Chapter 77 How's Your Majesty Your Soldier?
"Shoot!" "Swish, swish, swish" and a shower of arrows rose into the sky and flew towards the target.
There is a wooden pulley under the target, and two horses are dragging it in front of it more than fifty meters apart. The target looks like a horse riding a person.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry also attacks while riding on its horse, and at the same time has to perform various evasive movements such as hiding under the pedals and standing up through its crotch.
The flying riders returned to their daily routine and trained hard.
I practice bows and crossbows, and learn all about horse and foot.
I practiced riding and shooting all morning, had a half-full meal at noon, put on my backpack, took off my boots, put on cloth shoes and leggings, and ran with a heavy load.
Li Yi did not bear any weight and ran with the trumpet: "Adjust your breathing, don't mess up your pace, and allocate your physical strength. Now you have lost your horse, but you still have to complete the mission."
The soldiers said nothing and had firm eyes. Compared with that month, they were just a little bit tired now, and at least they had enough time to rest.
It turns out that they are experts selected from various Zhechong mansions, and their skills in carrying baggage are not very low either.
Now that I have gone through the devil's training, doing anything else feels like nothing.
At this time, people in Zhuangzi were still busy building houses and digging cellars.
Many women were hired from outside the village to pick cotton, and the cotton harvest had already begun.
As the cotton matures, the whole process will last for one and a half months.
Grapes were also picked at the same time. After rescue, the survival rate of the transplanted grapes was over 90%.
Li Yi asked people to buy brown sugar and make it into rock sugar. He picked a batch of grapes and immediately put them into a jar and added rock sugar.
The wine produced in this way is more in line with public taste, while wine without sugar requires the grapes themselves to contain more sugar.
The popular grape in the Tang Dynasty today is the Marubi grape, and there is a good way to make wine.
When the children in Zhangjia Village are not studying, they will come over to help squeeze the grapes, wash their little hands, and put the grapes into the jar.
When leaving, take two bunches of grapes and a small piece of rock sugar, and sometimes a ball of fried sprinkles.
Naturally, the dolls in Zhuangzi also have to work, and the two parties can also exchange learning experiences.
Obviously, the children in the village learn better than the children in the village, and the teachers' level of care is different.
Amidst the bustle and bustle, the weather is getting colder.
However, more and more fast horses came to and from the capital from the east road of Longyou Road, and sometimes a team of messengers would arrive in half a day.
Sometimes when encountering special circumstances, the team in front delays the journey and arrives with the team behind.
Pieces of good news reached the court.
First, the 10,000 cavalrymen who rushed in were chased and intercepted, and more than half of them were lost, while the rest were surrendered.
Then the troops of the Tang Dynasty took the initiative to attack Tubo, and the ten powerful families there were beaten back steadily.
"Okay, good job." Li Longji looked at the front and collected the report. He was so excited that he took pictures of the case. It was a great pleasure.
It's finally our turn to take the initiative. Do you regret letting you lie to us?
The three prime ministers were all smiling. Being beaten and beating others were two different feelings.
If you fight on your own, the people will suffer.
"I believe that after this battle, Tibet will not invade in the short term." Yao Chong said with a confident attitude.
Zhang said and sighed: "Unfortunately, the season is bad. After the heavy snowfall, we cannot go to Tubo to fight for a long time."
Lu Huaishen stood there silently.
Li Longji thought for a moment and then shook his head: "Tubo has many plans in this war. They can form alliances and break out rebellions. Even if they fail to win, they can still use the weather to stop them."
"What your Majesty said is exactly what you said. It's just that Tubo didn't expect that the Tang Dynasty has prepared counterattack troops. If Tubo can enter the Tang Dynasty, our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can certainly invade Tubo."
Yao Chong was satisfied with the gains from this battle, and he did not expect to fight with Tibet all winter.
The climate in Tubo is different from that of the Tang Dynasty. The deeper they go, the harder it is for the Tang army to adapt.
Yao Chong didn't know the term altitude sickness, but he knew that people from other places struggled to breathe when they arrived in Tubo, and many of them got sick.
When it snows, facing the threat of altitude sickness, it is very troublesome for ordinary troops to enter, so they can only wait for summer.
The hall fell silent for a moment.
Yao Chong waited for a moment and said: "How is the training of His Majesty's Yulin Flying Cavalry?"
When Li Longji heard about the private army, he smiled: "No problem."
He didn't want to say more and wanted to keep it secret.
The palace maids and eunuchs who work every ten days report to Gao Lishi and bring back a large amount of soy sauce, red and green recipes.
The eunuchs and palace maids who replaced them brought the money to buy soy sauce, red square and green square, and it was still much cheaper than others.
Li Longji recalled the news reported back.
"Li Yi spoke highly of His Majesty to the soldiers during his three meals, showing his loyalty."
"In addition to the imperial city ordering people to send baggage, Li Yi used his own money to provide meat to the soldiers in the name of Your Majesty."
"Li Yixin came up with a new method called devil training. The soldiers worked hard for days but could not rest. They cried bitterly every time and missed home and refused to quit."
'Li Yi personally accompanies him, but if a soldier falls, he will be rescued. Li Yi has lost a lot of weight.'
"The morale of the soldiers is as high as the sun in the sky. They were already strong, but they are getting stronger now."
'The things Li Yi drew and made are really easy to use and the soldiers like them.'
'The devil's training is over, the soldiers are no longer afraid of the pain of training, they are as calm as a mountain, and their eyes are compelling.'
"The women of Qufang are soft and graceful, but the soldiers are not moved, which shows the strong will."
Recalling the report, Li Longji wanted to go and take a look, but he was afraid of being recognized and losing his identity as an elder brother. By then, one king and one people would no longer have the pleasure of the past.
"Report! Urgent report from Qinzhou." While the prime ministers were waiting and Li Longji recalled, Huang Men shouted from outside.
"Come in." Li Longji didn't even say the word 'Xuan'.
Soon the sergeant who reported the news came in, and while presenting the report, he said: "It snowed heavily in Tubo again, and our army was forced to retreat. Countless cattle, sheep, and horses were plundered. They are being counted and recorded."
"Alas!" Li Longji sighed softly: "I'm back."
Then he smiled again: "It's good to come back. If we fight again, we may lose our troops and lose our generals."
Yao Chong then said: "This time Tubo deceived the alliance and rebelled. We, the Tang Dynasty, have won a battle to show our prestige. We should spread it widely throughout the world to rectify the country's prestige."
"Yes!" Li Longji agreed and told the people, "Doesn't my emperor look powerful?"
Tubo agreed to form an alliance, and then suddenly started fighting, but they didn't hit us. This is all my fault, hahaha...
So soon, people in Chang'an got the news first, and then spread it to all directions.
The people of Chang'an jumped for joy, and many men and women took this opportunity to express their feelings, and then...
For a time, many frontier fortress songs were played in Pingkang Square, and Hu dance became popular.
Li Yi in Zhuangzi also got the news.
The soldiers had just had lunch and were still half full, ready to take a short break before training.
Li Yi took the trumpet and started shouting.
"The roads lead in all directions, and the four seasons are constant in spring, summer, autumn and winter. There is singing and dancing in the city of Chang'an, and the soldiers of Longyou guard the frontier."
"I am a small bookmaker, and now I am spreading the word about border affairs. In June, Tibet formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and in August, the snow soldiers came to fight."
"What I'm talking about here is the alliance and rebellion between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. There was a heavy snowfall in August, and thousands of Tibetan soldiers invaded the border area. The cavalry came with great force and came in on the road to a sacred mountain over there."
"Ten thousand cavalrymen strung their bows and unsheathed their swords, pointing directly at the common people of the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that our people were about to be slaughtered, an army suddenly came out from the side."
"At that time, the two armies were fighting together. It was like the sound of bows, the flash of swords, the roar of horses, and the rolling of heads."
"When the battle was stalemate, I saw a general from the Tang army rushing out. This man had a golden helmet with phoenix wings on his head, wore silver dragon scale armor, held a sky-suppressing halberd, and stepped off a sweat-blooded maroon horse."
"As soon as this general came out, he saw where the enemy general was in the blink of an eye. He shouted: "That enemy general, do you dare to fight me?"
"As soon as he finished speaking, the war horses rushed forward. The general rushed forward, waving the halberd in his hand and sending out streaks of cold light. But if he saw the flash of cold light, one of the enemy riders would be knocked off his horse."
"In just a moment, this general killed the enemy. The enemy knew that it was difficult to defeat him and exclaimed: Who can save me?"
"The surrounding enemy cavalry were struggling to rescue them, but our general of the Tang Dynasty was unstoppable. With a roar and a bang, the halberd in his hand had already reached the enemy general's eyes, and he went straight to cut off his neck. The enemy general turned pale with fright and shouted:
My life is at an end."
"If you want to know what happens next, let's listen to the explanation next time."
Li Yi put down the speaker and laughed twice, so cool!
Chapter completed!