[The characteristic of this army is that each person has a long sword that is 3.3 meters long and weighs 20 kilograms. ]

……

Each person holds a long sword that is 3.3 meters long and weighs 20 kilograms.

As soon as these key words appeared, Cheng Yaojin immediately shouted: "It's the Modao Army, it's your Majesty's Modao Army!"

On the Dragon Throne.

Li Shimin was also somewhat shocked, but at the same time, he felt very relieved!

If it was the Modao Army, it would be no problem to stop the cavalry's attack!
The selection process for Modao soldiers is extremely strict, requiring them to be over two meters tall and have extraordinary strength. Only those who pass multiple rounds of selection can become a member of the Modao Army.

Moreover, the Modao Army's lineup formed a solid fortress, shouldering the frontline combat missions of the infantry and the responsibility of resisting cavalry attacks. He had previously led the Modao Army, the Shence Army and other armies into battle, and was invincible.

Therefore, Li Shimin had personal experience of the combat effectiveness of the Modao Army.

Now, seeing this elite army appear in the battle of Xiangji Temple, he felt relieved.

……

[Yes, this team is the famous Tang Dynasty Modao Army. The generals of the Modao Army are all the best in the army. The main general in this battle is Modao General Li Siye. ]

[This man is seven feet tall and extremely strong. He always leads the troops in battle. He is a rare Mo Dao general in history.]

[At noon, the two sides officially started fighting. The rebel general Li Guiren went out to provoke the Tang army. The Tang army responded. The rebels retreated and the Tang army pursued them. The rebels ordered the entire army to attack.]

[Faced with the attack of the elite cavalry of the rebels, the Tang army fell into chaos. ]

[In a war, the front army is crucial. Once the front army breaks and flees, the army will be in chaos, and more people will be trampled to death by their own soldiers than killed by the enemy.]

[When the vanguard commander Li Siye saw that the situation was not good, he shouted, "Today, if we don't sacrifice ourselves to fight the enemy, we will die in the battle and hope for our lives. Otherwise, there will be no one left in our army."]

[In today's battle, you must sacrifice yourself to the enemy and find life amidst a thousand deaths, otherwise the whole army will be wiped out. ]

【Then Li Siye took off his armor and held his sword. According to historical records, whoever was hit by Siye's sword was crushed to pieces, both the man and the horse.】

[More than dozens of cavalrymen died under Li Siye's Mo Dao. ]

【Li Siye's might greatly inspired the army's morale. 】

[Li Siye and his Modao troops faced the fierce attack of the rebel cavalry with their bodies, forming a steel wall, and the rebel vanguard advanced like a wall.]

……

"What kind of arm strength does this person have to kill more than a dozen riders in a row!"

Zhang Fei was amazed as he looked at the strong man in the sky who had killed more than a dozen riders.

Too fierce.

Even my second brother didn't have the record of killing more than a dozen riders in one breath.

This explosive power is really terrifying.

"It's a pity that he is not a great man like me. I will fight him for three hundred rounds!"

Zhang Fei was not frightened by Li Siye's battle record. Instead, he licked his lips, full of fighting spirit, looking forward to competing with the opponent.

Guan Yu looked up at the sky, slightly tightened his grip on the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and a hint of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.

As for Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, they looked at the Modao Army with more amazement and admiration.

The more Liu Bei looked at the Modao Army, the more he liked it. Even Cao Cao's proud Tiger and Leopard Cavalry would not be able to make any waves in front of this Modao team, right?

If he had such elite infantry, why would he worry about not being able to conquer the world?
While Liu Bei was falling into unrealistic fantasies, Zhuge Liang was secretly observing the Modao team, focusing on the Modao in their hands.

Zhuge Liang also envied the Modao Army.

However, rather than having unrealistic fantasies, he hopes to turn this into reality.

In Zhuge Liang's view, both the Mo Dao in the hands of the Tang army and their tactics are worth learning!

after all.

The one who built this army was Li Shimin, who had the title of General Tiance, and Li Jing, who was known as the God of War!
These two men have been through hundreds of battles, and the Modao Army is the elite among the elite, they are worth emulating!

……

[Tang general Wang Nan was shot in the eyebrow by an arrow from the rebels. Wang Nan drew his sword and a piece of skin hung down, blocking his vision. Wang Nan simply tore off the skin and continued to fight bravely.]

……

During the Zhenguan period, the officials of the Tang Dynasty were all moved.

……

[While the main forces of both sides were fighting fiercely, what was Guo Ziyi doing? ]

【He was waiting anxiously, waiting for a message. 】

[The area around Xiangji Temple was perfect for an ambush. Guo Ziyi believed that the enemy would also be aware of this, so as soon as the battle started, he sent out scouts to find the location of the rebel ambush.]

[After waiting for a long time, the scouts finally reported that an ambush was found south of the rebel camp.]

【Guo Ziyi was overjoyed when he heard this. This was the moment he had been waiting for.】

[So he ordered his general Pugu Huai'en to lead some of the Huihe cavalry to charge directly at the rebel ambush. The rebel ambush was caught off guard and all of them were destroyed.]

[Hearing that their ambush troops had been defeated, the rebels' morale plummeted and they immediately lost their composure. Li Siye and the remaining Uighur cavalry rushed to the enemy's rear and attacked from the front and back with Guo Ziyi's central army. The rebels were completely defeated.]

[This decisive battle involving 300,000 people, which determined the fate of the two regimes, was over in just one afternoon.]

[The sun had not yet completely set, and the setting sun dyed the sky the same bright red as the earth. ]

[The Battle of Xiangji Temple is famous and is known as the most brutal battle because the troops fighting there were the most elite troops in the world at that time.]

[The Tang army had 150,000 soldiers and the rebel army had 110,000 soldiers. Both sides had top commanders. All strategies and conspiracies were useless. It was a head-on battle. Both sides had no technical skills.]

[Both sides thought the other side was a rebel, and both believed they were fighting for the Tang Dynasty. In order to protect the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers fought to the death. ]

[Zizhi Tongjian records that from noon to dusk, 60,000 heads were beheaded, and many died in the trenches.]

[In just one afternoon, 70,000 Tang soldiers were killed and 60,000 rebels were beheaded. In other words, the total number of casualties on both sides at the Xiangji Temple battlefield reached 130,000, with an average of nearly 20,000 deaths per hour.]

[In ancient wars, when a unit suffered more than 15% casualties, the entire army would be defeated.]

[In the battle of Xiangji Temple, both sides suffered more than 50% casualties, which shows what kind of faith both sides held in the battle.]

……

——Both sides thought they were the righteous side, both thought the other side was the rebels, and both wanted to defend their country (crying).

——To put it bluntly, both sides in the Battle of Xiangji Temple were the most elite troops of the Tang Army. They knew each other well and in the end it was a head-on confrontation.

——The only one that can defeat the Tang army is another Tang army.

——The rebels turned out to be the elite troops of the Tang army, and the ones who suppressed the rebellion were foreigners. Alas.

——One side was suppressing a rebellion, the other side thought it was defending the king, the left hand was fighting the right hand, both sides were fighting for the Tang Dynasty and for their beliefs, the fault was all with Li Longji.

——After this battle, the Tang Dynasty was no longer able to recover.

——The Battle of Xiangji Temple was a battle that determined the life and death of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to compare the most tragic battles, the Battle of Suiyang was the most tragic one. In the Battle of Suiyang, 7,000 Tang troops fought against 130,000 rebels. Zhang Xun held on for ten months. Do you know how he did it?
Take the 30,000 people in the city as military rations!
Ten months later, when the city was captured, there were only 400 defenders left, and the whole Sui Yang was like hell on earth!
This battle to defend the city was so tragic that the defending generals later avoided mentioning it.

——The Battle of Xiangji Temple was one of the most brutal battles in history, because after both sides fought to the end, the defeated side was completely wiped out and could withdraw its troops without anyone stopping it. There has never been such a large-scale battle in history that lasted to the end.

As for the Battle of Suiyang, they were desperate and fought desperately, but did not charge head-on.

——What was tragic was not the corpses scattered all over the ground, nor the number of casualties, but the fact that both sides thought they were fighting for the Tang Dynasty.

The same dream, the same belief, the same goal, and as the most elite troops in the world at that time, the largest civil war broke out because of the ambitions of some people. After this war, the dreams of both sides were not realized, and the Tang Dynasty went from prosperity to decline.

——Either team is enough to sweep across Asia and Europe! Nearly 200,000 battle-hardened, armored elites armed to the teeth were the most terrifying force in this ancient world and the most solid pillar of the Tang Dynasty. But they were wasted in meaningless internal friction!
——The Tang Dynasty was too strong.

The only one powerful enough to destroy the Tang Dynasty is itself.

……

"Li Longji!"

"Misleading the Tang Dynasty!!!"

The tragic scene before him made Li Shimin's eyes bloodshot.

They are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, all citizens of the Tang Dynasty, and all fighting for the Tang Dynasty. They should be as close as a family, fighting against foreign enemies together. However, at this moment, they are killing each other!

This scene made Li Shimin wish he could travel back in time.

I wish I could appear on the battlefield of Xiangji Temple and shout loudly.

Go and tell them, tell the soldiers present, that they are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they are Li Shimin's sons, they are all loyal subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and they should not kill each other.

Those who lay down their weapons, Li Shimin will forgive them! (End of this chapter)