Chapter 52: Who Am I For?
Hundreds of thousands of people lined up in a phalanx of 10,000 people, nailed to the ground like nails, the early morning breeze blew, the helmets on the heads of all the soldiers fluttered in the wind, and on the quiet flat ground, the flags in each phalanx were rolled up with the wind.
"Knock, knock, knock," with the sound of drums, the military band in the Sui army took the lead, with 180 drums, small drums, 180 drums, 20 drums and golden cymbals, and the drums sounded in unison.
In this quiet early morning, a military band came out in full costume, followed by the Son of Heaven Guard, and finally the Son of Heaven's honor guard, and then the ministers, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui. All the people are dressed up today, and this day is really memorable and happy for the Sui Dynasty. They finally taught Goguryeo a hard lesson, and the next victory was in sight.
"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" In the sound of the drums, the neat phalanx emitted a deafening strong sound, like a mountain cry and a tsunami. The excited and joyful soldiers of the three armies are waiting for their emperor's review, especially the many soldiers who have made great achievements in this battle, and they are also waiting for the rich reward of His Majesty the Emperor.
A burst of mountain calls spread to the distance like waves, the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City were all startled at once, the emergency military horn in the city sounded, resounding throughout Liaodong City, and the already exhausted soldiers on leave were all awakened, one by one, fortunately, after the siege of the city, all the soldiers were used to sleeping and could not undress. All the Goguryeo soldiers grabbed their weapons and hurried up the city wall to take their positions. The sound of busy footsteps, although those Goguryeo soldiers were besieged for so long and were already physically and mentally exhausted, no one dared to slack off. Everyone knows that the Sui army has besieged Liaodong City several times and failed to capture it, and if the city is broken, then the fate of these people can be imagined.
As the gate of Goguryeo, the most elite soldiers of Goguryeo were stationed here, and in less than a while, all the soldiers had already climbed the city wall. But for a long time, I didn't see the Sui army brigade appear, and even the few Sui troops still besieged under the city were still besieged outside, motionless.
"Lord Wang, things seem to be a little wrong, why didn't the Sui army make such a loud noise?" The West Gate City Wall defended the general Jin Cheng Zhongdao.
The supreme general of Liaodong City was the younger brother of the king of Goguryeo, and Gao Jianwu, the king of Rongliu, was in charge himself. Although Gao Jianwu is the younger brother of Goguryeo King Gao Yuan, he is also a famous general in Goguryeo. During the second Sui expedition to Goguryeo, Gao Jianwu faced the 100,000 naval divisions of the Sui army, first defeated by deception, and led the commander of the naval division, Laihu'er, to Pyongyang. Came to Hu'er to pick up 40,000 fine armor and chased it straight to the city. Gao Jianwu led the army into battle, feinted defeat again, and lured the Sui army into the city. After Laihu'er entered the city, the army lost its unified command, the ambush in the city, and the 40,000 Sui soldiers were almost wiped out. Counting the number of people, there are only a few thousand survivors.
After this battle, Gao Jianwu became a general in the Goguryeo military circles whose prestige was second only to Eulji Wendeok. This time, the Sui army came to conquer Goguryeo for the third time, and Gao Jianwu also took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the general of Liaodong.
Gao Jianwu listened for a while, then nodded, "This is the Sui people in the queue for proofreading, listening to this momentum, it seems that the Sui people are celebrating something." Although the upper-class nobles of Goguryeo are located in the Far East, they have great admiration for the Central Plains culture, and the upper-class nobles, including the royal family, have always studied the Central Plains culture, so Gao Jianwu clearly heard the mountain cry of the Sui army soldiers and the meaning of the military music.
"Celebrating? Why celebrate? Could it be that something happened to Pyongyang? "Liaodong City is besieged, although the Sui army has not yet broken through Liaodong City, but none of the people in the city can get out. They have been besieged for a month, completely cut off from the outside, and have no idea what is going on outside. However, judging from the past experience, every time the Sui army sent troops in two ways, all the way to besiege Liaodong and all the way to attack Pyongyang, and now Liaodong City has not been taken, but the Sui army is celebrating and cheering, is there something wrong with Pyongyang?
The general is not the only one who has such thoughts, the soldiers on the city wall are all you ask me, I ask you, but they can't guess why, but everyone is worried. If Pyongyang is broken, then they will really be surrounded on all sides, and if that happens, then they will be finished.
Gao Jianwu's face was also gloomy, and he shouted to the soldiers next to him, "The Sui army is ready to attack the city, everyone is ready, no matter how many Sui troops come, they will not be able to capture Liaodong City." We want to let the Sui people return with a big defeat like the previous two times. Victory belongs only to Goguryeo, long live Goguryeo, long live the king! ”
Under the leadership of Gao Jianwu, the Goguryeo people also began to shout, but unfortunately there were not many soldiers in Goguryeo's Liaodong City, and they were all scattered in the four cities, so they shouted for a long time, but they couldn't compare with the momentum of the Sui army at all.
The majestic military music is still sounding on the plain, and the 10,000-strong phalanx neatly arranged on the plain keeps shouting in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live the Great Sui!" Chen Kefu pulled out his ring head knife and shouted loudly, "Pull the knife!" ”
The 10,000 soldiers who broke the barracks pulled out the long knives they were wearing, and the dazzling sword light was extremely bright. The other phalanxes also drew out their swords under the order of the general, and the snow-bright sword light illuminated the entire plain with great dazzling.
Behind the emperor's guard of honor, a group of civil and military ministers with bright armor and gorgeous clothes all appeared behind the emperor. In this expedition to Liao, in addition to the ministers who stayed behind, most of the Beijing officials in the capital accompanied them. Not only the ministers came, but also many nobles in the capital followed.
The Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty wore a crown on his head, a crown dress, a black shirt, a vermilion bottom, a knee cover, a ribbon, and a red shirt, which was the dress worn during the most solemn ceremony. This dress is the highest level of the emperor's dress, and it is worn only at ceremonies such as enthronement and sacrifices. Today, Yang Guang even put on this crown suit, which shows his mood at this time.
There are nine chapters painted on the top and bottom of the crown robe, and the sun and moon are divided into two shoulders, and the stars are listed on the back, which symbolizes "carrying the sun and moon on the shoulders and carrying the stars". With an incomparable graceful temperament and the majesty of the emperor, he walked in front of the team, walking with tigers and dragons, reviewing his elite soldiers.
The noble temperament and majesty of the emperor made the soldiers under him even more fanatical, and for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers below, the emperor was their god, which was a deep-rooted concept. For many government soldiers, they may only be able to take turns in their lives when they have the opportunity to meet His Majesty the Emperor when they enter the capital to guard.
For these soldiers, His Majesty the Emperor is their god, and as soon as His Majesty the Emperor called, thousands of people of the Great Sui put down their hoes, took up arms, rode war horses, and traveled thousands of miles, abandoning their families and children, leaving their homeland, and even finally dying in a foreign land. At this time, when they saw that His Majesty the Emperor was no longer wearing armor, but wearing a crown that showed the emperor's majesty in a gesture, everyone was a little unable to control themselves. One by one, their faces were excited, their eyes were shining, and they shouted excitedly, "Long live my emperor, long live the Great Sui!" ”
If you don't be in it, you'll never be able to feel that atmosphere. Chen Kefu rode on his horse and looked at the excited soldiers a little blankly, and even the 10,000 soldiers of the broken barracks behind him were no different from other soldiers, and they all fell into madness.
Chen Kefu is not a person of this era, he has traveled through time, he is no longer the people who have lived in the next generation of China's feudal imperial society, and he does not have the fear and worship of imperial power. But infected by this atmosphere, the adrenaline of the whole person can't help but surge.
Looking at Yang Guang on the royal platform enjoying the shouts of his people, Chen Kefu couldn't help but feel a feeling that the eldest husband should be like this. If one day, he can also ascend to Yang Guang's current position, how good it would be. It is no wonder that in ancient and modern times, in China and abroad, so many people rushed towards that position one after another, even if it was at the cost of exterminating the Nine Clans. Yes, the location is too tempting. Especially for Chen Kefu, he knew that the Sui Dynasty would soon be over, and how many people were called kings and emperors in this troubled era.
Didn't Chen Sheng say it? Wang Hou will Xiangning have a kind of thing, can't he Chen Kefu go and sit in that position? He was a man of the afterlife, and he didn't believe in any destiny or anything like that. If the Son of Heaven is given by God, how can a person like him believe it? What's more, doesn't this body of his also have royal blood? Isn't he still the sister-in-law of the crown prince of Nan Chen? In this troubled world, who is the true son of heaven and who is not?
Back then, the overlord Xiang Yu once saw Qin Shi Huang's majestic car, and he also said such a sentence at that time, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also saw the majesty of Qin Shi Huang back then, and also said such a similar thing. This can be considered ambition, or it can be ambitious.
Chen Kefu shouted long live the emperor with the soldiers, but he was thinking feverishly in his heart. is like a seed, just so inadvertently, he was planted in Chen Kefu's heart. In the past, he didn't think about fighting for the king at all, thinking more about how to save his life in this troubled world, and thinking about how to hug his thighs in the future. But in this large school field of hundreds of thousands of people, he was excited by Yang Guang's might, and his thoughts changed.
I spend the moon singing wildly, flying and domineering. Thinking of the poem Du Fu once gave to Li Bai, Chen Kefu couldn't help but feel more determined in his heart. Du Fu felt that his previous indulgence and freedom was wrong, what he needed was not the call of the emperor, but a confidant like Li Bai. What about yourself, what do you need, did you travel to this thousand years ago, just to think about how to save your life? Shouldn't he have fought for it, shouldn't he have done something? Not to mention the disasters suffered by the various Chinese people after the Sui Dynasty that he knew, just think about the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty that were close in front of him, with more than 30 million people dying in more than ten years, and he should do something about this.
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