ILSITM Chapter 30

I saw a bronze mirror in the room, so I got up to look at myself.

I stood in front of the mirror, and a young man with a pointed mouth, monkey cheeks, and a head full of yellow hair appeared in the mirror.

Who is this person in the mirror?

I blinked, and the person in the mirror blinked too.

I opened my mouth wide, and the person in the mirror followed suit.

“Who is this person in the mirror? Could it be me? How did I grow into this? Why isn’t this time travel following the usual script?” I was a little angry.

In the room, I saw a hanging portrait: a thin young man, wearing a black-gold hair-tying crown, dressed in a treasure armor made of molten iron, sitting on a Wanli Longjuma horse that was chasing the wind, holding two large iron hammers in his hands.

Actually, I had read relevant ancient books and TV dramas, and listened to storytelling, and I knew that Li Yuanba was extremely ugly, naturally foolish but with immense strength, and was still the number one hero of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

I opened the door and saw a courtyard outside.

The courtyard was covered with green grass, and a strong horse was bowing its head to eat grass.

Next to the horse, there was a carriage with a pair of large iron hammers on it.

I walked straight to the side of the carriage, grabbed the two large iron hammers with both hands, and tried to lift them up, but the pair of iron hammers lay motionless on the carriage.

Li Yuanba had immense strength, wielding two iron hammers, each weighing four hundred pounds, for a total of eight hundred pounds.

I traveled back to the Tang Dynasty and even “possessed” Li Yuanba’s body, but I didn’t have Li Yuanba’s divine power, which was a bit of a pity.

The horse next to the carriage should be Li Yuanba’s mount, “Wanli Yun.”

Legend has it that it can travel ten thousand *li* in the daytime and eight thousand *li* at night, for a total of eighteen thousand *li* day and night, with an average speed of up to 375 kilometers per hour, which is already the speed of a super sports car.

It is said that the news of Li Yuanba’s death by lightning spread quickly and reached the ears of Yang Tong, the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

This Yang Tong was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who was nominally the emperor, but in reality, he was a puppet who had to obey Zheng Guogong Wang Shichong in everything.

At this time, Li Yuan had established the Tang Dynasty, and the three forces had formed a three-legged balance of power, including Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande.

Wang Shichong believed that Li Yuanba was dead and the Tang army was not to be feared, so he led 100,000 Sui soldiers all the way to Laokou Pass.

Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of Tang was shocked when he heard this, and at the early court, he urgently discussed the matter of repelling the enemy.

Prince Qin, Li Shimin, took the initiative to ask for orders, saying, “Your son is not talented, but I am willing to lead troops to go.”

That night, Li Shimin came to my room and asked if I would be willing to go with him to kill the enemy.

I said that I have lost my divine power and can no longer lift the big hammer. I don’t know if I can help.

“As long as my brother comes with me, I can deter the enemy,” Li Shimin laughed.

“Do you have any good knives, spears, or weapons there? Prepare one for me,” I said.

The next day, I rode “Wanli Yun,” carried my backpack, and took a long-handled broadsword, and went to Laokou Pass with Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said that this broadsword was made for me overnight, evolved from the beheading sword of the Han Dynasty, and has not yet been named.

The broadsword I held in my hand was about ten feet long, with a double-edged blade, and weighed about fifty pounds.

“Since it hasn’t been named yet, and the world is seeing this kind of knife for the first time, why not call it Modao?” I said, looking at Li Shimin.

“What a fine Modao, meeting the enemy on the road, recognizing the knife but not the person,” Li Shimin said with a hearty laugh.

This Modao has blades on both sides, which are very thick, capable of penetrating armor, and the blade is thick, sharp, and very resistant to cutting, and it is not easy to deform.

Modao is most suitable for dealing with cavalry. On the battlefield, as long as you wave the Modao, you can kill the cavalry along with their horses.

After that, influenced by my use of Modao to kill the enemy, the Tang army began to widely use this kind of broadsword in the army, which was held by infantry and used specifically for beheading horses. Later, they also specifically set up Modao teams and Modao generals to deal with foreign cavalry.

Of course, that’s another story, let’s stop here for now.

Let’s say we rushed to Laokou Pass, and the defending general took us into the pass and set up a banquet.

The next day, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, led his troops out of the pass to confront Wang Shichong.

I fixed my phone on my chest and turned on the live broadcast.

Li Shimin looked at the other side and said loudly, “Why are you sending troops to invade our borders?”

In the enemy’s camp, a person replied loudly: “Tang Boy (Li Shimin), last time at Zijin Mountain, I was rushed and killed by your brother Li Yuanba, and my eighteen families were wiped out. I only thought he was immortal, but he has been struck to death by lightning! Today, I am sending troops to take revenge, attacking Chang’an, and destroying your Tang family!”

“Who is this person?” I asked, hiding behind Li Shimin.

“This person is Wang Shichong,” Li Shimin replied.

I spurred my horse from behind Li Shimin to his side, and then shouted loudly at Wang Shichong: “Your grandfather Li Yuanba is here, the sky can’t crush him, and thunder can’t kill him. You old man, don’t talk nonsense.”

In ancient times, when two armies confronted each other, they had to engage in a war of words first, to make one side angry and embarrassed.

Wang Shichong first saw that Prince Qin Li Shimin had an army of 100,000 behind him, and the two armies were evenly matched, so his chances of winning were not great, so he started a war of words.

Then, when he saw me (Li Yuanba) jumping out from behind Li Shimin, he was already scared out of his wits.

As soon as I finished speaking, he turned his horse around and fled, and some soldiers also turned around and fled with him.

However, Wang Shichong had a general and some soldiers who were not afraid of us, and stood on the spot, raising their knives and preparing to fight.

Li Shimin led the generals to kill them all together, and the general and his soldiers only resisted for a short time, and were either dead or injured.

Li Shimin continued to chase Wang Shichong all the way to Luoyang.

Seeing that Wang Shichong was about to enter the city, I patted my mount, and “Wanli Yun” suddenly accelerated and flew forward.

Wang Shichong spurred his horse into the city, and seeing that the city gate was about to close, at the moment when the city gate was about to close, a rapidly galloping horse, like a flash of lightning, flashed past and entered the city.

The officers and soldiers in the city never expected that I would venture into the “tiger’s den” alone.

Before they could react, I swung the Modao at Wang Shichong’s mount.

With just one slash, two of the horse’s hind legs were broken, and Wang Shichong fell from the horse to the ground.

I bent down, grabbed Wang Shichong, pressed him onto my horse’s back, then took out a piece of rope from my backpack, tied his hands behind his back, and fixed him to my saddle.

At this moment, the soldiers in the city had run over and surrounded me.

I quickly waved the Modao, and the soldiers surrounding me retreated.

I turned my horse around and galloped towards the city gate.

At this time, a group of soldiers on the city gate began to shoot arrows at me.

I still quickly waved the Modao, trying to block the arrows shot at me.

Although I protected myself and the prisoner, I couldn’t protect the safety of my mount, “Wanli Yun.”

I only heard a painful neigh, and “Wanli Yun” suddenly kicked its two front legs towards the sky, and then fell straight backward. Before I could react, I was heavily pressed under the horse’s body.

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