On the seventh day of the eleventh month of the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, there was heavy snowfall. The main force of the Tang army had just returned to Shuozhou, but only ten days later, the imperial decree came - to stop the war. Except for the prisoners of war of Xueyantuo tribe who were escorted back to Beijing for a prisoner dedication ceremony, the prisoners of war of other small tribes were released on the spot.
, regardless of their crimes; rewarded the three armies greatly, promoted officers and knights, and the capital guards immediately withdrew to Chang'an; except for some of the Xiliang cavalry who stayed in Shuozhou, most of them withdrew to Liangzhou. After the imperial edict, everyone was rewarded, and some
Those who have made great achievements in war can also be promoted to the rank of nobility. The army is invigorated and everyone is happy. Therefore, it is extraordinary to be alone and drunk. However, there is a strange thing that makes the generals extremely confused - Li Zhen, the king of Yue who has made great achievements in war.
He actually got nothing, let alone any reward. Even after looking through the imperial edicts, Li Zhen's name was never mentioned.
To be honest, Li Zhen didn't care at all whether he was rewarded or not. The small amount of money that the old man could reward was nothing to a wealthy man like Li Zhen. How could he be promoted to a higher position? Of course it would be even more futile.
, without him, Li Zhen is already a prince now. Plus, wouldn’t he become an emperor? We can’t let the old man abdicate and let Li Zhen come to power? But after such great military exploits, he didn’t even say a word of praise.
In the previous sentence, isn’t this a shabby person?
Depressed! Even though everything seems to be normal on the surface, Li Zhen is really depressed in her heart. She wishes she could mount a gun and kill. However, she can only think about it in her heart. At this moment, Li Zhen
I really didn’t dare to act recklessly, so I could only sulk alone. Others couldn’t see Li Zhen’s unhappiness, but Nalong knew it well and didn’t say much. He just mentioned something - the big prize is very good.
Reward, we will see the outcome after returning to Beijing.
Will we see the results after returning to Beijing? Oh, maybe, I will return to Beijing soon, and we will tell when the time comes. At this moment, Li Zhen is really too lazy to think about the mystery. There are still a lot of things waiting for him to be busy.
——Because of the matter of dredging up the generals of various factions in the army in order to uproot the ancient tribe, Li Zhen owed a lot of favors. He jumped up and down for a while, giving money and making promises.
, Waibei worked hard all over to express his righteousness, and finally settled the matter. Now that the imperial edict has been issued, the favor that should be returned must not be returned quickly. Well, the pocket is stunned. Fortunately, Nalong kept his word.
, never left Li Zhen's side, and didn't even go to see off the clan members, so Li Zhen didn't feel like fetching water from a bamboo basket in vain.
Naturally, favors must be repaid, but there was one thing Li Zhen would not forget to do, and that was to form his own personal army - according to the Tang Dynasty system, a prince who founded a government office could have 1,200 soldiers.
Although Li Zhen had already obtained the permission to open a government office, Li Zhen never officially opened a government office. The total number of personal soldiers he had was only a pitiful thirty people, and most of them were
The old men who were obtained from Li Jing and Qin Qiong were of course not mentioned in terms of martial arts and loyalty. But the problem is that these bodyguards are all a bit older, so they can't just be kept as soldiers all the time. They have no chance to choose.
Soldiers, nothing else. Regarding the construction of the personal guard team, Li Zhen has always held an attitude of preferring lack to waste, and has never established a personal guard army. This time, it was good. As soon as the battle was over, all the personal guards under him were established.
Everyone with military exploits was sent out to serve as an official, even Li Ge, and Qin Fengxiang was no exception. As a result, the entire personal guard team was completely empty. How could Li Zhen let this person go while he had military power in his hands?
The good opportunity came, so naturally I hurriedly got busy.
Li Zhen has always been generous and righteous, and Shuozhou became famous after the First World War. When he said that he wanted to summon personal guards, the "Mao Sui" who came to the door was gone, let alone 1,200 people.
Seven or eight times is not a problem, which makes Li Zhen happy but also troubled - just kidding, the army is the old man's army, not Li Zhen's private army. If it really makes a big trouble, then it's okay, there is nothing we can do
, Li Zhen had no choice but to reduce the original number of 1,200 personal guards to more than 600 people. Basically, he selected some reliable and capable soldiers from the soldiers who fought with him to fill the role.
After a few days, Li Zhen planned to select a group of orphans from the "Yanji Merchant" to supplement them after returning to the capital. As for the captain of the personal soldiers, Chen Liang was appointed as the captain, and the rest were recorded to join the army, soldiers, cavalry and other royal servants.
All official posts are vacant, and Li Zhen plans to hold an internal competition after returning to the capital to decide on the best.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the whole army is eager to return home. Since receiving the imperial edict to withdraw troops, from the commander Li Ji to the soldiers below, everyone has been busy. It took only three days from demobilizing the prisoners of war to breaking camp and returning to Beijing.
The capital hurriedly rushed, hehe, good guy, when the reinforcements came, they rushed like putting out a fire. It took more than 20 days to travel. This withdrawal actually only took 14 days to withdraw from the capital. Li Zhen was stunned.
--Go home feeling good!
What? Preside over the prisoner presentation ceremony? Is there any mistake! As soon as the army arrived outside Chang'an City and before they entered the city, the eunuch Gao Yao came to deliver the order. The order was clearly stated - Li Zhen, the king of Yue, presided over the ceremony.
During the capture ceremony, this astonishing decree made Li Zhen stunned and dumbfounded. She even forgot to thank her. If Gao Yao hadn't fake coughed several times, Li Zhen almost lost her etiquette. In her heart,
The shock was really too great. Without him, this prisoner presentation ceremony was a great honor. No one other than the commander could do it. It is true that Li Zhen was a prince, but after all, he was just a small pioneer officer in the army.
Forget it, bypassing the coach Li Ji, there are many generals above Li Zhen. How can such a great honor fall on Li Zhen's head, how can Li Zhen not be suspicious!
What did the old man want to do? Li Zhen thought about it and couldn't figure it out, so she had no choice but to accept the order and go back to the camp to discuss the matter with Nalong. She didn't think about it, but Nalong replied nonchalantly: "Why do you need to worry too much, Your Majesty?
Your Majesty, this is just to establish your authority for the prince, so feel free to do it."
To establish authority? To establish authority? Li Zhen was confused. After thinking for a while, her heart suddenly moved. She glanced sideways at Nalong, who was smiling slightly, and asked tentatively: "Sir, what you mean is..."
"Haha, hasn't the prince already noticed? Why should I say more?" Nalong did not explain clearly, but just smiled and nodded.
Ha, damn, it’s true. Hehe, I’m really good at balancing. Well, it’s good this time. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms immediately turned into a war between the Four Kingdoms. Damn it, I won’t be fooled. Hehe.
, I accept the sweetness and don’t have to go out to sing. Isn’t that boy Lao Jiu not very peaceful recently? Let him go and do his work! Li Zhen rolled her eyes and immediately guessed something. She was feeling emotional about Emperor Li Shimin.
Although he was very scheming, he was also secretly wary. He didn't want to be someone else's weapon, not even his own old man. It was better for others to bear the reputation of deposing the prince. Li Zhen didn't want to bear this burden.
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Li Zhen laughed and said: "Okay, let's do what you want, sir. Let's see what methods I come up with to make this prisoner presentation ceremony glorious. If you want to establish your authority, it's good enough to do it thoroughly!"
Offering prisoners at the Meridian Gate? Oh, that’s totally wrong. There is no such gate as the Meridian Gate in the Taiji Palace in Chang’an City. In the Tang Dynasty, all prisoner offering ceremonies were held at Chengtian Gate. It should be called Chengtianmen to offer prisoners.
Yes. There are ten gates in the imperial city. In terms of military significance, Xuanwu Gate is the first and most important gate. But when it comes to political significance, it has to be Chengtian Gate. The reason is very simple - Chengtian Gate is located in Taiji Palace.
In the middle of the south wall is the main entrance of Taiji Palace. During the Tang Dynasty, the emperor used this gate to hold important events.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the 16th year of Zhenguan, the wind stopped and the snow stopped. The long-lost sun quietly jumped into the sky, shining warmly on people, which was really comfortable. On the occasion of the New Year, the whole city of Chang'an was filled with joy and laughter.
From the South City Gate to the Chengtian Gate, both ends of the entire South Street are crowded with the people of Chang'an City, and the Chengtian Gate is even more crowded with crowns and crowns, full of high-ranking royal relatives from the capital, and the important civil and military cities are all located above the gate tower.
Surrounded by the great emperor Li Shimin, the lower-ranking ministers could only stand under the city gate. Although the weather was very cold, no one complained. Everyone was waiting for Li Zhen.
The arrival of the victorious army he led.
At this time, the official sign was announced, a burst of passionate drums sounded, and a commotion broke out outside the south city gate - the victorious army had arrived! In front of him was a mighty warrior with a silver helmet and silver armor, a bright silver gun in his hand, and a snow dragon colt on his crotch.
Li Zhen, the new war god of the Tang Dynasty, followed by a thousand cavalrymen in a neat row of four, each holding a spear in his hand, pointing the forest-like spear slantingly at the sky, the sharp spear tip shining with dazzling light in the sun, everyone
He walked into the south gate with a solemn expression, followed by a formation of 2,000 infantrymen in a row of five. All the infantrymen had their hands empty, but their goose-stepping posture looked particularly mighty and majestic, followed by a group of infantrymen.
A large group of dejected Xue Yantuo prisoners of war carried various military flags, and then came an infantry squadron of two thousand people. The whole army marched up and down in order, but there was no sound of footsteps, but not a single word was heard. This appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention.
The cheers from the onlookers continued.
"Raise your spears and salute!" As soon as the whole team reached the Chengtian Gate, Li Zhenyun shouted with great strength. In an instant, the spears in the cavalry queue stood upright like a forest. At the same time,
, a thousand cavalrymen simultaneously shouted a battle cry like a tsunami: "The Great Tang is mighty, the Great Tang is mighty, the Great Tang is mighty!" The shouts of more than a thousand people were uniform, as if they came from one person, and then, they saw
With a wave of the bright silver spear in Li Zhen's hand, a thousand cavalrymen suddenly dispersed and formed a vigilant circle in the small square in front of Chengtian Gate. The spears in their hands were pointed directly at the sky, and everyone stood solemnly.
At the moment when the cavalry had just set up their formation, the goose-stepping infantry formation also happened to step onto the edge of the small square. Following Li Zhen's order, two thousand infantrymen drew out the crossbars on their waists at the same time, using the same swords.
Pointing to the sky, with steady steps underfoot, two thousand mouths shouted the Tang army's war cry at the same time. As soon as the entire infantry formation stepped onto the square, Li Zhen shouted: "Stand at attention!"
The two thousand infantrymen who were walking all stopped and sheathed their swords. Their movements were neat and neat, showing a good level of training.
As soon as the more than a thousand prisoners of war who followed the infantry formation entered the small square stepped onto the small square, Li Zhen shouted: "Present the flag!", and saw more than a thousand prisoners of war holding various military flags standing in a row of four.
Walking downstairs to the city gate, he threw all the military flags in his hands on the ground and stepped aside sadly. More than a thousand military flags immediately piled up into a tall pile. The last prisoner of war, dressed in the color of a Ten Thousand Captains, was holding a Xue Yantuo
The commander-in-chief, who generously set up the flag, walked to the city gate tower, knelt down on one knee, kowtowed, and then threw the flag vigorously onto the top of the pile of military flags.
The two thousand infantry formations that finally stepped onto the square also drew their swords and saluted, but the shout was not a war cry, but "Glory to our Emperor!" As the "Glory to our Emperor" sounded, the people who had lined up earlier were shouting "Glory to our Emperor!"
The three thousand soldiers in the small square shouted "Long Live Long Live" three times in unison, and their voices were uniform and resounded through the sky.
Shocking! Novel! There were not many people participating in this prisoner presentation ceremony. Even including the prisoners of war, there were only 6,000 people. Compared with the previous prisoner presentations that often had tens of thousands of people, this point
The men and horses were not even a fraction, but the momentum was unprecedented and heroic, making people's blood boil with excitement. No, even Li Shimin, who had seen so much, was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear, and walked to the city gate tower excitedly
Mouth, waving to his head frequently without saying anything, he also announced loudly that he would be awarded a grand prize for the participating sergeants, which immediately aroused another wave of cheers that resounded through the sky... dd