The altar to the gods had already been built, and before it had time to tamp it with earth, it was built with a wooden frame, and although it was not very high, the upper, middle and lower layers were covered with banners, and then wrapped with cloth and silk yarn, which looked like the same thing.

“…… The spirit of the car, the clouds, the flying dragon, the feathers. Under the spirit, if the wind horse, the left cang dragon, the right white tiger. When the spirit comes, the gods are abundant, first with rain, and the descendants of ordinary people. The spirit is the best, the yin and the yin are celebrated, and the heart is shaken......"

The musician neatly wore a crown and a silk veil over his kudzu robe, sat on a fine reed mat, and played the song of the suburbs one by one, announcing the beginning of the whole sacrificial activity.

Although the song of the suburbs is a bit excessive for a ritual to worship the gods, it is not a big deal, because it actually belongs to the same level of songs......

The song of the suburbs is the ritual of the suburbs formulated by the great Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and such a movement is listed separately in Yuefu, and it is composed by Li Yannian, and Sima Xiangru writes the lyrics......

Chiyang is in the north of Jingshui, so some people call it Jingyang. Because the water is clear, and the north is close to Gaoling, so it is more in line with the ancient academic point of view, so it has become an area that Li Dao pulled into his arms, as a fiefdom of his own fiefdom, and now from the gate of Chiyang to the altar ten miles away, there are some simple grass huts all the way, and some expensive silk is also wrapped around the grass huts, it can be said that this alone costs a lot of money.

The Han Dynasty has to be said to be a relatively older dynasty, from Liu Bang to the present Liu Xie, it has been more than 400 years, this can be regarded as the first time in Chinese history under the premise of great unification of the long-term peace and stability, naturally for the so-called gods, or the spirit of the ancestors, has a greater degree of development, in the amount of money spent is far more than the Zhou Dynasty or the Qin Dynasty.

Sacrifice is the most direct embodiment of such a culture, and if you can get the favor of God, money and everything will be floating clouds......

People live in the world always struggle for survival, diligently, and always have good hopes, so the ruler also takes advantage of this, and uses mysterious and solemn ceremonies to show that he is the spokesman of the will of heaven and earth or the gods, and has the right to rule over all peoples.

This may also be the most fundamental reason why Guo Yan is willing to hold such a ceremony to worship the sky, in Guo Yan's concept, it is better to say that it is a sacrifice to the sky, it is better to say that it is a sacrifice to people, because he also wants to tell all people through such a model, Xiliang people, or Guo Yan himself, is definitely the darling of God and has supreme power.

In fact, the ritual of sacrificing to the heavens was not the most high-end sacrificial activity in the Han Dynasty, and the ceremony of sealing Zen was the highest level.

"Mount Tai built soil as an altar to sacrifice to the sky, the merit of the heavens, so it is said to be sealed. Mount Tai down the hill in addition to the ground, the work of repaying the land, so it is said that Zen, the person who speaks Zen, the god also", but after all, the Zen ceremony is too grand, and according to the convention is to Mount Tai to carry out, so it can only be a retreat, hold a second-class sacrifice.

Among the second-class sacrificial activities, there are three kinds, namely suburban rituals, stove rituals, and other sacrifices, unfortunately, perhaps unlike most of the later dynasties, in the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of sacrificing to the sky belong to other sacrifices.

As a suburban ritual, it was very popular during the Western Han Dynasty, especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, once every three years, the scale was grand, and many etiquette norms were set during that time period. But what is very interesting is that when he arrived at Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he only carried out a suburban ritual once in his life, and I don't know if he was influenced by Emperor Guangwu, and the subsequent emperors of the Western Han Dynasty did not carry out any special suburban rituals.

The stove ritual is also more advanced than the simple ritual of worshiping the sky, not only the official sacrifice, but also the folk sacrifice, in February to worship the god of the shrine is a national activity, the later generations of the "February 2" festival is also derived from this.

And just the ritual of worshiping the heavens, that is, worshiping the gods, is the same as the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the wind, the rain, the thunder, and the lightning gods, of course, among all the gods, the position of the gods is the highest, whether it is the emperor's accession to the throne, or the oath, worship and other things are inseparable from the worship of the gods.

However, it is clear that for the gods, human affairs are too small, so they have little time to pay attention to, just like humans generally do not pay attention to what the ants are worshipping, if the ants also know how to sacrifice.

A burst of golden drums sounded at the gate of Chiyang County, and several bright flags first appeared in the field of vision of the crowd from the city gate, followed by the colorful canopy chariots and the mighty knights......

At this moment, Guo Yan was under the escort of the personal guards, sitting on the canopy car, trying to control the stability of his body in the swaying, and slowly walked to the altar. For Guo Yan, this sacrifice can naturally be said to be a very important thing......

Although the location in Chiyang somewhat made Guo Yan feel a little unhappy, but this was just to give Li Dao a face, and more importantly, this time the sacrifice was presided over by Guo Yan, the emperor is still young, just stay in Chang'an, and as a royal noble, naturally can't move lightly, like this kind of "hard" things, of course, it is good for himself, an "important" minister, to act as a substitute.

Huangtianhou soil is a very important existence in the eyes of ordinary people, and if Guo Yan carried out the sacrifice of the gods, it also means that he is playing an important role in the government and the opposition, and naturally it has become the best footnote to the "legitimacy" of his current status, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is keen to run Mount Tai once every five years to seal Zen.

As the newly sealed general of the current dynasty, this honor guard will naturally not be too shabby. As a formal occasion, Guo Yan did not ride a horse, but rode a car, that is, the kind of canopy car, and it was not one, but four rides, that is, four canopy cars drawn by four horses.

Of course, Guo Yan can't sit in four cars at the same time, but what he wants is such a forced style, and what he wants is this tune, which is the same as the meaning of the long list of wedding cars in later generations.

The one at the front is called the golden chariot. In fact, it is the guide car of the honor guard team, and the car is generally equipped with a gold pole or a golden cymbal, which is used to strike, and the sound is loud. Behind the golden cart is the drum cart, on which there is a drummer, holding a drumstick, is beating hard, mixing the dull drum sound with the crisp sound of gold, passing far and wide.

The third canopy car naturally sat on Guo Yan, and under the decoration of the gorgeous wide robe and large sleeves, this horse thief in the past seems to be a little more elegant today......

Of course, in addition to the last chariot with the banner on the back of the palace, there were also knights on both sides of the horse, fighting in pairs on the left and right, holding spears, halberds, axes, guns, and shields, exactly twelve people, and at the back of the convoy, they also followed the chariot and the riders marched together, holding all kinds of utensils and servants, Qi servants, Taoist servants, and field servants, dragging the whole procession for a long time.

Carriage and horses.

Flag-raising utensils.

Swaying across the long street.

It's the infinite scenery.

As the crowd on both sides of the road bowed down, looking at the angle of the canopy car, only saw a lowered head and upturned buttocks, such a situation, naturally let Guo Yan, who was sitting in the canopy car, feel complacent, feel that at this moment, as if the glory of the whole world is gathered in his own body, he can't help but twist his beard, just like the bride in the sedan chair, although he is trying his best to maintain reserve, but he still shows a smile......

The ten-mile road, not long or short, soon arrived in front of the altar. The ceremonial personnel and martial arts performers who had been waiting under the altar for a long time also bowed to both sides of the road amid the loud chanting of the ceremonial officials.

Guo Yan, who was sitting in the canopy car, walked forward slowly without squinting, maintaining a majestic posture, but this posture did not last long......

I don't know what the reason is, on the temporary canopy on both sides of the road, a puff of black smoke suddenly appeared, and even a flame rose and began to burn!

The flames spread on the silk yarn, burning very quickly, quickly igniting the hay on the grass hut, plus the wind in the field blowing, suddenly the wind helped the fire, the fire borrowed the power of the wind, and in the blink of an eye, the smoke was billowing and sparks were flying!

"It's out of the water! Walk the water! Come on, come on! Suddenly, someone shouted for the personnel to put out the fire. The people who were originally watching the ceremony on both sides of the road were in a big mess, running and making a mess, and the originally orderly queue was disrupted a lot......

And those martial arts dancers who were originally naked on the ground, under the eyes of the leaders, climbed up silently one by one, and then gradually approached Guo Yan's canopy team.

"This is the moment!" I don't know who in the convoy shouted, "Punish the traitor and eliminate the evil!" Get rid of the thieves! Get started! ”

Immediately, many of them also shouted in unison: "Punish the adulterous and eliminate the evil!" Get rid of the thieves! ”

The crowd immediately "boomed" and was chaotic.

Guo Bianteng stood up from the canopy car, he didn't expect such a situation at all!

After learning that Ma Teng led his troops through Chang'an to Xinfeng, Guo Yan was basically much more relaxed, and even began to be a little optimistic, because as long as he joined forces with Ma Teng and Han Sui, it could really be said that in the Guanzhong region, Xiliang's strength had become an absolute advantage!

It is precisely because of this that Guo Yan thought of holding such a ceremony to worship the heavens before Fan Chou and Han Sui, and even Li Dao and Ma Teng, to add some weight to his words, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing in front of him!

"Protect the General!"

A few nearby cavalry guards approached Guo Yan's canopy car!

"The national thief is dead!"

A servant with a copper basin in his hand turned around and slammed the copper basin in his hand into the face of the knight on the side, and then he pounced on it without hesitation, grabbed the horseman's waist, and dragged it to the side, trying to pull the cavalry off his horse......

A dancer waved his dry qi silently and slammed it on the face of one of Guo Yan's soldiers. Although the axe used as a dance ceremony is unbladed and is still wooden-painted, it is still a heavy blunt weapon, and it also has a shield, which can be used to resist the counterattack of some of Guo's cavalry......

"Daddy! Mother! ”

"Lady!"

"Lang Jun!"

The people who were watching the bustle on both sides of the road, who did not know what the situation was, were frightened by the situation in front of them, and immediately ran in confusion, pushing and trampling each other, crying and shouting......

In the distance, in a valley, Fei Qian was ambushing with his men.

With the help of the head snake, in fact, the latent work is not as difficult as imagined, otherwise the Han Dynasty would not be known as the era with the most fugitives, and even those imperial court prisoners can openly become guests of honor in various county guards, so under the cover of the two of them, Shi Shiran was reduced to zero, and then came to the vicinity of Chiyang.

Of course, the so-called whole is actually not much, even if it is combined with the hundred horses that Zhao Yun detoured to, it is only six hundred horses, not much, but if you want to do something, how much is enough.

The scouts who remained on the top of the hill saw the black smoke and fire on the side of the altar, and immediately turned to the valley and shouted, "The fire is on!" I saw the fire go on! ”

"Let's go!" Fei Qian turned over and got on the horse, and then waved his hand, without any extra second nonsense, and pressed directly towards the altar in front of him with Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun.

In the chaotic noise of the fire scene, Fei Qian's 600 cavalry did not attract the attention of Guo Yan and the others at first.

Guo Yan even angrily ripped off the originally neatly dressed brocade robe on his body, took the spear handed over by the cavalry guards around him, stood condescendingly on the canopy car, assassinated several guys who dared to challenge his majesty, and commanded the personal guard cavalry to begin to kill these ceremonial personnel who did not have many sharp weapons in their hands......

Guo Yan didn't expect these people to dare to do such a thing, of course, he also brought some cavalry and foot soldiers as guards, but because of the ceremonial relationship, ordinary soldiers naturally could not follow him to the altar, so now most of the foot soldiers are on the periphery, and they are separated by these people and the ceremonial personnel who rushed up at the end of their lives, but as long as these people who are trying to stand in front of them are cut down, they will be gathered in one place......

At this moment, a muffled sound and vibration, much smaller than the frantic shouts near the altar, slowly spread......

The dull sound of horses' hooves, first unhurriedly kicking, then gradually speeding up the rise and fall, and then in the blink of an eye, it became a continuous and dense muffled sound of hitting the ground, like a whirlwind, sweeping towards the altar!

The six hundred horsemen brought by Fei Qian are all elite soldiers who have passed through the battle formation, each of them is a capable soldier in the prime of life, plus there are three hundred horsemen, regardless of the people and horses are covered with a layer of armor, although for the sake of weight, only the war horse is equipped with leather armor, but when these three hundred heavy horses lead the gallop, it still makes people feel an unstoppable powerful force!

According to Fei Qian's old habits, these cavalrymen not only have iron armor and helmets, but also naturally come standard with masks painted with ghost faces, and at this moment the masks have been put down, revealing a hideous pattern, revealing only two eyes shining in the dark holes......

When these cavalry pressed up like a moving fortress of armor; When the mane of the war horse flutters and dances in the wind; Beneath these ghost faces, gushing and gushing breath approaching; When the cold glow of the raised sabers and spears shimmered in the sunlight; The 600 cavalry, who were neatly arranged, burst out with a majestic momentum like a sea of mountains!

Six hundred armored cavalry are getting closer and closer!

The peripheral soldiers who were gathering at Guo Yan felt that something was wrong, and when they turned their heads to check, they suddenly found that a team of people and horses of Fei Qian who had been killed from the oblique stab had just shouted the word enemy attack, and they saw a wave of arrows shooting from the sky, and then it was dark in front of them......

"Kill the national thief!"

Six hundred armored cavalry crashed into Guo Yan's guards!