An army of 100,000 marched out, and after two years, fewer than 60,000 were able to set foot on this familiar land again.

More than 40,000 good men of the Tang Dynasty spilled their blood on the battlefield, dark blood stained the sky, and half of the flags unfolded in today's soul return hometown represent honor, the people kneeling to the dust on both sides of the long street represent respect, and a low roar represents the thoughts of countless people for them.

Fifty jars were placed on a shelf, and two shelves were arranged in a row, and they entered the city from outside the city in a row, in two rows, in three rows...... I don't know how long it took when the sun was all over the place, and it was only after the ashes of the last row of soldiers entered the city.

The people on both sides of Suzaku Street all bowed down on one knee, and none of the officers and soldiers defending the city on or below the city stood, only the official who came to sing the salute stood stupidly and abruptly.

But no one paid any attention to him at this point, as if his roots didn't exist.

……

On the upper floor of the Vermilion Bird Gate, His Majesty Li Er's eyebrows were tightly locked, and the whole person trembled constantly when he listened to the tsunami-like 'soul returning', and rows of shelves passed under his city tower, as if he saw the appearance of these young soldiers when they went out on the expedition.

And just when Li Shimin was sad, several imperial historians suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Li Daozong, the king of the city, ......."

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......".

Shinong industrial and commercial soldiers, the status of soldiers in ancient times was not even as good as that of merchants, but now I don't know whose arrangement it was, it turned out that the dead soldiers entered the city first, and the entire Liaodong Army even lowered the flag at half-mast, which made many people a little unacceptable, and coming out to impeach is also the proper meaning of the question.

However, this kind of impeachment was too abrupt after all, although Li Chengqian greeted the old man when planning this matter, but he thought that even if there was an impeachment, it should be after the sacrifice of prisoners, and he did not expect that these guys would directly attack at the ceremony of presenting prisoners.

But fortunately, the old man had already been prepared, and he didn't even look at the suspicious guys behind him with his back, but waved his hand casually: "Wait for you to retreat, and we'll talk about this later." ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Stand down!" "Whoa......" Without waiting for those imperial historians to speak, His Majesty Li Er and Li Chengqian's loyal protectors Qin Qiong, Second Master Qin and Wei Chigong stood behind Lao Li, pointing at them with horizontal knives and red eyes, like two fierce tigers who want to choose people and devour them.

"Stand down!" With Qin Qiong's actions and Wei Chigong's actions, Jin Wuwei on both sides sacrificed the spears in their hands.

Whether it is Qin Qiong or Wei Chi, or even those Jin Wuwei, these people are all veterans who have fought on the battlefield, and no matter what, they must let this ceremony of commemorating the deceased robe continue.

Those two 'stand down' were their heartfelt cries, killing machines surging from within their bodies, and their palpitating eyes exuded bursts of coldness, staring at a few 'soldiers' who stood up and planned to stop the ceremony.

Is it refundable or not? To retreat is to live, and not to retreat is to die.

The impeached men looked at each other, then at the figures in the crowd not far away, and finally had to retreat under the threat of spears and knives.

After all, there are too few people in this world who can really smile at the sky, and choosing to protect oneself under the steel knife is the choice that most people will make.

……

A farce happened abruptly, and the end was hasty, just at the moment when several imperial histories had just retreated, deafening cheers resounded on Suzaku Street, and fierce war drums rang out.

It turned out that just after the farce ended, the teams below escorting the soldiers who died in battle had completed their mission.

What appeared in front of the people of Chang'an again were countless knights on war horses!

Riding spears glowing with cold light, full-covered armor covered with scratches to the teeth, and steel crossbows on their backs have been wound, and three-edged armor-piercing arrows can kill people at any time.

The knights in a row of six people have straight backs, and their bodies rise and fall with the forward movement of the war horses, but they will start when they stand on the Suzaku Gate Tower and look down, and the ups and downs are actually a whole, and the entire cavalry team is not a trace of confusion, even the pace of the war horses is the same.

Elite, this is the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, full armor, cavalry spears, steel crossbows, three-edged armor-piercing arrows, horizontal knives, military stabs, all equipment can be found on these soldiers.

And the countless scratches on the armor proved that they were a team that had just come down from the battlefield, and those full-covered armor had been tested in battle.

"Yes, yes!" His Majesty Li Er's emotions recovered from the sadness just now, and looking at the knights below, the whole person burst out with vigorous battle intent.

"Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" When the cavalry formation passed through the Suzaku Gate, it burst out with a tsunami-like shout, and the cavalry held high to salute the great Tang Emperor.

"Datang! Wansheng! Soldiers! Wansheng! His Majesty Li Er forcibly suppressed the raging battle intent in his heart, and raised his right hand to greet the cavalry below.

Belus, Queen Silla, and envoys from various countries stood quite far away from Li Er, and cold sweat was breaking out on everyone's heads, and just a cavalry had already frightened them almost to break their courage.

Not for anything else, just because of the neatness of this team.

The equipment is not terrible, it is a big deal to use people to pile up, and the opponent can always be piled to death, but if the opponent is a well-trained whole, a whole with thousands of people like one person, then this army is invincible.

An army can defeat a rabble because it is well trained, and if an army is trained as a whole, then this army is the most powerful.

And this is only the cavalry, followed by the cavalry are a catapult drawn by four horses, but there are only two people sitting on the catapult, only two people.

Has anyone ever seen a catapult that can be operated by two people?

No, no one has ever seen all the alien fanbangs, not to mention whether there is such a thing as a catapult in their country, in terms of operation alone, it should be considered the most advanced if it can be operated by ten people.

But these catapults of Datang can be operated by only two people, which is simply a slap in the face, and it is a slap in the face.

Don't think that all this is fake, it is not difficult for two people to operate the catapult, Belus saw with his own eyes that the catapult was actually being wound little by little in the process, although the basket of the catapult was empty, but what was the matter with only one person to hang the strings, Hercules?

Or is Datang's catapult really advanced enough that a person can hang a string with one hand, and it can also be launched on the move? If that's the case, four hundred taels of silver seems to be a really good deal.

Catapults, bed crossbows, trench cars, all the active equipment of the Tang Dynasty are displayed one by one, His Majesty Li Er looked at it with a smile, and the hearts of the foreign races in Fanbang were shocked, and the generals of the Tang Dynasty were constantly frowning.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is this too ostentatious? Didn't you expose our old bottoms like this? Hou Junji came to Li Chengqian's side at some point, holding on to the railing with his hand, and his tone was full of unhappiness.

"What are you afraid of, these things will all be eliminated in less than two years, and if you don't find a buyer for them, don't you feel a pity?" Li Chengqian did not hide the true intention of this military parade, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he waved to the soldiers below with the old man's movements, and muttered quietly.

"What? Costume change again? Hou Junji's tone was as full of incredulity as the old man's tone some time ago.

"Of course, you have to change your clothes." Li Chengqian glanced at Hou Junji, and focused on his waist: "Now that the handcuffs have been issued to the first level of captain, this is still considering the problem of training, the firecrackers are about to fill the warehouse, and if they are not distributed, they will be piled up in the open air, what are you waiting for if you don't change your clothes?" ”

"But those are all light equipment, and all you get now is heavy equipment...... "Although Hou Junji was shocked in his heart, he still continued to complain with strong words.

Li Chengqian smiled disappreciatively: "Heavy equipment? What heavy equipment? Does Hou Shangshu refer to these bed crossbows and catapults? ”

"Of course."

"Alas, Uncle Hou, didn't I say you, if you are asked to go to war now, do you still use these things? There are rockets and Zhenguan cannons that you don't use, and in turn, with this kind of launch speed, the attack strength is ridiculously poor? ”

"Uh......" Hou Junji suddenly found that it seemed that what Li Chengqian said was right, they now had more and better weapons, and there was no need to use these relatively backward 'rags' at all.

Although those heavy weapons are already extremely advanced equipment compared to foreign races, they are also extremely advanced for Datang five years ago.

But compared with firearms, they are really backward, so backward that they are given to him Hou Junji, he thinks that this thing is too rough, it is not resistant to burning at all, and it is useless except for making a fire and cooking.

……

After settling Hou Junji, Li Chengqian once again focused his attention on the team of prisoners below.

At this time, the parade was basically over, the heavy infantry Modao team had already passed through the Suzaku Gate, the light infantry was passing by one after another, and the ragged prisoners of war could already be seen behind.

The prisoners of war seemed to have resigned themselves to their fate, and one by one they hung their heads and staggered down Suzaku Street with long chains, oblivious to the hatred, contempt, and mocking glances around them.

However, among these prisoners of war, there were several huge carriages, and there were a few gorgeously dressed people sitting in the carriages, facing the pointing and pointing of the surrounding Tang people, and their faces turned red.

"The treasure king of Goguryeo is coming down here? You look young. His Majesty Li Er had just gone through the excitement just now, and he was much calmer at this time, chatting with the eldest grandson Wuji and the others beside him.

"A scapegoat, just a puppet, that Quan Gai Suwen will not be able to take the position directly, just use him as a shield, it is pitiful." There was contempt in the tone of the eldest grandson Wuji, and he didn't put the treasure king in his eyes at all.

"Then make him the king of Liaodong County, I'm a little tired."

For a good-for-nothing puppet, the great Majesty Li Er is not even interested in humiliating him, of course, if it is replaced by King Rongliu, maybe he can still be a little interested!

(End of chapter)