In the spring of March, the weather is getting warmer, everything is recovering, people are planting mulberry, raising silkworms, and plowing crops. 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 time for outings, and Li Shimin and his wife decided to visit the renovated Cuiwei Palace.

Li Chengqian also took this opportunity to check the academy project.

After returning from Minzhou, Li Chengqian has been dealing with the backlog of government affairs in the East Palace. After the Queen's eldest son finally got his son back, he was allowed to run around again.

When he had nothing to do, he always took Li Lizhi and the infant Li Zhi to the East Palace. This also left Li Chengqian no time to do anything else, either play with the children or listen to the nagging of Empress Changsun.

The emperor's formal arrangements for traveling were naturally very careless, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared for them for three days. After leaving the Suzaku Gate, Li Chengqian couldn't stand the depression inside, and he still preferred riding a horse to riding a horse.

"Your Highness, this is the latest etiquette formulated by Taichang Temple, how majestic it is!"

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

Hearing Zhao Jie praising the majesty of the new honor guard, Wu Deng rolled his eyes at him and said.

Li Chengqian ignored the two living treasures at the back, but carefully took a look at the scale of this ceremonial guard.

There has been no decent guard of honor since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. This was an issue related to the emperor's face. As far as he knew, Li Shimin spent a lot of money.

What caught the Prime Minister's sight was the honor guard. As the vanguard of the "Grand Master", the honor guard was naturally at the forefront.

Among the several cars currently clearing the road were the local officials of Chang'an City, followed by the "Qingyou Team" consisting of two teams of cavalry and six-row infantry. Its role was to clear the road to protect the emperor's motorcade behind it.

A smooth trip.

Followed closely were twelve dragon flags held by soldiers, divided into two rows, and roared in the spring breeze.

Behind the dragon flag is a special fleet, including a guide car, a Ji Li drum car, an egret car, a Luan flag car, a Pi'e car, a Pixuan car, etc. Each car is pulled by four horses and has fourteen drivers.

A person, a craftsman.

Behind the ceremonial guards is the leading ceremonial guard, which mainly focuses on music and war. The civil and military officials accompanying the emperor are also among them. The leading ceremonial guard is composed of twelve rows of people holding horizontal knives, bows and arrows, arranged apart from each other.

A guard composed of cavalry.

Followed by a huge drum band, there are two drummers in front of the band who are responsible for directing the performance.

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

There are also wind instruments such as flute, Xiao, Jia, Changming and Zhongming, Dahengchui, Zhuozhen, etc., as well as percussion instruments such as Jinzheng. The whole band has more than 750 people.

After the band was a flag array composed of various flags, banners, flags, etc. Some accompanying officials and the emperor's twenty-four royal horses were also mixed in the flag array.

Behind the flag formation, there are the Qinglong Banner and the White Tiger Banner arranged on the left and right. In the middle of this team, there are also cavalry and infantry with weapons interspersed.

Behind the ceremonial guard is the jade chariot that Li Shimin rides on. The emperor's ceremonial driver is the core of the entire honor guard, so the security is extremely tight.

The jade chariot was driven by Tai Puqing, surrounded by forty-one chariots in front and behind, and escorted by Qin Shubao and Hou Junji on both sides.

Behind the jade chariot were senior generals and eunuchs from the Sixteenth Guards.

On the periphery of these escort officials, there were many teams of cavalry and infantry of the Forbidden Army. The number of the Forbidden Soldiers in each team varied, but they were all more than twenty people, and were led by a general.

The guards are equipped with bows, arrows, knives and other weapons, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Following the guards are ceremonial guards composed of peacock fans, small group fans, square fans, yellow horns, Jianghui, Xuanwu banners, etc.

There was actually a drum band behind the emperor's chariot. The band's instruments were similar to those in front of the jade chariot, but the scale was relatively small, with only about 300 musicians.

Behind it were towed various chariots specially used by the emperor, including square chariots, small chariots, waist chariots, golden chariots, elephant chariots, leather chariots, five pairs of chariots, root chariots, installation chariots, and four-wheel chariots.

Sheep cart, zodiac cart, yellow ax cart, leopard tail cart, etc.

The captains of the Wei Guards on the left and the right each led 200 soldiers, divided into four horizontal rows, holding halberds, swords and shields, bows and arrows and crossbows respectively, and followed the leopard-tailed chariot to cover the rear.

Each vehicle is drawn by horses and is accompanied by a varying number of drivers. In this team of drivers, there are also some officials from the imperial court riding horses to accompany the vehicle.

Walking at the end of the ceremonial guard was the rear guard. In front were the left and right infantry teams led by two generals. There were forty-eight teams in total, divided into two square formations at the front and rear, with thirty people in each team, and a flag as the leader.

The soldiers all wear hoods, armor, and hold bows or swords, and shields. Each team's uniforms are of the same color, with a total of five different colors arranged in alternating order.

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

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Behind Huang Hui's battle was Shu's battle, with a total of five hundred soldiers holding Shu and other ancient ceremonial weapons.

Finally, there is the flag formation composed of twenty-four cavalry teams on the left and right sides of the sixteen guards' cavalry and twelve flag teams. The flags held by each flag team are painted with the same legendary gods and monsters, such as to ward off evil spirits,

Jade horse, yellow dragon, unicorn, dragon horse, triangular beast, basalt, golden ox, etc.

After the flag formation, there was another yellow guard composed of infantry and cavalry escort. At this point, the entire honor guard ended, and the total number was probably no less than 5,000 people.

A huge guard of honor passed in front of Li Chengqian and others, and he had to sigh that the person who designed this guard of honor had taken great pains to design the guard of honor. The carriages were in clusters, the music was shining, and the flags were flying. It looked like an emperor.

Just when Li Chengqian was about to lead his men to chase the convoy, Li Ke came racing towards him.

On the horse, he cupped his hands with Li Chengqian and said, "Why don't Your Highness the Prince take a rest? You must know that this is still far from Cuihua Mountain."

Li Chengqian didn't understand what Li Ke meant. Whether it was for etiquette or comfort, sitting in Huzhong was naturally the best choice.

So he said: "I'm feeling bored in the desert, so I might as well go out and ride a horse and get some fresh air. Besides, eldest brother, I'm just a Qiu Ba, and I'm so delicate there. But my third brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, is becoming more and more heroic."

"My brother just likes bows and horses. Naturally, I can't compare with His Highness the Crown Prince."

Although Li Ke's words were modest, there was no hint of humility in his expression. This made Wu Deng and Zhao Jieke behind Li Chengqian very angry.

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

"I will obey my orders and dare not disobey them."

Looking at their speeding back, Zhao Jie said bitterly: "How dare you compare yourself to our Highness? He didn't even urinate and take photos of himself."

"He is a prince after all, so it is inevitable that he will be jealous of His Highness. Don't worry, the Crown Prince knows what he is thinking."

"You know again!" Zhao Jie asked.
Chapter completed!