Chang'an is a city that haunts many rebel soldiers.
Today, it has finally opened its embrace to all the people west of Guanzhong.
The Liang army entering the city was led by the Jiedushi Jingjie and Yamen flags of the Guiyi army, followed by the Liang King's banner and Zhang's large banner made by Zhang Zhao himself.
And these Yamen flags of the Guiyi Army are also very particular.
Among them, the front set was made by Zhang Huaishen in the late years, and the back set belonged to Cao Yijin's Yamen Banner of the Guiyi Army.
What is a bit darkly humorous is that the reason why the Yamen flag was made was because in the entire history of the Guiyi Army, only Zhang Yichao, Cao Yijin, and Cao Yuanzhong were canonized as Jiedu Envoys of the Guiyi Army by the Central Plains Dynasty, and were awarded
Jiedu Jingjie and Yamen flag.
The rest are basically those who were retained by the Jiedu envoys of the Guiyi Army, or even held lower-level positions such as the governor of Shazhou and the defense envoy of Guazhou.
But in this era, in this day and age, no one knows how embarrassed the Guiyi Army was in history.
They only knew that under the leadership of Zhang Zhao and with the Guiyi Army as the main team, the Great Liang Kingdom was becoming stronger and stronger, and there were even obvious signs of taking over the Central Plains.
Looking at Zhang Zhao's father-in-law, Cao Yuanzhong, who had just arrived from Yanzhou in Chang'an City from a distance, he said with great emotion.
"From now on, no one can call me a Tibetan thief."
The word "Tibetan thieves" has almost become a worry for everyone in the Liang Kingdom.
This was the most significant side effect of Zhang Zhao's force to count the people from Lianglan, Heshan and other prefectures, such as Tumo, Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, as descendants of the Tang army in Longyou, Hexi, and treat them as Han people.
However, as Cao Yuanzhong said, now that the Liang army has entered Chang'an, no one can call them Tibetan traitors.
Yin Yaozi, who had also just returned from Tongguan, nodded in agreement after hearing this.
"Since ancient times, since Liangzhou is located in the northwest, there have been few people who can achieve success.
The reason is that the Han people's temperament is similar to that of Hu'er due to the mixture of Hu and Han, which is not liked by people in Guanzhong and even the Central Plains, who regard it as a barbaric frontier.
This made it difficult for the guards sent by the imperial court to gain recognition from the locals.
Many of the generals who grew up locally were overbearing and cruel and had no appeal.
Until the King of Heaven, who is both civil and military, strong and soft, can win the hearts of the people of the world."
While the two were talking, the vanguard of the army had already arrived at Mingde Gate, the south gate of Chang'an.
The reason why we didn’t enter from the east gate, Tonghua Gate, is because the south gate is the starting point of Zhuque Street.
Although Chang'an City has not returned to its former glory at this time, many residents already live on both sides of Zhuque Street in the old days due to the convenient access.
Zhang Zhao asked his army to enter through this gate, pass through the entire Zhuque Street, and then arrive at the family temple outside the Zhuque Gate in the imperial city where they worshiped the twenty-first emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
It was just to let all the residents of Chang'an feel the power of the Liang Kingdom's army.
Before Zhang Zhao entered the city, rumors continued to spread to Chang'an City. There were two main ones.
First, the Khitan leader Yelu Deguang proclaimed himself emperor in the Central Plains and assigned his Khitan generals as military governors to various places to guard the area.
However, the Khitan army had no military pay and could not help but plunder. When they arrived at the town, they raided the grass and grains and killed every ten people in the Central Plains.
Except for the fact that one out of ten is a bit exaggerated, the rest is not an injustice to my brother Guang. This is what he did.
It's just that Brother Guang's good brother Zhang Tianwang made the atrocities he had not yet committed public to the public in advance.
The second rumor is that some elders and business leaders who went to ask for help came back and said that the appearance of King Zhang Tian was very similar to that of Emperor Taizong Wen in the family temple.
Of course, someone quickly refuted it, saying that it was wrong and that King Zhang Tian's appearance was similar to that of Qingyuan Miaodao Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun.
In fact, this is all true, because no one knows that the statue of Tang Taizong Li Shimin in the family temple and the statue of Erlang Zhenjun enshrined in the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple have been constantly adjusted.
At first, it was about three to four points similar to Zhang Zhao, and then after changing the portraits, it was about five points similar. Finally, now, it has basically reached seven points of similarity.
With seven points of similarity, based on the characteristics of Chinese painting, they are almost exactly the same and there is no difference.
Ordinary people would never imagine that Zhang Zhao could do such a thing. They would only think that everything is God's will.
It's too low-end to talk about the great Chu Xing Wang Chen Sheng, killing the white snake and so on.
I, Zhang Tianwang, even dare to change Li Shimin's appearance, and he dares to become a Buddhist and Taoist god.
With this rigorous logic and shameless energy, he is worthy of being a master of pretenders in later generations who has been baptized by the Crooked Dragon King, the Return of the God of War, and a god-level son-in-law.
Outside Mingde Gate, Jinchang soldiers and generals were lined up on both sides. They were not wearing armor, they were all dressed in black, and they did not hold long swords in their hands. They only had horizontal knives and other weapons around their waists.
The Jinchang Army originally had 13,000 troops, including more than 6,000 elite Ya soldiers. It was the largest military base in Guanzhong.
However, after the Jin-Liao War began, the Jinchang Army mobilized more than 7,000 people and was taken to Henan by An Shenqi.
In addition, after An Yanwei took office, due to the shortage of money and food, some of them were laid off. The entire Jinchang Army now only has more than 4,000 people.
Among these more than 4,000 people, they were stationed in Xianyang, Qianxian, Wugong, Lantian and other places. Almost all of the 2,500 people who stayed in Chang'an were present.
This is inevitable. After all, the Jinchang Army is the only established force in Chang'an City. Zhang Zhao would not dare to enter the city unless they all come out.
Of course, Zhang Zhao was extremely satisfied to see that Jinchangjun and An Shouchie were so knowledgeable.
They are very knowledgeable! People who know interesting things are always rewarded, so Zhang Zhao gestured with his hand to signal An Shoujie to come to him.
"Please stay and select three hundred warriors to enter the city with my Great Liang cavalry!"
When An Shojie heard this, he was overjoyed. Zhang Zhao called him Liu Hou, so after entering the city, there would definitely be an official position no less than Liu Hou waiting for him.
Choosing three hundred people to enter the city together means that King Zhang Tian has regarded the Jinchang Army as one of his own.
The road was paved with loess and incense was burned to guide the way. The residents of Chang'an City were surrounded by huge crowds of people on both sides of Zhuque Street.
They held dustpans filled with food or clay pots filled with syrup in their hands. As soon as the army entered Mingde Gate, they burst into cheers.
How about eating a pot of milk to welcome Master Wang! An Shouchi, Li Shouling and others were able to make arrangements for this. They even arranged for the respected elders to cry and worship at the door.
Zhang Zhao was wearing an ocher yellow robe and riding a snow-white horse with folded ears in the middle of the team.
In front of him was the guiding silver sword officer wearing golden armor and holding a silver sword, and beside him were the important cultural relic officials of the Liang Kingdom. Almost everyone came except his uncle Song Shantong and Fan Quan who stayed behind.
Behind Zhang Zhao, the first thing to appear was the infantry phalanx. Infantrymen wearing red, white, and blue cloth-faced armors were led by Han Shandu.
As one of the few personal guards of Zhang Zhao who still maintains the Mo Dao fighting method, Han Shandu is holding a Mo Dao, with a Hulu hanging on his waist, and a long-tipped bow on his back, which is very conspicuous.
Behind Hanshandu were selected infantry elites from each town. They also wore cloth-covered iron armor.
Now in the Liang Kingdom, except for a small number of troops, those wearing cloth-covered iron armor are the most elite.
It is estimated that in another five to eight years, iron armor will be limited to small-scale equipment.
After the infantry, there is the cavalry. The first one to appear is the 800-horse armored cavalry from the Liang Kingdom.
These armored cavalry are all wearing pierced armor, and the vests of the war horses are also mainly pierced armor.
This is because after constant testing in actual combat, Zhang Zhao found that there was no need to reduce the weight of the armored cavalry.
Because for armored cavalry, the weight of the armor is a burden, but at the same time it is also very helpful for charging into the formation.
More importantly, armored cavalry often appeared as a decisive force in the Liang army.
Usually, they will only go up at the critical moment when the enemy is finally defeated. Anyway, they can't charge a few times, so they simply don't lose weight.
The traditional tactics of armored cavalry approaching the infantry phalanx, crushing the infantry with equipment, and overwhelming the infantry have been completely abandoned.
Originally, this armored cavalry warfare method from the Northern and Southern Dynasties was already relatively backward.
As for the function of the armored cavalry as the main force in cavalry combat, which can even be dismounted and used as heavy armored soldiers, it has now been replaced by the semi-armored cavalry called valiant cavalry.
These valiant cavalry followed by armored cavalry appeared in front of everyone.
They wear red, white, and blue cloth-covered armor, double-layered helmets with buffering and overhead designs, and hold extended spears. There are usually sabers, iron whips, pecking hammers and other weapons hung on the sides of their horses that are useful for close combat.
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Behind the valiant cavalry was the main force of the Liang army's cavalry, which numbered tens of thousands. Zhang Zhao named them hussars.
Most of the hussars wear composite leather armor. When they need to wear armor to attack fortresses, they will also choose to wear ring mail or chain mail.
But their main role is to detect, cover, and cover the army during the march.
During war, they were used as mobile troops to fight with enemy cavalry, or to attack infantry phalanxes with few bows and crossbows, or to pursue and kill the enemy after they retreated.
The large number of hussars' equipment has been reduced in strength, but it is lighter and simpler to use.
During combat, they first use horned crossbows to defeat the enemy's momentum, then use cavalry bows to plunge the enemy into chaos and divide the enemy forces, and then use long sabers to slash at close quarters to increase casualties.
The combat methods and style are, to a certain extent, similar to Napoleon's French hussars in history. They emphasize being brave and fearless of death. They charge to the death after three horns are sounded, which is very much like a knight-errant.
As soon as these three groups of cavalry came on stage, they shocked the residents of Chang'an.
There are a total of 13,000 cavalry, almost all of them are tall horses, and the least one has a suit of leather armor. According to current parlance, this is 13,000 cavalry with armor!
The horseshoes stepped on the ground, making a clicking sound. Of the more than 10,000 horsemen, no one made any unnecessary noise. Even the neighing of the horses was quite rare.
Like a silent steel torrent, they rolled forward from Suzaku Street.
With 2,000 infantry and 13,000 cavalry, the 15,000 troops specially mobilized by Zhang Zhao once entered the city and gave the residents of Chang'an a very deep impression.
Not to mention the military discipline displayed by the Liang army these days, the armor rate is basically the highest that the residents of Chang'an have ever seen.
Although there are no statistics, the Liang Army's holdings of three-layer or above leather armor to iron armor should be comparable to those of the Jin and Liao Dynasties.
In terms of quality, the emergence of cross-era equipment such as cloth armor, pear-shaped spears, and horseshoes has made the equipment level of the two armies higher than those of the Shanxi and Liao Dynasties.
However, compared to the impact brought by the Liang army to the residents of Chang'an, Zhang Zhao's appearance had a greater impact on them.
Because many people discovered that the rumors were actually true.
The appearance of this heavenly king is not similar to that of Emperor Taizong Wen of the Great Dynasty or Emperor Xiansheng Zhenjun of Qingyuan Miaodao Erlang, but the three of them are all highly similar.
Everyone began to murmur, and many people also remembered the legend from Hexi that King Zhang Tian achieved enlightenment at Lingjiu Mountain.
Is this all true? Isn’t this a king descended from heaven?
This chapter has been completed!