Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 554

When the phalanx of recruits walked to the viewing stand in neat steps, the leading officer drew out his saber and shouted loudly to Li Tan who was on the viewing stand: "The King of Yue opens Taiping, and Longyou rewards Taiping!"

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers shouted in unison: "The king of Yue is a thousand years old!"

Li Tan also drew out his sword, and shouted at the soldiers: "The world is peaceful!"

At this time, both on stage and off stage sang "Tianxia Taiping", which made Du Hongjian's heart flutter.

This world is peaceful are the words and phrases in "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Battle". It is the lyrics that Emperor Taizong filled in when he established the foundation of the Tang Dynasty after defeating Liu Wuzhou, expressing his expectation for the peace of the world.

And at this moment, isn't everyone in the world looking forward to peace?
In such an era, isn't what the people want is peace in the world?

Can this army in Longyou really bring peace to the world?
Du Hongjian was a little confused, but the Shuofang Army standing by the river watching the military parade couldn't help shouting after hearing the slogan of peace in the world.

Immediately afterwards, the phalanx of recruits from Zhechong Mansion also stepped onto the parade ground. They passed the viewing stand and shouted the same slogan, and the soldiers of the Shuofang Army also followed the mountain and shouted.

This day, natural disasters, military disasters, cruel officials, bandits, and court oppression, not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary officers in the Shuofang Army, what they want is a simple peace in the world?
Is this the ambition of King Yue?
Du Hongjian looked at the young King Yue, but he did not expect him to have such an ambition.

After a few phalanxes passed by, Du Hongjian looked at the audience in confusion. Why is the military parade not over yet?
At this moment, Xu Jun came up and said, "Your Highness, the artillerymen request inspection."

"Agree to review."

Xu Jun issued an order to the artillery battalion in the rear, and Du Hongjian saw two carriages pulling the cart to the inspection stand.

what is this?
Du Hongjian looked at the carriages in the audience with some doubts, only to see the soldiers put down the carts, fixed the wheels, and exited a large black iron bucket.

what is this?
In Du Hongjian's doubts, the soldiers had already fixed the gun position and adjusted the angle of the gun muzzle.

Xu Jun stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, please look at the test range over there. Those two walls were built just a few days ago, and they were built according to the standards of ordinary military fortresses."

Li Tan picked up the binoculars, and Du Hongjian picked up the binoculars, only to see two solitary city walls in the middle of an empty area.

Although the city wall has only one side, its thickness is about the same as that of Shuofang City.

Du Hongjian once again lamented the speed of Longyou's construction. Such a city wall could be built in a few days, but what is the purpose of building a city wall in this empty place?
Xu Jun raised his hand and ordered to the gunner below: "Get ready, fire!"

Hearing a loud bang, Du Hongjian was so frightened that he almost dropped the binoculars again. He smelled the pungent smell of gunpowder, and put down the binoculars to look at the muzzle below, which was still emitting green smoke.

Du Hongjian looked at the muzzle in surprise, what is this thing for?

Is it used to scare the horses?Yes, if such a weapon is used on the battlefield, it can indeed startle the horses, and it can be regarded as a surprising and winning tactic if used properly.

But this thing has to be pulled by a carriage, which is too cumbersome. If you want to deal with cavalry, this method is too troublesome.

At this moment, Xu Jun beside him said, "Marshal Du, please look at the city wall over there."

Du Hongjian raised his binoculars again, and when he saw the city wall that had been blasted two gaps and was still emitting green smoke, his face immediately turned pale.

Is this caused by the weapon just now?
Are you dreaming?
But seeing that the city wall, which was intact just now, had turned into ruins, Du Hongjian had to believe that the damage was indeed caused by this weapon.

Du Hongjian was terrified. With such a sharp weapon, what kind of city could stop Longyou's army?

Du Hongjian couldn't help but bring it in. If Longyou used such a weapon to blow open the city wall of Lingzhou, and let the elite Longyou army rush into the city, how long would he be able to resist?
three days?Shake your head.

one day?Shake your head.

Half a day!Du Hongjian made some calculations and came to the conclusion that if Longyou really used this terrifying weapon and cooperated with Longyou's elite soldiers, he would be thankful that he could last for half a day.

So desperate!

At this time, Xu Jun gave another order to the grenadier troops at the test range.

"Du Shuai, please look at that city wall again."

Du Hongjian picked up the binoculars again and saw a group of soldiers in Longyou military uniforms walking into the test range with neat steps.

They were unarmed, each carrying a strange short club.

"send!"

Xu Jun gave the order, and a signal sounded, and the soldiers quickly threw the short sticks in their hands towards the ruined wall.

boom!
There were several consecutive explosions, and Du Hongjian saw the black smoke of death rising. When the black smoke cleared, the city wall, which was already in ruins, was directly leveled.

Now Du Hongjian was completely stupid. If the long-range weapon like artillery brought him shock and inconceivability, it seemed like a divine weapon in the sky.

The grenade shocked him even more. A short stick that an ordinary soldier can carry can also have such power after it explodes.

Du Hongjian couldn't help thinking, what if this short stick was thrown on top of his own cavalry troops?What terrible harm would that do?

Once again, I thought of the old Yue King's slogan "Tianxia Taiping", maybe this is really not some fantasy?
If the Longyou Army equipped with such weapons goes all the way to the pass and south, there shouldn't be any cities that can block its footsteps, right?
He has already seen the strength of Longyou's army, and the wealth of Hexi is beyond doubt.

Coupled with such terrifying weapons, Du Hongjian estimated that if King Yue was going to march into Lingzhou, it would only take a week from sending troops to conquering Lingzhou.

Thinking of the barracks that he set up along the way to Longyou, now he doesn't even need to repair the barracks.

Du Hongjian only felt that his hands and feet were cold. Could it be that all of this was part of Longyou's scheme?
Yes, looking at Xu Jun with a smiling face beside him, and thinking of Li Mi's resourcefulness when he planned for the emperor, the King of Yue's plan for himself has been clearly revealed.

The judgment was completed in an instant.

Regardless of the armor he was wearing, he made a full salute to the King of Yue:

"The imperial court is closed. They don't know that the king of Yue has already trained a strong army in Hexi, and even wants Shuofang army to support Hexi."

"The imperial court ordered Du to restrain the Hexi armies, it really thinks highly of Du."

"Du is willing to hand over the command of the Shuofang Army and obey His Highness!"

Hearing what Du Hongjian said, Li Bi looked at this old friend in surprise.

I thought it would take a lot of talking, but I didn't expect Du Hongjian to surrender so easily?

Li Tan showed an expected smile, he helped Du Hongjian and said: "The imperial court ordered Marshal Du to rush to Hexi, how could he take away the Shuofang Army trained by Marshal Du himself? Du Gong is still appointed by the court. Shuofang Jiedu envoy, Tan would not dare to take it privately."

Hearing that Li Tan still let him command the Shuofang Army, Du Hongjian's expression improved a little.

Immediately afterwards, Li Tan uttered a piece of news that shocked Du Hongjian.

I only heard the King of Yue say: "It's just that I have heard the news that Tubo invaded Hexi last year, but it has been defeated by our Hexi army."

Du Hongjian looked at Li Tan in surprise, only to hear the other party say a shocking news!

"Shang Qixin, the leader of Tubo, has been destroyed, and now the head of the thief is hanging on Wuwei City."

what!
Du Hongjian looked at Li Tan in disbelief, and then at Li Mi who was behind King Yue.

Seeing Li Mi's deep nod, now Du Hongjian said in doubt:
"Why don't you report the victory to the imperial court for such a great contribution?"

Li Tan said calmly: "At that time, we had just defeated the main force of Tubo, and our army was busy marching into Tuyuhun, so it was delayed every time we came and went."

"When the Tuyuhun area is fully occupied, the imperial court is at war again. After thinking about this trivial contribution, I don't bother to report it."

Too lazy to report?

Du Hongjian only felt his head buzzing.

Tubo and Uighurs were the two great enemies in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, and the Shuofang army was guarding against the Uighurs north of Yinshan Mountain.

But Hexi has been harassed by Uighurs and Tubo for a long time.

In the past few years, Tubo's expansion ambitions have become more and more obvious, and it has become a serious problem for the northwestern states.

Shang Qixin'er was the Dalun who led the Tubo people to open up the Tuyuhun area, and was even more important than the prime minister Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty.

He was the main promoter of Tubo's strategy for the Northwest Region of the Tang Dynasty. Such a person died in battle?
To reproduce the achievements of Taizong's period and regain the Tuyuhun area, such a great contribution seems to be a trivial matter in the mouth of the King of Yue.

However, Du Hongjian quickly realized that if what King Yue said was true, it further showed that King Yue was ambitious.

Such a great victory was not reported to the court, which is enough to show that the king of Yue wanted to be grand.

Now Du Hongjian felt more at ease. King Yue was so cautious and knew how to keep a low profile even after making great contributions. Compared with the crown prince and King Qi in the court, wasn't he a more trustworthy lord?

No wonder Tubo did not attack Hexi this year, but attacked Xichuan together with Nanzhao, which was a rare occurrence. It turned out that Tuyuhun suffered a big loss.

After the military parade was over, Du Hongjian handed over the [-] Shuofang troops he had brought with him to the General Staff, who would reorganize and train the troops at the Xinzhuang Camp.

Du Hongjian was still the leader of this unit, but like other Longyou armies, the daily training was handed over to the instructors sent by the staff.

At this time, in the icy and snowy north, Fang Guoshou's carriage headed north against the wind and snow, and drove into Shangjing City of Bohai Kingdom.

As an important commercial and trading partner of the Bohai Kingdom, Fang Guoshou received a warm welcome from the King of Bohai. The King of Bohai sent his ruling Gao Yangbi to greet Fang Guoshou outside Bohai City in person.

(End of this chapter)