There are a large number of parts inside the ironclad car, and those who have never seen it will feel dazzled when they look at it, and naturally they are even more unclear about the role of each part, and if they accidentally touch the parts that should not be touched, it is likely to cause great trouble.

In addition, except for a few places with cushioned rubber and leather, most of the places are exposed iron bumps, and if you are not careful, you will knock your head out of a large bag.

Therefore, in order to prevent the soldiers inside from being injured, Li An considered this aspect when designing the ironclad car, and designed a special anti-collision helmet, which is more convenient to put and anti-collision than ordinary helmets in Datang, in short, the performance is more appropriate.

But these Aqimu and others who went in to visit did not have helmets, they usually did not wear helmets, but just wrapped a layer of cloth around their heads, and these cloths also had a cushioning effect of anti-collision, but the cushioning effect of anti-collision was still too small, which was not enough to offset the damage suffered after hitting the iron bump.

Because the height of the car is limited, people can't stand up straight after entering, and if they bend over, people are more tired, so as long as one is not careful, they will hit their heads.

If this were not the case, the ironclad soldiers of later generations would not have deliberately worn helmets specially designed for collision prevention.

Because it was the first time to enter the interior of the ironclad car, Azimu hit his head not long after he entered, and the pain was grinning, and the two subordinates who followed him also accidentally hit their heads, behaving like a recruit who had just started training, and he couldn't be more stupid.

After carefully looking at every corner, Aqimu and his subordinates walked out of the ironclad gun car and asked Li An with a smile, "Li Shilang, what is the little round ball on the shelf in the car?" ”

Although he had guessed what it was, he was not entirely sure.

Li An smiled and said, "That's the attack weapon of the ironclad car, it's a cannonball, so be it!" If you're a newcomer, you don't have any gifts, so I'll put on a show for you! It's a gift, hahaha! ”

After speaking, he carefully looked at the surrounding environment, quickly selected a location, and ordered the soldiers to prepare to fire.

The location chosen by Li An is naturally a no-man's area in the distance, where there are many coconut trees, as long as they are hit with one shot, they will definitely be able to achieve considerable results.

The soldier was extremely skillful in the operation, and quickly adjusted the attitude of the hull, then adjusted the muzzle of the gun, aimed it at the target in the distance, and immediately fired the shell.

"Boom ......"

With the firing of a cannonball, the surrounding Aqimu and others were all startled, and the sound was indeed a bit loud.

Soon, however, there was a louder rumble in the distant woods, followed by many trees breaking and falling to the ground, and a large number of coconut fruits rolling down far away.

Aqimu looked at everything in front of him dumbfounded, and was so frightened that his soul was scattered, at such a distance, the Datang ironclad car was able to hit with one blow, and also blew up so many coconut fruits at once, making the coconut fruits roll to the ground, which they were far from being able to do.

Usually, Azimu can use a scimitar to directly cut down a medium-sized coconut tree to show his prestige, and at this moment, the Datang ironclad car broke a lot of coconut trees very easily, and the knife cut with all his strength for the enemy was too powerful, which shocked him, and at the same time, he also understood that his strength was too poor, if he really encountered such a fierce army like the Tang Empire, it would be a dead end!

Azimu's subordinates, one by one, were all stupid, in the face of absolute strength, none of them dared to underestimate the power of Datang, and they all immediately surrendered to Datang.

Seeing the awe-inspiring eyes of Azimu and others, Li An was very satisfied, this is the effect he wants, to treat a small country like Spain, is to show strong strength, so that they can be convinced.

Li An believed that Azimu would truthfully report the strength of the fleet to Rahman I, and when Rahman I was afraid, Li An's opportunity would come, and he would be able to fight for the land of Gibraltar for the Tang Empire.

In order to greet Ang Lee, Azimu brought all the best carriages in Gibraltar and wanted to ride with Ang Lee, but Ang insisted on riding in his own car, and invited Azimu to ride with him.

Seeing that the car driven by Li An was particularly strange, Aqimu naturally had no choice but to agree, and got into the car with Li An.

The distance between the official residence of Gibraltar and the port is actually very close, but there are also several miles away, and for the big people, such distances are also relatively far, and you have to take a car.

When he first got into the car, Azimu felt that Li An's car was too cramped, and the space inside was too small, which was not comfortable at all, but after feeling it carefully, Azimu suddenly found that Li An's car was still very comfortable, and he drove a long way, and there was no feeling of bumps, the key is that the speed is not slow, at least much faster than the speed of the carriage.

"Li Shilang, this car is good! It's fast and not bumpy. ”

Azimu said enviously.

After laughing for a while, he was suddenly shocked and asked, "Li Shilang, these vehicles are not dragged by oxen and horses, so how do they move?" ”

Obviously, Azimu's reaction was too slow, and it took so long to think of this problem, it seems that he was stupid just now, and he didn't pay attention to the fact that these vehicles were not dragged by sycophants.

Li An said with a smile: "These vehicles are oil-burning, and if you have oil, you can walk freely, so why do you need cattle and horses?" If you're comfortable sitting, do it for a while, haha! ”

"Burn the oil, oh."

Aqimu didn't dare to continue asking, just burning oil, he couldn't figure it out, everyone had eaten oil, how could he let the vehicle walk?

"I know that Datang is thousands of miles away, and Li Shilang has come to us thousands of miles away, I don't know what the task is?"

Azimu opened his mouth and asked tentatively.

Li An did not hide it, and replied: "This official was ordered by the Tang Emperor to go south to open up the Maritime Silk Road, and the original destination was Egypt, and after arriving in Egypt, this official can go back, but?" ”

"But what?"

Azimu asked.

Li An frowned and said: "This official was about to leave Egypt and return to the Tang Dynasty, but I heard that the Ottomans were recruiting a large army and preparing to attack your Spain, my subordinates have investigated clearly, in order to attack your Spain, the Ottomans requisitioned 150,000 horses, and there is a tendency to destroy the country in one fell swoop, how can this official watch the Ottomans expand their territory at will, so he immediately led the troops to Egypt to stop the Ottomans, also to save you." ”

After speaking, his face was serious.

"There is indeed such a thing, this Osman is really hateful, he was originally a general of our Spain, and he actually set himself up as the master, which made our emir very unhappy."

Azimu spoke.

Li An continued: "This official went to the capital of Egypt, originally to prevent the Ottomans from continuing to recruit troops against you, but he said that it was you Spain who started the war first, and he was also forced to fight back. ”

When Azimu heard this, he was very angry, his face turned red, and he retorted: "This Osman is really shameless, if he hadn't rebelled first, how would we have provoked the incident, and he is the culprit." ”

Li An nodded and said: "What you said, I can understand that your king is the bloodline of the Umayyad dynasty, and Osman is also the general of the Umayyad dynasty, he should obey you, but don't forget, your Umayyad dynasty has long perished, in the land where Allah shines, too many countries have been divided, Spain is just one of them, since the Ottomans have already demanded independence, why should your king force it?" Besides, the strength of the Ottomans, this official is very clear, it is definitely not under your strength, if you insist on going your own way, if you have to make the Ottomans submit, you may be in danger of losing the country! ”

After speaking, he looked at Azimu very seriously.

Ang Lee is absolutely telling the truth, just by virtue of Spain's Rahman I, he is definitely not an Ottoman opponent, with the Strait of Gibraltar confrontation, there may be a slight chance of victory, but if you plan to cross the strait to crusade against the Ottomans, then you can only kill yourself, and even, holding the strait defense may not be able to block the Ottoman huge army, after all, there are many landing locations, in case the Ottomans land from multiple places, the virtual and real attack, it is very likely to break through the Spanish defense line, thus destroying the country.

Azimu's facial expression looked a little unconvinced, perhaps he didn't agree with Ang Lee's words, thinking that his soldiers and horses could beat the Ottomans!

This is also a common problem as a military general, excessive superstition about his own strength, of course, if the gap is too big, there will be no superstition, for example, when Aqimu saw the soldiers and horses of the Tang Empire, he had no intention of competing at all.

"Haha! It seems that General Azimu was very disdainful of the Ottomans! However, this official will not lie to you, the Ottomans are indeed very powerful, you and the Ottomans are separated from each other across the strait, and it is the safest of all, neither of these is easy to destroy the other, and it is not good for both sides to confront each other. ”

Li An said.

Azimu didn't answer directly, paused for a moment, and said: "The Ottomans have gathered a large army and are preparing to invade our Spain, is it to mediate and let us recognize the Ottoman rule over Egypt?" ”

Li An nodded and said: "Yes, you can understand it this way, your soldiers and horses have already fought with the Ottomans, you should understand the strength of the Ottomans, with your strength, can you still defeat the Ottomans?" It's better to respect each other and get along amicably. ”

"When the countrymen heard that the Ottoman was coming, almost everyone was in danger, and many merchants ran away, and recently I heard that the Ottoman dismissed the newly recruited army, so he came back, but I only don't believe that the Osman can have such great ability, and I really want to have a good fight with him."

Azimu said.

Li An was very disappointed when he saw that Azimu was a main battle faction, and if King Rahman was the same, it would be terrible, but fortunately Rahman was not like this.

"Haha! Since General Azimu is so confident in his subordinates, can you let me see the elite soldiers of your department? Let me see how elite the soldiers and horses under the command of the general are that can make the general have so much confidence. ”

Li An opened his mouth to ask.

He knows very well about the soldiers under the command of the Ottomans, but Li An is very ignorant of the strength of the soldiers under the command of Azimu, and how can he judge the strength of the other party without taking a look at it himself.

Aqimu showed a trace of confidence on his face, and he agreed to Li An's request very happily.

When he arrived at the official residence, Li An saw a guard of honor of several hundred people, the team was not neat, and the equipment was not completely uniform, the closest soldiers looked quite energetic, and the soldiers in the back row seemed to be spiritless.

There are two possibilities in this situation, one is that when Azim set out from Moldova, he only brought a small number of guards, and then, for the sake of the pomp and circumstance of the escort team, he transferred people from the local area to supplement the guards, and the other is that Azim's guards are corrupt, and many people who are connected can enter casually, thus lowering the average level of this team.

"This is your soldier? The front row looks okay. ”

After reading it, Ang Lee commented very pertinently.

"Li Shilang has a good eye, the back row is full of local soldiers, and the front row is my elite soldiers, and I have 2,000 such elite soldiers."

Azimu spoke.

Li An smiled: "Two thousand people, a lot!" Ha ha! ”

"Why is Li Shilang laughing, the 150,000 troops temporarily collected by the Ottomans must be a rabble, how can they make my elite opponent."

Azimu said confidently.

Li An nodded and said, "It is true that most of the 150,000 troops are rabble, but at least 30,000 are elites who can fight, more than half of the existing soldiers and horses in your country. ”

"Oh, there are so many elites."

Azimu was slightly surprised, thought for a moment, and said: "Li Shilang, the Ottoman wolf ambition, if the Tang Dynasty can help us pacify the Ottomans, our king will definitely be grateful." ”

Li An frowned slightly, feeling that this Aqimu in front of him was quite good at thinking about problems, but he was not stupid, but this guy was too beautiful to think, using Datang as a gunman, how could there be such a good thing in the world.

"Help you equalize the Ottomans, General Azimu, you really dare to think about it! I am an official of Datang, what to do and what not to do, it is not up to me to decide alone, it depends on Your Majesty's intentions, unless there is a huge benefit to our Datang, how can we personally risk the arrow stone and quell the rebellion for you? Moreover, Osman had made the same request to me, and he had offered very generous terms. ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"What conditions did the Ottomans offer?"

Azimu asked.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "Ottoman promised that if my Datang can help them take Spain, he will give half of Spain's land to Datang, and in addition, he will pay us Datang a tribute of 100,000 gold coins every year." ”