Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"Ugh~"

"Don't vomit! You're not allowed to vomit! If you dare to vomit, I'll hang you up and whip you!"

Xiangyu and Pinu had tears in their eyes, clutching a wild boar pork chop in their hands.

The pungent, almost pervasive stench of uncastrated flesh nearly made them question the meaning of life.

"Hahahaha!" Prince Li Zhi of Jin laughed so hard he almost fell over. Sitting in front of the fire, his face was full of schadenfreude, which drew angry reprisals from the two little guys, Xiang Yu and Pi Nu.

"Ninth Imperial Uncle, you lied to us again! You clearly said that wild boar tastes better..." Xiang Yu was furious. Before he set off, he had learned that the fair-skinned Ninth Imperial Uncle had exempted him from his studies, and he thought that the other party had taken pity on him and turned over a new leaf.

Unexpectedly...

The Pi Nu, confused and bewildered, took another bite, then said, "YUe~"

"No, we've had wild boar meat before, but it doesn't taste like this..."

Li Chengqian shook his head helplessly. His two silly sons said, "Do you really think the wild boar your Ninth Imperial Uncle is talking about is a real wild boar? It's just a domestic pig that he sent people to raise on the Imperial Estate Mountain. It has some wildness, but it's only wildness within its controlled range."

When Li Chengqian explained, his words always gave the two little ones a sense of hidden meaning.

While the two were still confused and hesitant about whether or not to eat the pungent roasted wild boar ribs in front of them.

A roar came from the surrounding woods.

"Ow!"

That wasn't the roar of a tiger, and before anyone could see what was coming, a black and white figure, as big as a small mountain, burst out of the forest.

The target was Li Chengqian and his group.

only.

"Formation!"

At a command from a captain of the Imperial Guard, a team with large steel shields instantly blocked the approaching object.

"Shhhhh!"

One after another, chilling spearheads with blood grooves sprang out from the gaps in the shields, and behind them, more than a dozen Golden Guards had already taken out their powerful crossbows.

As one of the Six Guards of the Eastern Palace of the Tang Dynasty, they were the most elite warriors of the Tang Dynasty.

These people's reaction and adaptability were almost ingrained in their bones, and the murderous aura that swept over them instantly caused the ferocious beasts that had just rushed out of the forest to fall dead.

When Li Chengqian saw the object, the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards.

Even though it wasn't the first time they'd seen something like this, the two little guys, Xiangyu and Pinu, recognized it at a glance.

"It's a tapir! And it's a huge tapir!"

The so-called tapir is the panda, which is now China's national treasure.

Pi Nu, however, had a more discerning eye and immediately recognized that the tapir in front of him was significantly different in appearance from the one their imperial grandfather had brought back to Chang'an from Jiannan Road.

The head seems to have become a bit more rounded...

Pi Nu couldn't take his eyes off his father, and he tugged at him in a conflicted manner.

"Father, Father Emperor, may I... may I capture it and keep it as a pet?"

Beside him, Prince Li Zhi of Jin frowned, a rare serious expression appearing on his face in front of his two nephews.

"Prince Xiang, don't be fooled by its timid appearance. It's a tapir, capable of turning you into mincemeat with a single slap. It's a beast that your guards can't even protect you in time!"

Li Chengqian raised his hand to stop Li Zhi from speaking.

Instead, he looked at Hou Qianya's second son with a half-smile.

"You want it? Do you want to keep it in a cage and feed it, or do you want it to submit to him like that tiger in the Duchy of England?"

Li Chengqian once visited Li Jing's home with his two sons.

Both of them had seen that tiger before, but now, like Li Jing, the tiger was too old and had lost its edge.

Pi Nu was somewhat stumped by this question.

Li Chengqian smiled leisurely, much like his father, with his hands behind his back, watching the panda that was already surrounded by the Imperial Guards.

The opponent bared its teeth, but the Jinwu Guards remained unmoved, showing no fear of its claws and bear-like strength.

"If you want it to submit to you, you need to have enough power to make it fear and submit. Even if it doesn't go into the cage, you can throw it into the cage."

"But if you only want to use it as a toy, then you must ensure that you don't rejoice because it rejoices, nor grieve because it grieves. You can use it to please your eyes and satisfy your appetite, but you cannot let it shake your heart..."

As Li Chengqian spoke, his gaze was not only fixed on his second son, Prince Xiang, Pi Nu, but also on Crown Prince Xiang Yu.

Prince Li Zhi of Jin watched this scene with a smile, as if his memory had returned to a few years ago.

The period when the brothers were all in Yangcheng Palace in Taiyuan Prefecture.

In the end, Li Chengqian had the giant panda captured, but instead of giving it to the Prince of Xiang, he had it taken back to the palace's animal park to be kept.

The princes and princesses may visit, but without Li Chengqian's order, no one may have contact with him.

Despite being camped at night, Emperor Li Chengqian would not suffer the slightest indignity.

At the same time, inside a tent, several historians were writing furiously.

In the third month of spring in the first year of Tianwu, the Imperial Workshop presented new weapons. The Emperor, accompanied by the Prince of Jin, the Crown Prince, and the Prince of Xiang, went hunting in the Qinling Mountains and also tested firearms. During their stay, a tapir suddenly broke into the camp, and the Imperial Guards captured it. The Prince of Xiang requested a reward, but the Emperor did not grant it immediately. Instead, he asked, "Do you intend to subdue it with your power, driving it around like a dog or a horse? Or do you intend to keep it in a cage, indulging its sight and hearing?" The Prince of Xiang remained silent, not knowing how to answer.

The Emperor further said: "If you wish for your subjects to submit, you must use your power to subdue them. Even if they do not enter the cage, you may throw them in. If they are merely playthings, then do not rejoice because they rejoice, nor grieve because they grieve. They may amuse your eyes and satisfy your appetite, but you must not allow them to shake your will..."

......

"Kill! Don't let them escape! Shoot arrows!"

On the Tigris River, a group of Byzantine cavalrymen from the Syrian province, halfway across a shallow ford, suddenly heard a familiar voice before their faces turned pale.

One after another, figures rushed out from the jungle.

The whistling crossbow bolts that accompanied the attack startled the cavalry commander, whose expression changed drastically.

"Damn it! Those sons of bitches of heretics actually set up an ambush here!"

Without turning back, he knew that trying to retreat to the other side now was simply wishful thinking, so he could only grit his teeth and draw his sword.

"God-blessed warriors, do not be intimidated by these guys! Fight for God!"

"Fight for God! Kill!"

Wooden shields painted with crosses were raised by the cavalrymen charging ahead, who lay as far back as possible on their horses to shield their vital organs.

They shouted encouraging words in Latin, however...

"咻咻咻......"

The sharp arrows swept through the crowd like a cold wind, and in an instant, amidst the painful neighing of horses, cavalrymen cried out and fell into the water.

Before they could even struggle to their feet, they were trampled to death in the river the next moment.

Blood began to rapidly stain the shallows.

Pei Xingjian's excitement grew even stronger. All his efforts in maneuvering and hiding during this time had paid off, allowing him to disperse several cavalry groups and leave only this one thousand-strong cavalry force behind.

"Kill! They won't have any reinforcements! Leave the leader alive, and kill the rest!"

"Soldiers! The Great Tang Dynasty is mighty!!!"

"The general is mighty!!!"