Intimidation is the most powerful manifestation of power. Without any concealment, it tear off all the moral cloaks, just like a primary school student who was blocked in a dead end by a bad boy after school, and he clearly told him that because I had a big fist, I quickly handed over all my pocket money.

The same is true for performing martial arts at the Dongjiao School today. The Tang Dynasty is showing its strength to all envoys from foreign countries and neighboring countries. If you don’t beat you or scold you, you will only show your fists as big as a sand bowl. I will ask if you are afraid? Are you afraid?

The envoys from foreign countries were indeed very scared. The soldiers of the Right Martial Guard had not made any moves yet, but just stood quietly in the center of the school ground. The envoys' faces were a little pale. The Tang army's military power was awe-inspiring, as if they were facing an invincible force. All the strong cities in the world could be easily crushed into powder under their iron hooves.

Lu Dongzan was sneering. Others were afraid of the Tang army, but Tubo was not afraid. It is undeniable that the Tang army was indeed powerful, but Tubo was not weak. The two countries had a war, and the facts proved that everyone's strength was equal.

At this moment, he probably knew that today's Tang military exercises were actually targeting the Tubo delegation. It was not only because Lu Dongzan had broken the reputation of the Tang Dynasty these days, but also for a deeper reason. After the Battle of Songzhou a few years ago, the two countries stopped, and Tubo took the initiative to send envoys to express his kindness, and Li Shimin happily accepted the kindness from Tubo.

However, the relationship between countries is not like a child fighting. After a fight, it will be reconciled. In fact, the relationship between the two countries has maintained a subtle and bizarre relationship. The word "friendliness" has been turned over by the two countries and has been talked about countless times. In fact, the two countries have indeed made some actions to convey peace and friendship. However, as the saying goes, one mountain does not allow two tigers. Both neighboring countries are very powerful, and they have become natural enemies. Intentionally or unintentionally, there are still many hostility and vigilance between the two countries. Some superficial friendship and kindness are superficial things. After all, they are for themselves and for outsiders to see, but hostility cannot be eliminated.

Why did the Eastern Suburbs perform the martial arts movement target the Tubo mission? There is probably such a deep meaning in it. Whether it is demonstration or shock, it expresses the meaning of both kindness and power.

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The person who presided over the martial arts performance was Xue Wanche, the general of the Right Martial Guard. This man was also one of the famous generals today. He was once Li Jiancheng's confidant general. When Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident, when Prince Li Jiancheng and King Li Yuanji of Qi were already awarded the title, Xue Wanche led his troops to counterattack the Xuanwu Gate crazily, fighting a group of veteran Qin Wangfu, the Qin King's Mansion was in a hurry.

Later, when Xue Wanche saw that there was no hope of recovering Xuanwu Gate, he turned around and attacked the Qin Palace and raided Li Shimin's old nest. Li Shimin was shocked and hurried back to the army to rush for assistance, but it was still ineffective. Xue Wanche almost captured the Qin Palace and killed all Li Shimin's family. Until later, Yuchi Jingde carried Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's heads to show the public. Only then did Xue Wanche's troops disintegrate and failed. A coup that had almost been successful was almost reversed by Xue Wanche, which shows that he was extraordinary.

After the defeat, Xue Wanche led the remnants of his troops to Zhongnan Mountain. Li Shimin thought of his extraordinary ability and sent people to persuade him to surrender many times. Only then did Xue Wanche surrender to Li Shimin and was entrusted with important tasks.

This is a famous general with legendary experience. He has a very extraordinary ability to lead troops to fight. Li Shimin once ranked him with Li Ji and Li Daozong. Li Shimin once commented on Xue Wanche's ability to command troops and said, "Wanche is either a big victory, or a big defeat."

This evaluation is both praise and criticism, which shows that Xue Wanche's advantages and disadvantages of fighting against the enemy are also prominent and controversial, but it is undeniable that Xue Wanche was indeed one of the few people who could be called "famous generals" during the Zhenguan period.

In today's school-based martial arts performance, Xue Wanche, as the general of the Right Martial Guard, naturally commanded the overall situation without permission.

A lieutenant hurried out from the team and stood in front of Xue Wanche. Xue Wanche did not say a word and only handed him three order flags, namely red, black and white. The lieutenant took the order flag and saluted, turned around and ran to the front of the team.

Xue Wanche turned his head and looked at Lu Dongzan expressionlessly. Seeing Li Suzheng looking at him with a smile, Xue Wanche pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, saying hello, and then waved to the captain.

The captain received the order and suddenly raised the black flag in his hand high, and the small flag was fluttering in the wind.

The captain "arrayed" shouted loudly.

On the empty and silent school field, the commander's order was still echoing slowly. With a loud bang, more than 4,000 soldiers of the Right Martial Guard surged, scattered like a tide, and quickly gathered into a square array, with tightly slit. The shield hand was lined up in front of the horizontal sword, and behind it were the Changji and Modao team. The left and right flanks of the square array, two thousand cavalrymen emerged quietly from outside the school field, quickly gathered into a formation on the flanks, ready to go.

The entire formation was completely arranged in almost a few breaths. At the end of the team, there was a small square formation with unknown troops, about 500 people. These people did not carry any weapons in their hands, but there was a black cloth bag cross-body on their shoulders. The cloth bag was bulging and there was nothing inside.

Since it is a martial arts exercise, there must be imaginary enemies. A round and pointed stone fort has been built at the northern end of the school ground. The front of the central army of the Tang army's phalanx happened to face the stone fort. This stone fort is the imaginary enemy of the Tang army's martial arts exercise today. It is obvious that today is a siege battle.

The envoys from foreign countries were not aware of their harshness, but the faces of the members of the Tubo delegation were already extremely gloomy.

It may not be known to others, but the Tubo delegation knows better than anyone else. The stone fort is a symbol of the guarding fortress in Tubo. The Tubo country has a wide territory. Because it is a plateau area, the land is vast and sparsely populated. A stone fortress is built every hundred miles or so. It is not only used to resist foreign enemies and possible rebellions from the people of the country, but also serves as a post station. All the letters, horses, food and accommodation of the country's nobles on the road, etc. are in the stone fortress.

Today, the Tang army was practicing martial arts and built a Tubo stone fort at the school site. Their intentions were obvious.

The Tubo people had a generally irritable temper, and someone was furious at that time. He let out a loud snorkeling and then came out to argue with the people of Tang. Unexpectedly, Lu Dongzan stopped him with his arms crossed and shook his head slightly with a smile.

Those with broad minds are not only the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, but also the great ministers of Tubo are not inferior to others. The relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is originally apart from each other. They shout peace and friendship on the surface, but in fact they are very cautious about each other. The monarchs and ministers of the two countries know each other well about this fact. The stone fort on the school today is nothing more than tearing off the ridiculous cloak of friendship.

The envoys from foreign countries only noticed the Tang army's majestic and murderous formation, and whispered with pale faces, inexplicably awe. However, Lu Dongzan's eyes were staring at the last five hundred people in the square formation. More specifically, staring at the cloth bags on the five hundred people, feeling affectionate and thoughtful. The Tubo deputy envoy next to him bent down and quietly said something in his ear. Lu Dongzan's face suddenly changed and became increasingly ugly.

It is obvious that the Tubo people are not unfamiliar with this seemingly mysterious team. At the city of Songzhou, the Tubo people experienced how terrible this team was.

After the array was completed, the captain holding the flag changed into a small red flag, held the flag high, waved forward in the wind, and shouted loudly: "Attack!"

The flanking cavalry first launched and rode their horses toward the stone fort. The two cavalry teams were like two winding black dragons. One left and the other was on the right, and then they divided their troops left and right, and penetrated straight into the back of the stone fort. The obstacles such as horse-resisting horses and wooden fences arranged around the stone fort were also attacked by the cavalry passing by, and the obstacles were immediately cleared.

Then the central army slowly launched, holding shields in front, charging towards the stone fort side by side, and following closely with horizontal swords and long halberds in the rear, while the Modao team carried more than 20 kilograms of long-handled Modao, walking at the end without panic, more than ten feet away from the front team.

The mysterious team of more than 500 people quickly crossed the square formation of the Modao team and followed the long halberd team. After the current central army had cleared all obstacles outside the stone castle, the central army suddenly quickly separated to the left and right sides like a torn silk cloth cloth, and gave up a huge open space in the middle. The mysterious team of more than 500 people happened to be in the middle. After the ground in front was empty, more than 500 people quickly stepped forward, took out a black clay pot from the cloth bag, pulled a small bamboo tube hanging on its waist, and inside the bamboo tube was a burning thick incense head. The incense head came into the clay pot, lit the lead, and a sneering wave of white smoke rose up. Then the five hundred people moved in an orderly manner, shouted suddenly, and the smoke-producing clay pot was thrown toward the stone castle.

Boom boom boom boom!

The earth was shaking loudly, and the stone fort was shrouded in yellow smoke and yellow dust. A blurry outline was seen. After a long time, the smoke and dust dissipated, and the appearance of the stone fort was mottled everywhere, and it was seen that it had been severely damaged.

Five hundred people took out a small black pot from the cloth bag again, lit it, and threw it hard. With a loud bang, gunpowder and yellow dust filled the stone castle again. However, this time, the outline of the stone castle could no longer be seen in the gunpowder. When the gunpowder was gone, the stone castle no longer existed. There were only piles of exploded stones on the ground, covering the ground in a row.

After two rounds of bombardment, the stone castle turned into ruins in full view of everyone, and the ended miserable.

The envoys from foreign countries were already scared and looked deserted. The envoys of religious beliefs knelt on the ground and paid a great tribute to the stone castle. I don’t know whether they were worshiping God or the small pottery jar that was even more powerful than God. The envoys were in chaos, with screams of exclamation and sobs, and the loud noises of being scared and crying one after another.

Lu Dongzan's face became increasingly ugly. The ruins still flying with gunpowder seemed to be silently and coldly warning him that the current military combat power of the Tang Dynasty was no longer comparable to that of the Battle of Songzhou.

He was so angry that his whole body trembled slightly. Lu Dongzan turned his head and stared at Li Su, and said angrily: "Li Su, what is your country's intention to perform martial arts today?"

Li Su blinked: "Yanwu, please ask Brother Lu and envoys from various countries to see the current combat power of the Tang Dynasty, so that everyone can have confidence in His Majesty Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty. Our Tang Dynasty is absolutely capable of maintaining peace in the world. This 'world' naturally includes the Tang Dynasty's own country and many friendly neighbors who admire the Tang Dynasty... Tubo is also considered to be admired? Your country Zanpu has always admired the Tang Dynasty's princess..."

Lu Dongzan was angry and pointed at Li Su: "Okay, very good! Today I'm going to learn about the style of the team of the National University, I'm going to be taught!"

After saying that, Lu Dongzan turned around and left, and the Tubo delegation followed Lu Dongzan to leave the schoolyard.

Li Su hurriedly caught up and said, "Brother Lu, don't be busy leaving. There is a highlight next time. Our army attacked the high ground, and Mo Dao took the battle. It was simply harsh. It was full of climaxes and had a long aftertaste. You must watch it..."

Lu Dongzan didn't look back, and his pace became faster and he left angrily.

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