Today, Saleh, Prince Ojin, and Sultan are absolutely happy and excited.
Even after they arrived in Datang, today was the happiest day for them. Looking at the school field in Datang's barracks, Datang's cavalry were being chased by war elephants and were running around, unable to form an effective resistance at all. , their hearts are so beautiful that they want to bubble up.
Looking at the cavalry formation that had just been assembled, when faced with a herd of three or five elephants rushing towards them, they were instantly disintegrated by the war elephants and fled in all directions.
Saleh looked at Li Hong's calm face and smiled even more wildly, even laughing with tears. In short, as long as he could see Li Hong and Datang helpless, he felt that his trip to Datang was not in vain.
And in his heart, he already had a plan, that is, when he and Li Hong had to fight, he would get thousands of war elephants and camel soldiers.
Let's see if we can be like that tycoon named Jie Li, who led his troops directly towards Chang'an City and forced their emperor to come out to negotiate a peace and alliance with them. It would be best if they could surrender and surrender.
"Have you laughed enough?" Li Hong glanced at Saleh and Sultan, who were still laughing wildly, and saw that Prince Ojin was also smiling, so he continued: "Believe it or not, I will tell Li Zhe shouted, come here and beat you again."
"Why me? They laugh loudly, okay?" The slight smile on Prince Ojin's face instantly froze as he looked at Li Hong and complained aggrievedly.
"That's because I, Dashi, are powerful and have an army of war elephants, so he doesn't dare to accuse us. Do you Japanese have a herd of war elephants? Haha..." Saleh continued to laugh unbridled as he spoke.
At this moment, even if he was just giving a fake smile, he still had to laugh hard at Li Hong. He had been frustrated for several days, but at this moment he finally regained his composure and said that he would laugh enough today no matter what.
Li Hong was too lazy to pay attention to Saleh, who was about to laugh and slap him, and suddenly kicked Sudan without any warning.
Although Sudan was also laughing, his laughter was somewhat restrained compared to Saleh's.
What's more, after a few days of brief contact, he already knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty was a man of unyielding vengeance, so while laughing at him, he was always on guard against Li Hong's sudden attack on him.
Seeing Li Hong's kick, Sultan twisted his body to avoid it. Then he looked at Li Hong warily and said, "Can you behave like a noble prince? Can you not be rough? Isn't there anything wrong with being a gentleman?" ?Hahaha… ."
Sultan looked at Li Hong whose face turned gloomy, and since he had just escaped being kicked, he simply started to retaliate, letting go of his throat and laughing loudly.
Prince Dajin didn't dare to laugh anymore. Logically speaking, at this time, the prince of Datang should please himself. Even if he didn't please himself, he should treat himself a little better. After all, his imperial sister was pregnant with his child. .
"Huh? Where is that idiot going to drive the elephants to?" Prince Dajin suddenly pointed to the campus of Nuo University and watched Li Zhe angrily motioning to the soldiers on the backs of the war elephants to drive the war elephants out of the barracks.
Li Zhe, who was riding on horseback, looked very angry. While he ordered the soldiers on the back of the elephant to drive away the elephant, he also ordered the four soldiers beside the elephant's legs to remove the armor from the elephant.
"Do you really think I can't do anything to you?" Li Zhe looked at an elephant whose armor was removed. He suddenly swung the horizontal knife in his hand and cut off the trunk of the war elephant. In an instant, the war elephant screamed and began to attack. Run deep into the school grounds.
"Bring it here!" Li Zhe shouted sternly on horseback with a murderous look on his face.
A light crossbow was quickly pushed over. Li Zhe jumped off the horse, picked up a heavy arrow with a triangular tip, and quickly placed it on the crossbow. As the winch shook, it slightly The crunching sound sounded in the school grounds.
Saleh, Sultan, and Prince Dajin looked at Li Zhe's every move in the distance, and then looked at the elephant trunk still under Li Zhe's feet. They felt a flash in front of their eyes, and a heart-shaking sound of breaking through the air sounded, and then The war elephant with its trunk broken off roared again, and arrows were shot into its rough-skinned and thick-flesh back.
"Although this method is feasible, if it is used on the battlefield, it will not be very lethal. What's more, we have cavalry to protect the elephant formation in the middle, and we will not give you such a chance." Saleh stopped smiling, his face On the top, there is a hint of dignity.
The war elephant just now has no soldiers on its back, and there are no soldiers protecting it beside it. Moreover, it has even taken off its basic armor. Shooting a war elephant like this is not a real shooting, but just a look. The scene looks better.
Thinking about it, this was probably the expression of Tang Dynasty's anger and embarrassment after he couldn't think of a way to deal with the Xiang Zhen.
"It's better than nothing, isn't it? Take your time and you will figure out a way one day. It's just the price you pay." Li Hong took the lead in getting on the horse and looked at Saleh and others who got on the horse one after another. .
"Aren't you going to compete in this school field? Or is it because you didn't defeat the elephant array and you think it will bring bad luck to you in the next competition?" Saleh shook his head not to think about the scene of the dead war elephant and looked at Li Hong mocking asked.
Li Hong sighed heavily, looked at the Nuo University campus in front of him and said: "This campus is too small and not suitable for cavalry combat. Even if I win you, you will still find a place for you on the grounds that it is restricted and restricted by the venue." Excuse, so I got a bigger one.”
After finishing speaking, Li Hong rode his horse and continued to go to the back of the Central Army barracks. When passing the rows of barracks in the middle, Li Hong did not speed up, but slowed down, allowing them to look at the rows of barracks carefully. Rows of dormitories for soldiers.
Some soldiers were either washing their horses and wiping their weapons, or they were gathering together to chat, or occasionally some hearty laughter came from the house.
Everything in the living area of the entire barracks is in order. Except for the soldiers who need to be on duty after Li Hong comes, the Central Army soldiers in the entire living area will not be affected by Li Hong's arrival.
Of course, all this is because of the Yuan Day festival, so the entire barracks does not need to be restricted in the living area when there are no tasks.
Saleh and Sultan exchanged glances from time to time, but neither of them asked Li Hong. Even Ojin Xingzi was attracted by the living atmosphere in front of him, which was different from their impression of the iron-blooded man. The cold soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are completely two different concepts.
Li Hong walked in front of the three people, and looked back at the three people behind him from time to time. The changes in the expressions of the three people did not surprise him, and all of this was how the Central Army or the Jinwu Guard should have been. There is no need to deliberately do anything because of their arrival.
And all of this is obviously the self-confidence and superiority of Datang and Li Hong, and even the entire Datang army, and they do not need to cater to anyone's eyes, or care about other people's opinions.
But no matter what, the scenes in the living area obviously surprised the three of Saleh. Everything in front of them completely subverted the image of the iron-blooded soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in their minds.
And when they walked out of the rows of houses, Saleh, the Sultan, and Prince Ojin on horseback were all shocked and speechless by the sight in front of them.
They really couldn't connect the scene before them with the so-called school field. It was as vast as a small grassland or a small forest.
The withered yellow grassland occupies the sight, and at the far end of the sight is a dense jungle. On the grassland, there are various obstacles such as hills, ravines, and city walls.
If they didn't know in their hearts that they were in Chang'an City, the center of the Tang Dynasty, they would even think that they were on the grasslands when they passed through Anxi.
Prince Dajin was already shocked by what he saw... He simply couldn't believe what he saw. In his heart, coming to Datang really broadened his horizons.
It turns out that the world can be so rich and vast! So beautiful! So prosperous! So rich! So interesting!
If he had to describe everything about the Tang Dynasty, Prince Dajin racked his brains, just like the one word that appeared in his mind now, that is: big!
The territory is huge! The capital is big! The palace is huge! The barracks is huge! People are big too! The horse is also big! Even a dog... that was a wolf, was as big as a calf!
Just when a few people were stunned, the sound of rumbling iron hoofs suddenly sounded in the distance on both sides, followed by billowing smoke and dust, following the cavalry like a shadow.
When the cavalry on both sides stopped moving forward, they were instantly swallowed up in the yellow dust mist by the billowing smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves.
On one side were the 800 soldiers of the Pagoda Battalion led by Lawless, and on the other side were the 800 cavalrymen who had come to Datang for food.
The distance between the two teams, when they were standing on a hill, seemed to be several miles away, and the distance between them and the two teams of cavalry was naturally not close. Looking at the distance between them on both sides, It was a cavalry of eight hundred people. In their eyes, it was like a small black dot.
"This is where you usually practice?" Saleh seemed to have been stepped on by someone on the neck, and the muscles on his face were twitching, which was in sharp contrast to the arrogant and triumphant look just now.
"Not necessarily. Sometimes I scatter them behind a forest, and then set goals for each of them, or let them fight against each other in the woods. Whichever side has more people alive will win. What do you want to do today? Gesture?" Li Hong was riding on horseback, and Hua Meng handed over a telescope.
Yutuqi also handed the other three telescopes to Saleh and the others.
Watching the three people pick up the telescope and look left and right, when they didn't know why, they had no choice but to follow Li Hong's example and raise it in front of their eyes.
Just when his eyes found the scenery in the black wood, Li Hong's annoying voice came to his ears: "Give it back to me after reading it. This thing is unique to the Tang Dynasty and is never given away."
The three of them finally discovered a new world in the dark wood. Before they could get excited, they were trembling with anger at Li Hong's disappointing words! As for being so stingy!
But this thing can see so far and clearly, it’s really a treasure!
(End of chapter)