People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 698 Meiniang, You Have Issued a Military Order

In the courtyard of the backyard of the King's Mansion, a half-length bright yellow Trojan horse was mounted on thick fur, and its sides were tied to the ground with strong tendons.

Li Xian was wearing a neat black short jacket, standing aside, pulling the elastic tendon with his hands, looking at this thing that looked like a horse but not so much, he turned to look at Li Xuan with some puzzlement: "Wang Uncle, how to do this?"

Li Xuan came up from behind, glanced at Li Xian with a smile, and said, "Your Highness, please look carefully."

After saying a word, Li Xuan stepped forward, pulled the rein with his hand, and he had turned over and sat on the wooden horse.

Grasping the reins, Li Xuan's body moved forward slightly. The next moment, the front of the wooden horse was deeply pressed down, and the tendons behind it were straightened instantly.

As soon as the force was released, the rear of the wooden horse was immediately pulled back deeply, and the front was quickly tilted up.

In the blink of an eye, the front and back of the Trojan horse began to rise and fall rapidly, jumping back and forth quickly.

The iron pillar supporting the center of the wooden horse made a "squeak" sound.

Sitting on the horse, Li Xuan not only needs to sit still, but also adjusts the pressure of the front and rear body at any time, so that the whole horse maintains a constant balance of power, and then keeps rolling back and forth, and the person is also quickly thrown up and down. .

The farther to the back, the harder Li Xuan used, the greater the jolt of the wooden horse.

In the end, Li Xian stared at him in disbelief.

After a quarter of an hour, Li Xuan quickly controlled his body, pressing back and loosening the front, pressing the front and back, and using force in the opposite direction, the turbulence of the entire wooden horse immediately began to calm down quickly.

The wooden horse stopped, Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, then looked at Li Xian with a half-smile, and said, "Your Highness, this is how it is used, if your highness still thinks that the strength is not enough, then find someone to use a rope to pull and press the wooden horse. I assure you, this thing will definitely allow His Highness to learn how to ride a horse faster than a real horse."

The corners of Li Xian's mouth twitched uncontrollably, then he cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Wang, if you really want to ride a horse, Xian is still willing to ride a real horse, there's no need for that."

"Of course, it's useful." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian's frightened look, and said teasingly from the corner of her eyes: "Didn't your Highness always like to gamble with others, so wait until a certain day, and use this thing to go with others Bet, bet on who can last longer on this."

"Find more people in front and behind..." Li Xian immediately understood how to operate.

When it comes to gambling, Li Xiancai is an expert.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xian had already figured out more than a dozen ways to play this thing.

"However, His Highness has to go through this first level first." Li Xuan walked to Li Xian's side, handed over the rein in his hand, and said side by side in a low voice: "Since the queen has an order, I don't want to be opportunistic. The method, so, I will trouble Your Highness to work hard."

"Can't you go up?" Li Xian looked at Li Xuan helplessly.

Li Xuan turned sideways, and said in a low soothing voice: "His Royal Highness goes up first, using less force, and it is not so bumpy at all. This thing is much easier to control than a war horse, and it is much more fun. It is not difficult for Your Highness to master. The key, Let Tianhou see that His Highness is indeed working hard."

"Uncle Wang, is this thing easier to control than a war horse?" Although Li Xian was a little reluctant, he was more accepting of this thing than a real war horse.

"Of course." Li Xuan pointed to the thick fur underneath, frowned, and said frankly: "Even if there is something wrong at that time, His Highness fell from above... Does His Highness think that this thing can really be bumped? "

"Oh?" Li Xian's eyes lit up immediately. The reason why he didn't want to ride a war horse was because the horse was hard to control. Once he fell off the horse, his head would be broken and bloody. But doing it like this now would be much safer. Assure.

"Then I will try it?" Li Xian looked at the wooden horse in front of him, it looked more and more like an interesting toy, and his interest immediately came.

"Your Highness, please!" Li Xuan put the reins into Li Xian's hands, and then personally put him on the horse.

Li Xuan pressed the front with a little force, and the wooden horse immediately began to shake slightly back and forth.

"Huh!" Feeling the power, Li Xian said with satisfaction and joy, "This is quite interesting."

"Hey!" Li Xuan smiled maliciously, and then began to gradually increase the force, the horse began to bump back and forth more and more, Li Xian already felt a little uncomfortable sitting on it: "Uncle Wang, Wang Uncle, how about taking it easy?"

"Hold on to the reins and sit up straight." Li Xuan slapped Li Xian's waist violently, and Li Xian sat up straight at once. Li Xuan grabbed his arm again, once again, and said seriously: " Feel the ups and downs, go with the flow, don't resist."

The jolting range of the horse was maintained at a relatively high range, but not too high.

Li Xian finally got used to it gradually. He seemed to have found the feeling, and even said happily: "Uncle Wang, Xian knows how to play."

"Okay!" Li Xuan let go of her hand gradually, and took a step back.

Li Xian grabbed the reins, one forward and one backward, pressing forward and backward steadily, the Trojan horse was gradually under his control.

After a long time, the Trojan horse finally calmed down gradually.

Li Xuan stepped forward and helped Li Xian, who was physically weak, off his horse.

Li Xian stood on the ground, as if he was stepping on cotton, and looked back at the wooden horse, feeling somewhat reluctant to part.

At this time, Li Xuan said: "It's not that your highness can't ride a horse, it's just that you can't control the strong turbulence. I come here every day to help your highness increase the intensity of the turbulence by a level, and go on step by step... riding a horse, riding a war horse, Riding a strong horse will not cause too many problems for His Highness."

"Okay!" Li Xian nodded, regained his senses, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Thank you, Uncle Wang, it seems that this time, the empress mother can barely confess."

……

In the Penglai Hall, Li Zhi looked at the wooden horse on the carpet in the hall, stretched out his hand and pressed it slightly forward, and the front of the wooden horse immediately pushed forward.

As soon as he let go, the wooden horse was immediately pulled back by the strong tendons at the rear, and after a long time of bumping back and forth, it gradually stopped.

"The king of Nanchang sent this thing to Xiangwang's mansion and Taiping's place for them to play. The queen found it interesting, so she sent it to me." Li Zhi paused for a while, turned to look at Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Shenli asked in a deep voice: "Three lovers, I would like to ask, can this wooden horse be used for riding training for southern soldiers?"

Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Shenli looked at each other.

Finally, Pei Xingjian, Minister of the Ministry of War, took a step forward and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have always recruited soldiers with fewer horses but more soldiers. When recruiting cavalry, priority has always been given to those who can ride horses. Even so, we can easily recruit enough soldiers. , Therefore, this object can be used to improve equestrian training for soldiers, but it is not obvious for southern soldiers who cannot ride horses.”

In today's Tang Dynasty, most of the soldiers in the army are from the north, but the number of available soldiers is decreasing day by day after years of fighting. So this time, not only the soldiers who returned from the East Island were transferred to the west line, but even an additional [-] soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River were recruited. pawns.

But most of these soldiers from Jiangnan Road didn't know how to ride horses, and they couldn't supplement the cavalry at all, which worried Li Zhi, but now it seemed that they didn't need it.

"I don't agree with what Pei Shangshu said." Hao Chujun took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, when we fought against Tubo in Dafeichuan, we captured thousands of horses from other border tribes more than once. To convert it directly into combat power, sometimes it needs to be transported back to the rear, and sometimes it is simply given up; if the grain transport soldiers who come from the rear can also simply ride horses, not to mention anything else, the speed of the army alone needs to be increased by more than one degree. become."

Pei Xingjian frowned and said, "That's just infantry on horseback, they can't fight at all."

Hao Chujun immediately replied: "Of course, but the food and grass needed by the cavalry in the front line can be transported to the front line faster, and the soldiers with good riding skills in the rear can also be selected in time to supplement the cavalry. Get lots of horses, reduce costs, increase profits, so armies can last longer."

"You two." Liu Shenli hurriedly interrupted the dispute between the two in front, and then said with a wry smile: "You two, now the Ministry of Industry, the general supervisor, is doing his best to build all kinds of equipment needed for the front line. This thing can’t be built in a short time.”

"Then let folk craftsmen participate in the construction. I don't think this thing is complicated. I will draw a group of craftsmen from Shangyang Palace in Luoyang to specialize in the assembly and polishing of the core. It doesn't need too much. There are hundreds of pieces. It's enough to come in handy." Empress Wu walked in from outside the palace gate wearing a black phoenix-patterned skirt.

"Queen of Heaven." Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Shenli bowed their heads at the same time.

Li Zhi looked sideways at Empress Wu, and asked softly, "The empress really thinks this thing is useful?"

Empress Wu nodded, and said angrily: "Sanlang is practicing this thing every day now, and he even made a bet with the King of Nanchang that if he can persist for enough time, the King of Nanchang will lose to him by a hundred guan."

"So how much money did the King of Nanchang lose?"

"One thousand guan." Empress Wu looked serious, and then said: "But at the same time, this kind of horse's ability to bump has reached the limit, my concubine sees it, let Sanlang go to train the horse today, it is much stronger than before. "

"It seems that the king of Nanchang has kept his official position." Li Zhi couldn't help laughing.

Empress Wu nodded and said: "The king of Nanchang not only kept his official position, but also kept his money. The concubine has just summoned him to reward the king of Nanchang with three thousand coins. The concubine wants to see how he will help Sanlang practice the bow next time." technique?"

"Fortunately, Silang is good at bowing horses, otherwise I really want to send Silang to the King of Nanchang to train him." Li Zhi sighed lightly, then looked at Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Shenli and said: "This matter is up to the Queen Let’s do it, let’s build a batch first, send them to the cavalry of the guards, let the guards train them themselves, and try at the same time, how can we reduce the loss of horses.”

The wear and tear of the war horse is the biggest use of this thing.

Datang's monthly loss of war horses is definitely a terrifying figure. If this figure can be reduced, then Datang's combat power will definitely be greatly improved.

After Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian and Liu Shenli retreated, Empress Wu came to Li Zhi's side, touched the wooden horse and said, "If I give my courtiers and concubines three years, I will be able to completely stay on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. overwhelmed Tubo."

"Three years?" Li Zhi's face turned solemn, he looked at Empress Wu and said, "Meiniang, you have issued a military order in front of me."

Empress Wu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine didn't really agree with fighting Tubo before, but now, the situation has changed, and Tubo's advantage is getting smaller and smaller."

Speaking of this, Empress Wu lowered her voice: "Your Majesty, the Tubo secret report, the imperial doctor in the Tubo Palace, has not returned home for three months?"

"Huh?" Li Zhi's eyes lit up in an instant, and then he nodded slowly, and said, "It seems that the matter of Tubo has really slowed down."

If you are in a hurry, it is easy for Tubo to fight against the enemy. If you let go, they will fight crazily.

The situation has changed.

(End of this chapter)