Chapter 673: A Tribute from the Emperor
Zhao Ji walked to the city, and a team of cavalry was already waiting here.
The commander of the leader shouted: "The minister, please the king to go!" ”
Zhao Ji got on the horse, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's go." ”
"The king is on his way!"
Zhao Shu rode his horse lightly and took the lead out of the city gate.
The commander looked from behind and saw him on horseback with a straight waist, and he couldn't help but praise him in his heart.
This king is not weak.
Zhao Shu rode forward, and the people on both sides couldn't help cheering when they saw it.
"The king is out!"
"This king looks young!"
"But you see that his waist is straight, and he is more energetic than ordinary young people."
“……”
The common people always like to speculate about the classes they can't see, and the prince is the object of their keen discussion.
The sound of footsteps roared, and after seeing Zhao Ji, someone shouted: "Stop......"
Everyone is stepping hard!
Rumble!
Like the tranquility after the thunder, there was silence on the royal street.
Zhao Xuance immediately stepped forward, his eyes turned, and said: "The Great Song Dynasty has been a country for a hundred years, and there have been endless troubles in the past hundred years. Now there are thieves in the west to provoke the border, you are ordered to go out on the expedition, fight a battle, and let the Great Song Dynasty battle flag rise to the northwest, and the merit is great......"
In the past, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty went out to fight in the cold, and when they returned, regardless of victory or defeat, they were still deserted.
But today the heir of the Great Song Dynasty came, and this specification went up at once.
The soldiers' hearts were lifted at once.
Zhao Ji's eyes wandered around the side, and finally saw Shen An outside the door of a wine shop.
This guy actually gave up the opportunity to be in the limelight to others, and he carried a roast leg of lamb there to gnaw.
"I want to take this bite in the northwest!"
Shen An tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth in a few bites, but he couldn't be satisfied.
Su Shi carried a fried quail and ate happily. He crouched on the side, a bowl of wine at his feet. Eat a bite of meat, drink a sip of wine, and be happy.
Huang Chun said in a tangled manner: "Lang Jun, the mutton in the northwest is delicious!" Tender! ”
Shen An glanced at him and said, "The mutton over there is tender, but the cook who makes mutton doesn't wash his hands when he comes out of the latrine, and he sneezes at the roast lamb, how can he eat it?" ”
Su Shi put down the bowl and sighed: "The key is that he put a lot of salt...... One night, I drank a stomach of water, and when I lay on the bed and moved, my belly shook, just like a water bladder. ”
Huang Chun beckoned to the shopkeeper, "A jar of wine." ”
Zhao Ji went along the way over there, comforting the soldiers all the way. How could these soldiers have been treated so kindly, their faces were as red as a red cloth, and they couldn't wait to turn around and kill the northwest again, and directly destroy the Western Xia.
He finally returned to the front again and asked, "If the Great Song Dynasty is in trouble, do you dare to attack again?" ”
"Dare!"
Countless eyes looked at Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji raised his head slightly, "In this way, I will wait and see!" ”
Rumble!
The atmosphere was instantly ignited.
The low status of the warriors of the Great Song Dynasty has been at the lowest level in history since the founding of the country, and even the Ming army in the future cannot be compared.
In such an environment, the warriors were the lower classes, the officials regarded them as slaves, and the people of all social strata regarded them as thieves and soldiers......
We are mud, mud that can't hold up the wall.
So they went with the flow, no longer caring about the Great Song Dynasty, no longer caring about the exercises......
But today, the ardent hope of the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty made them excited.
We are not sludge!
Everyone raised their chins slightly, their eyes burning with pride and emotion.
We were recognized by the Prince!
Zhao Ji bowed his head slightly and rode back.
"Start...... Walk! ”
Rumble!
The street shook with a single footstep.
It was a shock like never before.
Su Shi, who was gnawing on quails, looked at the bowl full of wine at his feet vibrating, and the wine was rippling, and he couldn't help but say, "This is the earth dragon turned over!" ”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The footsteps extended, and the people in front couldn't help but retreat.
"Get out of the way!"
The roof tiles of a shop suddenly slid down, but fortunately the people below avoided it in time.
The tiles fell to the ground and shattered, and the people looked at the army in horror, not knowing what words to use to describe the shock.
The sound of footsteps continued to shake the earth, heading towards the Xuande Gate.
"Such shocking steps can only be practiced by Shen An, and he has made a lot of contributions this time......
Han Qi turned around and asked, "What about Shen An?" ”
Someone at the head of the city used a telescope to observe the array approaching, and said after hearing the words: "It seems that I was eating roast lamb leg on the side before, and I was with Su Shi, and I devoured it." ”
"Isn't he involved?"
Han Qi didn't understand Shen An more and more.
Ouyang Xiu sighed: "Scholars are looking forward to the roll call outside the Donghua Gate, thinking that it will be a glorious moment in their lives, but Shen An can't avoid it, and he really doesn't value fame and fortune." ”
Zhao Shu turned around and asked, "Does my Great Song have an advantage in this battle?" ”
Bao Zheng had already come up, and he said, "Your Majesty, there is no advantage in this battle against the Great Song Dynasty. ”
He organized the language and said: "The Western Xia cavalry is powerful, this time the first thing is the power of the Shenwei crossbow, which constantly suppresses them, and the second is the soldiers' lives...... No, it's desperate. ”
"Desperate?"
People who have never been in the battle formation can't understand or imagine that kind of scene, so Zhao Shu is a little puzzled.
Bao Zheng said: "The minister saw those soldiers...... The enemy's war horses rushed forward, and they met them like this, slashed with knives and axes, and then were knocked away by the war horses, Your Majesty, the air was full of blood! The minister looked at ...... And so the young men went. ”
Zhao Shu just thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but be moved: "But does anyone retreat?" ”
Bao Zheng shook his head and said, "No, under the military order, no one retreats." Even when the enemy cavalry broke through, our bows and arrows did not distinguish between the enemy's and our coverage......"
Arrows were flying in the sky, and it was not only the enemy who fell, but also his own people.
Zhao Shu nodded and said, "It's a brave man." ”
Bao Zheng said: "For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty...... Your Majesty, those soldiers shouted these words and rushed to kill bravely...... They are not thieves. ”
"Hooray!"
At this time, there was a shout outside, Zhao Shu turned around and went back, seeing that the array had already walked to the front.
"Hooray!"
Zhao Shu's gaze gradually had some other meanings, and he said lightly: "For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”
So the array under the city and the people saw an exceptional emperor.
Zhao Shu pulled out his long sword and pointed diagonally at the sky.
It's a move like never before!
The courtiers on the side changed color one after another, shocked by this gesture.
The people were at a loss, but the soldiers shouted with all their might: "Hurray! Long live Your Majesty! ”
If you give us respect, then we will dare to give up our lives and fight for you and for this Great Song until the last moment!
Shen An was also excited, he didn't expect Zhao Shu to make this move.
So he stood on the side and shouted: "Draw your sword and salute Your Majesty!" ”
Choke!
He was the first to draw his sword, his long black knife pointed diagonally at the sky.
Choke!
Ten thousand long knives were unsheathed, the blades were cold, and they pointed obliquely at the sky.
"For the Great Song!"
"For the Great Song!"
Countless shouts shook Bianliang City.
"Hooray......
Rumble!
10,000 feet stomped hard.
"Your Majesty, the sacrifice of prisoners has begun."
A path split in the middle of the array, and the prisoners of war slowly came.
"Your Majesty, the people of Western Xia are brave, these people are scared. The soldiers of our army use their lives and exchange their lives for their lives, and the courage of the Xixia people cannot match. ”
Bao Zheng is nostalgic for the years in the northwest, but Han Qi is envious.
Zhao Shu said: "Will the Western Thieves even be afraid of my Great Song Warriors?" ”
Han Qi said: "Of course it will, those thieves rely on many war horses, so they dare to be proud." ”
Zhao Shu looked down with deep eyes, "War horse, the Great Song Dynasty will have a war horse after all." ”
At this moment, he remembered Emperor Wu of Han!
In order to defeat the Huns, the Han paid a huge price in raising horses.
The prisoners of war went to the bottom of the city, and someone shouted: "Kneel! ”
No one resisted, and the prisoners of war knelt there.
"Your Majesty, you need to give me a way to deal with it."
Zhao Shu nodded and said, "The road from here to the northwest has been destroyed, so let's build the road." ”
"Your Majesty has a will...... These people are sent to the northwest to build roads! ”
There is no doubt that this was an insult to Western Xia.
Think about it, when the envoys of Western Xia galloped on a flat road, but saw these prisoners of war building roads, what would it be like?
At this time, the atmosphere reached its climax.
"Smash!"
The people on both sides began to smash things, all kinds of debris flew over, and those prisoners of war no longer saw their bravery, and they all hugged their heads to hide.
"Stand still!"
The sergeants whipped them, deliberately slowing them down and subjecting them to more humiliation.
"Every year they come to the northwest to plunder, how many people are killed by them, how many women are robbed by their scourge...... These brutes, smash! ”
There was everything that was smashed, and Shen An even saw a stool fly over, smashing a prisoner of war on the head and bleeding.
The prisoners of war faded away, the array turned, and then returned.
The people were watching the team.
"They defeated the Tanguts, and they are not thieves."
"Well, but many people say that they are thieves and soldiers, and only those who have no talent will be warriors."
"Nonsense, if it weren't for them, Li Liangzuo would have taken the northwest this time, think about it, how terrible it is."
"They are all good men, not thieves with troops!"
"Look at the man, the scar on his face, it looks so deep...... What is this not a good man? ”
"Good man!"
Someone cheered, triggering a wave of imitation.
"It's worth it!"
Shen An and Su Shi stood behind, and he said contentedly: "This sacrifice of prisoners is to let the people see the glory of the Great Song Dynasty, but where does this glory come from?" It is by virtue of these soldiers that they are fighting. They are getting to know the Great Song Wuren again, this is a good start, Zizhan, a certain mood is very good! ”
Su Shi said: "Today's official sword drawing is more like a tribute, the world's martial artists will be inspired, and then make great contributions, who would dare to call them thieves with the army?" ”
"Shen waits for the edict, Your Majesty summons!"
Shen An turned around and looked at the city and nodded slightly.
If it was the glorious moment of the soldiers before, then the next will be the glorious moment of his Shen An.
He walked away, steady on his feet.
This Great Song is changed by me.
It will change all the time.
It's going to get better and better!
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