Chapter 394

It shows how tragic the battle was at that time.

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——【I used to hear that good horses can protect their masters, but I always thought it was fictional in TV dramas. From this Zhao Mausoleum Six Steeds, I can see that even if it's not as evil as the TV drama, good horses can really protect their masters. If it weren't for Sa Lu Zi, Li Shimin would have died.】

——【I think the general Qiu Xinggong who was with him is very good. At such a critical moment, he didn't forget to give the horse to Li Shimin. This kind of loyalty is really too rare. I especially want to know what happened to this Qiu Xinggong later? Did he die in battle?】

——【No, he lived very well and lived to be 80 years old. He spent his whole life fighting everywhere with Li Shimin and was very loyal to the Li Dynasty. Later, someone wanted to rebel and was executed, and he actually dug up that person's grave and dug out his heart. Because of this, Li Shimin scolded him, which shows that Li Shimin also had feelings for him. It's just that this person, his heart is very cruel, his means are particularly cruel, he is not a good bird.】

——【According to Fang Yang, these six horses, aren't they all warhorses with great military exploits? Damn, it's really a man living on horseback, dying six warhorses in a lifetime of fighting, how many crises must he have experienced?】

This time, without waiting for others to ask, Fang Yang pointed to the next horse.

"This one is named Quan Mao Gua."

"It was Li Shimin's mount when he pacified the separatist force Liu Heita."

"After the Battle of Hulao Pass in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan and his son killed Dou Jiande and his wife."

"In addition, the Tang Dynasty implemented high-pressure rule as soon as it controlled Hebei."

"Dou Jiande's former general Fan Yuan and Gao Yaxian, with the purpose of revenge, recommended Liu Heita as the leader to lead troops to rebel against Tang."

"They attacked cities and counties, and they were unstoppable, defeating the famous Tang general Li Ji, and capturing the brave Tang generals Xue Wanche and Xue Wanbei."

"In half a year, they recovered most of the land that Dou Jiande originally occupied in the Hebei area."

"In December of the fourth year of Wude, Li Shimin was ordered to go on an expedition again."

"He adopted the method of strengthening the walls and frustrating the sharp, cutting off food and building weirs, forcing Liu Heita to lead 20,000 cavalry to cross the Ming River to the south and fight to the death with the Tang army."

"This battle was quite fierce."

"Li Shimin's mount, Quan Mao Gua, was shot with nine arrows, six in the front and three in the back, and died in front of the two armies."

"Actually, Quan Mao Gua is very ugly."

"The horse has a black mouth, and the swirling hair all over its body is yellow, originally named Luoren Gua."

"But such a warhorse was a divine horse in the heart of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin."

"Through the stone carving, you can see that the arrows on it are very clear."

"The whole horse looks very sturdy, with firm eyes. It belongs to the kind of horse with extreme contrast between inside and outside."

"Li Shimin later also wrote a eulogy for Quan Mao Gua."

"The moon essence presses the reins, the heavenly horses travel horizontally. The lonely arrows are loaded, and the dust is cleared."

"As for the other three, I won't go into details, I'll roughly tell you."

"This horse that is galloping in the air is called Shi Fa Chi!"

"It is a red horse from Persia."

"The steed on the stone carving is galloping in the air, with five arrows on its body, all on the horse's buttocks."

"In this major battle, Li Shimin went through life and death, and three warhorses were killed or injured, basically completing the great cause of unification."

"Li Shimin also wrote a eulogy."

"The Chan and Jian rivers are not yet quiet, the axes show power, the red sweat gallops, and the green flags return in triumph."

"Te Le Biao, once carried Li Shimin into the enemy formation, fighting dozens of battles day and night."

"Emperor Taizong of Tang wrote a eulogy: Responding to the strategy of soaring into the sky, bearing the sound of half the Han; destroying the enemy with natural dangers, riding the danger to save the difficulty."

"The last one, Qing Zhui!"

"A white colt from the Western Great Qing Kingdom, Li Shimin's mount when he pacified Dou Jiande."

"Qing Zhui's mane and tail are flying, galloping in front of the formation, with five arrows on its body."

"Emperor Taizong of Tang wrote a eulogy: Feet are light as movies, gods send heavenly machines, strategy is flying practice, setting my military clothes."

After saying these, Fang Yang sighed and said again.

"These six horses represent Li Shimin's five-year history of conquering the Tang Dynasty in blood."

"It also represents Li Shimin's youth."

"So when other emperors in China chose to use large-scale stone lions and beasts as tomb guards."

"Only Li Shimin chose these six scarred old partners."

"He invited the best painter of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Liben, to paint the six steeds."

"And invited his brother, who was also a top master at the time, Yan Lide, the best sculptor, to carve them into stone."

"He invited the best calligrapher, Ouyang Xun, to personally write the praise for the six steeds."

"It can be said that he used the most luxurious lineup of the entire Tang Dynasty to complete these six steeds."

"It's a pity that not long after the six steeds were carved."

"The legendary life of Emperor Li Shimin ended."

"He was buried in the Zhao Mausoleum guarded by these six steeds."

"It's a pity that when the cultural relic experts opened the Zhao Mausoleum, it was already empty, and even Li Shimin's favorite Lanting Preface was missing."

As Fang Yang's voice faded.

Everyone was still stunned in place.

The scene was very quiet.

Maybe their thoughts at this moment have flown to the young Li Shimin who was invincible in the Tang Dynasty.

In their minds, he appeared riding a warhorse, moving forward courageously, charging into battle.

Even more, they could imagine how these warhorses died on the battlefield.

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——【The story is finished, it feels like experiencing a life. It's too wonderful, it makes me linger and return, with endless aftertaste. The wars in the Tang Dynasty were all civil wars, essentially Han people, so there is no right or wrong, but these six horses can see the history of a great emperor's rise, which is rare.】

——【Just now Fang Yang mentioned Lanting Preface, which has to be said that Li Shimin is very pit-like. He took Lanting Preface by force in order to get it, and even now no one knows what the true work of Lanting Preface looks like, because what is passed down is the Shenlong version copied by Li Shimin's people, and it is said that the second half is fake.】

——【There is nothing to say about this kind of thing, that thing is written on paper, it is a problem whether it can be preserved for so many years. This is a national treasure-level cultural relic comparable to the Yongle Encyclopedia. Maybe it's because I don't understand calligraphy, I have always been unable to understand why its value is so high, it can be on a par with the Chuan Guo Jade Seal, I can't figure it out.】

——【Since watching Fang Yang's livestream, I realized how important the protection of cultural relics is. If it were before

A long while later, everyone finally came to their senses.

Especially the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau.

Looking at the stone carvings on the ground, their eyes glowed with greed.

If the previously unearthed coffin planks of Imperial Consort Wu Huifei were considered fine artifacts,

then these six stone carvings were absolutely top-tier cultural relics.

The stone itself was not valuable.

But it condensed the most significant life experiences of Emperor Taizong of Tang,

as well as the painstaking efforts of three great masters.

One could only imagine the value of such an artifact.

238. Unearthed a Pile of Artifacts: "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion"!

Soon, the vehicles from the Cultural Relics Bureau drove over.

This made the already crowded road even more congested.

However, the onlookers were still quite rational.

They took the initiative to clear a path.

Because these items were all unearthed in their own city.

In the end, they would still remain here.

If they, as locals, went and caused trouble,

they would probably be cursed to death by everyone else.

Fang Yang checked the time, hesitating whether to continue digging.

After all, it was already past four o'clock.

There was still time to switch to another city now.

But if he continued digging, he definitely wouldn't be able to leave today.

Yet, thinking it over carefully, two Tang dynasty artifacts had already been dug up here.

Especially since one of them was the massive Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum.