On May 17th, the ninth year of Zhenguan, on the square in front of Zhuque Gate.
A little general platform has been set up in the square. On the Zhuque Street in front of Zhuque Square, people are standing on both sides. The news that His Majesty King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is going to Tuyuhun on behalf of His Majesty has spread throughout Chang'an City, so many people are here today. Came here to say goodbye.
Jin Wuwei separated the people from the square in the form of a human wall. At this moment, two thousand horses were standing on the square in an orderly queue. There was a soldier in front of each horse. With.
"The auspicious time has come!" As the official of the Ministry of Rites shouted, the surrounding guards spread the words to all directions simultaneously.
"Bang" and "bang" the dull sound of the drum suddenly sounded throughout the square.
"Come in!" A majestic roar sounded.
The dull and uniform sounds of "bang" and "bang" sounded from Suzaku Street, and the crisp "click" and "click" sounds of armor friction were almost exactly the same. The heavy footsteps stepped on everyone's hearts like a drum.
The neat sound instantly attracted the attention of Li Shimin and the ministers who were standing on the high platform in front of the Zhuque Gate. A formation of a thousand soldiers on each side of the Zhuque Cross Street ran towards the square with a "click" and "click".
When they came into everyone's sight, everyone was obviously stunned. These guards were wearing brand-new Mingguang armors. These Mingguang armors were all silver-white and even sparkled under the sunlight. Almost every armor piece was on them. In a flash, all the soldiers were wearing the same Mingguang armor, and the two breastplates on their chests were expanded.
And they also have white tassels on their helmets.
"Click" "Click" accompanied by the sound of uniform footsteps, two silver-white rivers of soldiers gathered in the middle of the square.
"Definitely!" shouted again.
There were two dull footsteps of "bang" and "bang", and everyone stopped in place instantly.
"change!"
With a "swish" sound, two thousand people instantly faced the direction of the high platform.
"salute!"
"Shua", draw the knife neatly, lift it up, and stand the knife! The neat voice is like one person.
"Hiss" Cheng Yaojin and others couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. In ancient times, to see whether an army was elite or not, one only needed to see whether the army obeyed orders and prohibitions. But even the most elite imperial guards of the Tang Dynasty It is also impossible to do such actions as one person.
Everyone even noticed that the heights of the Tang knives raised by these soldiers were almost the same.
Li Shimin also took a deep breath. This boy gave everyone another surprise! But he didn't say anything. He came here today to be a mascot, and Li Shimin didn't need to speak during this expedition.
"Declaration!" Following the eunuch's voice, Chang Lin quickly walked up to the high platform with a copy of the imperial edict.
"My disciple: Li Ke, King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, will go to the Red Sea of the Western Regions today to establish the Protectorate of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty. King Li Ke of Qin will temporarily serve as the Protector of the Western Regions, and the army led by General Li Jing of Tuyuhun will temporarily return to the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Government control, and another appointment will be made after Tuyuhun is annihilated!..."
The entire imperial edict did not mention any declaration of war at all, because Tuyuhun did not have the qualifications. This was just the Tang Dynasty teaching the surrounding small countries! Instead, they directly announced the establishment of the Western Region Protectorate on the territory of Tuyuhun. This is the current strength of the Tang Dynasty!
Today, it is not just the people of the Tang Dynasty who are watching outside. It can be said that envoys from all small countries in Honglu Temple are here! Because this is related to Datang's external strategy, of course they are coming!
Hearing Li Shimin's imperial edict, these people were a little surprised, because the establishment of the Western Region Protectorate on the territory of Tuyuhun meant that the Tang Dynasty would completely turn this land into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, instead of other countries that surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Like the small countries in China, they are still governed by these small countries.
After the imperial edict was announced, Li Ke, who was also wearing bright light armor, took a deep breath and stepped up to the lower platform step by step. Next, Li Ke read the edict, but Li Ke didn't write it at all. The content was in his mind. .
When Li Ke stood on the high platform, everyone looked at Li Ke.
Looking at the square in front of him, to be honest, Li Ke had never faced such a formal scene.
"Since Pangu created the sky, the three emperors established the country, and the five emperors established the territory!" Li Ke took a deep breath and said loudly.
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, Li Shimin and others sitting in the back couldn't help but look sideways, what a guy! This is the beginning! It’s too big!
"Whenever a country encounters a major event, men must sacrifice themselves to the soldiers and sacrifice their bodies in sacrifice to the country. Even if their bones become mounds and their blood spills into rivers, they must not insult the country's land or mourn its territory!"
Although Li Ke showed his literary talent more than once, Li Shimin still felt a little strange that these words came from Li Ke. Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others behind them looked at each other. This statement... was written quite well! Mainly because this pattern is so grand!
Li Ke paused for a moment, and waited for the soldiers who carried the message to pass the message to all directions before he continued to speak loudly.
"A soldier wears his heart and courage; a general wears a sword; a handsome man has blood on his sleeves; a king shines with his sharp blade!"
"I, regardless of age, age or rank, will work together and use all the strength of the country to conquer the top of the plateau, conquer the land of barbarians, destroy the lairs of Japanese slaves, defeat the bandits who bully us, and defeat the barbarians. Kill! Then the sea is flowing across the sea, and I will stand upright! Let the corpses cover the fields, only the spirit can rely on!"
"Anyone who dares to offend our great Tang Dynasty will be killed!"
Li Ke almost roared out the last two words.
"Must kill!"
"Must kill!"
"Must kill!"
The soldiers below all turned red and roared loudly along with Li Ke.
Even the people behind them roared loudly, and the voice of "Must be killed!" resounded throughout Chang'an City, causing the envoys from other countries who were also watching the expedition on the street to break out in cold sweat, and some of them were even frightened. They fell to the ground, causing the people next to them to burst into laughter.
Fang Xuanling and others were a little confused... because this appeal was not just directed at Tuyuhun, but could be seen as an appeal to all small countries that provoked the Tang Dynasty.
Li Ke waited for the soldiers in the square to calm down before he raised his hands, and the voices in the square instantly became quiet.
Li Ke turned to face Li Shimin, knelt down on one knee and said: "Father, I request to go to war!"
"Go to war!" Li Shimin stood up, nodded and said solemnly.
"No!" Li Ke shouted, then turned to face all the soldiers and shouted: "Go to war!"
With a "swish" sound, all the soldiers neatly returned their swords to their sheaths.
Then the neat queue instantly divided into dozens of columns, and the sound of running "click" and "click" sounded. All the soldiers ran to the side of their horses in order, took the reins from the guards leading the horses, and stood there.
Li Ke also ran down from the high platform, stood in front of a sweaty horse, and jumped directly onto the horse. When Li Ke got on his horse, there was another uniform sound of "swish"! All two thousand cavalrymen got on their horses instantly!
"Fight!" Following Li Ke's voice, the horse under his crotch instantly lifted its front hooves and started running directly.
"Da da" The crisp sound of the horseshoes and stone slabs that Li Ke had made a long time ago resounded throughout the square. Following Li Ke's actions, the horses merged behind Li Ke in the established order. When Li Ke ran towards Suzaku When he was crossing the street, a torrent of steel had formed behind him, with four horses running parallel to each other!
The dull sound of horse hoofs hit the ground. Today, Zhuque Street has been cleared. Two thousand cavalrymen quickly gathered into a silver river, following Li Ke straight out of the city!
