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Chapter 1059 The King of Different Surnames

Sunrise in the east.

The 300,000 imperial guards and soldiers from the north and south of Hanjing were gathered into military formations outside Yongding Gate, the southern gate of the outer city were arranged into military formations. The six imperial guards of the northern yamen plus two navy fleets. The 12 guards of the southern yamen and the militias in the army of the kings were placed.

The imperial guards with red black edges, the palace soldiers with red robes and blue edges, the navy soldiers with red robes and white edges, and the militias with directly wearing blue robes.

Yongding Gate is wide open, and today the gates of the three city gates are wide open, leading directly to the wide Zhuque Tian Street. The sixteen-mile Zhuque Long Street is crowded with people coming to watch.

A thousand Xuan armored cavalry were arranged in a long formation.

Today they all changed into black plate armor, and the black plate armor emitted a faint light. The horses they sat down were all black horses, and the horses were also covered with black iron armor.

Iron man and iron horse are like steel cavalry cast from liquid steel.

The trumpet sounded, the war drums sounded, and the Xuan-armored cavalry suddenly moved.

They slowly trot forward, with neat lineups, and iron hooves hit the stone slabs on Tianjie, making crisp sounds, gathering together, like thunder.

This is the first time that the people on both sides of the Tianjie have seen such a majestic cavalry, just like a heavenly soldier.

Li Chao was wearing imperial golden armor, with a jade sword on his waist, and rode a golden sweat-blooded horse, standing proudly in the center of the wide Tianjie Street. The wind blew his scarlet cloak and gently brushed his face. He couldn't help but be amazed as he looked at the thousand mysterious armored cavalry slowly coming towards him.

Gathering the power of the Tang Dynasty, now we have only barely gathered such a thousand iron cavalry equipped with plate armor. One thousand armored cavalry and black armored cavalry are purely accumulated money. However, the effect is indeed good. The arrival of these thousand cavalry makes people feel extremely heroic. Just look at the expressions on the faces of the chiefs of the tribes of the foreign countries. They were completely shocked.

A general in the cavalry urged the horse to step forward quickly, and stopped the horse in front of Li Chao.

"Zhang Gongjin, the general of the Zuo Shence Army, led the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry to report to the inspector of the three armies, the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry phalanx has been prepared, please review it!"

The three military academy was to encourage the people's hearts after the Han and Beijing Rebellion, and to shock the barbarians from all over the world and show the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. Such an important military parade was not the turn of Li Chao, the Shangshu Ling, to be the inspector of the three armies.

The most suitable candidate is of course the Privy Councilor or the Minister of War.

But Li Shimin ordered Li Chao, the Grand Marshal of the Three Armed Forces, to serve as the inspector of the three armies before the world.

Li Chao raised his hand and replied with a military salute, knocking his arm on his chest, "Start!"

Under the leadership of Zhang Gongjin, Li Chao, Privy Councilor Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong, Li Ji, Minister of War Li Jing, and five great governors rode over together, first reviewing the square formation of the Xuan Armored Cavalry, and then the parade officially began, and the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry was the first to take the lead.

They rode forward to the imperial city Zhuque Gate with a neat lineup, accepting the view of the people on both sides of the Tianjie Street, and then reaching the Zhuque Gate to accept reviews from the emperor, the empress, the prince, and the prime minister.

The Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry of the Shence Army, the heavy infantry of the Yulin Army, the Modao Warrior, the archer phalanx, the crossbowman phalanx, the Shenji Army's musket phalanx, the three-eyed gun cavalry phalanx and other square arrays passed one by one.

In the eyes of Li Chao, the inspector of the three armies, the square formations of these soldiers were actually only average, and they could not achieve the awesomeness of being able to be connected into lines from all angles. But in the eyes of the onlookers, this neat square formation was already very shocking.

The flags fluttered, and the spears were like forests.

The neat and bright red battle robe, the loud roar and powerful steps, make people excited when they see it.

With the drums and music of the military band, the onlookers felt that they had also become a member of this large army.

For today's inspection, the soldiers specially changed into new military robes. Even the militiamen all had a set of military robes, and the flags were all new, with armor and weapons polished.

Under deliberate construction, a mighty army appeared.

Even the navy drove the navy into the city on a boat and sailed in the canals in the city.

"After the review, most of the soldiers will be disarmed and returned to the field." On the maroon war horse, Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the chairman of Pingzhang Sun Wuji also wore armor today. A set of silver half-body armor was worn on his body, which also made him majestic.

Wearing armor and sword, Changsun Wuji is very handsome like a Confucian general.

"It is impossible for the capital to support so many troops. All the troops gathered in the capital, which not only has difficulty in supporting them, but also makes the place empty." Li Chao said. Later, in the Song Dynasty, he liked to build a strong and weak branch and create a huge imperial guard system, but most of them were concentrated in the capital area.

The troops garrisoned in the capital of the Tang Dynasty were composed of government soldiers and imperial guards. The imperial guards were the standing army, with six armies and two naval fleets. However, the imperial guards were not only stationed in the capital, but were transferred to the frontier to guard the garrison to exercise combat effectiveness. Usually, there were about 30,000 imperial guards in Beijing, and about 30,000 imperial guards took turns to guard the capital. Therefore, the permanent troops in the capital were about 60,000, half of the northern imperial guards and half of the southern imperial guards.

It belongs to the North and South yamen, but is controlled by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, and has many checks and balances to ensure that these armed forces stationed in Beijing can always be in the hands of the emperor.

After this Han and Beijing Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's military was underway from top to bottom. A large number of officers were removed from office, and many imperial guards and government soldiers were also removed from the list. A large number of militias were selected from this time the King-Supervised militias and entered the North and South Yamen.

"I heard that the prince was named King of Zhao, and you gave me a few resignations. Later, Your Majesty even more named you King of Yue, and Wenyuan refused to accept it. After hearing this, I was deeply impressed." Changsun Wuji smiled and said to Li Chao, "At the beginning of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, my system was established, and no one could be granted the title of king. Although Wenyuan had already been a member of the royal family, such as Qu Tutong and General Su Dingfang, they were all real ministers of different surnames. Although they had great achievements in serving the king, they were not in line with the system after all, but they were not in line with the system, right?"

"We are ministers, and we must always have the duty. Even if the emperor and the prince reward us, we will not accept it if we do not conform to the system." Changsun Wuji said as he looked at Li Chao.

Li Chao smiled lightly.

"I understand what the Duke of Wei said, and that's exactly what I mean. Don't worry, even if Your Majesty gives you a generous gift, I will not accept this gift from the king."

"Wen Yuan is listed as a member of the Tang Dynasty's royal family. Your surname is Li, and you are a royal family. You are not in violation of the system. It's just that the other seven kings are not suitable, right?"

Li Chao said, "Although I have made small achievements, I am not worthy of being the reward for being the king. Looking back, I will find the rest of the people, and we will express our strength to resign the reward for being the king."
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