Chapter 13: The Clash Between Empires

Li Ergao sat on the dragon chair, with an inquiring look on his face, his eyes constantly scanning the people standing in the main hall, waiting for their answers.

"Isn't there some idea for Aiqing? Give me an idea? Li Er cleared his throat and asked again.

"Your Majesty, if you ask if you want to fight this big food, then I'm afraid no one in this court will oppose it, this big food country is the first to bully people, and you dare to attack my Tang Dynasty Protectorate in public at night, and its crime should be punished. However, the land of Tibet is far away, and it is not easy for the army to arrive, if you have to climb over the mountains and go to a more distant place to fight, as the saying goes, 'the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first' The ministers and others are afraid that the food supply will not be available, resulting in casualties among the front-line sergeants. Fang Xuanling said respectfully as he knelt on the ground.

"Well......" After hearing Fang Xuanling say this, Li Er was also a little entangled and said: "What Fang Aiqing said is extremely true, this mountain is high and the road is far away, and it is indeed not easy to fight, but this big food is the first to provoke, and he dares to shoot and injure my son, if I don't come out with this evil breath, I will be respected as the 'Heavenly Khan' by the barbarians of the Quartet!" I can't put my Datang's face anymore! ”

Hearing Li Er's blood-boiling words, the grumpy Cheng Yanjin in the hall was the first to jump out and say: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, I am a big country, and I have been bullied to the head, if I don't return a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood, where is the face of the Tang Dynasty, where is the face of His Majesty, the minister is willing to ask for a war to crusade against this big food country, let them know that they will offend my Datang!" ”

Li Er looked at Cheng Yanjin in the middle of the hall with satisfaction, although this old friend is old, he still has such a violent temper, but this temper is just what he likes.

"Your Majesty, the minister is also willing to be the first to ask for battle!" Wei Chigong also stood up, clasping his hands into fists. He swore and said: "If the minister does not destroy the great food country." Swear not to be a teacher! ”

The expression on Li Er's face finally had a smile. waved his hand and said: "The two generals have made great contributions to my Tang Dynasty, and now it is the time to enjoy their old age, leading the army to crusade against this kind of thing, I still feel that it is better to leave it to those young generals, but is anyone willing to lead the army to the battle?" If I can crusade against this great food, when he returns, I will personally go out of the city fifty miles to meet him! ”

As soon as Li Er's words fell, a heroic voice sounded. "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to ask for battle!"

From the middle of the military generals and officials, stood a young general wearing the official uniform of a five-rank military general, with silver-white armor, looking like a breeze, it was Xue Rengui, a white-robed young general who had participated in many battles against Korea with Xu Yang and Li Er.

Seeing Xue Rengui for the first time, the smile on the corner of Li Er's mouth became even stronger, whenever he saw this young man, Li Er seemed to be able to see his shadow from their bodies, which made him feel very nostalgic.

"Good! What a Xue Rengui! I was not mistaken. You are indeed the best of the new generation of generals in this court. How many troops do you plan to use to defeat the Great Eater? ”

I saw the young general's sword eyebrows, and said indifferently: "The minister has learned a lot of tactical and strategic knowledge with Mr. Li Jing in Nanshan Academy in the past two years, and has practiced many times with an imaginary enemy in this big food country, according to Mr. Qin Qiong's explanation, the main power of the army of the big food country is also concentrated in horses, their big Wan horses and sweat and blood horses are the best among horses, almost every soldier's horse kung fu is extremely skilled, my Tang Dynasty is good at plain warfare infantry and these cavalry will suffer a great loss, but, after our exploration, There is something that can completely restrain the advantage of the cavalry of the Great Food Country. ”

"Oh? What is that? Li Er leaned over and asked curiously.

"Hui Yu Xià is a steam tank ...... invented by Nanshan Academy......

The Tang people became more and more proficient in the use of steam engines, Xu Yang did not experience the first industrial revolution in Britain, but seeing the current Tang Dynasty, Xu Yang can probably imagine the scene of the British Industrial Revolution.

The evolution of human beings is always so similar, but evolution needs a chance opportunity, the opportunity of Britain is Watt, and the opportunity of Datang is Xu Yang.

Nanshan Academy absorbed a lot of the construction proposed by Xu Yang at the beginning, and made great efforts in terms of war weapons, after all, the original Tang Dynasty was troubled by internal and external troubles, Liang Shidu, Eastern Turks, Goguryeo, these regimes and countries were all enemies of the Tang Dynasty. Datang needs combat tools as powerful as firearms, so that it can win the final victory in the trap of foreign enemies.

What the people of Chang'an didn't know was that before the development of steam trains, steam tanks had already begun to be built in the military factories in Qinling.

'Military technology is 30 years longer than civilian technology. This statement is not groundless, but it is true, and any political power or organization will list the military as an important condition of the first rank.

"Power comes out of the barrel of a gun" This sentence was proposed thousands of years ago, "support the army and respect itself", only in ancient times when the fist was big and had the right to speak, the emperor could see it really, and Li Er was naturally no exception, so for the improvement of army construction, Li Er was never stingy, the Hundred Cavalry Division, the Chengguan Team, the Expeditionary Force, the Ocean Brigade, these departments Li Er all invested in the capital, what he wanted, is that in front of the field, his army can have the strength to fight.

Now, the foreign enemy is in front of him, raising troops for a thousand days, and using troops for a while, Li Er is looking forward to using the most advanced batch of military equipment in Nanshan Academy, who will win and who will lose with the Arab Empire, which is known as the demon of Europe......

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"Lord Omar I, Al Qeda and they have returned, but the people who have come back seem to be wounded, do you want to see them?" In the mansion of the city lord of a city-state, a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes was stepping on a corpse, elegantly playing with a small glass cup in his hand, while a guard hurried in from outside the main hall and greeted the middle-aged man with blond hair.

"Oh? Coming back so soon, is the Tang people so vulnerable? The corners of the blonde-haired middle-aged man's mouth curled up and he said, "Let him come in, this king is very curious, what kind of country is this rumored Tang Kingdom." ”……

After the guards went down to report, a man from outside the hall soon walked in, and when he faced Omar, he was seen on one knee.

"Superior Allah Allah, your dearest slave is willing to obey you, the Great Prophet Omar."

The blonde middle-aged man's expression did not change in the slightest, and he asked lightly: "Kaida, you have already gone to the Tang Kingdom, have you learned their army?" ”

"Back to the Prophet Omar, the army of the Tang Kingdom is indeed very strong, and there will definitely be a battle between us and their two empires! ......" (To be continued......)