Chapter 300: Happy Times
The elephant troops of Lin Yi launched a charge. There were 2,000 elephants, covered in armor and protected by iron shields on their heads. Each elephant carried two soldiers of the Linyi Kingdom, both of whom were holding shields, and rushed towards them.
The Tang army continued to fire arrows at the elephant troops of Lin Yi State, but it had almost no effect.
Fan Fanzhi saw the cavalry units of the Tang army, neatly arranged in front, stupidly did not know how to dodge, he held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, waiting to crush the Tang army and kill a piece of armor.
Seeing that it was less than 70 meters, 60 meters, 50 meters away from the Tang army, the Tang army finally moved, and the Tang army in the front row fled to both sides. The officers and soldiers of Lin Yiguo shouted in unison with excitement.
At this moment, hundreds of tall male lions suddenly appeared on the position of the Tang army, and they also roared in unison!
The elephant, frightened of the lion, suddenly stopped, then turned around and ran. The soldiers of Linyi on the back of the elephant were caught off guard, and they were thrown down a lot by the huge inertia, and the rest were also staggered.
The cavalry of the Don Army took advantage of the situation and attacked.
Where did the lion come from in the Tang Army? It turned out that in order to deal with the elephant troops of Lin Yiguo, the crown prince Li Su consulted historical materials and looked for successful experiences.
Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth today, and they are extremely powerful. It is dismissive of animals in general. However, it is afraid of lions. Clever soldiers seized on this to subdue the elephants.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong appointed Zong Yi as the general of Zhenwu to crusade against the state of Linyi. The king of Linyi was in danger and ordered the ace army elephant soldiers to meet the battle. This invulnerable behemoth made the Song army like today's infantry meeting tanks, unable to parry, and suffering heavy casualties.
However, Zong Wei was not afraid of the enemy and avoided battle. He thought that the elephant's fierce enemy was lions, but it was impossible to immediately domesticate a group of lion soldiers to fight the enemy, so he had an idea and ordered his subordinates to make a batch of lion models overnight and transport them to the front of the battle to deter the enemy elephant soldiers.
This trick is really smart. When the elephant soldiers of Linyi Kingdom rushed in, the elephant suddenly saw that only a male lion was waiting for him, as if he was facing a natural enemy, he turned around and ran, no matter how the driver whipped him, he did not look back to meet the battle. At this time, Zong Yu gave an order, led his troops to rush and disagreed, and defeated Lin Yi Kingdom in one fell swoop.
This time, Li Su drew a scoop according to the gourd, rushed to make a batch of lion models, competed for many tests, and found that it could indeed restrain the elephant soldiers. The Tang army used it in this campaign, and it worked in one fell swoop.
Xue Rengui led the cavalry of the Tang army to chase closely, the speed of the elephant could not outrun the cavalry, and the Tang army soon caught up with the elephant soldiers of Lin Yiguo. Elephants have armor on their heads and bodies, but they don't have armor on their legs.
The cavalry of the Tang Army held a long Mo knife and specialized in cutting the legs of elephants. The elephant fell to the ground one by one, and the soldiers on it were smashed to pieces, and before they could react, they were killed by the Tang army.
The elephant soldiers of Lin Yi Kingdom collapsed, and the remaining thousands of infantry were even more vulnerable.
Fan Fanzhi fled, he did not dare to flee back to the royal city of Pheasant Stick (Saigon), and fled all the way south with the remnants of the army. Xue Rengui led the Tang army to successfully capture the Pheasant Stick City.
Soon, Li Jing led the main force of the Tang army to Pheasant Stick City. He stayed in Pheasant City, and Xue Rengui led the Tang army to continue to advance south.
Fan Fanzhi was desperate and fled into the kingdom of Zhenla. He was seized by the army of the Kingdom of Chenla. Baba Varman II soon gave Fan Fanzhi to the Tang army.
According to the meaning of the crown prince Li Su, Zhang Xuansu, the new inspector of Annan Province, pardoned Fan Fanzhi. Fan Fanzhi cooperated with Zhang Xuansu to start the immigration work.
The 120,000 Tang army dispersed and controlled the entire territory of Linyi State, leaving no dead ends. The local people drew lots and decided that only 2 families would be left out of every ten households, and all the rest would move to the territory of Datang.
Then 40,000 families migrated from the Tang Dynasty and entered the Linyi country, since then the Han people have occupied the vast majority, and the Linyi country has been incorporated into the Tang Dynasty forever, and there will never be a country like Vietnam in history.
120,000 Tang troops have been stationed in Annam Province, with the stability of Annam Province, gradually decreasing, by the end of 641, the Tang Army's garrison in Annam Province, only one cavalry division remained, and the rest returned to the original military region. That's an afterword.
Li Dan's Ministry of Industry moved quickly and established a large number of factories in Annam Province, and rubber was continuously shipped to the mainland.
Soon after, the vehicles in Chang'an City were successively replaced with rubber wheels, and the cost of leather shoe production was greatly reduced.
In early July 641, the crown princes Li Su and Li Jing returned to Chang'an City.
East Palace.
Li Su is 22 years old this year, and he is now the father of three children. Qibi Wuyun and Begonia each gave birth to a boy, Cai Sha gave birth to a daughter, and Li Ninger was about to give birth.
On the way back to Chang'an, Ashina Qing also had good news after Li Su's efforts.
Wu Cong likes children very much, so she runs to her sisters' rooms when she is okay to help take care of the children.
When Li Su saw Wu Cong's appearance, he was very emotional in his heart - in history, in order to defeat Queen Wang, Wu Cong even did not hesitate to kill his daughter with his own hands to marry Queen Wang. It can be seen how sinister the environment she faced at that time!
Li Su is glad that he can give her a warm environment and let her enjoy the happiness that a woman should have, which is also a great sense of achievement.
That night, in the room of Qibi Wuyun, Li Su hugged his son Li Yun (taking the surname Li and the cloud character of Qibi Wuyun), the little county king could not speak, but he would giggle, looking very cute.
Qibi Wuyun looked at the tall and handsome husband beside him, and his heart was extremely satisfied. Thinking that at the beginning, my country was ruined, and my mood was extremely gloomy, where did I think that I could still have such a happy life today. All of this was brought to her by the man next to her.
Qibi Wuyun used his face to cling to Li Su's chest, hugged his body tightly with both hands, and said softly: "Husband, Yun'er loves you so much." ”
Li Su gently lifted her beautiful face, gently kissed away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "Yun'er, I love you too." ”
At this time, the little king felt that his parents had neglected him, and he was unhappy, grinning and crying. Qibi Wuyun hugged the child and said, "Good baby, mom loves you too." As he spoke, he kissed his pink little face, and the little king giggled again.
Qibi Wuyun said: "Wu Cong is 14 years old, not young, when will you marry her." ”
Li Su nodded and said: "Cong'er, this child is really good, after the New Year, when she is 15 years old, I will marry her." ”
The next morning, Li Su called Wu Cong and said to her: "Cong'er, you arrange for someone to go to Yunzhou to pick up your mother, and when she arrives, I will prepare for your marriage." ”
Wu Cong had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and her tears suddenly welled up. She threw herself into Li Su's arms and said, "Thank you, big brother, You'er is so happy." ”
In the afternoon, Xue Rengui asked to see him.