Chapter 361: Zuo Yiwei vs. Tubo Soldiers
"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to fight with Nanzhao Zongsuo...!"
A total of sixteen Zhonglang generals knelt neatly in Li Shimin's Taiji Palace, and loudly asked for battle, the voice of the battle made Li Shimin very satisfied, only to see Li Shimin then laughed and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, please take a good look, these are the mainstays of my Datang future battle."
Their fearless spirit is the confidence of our Datang eternal victory.
Good... This time, let's let Nanzhao see the bravery of my Datang warriors, but... This time, I can only be represented by one person as a Datang warrior, so... Li Chi is played by your Zuo Yiwei...! ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty...!" Li Chi was excited.
The other Zhonglang generals showed a slightly disappointed expression, especially Su Dingfang, you must know that this was originally a good opportunity to become famous, Su Dingfang had the confidence to defeat the Nanzhao soldiers, but... Ay... With a sigh, Su Dingfang reluctantly got up and went back.
At this time, Cheng Chumo shouted in a little panic: "Your Majesty... The last general is willing to fight, and the last general said that he will show His Majesty the combat power of the last general's right military guard, and this is an opportunity, please give Your Majesty the opportunity to fight in Nanzhao Zongsuo to the last general. ”
"Haha...!" Li Shimin, who was on the side, laughed loudly: "Look... Look... Ladies and gentlemen, I am a talented soldier in the Tang Dynasty, and the little Nanzhao is a joke, Cheng Chumo Your right martial arts guard will look at it next time.
Look at Zuo Yiwei this time, Li Chi... This battle can only be won and not defeated...! ”
"Yes...!" Li Chi looked at Cheng Chumo proudly, and here Cheng Chumo secretly said that it was over, he did not complete the task given by Li Zhan, which made Cheng Chumo nervous, so wait a minute, Cheng Chumo immediately sent someone to inform Li Zhan and told Li Zhan that he was defeated, but he still went to reorganize the army and asked Li Zhan what to do.
It was almost noon when Li Zhan got Cheng Chumo's letter, which made Li Zhan feel a 'groan'... I don't know why, he always feels a little uneasy.
In fact, Li Chi's Zuo Yiwei's combat power is also very strong.
Li Chi's Zuo Yiwei, formerly known as Xiaoqi, is very strong, among the sixteen guards, the left and right Yiwei rank first, and the hundred steels eliminated by the hundred horses have basically entered the left and right Yiwei, which is why Li Shimin chose Zuo Yiwei.
Li Chi is also a piece of material for leading soldiers, as the eldest son of Li Daozong, he is highly regarded by Li Shimin, but he doesn't know why... Li Zhan was still worried, so much so that he couldn't eat at noon when he was worried.
In the end, after thinking about it, Li Zhan decided to go to the palace school field to find out, and without taking a look in person, Li Zhan felt uneasy.
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"Get out our weapons and armor."
At noon, Zong Suo came to the school in front of the palace with his 100 Tibetan soldiers, and at this time, Zong Suo let his Tibetan soldiers put their weapons and armor.
When the Tubo people are all fully equipped, and all of them are wearing chain mail, they only have two tricks.
There was a Damascus knife made of Uzi steel ingots on his waist, and a round shield on his back, and when the Tubo people appeared neatly in the school field in front of the palace, Li Zhan was almost shocked when he saw it.
Why... Because this group of Tibetans is actually wearing a whole set of chain mail.
Chain mail is also known as "ring lock armor" in ancient China. Generally, it is embellished into a garment by iron wire or iron ring buckle, each ring is buckled with another four rings, shaped like a net lock, this kind of armor is most widely used in the Tubo region, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are still in use, and the army in the middle and late Ming Dynasty is equipped with chain mail and cotton armor in large quantities. There is another type of mountain armor that is also a type of chain mail.
The production of chain mail is quite complicated and cumbersome, more protective, and breathable, and very lightweight, can make any difficult movements on the horse, not limited by armor.
Li Zhan really didn't expect that the group of Tubo soldiers sent by Songtsen Gampo would be armed to the teeth.
"Boom...!" "Boom...!" "Boom...!" "Boom...!" "Boom...!" Qianqian
The war drums sounded, and a hundred Tubo soldiers wearing chain mail appeared, followed by a hundred Zuo Yiwei dressed in a hundred steels on the other side...!
Li Shimin took hundreds of officials to the city wall to watch the competition in front of the palace, and when Li Shimin saw that the soldiers of Nanzhao were wearing chain mail, he didn't know why he also had a premonition.
At this time, I listened to Li Daozong on the side: "Your Majesty... Nanzhao soldiers, all of them wear chain mail, according to the old ministers, these people may not be simple, they should be an elite soldier created by Nanzhao with all the financial resources...! ”
"How do I feel like this is a set...!" The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin with some concern.
Li Shimin looked at the two teams of soldiers below with suspicious eyes and said, "Li Chi will not lose...!" ”
In fact, at this time, Li Shimin also felt that he might have fallen into Nanzhao's set, you must know that Nanzhao is a small country that can't be in a small place, this hundred sets of one-piece chain mail is really unheard of, if it wasn't a set, how could the other party suddenly take out so many chain mail.
Looking at Li Shimin below, he showed a trace of annoyance, an emperor was actually played, which really made Li Shimin a little embarrassed.
But the bitterer ones are yet to come.
The third war drum sounded, which was the beginning of the battle between Zuo Yiwei and the Tubo soldiers.
"Boom...!" "Boom...!" "Boom...!" "Boom...!" "Boom...!"
The sound of war drums resounded throughout the school field, and at this time, Li Chi took out a bow and arrow from his back and shouted: "Zuo Yiwei, rush and kill...!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a hundred Zuo Yiwei rushed forward, followed Zuo Yiwei to take arrows and draw bows on the horse, at this time, Zong Suo on the other side showed a disdainful expression and shouted: "Kill with me...!" ”
followed a hundred Tibetan soldiers to kill like wolves and tigers, unlike Zuo Yiwei, a hundred Tibetan soldiers did not take a bow and crossbow, probably because the bow and crossbow on the Tibetan side were not good, and you added weight to it.
So all the bows and crossbows were replaced with round shields.
"With a shield... Anti-arrow...! Seeing Zuo Yiwei draw his bow, Zong Suo shouted.
One hundred Tubo soldiers immediately drew out the round shield on their backs, and at this moment, Li Chi shouted: "After two consecutive shots, abandon the bow...!" ”
One hundred Zuo Yiwei immediately fired, shot twice in a row, and then threw the bow and arrows, some people will ask why they only shot twice, and then threw the bow and arrows, in fact, the first is because the distance is getting closer and closer, and you are not good at defending with a bow.
The second reason is that it takes strength to draw a bow, and the average archer can pull the bow up to four times a minute, and then he will have no strength to follow the arm.
Two draws are the safest reps.
However, two times is not less, two hundred sharp arrows, shot into the military formation of the Tubo army, the ears of the Tubo soldiers sounded with uneven dings, Li Zhan was speechless, because these ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate the chain mail.
Sure enough, after two waves of arrow rain, none of the Tubo people were fine, and this time, both the Tang officials in the stands and the charging Zuo Yijun were a little shocked.
But the horror only began later.
At this time, Zong Suo shouted again: "Take the hammer...!" A hundred Tibetan soldiers took out a chain hammer from the bag next to the horse.
Li Zhan shouted: "It's not good...!" ”
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