Chapter 730: Martial Arts in the Eastern Suburbs (Part II)
Intimidation is the most naked manifestation of power, without any cover-up, tearing off all the cloak of morality, just like a schoolboy who is blocked in a dead end by a delinquent teenager after school, pinching his neck and telling him plainly, because I have a big fist, so hurry up and hand over all the pocket money. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Today's martial arts performance in the eastern suburbs is almost the same meaning, Datang is showing its strength to all the envoys of foreign neighbors, not beating you or scolding you, only showing a big fist in a sand bowl, and asking if you are afraid? Are you afraid?
The foreign envoys were indeed very afraid, and the right guards did not make any moves, but just stood quietly in the center of the school field, and the faces of the envoys were already a little pale. The Tang Army's military lineup was terrifying, as if they were facing an invincible force, and all the fortified cities in the world could be easily crushed into powder under their iron hooves.
Lu Dongzan sneered, others are afraid of the Tang army, but Tubo is not afraid, it is undeniable that the Tang army is indeed strong, but Tubo is not weak, the two countries have been at war, and it turns out that everyone's strength is half a pound and eight taels, on par.
At this moment, he probably knew that today's Tang Army's military exercises were actually aimed at the Tibetan Mission. Not only because Lu Dongzan has ruined the reputation of the Tang Dynasty these days, but also because of the deeper reasons, after the Battle of Songzhou a few years ago, the two countries died down, and Tubo took the initiative to send envoys to express goodwill, and Li Shimin gladly accepted the goodwill from Tubo.
However, the relationship between countries is not like a child's fight, after the fight to say that reconciliation will be reconciled, the relationship between the two countries has actually maintained a delicate and treacherous relationship until now, the word "friendship" has been turned over by the two countries and said countless times, in fact, the two countries have indeed made some moves to convey peace and friendship, however, as the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, the two neighboring countries are very strong, they have become natural enemies, intentionally or unintentionally, there are still many hostilities and guards between the two countries, Some superficial friendship and goodwill are superficial things after all, and they can be seen for oneself and outsiders, but hostility can never be eliminated.
Why this eastern suburbs military exercise is aimed at the Tubo mission, there is probably such a deep meaning in it. Whether it is a demonstration or a shock, it expresses the meaning of both grace and power.
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Presiding over the exercise is the right Wuwei general Xue Wanche, this person is also one of today's famous generals, was Li Jiancheng's confidant general, when Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Change, in the case of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Qi King Li Yuanji and other leaders have been awarded, Xue Wanche led the troops to frantically counterattack the Xuanwu Gate, and fought a Qin Wangfu from the dragon veteran in a hurry.
Later, Xue Wanche saw that there was no hope of recovering Xuanwumen, so he turned his head and attacked the Qin Wangfu again, copying Li Shimin's old nest. Li Shimin was shocked, hurriedly returned to the army to help, but still had no effect, almost was Xue Wanche captured the Qin Palace, killed Li Shimin's family, until later Wei Chi Jingde carried Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's head in front of the public, Xue Wanche's army was dissolved, the success was lost, an almost successful coup d'état, almost Xue Wanche reversed the result, which shows that his ability is extraordinary.
After the defeat, Xue Wanche led the remnants to flee to Zhongnan Mountain, Li Shimin remembered that his ability was extraordinary, and sent people to persuade him to surrender many times, and Xue Wanche surrendered to Li Shimin and was entrusted with a heavy task.
This is a famous general with legendary experience, the ability to lead the troops to fight is extraordinary, Li Shimin once put him and Li Ji, Li Daozong three side by side, Xue Wanche's ability to command the army, Li Shimin once commented, said: "Wan Che is not a big victory, that is, a big defeat." ”
This evaluation has both praise and disparagement, indicating that Xue Wanche's advantages and disadvantages in fighting with the enemy are equally prominent and controversial, but it is undeniable that Xue Wanche is indeed one of the few people who can be called a "famous general" during the Zhenguan period.
In today's school martial arts, Xue Wanche, as the general of the Right Guard, naturally commanded the overall situation.
A lieutenant hurriedly ran out of the team and stood in front of Xue Wanche, Xue Wanche didn't say a word, only handed him three order flags, which were red, black and white, and the captain saluted after taking the order flag, turned around and ran to the front of the team.
Xue Wanche turned his head and glanced at Lu Dongzan expressionlessly, seeing Li Suzheng looking at him with a smile, the corners of Xue Wanche's mouth twitched slightly, he said hello, and then waved his hand at the captain.
The lieutenant received the order, and suddenly raised the black order flag in his hand, and the small flag was hunting in the wind.
"Array—" the captain shouted hoarsely.
On the empty and silent school ground, when the captain's order was still echoing leisurely, there was a loud bang, and the bodies of more than 4,000 soldiers of the right military guard surged, scattered like a tide, and quickly gathered into a phalanx piece by piece, and the formation was tightly closed. In front of the shield hand, behind the horizontal sword, and then behind are the halberds and the Mo knife team, on the left and right flanks of the phalanx, two thousand cavalry quietly emerged from outside the school field at some point, and quickly gathered into a formation on the flanks, ready to attack.
The whole formation was completely formed almost in a few breaths, and at the end of the line, there was a small phalanx of unknown troops, about 500 people, these people did not carry any blades in their hands, but they carried a black cloth bag on their shoulders, the cloth bag was bulging, and I don't know what it contained.
Since it is a military exercise, it is natural to have an imaginary enemy, a stone fort with a circular spire has already been erected at the north end of the school field, and the Chinese army of the Tang army's phalanx is facing the stone fort in front, and this stone fort is the imaginary enemy of the Tang army's martial arts exercise today, and it is obvious that today is a siege battle.
The foreign envoys were unconscious, but the faces of the members of the Tibetan mission were extremely gloomy.
Very interesting thing, others may not know, but the Tibetan mission knows better than anyone else, the stone fort is the symbol of the Tibetan fortress, the territory of Tubo is very wide, because it is a plateau area, so the land is wide and sparsely populated, there is a stone fort every 100 miles or so in the territory, not only to resist foreign enemies and possible rebellion of the people of the country, but also used as a post station, such as the transmission of letters, the exchange of horses, the nobility of the country on the way to food and lodging, etc., are all in the stone fort.
Today, the Tang army practiced martial arts, and actually built a Tubo stone fort on the school grounds, and its intentions were simply revealed.
The temper of the Tubo people was generally short-tempered, and some people were blown up at that time, and they snorted heavily and waited to come out to reason with the Tang people, but who knew that Lu Dongzan stopped him with his crossed arms, and shook his head slightly with a smile.
The broad-minded person is not only the monarch and minister of the Tang State, but also the great minister of Tubo is not left behind, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo is inseparable, shouting peace and friendship on the surface, but in fact they are quite wary of each other, for this fact, the monarchs and ministers of the two countries know each other in their hearts, and this stone castle on the school field today is nothing more than tearing off that ridiculous friendly coat.
The foreign envoys only noticed the Tang army's solemn killing array, and they turned their heads with pale faces, in awe. But Lu Dongzan's eyes were fixed on the last five hundred or so people in the phalanx, more specifically, on the cloth bags carried by the five hundred or so people, affectionately thoughtful, the deputy envoy of Tubo next to him leaned down and whispered something in his ear, Lu Dongzan's face suddenly changed, becoming more and more ugly.
Obviously, the Tubo people are no strangers to this seemingly mysterious team, and the Tubo people have learned how terrible this team is under the city of Songzhou.
After the formation was completed, the captain holding the flag changed to a small red order flag, held the flag high, waved it forward violently in the wind, and shouted loudly: "Attack!" ”
The flank cavalry launched first, galloped towards the stone fort, the two cavalry teams were like two black dragons winding and circling, one left and one right quickly arrived in front of the stone fort, and then divided the troops left and right, and plunged straight into the rear of the stone fort, and the obstacles such as the horse and the wooden fence arranged around the stone fort were also hit by the passing cavalry, and the obstacles were immediately cleared.
Immediately, the Chinese army launched slowly, holding shields in front, and charging towards the stone fort side by side, and the horizontal knives and halberds in the rear also followed closely, while the Mo knife team carried a long-handled Mo knife of more than 20 catties, and walked at the end in a hurry, separated from the front team by more than ten zhang.
The mysterious team of more than 500 people quickly crossed the phalanx of the Modao team, followed by the halberd team, after the front Chinese army team had cleared all the obstacles around the stone fort, the Chinese army was like a torn silk cloth, suddenly separated quickly to the left and right, and gave way to a huge open space in the middle, the mysterious team of more than 500 people happened to be in the middle of the open space, after the ground in front of them was vacant, more than 500 people quickly stepped forward with cross-body cloth bags, took out a black clay pot from the cloth bag, and tore open a small bamboo tube hanging on the waist, Inside the bamboo tube was a burning coarse incense stick, which came into the clay pot, lit the fuse, and a burst of white smoke rose from the ground, and then five hundred people moved in unison, and shouted violently, and the smoking clay pot was thrown towards the stone castle.
Boom Boom!
The mountains shook with a loud bang, and the stone castle was shrouded in yellow smoke and dust, and only a vague outline could be seen. After a long time, the smoke and dust cleared, and the appearance of the stone castle was already mottled everywhere, and it was seen that it had been severely damaged.
Five hundred people took out a small black clay pot from the cloth bag again, lit it and threw it hard, and in the loud noise, the smoke and yellow dust filled the stone castle again, but this time, the outline of the stone castle could not be seen in the smoke of gunpowder, and when the smoke dissipated, the stone castle no longer existed, and there were only piles of blown stones on the ground, which were scattered all over the ground.
After two rounds of bombardment, the stone castle turned into a ruin in full view of everyone, and the end was miserable.
The envoys of the foreign country were already frightened, and the envoys with religious beliefs knelt on the ground one after another, facing the direction of the stone castle and bowed, not knowing whether they were worshipping God or the small clay pot that was more powerful than God. The crowd of envoys was in confusion, with exclamations of admiration and choking of crying at the loud noise.
Lu Dongzan's face became more and more ugly, and the ruins that were still flying with gunpowder smoke seemed to be silently and coldly warning him that the combat strength of the Tang Dynasty's army today was no longer comparable to that of the Battle of Songzhou.
Trembling slightly with anger, Lu Dongzan turned his head and glared at Li Su, and said angrily: "Li Su, what do you want to do today's martial arts?" ”
Li Su blinked: "Yanwu, please Brother Lu and the envoys of various countries to see the current combat strength of Datang, so that everyone has confidence in His Majesty the Heavenly Khan of Datang, our Datang is absolutely capable of maintaining peace in the world, and this 'world' naturally includes Datang itself and many friendly neighbors who admire Datang...... Tubo is also admired, right? Your country Zampu has always admired the princess of the Tang Dynasty......"
Lu Dong was angry and pointed at Li Su: "Okay, very good!" Today, I have learned the demeanor of your country's army, and the old man has been taught! ”
After saying that, Lu Dongzan turned around and left, and the Tibetan delegation also followed Lu Dongzan out of the school grounds.
Li Su hurriedly caught up and said: "Brother Lu, don't be busy, there is a big event next, our army is attacking on the high ground, and Mo Dao is in battle, it is simply high. The tide is repeated, and the aftertaste is long, you can't help but see it......"
Lu Dongzan didn't look back, his steps became faster and faster, and he left angrily.
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ps: There is one more more... Ask for a monthly pass... (Huh?) Why Mao suddenly said this sentence very weirdly? Looks like I haven't said it in years... (To be continued.) )