Chapter 422 The Han army and horses
After Duan Mingyu defeated the Khitans, he seized almost all the remaining war horses in the Khitan army. He then fought with Liu Rengong and Zhu Wen for a fierce battle. He gained something. Among so many spoils, only six or seven hundred Shenjuns with cold-forged horse armor were selected. Except for those in the Shence Army, the rest are all here.
These horse armor are also purchased and sent to Jinyang to collect armor-making craftsmen to build. Jinyang has always been a military city. In terms of armor manufacturing, it is at least not much like Luoyang.
These people who were building their work hard to use wart armor for horses and were transported to Luoyang with great effort.
Nearly two hundred divine dragon horses... The faces of the horse are hidden under the rough-looking face curtain. They spew long white air. The mane has not been trimmed. They are long and messy. They dance in the night wind. In addition, the cold light reflected by the full set of horse armor in the night. The huge horse hooves knock on the sparks. This scene alone can scare the yamen officer who has not experienced war for many years and cannot afford the will to resist.
Two hundred armored cavalry, eight riders in a row, and more than twenty are arranged. On the not-so-spacious streets of Luoyang, there is endless momentum.
Not to mention those who were wearing armor immediately. Nearly two hundred armored soldiers, not to mention Yishui's imitation Qingtang wart armor. At this moment, the armor has been put down. It is covered with hideous patterns. There are two deep holes on the eyes. Each armored soldier has wide shoulders and wide backs, and is full of murderous aura.
The soldiers in the first and second rows all held horse lances and were clamped under their armpits. They stretched out like hedgehogs. The rest of the guards either used long swords and horse swords, or used long-handled large swords, iron hammers and maces. All kinds of heavy troops were used immediately. They were all heavy and made of fine iron. A brilliant light was reflected under the flames.
In addition to the main weapon, everyone also carried a bow and an arrow. Tang Huai and Tang Silang, many of the guards with sable hats also had a hard bow and shot strong arrows. The bow bags contained a long arch bow, but they could shoot freely on the fly. In the bags, there were iron barbs with iron teeth. These bows and arrows had the power of tigers and wolves within a hundred steps. Within this distance, people wearing heavy armor like them were all unable to stand in the rain of arrows.
In addition to bows and arrows, there are also two-dimensional secondary weapons, most of which are long swords of various colors. In fact, a fierce battle of cold weapons. In addition to the iron-like hammers, maces, swords, guns, and spears, the losses are extremely large. These soldiers have long and short bodies. At least they wear two swords. Most of them are even four or five. As long as they live up to their serious injuries, they are inexhaustible. In the battle formation, they will be replaced immediately with one broken hand. They are always like a killing machine with amazing destructive power.
This is the real way to go into battle, can rush to battle, can fight to the death among the troops, can be the enemy alone without being defeated. The true face of the pure Han border army and the armored sharp men.
It is these Han scholars who have been in the Han Dynasty since the Qin Dynasty, and have been in the vast territory of the Han Dynasty. They are in Yanzhi Mountain, in Langju, in medicine and water, in large and small rivers, in Loulan and Gaochang, in Qingtang Hengshan, outside Liaodong. They have been fighting for the death to fight. They have expanded Han civilization from a small corner of the Yellow River Basin to the end of the geographical scope of East Asia.
Since Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, the Han martial arts and blood that have been passed down from this kind of inherited have been destroyed and their vitality has withered.
There was nothing to say overnight. On the second day, Duan Mingyu received the second imperial edict. Duan Mingyu selected 2,000 soldiers to enter the city. His Majesty got the military parade the next day. Isn’t this a troublemaker? I have to go out of the city again. Duan Mingyu would not show any displeasure. He secretly slandered him. After receiving the imperial edict, he left the city. How could he not know this trick? If he chose a few more people, even if he exceeded the rule, he was not much or less. He only chose two thousand people.
Early the next morning, the camp of two thousand people in the city was ready to get up.
The Ministry of Rites and the inner court rushed to the school grounds before dawn to prepare. Considering the hot weather, the inner court transported twelve trucks of ice storage. They were all wrapped in thick quilts and parked behind the parade. A row of flat wooden racks were set up on the parade platform at the back. When the emperor arrived, the ice was spread out so that the palace maids fanned the back to make cooler.
All the soldiers participating in the parade have added a new set of military uniforms, specially designed for today's use. At this moment, the soldiers of all departments are dressed neatly, arranged in a row, and the horses are also complete. They are fed with several meals. They ensure that the horsepower is full, the horns are sounded, and the military flags are flew. Because of the neat position and the military appearance is solemn, even though there are only two thousand cavalrymen, the scene is also spectacular.
The preparations lasted for almost an hour. Then a flying cavalry came to report. The emperor's saint's saint was almost at the gate. Duan Mingyu immediately led the deputy prosecutor Wang Aiqing, and the parade officer Shang Rang rode his horse out of the military camp.
Soldiers are five steps and one whistle in ten steps. They line up from the front of the gate of the camp to the Xuanwu Gate of Luoyang Palace City. The roads along the way are cleaned and flat. A team is in a row in the distance. The most eye-catching in the middle is a yellow umbrella. There is only one person in the world who can dress up like this. Naturally, they are today.
The emperor's carriage slowly approached. All civil and military officials were wearing helmets and armor. They dressed up in military uniforms and accompanied the imperial guards. The other emperors also wore armor and war robes in military uniforms. Further back were the royal princesses and princesses's carriages. The curtains were high and rolled. The noble girls all wore solemn and noble but extremely complicated palace clothes that they only wore when they attended major occasions.
Duan Mingyu and others rode their horses forward, and the imperial guards flashed to the left and right. The three horses galloped fast to the emperor and were stopped by the inner guards. Then they turned over and dismounted and greeted the emperor loudly: "My minister Duan Mingyu (Wang Aiqing, Shang Rang) has seen Your Majesty."
The three of them were wearing armor, and they were the most suitable black armor for the Tang Dynasty. Although this fashion was in the morning, the weather was not very hot, it was definitely not cool. However, the three of them were covered with all their clothes from head to toe. The cheeks and eyebrows were the same black. Only a pair of bright eyes were exposed on their faces. The whole person was like cast iron. Only the helmet was fringed with tassels as red as blood. It seemed extremely majestic.
"This is my soldier." Li Ye was very happy to see it. He raised his hand happily and ordered: "Don't be polite, calm down, lead the front and lead the troops. I want to personally read the team."
"Respect the Holy Order." An invisible barrier between the two made both of them unwilling to talk. It would be better to use the serious business to hide your embarrassment.
Duan Mingyu and the other two rose onto the horse, standing in the shape of a finished character in one, two back and forth. Duan Mingyu said "hardly" and knocked his legs against the horse's belly. The three generals led the emperor's ceremonial guard toward the camp.
Chapter completed!