The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 119: Attack Upwards
The ministers looked and saw that it was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Palace, General Zhongwu Cao Kun.

Zhao Xu said: "General Cao can try."

Helian Tieshu looked Cao Kun up and down and said, "You can only use battlefield weapons."

Cao Kun sneered: "Do I need you to tell me that?" He stretched out his hand to summon the imperial guards outside the palace gate, and immediately one of them came over and took off his sword and handed it to him.

He held a saber, which was the best sword among all the weapons. The capital's imperial guards were better equipped than those in all the provinces, and the various guards, Kuanyi Tianwu and Imperial City Departments in the palace were better equipped than ordinary imperial guards. They were the best.

Cao Kun blew a light breath towards the blade, then wiped it with his fingers. He felt his hairs stand on end and nodded with satisfaction.

He walked in front of Xixia Shengjia, circulated the internal force in his dantian up to his arms, then he exhaled and spoke, and slashed through the gap in the armor with a knife as fast as lightning.

Only a sharp and harsh sound was heard throughout the hall, swords and armor collided, sparks flew, and lines of fire slid, which was extremely terrifying.

At this time, all the ministers looked hurriedly and saw a long knife groove appearing from top to bottom in the armor, but it did not break, and the knife penetrated about 30% of the armor.

Cao Kun's face changed. He was not using brute force. If he did, the blade would have been damaged. He used his internal force to condense the blade and chopped towards the armor, but he did not expect that only 30% of it would penetrate. This was a bit wrong.

If it was Iron Harrier's cold-forged wart armor that had such protection, it might be possible, but the armor in front of him was a natural armor that was weaker than the wart armor, how could it have such strong defense?
He had seen raw nails before, and when he looked at them carefully again, he couldn't help but curse in his heart that it was shameless. This was not ordinary raw nails, but one that had something added to it, and it was much thicker than normal raw nails.

But he couldn't speak at the moment. He was in a dilemma. Even if he said it, the other party would not admit it, and it would make Zhao Xu even more difficult.

"Good!" Helian Tieshu glanced at the groove in the armor's gap and said, "General Cao's martial arts are good, but it's not that easy to break my Great Xia armor."

A smile appeared on his face, and he looked around: "Although this armor is strong, if my warriors from Great Xia were here, they would be able to cut through it in a blink of an eye with Xia swords and Xia knives. Your country can only use its own weapons. After all, there are not so many Xia knives for your country to use on the battlefield."

The ministers were silent, all of them were filled with hatred, but there was nothing they could do as the other party was right.

Zhao Xu still had no expression on his face after the dragon case: "Which of you, my dear, go and try again."

The two groups of civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment. Several military officers who had wanted to step forward retreated when they saw that Cao Kun's sword attack was ineffective. They also saw something fishy. This set of Xixia armor should be different from normal armor. Although it was not as good as Tie Yaozi's wart armor, it was not much different.

At this time, a man walked out from the civil service class and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for your permission to give it a try."

The ministers looked and saw that the man who came out was tall, with a square face, white complexion, a thick black beard, and was about forty years old.

Zhao Ti also looked over and saw that it was Cai Jing.

During the Yuanfeng period, Cai Jing served as the Longtu Pavilion attendant and the acting governor of Kaifeng Prefecture. Later, during the Yuanyou period, he was demoted to various places across the country. He was the governor of Chengde Army, the governor of Yingzhou, and then sent to various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Finally, he was the governor of Chengdu.

He was transferred back to Tokyo along with Zhang Dun and others after Zhao Xu changed the reign title to Shaosheng, and at the moment he was the acting Minister of Revenue.

Originally, Zhao Ti didn't know that Cai Jing was good at martial arts. He only heard from Zhou Tong that when Wang Anshi was carrying out reforms, Jin Tai was protecting him. Several members of the New Party had learned martial arts from Jin Tai and were considered his registered disciples.

Jin Tai had only three disciples, but many registered disciples. Cai Jing had learned martial arts from Jin Tai, but Zhou Tong didn't know how well he learned.

Zhao Xu looked at Cai Jing and smiled: "My dear Cai, you can try."

Cai Jing saluted and said, "I obey your command!" Then he walked forward.

Helian Tieshu was not surprised to see a civil official coming out. Xixia officials, both civil and military, could wield spears and clubs, which was not uncommon. He asked, "What weapon does this gentleman use?"

Cai Jing walked to Shengjia without saying a word, took a deep breath, and punched out suddenly, hitting Shengjia in the chest. The armor was shaken by the force of the punch, and the warriors on both sides could not hold on and immediately let go, and the armor flew backwards.

Zhao Ti nodded upon seeing this. Cai Jing had quite good boxing power and practiced internal martial arts. No wonder he was still sharp-eyed and sharp-eared at the age of over 80, and was able to control the government for many years during the reign of Zhao Ji.

But the force of this punch was still not enough. The two Xixia envoys moved the armor back. The ministers looked and saw that there was a slight dent on the chest of the armor, but it was far from enough to kill the person wearing the armor.

Helian Tieshu laughed loudly and said, "No, no, is this all the ministers of your country have? If we meet in battle in the future, as long as our Great Xia soldiers wear this armor, won't they be invincible on the battlefield?"

Upon hearing this, all the ministers cursed in their hearts. There would not be many pairs of this kind of armor. Not to mention adding materials at this moment, how could they test the armor on the battlefield? There are all kinds of methods. Who would just do something with the armor for no reason?

Zhao Ti sighed lightly when he saw this in the class. He didn't know whether the Red Dragon Guard of the Wude Division was there. If he was there, he might not show up. And it was impossible for Zhao Xu to walk down the imperial steps and do it himself. That would be too unreasonable. Even if the armor was broken, the reputation of the Song Dynasty royal family would be completely lost. After all, he should take care of his own business himself.

He thought about it and walked out, coming to Shengjia.

Seeing that he had been standing at the head of the class, Helian Tieshu thought that he had a different status, so he said, "Who is this..."

Zhao Tingzhi, the Minister of Rites, said, "This is the King of Yan of the Song Dynasty!"

"King of Yan?" Helian Tieshu glanced at Zhao Ti and said, "Excuse me, King of Yan, do you want to try the armor?"

Zhao Ti said calmly: "Does this count as A?"

Helian Tieshu frowned: "What does King Yan mean by this?"

Zhao Ti looked at the Xixia armor, which was indeed thicker than usual, and clearly had some added ingredients. He sneered, "How can you bring this kind of scrap copper and iron to the court of the Song Dynasty to embarrass yourself?"

Helian Tieshu frowned and said, "It's a bit too arrogant for the King of Yan to speak like this!"

Zhao Ti walked around the armored vehicles and shook his head, saying, "If all of your Xia Kingdom is this kind of rubbish, I'm afraid it won't last long. My Song army will march to Xingqing Prefecture, trample the Juyan Sea, and capture Xiao Liang alive in no time!"

"You!" Helian Tieshu laughed in anger: "The King of Yan is full of big talk, everyone can talk big, why don't you try to break this armor!"

Zhao Ti signaled to the imperial guard who had just delivered the sword to Cao Kun. The imperial guard understood and immediately ran over to deliver the sword again.

Zhao Ti held the knife in his hand and smiled at Cao Kun, "General Cao has just completed half of the task. Let me complete the rest."

Although Cao Kun did not understand what Zhao Ti meant, he still said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work."

Zhao Ti glanced at Helian Tieshu, and suddenly the steel knife in his hand rose up and slashed at the Xixia armor.

At first, it sounded unpleasant, but then there was a "puff" and then a "hissing" sound that disappeared in a flash.

This knife actually cut into the groove of Cao Kun's knife just now, and through the shape of the groove, it split the gap in the armor from top to bottom for more than a foot...

(End of this chapter)