From the Xia Dynasty that began with Xia Qi to the Li Tang Dynasty established by Li Yuan who overthrew the Sui Dynasty, the state system evolved over thousands of years, and the Central Plains regime evolved from generation to generation, based on the huge wealth brought by the free economy, at the expense of the country's mobilization capacity, and gradually evolved and upgraded, finally enabling the Tang army to obtain the most powerful external offensive capability in history.

Coupled with the various advanced scientific and technological weapons and advanced concepts brought by Xu Yang from later generations, the Tang army of the Tang Dynasty today can be described as powerful to the point that there is no one before and no one after it.

The 75,000 soldiers stationed in the Longyou Jiedu Protectorate, who originally defended Tubo, had quietly advanced to the west of the Anxi Protectorate under the leadership of Li Ji.

On the other side, Xue Rengui led 39,000 soldiers from Jiannan Jiedu Protectorate from Qinghai around the city of Dalasa, and the two armies formed an internal and external attack, with the purpose of meeting with Prince Li Ke in the Potala Palace and discussing the strategy of crusading against Dashi.

This time the Tang army attacked, it can be said that the strongest lineup has been dispatched, and every single soldier, under Li Er's strict requirements, wears no less than four pieces of personal equipment, three-edged, military thorns, round shield guards, bows and crossbows, Mo knives, and if it is a soldier of the city management garrison, it will also carry a musket.

The cavalry of the big cannibal is very powerful, this is the information that the spies in front of the front have inquired about many ways, the big cannibal combat horses are very varied, among which the big Wan horse is the most, this kind of horse is particularly tall, the soldiers of the big eater, riding on the horse, holding a scimitar, once the speed is rushed, it will become a very terrible red storm, especially on the plain, once the infantry is encountered, the harvesting of human heads is like grass mustard, it is a very thorny problem that Datang will face.

But this time. Datang also sent an unprecedented combat tool. Steam tanks.

Those experts of the Mo family of Nanshan Academy worked hard day and night. In the end, the construction of the internal combustion engine could not be completed, and this kind of epoch-making power equipment that uses fire oil to ignite and drive is not yet achievable at the rough industrial level of Datang.

Since the internal combustion engine has not been manufactured, then the term steam tank can be imagined, this kind of combat weapon, by no means like those challengers in later generations, tiger type steel monsters wrapped in thick iron armor, in fact, when Xu Yang saw the first time he saw the tank made, he almost hid his face and cried.

Compared with the tanks in later film and television works. Datang's tanks are like weak babies, and they may be shattered by a random shell in the future.

But now after all, it is a thousand years ago, this kind of killing weapon that has been tested in World War I and World War II, although the form is much worse, and the steel plate is only a thin layer, but this does not hinder the combat ability of this tank in this era.

Under the continuous improvement of the researchers of Nanshan Academy, the steam engine has been updated for six generations, Xu Yang even thinks. Historically, Watt's improved steam engines do not seem to be as advanced as the steam engines used by the Tang Dynasty, and once Xu Yang even saw a huge steam equipment weighing two tons in the steel factory of Changsun's family. I heard the eldest grandson Wuji say that that thing was used to make keels for ocean-going ships.

The skilled use of steam engines, the direct lead is the popularization of various steam equipment, the demand for coal mining in Chang'an is increasing day by day, the black stone mountain in Chang'an 100 miles away has been mined into a wasteland, the slaves who mine coal are still not enough, and many slaves transported from overseas, once thrown into the coal mine, are like a stone thrown into the pool, there is no ripple, and a qiē returns to calm, these slaves, all their lives can only be spent under the dark coal kiln, with their own blood and tears, cast into the Great Wall of steel of the Tang Dynasty.

The steam engine equipped on the steam tank was personally supervised and produced by the Ministry of Industry, and the rings, groove beds, fuel tanks, and steam boxes of each steam engine have undergone thousands of friction tests to confirm that they can withstand all kinds of harsh environments in the field......

"Bang bang."

Xue Rengui was dressed in a white robe and rode on a tall horse, only to see him patting the iron sheet on the outside of the steam tank with one hand, and then turned his head to the soldiers and said, "Pull the second team of the team, change." ”

With the commander's order, a group of cavalry following behind the tank car hurriedly rushed to the front of the car, greeted the other team, and bolted the horses to the horses, so that six more horses were pulling the cart in front of the cart, and they were leading the six horses that had originally pulled the cart down to rest.

"Brother Xue, this tank looks so bulky, is it really useful when it comes to the battlefield, why do I feel that the musket in my hand is more realistic." A seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man rode up to Xue Rengui and asked.

"Xiao Guozi, this thing is powerful, invulnerable, the soldiers hide in it, break into the rear of the enemy army like probing for things, can quickly disrupt the enemy formation, you see that there are no holes in the tank, those are the muzzles of muskets, the soldiers inside are holding muskets, come to kill one by one, come to a team to kill a pair, when this kind of killing weapon was first manufactured, the gentlemen of the academy said, when they see this thing, they don't know how many people will die under it." Xue Rengui seemed to take good care of the young man, and patiently explained to him.

"Oh, that's amazing." The young man scratched his head, "But no matter how powerful it is, it's not as powerful as my Brother Xue, my father said, come out to fight, just follow Brother Xue, Brother Xue's archery skills are unparalleled in the world, and no one can go within five steps."

Before the young man could finish speaking, Xue Rengui interrupted him with a smile, "Uncle Cousin bragged to you again, how can I be so powerful, the time to practice archery has become less and less in the past few years, and the archery skills have become unfamiliar." ”

"Huh?" The young man was stunned for a moment, "I remember when I was a child, didn't Brother Xue like to practice riding and archery the most?" Why is there less time to practice archery? ”

Xue Rengui smiled and didn't say anything, just turned his head to look at a long black bag on his back, and there was a look of memory in his eyes......

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, the strong man is gone, I won't send you this expedition, remember, a sniper is to make all your opponents tremble under your sniper rifle, the moment you raise the gun, it is the moment of their doomsday judgment, when you return from a great victory, the county will hold a banquet in Xujiazhuang, when you celebrate you among the first-class generals of my Datang!"

The corners of Xue Rengui's mouth showed a smile, when he was parting, Xu Yang's words to himself were still in his ears, he represented the strongest force in Datang, this time, to show those barbarian countries, the most powerful strength of Datang! …… (To be continued......)