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Gao Ming knew that Li Shimin planned to personally conquer the Western Regions, but what he didn't expect was that the time for Li Shimin's expedition was two days faster than the shortest time he had speculated.

Therefore, when he heard the news that Li Shimin had taken Wu Baiguan out of the palace, he was immediately stunned.

"How is that possible? The old man just said yesterday that I should be in charge of the country, why did he go on the expedition today? ”

Thinking of this, he could no longer care about eating breakfast, and after putting down the dishes and chopsticks, he hurriedly got into the carriage and ran towards the city gate.

Sitting in the rickety carriage, Gao Ming looked out the window and asked Qianniuwei, who told him the news.

"Why did you choose to go on the expedition today, is the grain and grass ready? The soldiers who went out this time were Nawei? Who travels with the car? ”

"This ......"

Hearing Gao Ming's series of questions, Qian Niuwei, who was driving the carriage, suddenly pondered for a while, as if he was organizing his language, and it took about four or five seconds before he opened his mouth to answer Gao Ming.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, yesterday morning, the Holy Lord ordered the preparation of grain and grass, before today's day, 100,000 loads of grain and grass have been transported out of Chang'an, and now I am afraid that it is almost to Pizhou, and the escort of grain and grass is Zuo Weilang General Su Dingfang, General Su!"

"Su Dingfang?" Hearing this name, Gao Ming nodded this time: "Well, this person is indeed no problem, since Su Dingfang was ordered to escort the grain and grass, then the soldiers and horses used this time should be the left and right guards, but this number seems to be less, right?" ”

"This ...... This villain doesn't know! ”

Qian Niuwei's answer was not beyond Gao Ming's expectations, so he didn't ask more, in his opinion, these questions would definitely be answered after meeting Li Shimin.

Soon, Gao Ming's carriage came to the outside of Chang'an City, and Gao Ming had just come to the city gate when he saw the familiar behemoth.

Tank!

This steam tank, which resembles a huge beetle, was designed by Gao Mingyi and manufactured by the newly established "Datang Military Industry Department", which can be called the embodiment of science and technology and a weapon of war.

It is precisely because of it that when Gao Ming led his troops to Goguryeo before, he was able to keep the soldiers high in morale and confidence in victory from beginning to end.

In fact, even Gao Ming himself had a special sense of peace of mind after sitting in the steam tank.

"Maybe that's what people call security, right?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly smiled slightly, then jumped out of the carriage and walked straight towards the tank.

In addition to the people of the Tang Dynasty who watched the excitement around the tank, almost all of them were Li Shimin's Qianniuwei, many of them knew Gao Ming, so when they saw Gao Ming coming over, they immediately bowed their heads slightly to him, and made a way to escort him in.

Looking at the Qianniu Guards who were guarding around him, Gao Ming suddenly smiled at them and nodded, which was regarded as a return salute, and then went straight to the bottom of the tank.

When standing underneath the tank, Gao Ming suddenly noticed that this tank was very different from the previous one.

When he set out from Chang'an in a tank, the tanks were painted gold, shining in the sunlight, looking noble and majestic.

But now, the Beetle tank was covered with all kinds of scratches, and the golden paint was peeling off in large chunks, revealing the crimson rust inside.

In addition to this, there are many dark marks on the sides of the tank, and this color is mixed with the red rust, which looks like a vicissitudes of life.

Looking at this behemoth that was both familiar and unfamiliar, Gao Ming couldn't help but sigh for a moment.

"Alas...... Looks like a lot has happened in the last four or five months, but what the hell is this? ”

As he spoke, Gao Ming was about to reach out and touch the dark black trace, but before he could touch it, Qian Niuwei, who was standing beside him, stopped him.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, don't touch that, dirty!"

"Dirty?" Hearing this Qianniuwei's words, Gao Ming immediately frowned: "Do you know what this is?" ”

"This ......"

Looking at Gao Ming's puzzled look, this Qianniuwei hesitated for a moment, and then bowed towards Gao Ming.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, if the villain is not mistaken, this should be blood, human blood!"

"Uh......"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming suddenly shrank back like lightning, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Oh, it turned out to be bloodstains, I said how it looks familiar!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, he only heard a "bang", and the door of the tank opened, and Li Shimin, who was in armor, immediately walked out of it, and after seeing Gao Ming, he immediately smiled at him.

"Haha, Gao Ming is here too? I went inside and saw it just now, no wonder Zhijie said that he ran away with thousands of Xue Yantuo people, this tank is really a good thing, hahahaha! ”

“……”

Looking at Li Shimin, who was laughing, Gao Ming finally understood how his tank could be like this.

"Presumably, Cheng Yanjin directly used it to open the way, but he was 'washed' by Xue Yantuo's cavalry I don't know how many times before it became like this, right?"

Thinking of this, a smile suddenly appeared on Gao Ming's face.

"As long as you can kill and wound the enemy, reduce the casualties of our army at the same time, and get more fighters back, then no matter how you use tanks, it is correct!"

"Hahahaha, that's right!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin laughed again, and patted Gao Ming's shoulder while laughing.

"This time, my Tang Dynasty killed 100,000 enemies, captured more than 10,000 people, and destroyed Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop, but the battle losses of the soldiers were less than 2,000, which can be said to be a rare victory, haha!"

Gao Ming knew that Li Shimin's "nearly 100,000 enemies" was probably a large part of Xue Yantuo's civilians, but Gao Ming was not such a pedantic person, and he would not sympathize with his enemies.

Therefore, looking at Li Shimin's happy appearance, he also smiled and nodded.

"In this way, it is indeed a rare victory, this time the old man, you also went out with a tank, and you must have already won the victory, so I wish you a victory in advance!"

"Well said, hahahaha!"

Gao Ming's words were obviously very appetizing to Li Shimin, and as soon as his words fell, Li Shimin burst out laughing, and while laughing, he also stroked the thick barrel in front of the tank.

When he had laughed enough, he looked back at Gao Ming.

"Gao Ming, do you know what Xue Yantuo's people call this tank?"

Of course, Gao Ming, who promised this question, didn't know, so after hearing Li Shimin's words, he immediately shook his head.

"I don't know!"

Li Shimin had known this result for a long time, so as soon as Gao Ming's words fell, he grinned again.

"The people of Xue Yantuo call it the wolf god, because all those who stand in front of it have been torn to pieces by it, Bazhuo is dead, Xue Yantuo is finished, and the rest is Yibi Shekui and Ashina Helu!"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's eyes were already full of murderous intent.