Chapter Seventy-Three: The Dawn Shines and Looks at the Glory of the Alliance
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Suddenly, I heard the silent whip in the distance three times, the bell of Luan vibrated and the two teams of gold-armored guards crossed the horse as the front lead, and the Qiluo umbrella fan was full of deputy Luan driving and swinging away, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and Li Hong, Liu Mengming escorted Li Shimin's chariot slowly, Xue Dingshan led the soldiers to greet him on the horse, Li Shimin came to the general by chariot, got off the chariot and boarded the general platform to look down, and saw that the soldiers were full of spirit and majestic and very satisfied.
At this time, Liu Ruyan and Cao Xiuluan dressed in men's clothes came to salute in front of Li Shimin under the guidance of Xue Dingshan, and Fan Lihua asked them to escort him, Li Shimin couldn't say what it was like in his heart, let them be exempt, Liu and Cao Ernu stood behind Li Shimin, and nodded and greeted Li Hong and Liu Mengming.
Si Chenguan stepped forward and said, "The time has come, please take off,"
Li Shimin listened to Si Chen's official report to the heavens, ordered the servants to pass down the will, and immediately set off, Li Shimin led Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and others to get off the platform, Li Shimin went up, Xu, Cheng, and others got on the horse, painted the horns in unison, and the people and horses set off, and went straight to the Phoenix Mountain on the boundary of the White Tiger Pass.
The east is white, the night is gradually receding, the sky is dyed with a wisp of red clouds, whiskerly, the red clouds are scattered and reflect half of the sky, not long, a round of red sun jumps on the ground, suddenly the sky is full of color, gorgeous and dazzling, with the red sun rising in the east, the clouds disperse, but see the blue sky and blue, cloudless, the autumn is refreshing and refreshing,
The team with the Tang Dynasty and the Turks who agreed on a peace alliance had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery of this golden autumn, urging the horses to tighten the road.
The altar of sacrificing heaven and earth for the blood alliance is set up at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain at the junction of the White Tiger Pass and the Turkic Shajiang Pass, with the Phoenix Mountain at its back, facing the grassland, the platform is divided into three layers, three feet high, and takes the meaning of the three talents of heaven, earth and man; The radius is ninety-nine zhang, ninety-nine return to the original, and the world is unified; Thirty-six steps lead to the platform; A reed shed was set up on the east and west sides of the altar, and the generals of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks stood around it waiting for their respective kings to arrive; The altar is properly arranged with incense tables, three animal offerings, and a bronze furnace; The flags are displayed all around, the embroidered ribbons are fluttering, and they are solemn and solemn under the morning light.
The day was near, Su Baotong took two thousand cavalry to protect the Turkic Khan He Lu and came to the altar first, two thousand cavalry were stationed on the west side of the altar, Su Baotong, Li Daofu, Li Chongxu, Feikong and others escorted He Lu into the west of the reed shed,
As soon as they were arranged, Li Shimin's monarchs and ministers also arrived, two thousand iron horsemen were stationed on the east side of the altar, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin, and Xue Dingshan took the escorted generals into the east reed shed, and built another reed shed behind this reed shed, Xue Yulian escorted Fan Lihua off the vehicle and went in to rest for a while.
The two sides sat down, Xu Maogong on behalf of Li Shimin, Su Jiang on behalf of He Lu on the altar to greet each other, according to the advance agreement, the Turks first returned the occupied Tang land, Su Jiang beckoned to the altar, two Turkic courtiers held the map, household book, seal letter and other things on the left and right of the White Tiger Pass slowly ascended the altar, Su Jiang took it and handed it to Xu Maogong, Xu Maogong took it and handed it to the courtiers around him, the courtiers slowly walked off the altar with both hands, and handed it to Li Shimin,
After the handover of the two passes, Su Jiang waved his hand, the two courtiers got off the altar, the time was not big, the courtiers led the way, the two generals accompanied Su Baotong to the altar, Su Baotong changed into civilian clothes, came to the altar, Xu Maogong waved his hand to the courtiers behind him, the courtiers got off the altar, came to the east of the reed shed, Shi Li said: "Please Marshal Xue go up to answer the salute," Li Shimin and Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin looked at Xue Dingshan almost at the same time, Xue Dingshan hurriedly came over to give a salute, and said: "Weichen will go up," Li Shimin nodded and said: "There is Lao Aiqing, Cheng Yanjin looked at Xue Dingshan, patted him on the shoulder, and said with concern: "Dingshan, are you okay," Xue Dingshan didn't speak, and nodded his hand to the side, Jiang Xu and Xu Qing hurriedly escorted Xue Dingshan left and right and went down to the reed shed together, and followed the courtiers to the altar slowly,
As soon as Xue Dingshan walked to the altar, Su Baotong's eyes did not leave Xue Dingshan's face, as if he wanted to see through his thoughts, Xue Dingshan walked up to the altar expressionlessly, and stood in the position designated by the courtiers, Su Jiang and Su Baotong said a few words in a low voice, Su Baotong nodded, bowed to the head of the incense case, stood up after bowing, turned around and bowed to Xue Dingshan, and said: "Su Hai apologized to the Tang Dynasty," Xue Dingshan returned the favor, Su Jiang hurriedly glanced at the courtiers, and the two courtiers hurriedly came to Su Baotong's side and gestured with their hands, said: "Please Marshal Su return to the reed shed," Su Baotong turned around and walked away with the two generals under the altar, Xue Dingshan looked at Xu Maogong, Xu Maogong nodded, Xue Dingshan took Jiang Xu and Xun Qing down from the altar,
Su Jiang looked at Xu Maogong and said: "Xu Yinggong, we have fulfilled the conditions you proposed, what about our conditions," Xu Maogong said: "Since my lord has agreed, I will definitely do it, come here, please Marshal Fan," the courtiers next to him hurriedly got off the altar and came to the east in front of the reed shed, and said: "Qi Sheng, the auspicious time has come, please Marshal Fan to board the altar and sacrifice to heaven and earth," Li Shimin nodded and said, "I know, the waiter, go and invite Marshal Fan," the waiter next to Li Shimin hurriedly walked out of the reed shed and came to the reed shed at the back," The Holy Lord invited Marshal Fan to the altar," Fan Lihua looked at Xue Yulian and said, "Sister, I should go," Xue Yulian nodded, "We will send you,"
Fan Lihua came out of the reed shed, six female officials led the way, Hou Jing and Xiu Min held the sacrificial text and sword to serve left and right, Yunlan and other eight maids followed, first came to Li Shimin, Xue Yulian and Dou Yuxian led a hundred female soldiers to protect a pair of beds, and the upper lay of grain straw mats and yellow satin mattresses followed,
Fan Lihua came to Li Shimin's reed shed, and after performing the monarch's and minister's great salute on the worship mat, he said: "Weichen Fan Lihua has the great grace of the saint, and can no longer serve the country, please forgive the saint," Li Shimin stood up and ordered the inner servants, "Help Marshal Fan to get up," came over and two small inner attendants came over, helped Fan Lihua, and said: "Marshal, please get up,"
Fan Lihua stood up, looked at Cheng Biting Jin and Jiang Xu, Xu Qing and other generals, and said: "In the future, there will be generals in the army," Cheng Biting Jin Lao Tears Vertical and Horizontal Jiupin Literature welcomes you to visit, any search engine search "Jiupin Literature" can quickly enter this site, this site permanently provides free high-quality reading and txt format download services without pop-up windows! , crying: "Pear Blossom, don't worry,......" Jiang Xu and Xu Qing and others also shed tears, "Sister-in-law, please rest assured ......"
Fan Lihua nodded, looked at Xue Dingshan again, her lips trembled slightly, and she said in a trembling voice: "General,......" Xue Dingshan walked in front of Fan Lihua, the husband and wife looked at each other, and no one could speak for a long time.
"Husband, please cherish it a lot, for your wife in this life, you have a negative husband's affection, if you have an afterlife, you must hold a broom with your husband to repay your husband's love in this life," Fan Lihua said with a slight choked voice,