Hearing that Li Er was coming, Li Xiaogong hurriedly ordered a personal soldier to take Li Xueyan to the carriage on the periphery, where the family of the county prince's mansion was located, and the princess of the county also came to see him off today.

After finishing the order, he hurriedly returned to the front of the army and waited for Li Er to arrive.

Li Er didn't take the dragon chariot today, nor did he move the people, he rode a hardcover black horse, dressed in a strong suit, and only came over with dozens of personal guards and a eunuch, of course, as the prince of the empire, Li Chengqian also came with him.

"See Your Majesty!"

"See Your Majesty!"

"See Your Majesty!"

After Li Er stood on the temporary review stand, the civil and military officials and 20,000 sailors took the lead in bowing down, followed by the caravan people behind, and then the people who sent their relatives on the periphery, all facing Li Er and bowing down.

The sound shook the sky, one wave overshadowed the other, at this moment, the heavens and the earth shook! The entire open space along the Bahe River and around it were crowded with people bowing down, and except for Li Er, no one stood with their heads held high!

There are no three shouts of long live (the origin of long live, the earliest legend is that Wu Zetian called the emperor), and there is no kneeling to worship (the Tang Dynasty does not kneel and worship, unless there is a large-scale sacrifice to the sky, generally see Shangguan and see the emperor do not kneel), but Li Zexuan, who was present, was still shocked by this majestic and majestic voice.

"Pingsheng!"

Li Er was stunned, how long has it been since he heard the majestic voice of the soldiers in front of this formation! What a nostalgia!

He came to his senses a moment later and shouted.

"Your Majesty has a will, everyone will ascend!"

"Your Majesty has a will, everyone will ascend!"

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Naturally, there were eunuchs below, who spread Li Er's words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tens of thousands of people "hulala" got up, and then stood straight up by the Bahe River one by one.

"Emperor of the Heavenly Dao, the sun and the moon are normal, all the soldiers, today, you are about to set sail to the sea, unlike the usual to kill the enemy on the battlefield, this time you are facing countless unknown risks on the vast sea, you are all good sons of my Tang Dynasty, I hope that after three months, you can all come back alive!"

"Of course, out of my Datang land, as my Datang soldiers, you must ensure the safety of the Datang people traveling with the fleet, and the people of my Datang cannot be bullied anywhere, if you encounter an invading enemy, do your best to annihilate it! Did you all hear that? ”

Li Er shouted loudly.

"If you encounter an invading enemy, do your best to destroy it!"

"If you encounter an invading enemy, do your best to destroy it!"

"If you encounter an invading enemy, do your best to destroy it!"

The officers and men of the three armies moved when they heard the sound and roared in unison!

The glory of the Tang people, the glory of the soldiers, this is the glory that they have always defended with their lives, and there is no need for Li Er to say that they will do the same.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

Even though there is no popular etiquette to call long live the emperor three times, at this moment, the merchants, the people, and the common people were moved by Li Er's words of loving the people like a son, and an elderly man spontaneously shouted "Long live Your Majesty", and others shouted excitedly, and after a while, the whole Ba was full of uniform "Long live Your Majesty" roar!

People who have experienced the turmoil in the world know how happy it is to have Ming Jun in power, and they sincerely hope that Li Er can live to be 10,000 years old.

Li Zexuan was infected by this warm scene, and he was a little excited for a while, and he couldn't help shouting "Long live Your Majesty" with the flow of people!

He said in his heart, no matter whether Li Er is a show or not, but Lao Li's personality charm is really strong, and he can "stir up" the blood of soldiers in just a few words.

Li Er took a deep breath, of course he wasn't for show, he just said everything he wanted to say, and now this meeting was unexpected.

"Where is Li Xiaogong, the commander of the Nanyang March?"

When the call dissipated, Li Er looked at the neat soldiers in the field and shouted loudly.

On this expedition, Li Xiaogong was appointed as a "Nanyang Marching Commander", with full responsibility for the 20,000 sailors and tens of thousands of people.

"The last general!"

Li Xiaogong strode forward and hugged his fists.

"Are the officers and men of the three armies ready?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the officers and men of the three armies can be pulled out at any time!"

Li Xiaogong said loudly.

"Good! Sacrifice! Expedition~! I'm waiting for my triumphant return! ”

Li Er pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed at the blue sky sonorously, and roared majestically.

"No!"

Li Xiaogong waved his hand, and the two soldiers ran up, slaughtered the cattle and sheep that had been prepared for a long time, and began the last ceremony before the expedition. Of course, the Tang people cherish the cultivated cattle, and the cow on the field is an old cow that is about to die.

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, whenever an army is dispatched, large-scale sacrificial ceremonies are generally held, slaughtering cattle and sheep to sacrifice ancestors and sheji (land and grain gods). All the soldiers marched in line, and the slaughtered cattle and sheep had to turn around the queue left and right, called "martyrdom", and announced that "those who do not need to die will be killed".

The commander in chief personally poured the blood of the animals on the weapons, called "provocations", and symbolically poured a little blood on the flags, war drums, gold duos, and weapons used in the war. Strangely, the chariot that had been drenched in animal blood had to be put back in the storehouse for preservation. After the sacrifice, the cattle and sheep were cooked, that is, "gizzard meat", and distributed to the soldiers to enjoy.

This fleet was originally to trade with small countries in the South Seas, but the whole court regarded this southward operation as a war preparation, and the due departure ceremony must be there, and the armor and weapons of the soldiers are also the best.

The reason why this is the case is that Li Zexuan has played a very big role in it. The navigation precautions he had previously told Li Xiaogong, including anti-piracy and anti-natives, Li Xiaogong repeated them to Li Er as they were, and Li Er felt justified, and convened Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, eldest grandson Wuji, Li Jing and other important ministers to discuss. These bigwigs are all long-term people, how could they not understand what Li Zexuan could understand, so they seconded it.

In this way, this huge fleet with sharp fangs is gradually taking shape, and today it will sail out to sea and go straight to the South Seas.

"Licheng! Let's go! ”

After about half an hour's work, the sacrifice was finally completed, and each soldier symbolically got a piece of beef and mutton.

"Hulala!"

Soldiers, traders, and people boarded the boat in an orderly manner according to the rehearsed formation, and the people around them "coaxed" and exploded, and everyone shouted the names of their relatives.

"Dad, the child and the mother are waiting for you to come back!"

In front of the crowd, Meng Wenhao twitched his nose, held back his tears, and waved at the fleet, but his voice was quickly drowned in wave after wave of calls.

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(End of chapter)