Chapter 376: Zhenguan's Sixth Year Military Parade (I)
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! With the command, the car shook and the car began to move slowly.
Li Shimin sat up straight with a little nervousness, his eyes squinting to the sides, and he still pretended to have a calm smile on his face.
"Woo......!" There was a long, loud sound, using steam through the copper pipe, a thin slice in the front section, making a loud and long whistle sound.
Li Shimin was taken aback, stood up suddenly, and grabbed the handrail with both hands.
"Father don't be nervous, this is just a reminder to get out of the way of the people in front." Feng Daiwen hurriedly stepped forward and helped him to explain loudly.
When Li Shimin heard this, he looked around, there was nothing unusual, except that the car was slowly getting faster, and there were guards on both sides riding horses to follow, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then nodded and said indifferently: "I just got up and took a look, don't be nervous!" ”
Feng Daiwen glanced at Li Shimin's fingers grabbing the armrest, because of the excessive force, the muscles were already protruding, and he couldn't help but turn his head, and said to himself: "I'm not nervous, there are other people who are nervous." ”
The eldest grandson, who had not yet gotten into the car, was also startled by the loud sound, sitting on the luan frame and looking nervously, seeing Li Shimin standing on the huge steel monster and running faster and faster, he couldn't help but worry for a while, and quickly stood up and stared at it, just like Hou Yi watching Chang'e soar.
The car advanced for a distance, and the speed finally got up, Li Shimin got used to it for a while, and he was not nervous, he stood up excitedly and looked at the houses and trees that were constantly falling back on both sides, and the cold wind on both sides didn't seem to be so cold.
Feng Daiwen asked him to bring a thick cotton hat, a scarf, and sunglasses, and he was dressed in the same way, and the two of them stretched out their heads to look outside.
Feng Daiwen has not seen a car for many years, let alone rided, which will relive the old dream, and the mood is inexplicably excited.
Although Li Shimin also rode a horse and galloped wildly, how could he have the speed of a car, not to mention that it was still a huge steel monster, which could gallop without livestock, although the speed was lower than that of a fast horse, but it was not slow.
"Guanyin, come up quickly, I will take you for a swim." The car went around for a circle and stopped near the eldest grandson, and Li Shimin excitedly extended an invitation to the eldest grandson.
It seems that it is a self-taught technique to drive a luxury car and flirt with girls, of course, such a good thing, if no one shares it, it is too uncomfortable to hold it in my heart.
The eldest grandson watched the car run for a week, and although he wanted to try it in his heart, he still implicitly pulled Li Shimin to get into the car.
When the eldest grandson put on his equipment, Li Shimin couldn't wait to give the order to start, and kicked Feng Daiwen to let him get down and not block his view.
Feng Daiwen hated this behavior of crossing the river and withdrawing the bridge, but he was powerless to resist, so he had to accept his fate, led a guard's war horse, and followed on horseback.
As for the guards who did not have horses, they walked aside after curing their grievances, and looked enviously at their comrades to see the artifacts up close.
After running wildly for half an hour, Li Shimin and his wife felt a little cold and uncomfortable, so they ordered to stop, get out of the car and move, and then walked into the conservatory with unfinished thinking, and looked down from the window from time to time, watching the craftsman overhaul, and was afraid that he would be damaged.
After resting, Li Shimin unceremoniously ordered people to nominate the car as the Shenlong, and then returned to the palace with high morale and satisfaction.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the power of the great victory, Li Shimin decided to hold a military parade again to deter more than 200 tribes and small countries that came, but also to strengthen the confidence of the people and strengthen the sense of belonging of the newly joined Datang tribes.
It just so happened that there were still more than 200,000 troops in the Guannai who had returned to the division this time, and after half a month of urgent preparations, 80,000 troops were selected to participate in the parade.
The military parade was also announced a few days ago, and it was held outside the Mingde Gate in Chang'an City.
Early in the morning, guards circled the viewing point, and there were guards for several miles outside the city to maintain security, leaving enough routes for the parade troops.
The parade soldiers will come out of the military camp near Furong Garden and Qujiang Pond, march along the outside of the city wall, all the way past the Mingde Gate where Li Shimin stands, and then line up outside the Mingde Gate for review.
The weather is sunny today, there are no clouds, not even a little cold wind, and the sun comes out, making the earth warm.
After the meal, many people went out of the city from Anhua Gate and Qixia Gate one after another and entered the viewing area.
As time went on, slowly approaching the hour (nine o'clock), more guards began to appear on the city walls and began to patrol.
At midnight, the sun had just risen above the slope, dispelling the cold.
"Woo! Woo! Woo! In the sound of the huge horn, Li Shimin took many ministers to the city wall, and the dense crowd on both sides spread out far away, and the Mingde Gate was directly opposite the nobles and the families of the officials, and Fanbang was on the left side of the families, separated by guards.
This is a good position specially arranged by Li Shimin, just to let them watch it up close and feel the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Dozens of huge war drums rang out in unison.
"Step! Trample! Trample! "The opening scene is three thousand heavily armored infantry, marching across with heavy steps, neat formation, unified equipment, all carrying long-handled swords, cold and shining weapons and armor, no one will doubt his combat effectiveness.
When the heavy cavalry silently crossed the Mingde Gate and raised their swords to salute, the mountain-like bearing made the people watching cheer, and the Fanbang envoy gasped, and he couldn't think of any soldiers in his own house who could compete with him.
As the heavily armored warriors stepped into the waiting area to line up, the Fanbang envoy felt the pressure like a mountain at close range, and the solemn smell of blood came to his face, obviously these armors and weapons were all killed and stained with blood.
Fortunately, seeing that there were only 3,000 people, this gave them a sigh of relief, and they automatically ignored that there might be more such soldiers in Datang.
Just when they were in a better mood, 3,000 Turkic light cavalry archers, 3,000 Hui half-armored cavalry, 3,000 pikemen, and 3,000 jumping soldiers rushed in.
The same neat military formation, the pace, revealed that this was all a strictly trained elite, passing by the Mingde Gate, Li Shimin raised his weapon and saluted above, and shouted in his mouth, "Datang Wansheng!" ”
And Li Shimin will also raise his hand to return the salute, and the eldest grandson will also wave his hand, as for Li Yuan, in the past few years, as soon as winter comes, he will take a group of wives and children to the south to spend the winter, which will not come back yet, and he will not return to Chang'an to enjoy and escape the heat until the weather is hot in April and May.
For the gesture of Li Shimin and his wife, many soldiers were very excited, feeling that their hearts were about to jump out of their chests, their faces were red with excitement, and they shouted at the top of their throats when they yelled, as if they were not so, and they couldn't vent their excitement in their hearts.
For these regular troops, although the envoys of Fanbang sighed at their elite, they were not too surprised, and it was estimated that they were selected from the team, and they thought that they could also select a lot of them.
But what they don't know is that the selection is the selection, but the selection is about the same height, so that the queue is good-looking.
(End of chapter)