Tang Chang'an's plan was square, with three gates on each side for entry and exit.

But if you talk to the people of Tang, "What is the main gate of Chang'an?" ”

The end result is often the same: "Mingdemen".

In the south of Chang'an City, there are three gates of Anhua, Mingde and Qixia, and the Mingde Gate is in the middle.

There are five door openings of Mingde Gate, and the people of the time called the five doors of the Son of Heaven, and they are also known as the national gate.

After the Mingde Gate is the north-south direction of the Zhuque Street, because it is located in the central axis of Chang'an, and the north and south are more than 5,000 steps long, and the east and west are more than 100 steps wide, so it is also called the Heavenly Street.

At the end of this street to the north is the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial Castle, and continuing north through the Imperial Castle is the Jotenmon Gate of the Imperial Castle.

Enter the Chengtian Gate to the north, pass through the two gates of Guardian and Taiji, you can go straight to the Taiji Palace, and make a pilgrimage to the co-lord of China, the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, and the Khan of thousands of countries and hundreds of countries.

For the envoys of Fanbang who came here for the pilgrimage, it would be glorious to meet the Heavenly Khan after completing the whole road, and when they returned home.

For the triumphant soldiers, after this trip to praise the merits in the heavenly street, sacrifice prisoners at the Suzaku Gate, and then enter the Taiji Hall by the commander to show their merits, they can also be called heroes.

Therefore, when the triumphant soldiers temporarily stationed at the West Gate heard the edict asking them to go around Chang'an for half a circle to enter the city at the south gate, not only did they not complain at all, but they were all neck stretched, and they became more and more impatient.

"Xuebo, last year's big victory and capture that Jieli, why didn't Your Majesty have this order?"

Pei Xingjian was a little curious, and after dismounting and bowing down to listen to the angel's oracle, he asked curiously.

In the army, the only one who can be used by Pei Xingjian to learn the doctorate, which is no different from the master, is Li Jing.

Trained military horses in Liangzhou, negotiated with the natives or bought or spied on intelligence, and then went to Qinghai for a decisive battle without stopping, and finally returned non-stop after capturing the head of the thief.

Although Li Jing, who is sixty-one years old with a fluttering white beard, still has a look in his eyes, it is difficult to hide the tiredness in his eyes.

Under Pei Xingjian's service, he got back on the horse, and when he heard the disciple ask like this, he shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty has always acted vigorously and resolutely, and before that, he was able to win a big victory in Dingxiang, and the whole country was praised, but His Majesty called it a shame."

"The shame of snow is urgent."

Immediately, Li Jing took a breath, turned his head sideways and told the adjutant to pass on the edict, and the triumphant division diverted to the south through the Mingde Gate.

Listening to the cheers of the soldiers under his command, a flash of a smile appeared on Li Jing's face.

Seeing that Pei Xingjian also got on the cyan foal that he was looking for him, he tugged on the reins to make the horse move, and continued:

"And now, the extermination of Tuguhun is a national meritorious service, so naturally you must go to the heavenly street and sacrifice prisoners at the Suzaku Gate."

"To strengthen my Tang might!"

Li Jing bit the word power very hard, and then the old general glanced at Pei Xingjian - Liangzhou was still unable to hide the childishness on his face after half a year of wind and frost.

After all, this son is only thirteen years old, and he is quite envious of such an age, so he explained casually:

"After entering Chang'an for a while, you must remember not to let go of the prodigal form and be self-denial, and now there will be more things to do today."

Pei Xingjian nodded ignorantly, it was difficult for him to charge forward in the battle of Tuguhun, but whether it was the formulation of strategy, the care of casualties, or the capture of prisoners after victory, Li Jing and others did not avoid him.

These experiences made Pei Xingjian gradually fade away from the glitz he had when he was praised as a "prodigy" in Hongwen Hall, and the whole person began to reveal a bit of calmness that was not commensurate with his childish face.

Riding on the colt, lightly clamping the horse's belly to let this little foal run faster to keep up with Li Xuebo, but Pei Xingjian also sighed in his heart.

I still remember that the saint was captured in Shuntianmen last year, and the whole Chang'an was overjoyed at that time, and the grandchildren of the Hongwen Pavilion were basically scattered with their parents to see the prisoners.

Pei Xingjian was afraid of having an accident on the street, but he was reluctant to spend money to go to the restaurant to watch the scenery, and finally spent a difficult day practicing calligraphy alone in Hongwen Hall.

On that day, he was determined to move the world with his literary name!

As for why don't you take credit for it...... can only say that the fate of his father and brother made him feel related.

But I didn't expect it, Shi also died, but in just one year, he Pei Shouyue became the one who was watched!

The time spent immersed in such happy thoughts seemed to pass very quickly, and before he could relive the rest of his thoughts five times, the sound of the mountains and tsunamis suddenly collapsed in his ears.

It was a cheer of men, women and children who spoke in unison, and the voices were mixed but joyful.

As far as the eye can see, there are all celebratory faces, and every glance has the smell of looking up.

Or there are scribes who act as madmen, sing with wine as ink cups, and lead the crowd to sing with pride.

Or there are girls who show their spring appearance, beautiful eyes and clever hope to take care of each other, and warblers and warblers and swallows to make peace.

The horse stepped on the flower as a brocade road, and the sachet was hung with incense.

Only then did Pei Xingjian suddenly understand what Li Xuebo meant by what he said, but-

The crazy rising corners of his mouth made Pei Xingjian throw everything he could remember out of the clouds.

The madman sings and calls him a meritorious worker!

The girl is happy for him!

He couldn't help but want to stretch out his hand and take the name of the honor in his heart at this moment, completely intoxicated.

But soon, this group of triumphant athletes sang "Breaking the Array Music" that had been sung more than once on the road.

"The head of the state will be punished, and the prime minister will ask for traitors."

"Xian Ge breaks the array and enjoys the peace people."

The hoarse chorus of 3,000 people exploded in Pei Xingjian's ears, making him sober up, and it was Li Xuebo's eyes that were like ancient wells and deep pools.

It was difficult to say anything in such a magnificent chorus, Pei Xingjian only saw the general nodding to him, and then sang along with the song.

Pei Xingjian was a little ashamed, but was soon replaced by a new ambition:

One day, he will really make the whole Chang'an resounding cheers like Xuebo, all for him!

Humming lightly in his mouth, Pei Xingjian, who had completely sobered up, even had the spare time to turn his head and look at the captives who were escorted by more than 3,000 people in the formation.

The Khan of the Tuyuhun thieves and his relatives, the chieftains of all the tribes and their sons, the witches who were in charge of the sacrificial divination of the tribe, and the numb slave laborers—these craftsmen were the most important assets of the bearded people.

The people of Chang'an did not bother to humiliate the enemy, after all, unlike the Dongtu Turk who had been to Weishui, for most people, even how to pronounce the three characters Tuyuhun correctly was a problem.

Therefore, at this moment, the Tuyuhun nobles also behaved differently, some people trembled like chaff, some people were curious and looked left and right, and some people were full of laughter and nonsense.

Pei Xingjian was suddenly a little worried.

It is said that this Fuyun Khan fled quickly, and Xue Rengui's riding skills were slightly lacking, so he was forced to fire a cannon to stop him.

As a result, I didn't expect that the artillery, which had never been accurate, was so clever that it smashed Fu Yun's personal guards into powder and frightened Fu Yun's mount.

Fu Yun, the thief chieftain, was frightened and fell off his horse, and became stupid and stupid.

How can you dance to Your Majesty like this?

Theoretically, Xue Rengui captured Yun because of this, and if he triumphantly sacrificed the prisoners together, he would definitely sacrifice for Ya.

As a result, Xue Rengui said that the Qinghai region still needed to be completely swept away, and the envoy sent by Tubo to inquire about the situation also needed someone to discuss in detail, and threw Pei Xingjian out to teach with Li Jing.

Therefore, at this time, Pei Xingjian couldn't help but be a little nervous.

The flower-filled Ten Mile Heavenly Street will soon be completed, and the majestic Suzaku Gate is already in sight.

The forbidden army has also lined up on the wide straight street, completely exuding a huge open space in front of the Suzaku City Gate Building.

Looking up at the Vermilion Bird Gate at the height of Pei Xingjian, he saw only the canopy of the saint, and the various costumes that could barely be distinguished, especially conspicuous were the two figures in the front, one was red and the other was bright yellow, most of them were the saint and His Royal Highness.

So Pei Xingjian's mood suddenly became nervous.

Under the guidance of the forbidden army, Pei Xingjian dismounted carefully, and then followed behind Li Jing, for fear of making a mistake.

Although he had not seen Shuntianmen sacrifice prisoners before, Pei Xingjian was familiar with history books and knew it quite well.

First of all, Li Jing stepped forward to officially win, and his words were quite lengthy, but there would still be a shout-in from the attendants, not only to hear from the heavens, but also to announce to the world.

In a sense, this victory can be regarded as a summary of this battle, Su Dingfang's Xue Rengui's name appeared in it, and Pei Xingjian also heard his name, although the credit was not great, but fortunately, he was really named in front of the saint, which also made him a little excited.

Not surprisingly, the effects of gunpowder and other substances were all brushed aside, but fortunately, the people of Chang'an could not hear the difference.

Li Shimin, who was on the gate of Suzaku City, was slightly surprised when he waited until this victory was completed:

"Fu Yun is an idiot?"

But no problem, it is better to say that the stupid Fu Yun is still a major benefit to the Tang Dynasty's control of Qinghai, but the only regret is that he can't sing and dance with Jieli.

This was only for a moment, and after the ceremonial officer announced the next stage, the captives were escorted to the front.

Li Shimin has seen many Hu people, either arrogant or barbaric, but without exception, the Hu people who were sacrificed under the imperial city will become obedient and can sing and dance, without exception.

There is no kneeling salute, except for slaves.

These masters, who have controlled Qinghai for more than 200 years, today kneel like the most docile lambs, and let the victor take what they want.

And at this time, the people who were solemn and silent because of the ceremony seemed to be impatient, and at first they only shouted sporadically, but soon turned into a tsunami of mountains facing the Suzaku Gate:

"Hooray!"

In this uneven cheer, Li Shimin closed his eyes quite comfortably, and then clearly heard the noise in this cheer.

Frowning and looking, Li Shimin quickly found the source of this noise.

The protagonist of the center of the captive, the former Busabo Khan of Qinghai, the lord of Tuyuhun, Murong Fuyun.

At this moment, he was kneeling there with his hands up, learning that the people outside generally shouted long live with the non-standard Guanzhong Yayan, and the smile on his face was extremely cheerful.

Li Shimin suddenly felt that it was not bad that this Fuyun Khan was stupid, and it was ...... Really fun.

Sacrifice the captives, declare the guilt, and decide to stay.

The lord will return to the temple, and the khan will sacrifice the Taimiao again, so far, the battle against Tuyuhun has officially ended.

Before it got dark, the palace attendants had already vacated the courtyard next to Jieli.

Jieli, who had a vegetable face, leaned on the wall and watched the attendants hastily clean the courtyard, and soon a fat man with a particularly obvious fishy smell was stuffed in, accompanied by a few people dressed in miscellaneous beards.

Although trapped in the palace, the news of the Tang Dynasty's battle against Tuyuhun was still known.

Could this be the Khan of Tuyuhun?

He knew that Tuyuhun would not be able to block the Tang Dynasty, but in his conception, this Tuyuhun north leads to the Western Regions and there is a miasma, and he can't defeat the north and flee north, so why is he defeated faster than him now?

So the former Turkic Eastern Co-Ruler leaned on the wall and scolded loudly in Turkic language, and then changed to Yayan and asked:

"How did you get defeated?"

Then Jieli saw that the fat man seemed to be startled by him, and when he turned to face him, he withdrew his index finger from his mouth, and then raised his arms and shouted:

"Hooray!"

The two words were startled, and he immediately fell off the wall.

The Hu man on the other side seemed to think it was funny, so he simply kept shouting over there.

Jieli lay on the ground and didn't bother to get up, touched his stomach that had not eaten for almost a year, and then listened to the words next door, and couldn't help but feel sad for a while.

After another big victory, Li Shimin seemed to be familiar with the road and became more comfortable.

Arrange for the chamberlain to report the good news to the emperor, and let the eldest grandson queen go back to the harem to rest first - there is a victory banquet to appear in the evening, which is also tiring.

Yuanqiu also had to be sacrificed, and Li Shimin simply ordered the ceremonial officer to follow his edict to sacrifice in the past, and wait for the next time to make up for it.

Then he summoned Li Jing and Pei Xingjian to the Ganlu Palace.

Sitting back on the chair he was familiar with, Li Jing let out a long breath of turbidity, and his face was obviously much more relaxed.

Seeing this, Li Shimin simply laughed and said:

"If the pharmacist is tired of work, he can simply seal the talisman as a military book."

Seal Li Jing knows it, so the analogy of the seal charm should be that the sealing talisman will not send troops in the future? This is not possible!

"Your Majesty, I just offered the captive Shang to wear armor and drive a horse, and wait for the evening banquet to fight ten catties of rice and meat!"

Li Shimin shook his head and laughed, and Pei Xingjian, who was as well-behaved as a quail, also relaxed a little.

Immediately, he asked what is probably the most important question this year:

"Gunpowder equipment, how powerful is it?"

"There is no one in the world who is sharp!" Li Jing was quite solemn, and then he didn't need Li Shimin to speak, and first set his eyes on the map that appeared from time to time in his dreams.

Now that the new weapon is used to hit the Hu people, it is tantamount to using the sky to deter people, and I am afraid that only the empire in the extreme west can test the limit of gunpowder.

If it weren't for the age limit, Li Jing really wanted to mention the Tang Dynasty's warlike division to compete with that big food, and see if its heavy party formation could resist the firearms and horses?

However, seeing this map, even if Li Jingxuan noticed the boundless ocean, it was even more difficult to suppress a thought in his heart:

"Your Majesty, how is the Denglai Mariner?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's smile was also difficult to suppress, and said:

"Liu Renliang and Li Shiyun each led a division, ran rampant in the Bohai Sea, forcibly knocked on the gate of Baekje Goguryeo, and declared that the sea frontier belonged to the ......"

Saying that, Li Shimin couldn't hide his smile anymore, and paused before continuing:

"Baekje submission has sent an envoy to repair, Goguryeo...... Liu Renliang said that he had wiped out hundreds of fishing boats, which was not worth the credit. ”

Li Jing was silent, hesitated for a moment and got up and said:

"Your Majesty has set up a sea division in Denglai, and wants to use it to determine the East China Sea."

"However, the South China Sea is also rich, if you want to operate, you should set up a sea division with Zhuya, Your Majesty may lack a general to guard it."

"Now Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang are all famous in the first battle in Qinghai, and there are many brave and strong people under them."

"Please go to Denglai to learn from the sea master, wait for success, and open the South China Sea for my Tang Town Zhuya!"

Li Shimin was surprised, but considering the age of the old general, he still wanted to refuse, but before he could speak, Li Jing had already preemptively said:

"Although the minister is old, he has also been told by future generations that he has seventeen years of life, and he is enough to use it."

Pei Xingjian looked left and right, his face full of confusion.

(End of chapter)