Chapter 331: Western Expedition (6)

The colonel had already set up a wine platform on the field, and Song Taizong wanted to come to the wine platform to give wine to Lu Chengyu's soldiers of the Western Expedition after reviewing the troops on the city gate tower.

Song Taizong has not yet arrived at the wine table, but the wine table is already very lively.

The guard of honor stood around the wine stand, and the drum band beat the majestic gongs and drums; The sheng song is melodious, and the drum sound is earth-shattering.

Lu Chengyu led 800 heavily armed Tianxiang troops to the front of the wine platform in front of the wine platform, which was on the school field on the shore of Jinming Lake; With the arrival of 800 soldiers, the lively atmosphere has reached a new level.

Zhao Yuanzuo was mixed in with the Tianxiang army, and was stunned by the fanatical atmosphere in front of him.

A country needs the encouragement of spiritual strength, and a person needs the support of spiritual strength.

The main reason for Zhao Yuanzuo's previous "madness and mania" was of course due to the unjust killing of the fourth uncle, and secondly, it was inseparable from the spur of spiritual power.

It's a pity that he didn't have a confidant by his side at that time, and there was never an exciting scene; At that time, Zhao Yuanzuo fell into a deep self-dullness and couldn't extricate himself, and he didn't like anything; The mind is full of thoughts of the end of the world.

But today's scene is really exciting, because he is not Zhao Yuanzuo but Cao Fuxin now; Every sound on the field of the Jinming Lakeside University shocked him.

At this time, Zhao Yuanzuo was wearing a dark robe, and the armor on the robe shone in the sun.

I saw that his eyes were like falcons, his eyes were like stars, and his mount was a tall horse.

Zhao Yuanzuo carried a bow on his shoulder, and a pot of arrows tied to the leather belt around his waist; The Mo knife hung on the right side of the cowhide belt, and he held a spear in his hand; He is handsome and has an extraordinary bearing.

Zhao Yuanzuo's spear was actually the weapon he usually used, the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, just for the uniformity of the troops; Before leaving, the Fang Tian painting halberd will be transformed into a spear for use, and once the review is over; His Fang Tian Painting Halberd will also be restored to its original appearance.

Standing around Zhao Yuanzuo were Chen Shengjie, Zhang Wenhan, Liu Wenyi, and Zhang Zhiping.

The equipment of Chen Shengjie's four people is the same as Zhao Yuanzuo, but the weapons they are good at are Qimei Water Fire Stick, Tiger Three-Section Whip, Ghost Head Double Plate Axe, and Black Dragon Glaive Knife.

Chen Shengjie and the four of them were also waiting for the end of the review ceremony to re-equip themselves with their skilled weapons.

Not long after Lu Chengyu's 800 Tianxiang army stood on the school ground, the forbidden army behind followed suit; And Song Taizong, who had finished reviewing the troops, walked down from the tower of Wanshengmen under the support of the guard of honor and came to the Daxiao Field on the shore of Jinming Lake.

What is a big deal? It is the honor guard of the emperor when he travels.

It is mainly composed of a guide, a driver, a front and rear guard, a front and rear drum band, and an emperor's driver.

By the Kaifeng Order, Kaifeng Mu, Taichangqing, Situ, Yu Shi Dafu, and the Ministry of War, it is called the "Six Introductions".

Then there are the twelve "big flags", that is, the big flags, each of which is supported by several people.

The banner was followed by a "cleansing team" that patrolled the clearing of the site, and its members were armed with bows, crossbows, and lances.

They were followed by the Suzaku team with the Suzaku flag, lance, and crossbow.

This was followed by twelve dragon flags: one each for Fengbo and Yushi, one for Lei Gong and one for Dianmu, one for wood, fire, earth, metal, and Mercury, one for each of the left and right flags, and one for the Beidou flag.

Behind the flag is a special fleet of vehicles, including guide cars, Jili drum cars, egret cars, Luan flag cars, evil car, Pixuan cars, etc.

Each car was pulled by four horses, with fourteen drivers and one craftsman.

At this point, the guard of honor of the guide is over, and then the guard of honor is followed.

The guard of honor is different from the guard of honor, which is mainly based on music and battles, and the civil and military officials who accompany the emperor on his journey are also among them.

The leader of the guard of honor is a guard composed of twelve rows of cavalry holding horizontal swords, bows and arrows, arranged separately, which is called "guiding the twelve".

It was followed by a large drum band, in front of which two drum commanders were in charge of the performance.

The musical instruments of the band are mainly all kinds of drums, mainly including h drums, big drums, cymbal drums, stanza drums, small drums, feather bao drums, etc., as well as wind instruments flute, flute, flute (also known as hu ji, a kind of wind instrument of the northern people), long and middle sound (both are horns), big horizontal blowing (horizontal flute), 筚篥 (wind instrument) and other percussion instruments such as gold cymbals, the whole band is composed of nearly 1,000 people.

The band is followed by a banner formation consisting of various flags (rectangular flags in the shape of a droop), sho (flags decorated with feathers), and flags.

Some of the accompanying officials and the emperor's imperial horses were also mixed in the flag array.

After the flag array, there are the green dragon flag and the white tiger flag on the left and right.

Behind the two flags is an accompanying procession of court officials.

In the middle of this team, there were also interspersed and mixed with cavalry and infantry soldiers armed with weapons.

Behind the guard of honor is the jade chariot that the emperor sits.

The Emperor's chariot was the heart of the entire guard of honor, so the guards were extremely tight.

The jade chariot was controlled by the imperial servant, surrounded by dozens of drivers in front and behind, and the two sides were escorted by the left and right guard generals (senior generals).

He was followed by the high-ranking generals and eunuchs of the forbidden army.

On the periphery of these escort officers were teams of cavalry and foot soldiers of the forbidden army, each of which was led by a general.

Armed with bows, arrows, knives and other weapons, the forbidden soldiers were ready to deal with unexpected situations.

Following the forbidden soldiers were the honor guards composed of peacock fans, small group fans, square fans, yellow lu, jianglu, xuanwu and so on.

Behind the emperor's chariot was a "rear drumming" band, which was equipped with similar instruments to the drum band in front of the jade chariot, but it was relatively small in size, but there were hundreds of people.

Immediately following the "rear propaganda" were all kinds of chariots for the emperor, including the chariot, the chariot, the waist chariot, the golden chariot, the elephant chariot, the leather chariot, the five chariots, the root car, the Anche, the Siwang car, the sheep chariot, the subordinate car, the Huang Yue car, the leopard tail car, etc.

The commanders of the two capital armies each led hundreds of soldiers, divided into four horizontal rows, holding halberds, swords and shields, bows and arrows, and crossbows, and followed the leopard-tailed chariot as a cover.

Each vehicle was drawn by horses and accompanied by an unequal number of drivers. Walking at the end of the guard of honor was the rearguard troops, in front of which were the left and right wing infantry teams led by two generals, divided into two phalanxes in the front and rear, with a flag as the lead.

The soldiers wore scarfs and armor, and carried bows, swords, and shields, and each team was dressed in the same color, alternating with each other.

In the middle is the left and right compartment of the yellow battle, divided into 12 rows, respectively holding a bow, a knife, a halberd, a shield and a peacock (a flag made of feathers), goose feathers, chicken feathers, etc. After the battle, Huang Lu was a soldier, holding ancient honor guard weapons such as guns. Finally, it is a flag array composed of cavalry and flag teams on the left and right sides of the guards.

The flags held by each flag team are painted with the same kind of legendary gods and monsters, such as evil spirits, jade horses, yellow dragons, unicorns, dragon horses, triangular beasts, Xuanwu, golden bulls, etc. Behind the flag array, there is a yellow battle composed of infantry soldiers, and there are cavalry guards......

After Emperor Taizong got into the car, the queen, beauties, and concubines all followed him and got into his car; Several women who have served the emperor and met by chance are also among them.

From this level, Emperor Taizong is really a stallion-type emperor; I have slept with thousands of women, but I still don't let go of no one who is a little beautiful.

For example, Mrs. Hua Rui and Empress Xiao Zhou, it is a pity that Liu Min's mother Liu Mo was brought into the palace by Zhao Guangyi but was not pampered, so she had to make a mess with Li Min, the head of the guard.

More than ten years later, Liu Mo and Li Min's girl Liu Min unexpectedly broke into the drunken place of Bianliang in the Great Song Dynasty.

As soon as Song Taizong heard the name Liu Min, he was a little nervous, and arranged for his subordinates to capture and kill; However, it backfired; Lan Caihe, a female confidant sent out by Song Taizong, was killed by Liu Min, and the eunuch Wang Jien was seriously injured and has not yet recovered; And the four masters of the Imperial City Division, Jiang Qing, Shen Yang, Han Fei, and Yang Guangquan, were killed by Liu Min.

Ironically, Liu Min was now mixed in with the ranks of the 800 Heavenly Xiang Army and was reviewed by him.

Of course, Song Taizong would not know that Liu Min and Zhao Yuanzuo were mixed in the 800 Tianxiang army, but Song Taizong wanted to make a big noise about this expedition to the west of Lu Chengyu; That's why a guard of honor was dispatched.

The guard of honor had already paraded around Bianliang City before ascending the tower of Wansheng Gate; Song Taizong wanted to let the people of the capital see the majesty and inviolability of the emperor.

The huge guard of honor starts from the imperial city, goes to the outer city, enters the inner city, and then enters the palace city, Jinglong Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Xihua Gate, Donghua Gate, and Danfeng Gate pass through one by one, and then go out of the palace city from Danfeng Gate and advance along the royal street.

After the Great Xiangguo Temple, the State Bridge, and the Guozi Eunuch, he came out of the Suzaku Gate to the outer city; After passing through the outer city, go out of the South Xun Gate and go around to Jinming Pond before arriving at Wansheng Gate.

Now he has returned from Wanshengmen to the Daxiao Field of Jinmyeongchi.

The huge honor guard attracted more than one million citizens, businessmen, and people in Bianliang City to follow, watch, and admire.

Emperor Taizong wanted to create a grand atmosphere that had no one before or since, and promoted the national prestige of the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Taizong's royal honor guard finally stalled on the school field by the Jinming Pond, and Song Taizong walked down from the jade chariot and walked up to the imperial wine platform with the support of Zhou Shaozong, Duan Li, several eunuchs and palace maids.

Zhou Shaozong shouted, asked the military general to open the imperial wine, and poured a bowl for each of the 800 Tianxiang troops in the audience; He also sent a bowl of imperial wine to Song Taizong.

Song Taizong held the wine bowl in his hand, and Lu Chengyu walked up to the wine table; Song Taizong gave the bowl of imperial wine to Lu Chengyu, and said with a smile: "The horse led the people to the border to fight against the barbarians, and I personally gave you a bowl of imperial wine for your heroism!" ”

Lu Chengyu knelt on the ground and took the imperial wine given by Song Taizong with both hands and worshiped the emperor, but he held the wine bowl in his hand and shouted to the 800 soldiers in the audience: "Thank you for the holy wine, the 800 soldiers of the Tianxiang Army will never live up to Your Majesty's high expectations; Fight bravely to kill the enemy and protect my great Song Dynasty for thousands of generations! ”

Lu Chengyu said these high-sounding words, and shouted: "Soldiers, for the sake of the Great Song River, for the emperor's dragon health; Let's do this bowl of wine together! ”

Under the summons of Lu Chengyu, the 800 Tianxiang soldiers under the imperial wine platform drank the bowl of wine in their hands, and Wen Tongxiao saw the opportunity to shout: "Long live!" Banzai! Hooray! ”。

800 soldiers shouted: "Long live, long live, long live!" ”

The hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops standing behind the 800 Tianxiang Army also shouted, and the enthusiastic sound rushed straight to the sky......