Chapter 377: Zhenguan's six-year military parade (II)
Just when these messengers calmed down a little, the people who made their faces change dramatically reappeared.
Three thousand heavily armored cavalry, even men and horses, were all hidden in the armor, only the eyes were outside, like a group of tin cans, following the sound of war drums, calmly stepping through the Mingde Gate.
Although they all walked slowly, the extended version of the spear in their hands, like the head of a snake spear, made people wonder how many people they could penetrate before they stopped.
Just when the faces of the envoys were ugly, a thousand elephant soldiers also entered, and Feng Daiwu rode an elephant first, leading a group of elephants from outside Chang'an City. A herd of elephants, following the beat of the drums, came rhythmically, it was like the earth shaking the mountains, and you could clearly feel the vibration when you stood on the city wall.
Elephants that don't wear rattan armor look a lot cute, but their thick thighs, long noses, and tusks like big knives are still intimidating.
Passing by the Mingde Gate, the neat long neighing was deafening, even if the war horses that had been trained together for half a month were in a small commotion before they calmed down under the comfort of the knight.
The war elephant turned and walked towards the waiting area, just in time to face the messengers, and a group of fierce beasts came to them, which made the faces of the messengers change greatly, and as they approached, they all took a few steps back unnaturally, for fear that the elephants would rush over uncontrollably, and they had no doubt that they would be trampled into pulp.
Whether it is heavy cavalry or war elephants, since they can participate in the parade, they must belong to those who can go to the battlefield, and those who know a little bit about military affairs are struggling to think about how to crack it, but this makes them desperate, and they really can't think of it.
These rushed into battle at a specific time, and the destructive power was completely conceivable, although the Western Turks had taken refuge in the Tang Dynasty, but they still found out some news, knowing that during the decisive battle in Yizhou, there was once a group of monsters with uninjured swords, and now when they see elephants, they naturally understand.
Before they could figure out a way, archers, crossbowmen, vine armor soldiers, fanatics, and Xuanjia troops had also entered the field, and the most people were still Li Jing's mixed Mo sword formation.
Because of the continuous emergence of new weapons and equipment, the Modao military formation has been improved by Li Jing many times, with spears and giant shields on both sides for defense, the middle is full of heavily armored Mo swords, and the back of the formation is full of crossbowmen, with a small number of cavalry.
Cavalry is used to pinn down the enemy, to prevent the enemy from going all out, or to attack in a detour, and most importantly to the Strange Knife Soldiers.
Mo knife and chopping knife are similar, and slightly different, one zhang long, but the handle is only one foot three inches (about forty centimeters), weighing fifteen catties (ten kilograms), the original design is Mingguang armor plus iron knife, technology follow-up, has become the current steel knife, steel armor.
After passing through the Mingde Gate, Li Shimin and others easily saw the advantages of this military formation, which can be described as both offensive and defensive, and they couldn't help but nod their heads and praise, especially in the case of insufficient cavalry, this is one of the best military formations for dealing with cavalry, and even better than the extended spear formation.
Comparatively speaking, the Mo Knife Formation is easier to use and attack, while the Spear Formation is just a simple defense.
The Mo knife hand advanced in formation, able to destroy everything in front of him, regardless of the people and horses, and cut it in two, while the charging steel armor not only ensured the defense, but also reduced the weight.
The extraordinarily long blade of the Mo swordsman made people shudder, although they were in the middle of the military formation, they still couldn't hide their demeanor.
Mo swordsman can still pick one out of twenty, then the Liaoxi Lux Legion is simply one in a thousand, hundreds of thousands of people, only to pick out five thousand, and with hundreds of thousands of war horses such as Khitan and Turkic, they can't choose a war horse that can let them ride the charge, so they have to be reduced to infantry.
With an average height of about six feet (one meter nine), plus armor and helmets, it is simply a humanoid monster, with a fierce aura.
Then there were the sailors, the twelve elite guards, the government soldiers, and the last to enter the field were 1,000 doctors and 2,000 auxiliary battlefield rescue soldiers.
Many of them were women, half-sized, carrying specially made bags and support staff carrying improvised stretchers.
Although he did not carry any swords, he was respected by all, and many soldiers were saved by their treatment, and many were injured and treated in time to avoid cripplement.
When they (they) passed, all the warriors naturally raised their weapons in salute, even the most honest wrestler legion, and the most unruly minority warriors, all sent their respects.
The battlefield rescue corps, almost with tears in their eyes, passed by the Mingde Gate with their heads held high, and accepted everyone's respect, which made them (they) very moved, so that this group of people who were originally marginalized in society regained the value of life, and also felt that their hard work was not in vain.
If the battlefield rescue corps is respected by everyone, then the art troupe that follows is everyone's favorite, and is loved by every soldier, although there are only one or two hundred people, but they bring laughter to countless soldiers and soothe the lonely and boring hearts of many border soldiers.
"Woo......!" The whistle blew, and the loud sound overwhelmed all the sounds.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! A continuous stream of voices came from inside the Mingde Gate.
It didn't take long for everyone to search for the source of the sound, when suddenly a huge empty monster rushed out of the Mingde Gate.
Behind the monster is a group of knights, and standing above the monster are Li Shimin and his wife, who left the city at some point.
The monster didn't have long to rush out before it turned in a different direction and drove along the way in front of the troops waiting to be reviewed.
The steel monster that is slowly advancing, and those who are literate can already clearly see the "Divine Dragon", three bronzing typed.
For this steel monster that made an earth-shattering roar, many messengers thought that they had seen a divine beast and a monster, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and prayed.
"Woo......!" After another whistle, Li Shimin and his wife turned sideways and smiled at the military formation and waved slowly, because there was no loudspeaker, the two did not speak, but just swept their eyes over everyone with a smile.
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Banzai! ”
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Banzai! ”
The instructed warriors shouted loudly and excitedly, long live three times.
Under the influence of the soldiers, whether it was the ministers at the head of the city, the guards, or the people watching the parade, they all involuntarily chanted in unison.
Li Shimin felt the sincere chanting of countless people, and looked at the medals of countless people with their heads on their chests, and felt satisfied like never before.
The eldest grandson standing on the side, naturally felt empathy in his heart, was deeply honored, and was rarely excited, holding Li Shimin's hand, and unnaturally tightening his joy.
This huge military parade ended just after noon, although it was only nearly two hours, and it did have a far-reaching impact and countless talking points, and people still mentioned it decades later.
(End of chapter)