As soon as a few people walked out of the side tent, they saw that the inside and outside of the main tent were already full of people on both sides of the wooden steps, except for Xiao Ziliang, Wang Yan, who was also a servant and a regular attendant, as well as the generals in the palace who were wearing red clothes and wearing a military attache with a head tassel, all of them were equipped with swords and swords on both sides. These people say they are generals, but they are actually imperial guards. These people are all composed of the children of the gate lords, and their daily work is not only to protect the emperor, but also to inspect the palace.

Below the main tent, several generals in military uniforms stood aside with a multi-hanging pheasant tail umbrella with a cyan as the main tone, waiting for Xiao Zhen to leave the tent.

Tuoba Shen and Li Biao and the others arrived a few steps away from the tent, and they didn't rush in, so they waited in their clothes. After waiting for a while, I saw Xiao Yin, Xiao Wei and others coming out of the account, and in front of Xiao Wei was Liu Yin, who was less than half of Xiao Wei's height.

Tuoba Shen glanced at the tent, and the people from Xie Fanjing had long since disappeared.

Also, she is a woman's family, and she will never stay in a military tent that is full of men for a long time.

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The military salute belongs to one of the five rites in the Zhou ceremony, and after entering the Qin and Han dynasties, there are usually several kinds of big reading, field hunting, ordering generals to go on the expedition, pro-conscription, offering prisoners, and saving the sun and cutting drums. The big parade is today's military parade and martial arts, and Tian Hunting is today's second program, the later life will go out, pro-conscription, and sacrifice prisoners, needless to say, saving the sun and cutting drums is to deal with the tengu eating day.

Standing a few steps away from Xiao Zhen, Tuoba Shen and a few people watched from the railing. By this time, the sky was already bright, and the sun was faintly showing signs of outcropping. Between the high slopes and open spaces and canals on the periphery of the Xuanwu Field, on and under the trees, there were people everywhere, and roughly there were at least tens of thousands.

These people are here to watch the ceremony. This kind of grand ceremony that allows folk to visit is not common in a year, in this era of folk entertainment is relatively small, military salute is a rare ceremony, so many people in Jiankang City today, regardless of men and women, all come here to join in the fun. Although Tuoba Shen and the others were far away from the viewing platform, they could also hear the noise coming from below from a distance.

"Your Majesty, all the pre-ceremonial officers and soldiers have been prepared, and the ministers are invited to give a military salute." Xiao Wei held the hilt of the sword in his right hand, walked up the wooden steps to the front of the stage not far away, and bowed down.

Xiao Xun ordered his attendant to send a cyan pennant to Xiao Wei and said, "Da Sima is the head of all the generals, and he can give military orders on my behalf." ”

Xiao Wei got Xiao Chen's order flag, after saluting, he turned back and took a few steps down, waved the order flag in his hand in an orderly manner, and the music platform under the Wu Tent Gang suddenly drummed, the big horn, the bell chime and the sound of the military drum rose all at once, and its sound was far away from ten miles.

Xiao Feng, the general of the left guard, and Wang Xuanmiao, the general of the right guard, who had already been on standby in the outer forest outside the eastern area of the Xuanwu Field, were wearing light armor, and each led 2,000 armor soldiers to rush out of the forest in the west of the Xuanwu Field, and entered the Xuanwu Field from the north and south gates.

Tuoba Shen raised his hand to remove the flag on the Xingtian Banner that was blown around by the wind in front of him, and looked into the distance, paying attention to the two dusts that rushed out of the dense forest in the distance, and each of these two dusts had a cyan main general flag.

Looking at the dust flying in the distance, Tuoba Shen covered the already dazzling sunlight with his hand, and after staring at the Qi army participating in the exercise who was constantly flashing reflections in the distance, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart: "Armored cavalry!" ”

Before he came, Tuoba Shen thought that this lecture on martial arts was either to demonstrate the guidance of military orders and the basic combat essentials of infantry in accordance with the old precedents handed down from the Chinese dynasties, or to engage in infantry drills, but he did not expect that it would be the most proficient cavalry in this dynasty, and it was also a sharp weapon for infantry to break through the formation.

If you talk about the navy, there is still a saying in the Southern Dynasty that the infantry is barely in trouble, what is it to use cavalry? Moreover, he had heard Li Biao say before that the martial arts activities he had participated in in the past were mainly naval forces, and the infantry had twice, but the cavalry had never been there.

Unexpectedly, now I have not only seen the cavalry of the Southern Dynasty, but also the armored cavalry that has far surpassed the infantry. This was not only unexpected by Tuoba Shen, but even Li Biao and Yu Zhong did not expect it.

In the pre-Qin period, the development of cavalry was still in the initial period, and the equipment was still simple, and ordinary soldiers at that time could not wear armor, let alone horses. Since entering the Han Dynasty, because in the continuous war with the Xiongnu, the loss of horses is too great, and people have paid more and more attention to the protection of horses, so in the past few hundred years, the protection of horses has developed from key protection to full armor for full body protection.

The Han Dynasty, which was equipped with armored cavalry, relied on infantry and light cavalry to make up for the nomadic cavalry in the battle against the materially scarce nomadic cavalry, forming a suppressive blow to the nomads. Even in the late Han Dynasty, this kind of armored cavalry was still a sharp weapon to suppress Wuhuan and the Xiongnu, but because the requirements for horses were higher than those of ordinary military horses, and the creation of equipment consumed resources, it has always been a small amount of equipment to be used as a breakthrough during the stalemate period of the war.

Tuoba Shen looked at the cavalry that continued to rush out of the dense forest, and his heart was quite emotional.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, when the battle of Guandu was fought, Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, was only 300 armor cavalry, and the war of hundreds of years made the armor cavalry develop so rapidly that even the Southern Dynasty, which was short of horses, could take out so much at once. You must know that this kind of cavalry is only tens of thousands in this dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty can arrange so many armored cavalry in Jiankang, so there are a lot of Jiangbei!

The appearance of the armored cavalry not only shocked Tuoba Shen and several people, but even the Jiankang people outside the Xuanwu field were also excited, and many people flocked to the high ground to see more clearly.

No matter how well this cavalry behaves on the battlefield, it is no wonder that they are so excited.

Xiao Zhen looked at these military flags unfurled, the galloping cavalry queue and the excited people, unconsciously stroked his beard and chuckled, pointed to the cavalry below and said with a smile: "In the past, Wei Wu invaded Jingzhou, sent 5,000 iron horses, and drove 300 miles in one day and night. Saying that, he asked Tuoba Shen: "The Northern Dynasty is good at using the horse army, and as the Northern Envoy has seen, can the armor and cavalry of this Dynasty be able to fight?" ”

"It is indeed a strong army, but I don't know how many armored horses there are in your dynasty?" Tuoba Shen turned around and said.

Xiao Zhen smiled and said to Xiao Luan: "Xiao Servant can solve the doubts of the northern envoy." ”

Xiao Luan said: "It seems that there are more than 50,000 such heroes. ”

Tuoba listened cautiously, pretended to be silent for a moment, and said: "Fifty thousand armor horses, you must not say the public, but it is enough to be fierce. Thinking about the mutual market over the years, the Gui Dynasty has obtained a lot of horses. This dynasty has been in the official market of the Gui Dynasty for many years, and there are not many horses sold. Since there are 50,000 people in your dynasty, why did you sue our envoys many times, only saying that the horses were not enough, and asking the dynasty to produce more good horses? ”

"What the Northern Envoy said is not true. There is a cloud in the Tao Sutra: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more loss". The land of horse grazing in the Gui Dynasty, starting from Liangzhou in the west and reaching Liaoxi in the east, is estimated to have no less than two million horses, and the official market every year. Hundreds of horses, no more than a thousand, and many blunt, embarrassing drive. This dynasty has sent envoys many times, forgetting that the Gui Dynasty attaches importance to the official market and adds more good horses, but it has repeatedly shirked and strictly refused for the Gui Dynasty. This incident not only violates the ancient precepts, but also loses the meaning of harmony. ”

Xiao Zhen listened to Xiao Luan's words, couldn't help but nodded, and said with a straight face: "What Xiao Servant said, although there is something offensive, what he said is not false. Over the years, although the two dynasties have had exchanges with each other, they were only given by the noble dynasty, and most of them belonged to leather, and there were many deficiencies in horses. For the sake of mutual benefit, we have opened up the border markets widely, so that the two countries can communicate with each other, and there will be no hindrance to the trade between the north and the south. And the annual increase of horses in the Northern Dynasties is 100,000, so why draw on 35,000? ”

"One hundred thousand, it must be the villain who misunderstood His Majesty's hearing. Your Majesty should know that since the end of the Han Dynasty, the weather has been very different from the previous generation, the cold wind in the north of the river in August and September, the land of Heshuo that is, the grass and trees are dry and yellow, the river water is gradually cut off, and even the horses have nothing to do, and there are many people who die of cold and hunger. Among the four desecrations (the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Huaishui, and the Jishui), only the river is not iced, which is what His Majesty sees. At the beginning of the Southern Jin Dynasty, the Murong clan crossed the Bohai Sea to conquer Liao, and His Majesty should also know about this matter. Huaishui, Bohai is still like this, the situation is cloudy, Shuo, Liangzhou yes? This day is difficult, and it is not an excuse for foreign ministers. This is one. ”

"The two, all horses, must be strong and weak, the strong gallop across the field, and the weak walk on the mountain road. Of the 100,000 horses, less than half of them are compatible, and the rest are only driven by servants. ”

"The three, there are worms in the north, high cars, Goryeo in the east, and Tuyuhun in the west, all of them are not idle, and they are thousands of miles away, and most of them come and go like the wind. Therefore, although there are many horses, there are still insufficient for personal use, how can they be compared with your dynasty! It is the reason why the noble dynasty has repeatedly begged for horses, and three or five hundred can still be searched, if there are more, it is really difficult! I hope Your Majesty will be more considerate of these three feelings. ”

Xiao Zhen saw that Tuoba was cautious and sharp, and was silent. I don't know how many times he sent the messenger to say these words, but in the trade of war horses, the Northern Dynasty has not let go, just Xiao Luan opened his mouth, saying that there are more than 50,000, in fact there are more than 10,000, and half of these armor horses are left in Jiankang to guard. The other half was placed in Southern Yanzhou to prevent the Northern Dynasties from attacking.

Li Biao was relieved to see that Tuoba Shen did not end Xiao Zhen's questioning. I was afraid that Xiao Zhen would be annoyed, so I hurriedly smiled and said: "If Your Majesty wants to buy more good horses, the foreign minister can write this dynasty." It's just that this matter is not negotiable for a moment or two. The foreign ministers and others intend to build Kang Duojia Panhuan, and His Majesty can send envoys to discuss. ”

Tuoba Shen also said: "If Your Majesty is interested, the foreign minister can know on his behalf." ”

Isn't it just a matter of talking a little more? I can't be the master, and in the end I waste your time in vain.

Seeing that Tuoba Shen said this, Xiao Zhen's face was a little better, and said: "In this way, I feel the kindness of the northern envoy" said, and said to Xiao Ziqing: "Yun Chang, you can discuss this matter with the northern envoy, and don't disappoint the order of the imperial court." ”

When Xiao Ziqing and Tuoba Shen heard this, their faces were stunned.

"The minister respectfully obeys the edict!"

Playing the emotional card?

Hum!!!