The strongest emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 464 Li Taijin Offers Horseshoes ([-] more)

"Tell me, what are you doing here in the middle of the night. Could it be that there is something important that you want to tell me." Li Shimin asked Li Tai.

"Father is right. Today, my ministers are here to see Father and the four uncles. First of all, there is a generous gift, and second, there is one thing to explain." Li Tai said.

"Let's hear it, I really want to know what this generous gift of yours is." Li Shimin asked Li Tai.

"Father, the Xuanjia Army is fighting today. It can be said that it is full of fighting power. It is a well-deserved Iron Buddha. But my son has discovered that there is a little deficiency." Li Tai said.

"You kid actually commented on the Xuanjia Army, although your Thunder Dragon Army is also a heavy cavalry."

"I'm afraid the combat power may not necessarily be stronger than the Xuanjia Army." Yu Chigong said to Li Tai with a disdainful expression.

"Uncle Yuchi, let's not mention how strong my Thunder Dragon Army is in combat. But there is one thing, it is your Xuanjia Army, which is incomparable no matter what." Li Tai looked at Yu Chigong and said.

"I admit that your Thunder Dragon Army is more advanced than the Xuanjia Army in terms of armor and equipment, but the combat power may not be that strong." In fact, when Yu Chigong said this, he didn't even have any confidence in his heart.

"I don't know, Uncle Yuchi, how long your war horse can run for a long time without hurting the horse's hooves." Li Tai asked Yuchi Gong.

This time, Yu Chigong was stopped, although the horse under Yu Chigong's crotch was also a good BMW horse.But if you really want him to travel one thousand a day and eight hundred nights, it will probably be scrapped in less than two days.

So Yu Chigong looked at Li Tai with a puzzled face, and didn't give Li Tai any answer.Because he really didn't know how to answer.

"The consumption of war horses on the battlefield does not only come from battle damage. The most important thing is its own consumption. Because the horseshoes of a war horse cannot withstand long-term raids at all."

"So often a cavalry will end up with no horse to ride." Li Tai said looking at Yu Chigong who was puzzled.

"King Wei, what you said made your point. How many people have tried various methods to solve this problem."

"In the end, there wasn't much to gain. I don't know if King Wei has any good ideas." Xu Maogong asked Li Tai with an excited expression on his face.

He knew that since Li Tai had brought it up.Then there must be his solution.If it's really possible to fix this.

It's not just that the combat effectiveness of the Xuanjia Army will increase.The combat effectiveness of the entire Datang cavalry will increase accordingly.

"Uncle Xu is right, my nephew really thought of a way." After Li Tai finished speaking, he took out a horseshoe and four horse nails from his pocket.

(About when the horseshoe appeared, there is a lot of controversy on the Internet. Some say it appeared in the Han Dynasty. But most of the records, it was popularized in the Yuan Dynasty. Dragon Soul tends to be the latter , everyone, don’t like it and don’t spray it.)
Xu Maogong hastily stretched out his hand and took it from Li Tai's.After looking at it carefully for a long time, he asked Li Tai, "King Wei, I don't know how to use this thing."

"The horse's hoof has a thick layer of hoof armor. Once the hoof armor is severely worn, the horse will naturally be useless."

"But the hooves of war horses are completely different from the soles of human feet. War horses can quickly analyze the reason because the hoofs do not feel pain at all."

"So we just need to nail the horseshoe to the horse's hoof with horse nails. Then it is the horseshoe that wears out, not the hoof armor of the war horse." Li Tai explained to Xu Maogong.

Hearing Li Tai's explanation, after thinking for a while, Xu Maogong said in surprise: "The king of Wei is indeed a great talent, with this horseshoe. My Tang cavalry is invincible."

Hearing Xu Maogong's words, Li Shimin couldn't sit still anymore.Standing up, he took the horseshoe in his hand, looked at it repeatedly and said, "Military Master, don't be fooled by this kid."

"Father, if my son is talking nonsense, you will know if you have someone try it." Seeing that Li Shimin couldn't believe it, Li Tai said to him with a smile.

"A war horse has four legs, but you just took out one. How do you tell me to try it?" Yu Chigong said to Li Tai.

"I knew that Uncle Yuchi would tell the truth. Fortunately, my nephew has prepared a set for you." After Li Tai finished speaking, he took out three more horseshoes and matching nails from his pocket.

After Yu Chigong took it over, he said, "I'll find someone to try it out tomorrow morning, and if you brag when the time comes, don't blame me, Yuchi Gong, for making trouble for you."

"Uncle Yuchi, you can try it boldly. If it doesn't work, I'm willing to lose you a thousand taels of silver." Li Tai said to Yuchi Gong with a smile.

"Come on, I don't want to bet with you. You kid has too many tricks, but I, Yuchi Gong, don't. You have so many tricks." Yuchi Jingde said after waving his hands.

Yuchi Jingde's words made everyone burst into laughter.Laughter aside, if they were asked to make a bet with Li Tai, they probably would never do it.

"Now you have given the gift. Then tell me, what else do you have to explain." Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and asked.

"Father, I wonder if you have heard of Longmen Formation." Li Tai asked Li Shimin with a smile.

"Formation, I really know one or two, like the one-word long snake formation, the two dragons out of the water formation, I have heard of them all. But in the dragon gate formation, I have never heard of it." Li Shimin shook his head. said later.

So Li Tai turned his gaze to Yu Chigong, Xu Maogong and others.Of course Yu Chigong had never heard of this Dragon Gate Formation either.Even Qin Qiong, who had been the commander of the three armies for a long time, shook his head helplessly.

But Xu Maogong looked thoughtful.After a while, Xu Mao said openly to Li Tai: "King Wei, is it possible that you can set up the Longmen Formation?"

"It seems that Uncle Xu knows about this Dragon Gate Formation. But it's not my nephew who can set up this Dragon Gate Formation, but someone else." Li Tai said to Xu Maogong.

"I've heard my teacher mention this Longmen formation. It's a very mysterious formation. The formation is divided into eleven parts..." Afterwards, Xu Maogong told everyone about the Longmen formation.

"I thought you said something, some kind of exquisite formation. I didn't expect that our military division could also put it out. It seems that you are really ashamed this time."

I heard that Xu Maogong knew about this big formation, and he said it in such detail.So Yu Chigong naturally thought that Xu Maogong could set up a dragon gate array.That's why he opened his mouth to tease Li Tai.

"Marshal, you overestimate me. I just know the composition of this Longmen Formation. As for how to set up this Longmen Formation, I, Xu Maogong, don't have that ability yet." Xu Maogong said helplessly to Yu Chigong.

It was a little embarrassing for Yu Chi Gong this time, but he was used to it, and he was embarrassed in front of Li Tai.So with a shameless expression, he said with a smile: "Look at you kid, let's talk about it, who can set up this dragon gate formation."

(End of this chapter)