Xiao Di and Xiao Wu sat down, the atmosphere of lunch seemed to have become a little restrained, Jin Shengman held Xu Yang's youngest son in his arms, and did not shy away from feeding, there was no special etiquette on the table in Xujiazhuang, so there was always laughter and laughter when Xujiazhuang did not eat, which is also the reason why the five princes in the palace often liked to come to Xujiazhuang.

"Ahem." Seeing that everyone was staring at Xiao Wu and Xiao Di, there was still a trace of ill will in their eyes, Xu Yang coughed a little embarrassed, "Last night, are you still used to it?" ”

When Xu Yang asked, Xiao Di and Xiao Wu's faces turned even redder, Xu Yang shrugged his shoulders, and said with some disapproval: "They are all seventeen or eighteen years old, what else is there to be shy, as a teacher, I want to hug the child as soon as possible." ”

Hearing Xu Yang say this, Xiao Wu lowered his head, and said in a voice as coquettish as a mosquito: "Master, don't say it, I'm ashamed." ”

Xu Yang wanted to answer, but was stopped by Liu Mengli beside him, and sat down next to Xiao Wu on the bench, staring at Wu Zhao with big eyes and a gossipy look, curiously leaning into Wu Zhao's ear and muttering.

I don't know what Liu Mengli said, anyway, when Xiao Wu heard it, his face was red to the root of his ears.

Xu Yang didn't want to disturb the couple at lunch, so he had to sit upright, put a piece of braised pork into the bowl, and tasted a few bites before he asked Di Renjie, who was also immersed in eating: "Xiao Di, it seems that our Datang will make a big move recently, do you know?" ”

Di Renjie, who originally wanted to rely on eating to cover his shame, heard the master's question, and the restraint just now immediately disappeared, replaced by a look of excitement.

"The disciple knows. Some time ago, Senior Brother Niu intercepted some information about the use of troops in Central Asia by our Datang Dynasty from the news. It seems that the master once talked about the powerful Arab empire. According to my disciple's opinion, in this war in Central Asia, whoever is the victor will be able to control the entire land of Central Asia! ”

"Clever!" Xu Yang couldn't help but high-five, Di Renjie, a historical celebrity, had an IQ that was by no means covered, "Then what do you think of my chances of winning the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"This ......" Di Renjie showed a puzzled expression, "Back to the master's words, my Tang sergeant has always been invincible. Now that my Tang Dynasty is strong and the people are rich and strong, my disciple feels that there is a ten-layer chance of defeating those nomadic and barbaric people! ”

Seeing Di Renjie with a confident face, Xu Yang also nodded, and he will wait and see what the real history will be......

In the historical trajectory of later generations, there is a little-known battle, that is, the Battle of Talas.

The Battle of Talas was a collision between the most powerful Eastern and Western empires in the world at the time, and it was of great historical significance. The location of Talas has not been fully determined, but it should be in the birthplace of the great poet Li Bai. Near the city of Broken Leaves, one of the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, close to the vicinity of Taraz in Kazakhstan.

Battle of Talas. The commander of the Tang Dynasty was the famous Goryeo general Gao Xianzhi, the deputy general Li Siye, and the other general Duan Xiushi, with 20,000 Han troops in Anxi Prefecture, and a total of more than 100,000 troops in the foreign army, of which there were only more than 30,000 people who could really fight.

The Arabs, on the other hand, sent a regular army of 50,000 and a militia of 150,000 cavalry, totaling more than 200,000 people, to attack the Tang army.

The specific history is no longer examinable, but the historical significance of this battle is very important, that is, it was the last opportunity in Chinese history to cross Asia and Europe.

But in this battle, the invincible ironclad army of the Tang Dynasty suffered a defeat at Waterloo, more than 30,000 people, and less than 3,000 survived in the end.

I have to say that in a sense, the Battle of Talas was indeed the end of the Tang Dynasty's foreign expansion, and the powerful Arabs showed their powerful cavalry capabilities, and they proved with facts that the Arabian horse is the best horse breed in the world, and the Arab army is the most powerful army in the world......

Xu Yang didn't know how strong the Tang army was in history, but from the history books, he saw those who praised the great military exploits of the Tang people, as well as the Wenchen Wuzhi of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Yang felt that the army of the Tang Dynasty in history must have something that it could take, but such an army seemed to have no power to parry in the Battle of Talas, and was defeated by the Arabs.

As a Han Chinese, Xu Yang was very saddened by the loss of the only opportunity for the Tang Dynasty to cross Asia and Europe, and how he longed for the Tang Dynasty to defeat the Arab regimes of the Dark Ages on the frontal battlefield, sweep all the way, rule Central Asia, and then try to Europe, and complete the dream of the motherland to unify the world.

And now, this opportunity is now in front of Xu Yang.

A butterfly flapped its wings, set off an unparalleled sandstorm, in Xu Yang's sideways foot encounter, the Tang Dynasty has already been strong to the point of terrifying, the first industrial revolution has been popularized on a large scale, seize this opportunity, the power of the Tang Dynasty is enough to surpass the first industrial revolution in the future period of the United Kingdom.

The sun never sets on the empire, and at this time it is a joke in front of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The Eastern Turks were destroyed, the Western Turks became the breeding farms of the Tang Dynasty, there were no more four kingdoms on the islands in the East, Yiwu, Shanshan, Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan and other small countries in the Western Regions were forced to surrender to the Tang Dynasty in ten years, or were destroyed by the city management, and the Tang Dynasty established the Western Regions ruling system with the four towns of Anxi - Qiuci, Shule, Khotan, and Yanqi as the core.

Since then, in the land of the Central Plains, except for Tubo on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there is no country with a foreign surname, and the courage of the Chengguan army has also terrified all enemies.

There are countless overseas lands, and all the islands in Southeast Asia, Australia, and North and South America across the Pacific Ocean are all subjugated to the feet of the Tang Dynasty.

The pattern of the world has been established, this is a different era, this era has not yet been the battle of Talas, and there is no force that can stop the Tang Dynasty's conquest, although the Arab Empire of this era is strong, but Xu Yang thinks that the empire created by himself is more powerful than it!

This time Xu Yang firmly believes that China will seize such an opportunity across Europe and Asia, so that future generations will remember the iron cavalry of the Tang army, which will always be invincible, so that future generations will be enthusiastic when they mention the vertical and horizontal of the Tang army! (To be continued......)

PS: The seventh volume is coming to an end, and the last volume of this book will begin tomorrow, thank you for your support along the way, thank you!