generals play?

Now that he saw the bed crossbow turned into a magic weapon in Yangguan, it is no wonder that Li Ye, the number one in the Tang Dynasty, would stretch his neck and look at it carefully, and when the battle was about to break out, he would listen quietly to the explanation.

"The reason why magical instruments are magical instruments is nothing more than two points. One is the material of the magical instruments, and the other is the runes engraved on the magical instruments."

While saying that young man showed Li Xian the eye-catching but not dense runes on the crossbow. "The material is the foundation, it determines how much spiritual energy the magic weapon can withstand; the runes are the finishing touch, which determines how much spiritual energy it can inject into it."

These words are common sense for monks, and there is nothing to think about.

The young man who was dressed in ordinary material, had dark skin all over, and only wore a short jacket in the cold weather, and had big and fast bulging muscles on his arms continued to say with great enthusiasm:

"There are actually so many magical materials in the world, and the various spirit stones produced by different mines are not very different. When the cultivators in the world have little difference in their level, the runes are actually of the same level."

This is why the crossbow cannot become a magic weapon: the material is not allowed, and the level of the monk engraving runes is the same.

When the young man said this, his voice was two louder, obviously talking about the key points, and he was also very excited, "But after my continuous exploration with my master, we found that when we made magic weapons, the potential of the material was not fully explored. The spiritual power they could withstand was actually more, and only the process of running engraving was needed to improve the rune engraving!

"On the other hand, after decades of exploration, the master has been constantly reading books on making magic tools, and constantly forging various magic tools. He finally discovered a way to improve the engraving runes to a higher level! When the two are combined, we can use the current various spirit stones to create more powerful magic tools!"

Speaking of this, the young man stood up straight

, and sprayed the muscles until ordinary women saw them, and their chest muscles were ashamed and jealous as they slapped: "This batch of bed crossbows is the latest production result of me and my master! It retains the advantages of simplicity and easy use of bed crossbows and increases its power by a large part. Even if a cultivator in the third grade of Qi training hits a arrow, it will inevitably be penetrated through his body!"

Hearing this, Li Ye's pupils suddenly shrank.

He turned around and looked at Nangong First.

As expected, Li Ye discovered his shock in his first glance from Nangong.

To be precise, it should be horror!

Although the bed crossbow is extremely powerful, in terms of damage, it has always been able to penetrate into the body of a monk at the first level of Qi training. If a monk at the second level of Qi training, he will only be deflected by the huge impact belt and will not be injured too much. However, when he reaches the third level of Qi training, he can already open the flying bed crossbow crossbow arrows.

Only warriors, martial artists, Wuzong, and these monks who are in the realm of Qi training will be pierced by the crossbow!

If the current crossbow can penetrate the body of a monk at the third level of Qi training, then the monks that it can threaten will rise directly from below the second level of Qi training to below the fourth level of Qi training!

Although it’s just a gap between two realms, the articles here are getting bigger.

There were more than tens of millions of monks in the Tang Dynasty? In the words of Shimen, it was as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River. If it were the language that the Tang people knew, it would be as much as the mud and sand in the Yellow River!

However, there were only hundreds of great monks in the realm of the Tang Dynasty!

Li Ye mobilized the high-level Qi training monk to Hexi. He was the team he had trained for many years and had a deep accumulation of Quanzhen Temple. In addition, the Qingyi Yamen, Huanyinfang, and the casual cultivators in the world all had the Internet, and there were only less than 10,000!

Although there are tens of thousands of monks under Li Maozhen's command, they include all the Hexi Qi training monks!

Most of the monks in the world are at low levels of Qi training, that is, the first, second and third levels of Qi training.

Now, the crossbow in front of me can actually shoot and kill the cultivator at the third level of Qi training!

Who is this young man with a well-developed muscle and temperament that is much the same as an ordinary blacksmith?

Who is his master? He can actually create such a powerful tool?

As a time traveler, Li Ye knew very well that the progress of weapon manufacturing technology would change the appearance of war!

Li Xian stood up and saw Li Ye, and smiled and said, "You are here at the right time. Just try these crossbows to see if you can equip the army on a large scale. Shazhou is a remote and barren land. Although it relies on the Western Regions and the commerce is prosperous, the materials are limited after all. Even if Zhang Huaishen personally helped them, there were too few spirit stones available in their master and disciple's hands. The first batch of crossbows were made."

When Li Ye saw Li Xian, he was not surprised at all. He had this kind of demeanor and mind cultivation, even if he saw it in the Immortal Realm, he would admire him.

When Zhang Chang'an and Chu Zheng saw Li Ye, they hurriedly saluted and moved out of their position.

After Li Ye carefully looked at the crossbow, he suppressed the tide of his heart. He glanced at the young man with an ordinary appearance, and then said to Li Xian: "Although the spirit stones on this crossbow are of various types, the Tang Dynasty is vast and vast, and there is basically no shortage of things. Only the skill of engraving runes is really a stroke of magic, and it is probably necessary to temper it. However, as long as you are a cultivator in the real world, you should be able to master it after careful consideration for a period of time."

This is acknowledgement that in the future, such magical crossbows can basically appear in any place where there are bed crossbows!

This is indeed the case.

Li Xian knew what he answered to Li Ye. As the former King An, he had an extraordinary existence in the military and political affairs of the Tang Dynasty. He knew very well how many cultivation resources there were in the Tang Dynasty. The reason for this question was nothing more than to conceal his identity.

In the northwest border, Lao An, who had been fighting for a long time, was once a hero who looked down on the world and was known as the hope of the revival of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, even the old man who had experienced battles with him for the rest of his life, did not know his true identity, and thought he was just a righteous man who was determined to guard the border.

Li Xian raised his head and laughed loudly, his mouth almost grinning at his ears, but the laughter was not loud, and it could even be said to be silent.

That's how he is, and he is used to suppressing all his words and deeds, including emotions.

He used to be not like this. When he was King An, he showed his sharpness and did not hide his true nature. He sat down whatever he wanted and said whatever he wanted. The light shines brightly and brightly, just like the sun in the sky.

He did have this capital. He was a member of the Li Tang royal family and was once trained by the wise ruler Xuanzong. He was destined to be the backbone of the Tang Dynasty. He did do it impeccable whether it was to attack rebels, riots, or to dominate the country.

If he had always been King An, there would probably be no Huang Chao Rebellion.

Unfortunately, after Emperor Xuanzong's death, Li Xian did not meet a wise ruler. His emperor was a foolish monarch or a foolish monarch who was jealous of powerful ministers. He "falls" in Bagong Mountain - in the battlefield where he fought bloody battles, in the Tang Dynasty for which he fought for his whole life.

Since then, he has become a different person.

After Li Ye traveled through time, he saw Li Xian for the first time. Even if the other party defeated the traitor, his figure seemed so lonely.

Then, after seeing clearly that his son can inherit his career and may do better than himself, Li Xian is willing to become an invisible person.

Until today, he saved Li Ye, the Battle of Hedong, and the Yangguan, but no one knew his name. No soldier knew that the righteous man in the world in front of him was actually the King An who existed in the sky of the Tang Dynasty like the sun.

Imitation is nonsense. Without similar experiences, how can we feel the same?

No one can understand Li Xian's heart, no one knows how lonely his spiritual world is

.

But he never said it, nor wanted to be understood. He just did what he believed and did what he should do. Even Nangong No. 1, who had been bathing in blood for a long time, fell into self-doubt and fell into personal depression and left here.

He is still here.

His heart is as strong as gold and stone.

Li Ye knew that no one's heart could be as strong as metal and stone for no reason.

If it were Li Ye, if possible, he would not have such ambition.

Because, hundreds of refinings make gold.

What kind of suffering and hardship do you have to go through to achieve a heart like gold and stone?

Li Ye's eyes were red and his throat was dry, but Li Xian himself didn't feel anything unusual. After laughing silently, he pulled the young man with a somewhat straightforward face to Li Ye and introduced: "The descendant of the sixth disciple of Bailu Cave, Peng Zushan. In their lineage, the world's craftsmanship, every disciple can be called a master of a generation."

When Li Xian said this, there was a glory of honor in his eyes, and he was obviously proud of the achievements of Peng Zushan and his master.

This is normal. Li Xian himself once studied and practiced in Bailu Cave. He is a disciple of Bailu Cave.

Li Xian can indeed be proud of an outstanding disciple like Peng Zushan. People with knowledge say that people in the world do not know the White Deer Cave, but the world has no masters.

However, at this moment, seeing Li Xian's glorious expression, Li Ye's red eyes almost couldn't help but shed tears.

What are you proud of? With a disciple like you in Bailu Cave, it is worthy of other disciples and honor!

You are the most outstanding disciple of Bailu Cave!
To be continued...