Chapter 338 The two armies lined up out of Chang'an
In the early morning of the third day, the guards of honor of the Anxi Jiedushi lined up at the foot of the imperial city. The front line of the procession faced the Jinguangmen Cross Street. They stood in order and waited.
Fumeng Lingcha rode in front of the six flags. The gate banners in front were lined up in a row. Before the festival, there were several horizontal blowing teams. They had bronze trumpets in their mouths. As long as Fumeng Zhongcheng gave the order, they would Puff your cheeks, blow the horn and set off.
He frowned tightly, turned around and asked Li Siye beside him: "Why hasn't there been any movement? Are you here yet?"
"Continuing to Jue Khan's side, the general has sent someone to pick him up. They should arrive soon. The general is not sure about the Longwu Army."
Fumeng Lingcha snorted softly in his throat. He couldn't control either side of this situation. Ashina Xin was both the Protector of Mengchi and the Khan of the Ten Surnames. According to his rank, he was going to meet the other party. The Longwu Army who bowed and crossed his arms was the saint's forbidden army stationed in Bei Ya Gong Guard Palace City, so he had no control over it.
The sun was rising higher and higher, and Fumeng Lingzha's brows were getting more and more frowned. Li Siye picked up the reins of his horse and was about to urge it when he suddenly saw a small team coming out of the main street of Anhua Gate, with a cute horse with a white leopard tail hanging on it. Khan Dahu appeared in everyone's sight.
Fumeng Lingcha breathed a sigh of relief, put up a pergola and looked into the distance. He saw that Shi Xin Khan's team was a little shabby, with only a dozen Anxi soldiers carrying large banners, and a manned ink cart. There was an ox cart, with Shi Xin and Chu Lu on horseback, and the team was slowly coming this way.
The Khan's team arrived in front of the ceremonial guard of the Anxi Jiedu Envoy. Shi Xin was wearing a purple crotchless robe with a frown on his face. Chuulu was still wearing his lapel Hu robe, looking in high spirits, as if he was prepared for this long journey. Full of expectations.
In public, respect should still be shown for superiors. Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye, and Ma Fu got off their horses and stood aside to salute with folded hands. Fumeng Lingcha just bowed on the horse and crossed his hands to show respect.
"Fumeng Zhongcheng, generals, there is no need to be polite. From now on in Qixi, Shi Xin will still have to rely on you more."
This guy spoke in a polite manner, with a bit of a businessman's air to him.
Li Siye looked past his horses and towards his belongings. Princess Jiaohe and her personal maid should be sitting in the ink cart, and several maids from the palace were walking with the cart, carrying heavy burdens. The old steward of the family was driving the cattle The car was stocked with wooden boxes, silk cloth, and some copper and iron cans, and the car was jingling incessantly.
When the ink truck approached, I saw several chicken cages hanging on the other side of the carriage. As the vehicle bumped, two chicken cages bumped into each other. The fighting chickens in the cages made eye contact, fluttering their wings and pecking at each other across the cages. .
Gao Xianzhi turned his head and whispered to Li Siye: "You really brought the fighting cock with you."
Li Siye smiled calmly. People who have never experienced games will not know the temptation of addiction to toys.
Princess Jiaohe opened the curtains in a loud voice, and shouted to Shi Xin with a black face: "Get these dead chickens away from me!"
Shi Xin turned around and said with a smile: "Don't worry, madam, they won't fight after a few hungry meals on the road!"
Fumeng Lingcha couldn't help but frown, and began to doubt the correctness of the saint's appointment of Shi Xin as Khan with the ten surnames. This was just an idea, and he gave it up after thinking about it. Li Linfu, the right prime minister, was a shrewd and calculating person, and he had already noticed Shi Xin's temperament. If he knows everything well, it’s not as if the saint doesn’t know it, so why should he bother with it?
The jurisdiction over the left and right sides of the ten Turkic surnames is already a problem. The ten tribes such as Tuqishi, Shunishi, Chuyue, Geluolu, Chumi, and Yiwu all have great ambitions. Now the Tuqishi family is alone.
Big, no matter which family gives the title of Khan with the ten surnames, there will be fights due to dissatisfaction. The only advantage of sealing Shixin is that the surname Ashina still has a certain authority in the grasslands of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, although this authority
It is being reduced year by year, but hasn’t the imperial court thought of a better way?
If they were the Khans of various tribes and the Ye Hus knew that the Jiguijue Khan sent by the imperial court was such a thing, the expressions on their faces would definitely be wonderful, and they might curse the Tang Dynasty imperial court for its urinary nature. They have been employing people since ancient times.
There is such an embarrassment in the world - capable people are too ambitious and dare not use them, while people without ambition are often incompetent.
Shi Xin looked around on his horse, very concerned about the accompanying guards: "Didn't you say that I would be assigned a guard? Why haven't they shown up yet?"
No one answered his question.
"Where is my escort? I won't go without my escort!"
Li Siye turned his head and said back to him: "Khan, just wait."
The sound of horse hooves trampling came from the Zhuque Gate cave in the imperial city, and the crimson flying lin flag of the Longwu Army flashed out, followed by warriors riding strong horses and wearing silver-scale armor on their helmets, and lined up around the Anxi Jiedu Envoy
A guard of honor stretches across the street.
This team is armed with bright armor and consists of ten teams at the front and rear. The horses in each team are all the same color to distinguish them. They are the favorite of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. They have swords across their waists and hips, and rhinoceros skin pouches are hung on the sides of their horses.
There is a horse corps, a lance corps, and nearly ten halberd commanders, four brigade commanders, and two school lieutenants, all led by a lieutenant.
The Anxi Army's equipment was sophisticated enough, but it was dwarfed by the Longwu Army's comprehensive and luxurious weapons.
Li Siye stared at them for a long time. The other party's silver scales were really well-protected, with no blind spots at 360 degrees. If an iron mask was placed on his face, it would be seamless.
The Lieutenant Commander of the Longwu Army rode on his horse and asked them, "Who is the Khan of Ji Qi Jue?"
"Me," Shi Xin raised his hand while riding on the horse, with an expression of surprise. He didn't expect the saint to be so interesting that he actually mobilized the most elite Longwu Army among the four armies guarding the northern Yamen of Gongcheng.
The middle marquis and several officers behind him turned over and dismounted, took two steps forward and bowed to Shi Xin with their hands folded: "Zuo Longwu Army Zhonghou Fan Shao led 500 cavalry to protect the Khan according to His Majesty's order."
Several captains behind him reported their names respectively. Shi Xin rode on the horse and repeatedly praised him for his kindness. He was originally worried that he would not be willing to take up the post if he was in danger in Qixi, but when he saw such a well-armored Longwu Army, his worries were swept away.
And there was a vague sense of heroism. With such an impressive army escorting him, why didn't he walk sideways on Suiye River to the west?
Fumeng Lingcha crossed his arms on his horse and said, "Khan, it's getting late, we should leave as soon as possible."
Shi Xin turned around and cupped his hands with a smile and asked: "Okay, let's hit the road now. But who should go first and who should go behind?"
Fumeng stroked his beard and smiled lightly: "Since we are heading to Qixi, I will lead the Anxi army guard to clear the way for Khan in the front, and the Longwu army will escort Khan behind. How about that."
"Very good, very good."
The horizontal blowing team in front sounded the horn, dozens of large flags fluttered in the morning wind, and the clatter of horse hooves sounded. The people of Chang'an who passed outside the imperial city were no longer unfamiliar with this scene. I don't know which Jiedu envoy left today.
Chang'an returned to Bianzhen. Shi Xin rode on the horse, proudly puffing up his chest and looking down. This feeling was actually quite good. Yesterday he was just a nobleman fighting cocks in the Western Market, but now he is a truly powerful Khan.
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The two armed forces formed one side, with the Anxi Jiedu Envoy's gate banners and tooth flags as the forerunners. They marched along the Jinguangmen Street and through the tall gates of the city tower. The Chang'an City Tower and thousands of eaves and tile ridges gradually receded and disappeared.