In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, at the beginning of March.

This is destined to be a date that will go down in history -- the grand military parade kicked off on this day.

According to the plan, on this day, 150,000 Tang Dynasty troops will enter the city from the east gate of Chang'an, Mingde Gate, along Zhuque Street, to the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial Palace, to be reviewed, and then go out of the palace from the Yanxi Gate, around Chang'an, in addition to allowing the envoys of various countries to let the people of the Tang Dynasty also see the peak of our Tang Dynasty, far better than any dynasty in prehistory.

Early in the morning, as the morning sun rose high, Li Shimin, a cadre of civil and military ministers and envoys from various countries came to the city wall of Chengtianmen.

This Chengtian Gate is located in the heart of the whole palace, there is the meaning of inheriting the heavens and receiving the order of the sky, it is the most important main gate in the palace, the city gate is five, the heavy building is nine, the shape is majestic and solemn, the momentum is magnificent, just like the [***] of the later generations.

In front of Chengtian Gate is a vast square, 350 meters wide from east to west, 660 meters long from north to south, and the ground is all paved with light-colored granite strips and stones treated by special technology. The square is large enough for 300,000 people to party and even hold grand gatherings.

The whole square is magnificent, neat and symmetrical, integrated and magnificent.

Li Shimin stood on the city tower, looking at the square in front of him, his eyes were proud, standing around him were all foreign envoys, facing this situation, everyone thought about him.

They have seen the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but the prosperity is just a legend, and no one knows how it really is. However, as envoys and representatives of the country, they are naturally not idle people, and they all understand the purpose of this military parade, but they are also surprised, which makes them uncertain.

The reason is that they have not heard anything beforehand, and generally speaking, such a large-scale demonstration would require a long period of preparation, and only then can the supreme deterrence be manifested.

But Datang didn't, they didn't have any movement before, but they just temporarily decided to hold this large-scale military parade. This has to be worrying, because it shows that Datang is a kind of self-confidence, a kind of self-confidence that can shock them if they can go to the battlefield without any preparation.

An army of 150,000, Datang was able to gather 150,000 elites in just over ten days, how powerful this is. It's just an ordinary soldier, and this number is enough to be proud of the world.

In the face of Datang's almost hasty decision, it made the foreign envoys of all countries frightened.

Li Shimin attached great importance to this military parade, and asked Li Jing beside him: "When will the soldiers arrive?" ”

Li Jing was also like Li Shimin, with a serious face, looked up at the sky, estimated the hour, and said in a deep voice: "It should be coming soon!" ”

His voice didn't come long after!

"Knock", "knock", "knock...... The sound similar to drumming came, from far to near, all at once, shocking. At first, everyone thought it was a drum beating, but as the sound got closer and closer, everyone was shocked, and it was definitely not a drum sound.

It was the sound of footsteps, the footsteps of 150,000 soldiers and horses coming together.

The sound of the 150,000 soldiers and horses condensing into this uniform footstep is like playing a drum, which is more shocking than the drumming.

Before the soldiers and horses arrived, the sound of footsteps had already captured people's hearts.

Li Jing said in a low voice: "This is called taking the lead!" ”

Li Shimin shouted in his heart: "What a preemptive!" ”

He looked extremely satisfied, and said with a smile: "But that kid came up with a clever trick?" ”

Li Jing smiled: "Only he can come up with this kind of trick." ”

The army had not yet appeared, but listening to the footsteps, a neat army of soldiers and horses had already appeared in everyone's minds.

But soon they realized how wrong they were, and although the voices were the same, the faint sound of footsteps in the distance was clearly converging from all directions, and people couldn't help but change color, and the armies that appeared were not one but several.

"Look, here's it, there's there, and here!" The low voice of surprise spread among the foreign envoys of various countries, and one by one they could not hide the shock in their hearts, and stretched out their heads to look.

The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are not a team gathered together, but are composed of eight troops, which are different types of soldiers and horses, from Danfeng Gate is light foot soldiers, from Fujian Gate is heavy foot soldiers, Qing'an Gate is light cavalry, Jingfeng Gate is heavy armored cavalry, and the rest of the Mo sword soldiers, jumping soldiers, etc. are gathered outside Chengtian Gate from different gates.

The 150,000 army is divided into eight groups, different arms, different routes, but they just make the same voice, what kind of tacit understanding is needed?

The earth shook with the sound of their tacit footsteps.

Everyone on the castle tower felt a tremor under their feet.

Not only the foreign envoys of various countries, but even Li Shimin was stunned, and he couldn't imagine that the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty could do this.

Li Jing pulled out the flag from his waist and waved it three times, and the drummer beat the war drum, and the drum changed.

The eight troops suddenly changed their formations, gathered together in a neat and uniform manner, and formed a huge and incomparable phalanx, which pressed the city with its peak military appearance and high morale.

Eventually, they all gathered in the square, and the footsteps were always uniform, even the horses were not in the slightest mess.

The drums beat faster and louder.

Eventually, there were three thunderous bangs, and then suddenly stopped.

The moment the drums stopped, the footsteps stopped abruptly.

Heaven and earth seemed to stop at that moment: the earth-shattering drums, the shaking footsteps, also disappeared in that instant.

The change was sudden, the appearance of the army was neat, not a single person in the 150,000 army made an abnormal sound, and there was no noise.

At this moment, even the sound of a needle hitting the ground can be heard clearly.

Li Shimin's breath became short, his eyes were fanatical, his hands were clenched, and he tried his best to suppress his excitement, he couldn't help himself, even Li Jing, Hou Junji, Li Ji and other veterans who had experienced a hundred battles, trained countless soldiers and were psychologically prepared.

The alien envoys even looked dumbfounded.

Li Jing took a step forward, came to the edge of the city wall, and shouted: "Salute, salute my majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

With a "bang", the soldiers raised their hands, just one raised their hand, but the 150,000 people carried out it in unison, and the small voices made by everyone converged into a loud noise!

Then the choking sound of drawing the sword came out at the same time, the horizontal knife of the foot soldier and the saber of the cavalry, pointing obliquely towards the sky and facing the direction of Li Shimin, and then forcefully retracted and stood in front of the nose. All the movements were inconsistent, and there were bursts of sound, but there was not a single murmur.

Under the blue sky, the blade reflected the cold light.

Immediately, 150,000 soldiers and horses spoke in unison: "Long live His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, long live, long live!" ”

The roar of 150,000 soldiers and horses was deafening, shaking the heavens and the earth, mighty and majestic, full of killing atmosphere, but its might was enough to make people collapse without a fight, and could not compete with the domineering momentum.

Every one of the people at the head of Chengtianmen City was taken away from him, and he was lost in fear and horror.

The timid man was even more frightened, took a few steps back, collided with the person behind him, and fell to the ground.

Li Shimin's expression was moved, his face flushed in an instant, and his heart sprouted the pride of dominating the world and being invincible, he couldn't help it, and he raised his head and smiled, "The divine soldier is like this, who can stop me from Tang Tianwei." ”

Li Shimin glanced back at the alien envoy beside him, his eyes were as hot as the sun, and no one dared to look at him wherever he looked, and they lowered their heads one after another, only to feel that their chests were tight, and they could hardly breathe.

They finally know why Datang can become the overlord of the world, and who can resist with such strength.

There are some people with ghosts in the envoy group, but when they see Datang so powerful, they are all confused.

The reason why Dadu is arrogant is because he doesn't believe that Datang's strength is much stronger than them, they Xue Yantuo has 300,000 soldiers, all of whom are skilled warriors with bows and horses.

But now seeing the performance of the 150,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, he knows that he is a frog at the bottom of the well, which is extremely ridiculous. He didn't know the size of the world in the past, and he didn't know that the Tang Dynasty was strong, but now his face has already turned pale with fright, and there is still a little bit of arrogance.

Songzan Xiruo is the same, although he knows that the Tang Dynasty is strong, but where did he expect that the Tang Dynasty will be so strong Since then, such a strong army, wouldn't it be easy to destroy Tubo? I was even more grateful to Lu Dongzan in my heart, and only then did I understand that Lu Dongzan was really far-sighted: Datang really couldn't be an enemy with it.

The envoys of the remnants of the Eastern (Turkic) Turks made up their minds, and as soon as they returned to the tribe, they immediately persuaded the khan to attach themselves to the Tang Dynasty, which was so strong that only by attaching to the Tang Dynasty could there be any hope of survival.

The power of Datang is engraved in their hearts like a brand.

Li Shimin saw all the foreign envoys who were shocked by the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and his face showed a proud look: "Everyone, although I have the heart to train soldiers and horses in this square, the place is too small and is not allowed. I have a proposal, why don't you order a few soldiers and horses to train on the spot? ”

As soon as these words came out, the foreign envoys of various countries all looked at each other and let them choose, how confident is this? Doesn't this mean that any one of these 150,000 troops is enough to face all the tests?

Seeing that no one spoke, Li Shimin personally named him, "Yi Nan Aiqing, which one do you choose?" ”

Xue Yantuo's Khan Yinan actually knelt down tremblingly, "The Tang Dynasty is so powerful, the ministers dare not look up, how dare they see it with their own eyes, please ask His Majesty the Heavenly Khan to fulfill it, and allow the ministers to retire." ”

The dignified Khan was so frightened that he didn't dare to look at it anymore.

The rest of the people also had lingering palpitations, and they all secretly thought to themselves: The military parade of the Tang Dynasty refers to Liwei, just the scene is so terrifying, isn't it even more terrifying to practice with real knives and guns?

Thinking like this, one by one they also shouted that Datang Tianwei didn't dare to look up, and begged to retire, but no one dared to look at it again.

(To be continued)