"The Turks, Tuyuhun, Tibetan, and even the countries and tribes of the Western Regions are all nomadic people! Each of them grew up on horseback, and we have been in a weak position for generations in riding and archery, and it is a foolish way to compare them with riding and archery. In my Chinese history, although there are occasional strong armies with horsemanship, but they are all fleeting, I think the root cause of the flash in the pan is not the lack of horses, but the lack of knights who are good at riding. Even if you barely form hundreds of thousands of cavalry, they are just infantry on horseback, and in the end, they will only become a living target for the steppe knights. ”

"My congenital deficiency in horsemanship in China forced the famous generals of the past dynasties to spend their efforts on the infantry to create a military formation that is famous all over the world and will be passed on to future generations to restrain cavalry. But the army is impermanent, the water is impermanent, and when we advance, the enemy is also advancing, and some of the once famous armies have long been out of date! ”

"Makes sense, makes sense!" Li Shimin clapped his hands and laughed, Luo Tong's words were apostasy in the eyes of others, but here Li Shimin, it was in his heart.

Tactical tactics cannot remain unchanged, and they need to be considered and recuperated in all aspects, and constantly innovated and improved before they can be used for a long time. Until the times change and the tactics are eliminated.

Just like Li Mu's chariot array, Wei Qing's Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot array, and Liu Yu's moonless array are all famous infantry riding methods, but if they are used now, they will definitely be beaten and urinated.

The times have progressed, and tactics have also progressed, and even if the things that were eliminated were once brilliant and brilliant, they were things that had been studied to death, and they had lost their due use.

"But there are a lot of stupid talents in my Datang, who follow the words of their ancestors as the supreme holy decree, and think that they have learned what their ancestors have passed on, and they have naturally become military saints and literary saints! Hmph, familiar with Tang, familiar with 300 ancient poems, can't compose poems and chant! It's okay to be familiar with other people's poems and make a few limerick poems, but if you can't express yourself, can you become a great poet? Confucianism, in particular, not only reads themselves as fools, but also asks others to follow suit! It's really misleading. ”

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian saw that Luo Tong was talking and opened fire at Confucianism, and they all smiled bitterly, but no one denied the true meaning.

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest! The law and the art of war are the same. No matter which faction or faction must keep pace with the times, conformism will eventually be eliminated by the times. ”

Luo's voice fell, Li Shimin "brushed", stood up, stared at Luo Tong with tiger eyes, and showed a look of surprise in his eyes!

He is a whimsical person, and his favorite thing to do when he is studying is to pick thorns and question the words of the sage, but he makes the gentleman angry half to death, and in the end he is so infamous that no one dares to teach him. He also received a lot of punishments because of this, but no matter how his parents punished, he always insisted on his own ideas, and learned to compromise when he grew up, but his nature was not extinguished, otherwise, he would not have come to this point!

Because of his own personal experience, he has a different feeling about Luo Tong's words.

"! Your brother-in-law's words are invaluable and valuable. In particular, the word 'keeping pace with the times' must be practiced. You must not think that I am your father and think that I am right, what I am saying and doing now may be in line with the present, but in a few decades, it will definitely not be in accordance with the times. A person must have the courage to question his predecessors, otherwise, he will only rest on his laurels! Conformism will eventually be obsolete by the times. Communicate with your brother-in-law more in the future, and you will benefit immensely! After all, Li Shimin is a figure who has seen the world, and it only took a moment to restore his calm and take the opportunity to teach his son.

Luo Tong was also impressed, it was not a blessing for Li Shimin to become a "Heavenly Khan" in the future, he was too strong in his heart.

"Whoa!" Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin was teaching him the truth of being an emperor, and solemnly agreed. He was in his youthful years when his thoughts were flying, and he agreed very much with what Luo Tong said, and now with Li Shimin's support, he liked it even more, he stood up, bowed solemnly to Luo Tong, and said: "Brother-in-law is a talent, he can be a teacher, and he will serve his brother, and please give me advice in the future." ”

"Progress together, progress together!" Luo Tong returned the salute, although he did not want to step into the circle of right and wrong of the royal family, but there were some things that could not be avoided. Personally, he still has a very good impression of Li Chengqian, he is modest and studious, and it is really rare to show his love for his sister at the banquet.

In that situation, if the problem of Tuyuhun is not resolved, Li Chengqian will lose the prince's score no matter how he behaves, but he still has no hesitation and is the first to jump out against it, this kind of character is really rare. On the whole, he has no ill feelings towards Li Chengqian, and he has no intention of avoiding him.

"This method of riding with foot was originally just a luxury, but recently, my father-in-law has been giving me advice, and my son-in-law feels that the knowledge of the military array has made great progress, and some incomprehensible points have suddenly been solved! I need 3,000 people to operate this tactic, which is beyond my ability and cannot support it if I don't have it. Three months later, I asked my father-in-law to use the same strength of the Xuanjia Army to accept the results. If the son-in-law loses, he will have no shame to be a general. ”

"Phew!" Li Shimin and Li Chengqian gasped.

The Xuanjia Army is the first strong force in the Tang Dynasty, and its authority has never been questioned. But now, Luo Tong is going to use the tactics he created to challenge the Xuanjia Army in three months? What a confidence!

The Xuanjia Army is the best in the world, with a full strength of only 4,000 people, and it is a strong soldier selected by Li Shimin from all the elites of the Tang Dynasty and formed by rigorous training. The Xuanjia Army lost one person, and when it was necessary to replenish the quota, ten representatives from each of the 12 armies in Guanzhong would be selected, and after competing with each other, the winners would be selected to replenish. In terms of combat effectiveness, a casual Xuanjia army will not be inferior to a commander at the rank of captain.

In the battle of Tiger Prison, Li Shimin dared to charge Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 with 3,500 cavalry, and the Xuanjia Army was his confidence.

If Luotong's tactics even killed the Xuanjia army, the Turks and Tuyuhun really don't need to be mixed.

"I'm right! It also represents the Xuanjia Army to accept the selection of the virtuous son-in-law. What does the virtuous son-in-law want, just ask. Ask people to give things to things. I give priority to supporting some of them, and I try my best to meet those that I don't! ”

Although Li Shimin doesn't know where Luo Tong's confidence comes from, he can't stand this temptation, if Luo Tong fails, the loss to Datang can be ignored, but if it happens, it is not a dream for Datang to dominate the world.

"Quan: How to train your father-in-law not to interfere; People: The personnel are selected from the left and right military guards, and the two generals are my uncles, so they will not embarrass me in this regard; Objects: 1,000 knives, 1,000 heavy armor, 500 horses, 1,000 bows and crossbows, 1,000 swords, guns and shields...... Skills: During the training, there must be problems, when the son-in-law asks for advice, the father-in-law must not hesitate to give advice; Gong, I am challenging the Xuanjia Army instead of my father-in-law, and my father-in-law cannot interfere in the daily training of the Xuanjia Army because of his son-in-law's request for advice; During the real and military exercises, the equipment of the Xuanjia Army should be equipped according to the Turkic elite. This tactic is aimed at the nomadic tactics, not the Tang cavalry, if the Xuanjia army wears heavy armor when they go into battle, it is really unfair! ”

"It's reasonable, it's all right." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he said with some suspicion: "In terms of materials, other things can be understood, but the practicality of this thing is limited!" ”

Luo Tong shook his head and said: "The practicality of a weapon is not practical, and it cannot be generalized. When the Central Plains was in the melee, the Mo knife was really not worth advocating, a Mo knife could create ten Tang knives, which was also to kill the enemy. One Mo knife hand is naturally not as good as ten knife hands. But the Tang Dynasty's enemies are now nomads, and they are no longer princes from all walks of life. The troops are no longer dominated by foot soldiers, but cavalry with strong combat strength. Against cavalry, ten war knives are far less practical than one Mo knife. Of course, the best way to deal with cavalry is to ride a horse, the problem is that the number and combat power of our Tang cavalry can't catch up with others, compared to the consumption of cavalry, the value of the Mo knife is more reflected. The cost performance is definitely above the cavalry, sword and shield soldiers. ”

Luo Tong said very cautiously, no one has discovered the effect of the Mo knife yet, but as a later generation, he knows that the Mo knife is a sharp weapon for the Tang Dynasty to reach its peak. Especially against the light cavalry of the game nation, the Mo knife has a decisive advantage.

When he returned from the Turks a few years ago, he visited Li Jing, the governor of Lingzhou, as a junior, and found that the founder of the Modao Array did not have this idea at all, so Luo Tong had the intention to take a step ahead of Li Jing and promote the Modao Array, so that Datang would have such a sharp weapon as soon as possible and enhance Datang's combat power against the Turks.

This kind of transcendent knowledge cannot be understood by non-human beings.

Li Shimin is not very human, although he thinks that what Luo Tong said is not unreasonable, but the Mo knife is a kind of sporadic use of partial weapons, which has never appeared in previous wars on a large scale, so it is impossible to analyze whether what Luo Tong said is on paper or true, and he muttered slightly: "The virtuous son-in-law has this idea, how can I not support it." However, there are no new Mo knives, so they can only be collected from the battlefield! ”

"It doesn't matter! As long as it's a Mo knife! "When I was planning to create the Mo Dao Array, Luo Tong specifically learned about the Mo Dao!

The casting process of Modao is complex and the cost is extremely high, so it is difficult to succeed in a short period of time if it is built with all its might. It is also because of this that after Modao and Tang, they disappeared in the tide of history. It's not because the Mo knife is not practical, but because the cost is high and the forging is cumbersome, which is prohibitive.

Datang's economy is tight and lacks everything, Li Shimin will definitely not spend manpower and material resources to forge Mo Dao for his experiment. Therefore, Luo Tong hit the old Mo knife with his idea.

Although the Modao weapon is not practical, it is not completely unused. Some soldiers and generals with heavy tastes still like to use it, and the spoils of war in each place after the end of the war are usually transported back to the military headquarters. Weapons that can be used can be re-honed and forged, and those that cannot be used are smelted to make new weapons. The Mo knife is not an ordinary sword, it is not easy to damage, and the accumulation of a lot naturally accumulates an old-style Mo knife.

Now take the old Mo knife and use it first, and when he kills the Xuanjia Army, even if he doesn't say it, Li Shimin will let people build a new Mo knife to equip the whole army.

Luo Tong was in a hurry to get out the Mo Dao Array before the war, and Li Shimin also wanted to see the effect as soon as possible, so he invited Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, and after explaining the reason, he asked the two to choose 1,500 people from the left and right Wuwei to support Luo Tong's practice.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin had nothing to say, and each returned to the military mansion to select people according to Luo Tong's selection requirements.