I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Hearing Xue Rengui's comfort, Li Shen shook his head.

"Rengui, the Imperial Guard Battalion is indeed strong, but manpower is limited. How long can you last in high-intensity combat with your armor?

Duke Wei said that the Guard Battalion should use the Cavalry Battalion as the heavy cavalry, and the other arms should complement each other and should not wear heavy armor.

So no matter how strong our light armor is, casualties are inevitable.

If it's a short battle, it's fine. Wearing armor will make you unmatched. But I'm worried about a long battle."

This is one of the shortcomings of the armor. Even though the armor of the Guard Battalion is much lighter than heavy armor, it is still heavy armor, and horses may not be able to withstand high-intensity and long-term combat.

Li Shimin also raised this issue when he asked him for armor.

But Xue Rengui smiled:

"Your Highness is worrying too much. We are not going on a conquest. According to Your Highness, we are just dealing with the rebels who suddenly appear. With our fighting power, we can kill them in a short time or scare them away.

And we don’t have to chase, and we don’t have to worry about exhaustion.”

Huh? Li Shen was stunned after hearing this. Yes, he went there to stay in Anxi and prevent civil unrest in Anxi.

It's not like we're sending troops to conquer the Western Regions. We're just dealing with emergencies. The rebels are disturbing our food supplies, so we're going to put them down. It doesn't matter if they run away.

My father said that everything will be dealt with after Guo Xiaoke comes back.

Thinking of this, Li Shen's mood improved again. He would just hide himself and stay safe.

"Hahahaha, Rengui is right. I was worrying too much. I will stay in Xizhou. If anyone attacks the city without any eyes, I will put this crossbow on the wall and shoot those bastards to death."

Li Shen laughed out loud and was in a good mood.

"Your Highness is right." Xue Rengui echoed.

"How many hot air balloons are there this time?" Li Shen looked around but didn't see any hot air balloons, so he asked.

"Your Highness, the hot air balloon is not here. I have placed all these sharp weapons in the sharp blade cave. I plan to bring ten hot air balloons with me this time."

Xue Rengui hurried to explain.

“Well, ten should be enough. We can’t bring too much stuff. We only have 3,000 people. We have to escort supplies and drive cattle and sheep, unless we conscript them for corvée labor.

But the king is unwilling to conscript labor, so we will do the transportation ourselves this time."

Li Shen nodded. The imperial court had already conscripted hundreds of thousands of corvées for this expedition to the Western Regions. He should stop causing trouble for the common people.

"Everything is subject to the prince's arrangements."

"Let's go to Li Jian's cave and take a look. The people from the research institute said that the grenade is also here with you?" Li Shen looked around again and asked them to walk out.

"Yes, Manager Wang told me that it is not safe to keep the grenades in the research institute, so he asked me to transport them here."

Xue Rengui replied.

"Then let's go and take a look." Li Shen took the lead and walked out of the warehouse.

The Blade's base was not far from the military camp. The military camp was originally built against the mountain, and then a hole was opened in the mountain. The area was surrounded by trees and weeds.

There is only one big iron door to enter.

When Li Shen arrived, he saw Zhao Tiejun standing at the door.

"I see His Highness Prince Ji."

"No need to be polite, Tiejun, why have you gained weight?" Li Shen looked at Zhao Tiejun and joked.

Zhao Tiejun had been with him the longest. At first, he was the commander of his personal guards. Later, when Tie Niu came, he brought him to the military camp and became the deputy captain of Li Jian.

Although it has been more than ten years, Zhao Tiejun is still less than thirty years old.

"This..." Zhao Tiejun didn't know how to respond when asked.

"Haha, I think you are lazy, so you gain weight. Rengui will have to train him well later."

Li Shen laughed out loud when he saw Zhao Tiejun's expression.

"Your Highness is right. I will train him well." Xue Rengui also said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I have never carried it with me. I have always been training with Li Jian." Zhao Tiejun was shocked when he heard that Xue Rengui was going to be trained.

If Xue Rengui were to train like this, wouldn't he be exhausted?

Their sword fighting skills were already very good, but compared with their general, they were no match at all.

They are born with supernatural powers and great martial arts skills, and they learned martial arts from others.

"Look at your lack of ability. You are so scared of training. If you can defeat Rengui, I will promote you."

Li Shen looked at Zhao Tiejun with contempt.

"Really?" Zhao Tiejun's eyes lit up when he heard that, but then he felt a strong aura coming towards him. He glanced at the tall and strong Xue Rengui and shook his head helplessly.

"Alas, I won't have any extravagant hopes, but there may be a chance in another twenty years."

"Twenty years?" Li Shen calculated that Xue Rengui was only in his thirties now, and he would be in his fifties in twenty years. "Tiejun, in twenty years Rengui will be in his fifties, and you will be almost fifty too.

Are you sure you can beat him at that time?"

"Uh..." Zhao Tiejun was stunned. He had forgotten his age.

"Alright, Your Majesty is here to check the weapons and equipment, please lead the way."

After the joke, Xue Rengui gave an order to Zhao Tiejun.

"Yes." Zhao Tiejun put away his expression and led Li Shen and others into the cave.

"See His Highness Prince Ji."

As soon as Li Shen entered, he heard a group of people saluting him loudly, which scared Li Shen.

Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be members of the Blade. They were all in high spirits. When they saw Li Shen, their eyes lit up and they all held their heads high.

"Hello, soldiers."

"His Royal Highness Prince Ji is well."

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers."

"Serving the Ji Palace."

Li Shen walked past everyone, showing his smile to everyone and demonstrating his friendliness.

This set of words is the ideological education basis of Li Jian. This important type of soldier must be loyal.

Not only the sharp blades, but the entire guard camp is also like this. There are ideological education courses in the cultural classes, which subtly instill the idea of ​​loyalty every day and deepen the impression.

The army of the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of Li Shimin, mainly because the generals were loyal to the emperor, but the soldiers were not, and they had hardly ever seen the emperor.

How can you make a person loyal to someone they have never met? You can only rely on the generals who lead them.

To be honest, Li Shen felt that these soldiers were more loyal to their direct superiors than to his own father.

The loyalty of Li Shen's three thousand men to him came half from the master-servant relationship and half from Li Shen's ideological education.

After all, Li Shen is going to entrust his life to them, and for the sake of safety, instilling loyalty is necessary.

Li Shen met with every member of the Blade Team, then asked Zhao Tiejun to disperse and took them to a larger cave.

The entire cave is reinforced with steel bars and cement, otherwise such a large cave might collapse.

After opening the door, Zhao Tiejun said to Li Shen: "Your Majesty, this is where the grenades are stored."

(I am explaining this for you, because some people still don’t know how many steps there were in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, one step was one foot, and according to Tang law, one step was five feet. One foot in the Tang Dynasty was 31.1 centimeters today.

In the pre-Qin period, 6 feet was equivalent to one step, and 1 foot was approximately 27.65 centimeters.

In ancient my country, from the Qing Dynasty onwards, one step was taken on the left and one on the right. Here is a piece of knowledge.

According to the 149th volume of Tongdian, there is a crossbow with a pattern, which can hit a target of steps and is used for attacking cities and fortifications. It is also recorded that it weighs stones and uses an axle to turn the cart, which is the capstan to draw the bow.

Another point of knowledge is that the crossbow does not just shoot one arrow, which is three feet and five inches long. It also places three slightly smaller arrows on each side and shoots them together.

This is the wisdom of our ancient people, which is many years ahead of the so-called Western civilization.)