Chapter 509: Cavalry Supremacy
"Your Majesty!"
In front of the right guard barracks, Li Shimin had just stopped riding in the inconspicuous-looking iron birch carriage specially built for Li Shimin in Merton. The generals who had been waiting for a long time bowed down and saluted under the leadership of Li Jing.
Although Merton's official position is low, his firearms supervisor is directly under the jurisdiction of Li Shimin, so he is naturally among them.
"Everyone, please be exempt." Li Shimin got out of the car and said loudly, the Western Expedition is the most important event in the Tang Dynasty at present, and now the team of the Western Expedition is about to see the martial arts in the Great Performance, and Li Shimin will naturally not miss this grand event.
"Your Majesty, the review desk has been prepared, and I invite Your Majesty to go." Li Jing stepped forward and said.
Li Shimin nodded, looked up at the generals, and nodded with satisfaction, these are the cornerstones of the Tang Dynasty, but when his gaze turned to the immature face of Fang Morton at the end, he couldn't help but snort, directly ignored Murton, and strode into the right guard camp.
The generals couldn't help but bow their heads and smile, and the generals who had experience in marrying their daughters were very able to understand Li Shimin's psychology, and couldn't help but glance at Morton sympathetically.
Merton touched his nose helplessly, and followed with a wry smile.
On the battlefield, the west wind hunted, the battle flag fluttered, Li Shimin stepped onto the school review platform step by step, looking at the steel jungle under the stage, and couldn't help but rise with a burst of pride, this is his invincible army.
"See Your Majesty!" In an instant, tens of thousands of soldiers suddenly saluted on one knee and shouted in unison, like a bell.
"Soldiers, please get up!" Li Shimin stretched out his hand and said.
"Whoa!" A group of soldiers stood up in an instant, as neat as one.
Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Jing and nodded with satisfaction: "Morale is available!" ”
Li Jinglang said: "Your Majesty came to the barracks in person, and the athletes in the army can't wait to show their demeanor in front of Your Majesty."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Then what are you waiting for, let's start!" ”
Suddenly, the war drums were beating, and the army of the Eight Guards selected the elite to go out one after another, and the final actual battle naturally could not be fought by the whole army, but the number of each was set at five hundred.
"Kill!"
Under the review stage, the shouts were thunderous, and the two cavalry suddenly collided together and became entangled together.
In the stands, a group of generals nervously watched the non-stop fighting teams of the two sides, and the only generals that had been selected by the entire Tang Dynasty to go to the expedition were Hou Junji and Li Daozong. If the other generals want to get a piece of the soup of the Western Expedition, then they will have a chance only by fighting again.
Under the proofreading stage.
"Haha! The brother of the right Xiaowei couldn't stand it and won a game first. Duan Zhixuan, the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, saw that his victory was decided, and his face couldn't help but show a smile.
And the losing side of the right Xiaowei general Sun Shunde, although his face was embarrassed, he did not lose his demeanor and said: "Congratulations to General Duan." ”
Li Shimin glanced at Duan Zhixuan with satisfaction, Duan Zhixuan is a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, with first-class ability to command troops, and it is reasonable that he can be selected for the Western Expedition.
Merton sighed in his heart, the inertia of history is really strong, in his previous life, Duan Zhixuan was the first counterattack against Tuyuhun, this time, under the promotion of Merton, he directly advanced the war by a year, but he didn't expect Duan Zhixuan to still participate in this war.
Subsequently, a team of guards fought against each other, and soon, the other six guards also quickly decided the winner, Qin Qiong's Zuo Wuwei lost to Zuo Wei Li Daliang, and Zuo Xiaowei's general Fan Xing was defeated by Gao Yongsheng, the left prison guard
The last winner turned out to be a general with obvious alien characteristics.
"Zuo Weiwei's Qixin is powerful." Cheng Yanjin on the side looked embarrassed, Qixin He Li was especially good at cavalry, and his left leading guard was defeated under his iron cavalry.
He is still lucky, but at this moment, the four guards are decided, and the defeated four guards still have one more chance to win the last place, and Wei Chi Jingde on the side is even more bitter, his right guard has already been defeated in the military formation exercise, and is destined to miss the Western Expedition.
"The last spot, I don't know if that general can win the crown." Li Shimin's eyes rolled and he smiled. Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong, eldest grandson Shunde, and Fan Xing glanced at each other, and there was a raging war intent in the eyes of the world.
The draw of the four was quickly completed, Cheng Yanjin played against Changsun Shunde, and Qin Qiong played against Fan Xing.
"Please rest assured that Your Majesty will definitely fight with all his might, and even if he loses, he will not lose His Majesty's prestige." Cheng Biting Jin said loudly.
"Since General Cheng said so, then the little brother won't hide it." The eldest grandson Shunde laughed and said, with a wave of his big hand, a team of five hundred heavily armed cavalry suddenly came out of the ranks, murderous.
"Cavalry again!" Cheng Yanjin's face sank, his first battle was defeated by Qixin He Li's cavalry, the elite of the cavalry also suffered heavy losses, and he had almost no strength to fight again, but he didn't expect that the eldest grandson Shunde actually saw the weakness of the left leading guard, and actually sent cavalry to fight again.
"Haha, it seems that Shunde is an old horseman who eats Dingcheng." Li Shimin laughed.
Li Shimin is not surprised by the trickery of the eldest grandson Shunde, on the battlefield, it is constantly changing, that is, to seize the enemy's loopholes, what the eldest grandson Shunde has done is nothing.
"Even if the old man's cavalry elite loses too much, don't think that the old man will be killed." Cheng Yanjin sneered.
"I didn't say that, and now the cavalry is nothing, there is a young talent in my dynasty who has found a way to restrain the cavalry, why should Brother Cheng be so pessimistic? If you can't do it, you can ask someone to help! The eldest grandson Shunde said with some meaning.
Suddenly, many people turned their eyes to Merton at the back, and Merton couldn't help but be stunned, but he was sitting at home, disaster fell from the sky, and he sat there honestly, and he could still cause trouble.
"The eldest grandson Shunde, it is the eldest grandson's family!" Merton's mind turned, and he suddenly said.
However, he didn't know that this was just one of the reasons why the eldest grandson Shunde looked at him unpleasantly, and the real reason was that he had always had the idea of cavalry supremacy in the army.
In the army, the equipment and treatment of cavalry are often higher than that of ordinary infantry, usually the cost of one cavalry is enough to feed three infantrymen, even if it is a general of the same level, cavalry generals often have a sense of superiority when facing infantry generals.
However, it was rumored in the army that Merton actually offered the infantry to restrain the cavalry, which made some cavalry generals like a fish in the throat, and now it just broke out at the right time.
Not only the eldest grandson Shunde, but even the other cavalry generals also looked at Merton with a hint of playfulness.
Cheng Yanjin's eyes flashed with anger, the Macedonian phalanx offered by Merton can indeed restrain the cavalry, but it is only in the palace martial arts arena, the venue is narrow, and now in the military camp battlefield, the scene is wide, which is conducive to the cavalry vertical and horizontal, plus the commanders are all famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, and the role of the Macedonian phalanx is extremely limited.
He Li, who was on the side, even said: "Your Majesty, the minister also wants to see Mohou's method of restraining cavalry." ”
He was born in the grassland, lived on horseback all the year round, and was a loyal supporter of cavalry supremacy, and he was reused by Li Shimin because he was good at commanding cavalry, but once the status of cavalry was shaken, his value would be greatly reduced, and he naturally did not want such a thing to happen.
Suddenly, all eyes were on Merton.