"Marquis Yong 'an, are you willing to let this old man try?"
Inside Taiji Palace.
Duan Zhixuan turned to Li Zexuan and asked.
Li Zexuan, whose entire face was hidden behind the visor, nodded without any hesitation. "General Duan, if you want to try it, then go ahead. The purpose of this plate armor is to be used in the army in the future. If we don't test it in advance, then won't we be harming innocent soldiers on the battlefield in the future?"
"Good! Marquis Yong 'an is wise! "
Duan Zhixuan looked at Li Zexuan with praise. He didn't have any ill feelings towards Li Zexuan. In addition, Li Zexuan had invented the telegraph to resolve the crisis in Guan City, allowing the reinforcements to rush to the aid of the Black Armored Army. No matter what, Duan Zhixuan owed Li Zexuan a favor in this battle!
A few days ago, Duan Zhixuan, who was busy with the expansion of the Black Armored Army, received news from Li Er that after the expansion, Li Zexuan's workshop would be responsible for all the equipment. As the commander of the Black Armored Army, Duan Zhixuan was only in charge of leading the troops. Even if he had any objections to the logistics arrangements made by Li Er, he would not voice them out.
Now that he had finally seen Li Zexuan forge armor for the Black Armored Troops, how could Duan Zhixuan hold himself back? He wanted to test the toughness of this new armor on the spot. Thus, he turned to Li Er and cupped his fists. "Your Majesty, please grant me a sword!"
Although the Tang people revered martial arts, regardless of whether they knew martial arts or not, they would usually carry a sword when they went out. However, they were in the morning court, and everyone had to hand over their weapons before entering Taiji Palace. Duan Zhixuan was no exception.
Li Er thought for a moment, then pointed at the guard who had brought Li Zexuan into the palace and ordered, "He Shengwu, give the sword at your waist to Minister Duan!"
Li Zexuan wanted to give the Emperor's Sword to Duan Zhixuan as an experiment, but he remembered that the Emperor's Sword was forged by Zhang Yujiu and was extremely sharp. If Duan Zhixuan used the Emperor's Sword to pierce through the armor and injure Li Zexuan, that would be bad.
The current Great Tang could no longer do without Li Zexuan!
"Here!"
How could the guard in front of the palace dare to disagree? He quickly took off the sword from his waist and handed it over to Duan Zhixuan.
Duan Zhixuan took the sword. At this time, Li Zexuan said, "This plate armor is mainly used for cavalry. Only in a battle between cavalry can its superiority be shown. If General Duan is willing, how about we go out and fight?"
"Good! This is what you wish for, I dare not ask you! "
That was what Duan Zhixuan was thinking, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. Now that he heard Li Zexuan mention it, he couldn't help but have a good impression of Li Zexuan.
"Yes! Good! Since that's the case, then please follow me to the drill grounds to watch the battle between Official Duan and the Marquis of Yong 'an! "
Hearing this, Li Er quickly went with the flow.
The officials in the hall naturally had no objections to Li Er's words. Furthermore, the new plate armor that Li Zexuan had brought today had piqued their curiosity. To be able to watch a battle between a veteran and a new soldier, no one would be unwilling!
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A few moments later, Li Er led the officials to the drill ground on the northern side of the Imperial City. This was the drill ground of the Imperial Army, and the choice of this place showed just how important this competition was to Li Er.
At this time, Duan Zhixuan was already wearing a Mingguang Armor. He held a sharp sword in his hand and rode on a warhorse covered in armor. He was facing off against Li Zexuan with an imposing aura.
This was basically a battle between an "old cavalry" and a "new cavalry". Duan Zhixuan represented the best cavalry in the world in terms of equipment and battle prowess. Li Zexuan relied on the new armor to become a "new cavalry". Whether or not he could defeat Duan Zhixuan, the legend of the strongest cavalry, would depend on the following battle!
"Marquis of Yong 'an, for the sake of fairness, the two of us are not allowed to use internal energy in the following battle. How about we just compete with our moves?"
Before the battle began, Duan Zhixuan suddenly said.
The reason why he said this was, of course, to take care of Li Zexuan, this martial arts junior. Although Li Zexuan was now also in the Grandmaster Realm, Duan Zhiquan believed that he was also a veteran Grandmaster. Even if they were in the same realm, he could crush Li Zexuan with his advantage of experience. That was why he made this suggestion.
However, Duan Zhixuan did not know that Li Zexuan was now completely different from him in terms of realm. Especially a few days ago, Li Zexuan had an epiphany at the foot of the Cloud Mountain and touched the threshold of the Grandmaster Late-stage. Now, his strength was already above Duan Zhixuan's!
Li Zexuan heard this and did not refuse. He smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your kindness, General Duan!"
Without using internal energy, just using real swords and spears to compete with each other was more in line with the scene of cavalry charging on the battlefield. It was also better to test the effectiveness of plate armor on the battlefield.
After his voice fell, Li Zexuan made a gesture, indicating that Duan Zhixuan could start the attack.
"Hyah!"
Seeing this, Duan Zhixuan's eyes flashed. He raised the long sword in his hand and then urged the warhorse under him. One man and one sword rushed toward Li Zexuan with an unstoppable force!
Fast!
From the moment Duan Zhixuan urged the warhorse to the moment he rushed to within 30 feet of Li Zexuan, it was only the blink of an eye. Many officials on the sidelines, especially the civil officials, did not even have time to react. Duan Zhixuan's long sword was about to touch Li Zexuan's neck!
When killing an enemy on the battlefield, naturally, one had to directly attack the enemy's most vulnerable part! Cutting the throat with a sword was also the simplest and most effective way to kill the enemy!
As the commander of the most elite cavalry in the world, Duan Zhixuan's Kung Fu was indeed invincible in the world. Some of the generals could not help but secretly cheer for Duan Zhixuan in their hearts.
However, Li Zexuan's next reaction surprised everyone. He did not dodge, but directly used the lance in his hand to stab Duan Zhixuan's neck!
Blood for blood, a life for a life!
No one had expected such a desperate fight to the death before the start of the competition.
Clang! Tsk!
Not only did others not expect it, but Duan Zhixuan, as one of the parties involved, also did not expect Li Zexuan to use such a method. When he saw Li Zexuan's lance coming toward him, Duan Zhixuan quickly adjusted his position on the horse. His entire upper body was slightly tilted back, and Li Zexuan's lance was close to the bridge of his nose and stabbed behind him. After dodging, his sword that was originally going to stab Li Zexuan's neck could only be lightly brushed by Li Zexuan's neck, making a "tsk" sound!
However, this "brushing" sword did not leave a single mark on Li Zexuan's neck. It was truly inconceivable!
Just think about it, if the two of them had not dodged when Duan Zhixuan and Li Zexuan had fought to the death, the final outcome would have been Li Zexuan's life and Duan Zhixuan's death! This was the key to the strong defense brought by the plate armor!
Duan Zhixuan's attack did not succeed, so he quickly turned his horse around and slashed at Li Zexuan again.
As a general who had fought on horseback for more than ten years, Duan Zhixuan's equestrian skills were naturally much better than Li Zexuan's. Before Li Zexuan had finished turning around, Duan Zhixuan's incomparably sharp sword had already slashed at Li Zexuan's back!
Clang!
Li Zexuan, who was turning around, saw Duan Zhixuan's movements from the corner of his eye. After hearing a whistling sound from behind him, Li Zexuan did not panic. Instead, he calmly shrugged his right shoulder and straightforwardly sent his right shoulder under Duan Zhixuan's blade. Clang! The loud sound of metal clashing came from the drill ground.
Li Er and the civil and military officials were all stunned!
Who in the world would dare to use their shoulder to block a sword like Li Zexuan?
But this was not the end. At this moment, Li Zexuan borrowed the force of Duan Zhixuan's slash to support himself with one hand on the horse's back and actually completed a beautiful turn. Immediately after, while Duan Zhixuan was still shocked by the abnormal defense of the plate armor, Li Zexuan used the sharp vanadium steel horse lance in his hand to fiercely sweep the longsword in Duan Zhixuan's hand!
Kacha!
In front of the sharpness of the vanadium steel horse lance, the fine steel sword actually had no resistance and was instantly broken!
At this moment, Li Zexuan's Big White had already turned its horse around. Li Zexuan then changed direction on the horse's back and looked at Duan Zhixuan. "General Duan, you've lost!"
You've lost!
On the battlefield, when a soldier's sword was seized or broken, it was basically a declaration of defeat for the soldier!
Silence!
The drill ground suddenly became quiet!
No one had expected Duan Zhixuan to lose in this competition, and no one had expected Duan Zhixuan to lose so quickly!
But with such a result, everyone could only sigh in admiration at Li Zexuan's equipment! This was because in the entire competition, Li Zexuan had completely relied on the almost invincible defense of the plate armor and the invincible attack of the vanadium steel horse lance to defeat Duan Zhixuan. In terms of horsemanship, Li Zexuan was far inferior to Duan Zhixuan. In terms of strength, everyone also thought that Li Zexuan was inferior to Duan Zhixuan!
"Good! Good! Good! Good armor, good horse lance! This old man concedes defeat! "
Duan Zhixuan was stunned when he heard this, but he was not upset by his own failure. Instead, he was excited and happy.
This was because the better Li Zexuan's equipment was, the more powerful the Black Armored Troops would be in the future! Back then, Li Zexuan was able to lead three thousand Black Armored Troops to destroy Wang Shichong. Now, Duan Zhixuan felt that if his five thousand Black Armored Troops could all be equipped like Li Zexuan, he could directly lead them into the lair of the Turks!
In any case, you can't break through my defenses, and I can break through your defenses whenever I want. This sort of battle where there was a severe disparity in strength was simply maddening. Duan Zhixuan was already looking forward to beating the Turkic cavalry into a frenzy and grinding them into the ground!
"Your Majesty, this old subject earnestly requests that the weapons, plate armor, and horse armor made by the Marquis of Yong 'an be used in the Black Armored Troops!"
Duan Zhixuan looked deeply at Li Zexuan and clasped his hands together.
Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Granted! My beloved officials, please return to the main hall for the morning assembly! "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Under Li Zexuan's lead, the officials returned to Taiji Palace and the morning assembly continued.
At this moment, Li Zexuan had already removed his visor. The reason why he didn't remove the plate armor completely was because not only was it troublesome to put it on, it was also troublesome to remove it. The various straps on his body had to be removed one by one, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to do it alone in a short period of time. Thus, he could only remove his visor and stand in Taiji Palace for the morning assembly.
It was just that it was strange for him to stand in front of the officials in such an attire.
"What do my beloved officials think of the plate armor and lance presented by the Marquis of Yong 'an today?"
In the morning assembly, Li Zexuan asked calmly.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but recall the duel on the training ground. Cheng Yaojin couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and he was the first to step forward and laugh heartily. "Your Majesty, this old subject thinks that the plate armor and lance are very good! First of all, the plate armor can't be pierced by ordinary swords and sabers. It's like wearing a tortoise shell, and no one can hurt you on the battlefield!
With this plate armor, our soldiers will die a lot less in the future. Moreover, this lance is too powerful. If we charge into the enemy's formation with this thing and chop the enemy's spears and swords into pieces, how will they fight back then? At that time, who will be a match for us? Thus, Your Majesty, on behalf of the soldiers of the Left Guard, I also ask Your Majesty for a batch of such armor and lance! "
When Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Li Zexuan's face turned green. What did he mean by wearing the plate armor was like wearing a tortoise shell? Wasn't this f * cking cursing him in a roundabout way? When did Old Cheng become so immoral?
Not only was this fellow immoral, he actually wanted equipment for the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Left Guard. Li Zexuan couldn't help but curse inwardly, Old Cheng, you're really thinking too much.
"Your Majesty, you mustn't!"
At this moment, Xiao Yu stepped out from the crowd and cupped his hands towards Li Zexuan.
"Your Majesty, although the plate armor's defensive power is better than the Mingguang Armor, it must consume a lot of steel to make, right? If Your Majesty is like the Black Armored Army and only uses a small amount of it in the army, it may be possible because the money in the national treasury can still meet Your Majesty's needs. However, Your Majesty is doing things according to Lu Gong's wishes and using the so-called printing of all the plate armor. I'm afraid you'll have to empty the treasury of Chang 'an City. It's quite militaristic, I hope Your Majesty will reconsider! "
At this moment, Li Jing also stepped forward and cupped his hands. "Your Majesty, the plate armor made by the Marquis of Yong 'an can not only protect the whole body, it also doesn't affect the body's flexibility. These are two points that the Mingguang Armor can't compare to! In addition, the lance of the Marquis of Yong 'an is far sharper than ordinary weapons. If such technology can be used in the army, it will be a blessing for the Tang Empire! However, Your Majesty must also control your actions. You must not use it all to enter the treasury and use it all to forge weapons! "
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