Chapter 365 The Battleground of the School

Li Congshan hurriedly took Xiao Han and a group of escort officers down from the stage to greet him, hundreds of generals on both sides of the road, countless soldiers of the Royal Forest Army armed with spears to escort, Li Yu slowly walked in with hundreds of civil and military officials. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Yu was wearing a lilac brocade robe today, with a decent smile on his face, followed by Meng Baixing and several eunuchs and palace maids. Behind him are naturally a group of bureaucrats led by Yan Xu and Tang Yue, and there are always hundreds of people. Miao Chengxun, the commander of the Tianxing Army, and Gui Yuanzhen, the commander of the Crane Army, followed closely behind.

Li Congshan bowed down, Li Yu hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Seventh brother, please get up." followed the slow onto the stage, Li Congshan followed behind, and everyone took the stage in turn.

Li Yu sat behind the Huanglong table, and Meng Baixing and the eunuch and palace maid stood behind him. On the left sat Li Congshan and a group of military generals and high-ranking officials, and on the right sat Yan Xu, Tang Yue, Chen Qiao, Xu Xuan, Han Xizai and other civil officials.

Miao Chengxun and Gui Yuanzhen led the generals of lower grades to guard under the high platform, at this time the cold wind was slightly stronger, blowing tens of thousands of flags violently, and the whole school suddenly shouted "Long live", and the sound was magnificent. Li Yu was also a little excited, his face was slightly red, and he stood up and waved to the soldiers.

The three armies were in a sensation, and the sound of "long live" came and went, wave after wave. Li Yu nodded to Li Congshan and said, "Let's start." Li Congshan hurriedly stood up and bowed and said, "Obey." Then a young general stood to the left, and the general took out a yellow pennant from his waist, walked to the middle of the high platform, and danced three times to the audience.

The shouting of the three armies stopped abruptly, followed by the simultaneous sound of golden drums on the left and right sides under the high platform, and it took more than a minute to stop. The general said loudly to the hundreds of officers under the high stage: "The first military show of the Tang Dynasty has begun. ”

The three armies cheered in unison, and the sound shook so much that the high platform trembled slightly. Following a team of cavalrymen wearing red armor and riding jujube red horses rushed from the south, each holding a long-handled saber, led by three generals in silver armor, the horses' hooves rolled up the sky with smoke and dust, which made people look thrilling and bloody.

In addition to the escort of hundreds of officers and generals, a large open space has already been cleared for military exercises. The cavalry instantly rushed to the bottom of the high platform, each raising their long swords to salute Li Yu, Li Yu nodded slightly, and waved his hand to the three generals.

The herald on the high platform waved the yellow flag again, and the cavalry team suddenly split into two, each retreating a distance of dozens of meters, and suddenly a gong sounded, and the cavalry shouted in unison, and each began to hedge under the leadership of a general. The smoke and dust flew again, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the ground of the school field, and even the teacups on Li Yu's table shook non-stop.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers in the school field cheered in unison, and the hundreds of military officials on the high platform were also very excited, and Yan Xu, Han Xizai and other senior officials stood up to watch. Li Yu stood behind the table and turned his head to Li Congshan next to him and said, "Which unit is this?"

Li Congshan bowed and said: "This is the cavalry under the command of Xue Lian under the command of Raozhou Xiangdu. Li Yu nodded and praised: "The soldiers are strong and strong, and they can be exemplary." Li Congshan smiled: "It's not started yet, they are just warming up and practicing to open the eyes of the emperor and the ministers." ”

Li Yu nodded and said: "It's really exciting, with such elite soldiers, I don't have to worry about Jiangnan." Li Congshan was just about to speak, then he listened to the sonorous sound of sabers under the stage, accompanied by the cheers of tens of thousands of people in the school field, the Raozhou cavalry went crazy, 500 people on each side under the leadership of their respective generals desperately hedged, the bright sabers collided with each other, mixed with the fanatical shouts of the cavalry, and the show reached a small climax before it began.

Li Yu nodded and said worriedly: "In such a battle, don't hurt the lives of the soldiers." Li Congshan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, these sabers are all bladed, and they are only used for performances, and they will not hurt people's lives." Li Yu was relieved and turned his head to look at the audience.

The horse teams on both sides hedged three times in the blink of an eye, and the cavalry brandished long knives and rushed towards each other, because it was a performance, each only came to intersect with knives and guns, not a life-and-death fight, Rao was so, and tens of thousands of people were dumbfounded.

After the fight, the three silver-helmeted generals jumped up from their horses, each holding a long knife and fighting in mid-air, and the sergeants were enthusiastic and cheered. Li Yu couldn't help but praise: "What a heroic young general." Li Congshan bowed down and said with a smile: "One of these three young generals is Xue Dingfang, the eldest son of Xue Lian, and the other two young generals are called Zhou Tong and Qiu Zheng, all of whom are among the best figures in the Raozhou army. ”

Li Yu nodded and said, "Have they ever known the art of war?" Li Congshan was slightly stunned, and then said: "Xue Lian is from a family of generals, and he has been well taught in his family since he was a child, and Xue Dingfang is proficient in the art of war. The other two young generals were born in civilians, but they carefully studied the art of war under the guidance of the political commissar of our army, but the time was a little shorter and they were only slightly understood. ”

Li Yu nodded in contemplation, and suddenly said: "Can those scholars get used to entering the army?" Li Congshan said: "They are all erudite people selected by the ministers and brothers one by one, but they are not lucky, and most of them have failed many times, and now they have been promoted to the position of committee members when they first enter the army, and most of them are very satisfied, and the ministers and brothers promise that as long as there is a war, they will go to the front line with the soldiers, and the military merits will be calculated separately." ”

Li Yu was silent, Li Congshan hurriedly shut up, and the two looked at the smoke and dust in the audience, listening to the shouts of killing in the sky, and their faces were different. Li Yu frowned slowly, his face was blue and red for a while, and he couldn't figure out what Li Congshan was thinking, and his face changed.

At this time, the cavalry performance under the stage ended and began to close the team, and the three young generals came to the high platform to salute Li Yu. Li Yu smiled and nodded, the commander waved the yellow flag again, and the Raozhou cavalry turned their horses and retreated, blinking to give way to the open space of the school.

The idea of the opening performance naturally came from Xiao Han, and even the process of all the military performances was made by Xiao Han, and Li Congshan was just a specific operation. Sure enough, he successfully caught Li Yu's attention at the beginning, and it depends on how the states perform in the back.

After the cavalry performance, the Xinzhou infantry army performed another set of spear formations, which were also very exciting, and even Li Yu couldn't help but applaud. Then he said to Li Congshan with a complicated face: "It's good to look at, what if it is used for actual combat?" Li Congshan instantly landed a big stone in his heart, and said with a smile: "Most of the performances are fancy, and the battle will be more exciting after a while, and the emperor will have his own conclusion after watching it." ”

Li Yu frowned and said, "There are no casualties between the two sides. Li Congshan was stunned and said: "The opponents are all wooden knives and guns, and it is impossible for people to die, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there may be soldiers injured." ”

Li Yu said unhappily: "It's not good to hurt people, it's better to be peaceful." Li Congshan was embarrassed: "Brother try your best." Then he called the herald over and gave a few orders, and the herald waved the order flag and summoned the generals of the states to him, and said what the lord of the country demanded, and the generals naturally agreed, and went down one after another to form a team.

After the performance, the second link is Li Yu's military parade, which is the first military parade after Li Yu became the monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Hearing the herald's loud shout, Li Yu got up and walked to the front of the stage, and the civil and military officials followed and stood on his left and right in class order.

The army of the 21st state below has already been prepared, and then the golden drums are heard, and in the sound of the drums, a cavalry team with bright armor marches slowly in eight rows, and the first eight red flags are hunting and flying in the wind, and there are two golden characters on them.

As the first member of the golden armor general, born like a full moon, a heroic face, holding a bright silver gun, a white dragon horse in the crotch, with the drum beat slowly, really majestic, extraordinary.

Xiao Han and Murong Qiuyu glanced at each other, and they both saw shock and envy in each other's eyes. Needless to say, Li Yu asked Li Congshan beside him softly: "This general is so heroic, but which state is it?"

Li Congshan bowed slightly and said: "This is General Luo Zizhenluo, the commander of Xuanzhou Xiangdu, it is rumored that he trained his soldiers very carefully, and he got up and ran ten miles after the fifth watch, practiced assassination and formation after breakfast, and studied for an hour under the guidance of the political commissar after lunch, and then practiced against each other. After dinner, we will try our hand at night fighting and archery. ”

Li Yu was dumbfounded and said: "Isn't this kind of military training invincible in the world?" Li Congshan said with a smile: "The most effective training has to be actual combat, there is a twin mountain hundreds of miles outside Xuanzhou City, on which there is a group of bandits, and the local government has encircled and suppressed several times to lose troops and end up in vain." The first emperor once used the Divine Guard Army to kill him, but he also returned. After General Luo completed his military training, he sent a battalion of soldiers to win a complete victory, and none of the more than 700 bandits in Shuangzi Mountain were caught. ”

The hundred officials were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Han Xizai frowned and said, "Is it really so powerful?" Tang Yue smiled: "I heard that General Luo has 5,000 soldiers who are good at archery, more than 1,000 people who are excellent in martial arts, and more than 100 people who are proficient in formations, and he can be my No. 1 general in Jiangnan." ”

Everyone praised in unison, and they were amazed. Li Yu sighed: "With this kind of force, can you fight for my Jiangnan Xue shame?" Everyone naturally knew the meaning of his words, and at the same time was silent, and no one spoke.

Yan Xu turned his head and glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers are in danger, now that I am peaceful in the south of the Yangtze River, and the relationship with the northern country is established, we must not cause trouble and provoke border provocations, which is not the blessing of my Jiangnan and the expectations of the people." ”

Tang Yue followed cautiously and said: "The northern soldiers are strong, I have been training in Jiangnan for less than a year, the battle of Huainan has been more than a few years, the battle situation has been decided, if you pick the troops again, the victory will be gratifying, if the battle situation is unfavorable, it will inevitably bring disaster to my Jiangnan." ”

The two prime ministers set the tone, and the officials echoed it, in short, it was the same meaning, and it was absolutely impossible to start a war against the countries privately. Going deeper, Jiang Nan was still scared by Hou Zhou, and would rather be an ostrich and bury his head in the soil than give it a try.

Li Congshan saw the opposition of the hundred officials, his face was very embarrassed, and he said: "The training day is short, and it will take time for Huainan to be ashamed. The Zhongshu Sheren leaned close to Li Yu's ear and whispered: "Everyone is watching, the lord of the country must not talk about military affairs lightly, lest the Jiangbei Zhao clan know." The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. ”

Li Yu was alert and nodded: "Today's military drill parade, don't say anything else." The officials nodded yes one after another, and each turned his head to look at the audience.

After the Xuanzhou soldiers, there was a team of quite strong infantry soldiers, lined up in ten columns and marching at the same head, and ten red flags in the front row were waving in the wind, with two big characters "Jianzhou" written on it. The soldiers were all dressed in orange plate armor, holding swords in their left and shields in their right, with longbows around their waists and quivers behind their backs. These 1,000 people are tall and strong, and they are walking through the high platform with the slogan of "Jianzhou is mighty, Jianzhou will win".

The leader was a general in his forties, wearing a red armor and holding a spear, striding forward. Li Congshan suddenly gasped, and Li Yu said strangely: "Can you know the seventh brother of this warrior in Jianzhou?"