But this time, like when Li Xuanhe entered Liuzhou and Zhaoqing, he once again rejected the advice of the ministers and would not take the thirty-six-carry dragon sedan into the city!
He's going to ride into the city!
And he’s still wearing a military uniform!
Some people can guess why Li Xuan did this. He simply wanted the world to declare that he was a horse-riding emperor who conquered this city and the entire Jiangnan.
Although Li Xuan was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his throne was inherited, almost no one would think that Li Xuan also inherited the throne of the Tang Dynasty.
Although he inherited the throne from his damn father, he conquered this world by himself.
But now, Li Xuan just wants to use such behavior to further promote himself.
As for the ministers and generals who accompanied them into the city, they would all ride into the city on their own. The civil servants would also ride horses, but some of them were not good at equestrian skills. In order to avoid accidents, there would be grooms leading the horses forward.
However, there were not many important ministers who could ride with Li Xuan, only about thirty. The civil officials were all Shangshu level, and the military generals were all Major General and above. All of them were the core class of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to these people, there is also a core group of people, that is, the 500 elite cavalrymen from the Guards Cavalry Battalion, who will accompany Li Xuan into the city, not only serving as an honor guard, but also as a bodyguard.
Before entering the city, the entire Jinling City had been declared under martial law. The entire city near the road where the Holy Driver passed was completely blocked. Soldiers were directly guarded by human walls several meters apart. Shops and houses on both sides of the street were closed and stopped. The military would then send troops to carry out the operation.
Search them one by one and then seal them.
Only ordinary people who have undergone careful inspection can enter a specific section of the main street to watch the ceremony. They are not allowed to bring any prohibited items. Metal products are not allowed to be carried, and the number of people is limited to 3,000 people.
In front of the crowd watching the ceremony, two Guards infantry battalions were prepared in a standard line formation to prevent a terrorist from appearing among the people watching the ceremony.
The nearby urban area was completely sealed off, and all residents were driven away first. Those who refused to leave after the deadline were arrested and severely interrogated.
After the holy drive, these people can be allowed to go home and shop.
This may seem a bit excessive, but you have to know that this time, in order to show off, Li Xuan rode directly forward on horseback, and the streets were relatively narrow these days, so there were a few archers lurking on both sides of the street.
Or as a musketeer, they would turn Li Xuan into a hornet's nest.
Although he had to show off, Li Xuan didn't want to die, so the security work at the city entry ceremony was naturally a top priority.
After all, Jiangnan is the base camp of civil servants and gentry, and Jinling City is the base camp among the base camps. Even though Qian Mengjiu has been reorganizing in Jinling City for several months, no one dares to say whether there will be any hidden secrets in the city.
A spy from the army, a dissatisfied remnant of the Ming Dynasty, planning an assassination during the city's entry ceremony.
Li Xuan didn't want to stage a scene of fighting, subduing or killing the assassin with his own hands. That would not be called heroic, but an act of incomparable stupidity.
He even didn't want to see an assassin appear and then a fight or something.
There is no room for any surprises in this city-entering ceremony!
Because what Li Xuan wants is a perfect performance. The Tang Dynasty needs this performance, and Li Xuan needs it too!
Political propaganda became increasingly important as the Tang Dynasty became larger and larger and became more and more likely to unify China.
On the fifth day of March, the Holy Emperor officially entered the city. The order of entry had already been determined. The first to enter the city were several square formations of the Guards in black military uniforms, including several infantry square formations and an artillery square.
Array.
With the exception of some of the nearly 10,000 Guards troops who will serve as security personnel, the rest will be part of the city entry ceremony.
Countless soldiers dressed in black, carrying muskets and spears, entered the city wearing full body, half body or breastplates. This appearance alone was enough to blind everyone's eyes.
Then came the artillery square formation of the Guards. This time, the Guards pulled out the artillery of the entire artillery regiment, a total of fifty-four field guns, including eighteen nine-pound field guns. These
When the heavy artillery passed through the streets, it was enough to shock countless people.
Many people know that the Tang Dynasty King's army has sharp guns, but seeing dozens of heavy cannons at such a close distance is actually the first time for many people.
Even many people within the Tang Dynasty, although many people have seen these heavy artillery and know from paper data that they have a lot of artillery, but they still feel confused when they see dozens of field artillery slowly passing by in formation.
Shocked.
This city entry ceremony was actually turned into a military parade by Li Xuan.
The troops that advanced into the city were not only the Guards, but also representatives of the army and navy!
The Army directly dispatched the Fifth Infantry Division, the most outstanding unit in the Second Army, and sent an infantry regiment to form a square formation to participate. The division commander, Army Major General Chen Keqiao, was also the actual commander of the troops entering the city.
Even the navy, which can only swim in the water, was ingenious this time. It formed a naval square of hundreds of people, wearing a navy uniform that was similar in color to the army uniform. It was almost impossible for outsiders to recognize that it was the navy. However,
However, the Navy directly built a large-size model of the cruiser, carried it forward directly, and then brought a naval gun phalanx behind the phalanx!
Yes, the Navy took great pains to transport those fourteen-pound naval guns and several twenty-four-pound heavy guns to Jinling City, just to show their faces at the city entry ceremony.
Sure enough, when outsiders saw the navy's gun array, many people exclaimed, "Oh my god, this gun is so big!"
The army's field artillery phalanx previously amazed them, but now that the navy's ship-borne heavy artillery appeared, it immediately stole the limelight from the army's artillery.
Although the army is said to be larger than the navy, in fact, when it comes to the number of artillery pieces, the Tang Dynasty Navy already has more artillery pieces than the army.
In the naval battle of Nan'ao Island, the naval fleet used more than 300 anti-ship artillery pieces at one time!
As for the army, all the field artillery and howitzers of the Second Army and the Third Army combined were comparable to the number of mobile fleet artillery at that time.
Now, the navy has more and more warships, and the number of artillery pieces is also increasing. Although there is still some distance from the navy's own plan of 1,000 artillery pieces, it is estimated that it will be achieved within a few years.
The navy's artillery is not only large in number, but many of them are large-caliber artillery. In the navy, five-pound cannons are only small-caliber artillery, and nine-pound cannons can only be regarded as medium-caliber, not even the main naval gun.
Today, the navy's main naval gun is the 14-pound cannon. In the future, larger-caliber naval guns, such as 18-pound, 24-pound, and 48-pound cannons, will be the main naval gun.
Therefore, whether it is in terms of quantity or caliber, the navy is not weak!
After the army and navy phalanxes had passed, it was the military official formation. The number of people was not large, only more than a hundred people, and these people were also composed of martial arts schools, but more than a hundred officers listed the squares.
Formation, and their quality is stronger than that of soldiers in all aspects, so their power is even greater.
After the military official takes the formation, the holy driver appears!
Today, Li Xuan is dressed in military uniform. The military uniform is specially made and embroidered with dragon patterns. He wears the emperor's sword on his waist that is also specially made, black leather gloves, and long leather boots.
Today, his mount is a pure white Alabama. The origin of this horse is not simple. It was originally a tribute horse from a small country in the Western Regions to Emperor Zhengde. Then it was rewarded to King Jingjiang, and then it was given to Emperor Zhengde.
He was captured by the King of Tang Dynasty and finally presented to Li Xuan.
This pure white Arabian horse with a shoulder height of 1.53 meters has been Li Xuan's mount for the past two years. This time when Li Xuan entered the city, he naturally rode this horse.
Behind Li Xuan, there were four hundred Guards cavalry following!
When Li Xuan rode into the city dressed in military uniform, he finally let people see what it means to be able to ride all over the world!
Many people were mentally muttering at that time, no wonder the Li Tang Dynasty could develop from a ravine to today, and it was led by such a wise and holy warrior emperor. It was no wonder that it could not win.
And they had also heard that this horse-riding emperor did not just ride a horse during the city entry ceremony, but actually led his army to fight. Especially during the Guizhou period, Li Xuan personally led the army in almost every important battle.
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I won’t talk about the early days, but I will say that during the Xingquan Prefecture period, he personally led an army to fight a battle with the Guizhou army.
In the Battle of Wuzhou and the Battle of Guangzhou, Li Xuan personally commanded the troops.
Although in the specific operations at that time, Li Xuan's command relied to a large extent on the assistance of other generals and staff teams, it has to be denied that every important order on the battlefield was given by him personally.
It is difficult for you to treat such an emperor like an ordinary emperor on the spot.
Even Emperor Zhengde of the Zhu Ming Dynasty in the north personally led the army to fight in the early years, but he only played a coordinating role. He had never actually commanded the troops in combat. After all, he was not the founding emperor.
Leading the army into war was generally something the founding emperor did.
Only people like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di would do this!
Amid everyone's shock, Li Xuan led his troops into the city on horseback. After receiving shocked looks and shouts of long live, he ended today's performance and officially moved into the Royal Courtyard, which was converted from the former Wei Guogong Palace.
Following Li Xuan, Queen Mother Bai, Dong Yunyun and others also arrived one after another.
However, Li Xuan still couldn't take any time off at this time. He had finished pretending to be part of the city entry ceremony, but he hadn't gotten down to business yet!