Chapter 84 The Sacrifice of Prisoners (5) is the precursor The whole Suzaku Square is built with cement and paved with exquisite marble, and the overall appearance is magnificent, neat and symmetrical, integrated and magnificent.
Li Shimin stood on the city tower, looking at the Suzaku Square in front of him, his eyes were full of pride - this is his Tang Dynasty, this is his country, this is his people, this is his world.
Li Shimin was full of spirit, except for the concubines, children and courtiers standing around him, the rest were all foreign envoys from various countries.
They have seen the prosperity of Datang, but the prosperity of Datang has only heard that although in Datang's propaganda, Datang has destroyed dozens of countries, and their respective countries have also confirmed this matter, but people have such a mentality, that is, seeing is believing, and what they have not witnessed with their own eyes, even if others say it is true, they will not believe it.
But now the opportunity has come, Datang wants to prepare for a military parade, which is just an opportunity to observe the strength of Datang - as an envoy, as a representative of a country, can be sent by his own monarch to spy on the secrets of Datang, these people are naturally not easy, and they all understand the purpose of this military parade.
But in the face of this situation, they were also quite surprised, this silence seemed to be the calm before the storm, which made their minds quite uncertain.
The reason is very simple, they have not received any news in advance - you must know that under normal circumstances, such a large-scale demonstration must be prepared for a long time, at least a large-scale troop movement is a major movement, not to mention that these troops are still mobilized from the frontier, and the movement is even more shocking, with their means, it is impossible to detect it.
But Datang didn't, Datang actually used unaware means to hide from their prying eyes, in addition to the young army that has been stationed in Chang'an City, these troops transferred back from the frontier seemed to fall from the sky, and suddenly appeared outside Chang'an City, not to mention them, even those forces that infiltrated Datang were in a state of confusion - this can't help but make people worry, because this reflects that Datang is a kind of self-confidence, such a large-scale military movement, no one even noticed, If this time it's not a big military parade, but where Datang is going to sneak attack......
Tsk, it's scary to think about it.
This is an army of 100,000, if Datang uses such means to start a war with others, it is estimated that the Datang army has reached the frontier, and the countries that have been attacked have not yet reacted - how can this battle be fought?
If the target is some small countries, it is estimated that when they react, maybe the Tang Dynasty will already be in their capital.
If they understand Han culture, then they should understand that this trick is called Darkness Chencang, not only in history, but even the Tang Dynasty has indeed used this trick.
Just this year, when Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo, he used the means of darkness and Chen Cang, and secretly drove most of his troops to the front line of Yingzhou.
Even so, after Goguryeo reacted, the Tang Dynasty had already taken several border cities such as Goguryeo's Anshi City.
In the face of Datang's ability to almost defy the sky, it made the foreign envoys of all countries frightened, and the vigilance against Datang in their hearts was also mentioned to the highest.
At the same time, he also secretly resolved in his heart that after he went back, he must warn himself that the king should not easily provoke Datang.
Otherwise, if you really anger Datang, then everything will be over.
Li Shimin attached great importance to this military parade.
Seeing that the time was almost up, he asked Li Jing beside him: "Pharmacist, the hour is almost up, I don't know when the soldiers will arrive?"
” Li Jing was also like Li Shimin, with a serious face, looked up at the sky, estimated the hour, and said in a deep voice: "It should be soon." ” His voice was not long in coming......
I can only hear ......
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The sound similar to playing drums came, from far and near, all at once, shocking, quite a momentum of wind and clouds changing color.
At first, everyone thought it was a drum beating, but as the sound got closer, everyone was shocked - it was definitely not a drum sound, and the drum sound was not so crisp.
It's the sound of footsteps, and only the sound of footsteps is so crisp and neat.
The neat and uniform footsteps condensed by 100,000 elites are like beating drums......
No, it's more shocking than playing the drums.
Before the soldiers and horses arrived, Li Zhen had already given everyone a dismount just by the sound of footsteps, which was impressive.
Li Jing said in a low voice: "This is called taking the lead!"
” Li Shimin exclaimed in a low voice: "What a precedent."
He looked extremely satisfied, and said with a smile: "But Zhen'er came up with a clever trick?
” Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty forgives me, the minister did not interfere too much in the training of the big military parade, and the minister is not clear, but the only one who can condense this kind of formation is His Royal Highness......
Only His Highness can come up with such a trick. ” This army has not yet appeared, but listening to the footsteps, a neat army has appeared in everyone's minds......
This must be an elite team of a hundred battles, this is an inevitable thing.
But soon they find out that they are wrong, and they are very wrong.
Although the footsteps are unanimous, it is definitely not just an army, and the footsteps that resound so loudly in the world cannot be made by tens of thousands of people.
And the sound of footsteps faintly coming from all directions, everyone can clearly hear that the sound does not come from one direction, but from all directions - the presented army is not one but several, and several different armies can maintain such a high-profile unity, and everyone who understands military affairs understands what it means.
"A lot of people, a lot of troops."
"Look, here's it, there's there, there's here."
"It came from all directions."
"Amazing, those who can come up with such tricks must not be ordinary people." “……” The sound of surprise spread in different languages and tones among the foreign envoys of various countries, and one by one they could not hide the shock in their hearts and stretched out their heads to look.
That's right, this is Li Zhen's plan, in his plan, the soldiers who are reviewed do not appear in the form of one army, but in the form of eight armies, each from different directions.
This undoubtedly added a lot of difficulty to the rehearsal in advance, not to mention the different types of troops, the rhythm was even more difficult to master, and in the training, everyone, including Li Zhen, suffered enough.
But this is also the best way to fully exploit the potential of the parade, and only in this way can it make a sufficient shock to the hearts of the people, as can be seen from the performance of the common people and the nobles and envoys on the city gates.