Tai Chi hall.
The king of Tang sat on the hall and listened to the war in the north from his highness.
Below, a cadre of generals are listed on both sides of the hall, and Li Xiaogong, who has been stationed in the north, is also impressively listed at this time.
Li Xiaogong arched his hand.
"Your Majesty, Tang Hao raided the royal residence of the Turks in Yinshan and forced najieli Khan to withdraw. Now the scouts have reported that the Turkic rear has gradually stabilized under the appeasement of Jieli Khan. At present, although there is no news of Jieli Khan uniting many tribes, I believe Jieli Khan will make a comeback soon."
Li Xiaogong''s meaning is also very obvious. Although the north is calm on the surface, in fact, both sides are ready to go. The next war is bound to fall apart and kill each other.
Now it''s defense or defense. We still need to wait for an instruction from the king of the Tang Dynasty, deploy in advance and get ready.
The king of Tang on the Dragon seat, with a dignified face, said faintly.
"You guys, what do you think of attacking or defending?"
Yuchi Jingde jumped out and shouted at a loud voice.
"Now, najieli Khan hasn''t united all the tribes. The barbarians on the grassland are just a plate of loose sand. It''s better to take this opportunity to break them all."
"That''s not true. I don''t agree."
While talking, Cheng Zhijie went to the hall and said in a loud voice.
"In terms of the current situation, the grassland tribes have not assembled yet, but the road is far away. The whole army will march slowly. Especially now the number of our cavalry is far from enough, which is delaying the journey."
It matters. Even Li Jing, who is cautious in his words and deeds in Japan and China, spoke.
"Almost all the Turkic soldiers are cavalry. They gather quickly. If war breaks out, there will be great variables."
"In contrast, if we put infantry into the front line in Datang, we will be unable to catch up with the Turkic cavalry. If we put all the Datang cavalry into the front line, there will still be a big gap with the Turkic cavalry in terms of quantity. If we are careless, we will fall into the siege of Turkic barbarians, and the gains outweigh the losses."
Li Jing is worthy of being a military God. In his words, he said the dilemma of the Tang Dynasty and named the shortcomings of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Gao Shilian stepped forward slowly and looked at Li Jingdao.
"What General Li said is true. Although the Tang cavalry is well-equipped, the number is far from that of the Turkic cavalry. This is the weakness of the Tang Dynasty."
"It''s really inappropriate to attack Turkic strengths according to our weaknesses."
Hearing the speech, King Tang''s face sank and said.
"In the final analysis, it''s the problem of war horses. There are a lot of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. The key is that the number of war horses that can be used on the battlefield is limited."
Said here, the king of Tang''s face sank, raised a thin anger on his face and snapped.
"A small problem of horse hoof protection has been delayed for decades and has not been solved. What''s the use of animal husbandry supervision?"
Longyan was furious.
For a moment, the hall was silent.
At this moment, there was a distinctive sound of horse hoofs outside the hall, which sounded quite loud.
In a moment, he heard Chang sun Wuji and the guards outside the hall shouting to enter the hall.
Hearing the noise outside the hall, the king of Tang frowned slightly, turned his head and said to father-in-law Rong.
"Proclaim him into the temple."
Soon, the eldest sun Wuji was full of joy and hurried into the hall.
"I have seen your majesty."
Tang Wang''s face sank.
"Duke Zhao, as an old minister, don''t you understand etiquette?"
Changsun Wuji totally ignored the question of the king of Tang and bowed his hand.
"What the minister said is to benefit the war horses of the Tang Dynasty and expand the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the hall showed surprise, and even the eyes of the king of Tang suddenly flashed.
"Tell me about it."
Changsun Wuji said.
"Your Majesty, please follow me and look at an object on the horse''s hoof."
After that, he guided the king of Tang to the outside of the hall. The king of Tang was in doubt and led the same surprised generals out of the hall.
On the square outside the hall, Tang Hao galloped around with a fine horse, turned over and dismounted, walked slowly to the king of Tang and arched his hands.
"Yes, your majesty."
But the king of Tang ignored it, strode to the horse, squatted down and looked at the horse''s hoofs at a close distance.
Not only the king of the Tang Dynasty, but also several generals who had discussed the Northern Territory pattern with the king of the Tang Dynasty followed him and looked around the horse led by Tang Hao.
Li Xiaogong squatted down, looked at the horseshoe on the horseshoe, and thought for a while.
"This iron ring, padded under the horseshoe, seems to have the effect of protecting the horseshoe."
Cheng Zhijie looked surprised, leaned over, grabbed the horseshoe, stroked the horseshoe and said in a deep voice.
"Look at the appearance of the horse that was completely unaffected when it galloped just now. In this way, even if there are thorns everywhere, it is not afraid that the horse''s paws will be damaged."
When he got up again, Cheng Zhijie looked vaguely excited and said.
"Your Majesty, if this iron ring can be equipped with a large number of horseshoes, you don''t have to worry about the corrosion and falling off of Horseshoes in the future."
"Your boy, it''s a great achievement!"
Yuchi Jingde shouted with a thick throat and a loud voice. When he looked at the horseshoe, his eyes were full of praise and said.
"With this little iron ring, I don''t know how many war horses to lose in a year. This gadget can be regarded as helping those shepherds solve a big problem!"
Everyone, you and I, completely forgot Tang Hao who made the horseshoe. Tang Hao was speechless for a while.
At this time, the king of Tang finally remembered, gladly looked over and asked.
"Tang Hao, have you ever named this object?"
With this question, people''s eyes focused on Tang Hao for a moment.
Tang Hao replied honestly.
"Your Majesty, it''s called a horseshoe."
The king of Tang''s eyes were full of joy and looked at Li Xiaogong.
"This horseshoe is not like a complex structure. It is made in large quantities by the Ministry of industry. Is it difficult?"
Li Xiaogong smiled and patted his chest firmly.
"Since ordinary blacksmiths in Tang Hao''s family can make it, it''s no problem to make it like Jiafang palm and crossbow palm."
After listening, the Tang King Longyan was very happy, smiled brightly and said.
"God help me!"
"Very good! From now on, the workshop for casting weapons will work day and night and spare no effort to make it without error!"
Words are indisputable.
After that, the king of Tang turned and looked at Tang Hao.
"Tang Hao made horseshoes for the barracks and the Tang Dynasty. His official products were promoted to the first level and general Dingyuan."
Tang Hao was confused about this promotion.
After being stunned for a short time, Tang Hao knelt down on one knee to thank him.
"Thank you, your majesty."