1222. Speeches, sacrifices, exaltations

The cold wind was cold, the big hunting, and the eyes of tens of thousands of people gathered on the bright yellow figure on the city tower, that was the Tang Emperor, that was the heavenly khan who ruled the world and Weijia Siyi.

Seeing such momentum, the officers and men of the Tang Army were solemn, and their eyes were full of heat; The envoys of various countries were horrified, and their eyes were full of awe. was in the spotlight, Li Shimin felt his blood excited, clenching his fists and only feeling that his blood was hot.

"Soldiers of Datang, you are all good men of Datang, you are the glory of Datang, and you are the leader of Datang? Yes and no? Li Shimin first broke out into a burst of passionate questions, stretched out his hand, and hugged the soldiers under the city.

"Yes, yes, yes......".

Accompanied by Li Shimin's questioning, he responded to the echoing voice that made the heavens and the earth change color, only to see tens of thousands of Gyeonggi soldiers raise their troops together, blushing and shouting out the "yes", the wind and clouds were agitated, thunderous, and the dust was flying, and the wind and clouds were scattered.

The envoys of various countries who watched the ceremony on the side were frightened, and the Tang army was as elite as this, worthy of the Heavenly Empire.

With a slight pressure of his hands, Tang Jun's shouting stopped abruptly.

"When you join the army to serve the country, you must not be to kill people and drink blood, you are all good families, no one wants to take people's lives, no one is the cruel and bloodthirsty butcher, but what are you wearing armor, lifting swords and guns, lying on the ice and tasting snow, and going to the soup and fire? In order to protect the family and defend the country, for the parents' homeland behind him, for the sake of fighting for a wife and son, in order to earn a person who is noble and rich, yes or no? ”

"Yes, yes......".

It was a tsunami-like response.

"My Tang Dynasty army swept the world, invincible, and unified Liuhe in a few years, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Xiao Milling, Fu Gongyi, Liang Shidu, and Lili Khan...... None of them was the best in the world, but they were still defeated by us.

However, today, in the northwest, Tuyuhun, a small country in the northwest, the barbarians who trembled and begged for mercy at our feet in the past dared to rob the border of our Tang Dynasty and kill the people of my Tang Dynasty. Should I kill or not? ”

The Tang Army is like a platter, it doesn't need the slightest dullness, let alone rehearsals, the emotions have been mobilized by this emperor, it belongs to the glory of the Tang Army, they are not allowed to be silent, the sound of killing is all over the sky, and the birds are screaming, and the hearts of the people are thumping.

"Today is the Shangyuan Festival, it should be a happy day to enjoy the lanterns, but the barbarians just don't let me wait for happiness, it should be a day for the family to gather, but it is wearing armor and holding soldiers, fighting for thousands of miles, I know that the weather is cold and cold, I also know that it is difficult to leave home, but the people on the border are still waiting for your protection, and the barbarians who don't know whether they are alive or dead are all military merits waiting for you to go and take them.

Soldiers, hereby I promise you that on the day of triumph, you can not only be rewarded for your military exploits, but you can also be promoted to captain, lieutenant or even lieutenant general, general, and you can also get knighthoods, among you, some of you are county men, county uncles, and even county dukes, and all you have paid will be rewarded.

Li Shimin's voice was sonorous and powerful, and it spread throughout the audience through the loudspeaker, and everyone was silent.

Moreover, the earth-shattering shout blew up his ears, "Long live the Tang Dynasty, long live the saint......".

There was a roar in his ears, looking at the soldiers with red faces and staring at the soldiers who raised troops and roared, Li Pojun also opened his mouth slightly, with a look of astonishment, when did Dad be so good at talking, yes, Li Shimin will indeed be inspiring, but how did such pro-people and inflammatory words come out of the mouth of this emperor.

I have to admit that this is all the influence of Li Pojun, although Li Shimin will be inspiring, in the past, when the three thousand iron cavalry of the Tiger Prison broke the 100,000 Dou Wang coalition army, Li Shimin reinvigorated the military spirit of the tired Tang army under the long war.

But later, when the military parade and the sacrifice of prisoners, Li Shimin read the draft of the speech that Li Pojun suggested to him, and he had to admit that Li Pojun's words were very reasonable, and these pro-people and inflammatory words were easier to arouse emotions.

If it were a different emperor with a high heart and arrogance, he would not have spoken to this group of stinky and dirty military men like this, but Li Shimin joined the army at the age of sixteen, ate and lived in the army, ate and lived with the sergeants, and called the generals brothers.

There are also some corrupt Confucian civil officials on both sides of the city tower who secretly dislike it, probably because they don't want to see the saint look down on the martial artist so much, after all, these words are unprecedented for the military and Han since ancient times.

But seeing the sturdy sergeants who shouted and roared, eager to cut out their hearts for allegiance, those military generals of the DPRK and China who blushed and beat their chests and cheered, even if they were jealous and unhappy in their hearts, they had to hold back, at this moment, if anyone dared to come out and destroy the atmosphere of loving soldiers like children created by the saint, it would be simply brainless.

After His Majesty's passionate speech, it was time to hold the departure ceremony. It's not a simple way to worship the generals and gather troops, but to have a set of cumbersome rituals, after all, everything must have a sense of ritual, not to mention this war of annihilation.

Not according to the previous extermination of the Eastern Turks is an undeclared war, after all, the Eastern Turks are strong, to take him by surprise and take him by surprise, this time the procedure is sufficient, the order to worship the generals, the conscription of troops and horses, the edict to declare war, the oath to mobilize, the sacrificial ceremony...... Nothing less.

The Mingde Gate has already been arranged, and the altar that has been temporarily erected is surrounded by a green rope, with a curtain, and the tablet of the martial saint military god is placed, mostly Jiang Shang, Sun Wu and others, which is probably the prototype of the later martial temple.

Li Shimin was dressed in a large crown, extremely formal and solemn, Li Jing was dressed in military uniform, dignified and powerful behind him, accompanied by Hou Junji, Li Daozong and others in Beijing in the left and right six governors, and then Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche followed closely behind, solemn and solemn.

Li Pojun also tried his best to be as dignified as possible when he watched the ceremony from the sidelines, this kind of occasion is not for fun, the ancients re-sacrificed, if something goes wrong, it will be a loss of head, especially a major war.

Sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice to the earth, sue the temple, and then cut the cow, sheep and pigs to sacrifice, and the blood of the three animals is soaked in the military flag and war drums. Finally, the mountains and rivers in the route of the western expedition to Tuyuhun were worshipped to the mountain gods, river gods, and the land, in order to pray for a smooth march.

The whole sacrificial ceremony was long and complicated, and Li Pojun's first participation in this kind of comprehensive expedition ceremony was also an eye-opener, and he unconsciously seemed to have a trace of awe for the war in his heart.

Yes, war is a major event after all, a soldier, a major event of the country, the ancients understood this very early, not only because war is easy to destroy the temple, war is more laborious and costly, but also millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting, perhaps except for the emperor who is so self-conscious and happy, war is unpleasant in the eyes of others, of course, except for the warriors who are warlike and do not hesitate to die.

At the end of the sacrifice, Li Shimin turned around and accepted the generals' visits, Wang Jingzhong presented the festival and the Gong, Li Shimin personally handed it over to Li Jing, and then passed it on with the military talisman, the handsome seal and the Daxu, from this moment on, these 140,000 soldiers are under the command of Li Jing, unless Li Shimin takes back the military power, otherwise, these 140,000 soldiers are only at the disposal of Li Jing.

Moreover, Li Shimin worships the generals, never sets up a supervising army, marches with a marshal, without any constraints, and employs people without doubt, this is the way of the winner.

Li Jing respectfully knelt on one knee, took them one by one, and then turned around and walked off the altar.

Facing the neat elite soldiers, he sighed and pulled out the sword at his waist.

"All the army is out".

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