Chapter VI Colonel of the Forbidden Army

On February 15 of the ninth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty held a colonel of the forbidden army, and the Tang Emperor Li Yuan personally came to review the forbidden army. After this review, there will also be an officer promotion event, and a martial arts competition will be held, and many soldiers of the forbidden army will also take this opportunity to gear up and want to obtain official positions through the competition. The forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty at this time was composed of the left and right Qianniu guards, the left and right prison guards, and the North Gate Tun Army. The left and right Qianniu guards are the emperor's inner guards, responsible for serving as guards and honor guards for the emperor. The guards on the left and right guards were the guards in charge of the perimeter of the palace, and rarely followed the emperor's actions. And the left and right prison guards are also responsible for guarding the four gates of the palace: Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird, Qinglong, and White Tiger. And the Suzaku Gate is the south gate, that is, the main gate of the Taiji Palace. However, although the Vermilion Bird Gate is the main gate, it is far inferior to the Xuanwu Gate of the North Gate in the history of the Tang Dynasty. The Xuanwu Gate in the history of the Tang Dynasty can be said to have influenced the course of several historical stages of the Tang Dynasty, and several coups in the entire Tang Dynasty originated from the Xuanwu Gate.

As for the Beimen Tun Army, that is, an army stationed at the Xuanwu Gate of the North Gate, there are about 20,000 people. The Beimentun Army was formed by the soldiers who voluntarily followed Li Yuan and their descendants when Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, raised troops against the Sui. In fact, the North Gate Tun Army can be said to be the most loyal armed force to the Royal Lobby, so it has always been very important. However, according to the unspoken rules, the Beimen Tun army would generally only obey the emperor's orders, and no one could mobilize them without the emperor's personal order. Even if the crown prince was in danger in front of them, they would be indifferent, because they would not have gone out without the emperor's order. It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin was able to successfully implement the Xuanwumen Mutiny, which was caused by the neutrality of the Beimen Tun Army.

"I've seen the emperor!" More than 20,000 soldiers saluted Emperor Li Yuan together.

"Up!"

With the order of the salute officer, more than 20,000 soldiers rose up together.

Li Yuan looked at the more than 20,000 soldiers and was very excited in his heart. Because it is now the ninth year of Wude, the Tang Dynasty has swept the world and put down all rebellions. Now, except for the last separatist force, Liang Shidu is still surviving, and the rest of the world has completely belonged to the Tang Dynasty. The general trend of the Tang Dynasty dominating the world can no longer be stopped, so Li Yuan looked at this majestic army, as if he saw that his great cause was about to be completed, and he was about to become a founding emperor in the true sense.

"Soldiers, I have been ...... since I ascended the throne and became emperor nine years ago."

Li Yuan actually began to recall the journey he had traveled all the way, and he said a lot of good things about all kinds of achievements. Listening to Li Yuan say these words below, Chen Fei came and went and heard a meaning, that is, following Emperor Li Yuan, there is meat to eat.

"Damn, are you going to play? These shitty and long leadership speeches have actually had a tradition since ancient times, your grandfather's! Chen Fei muttered in his heart.

Although Chen Fei was very unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to express it. After all, this is an ancient time, not the era of democracy in later generations, let alone broken thoughts, even if you scold officials, it doesn't matter. But it won't work here, if Chen Fei dares to say it casually, then I'm afraid that what awaits him will be severely punished. And the surroundings were also silent, how could Chen Fei have the courage to open his mouth and break his thoughts! Therefore, even if Chen Fei has any dissatisfaction, he can only be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

After about an hour, that is, two hours later, Li Yuan, whose eyebrows were fluttering, finally stopped his stinky and long speech, which seemed to be an old grandmother's footcloth.

"Now, I announce that the forbidden army competition has begun." Li Yuan said.

"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! ……”

The soldiers finally began to shout long live, and applause is not popular in this era, so everyone can only chant.

Soon, the forbidden armies began to disperse, ready to participate in the contest that was about to begin. And in this competition, a group of people will be selected and can be awarded official positions in the stream. That is, he officially became an official official of the imperial court, and he began to enter the official career. And many people want to fight for this opportunity, because for the vast majority of people who don't have much culture, joining the army is a shortcut to getting ahead. And the selection of officers in the army, that is a bigger way, if you don't become an officer, then you have to follow the rules of the court, and you will be a soldier for the rest of your life. A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Anyone who has a little ability and wants to become an officer will not miss this colonel of the forbidden army. Because this is an opportunity to become an officer once a year, it can be regarded as the "imperial examination" in the forbidden army.

"I'm going to participate in archery, you can count me one!" Chen Fei said.

"Chen joins the army, you also want to participate in archery? Can you drive the 'Nine Stone Bow'? Someone laughed immediately.

Chen Fei made a bet with Chang He that the news of opening the nine-stone bow had already spread in the forbidden army. Everyone sneered at Chen Fei's self-indulgent behavior. Chen Fei is a literati, and he actually wants to open a nine-stone bow, isn't this here to rob everyone's jobs? In the army of the Tang Dynasty, every soldier had to be able to shoot a bow. According to the ratio of bows and crossbows in the Tang Dynasty army, it reached one hundred and twenty percent, which means that as long as it is the army of the Tang Dynasty, no matter what kind of army it is, there must be a long-range weapon such as a bow and crossbow. Therefore, the bow and crossbow was a compulsory test item for the Tang Dynasty army. Now Chen Fei is also coming to take the bow and crossbow test, which makes everyone feel a little robbed of their jobs by literati.

"That's right, I'm going to participate. I'm also a member of the Left Prison Guard, so I should be qualified to be a colonel, right? Chen Fei asked.

"Since Chen Senjun is going to participate, let's see how Chen Senjun pulls the 'Nine Stone Bow'." Someone immediately said.

Since Chen Fei took the initiative to rush over to embarrass his face, they naturally had no intention of stopping it. This is also the legendary civilian-military lightness, since a civil official chooses to come over and lose face, then they have no idea of stopping it. And that guy also added an accent to the three words of the so-called "Nine Stone Bow", obviously very suspicious of Chen Fei's claim that he was going to pull the Nine Stone Bow before.

"Chen joins the army, the first thing our Datang army needs to test is the bow and arrow, and the competition will start after an hour, come over then!" As for your number, that is the sixty-sixth, sixty-six Shun, give you a better number, I hope that when Chen joins the army, you will be able to win! Someone said in a weird way.