Chapter 684: Luoyang City Military Parade
Outside the gate of the Luoyang Palace, Liu Wei, who was dressed in armor, pressed the hilt of his sword, stood straight at the main entrance, and was turning his head to look at the side of the street.
Standing behind Liu Wei were Xu Shu and Pang Tong, who were military advisors, and many generals of the Qin army stood on their sides.
The officials in Luoyang City did not stand with Liu Wei and the others, and the place where the officials stood was a little farther away from them.
However, similar to Liu Wei and the others, the faces of all the officials were also twisted to one place, and they were looking at the interface with expectant eyes.
On both sides of the street stood many soldiers of the newly built Uga Battalion.
The soldiers of the black battalion wearing jet-black robes, each with a simple knife in their hands, stood up straight, like a statue, blocking the people on both sides of the road who were waiting to see the excitement.
On the side of the road on both sides, many people in the city were also stretching their necks, like officials, waiting for something.
"Let's get started." Feeling that the hour was almost up, Liu Wei gave an order to one of the guards behind him.
The guard received the order, and quickly ran to the side, holding two small flags in both hands, waving them vigorously.
As the flag waved, a reddish color appeared at the end of the street.
The first to appear on the street were the palace guards wearing two slightly shorter red feathers on their helmets, and the guards were lined up in a vertical row of eighteen and twelve in a horizontal row, striding in the direction of the palace.
At first, they walked in unison with the Qin army, and when they were about to reach the main gate of the palace, with the shouts of the leading officers, everyone took a straight step.
The soldiers of the Qin army are almost the same as the army after two thousand years in terms of footwork, especially the leather boots on their feet, because of their thick soles, when they step on the bluestone road, they will make a uniform sound.
Following the phalanx of the palace guards were naturally the dragoon guards in the Qin army who were trained as special operations regiments.
The number of dragoons was the smallest in the Qin army sequence, but no one would ever ignore this team.
The soldiers who followed Liu Wei to the Xiongnu camp to rescue Cai Yan were carefully selected soldiers from this team.
The purpose of their initial formation of the army was not to carry out special operations missions, the initial establishment of the Dragoon Guard, Liu Wei was considering the need for an elite assault corps, but he did not expect that the swordsmanship of the Dragoon Guard soldiers soon far exceeded his imagination, and the grasp of special warfare methods also made Liu Wei finally decide to train them into a powerful special combat force in the Qin army.
In the entire battle sequence of the Luoyang Army, the armor of the dragoon guard is the most prominent and the most bright.
In particular, the golden feathers on their helmets trembled as the phalanx marched, making them look more and more majestic.
When the queue of palace guards walked in front of Liu Wei, with a neat shout from the guards, all the guards made a movement of drawing their swords and swinging down at the same time.
The tip of the long sword pointed diagonally to the ground, and all the guards turned their heads to look at Liu Wei.
Pressing the hilt of the sword with his hand and looking at the guards, Liu Wei raised an arm and gestured hello to the guards.
The four phalanxes at the front are four special troops, including the royal guards and the three guards.
When the main force of the Luoyang Army was divided into several phalanxes and came over, the onlookers on the streets were boiling.
Since Liu Wei conquered the Xiongnu, the palace guards would often follow him in and out of Luoyang City, but the soldiers of the three guards stayed in the barracks all day to strengthen training, ready to meet the war that would come sooner or later.
Before the formation of the Wujia Battalion, the soldiers of the main force of the Luoyang Army undertook the duty of patrolling the city, and it was not until the recent establishment of the Wujia Battalion that the soldiers of the main force of the Luoyang Army unloaded the task of patrolling in the city.
The people on both sides of the road cheered and shouted the slogan "Long live the Qin army, long live the Qin king".
Hearing this slogan, Liu Wei faintly felt a little uncomfortable.
This slogan has a strong cult character, but he will prohibit civilians from kneeling and prostrating, but he will not prohibit civilians from shouting such slogans.
What he needed was an almost blind admiration of the civilian population for the army and for him, and only then would the territory under his rule easier to control.
However, Liu Wei did not prohibit economic exchanges between the people and other places in order to facilitate the control of civilians, and the policy he implemented was the most effective and most effective for the whole world at present, and it was also the most effective to promote local economic development.
For the time being, only the rule of King Qin has caused an ideological impact on other regions, and the management methods of other regions have not posed any threat to him.
The phalanx walked by one by one, and the emotions of the people had been mobilized to the highest, and many people shouted and shouted wildly, especially those who had been soldiers in the partial camp and now had become military households, their cheeks were red with excitement, and they shouted the hardest.
The last infantry phalanx was the Wujia Battalion that Liu Wei had recently ordered to set up.
Although they are the weakest in the entire Qin army's combat sequence, they are after all soldiers selected from the main force, and their overall combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the partial battalion.
This emerging team is not only in Luoyang, but in every city under Liu Wei's rule, there is such an army wearing ink-colored robes.
Their task is to guard the city gates and inspect the security of the city, unless a large army invades the territory, they are responsible for maintaining stability in the city.
When the phalanx of the Wujia battalion walked outside the gate of the palace, Xu Shu, who was standing behind Liu Wei, whispered to him: "Your Highness built the Wujia battalion and eliminated the partial battalion, which really reduced the cost of military food. And the control of the city is more effective than before. ”
"Great Qin used to be under military control!" Turning his head and smiling at Xu Shu, Liu Wei said to him: "In all the areas under the rule of this king, the army is responsible for managing the civilians. The direct management of the armed forces will inevitably lead to many misjudgments of contradictions among civilians and lead to excessive control. Although the Ujia battalion is also an army, they are more like a police army. In the future, they will have more contact with civilians, and they will have more refined supervision of cities and villages in various places? ”
"Police?" Hearing Liu Bian's words, not only Xu Shu, but even Pang Tong on the side was stunned for a moment, looking at Liu Bian, both of them were at a loss on their faces.
"Hmm!" Knowing that this term was still too new for Xu Shu and Pang Tong, they had not and could not have heard of it, Liu Wei smiled slightly, and said to them: "Vigilance and observation are for the police, what they have to do is to bear the vigilance of the city and reconcile the contradictions between the people." ”
Although Liu Wei's explanation is not very clear, Xu Shu and Pang Tong can roughly understand it.
Just then, the sound of horses' hooves came from the end of the street.
Following the sound of horses' hooves towards the end of the street, everyone saw a cavalry composed of royal guards.
This group of cavalry columns of twelve, horizontal trotters of eight, lined up to urge the war horses to trot past the gate of the palace, all the soldiers also turned their heads to Liu Wei and saluted.
In addition to the main force of heavy infantry, almost every formation of the Qin army has cavalry.
The cavalry of the guards and the three guards walked by, and it was the cavalry of the main force.
The war horses of the Qin army are all tall horses from the north, and some blunt war horses have been selected and sent to Xuzhou to serve as war horses for Lu Bujun.
Just from the happy appearance of Lu Bu receiving the war horse, it can be imagined that the war horses eliminated by the Qin army can make Lu Bu so happy, and how sophisticated the war horses of the Great Qin army will be!
The cavalry phalanx walked by one by one, and the people standing on both sides of the road suddenly let out a loud laugh, and many people pointed to a team that appeared at the end of the street, laughing and discussing something.
Seeing the lively people laughing, Dian Wei, who was standing not far from Liu Wei, was depressed. For the people were pointing to the elephant soldiers, whom he had placed under his command.
Baby elephants grow very slowly, and although it has been a long time, they have not grown much at all, but after training, they can also be ridden on their backs.
A small elephant like a small mountain of meat, stepping slowly, lined up in a neat but can't help but laugh after looking at it, walking towards the direction of the palace.
On the back of the elephant were young soldiers.
The armor on the clothes and armor of these soldiers was not much different from that of ordinary Qin soldiers, except that on the right arm of their uniforms, the head of a baby elephant was embroidered with silk thread.
In fact, if you look closely at the soldiers of the Qin army, all of them have different symbols on the right arm of their uniforms.
This kind of symbol is to distinguish their troops, such as the Pak Dao Soldier, the emblem on the arm is a Pak sword and a shield stacked together. And the symbol of the Mo Sword Soldier, which is two crossed broadswords.
As for the cavalry, it was naturally embroidered with the head of a war horse.
The people laughed loudly, like the young soldiers on their backs, and did not show the slightest discomfort.
Living with the baby elephant for many days, these soldiers have long fallen in love with their cute baby elephant under their crotch.
When Liu Wei ordered a military parade and asked them to organize a phalanx to go to the parade, the elephant soldiers were even excited for a long time.
Unlike Dian Wei's depressed face, when Liu Wei looked at the phalanx of elephant soldiers, his face was solemn.
People who don't know about elephants as creatures may look at them as minors and think it's ridiculous to train them to be mounted.
But Liu Wei knows that this team, which still looks very cute now, will become a strong force galloping on the battlefield of the Central Plains in ten years!
At that time, their toughness will make everyone who once thought they ridiculous look sideways!
As the elephant array passed by, Liu Wei raised one arm and waved it at the elephants in greeting, and all the elephants turned their faces to him and saluted him.