In full view of the public, Zatlk took off his shirt and revealed his dark muscles. If it were in modern society, he would really attract the attention of a group of girls, but in this day and age, everyone has only one evaluation of him, that is, reckless.
In everyone's mind, Zat'ek was different from those Hu people. After all, he had lived in Chang'an for a long time, and he had read poetry and books and understood etiquette. In everyone's eyes, this person should have been purified almost, but unexpectedly, he returned to the Tuyuhun ways in anger.
"What's going on? Are you going to have a fight with me?"
Although Li Xiang is only thirteen years old, his body has been modified and he already has the fighting power of ten people. I'm afraid that you, a prince, are not our opponent.
"I want to fight you one on one. This is our Tuyuhun tradition. You can choose not to accept my challenge. Then kneel down and apologize now, and I will pretend that this incident never happened. Otherwise, you have to accept my challenge."
Lord Zatlk had suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Li Xiang, and now he was drunk, how could he swallow this?
Although Li Xiang was 1.7 meters tall, which was not considered short in that era, he was still a child after all. The officials of the Ministry of War felt that Li Xiang should not be allowed to participate in such a challenge. If he won, injuring Zatlk would not be a big deal, but if he lost, being injured would be even less of a big deal.
"Your Highness, this is a serious matter..."
Li Xiang was the deputy seal-in-chief of the Liaodong Division, and Pan Renhai was the seal-in-chief of the Liaodong Division. Others could choose not to speak out, but he could not. Before the old man could finish his words, he was pushed by Zatlk. Lord Pan was already in his sixties and had always been weak. After being pushed, he hit the edge of the stone platform and even broke his head.
"No one can say anything. If anyone dares to interfere with this competition, I'll call him..."
Zatlk waved his fist, which was indeed as big as a sandbag. Many people were worried about Li Xiang, but unfortunately this guy was only handsome for three seconds. Before he could finish his boastful words, Li Xiang had already punched him in the face.
I wanted to save your face just now, but you even dared to hit an official of my Tang Dynasty. Although he was just a small official of the fourth rank, he represented the face of my Tang Dynasty. If I didn't teach you a lesson today, you would really think that my Tang Dynasty has no one.
After receiving this punch, Zatlk instantly felt like he was in heaven. His eyes seemed to be unable to see anything in front of him. He only knew that there was a large crowd of people around him. His legs could not stand steadily on the road. If he had received this punch under normal circumstances, he might not be like this. Who made him drink so much alcohol?
Just as his eyes were beginning to clear up, he was hit by another punch on the right side. This punch was much harder. Zatlk spat out a mouthful of blood foam, which contained a back tooth.
"Your Highness... Your Highness, calm down."
All this happened in a flash. Before the officials of the Ministry of War could see clearly, this guy had been beaten like this. Seeing that Li Xiang was about to attack him, they hurriedly held Li Xiang back. No one expected that a thirteen-year-old boy would hit so hard. If Li Xiang had thrown a few more punches, Zatlk would probably have been beaten to death.
"You dog! You're just a prince of a small foreign country, yet you dare to cause trouble in front of the Ministry of War? Open your dog eyes and show me, is this a place where you can cause trouble? You're lucky that my Celestial Empire doesn't care. If we did, we would have crushed you, Tuyuhun, to the ground one day."
Li Xiang's words were so powerful that everyone around him felt relieved.
During the Zhenguan period, although the national strength of the Tang Dynasty increased rapidly and the people around it maintained friendly relations, there were still discrepancies with what was written in history textbooks. The history textbooks wrote that various countries surrendered, but in fact it was only for the sake of appearance. Things like Zatlk happened from time to time.
But the officials below adhered to the status quo, so nothing radical had ever happened. What Li Xiang was doing just made them feel proud. Wasn't he just a prince of a small country? How could he really rebel against the heavens?
"Come on."
Zatlk also had a dozen loyal guards who usually followed him. They had never seen the prince suffer such a big loss. The last time they fought with others, they beat a young master of the other side's marquisate half to death, and in the end the Lifanyuan did not do anything to them, so they thought it would be the same this time.
"Are you playing evil? I'm not afraid."
Li Xiang raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and six guards came out from behind him in an instant.
"How dare you show off your weapons in front of the Ministry of War? What should you do according to the law?"
Li Xiang said loudly, and six guards stood in front of Li Xiang in various directions. Although there were more people on the opposite side, the six of them dared to guarantee that no one could break through their defense formation.
"Cut off his hands..."
The guards standing guard at the gate of the Ministry of War spoke loudly, but it was their duty. If no one attacked the Ministry of War, they could not move at all.
"Today I am giving the prince a favor and only want their right hands, but they must be broken for me."
Li Xiang said with a cold face, and his six guards suddenly rushed out. The people at the scene didn't see clearly that these six people had already arrived in front of Zatlk's guards.
Although these dozen people were also masters of Tuyuhun, otherwise they would not have been able to serve as guards beside the prince, it was a pity that the people they met were even more powerful, and the tricks they used to capture the enemy in the past seemed to be useless at this moment. However, after three rounds, these guards of the East Palace on the opposite side actually confiscated their weapons.
ah…
A heart-wrenching sound was heard, and the right hand of the first Tuyuhun warrior was broken.
Everyone around gasped, and when they saw the right hand hanging on the arm, they felt that all the pores on their body opened up.
After seeing this scene, Zatlk shouted and joined the battle, but his fighting power was not very high, far inferior to his subordinates, and he was kicked away.
"Is Lord Pan alright?"
Li Xiang was too lazy to care about the situation on the battlefield, but instead helped Lord Pan next to him.
Lord Pan nodded weakly, and Li Xiang quickly had them sent to the clinic. By then, four people's right hands had been broken.
The battle situation became increasingly clear. When more than half of the Tuyuhun warriors were injured, the remaining few could no longer hold on. The fate that awaited them was to have their right hands broken off...
"Lord Hou Junji has arrived."