Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Everyone at the table fell silent and looked at Li Shen.

Li Shimin glared at him even more angrily.

Li Shen didn't look up at first, but when it suddenly became quiet, he looked up curiously.

I noticed that everyone was looking at me, but I didn't care at all.

While eating, he asked vaguely:

"Why, I was wrong."

"Old Ten, you don't understand military affairs. With 50,000 troops besieging us, the enemy has the advantage in numbers. Using human wave tactics will cause casualties to the army.

But if they charge forward without hesitation, it would be easy for the Yulin Guards and Youxiao Guards to defeat the 50,000-strong Tibetan army with their fighting power."

Li Tai explained.

"I don't know anything about military affairs? I am the Grand Protector of Qinghai Protectorate, and I have 50,000 elite soldiers under my command.

I also served as a military commander in the Eastern Expedition and made great contributions.

I founded Yucai College.”

Li Shen raised his neck and said unconvincedly.

“Yucai Academy was established, but what does the military tactics taught there have to do with you?

You taught me that.”

Li Shimin interrupted and retorted.

"Uh~~~It doesn't matter."

Yucai is full of retired generals, and what they teach is their own experience, which really has nothing to do with Li Shen.

"Then what are you yelling about? I just want to hear you explain the reasons for the heavy casualties. If you can't explain it today, hmph."

Li Shimin grunted twice and Li Shen already felt pain in his butt.

"Well...well...I said, Aye can't be angry."

Li Shen first gave Li Shimin a shot of prevention.

"Let's talk about it first."

"Okay, then I'll just say a few words. Before the war, Aye should have received the message I sent two days in advance.

In my letter, I asked Aye to return to Shanzhou, and Aye returned immediately.

Later I heard that Aye did not leave early before encountering the enemy.

If Aye had left earlier, the Yulin Guard and the Youxiao Guard would have no scruples.

The enemy will be defeated.”

"Li Shen, are you asking me to abandon your mother and the others?"

Hearing what Li Shen said, Li Shimin said with a gloomy face.

"How could you abandon my mother?" He couldn't abandon his mother.

"Even if you run, you won't be able to get far. The enemy's 50,000-strong army can easily divide up and pursue you." Li Zhi joined in the rebuttal.

“Aye, you forgot the carriage. The carriage I made for you is the same as your mother’s.

The bottom is shock-absorbing and made of pure fine steel, and the connection is securely fixed.

On the pipe, even if the horse runs, it won't fall apart, it will just be a little bumpy.

When Aye received the news from me, he ordered people to board the two carriages and retreat to Shanzhou.

The Tibetan army couldn't catch up at all. Not to mention the Yulin Guards and Youxiao Guards were blocking them."

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Shen say this.

He had indeed forgotten about the carriage at that time. The concubine could not ride a horse, and riding in a carriage was slow.

That's why he let the main force follow him, but they were caught up by the enemy.

"Aye, your carriage is not expensive at all if I ask you for 400,000.

It uses the latest technology from our Ji Wang Mansion.

The wheel bones are made of fine steel, and there are shock-absorbing measures. All parts are fixed with thick screws, which is very strong. "

Li Shen took the opportunity to show off.

"Four hundred thousand strings of cash for a carriage?"

This was the first time Li Tai and Li Zhi knew about this and they were so shocked that their mouths opened wide.

"How about it, isn't it cheap, Fourth Brother, Ninth Brother, do you two want to have a fight?

I guarantee I will sell it to you at the cost.”

Li Shen solicited business with a smile.

Li Zhi shook his head, "I don't have that much money."

"Yes, we don't have such financial resources. For four hundred thousand strings of cash, I would rather walk."

The same goes for Li Tai. Spending 400,000 strings of cash on a carriage was really crazy.

Their father and this younger brother are not on the same level as them.

It’s like living in heaven.

"Shen'er is right. This car is really worth it. It's fine even if it gets shot."

Empress Changsun at the next table also praised it.

"The Queen is right. Your car is indeed worth the price. Even a bed crossbow can't penetrate it." Li Shimin echoed.

"Of course, we always test it when we do it, to ensure that...

Crossbow? Did Aye just say that the Tubo army has crossbows? "

Li Shen suddenly reacted and asked in surprise.

"Bed crossbow?"

Li Tai and Li Zhi also reacted.

"Yes, it is the bed crossbow, and it is the detachable bed crossbow that was distributed at the beginning of the year."

Li Shimin nodded.

"Impossible!" Li Shen was a little confused.

"The detachable crossbow is the second generation crossbow that we developed based on the original crossbow.

I heard that it was only sent to the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Court.

There is no other place like this.”

Li Shen raised his own question. The weapons research and development department of their research institute had already succeeded.

He also served in the Yulin Guard.

"You are right." Li Shimin agreed:

"Currently, it has only been given to the Southern Court's Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards have now phased out this type of crossbow and replaced it with the composite crossbow that your man will have by the end of the year.

so·····"

"There is rebellion!"

Li Tai spoke out.

"Father, although the Southern Court's Imperial Guards are all palace soldiers, they are unlikely to rebel.

They have been guarding Chang'an for a long time and I have never heard of any complaints."

Li Zhi said.

"Of course he can't be a palace soldier, he has to be at least a Weiwei general.

And it doesn’t have to be the Southern Court, the Ministry of Works or the Ministry of War are all possible.”

Li Shimin analyzed.

"This is so bold! Isn't this treason? It means the whole clan will be exterminated.

Who has the guts to do such a thing?"

Li Tai said in surprise.

Li Shen thought for a while:

"I think in addition to the Southern Court, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of War, the Imperial Guards and the Northern Court's Imperial Guards are also possible."

"Asshole, the Northern Court's Imperial Guards are different from the Southern Court's. The Northern Court's Imperial Guards are not government soldiers, and the military pay is paid by me personally.

All the people recruited here are from good families, how could there be any rebellion?"

When Li Shimin heard Li Shen say that there was rebellion in his Northern Yamen, he immediately refuted it.

"That's right. If that's the case, your Princess Ji is also a suspect." Li Zhi echoed.

“Impossible, my Ji Wang Mansion has never been equipped with bed crossbows.

Most of the guards had never seen it, only a few people in the research institute had seen it.

But their whereabouts and every move they make every day are under surveillance, and they have no contact with outsiders.

There will never be any rebellion in the Ji Palace."

"Alright, I didn't say there was rebellion in your Ji Wang Mansion, why are you shouting?"

Li Shimin scratched his ear and blamed him.

"Aye, then send someone to check. Didn't I tell you that weapons must be numbered when they are produced?

Just look at the number of the Tibetan crossbow and you'll know who it was given to, right?"

Li Shen suggested.

Li Shimin shook his head:

“I checked and found that all the numbers had been smoothed out beforehand.

They had thought of this a long time ago.”

"Then check the Southern Court Guards in Chang'an to see which guard is missing.

The one who can do such a thing is definitely not an ordinary young general.

Being able to transport it from Chang'an to Tubo is not something that ordinary people can do."

Li Shen felt that His Majesty should get to the bottom of this matter.