Chapter 227: The Journey
After everyone shouted long live, the old emperor gave a speech, and he said it in an uproar, which roughly meant what to defend the frontier and raise the prestige of our country.
There was silence on the field, even if the old emperor's voice was small, but standing tall, all the soldiers could hear it, and when the old emperor finished speaking, Xu Chen made the final summary, said some words of encouragement, and the send-off ceremony was over.
It is rare for civil and military officials to see such a big pomp, these years the feudal town wars are frequent, although the old emperor often praises the generals, great prosperity, but has not held such a scene, the court has also had a case of the prince going out, but it is rarely like this to give face, Xu Yuma this expedition, obviously did enough formation.
The officials know very well about the expedition of the horse, this horse is so famous, not only the favor of the royal family but also the love of Yang Guifei, its status is really unimaginable, after returning from this expedition, it must be a situation of rising step by step.
In particular, the big action of the Ministry of War made the officials re-examine this great writer and horse, this person is young but has a purpose, even Prime Minister Yang dares to offend, even if it is impressive.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! The shouts shook the sky, and the soldiers raised their spears, waved their flags and roared a few times, and they were about to hit the road.
Xu Chen stood at the front of the square, diligent and downstairs, and after making a speech, he saluted the old emperor and said loudly: "We will honor the holy will and return triumphantly!" ”
Immediately turned the horse's head, the three thousand soldiers were all scattered outside, giving way to a wide road, Xu Chen was dressed in armor, extremely majestic, holding the reins of the horse with one hand, sandwiching the horse's back with both legs, and pointing straight ahead with the other hand, and said to the forbidden army: "Go to the battle!" ”
This shout is very vigorous, and very pretended, the soldiers have been rendered by this atmosphere, all of them are full of energy, and there is a posture of being ready for battle, too, these forbidden soldiers have not gone out to fight for many years, of course, this is related to the rise of the feudal town, in addition to guarding the capital, the soldiers often participate in the war, but in recent years, the border wars are mostly led by the Jiedu envoys, and the Praetorian Guards have become the guards of the gate.
Only 3,000 people were selected from the 100,000 forbidden army, what a glory this is in their eyes, going into battle to kill the enemy is the true character of a man, and they know that this expedition is really pediatric, just a small tribe, even if they don't need General Geshu to go out, these 3,000 janissaries can turn them upside down, this is an inevitable achievement, and it is indeed very stained with the horses.
Xu Chen unconsciously pretended to be a little force, and after taking his hand down, he pulled the reins of his horse and took the lead in the front, followed by several generals of the Praetorian Guards, and after the officials walked out of the square, the three thousand Praetorian Guards set off.
Among the 3,000 guards, there are 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, not counting the logistics personnel. The additional supplies of the Praetorian Guards have been sent to Hexi by the Ministry of War a few days ago, and the supplies of these Praetorian Guards naturally cannot be shared by the Jiedu envoys.
The cavalry is in front, the infantry is behind, and the logistics personnel are sandwiched in the middle, mainly some weapons and horses, and some military rations on the road, after all, the road is far away, and the army of so many people, even if there are many post stations on the road, but it does not provide much function.
The post station of the Tang Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, Xu Chen had a general understanding of this post station, although the post station had horses, but could not provide so many people to use, and the main function of the post station played a transitional role, used to receive officials or to provide convenience for the errand of the official documents, so the pair of cavalry led by Xu Chen, the horses on the road need to report by themselves.
And the Longwu army commanded by Xu Chen, the general is the officer he met when he beat Yang Tingquan in the wine shop, and he got the news a few days ago, and he only knew that the top commander of the Praetorian Guard who went out to fight together was Fang Yi, the general of Longwuwei, but he didn't expect it to be that person when he met this morning.
It is indeed a bit unexpected, it stands to reason that the officers who go out to fight have to be determined in advance, and they will meet Xu Chen to get acquainted with it, but it is said that the old emperor changed and changed, and finally under Chen Xuanli's strong recommendation, the elite soldiers of Long Wuwei were allowed to cooperate with the horses to go on the expedition, so they met for the first time this morning.
Fang Yi knew this concubine, and he was about to offend Yang Guozhong's precious eldest grandson in the restaurant, thanks to this concubine who took the matter on himself, he was not hated by Yang Tingquan, but he was grateful in his heart, and he knew that the concubine had always been not afraid of Yang Guozhong's Yinwei, and he couldn't help but have some good feelings, Fang Yi was Chen Xuanli's confidant general, and naturally often mentioned Xu Chen's personality in front of Chen Xuanli, how honest and the like.
The two came out of the palace, Xu Chenxing was at the forefront, although he was very pretending to be forced but really boring, he ordered Fang Yi to come up and chat for a while, when they met this morning, they had already talked a lot, Fang Yi was a soldier from the army, but if he has a good impression of people, he is a general surname as a friend, and he is very easy to get along with, Xu Chen knows that this is a real surname, and he is not afraid of his identity and pretends, especially the last time he kicked Yang Tingquan, so he couldn't understand his hatred.
In the end, it was a person from the army, Xu Chen asked why the person didn't care about Yang Tingquan's identity, Fang Yi knew that the horse and the Yang family were not dealing with each other, so he also became straightforward, and only said one sentence, "On that occasion, even if it is that Yang Guozhong's old man, he must have kicked it over!" ”
Of course, this is to please Xu Chen, in fact, Fang Yi didn't plan to take care of that matter, but in fact, he was out for his brother, but Xu Chen didn't care if you wanted to come out or not, this long journey, there must be someone to talk to so as not to be boring.
This expedition is a coincidence for Fang Yi, in the list set by the emperor, it was originally Yu Linwei who went on the expedition, but Chen Xuanli asked the emperor to be appointed by Fang Yi, Fang Yi as Chen Xuanli's henchman, put such a good thing, Chen Xuanli naturally has his little Jiujiu, which can meet Xu Chen, and Fang Yi's brother Gao Chu came to Beijing once a few months ago, but this time he went to find him again, but it was a great coincidence.
Xu Chen came out of the palace and went straight to Suzaku Street, more than 3,000 people walked on the street, which immediately attracted onlookers, these people of Chang'an had been waiting for a morning, and there was a ten-mile long street to send horses.
If Li Ye was in front of the army at this time, he would definitely be very forced to wave his hand and wave to the people, although Xu Chen had this idea, he really couldn't pull his face to pretend to be this force, but he couldn't help but be a little surprised to see the people who poured into Suzaku Street, almost from beginning to end.
Xu Chen was in front, and the people could recognize General Xu as the legendary horse, and at this moment there was inevitably a girl's scream in the crowd: "Look, look, that person is Xu Horse!" ”
The army was marching on the street, attracting the people to see them off, and the soldiers were naturally very proud, and they put up a majestic posture one by one, and they did not turn their heads to each other, held their heads high, walked in unison, and looked very good, of course, these were the three thousand elite soldiers selected by Chen Xuanli, which were counted as being pulled out for training, and they all looked like soldiers.
Suzaku Street is the first avenue in Chang'an, very long and wide, just this distance, Xu Chen and the others have walked for a long time.
"Look, princess, the pony is at the forefront!"
Zi'er shouted in the crowd, beside her were the guards in the princess's mansion, and Li Shuang'er was looking down the street in the crowd at the moment.
"The horse looks so good in this military uniform!" Zi'er muttered to herself, like a nymphomaniac, Li Shuang'er took a step forward, and sure enough, she saw the slightly handsome Xu Chen riding on a horse, and her momentum was still majestic.
"He is the commander of the march, how can he not be ahead!" Li Shuang'er glanced at Zi'er angrily, but her eyes fell on Xu Chen and did not move away.
"Pony!" Zi'er was a little excited, and shouted at the top of her voice, probably because she was exaggerated by the hustle and bustle of this kind of person, Li Shuang'er was busy pulling her down, how could she scream!
Xu Chen seemed to hear someone shouting at him, too, these thousands of girls were as enthusiastic as seeing a movie star, which made Xu Chen very embarrassed, idol, idol, understandable, everyone shouted like a colt, and they didn't pay attention to Zi'er's shouting.
What's more, this Suzaku Street is hundreds of meters wide, and there are so many people here, how can you notice Li Shuang'er's side.
Li Shuang'er pulled Zi'er and said a few words to her, a little annoyed, she didn't want Xu Chen to know that she was coming to see her off, but when she raised her eyes, she really didn't look over here, and she was so upset, are you deaf? Can't you hear someone shouting at you!
Xu Chen deliberately straightened himself up, and rode a horse very solemnly, I have to say, this is very pretending, and it aroused the voices of the girls.
When the army marched to the city gate, the city gate had already been blocked, prohibiting passage, of course, this was specially prepared for the army, when the crowd went out of the city gate, it was considered to have really left Chang'an City, but as soon as he got out of the city gate, he saw a few people in front of him who blocked the way out of time.
Fang Yi saw who was so ignorant, and was about to send troops to drive away, but Xu Chen waved his hand, because it was Li Ye's kid who was in front of him.
also said that Li Ye, this kid, didn't get up early to see him off, but he was very surprised to appear here.
Li Ye saw that his brother-in-law led three thousand soldiers out of the city, and he won on a horse, but when he walked in, he looked at Xu Chen with a serious face.
"The general is on the march, I wish you a victory!" Li also said this.
Fang Yi had seen this little prince in the restaurant, Xu Chen was very pleased when he heard Li Ye's words, and Li Ye continued: "Wine!" ”
Li Ye was actually walking behind a woman, Xu Chen took a closer look, it was Yumo.
Yumo glanced at Xu Chen, who was affectionate, followed by two children holding big wrists and wine jars, Yumo poured a bowl, and personally served it to Xu Chen, Xu Chen took it with a smile, and Li Ye also came over with a bowl, raised the bowl and said, "General, please!" ”……
The journey still begins, will the road ahead be as smooth sailing as it seems? (To be continued.) )