Chapter 132: Is Morality Truly Such an Inconvenient Thing? (1 / 2)
Xu Yanmiao thought for a moment and said, “Your Majesty, explaining it verbally may not be very clear. Could I direct a unit of infantry and have them face an attack from a cavalry unit?”
The Da Xia Dynasty had the means to produce barbed wire. After all, their military was equipped with steel chainmail.
Soon enough, the Ministry of Works delivered the barbed wire Xu Yanmiao had requested— portable concertina barbed wire.
As the name suggests, this was a coiled wire that resembled both a snake’s belly and a cylinder. It didn’t require stakes for installation, making it highly mobile.
The old emperor walked over and inspected it with raised eyebrows. “There are hooks and spikes, too?”
Xu Yanmiao nodded.
The old emperor hesitated, as if wanting to say something.
Xu Yanmiao inquired politely, “Your Majesty, is something the matter?”
The emperor tried to tactfully explain to this military novice, “Cavalry aren’t like rabbits that run into trees. When they see barbed wire from a distance, they’ll avoid it or go around.”