1145.Prisoner Sacrifice Ceremony and Military Parade (2)

After an hour, the treasure dedication ceremony finally ended, and the much-anticipated military parade was next.

Since Li Pojun proposed the military parade ceremony, Li Shimin is very much looking forward to it, 120,000 government soldiers and 9,000 Shence troops will appear one by one, to show the people of Chang'an and the envoys of various countries the military might of the Tang Dynasty, how majestic it will be, Li Shimin is full of confidence, standing tall in front of the city wall, hands on the wall, chest agitation, a group of people who have been looking forward to it are also excited inexplicably, the military parade, how can such a novel thing not be curious.

Prior to this, there was no such thing as a military parade, and it was only after Li Pojun heard that a ceremony for sacrificing prisoners would be held in public, so he suggested it to Li Shimin. For the first time in history, China was in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di selected 100,000 elite soldiers such as "Shenji Battalion", "Five Military Battalions" and "Three Thousand Battalions", and held a military parade in Huailai outside Beijing, practicing military subjects such as infantry crossbow salvo and pikeman assassination.

Now Li Pojun put forward the concept of military parade hundreds of years earlier, and it is destined to go down in history. The purpose of the military parade is to promote the national prestige, show the strength, before this, there have been things to promote the national prestige, such as the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, in order to show off the national strength, invite envoys from various countries to come to Daxing (Chang'an), Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered to rectify the city, all the trees are tied with silk ribbons, must wear gorgeous brocade clothes to be good on the street, and even the street vendors must spread exquisite cloth on the ground, all the Hu people and foreign envoys into the wine shop and restaurant consumption, are free.

In the eyes of a discerning person, this is simply a stupid and bubbling behavior, but Emperor Sui Yang is not tired of it.

Li Shimin is so wise, it is naturally impossible to show off the national prestige with such stupid behavior, and after listening to Li Pojun's concept of military parade, he agreed without hesitation. The military parade ceremony can not only boast of the power of the Tang Dynasty and show the muscles to the envoys of various countries, but also save money and effort, anyway, it happened to meet the Sixth Route Army returning to the division, the Sixth Route Army totaled more than 100,000 people, picking out the old, weak, sick and disabled, and the rest were all elite, just along the way to the parade.

The whole parade ceremony is carried out in an orderly manner, the parade process is not difficult, because it is carried out in Chang'an City, there is no need to shoot any bow and crossbow, the knife and gun drill is practiced, only according to what Li Pojun said, fully armed with knives and armor, and the spirit is neatly arranged from Mingde Gate to Zhuque Gate, and then divided into two, respectively to the left through Hanguang Gate, to the right through the Anmen, around Chang'an and back to Mingde Gate gathering.

Vermilion Bird Gate is the south gate of the Imperial Palace, located in the center of the whole imperial city, because the Vermilion Bird in the four elephants represents the south and gets the name, and the Xuanwu Gate of the north gate of the Imperial Palace is facing the opposite direction, is in a central axis, the Vermilion Bird Gate is facing the central axis street of the whole Chang'an City - Zhuque Street, the left and right sides of Zhuque Street are Chang'an Wannian two counties.

The whole process of the military parade is to value a momentum, and Li Jing has only one order to the whole army, in front of the people of the Tang Dynasty and envoys from various countries, out of the momentum of the Tang Iron Army!

As the big drum rumbling on the tower of the Suzaku Gate, Li Jing gave the order, and the herald galloped all the way through the Suzaku Street to deliver the order.

At this time, it was noon, the early summer sun was shining, and the rumbling war drums shook people's blood boiling.

The envoys of various countries on both sides of the Vermilion Bird Gate also have different thoughts, they know that the Tang Dynasty is strong, they know that the Tang Dynasty is rich, they know that the Tang Army is strong, but they don't know what kind of rich and powerful it is, this opportunity is very rare, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is actually going to hold a military parade, invite all countries to watch the ceremony, and be able to come as a representative of their own country to watch the ceremony, they must not be ordinary people, they have made up their minds, this time they must get a glimpse of the strength of the Tang Army.

As the herald went away, time passed little by little, and everyone watched quietly with bated breath, as if they had a string in their hearts.

Knock knock, with the sound of a distant war drum, Li Jing's waist was straight, his face was solemn, and a different color flashed in his eyes, "It's coming."

This Tang Iron Army led by him, the invincible army that has dominated the steppe for hundreds of years in just half a year, is coming.

The sound of war drums is gradually approaching, and it is also up and down that it beats people's hearts.

Suddenly, the drums stopped, and the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people were also violently raised.

Then, there was a thud, thump, thump, thump along the floor tiles, and even the earth could be felt shaking, and the houses shaking.

"Horses, this is the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of war horses".

"It's a cavalry, it's my Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry."

"That's cavalry."

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Finally, the armor is distinct, the cavalry with strong horses came into sight, the army participating in the parade has a total of 120,000, including more than 50,000 cavalry, more than 50,000 cavalry jogging over, that is really the earth shakes, shaking the world.

Jogging to the front of the Suzaku Gate, Zhang Gong, the deputy head of the Dingxiang Road marching army, pulled his horse and drew his sword, and 50,000 cavalry also stood on his horse and drew his sword, "Long live the Tang Dynasty, long live the saint, long live", Zhang Gongjin raised his knife and shouted in his throat.

The 50,000 iron horsemen also raised their bright horizontal knives to echo, and their momentum was like a rainbow, rushing straight to Xiaohan. The people of Chang'an only felt a hot current rushing to the top of their heads, their faces turned red, and they all clenched their fists and shouted.

Zhang Gongjin didn't stop long, and then split into two, scattered left and right, and walked around Chang'an City, so that the people on the periphery could also see it.

After the 50,000 iron horsemen left, the sound of war drums came, and the dull sound of dong dong followed, and the 70,000 tribes that entered from the Mingde Gate were led by seven deputy generals, and they rushed in, with 10,000 people as a unit, walking with heavy footsteps, the seven phalanxes of swords and guns were like forests, and the iron armor was sun, and they suddenly stopped in front of the Suzaku Gate, without making a sound, and Li Jing's strict army was not false, which can be seen.

Suddenly, the drum beat suddenly, the more urgent, the louder the louder, the seven large phalanxes in the war drum rumbled, like a thunderbolt bursting, like a storm, like the sky and the earth cracked, finally, the three-way drum stopped, the drum stopped, the moment the drum stopped, everyone's heart was also suddenly stagnant, as if time stood still at that moment, a silent oppressive momentum continued to soar, and the direct pressure of the viewer did not dare to breathe.

In the eyes of everyone, Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, walked into the field and waved the command flag in his hand heavily.

As soon as the flag was ordered, the color of the heaven and the earth changed, and the 70,000 army broke off with a shout, murderous, monstrous, bursting like a fierce fire, like a fierce flood, everyone was suppressed, this sound drank the soul of the viewer, some children with a confused face even directly scared and cried, and were tightly covered by the adults around them, everything was so quiet, and it was so not quiet, only the sound of heartbeat could be heard.

The quieter it is, the heavier the scene, the more condensed the momentum, the 70,000 Tang Army, each of them is a warrior who fights outside the Sai, the silent evil spirit condenses, as if it has become a substance, extremely depressed, this moment, a perfect interpretation of what is the soul of the army.