Chapter 575

Hou Junji said in a deep voice, "the war is over. We have to go to war with Tuoba tribe without your Majesty's permission. It's already beyond the border. Now it's really inappropriate to create new problems. If we don't retreat for the time being, we'll make plans after reporting to the court."

Many generals nodded one after another. As long as they return to Chang'an City, it must be a great achievement. Why bother? Moreover, for the first time, there are justifiable reasons to avenge 3000 soldiers. However, if the court approves it twice in a row and takes the initiative to fight, I'm afraid it will touch the bottom line of the court.

Cheng Yaojin shook his head and retorted, "it's a crime of rebellion to hide the armor privately among the people. Now the land of Qinghai is about to be under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. It's a great dereliction of duty for us to ignore so many armor hidden here."

In the Tang Dynasty, ordinary soldiers need to bring their own weapons, which are just swords, bows and arrows. Armor and some heavy weapons are also the same methods in the army. Hiding armor privately is a great crime.

Many generals nodded one after another. There are so many iron armor in Qingtang. This is a potential threat and is not in the interests of the military.

When Merton saw that the generals were in a dilemma again, his eyes moved and said, "it is already a fact that there are a flood of iron armor in the green pond. Since we are in a dilemma, we can still use a standard to judge."

"National interests!" the generals said in unison.

Merton was embarrassed and said with a smile: "yes, the border has never been calm. The reason is still that these tribes support and respect their soldiers and refuse to discipline. If these tribes lose their strongest force, I'm afraid there won't be so many things at the border."

The generals nodded. The thin leather armor of the northwest cavalry alone could not stop the sharp blade of Datang. Without the protection of iron armor, the cavalry of all nationalities in the Northwest were not the opponent of Datang at all.

"Moreover, we have no reason for this. These tribes openly support the soldiers of Ulan Tuoba tribe against Datang. How can we give up this matter? If Datang doesn't take the opportunity to collect the iron armor in Qingtang this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. Now the iron armor weapons of all departments in Tuyuhun have been collected by the army. If the iron armor overflows in Qingtang, it will not be used for a long time There will be no second Tuyuhun, "Merton said solemnly. He clearly remembers the rise of Dangxiang in later generations, but how miserable it was to harm the Song Dynasty! Countless Han people died at the hands of Dangxiang iron kite.

"But how can those Dangxiang tribes obediently hand over their armor and weapons? Directly say no, we can still force it. In this way, the war will not start again!" Hou Junji looked at Merton unkindly. He found that after he reached the border, the Mohist changed the image of the former scholars and became extremely aggressive. He simply didn't stop at all.

Li Jing was also embarrassed for a while. He had started a war without authorization. If he started a war with the local tribes again, I'm afraid it would be really difficult to explain to the imperial court.

"Why is it difficult? Boy, there's a good thing here. It's useless, but it has a natural attraction to iron." Merton proudly took out an oval thing, motioned to the public, Cui Hou, gently approached his armor, and heard a slap. It stuck with the armor.

"What is this?" Cheng Yaojin curiously took the oval object and put it on his armor. He found that as soon as it was close to the iron, it was directly and firmly stuck to it.

Merton said with a smile, "this is the latest developed magnet of Mohism. It only has natural attraction to ironware. If the local tribe has a large number of iron armor, I believe there is no hiding in front of these magnets."

This magnet was specially made when the Mohist school made the compass. Unexpectedly, it was used in this place.

"If so!"

Cheng Yaojin was surprised. He was very interested in playing. He didn't enjoy adsorbing armor with a magnet. He tested his horse and steel knife one by one. Sure enough, he could adsorb, even across things.

Other generals were also curious. They picked up the magnet and tested it one after another. It was true. Many generals took the most common copper and gold and silver, but there was no movement at all.

"It's so mysterious!"

People can't help but marvel. No matter how much copper and gold and silver there are in the northwest, they can't pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty. Only iron is the focus. Who would have thought that the Mohist school had a special method to explore iron.

As soon as the generals' eyes lit up, they couldn't help thinking of the wonderful use of this thing. If it was used to check the gate of the city, I'm afraid the problem of carrying weapons without permission would be greatly reduced.

Li Jing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "this time, we will return to Lanzhou from the place of Qingtang."

Li Jing played a marginal ball and explained to the court that the army was just going around a long way.

"Wise general!" Merton couldn't help smiling.

At present, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops started one after another, never retreating but advancing, and continued to go north towards Qingtang.

"Tuoba Chi's speech was defeated!"

"The Tang army came from the green pond!"

The whole green pond was in an uproar! The experience of Tuoba chici had been spread all over Qingtang for a long time. The Tang army did not liquidate the Tuoba tribe, but left Tuoba chici alive, which reassured them a little. However, the direction of the Tang army's March terrified them.

"Is Datang going to betray his faith again!" many Dangxiang tribes said in fear. You know, when attacking the Chishui Dao army, it was not only Tuoba and Ulan tribes, but also many tribes. Is Tang Jun going to settle accounts after autumn.

After getting the rumors, the old clan leader hule finally arrived in front of the Hulan tribe. This time, however, Li Jing did not show up at all, but sent Cheng Yaojin, a cheeky man, to receive the old clan leader hule.

"What does Tang Jun mean? We have an agreement. As long as we carry the Tuoba tribe on our back, we will let bygones be bygones?" Hu Le's old clan chief Beard said angrily.

"Don't worry, old clan leader hule. Since General Li has promised to let bygones be bygones, I Tang will certainly keep my promise. Just now, old clan leader hule also met Tuoba tribe and Tuoba clan leader, which is enough to prove Tang's sincerity!" Cheng Yaojin vowed with big teeth.

Old man hule was a little relieved when he remembered that Tuoba chici was still alive and that Tuoba tribe still existed, but he still asked, "then why does the Chinese army want to pass through our Dangxiang tribe?"

Cheng Yaojin opened the river: "it's all due to the old thief Fuyun. At the beginning, Fuyun was crazy and lit the whole grassland for the sake of harming the grassland. Now it's thousands of miles from YeHu gorge to Lanzhou. There's no supply at all. How can war horses move forward on an empty stomach? They have to. That's why they bypass the land of Qingtang."