Chapter 486: The Military Parade (1)
Early the next morning, Gao Yuan and his wives and concubines got up early, and after breakfast, Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong were all dressed in full armor and military uniforms, while the others were also dressed up.
Luo Huan also changed his armor, wore a sword and a bow, rode a green horse, and followed behind Gao Yuan, because from today on, Luo Huan is officially in the army and serves as Gao Yuan's personal attendant, but Luo Huan's military position is just an ordinary soldier.
A group of people came to the school military field, and at this time, outside the school military field, it was already full of soldiers and Jinyi guards, and some people began to enter the field, but they had to be inspected by Jinyi guards at the door, and they formed a long line.
The parade ground in the city is a square, with a length and width of more than 100 paces, and is actually a stadium-like building. There are eight layers of seats in all four sides of the stands, and each open two gates, the highest part of the stand reaches two zhang, the lowest outside the ground is also five feet high, a total can accommodate about 5,000 people, and on the north side there is a rostrum, up to three zhang, twenty zhang wide, divided into three layers, a total of about 200 people can accommodate more than 200 people. The middle field is 90 paces square, about the size of two football fields, and has been divided into the outer ring of the track and the inner ring of the field.
Gao Yuan and his entourage walked up to the third layer of the north stand, at this time Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong, Zhang Liang, Zhao Xuan, Jiang Huanwu, Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, Chen Shi and others were seated here and waiting, and Tian Kezang, Tian Zhan and his son were also seated on the third floor as specially invited guests, and the second floor below, the first floor was the other officials, generals, and some local influential businessmen and gentry were seated.
Everyone exchanged a few polite words, and then sat down on the high platform, and brought fruits, snacks and wine from the people, at this time in the surrounding stands, the people who watched the hundred falls were already full, so Gao Yuan also ordered, the parade officially began.
First of all, it is natural that the participating armies of each army corps march into the field and accept the review of the plateau, which is also a necessary item for the parade.
With the sound of the horn on the left and right sides of the central high platform, the people of the whole field also quieted down, the gate on the left side of the school military field was opened, only to see a group of cavalry urging the war horse, trotting into the school military field, the soldiers on horseback are all full body armor, some people hold spears, some people hold sabers, while galloping on the horses, they dance spears and swing knives, make charges, slash and kill all kinds of actions.
On the left and right sides of the central platform, the sound of the horn stopped, replaced by a rumbling drum, which added a bit of momentum to the soldiers' expression, and the other officials and people watching also erupted in a burst of applause and cheers, and even the soldiers guarding the school yard waved their weapons and shouted loudly.
When the horses and horses came to the front of the central platform, the drums stopped dumbly, and all the soldiers faced the direction of the platform, and shouted three times in a row, "Victory, victory, victory" before continuing to advance to the right, and when they reached the far right, they turned to the central field and stood in formation.
After the cavalry exited, then the infantry entered, at first it was a neat phalanx, and then divided into two teams, each waving their weapons, banging and slapping, and when the team came to the front of the central high platform, they all put away their weapons, and the two teams formed a team, facing the stands and shouting "victory" three times, before exiting like the cavalry. And their performance also attracted bursts of enthusiastic applause from the audience. Even in the stands in the north, the officials and soldiers who watched were applauding, and even the wives and concubines of the plateau were full of joy.
The first to enter was the Shanggu Army led by Sima Shang, in fact, one is because their appearance is really good, and the other is because they are the first to appear, and in this era, the parade is generally not open to the public, and the people are the first time to see such a parade, and the feeling is very fresh, so until the whole army is standing in the field, the cheers have not stopped.
And seeing that his army's expression was warmly praised by the audience, Sima Shang was also quite proud. Even Gao Yuan said to Sima Shang: "General Sima is really good at governing the army. ”
Sima Shang smiled and said, "The lord is too awarded." ”
This was followed by the second Legion in the Clouds, followed by the Yanmen Legion. Because the plateau does not have a general rule on the table for each army to enter the field, it is up to each army to decide what weapons to bring into the field and what to perform when entering the field, except for one rule, that is, it is not allowed to bring long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.
As a result, the army entering the back naturally practiced everything, practiced formations, fought against each other, arranged gun shields, sword and shield formations, etc., although there were various and wonderful presentations, but it was definitely not a flower stand, and every move could play a real combat role on the battlefield.
The cheering of the audience almost never stopped, and the whole atmosphere was very enthusiastic. And in the central stand, Tian Kezang's father and son were also surprised, although their father and son had heard a lot of things about the brave and good fighting of the Dai Army, but after all, they had not seen it with their own eyes, and now they saw the table of the Dai Jun parade, and they knew that the strength of the Dai Jun was indeed reasonable, and this trip to the Dai County was indeed not in vain.
And in the field, the last finale to appear, naturally is the Wu'an Legion, the first to enter the field is the five hundred soldiers of the Beiwei Army, lined up into a formation of twenty-five mandarin duck formations, divided into five rows to enter the field in turn, and then each mandarin duck array becomes three Wu people array, and then after a drill, and then synthesize a mandarin duck array, and between the division and combination, it seems very skilled, almost stagnation, all in one go.
Gao Yuan also nodded again and again, because the Beiwei Army was an ace army in the Dai Army, although in the Battle of Daliang, it was a heavy loss, but it seemed that a large number of reserve troops were still trained in Dai County, and he could rest assured.
After the Beiwei Army, the other two infantry teams were basically the same as the rest of the army, and there was nothing too peculiar about it. When all three infantry teams had reached the center of the field, they saw the sound of horses' hooves, and five rows of war horses rushed out of the gate, spreading their limbs and galloping in, and all the horses were empty.
Just before everyone felt strange, they saw that one by one soldiers somehow turned on the horse's back, it turned out that when they appeared, the knights hid under the horse's belly, and waited for the war horse to run into the field, and then turned over and sat on the horse's back.
After the people watching were stunned for a moment, they immediately broke out into a thunderous cheer and cheer, and the applause rang out. The knights who appeared later rose and fell on horseback, rolled left and right, and performed all kinds of difficult movements, even exchanging horses with each other, or bending down on horseback to pick up objects on the ground, and standing in place, grabbing horses when the horses were galloping, and so on, showing superb riding skills.
Naturally, it was the Fan Yongjun who appeared, they were originally a nation on horseback, and with the use of new horse furniture, they were even more handy on horseback, and the audience was also fascinated, and the applause almost never stopped.
Although Gao Yuan sat still on the central platform, he also applauded a few times with the crowd, although scribes like Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong, and Zhang Liang could still hold on, but Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi all swung their fists vigorously and applauded loudly.
Yuan Xuan said: "Xiao Jiang, the cavalry you practiced, there really are two hits. ”
Sima Shang also nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, no wonder it is said that the Qin army is most afraid of the Fan Yongjun, and after seeing such a riding skill, it is indeed true." ”
Zhao was the country that attached the most importance to cavalry among the nations, and the generals attached great importance to the horsemanship of soldiers. And the Fan Yongjun is the army that Jiang Huanwu served in between promotions, so the appearance of the Fan Yongjun is excellent, which naturally adds a lot to Jiang Huanwu.
Jiang Huanwu said with a smile: "You have won the award, in fact, the riding skills of the Fan Yongjun have been practiced by them since childhood, and they have no merit." ”
The previous army table, although Tian Kezang's father and son felt quite admired, but they didn't feel that there was anything too surprising, but the cavalry of the Fan Yongjun did shock Tian Kezang's father and son, because Qi was not a country with a developed cavalry army, plus there was no war for forty years, there were almost no formed cavalry troops in the country, and at most only some cavalry troops with orders to reconnoitre, so the father and son had never seen such riding skills, so they knew that they could still play so many tricks on horseback, and they were only dazzled.
This group of cavalry galloped back and forth on the road, performing for nearly ten minutes, before the new formation was formed, and the central platform was crossed, and the people who watched were still immersed in the exquisite equestrian skills displayed by the cavalry just now.
And it was the last army that took over the field, and I saw the sound of horses' hooves, and a group of cavalry lined up in a neat phalanx and walked into the school military field.
This cavalry did not perform some fancy and beautiful movements like other cavalry troops, but just lined up and walked all the way, the spear in his hand pointed vertically at the sky, like a forest of guns, but in the sound of horses' hooves, the armor leaf trembled, making a series of metal crashing sounds, but the vast majority of people were puzzled, why the last army to leave the field would be such a normal army.
Only the generals present can see that this army is by no means ordinary, first of all, their war horses are obviously larger than ordinary war horses, which can be regarded as standard high-headed horses, and such cavalry can overwhelm the opponent first in terms of momentum when they appear on the battlefield; What's even more different is that both knights and war horses are draped in bronze armor, and the knight's helmet also has a mask that can completely cover the entire face, revealing only two eyes, so the protection of this cavalry is obviously much stronger than that of ordinary cavalry; In addition, the spear in the hand of each soldier is also thicker and longer than the ordinary spear, the body of the spear is two feet and five feet long, the barrel of the gun is as thick as an arm, the blade is nearly two feet long, divided into three shuttles, and about eight feet at the rear end, there is also a hand guard.