Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1117: Wang Chong's Plan!

Chapter 1117: Wang Chong's Plan!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"Qianli is correct. In this war, the Arabs still have around one hundred thousand soldiers, still more than we have. In addition, even though we didn't suffer many losses in this battle, what's far more worrying is that the ballista army has essentially used up all its ballista bolts. Without enough ballista bolts, the ballista army will find it very difficult to exert any power."

Gao Xianzhi spoke very tactfully. Even though the Great Tang still had fifty-thousand-some soldiers, twenty-five thousand of these were ballista soldiers.

These ballista soldiers were all former bandits and brigands of the Silk Road. Although they had been remolded through Su Hanshan's training, they were still not very strong fighters. It was simply impossible for them to fight in close quarters with the elite Arab cavalry.

In other words, the true number of soldiers the Great Tang could use was a little less than thirty thousand. Thirty thousand versus a force of one hundred thousand still put the Great Tang in a very unenviable position.

"Su Hanshan, how many ballista bolts did we gather from the battlefield?"

Wang Chong turned to Su Hanshan.

"We currently have seven-thousand-some ballista bolts that have never been used before. And while our men are still gathering fired ballista bolts from the field, the majority of these are partially damaged, with either the points being dulled or the shaft being deformed. I've had Senior Zhang Shouzhi start repairing them, but I worry that there isn't enough time," Su Hanshan gravely said.

Repair required time, but another battle was imminent, and the Arabs would never give the Tang enough time to repair the ballista bolts. But seven-thousand-some ballista bolts was clearly not enough to intimidate the Arabs.

"In truth, given the current number of soldiers, if we just sit back and let the Arabs attack us, by simply relying on the walls, we can probably fend them off and even deal them a heavy blow," Ferghanan C

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