Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 87

In March of Yangchun, the weather is getting warmer and everything is recovering, planting mulberry and raising silkworms, and farming.The birds in the sky spread their wings and fly high in the sky, and the people who have just survived the cold winter are busy in the fields.

Now is the season for outings, and Li Shimin and his wife decided to visit the renovated Cuiwei Palace.

And Li Chengqian just took this opportunity to verify the academy project.

After returning from Minzhou, Li Chengqian has been dealing with the backlog of government affairs in the East Palace. After the Empress Changsun's family finally hoped for his son, it would allow him to run around again.

When he was free, he always took Li Lizhi and infant Li Zhi to the East Palace.This also left Li Chengqian with no time to do other things at all, either play with the children, or listen to the nagging of Empress Changsun.

The guard of honor for the emperor's trip was naturally not sloppy, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared for it for three days.After leaving the Zhuque Gate, Li Chengqian couldn't stand the boredom inside, and he still liked riding a horse better than riding a horse.

"Your Highness, this is the latest ceremonial etiquette formulated by Taichang Temple, let's be majestic!"

"You know the prestige. What else can those gentlemen in Taichang Temple do besides tinkering with these useless things all day long."

Hearing Zhao Jie's praise of the new guard of honor's majesty, Wu Deng at the side gave him a blank look and said.

Li Chengqian ignored the two live treasures behind him, but carefully measured the scale of the guard of honor.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been no decent guard of honor. This is a matter of the face of the emperor. As far as he knows, Li Shimin spent a lot of money.

The first thing that caught the prime minister's eyes was the guard of honor. As the vanguard of the "big driver's book", the guard of honor was naturally at the forefront.

In the vehicles currently clearing the road, the magistrates of Chang'an City were sitting in turn, followed by the "clearing team" composed of two teams of cavalry and six-line infantry. Its role was to clear the road to protect the emperor's convoy behind. smooth travel.

Followed by the twelve dragon flags held by the soldiers, they were divided into two rows and rattled under the blowing of the spring breeze.

Behind Longqi is a special fleet, which includes guide cars, Jiligu cars, Bailu cars, Luanqi cars, Pi'e cars, Pixuan cars, etc.Each cart is drawn by four horses, and there are 14 drivers and one craftsman.

Behind the guard of honor is the guard of honor for the driver, which is mainly based on music and battle, and the civil and military officials accompanying the emperor are also among them.The leader of the guard of honor is a guard composed of twelve rows of cavalry holding horizontal knives, bows and arrows, and arranged at intervals.

Followed by a huge advocacy band, there are two advocacy orders in front of the band who are responsible for conducting the performance.

The musical instruments of the band are mainly various drums, mainly drums, big drums, cymbal drums, festival drums, snare drums, Yubao drums, etc.

There are also wind instruments such as flute, xiao, jia, long-ming and middle-ming, big horizontal blowing, 筚篥, etc., as well as percussion instruments such as golden gong. The whole band has more than 750 people.

After the band is a flag array composed of various streamers, buildings, flags, etc.Some accompanying officials and the emperor's 24 royal horses were also mixed in the flag array.

Behind the flag array, there are Qinglong flags and Baihu flags on the left and right.In the middle of this team, cavalry and infantry soldiers with weapons were interspersed and mixed.

Behind the guard of honor is Li Shimin's jade carriage.The emperor's car is the core of the entire guard of honor, so the guards are extremely strict.

Yuren is driven by a servant, surrounded by 41 drivers, and guarded by Qin Shubao and Hou Junji on both sides.

And Yu Ren was followed by the senior generals and eunuchs of the Sixteen Guards.

On the periphery of these escort officials, there are many teams of cavalry and infantry of the forbidden army. The number of forbidden soldiers in each team varies, but they all have more than 20 people and are led by a general.

The guards are equipped with bows, arrows, knives and other weapons, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.Behind the guards is a guard of honor composed of peacock fans, small tuan fans, square fans, Huang Hui, Jiang Hui, and Xuanwu buildings.

Behind the emperor's car there is actually a rear advocacy band. The musical instruments of the band are similar to the advocacy band in front of Yuren, but the scale is relatively small, with only about 300 musicians.

Behind it are all kinds of chariots dedicated to the emperor, including square chariots, small chariots, waist chariots, golden chariots, elephant chariots, leather chariots, five-pair chariots, plowing chariots, security chariots, four-looking chariots, Sheep carts, zodiac carts, yellow Yue carts, leopard tail carts, etc.

Captain Zhechong of the Weiwei Army on the left and right each led [-] soldiers, divided into four horizontal rows, holding halberds, swords and shields, bows and arrows, and crossbows respectively, and followed the leopard-tailed chariot as a cover.

Each cart is drawn by horses and has a varying number of chauffeurs.In this car driving team, there are also some officials from the imperial government office riding with the car.

At the end of the guard of honor is the rear guard. In front are the left and right infantry teams led by two generals. There are a total of 48 teams, divided into two square formations, 30 people in each team, led by a flag.

The soldiers all wear pockets, armors, bows or knives, and shields. Each team's attire is the same color, and there are five different colors arranged alternately.

In the middle are the left and right chambers, which are divided into twelve rows, ten people in each row, respectively holding bows, knives, halberds, shields, peacock cloaks (flags made of bird feathers), goose feather cloaks, and chicken feather cloaks. wait.

Huang Hui's battle was followed by the Shu battle, with a total of [-] soldiers, armed with ancient ceremonial weapons such as Shu.

Finally, there is a flag array composed of 24 cavalry teams and [-] flag teams on the left and right sides of the cavalry of the sixteen guards.The same kind of legendary gods and monsters are painted on the flags held by each flag team, such as evil spirits, jade horses, yellow dragons, unicorns, dragon horses, triangle beasts, basalt, and golden bulls.

After the flag array, there is another yellow battle array composed of infantry soldiers, and there are cavalry guards.So far, the entire guard of honor has ended, and the total number of people is probably no less than 5000.

The huge guard of honor passed in front of Li Chengqian and others, and he had to sigh that the people who designed this guard of honor really took great pains, the cars were driven by clusters of cars, the music was pleasing to the ears, the flags were flying, and they looked like an emperor.

Just when Li Chengqian was about to take people to chase the convoy, Li Ke galloped over.

Immediately arched his hands to Li Chengqian and said: "Why doesn't His Royal Highness take a rest in the midst of the rush, you know it's still far away from Cuihua Mountain."

Li Chengqian couldn't understand what Li Ke meant. Whether it was due to etiquette or comfort, sitting in the middle was naturally the best choice.

So he said, "It's better to go out and ride a horse to get some air because I'm bored. Besides, I'm just a Qiuba, so delicate there. It's been a long time since my third brother has become more and more heroic."

"My minister just likes bowing horses, so I can't compare with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Although Li Ke spoke modestly, there was no trace of modesty on his expression.This angered Wu Deng and Zhao Jieke behind Li Chengqian.

But Li Chengqian didn't take it seriously, and said immediately: "It's better to come early than to come by coincidence, how about we brothers together."

"Observe orders, dare not disobey."

Looking at their galloping backs, Zhao Jie said bitterly: "What, dare to compare with our Highness, he doesn't take a pee to take a picture by himself."

"He's still a prince no matter what, and it's inevitable to be jealous of His Highness. Don't worry, the Crown Prince knows it well."

"You know again!" Zhao Jie asked back.

"Then just watch." After speaking, Wooden whipped his horse and went to chase Li Chengqian.

(End of this chapter)