Northern Dynasties

Chapter 65
On the first day of October, the grand parade that had been prepared for a long time finally officially started.

In the evening of the previous day, Li Tai and other government guards left Fangcheng, and were busy in the designated camp outside the city, preparing to participate in the honor guard for the grand parade.

Although Gao Zhongmi lacks much power, his official position is high, so the guard of honor in the Taiwei Duke's Mansion is not small, with ten armored men in the front, thirty swords in the class, one big banner, one advocacy in the back, and left and right guards. From fourteen people.

Li Tai joined the army as the secretary of the Taiwei Mansion and was the leader of this guard of honor.It was the first time he participated in such a high-standard etiquette in ancient times, and he was also quite nervous, counting all the cultural relics and personnel over and over again.

When he first received these cultural relics, he was quite excited when he saw the beautifully crafted and mighty armor.

Before that, he had a fine armor passed down from his family, but he was captured in front of Tongguan Pass.Afterwards, although he received some Hui asylums, the original armor has long been confiscated by some soldiers and has not been recovered.

After the Battle of Mangshan, the Western Wei army was so poor that they didn't make up for it. After all, Li Tai didn't go to battle to kill the enemy, and it was a waste to give him a pair of armor.

This time, the Daxingtai allocated the armored defenses for the Taiwei Mansion to participate in the grand parade, and Li Tai wanted to try what it was like to wear it all over his body.

But when his hands touched the actual armor, he couldn't help being disappointed.These armors look mighty and handsome on the outside, but they are not iron armors at all, but simple lacquered body armors. Watching the bangs and bangs, the protection ability is almost non-existent, and several of them can be picked up with one hand.

Although it is not practical at all, these armors are very powerful to wear on the upper body. With the help of his subordinates, Li Tai put these armors on his body and bound them, and immediately felt that he was only a dog away from Erlang God , Walking vigorously.

This is not a joke, there are really dogs participating in the grand parade this time, there are hundreds of hounds, but they do not belong to the Zhugong Mansion, but belong to the Sixth Army directly under Daxingtai.

Without the important props of COS Erlang Shen, Li Tai has an extra dog-beating stick.This wooden stick is more than ten feet long, with copper rings inlaid on both ends. Its real name is Shu.

The so-called Bo Yezhi, who is the pioneer of the king, refers to this kind of weapon, which means that the uncle will use the stick to clear the way, and the king, you can go behind at ease.

When Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was young, he felt that officials were regarded as Zhijinwu, and he just felt that those young men who held sticks to clear the way were really handsome.The Jinwu guard is the emperor's guard of honor, Li Tai is almost meaningless as the official guard of the government.

In addition to this sword and the armor on his body, he also has a sword and a bow.The class sword is a piece of wood with lacquered glyphs, it is not even edged, and the bow is not wound at all, and it is all inserted in the leather pouch at the waist.

In other words, none of the ritual objects and cultural relics distributed were practical. Even if he wanted to assassinate Yu Wentai or someone else while attending the ceremony, he couldn't do it at all.

At dawn, the three-way drum sounded in the city, and Li Tai and Chang Shi Nianhua hurriedly directed the guard of honor team to the designated place to stand, and then checked the guard of honor display from beginning to end to see if there were any omissions.

After working nervously for half an hour, the sound of drums and horns inside and outside Fangcheng sounded like thunder.

The majestic sound made people's eardrums itch. Li Tai led his horse and stood in the guard of honor. Although the equipment was a bit flashy and funny, his mood couldn't help but surge.

With the opening of the city gate, the six armies marched first, leading with halberds and halberds. A team of a hundred people each embraced a flag. The night wind made the banners flutter and sound, which became a soul-stirring harmony among the sound of drums and horns.

After the guard of honor of the Sixth Army departed, a large cart with a roof was driven out of the city gate, and a big drum was pulled on it. There were drummers beating the drum with their arms raised. There are more than [-] musicians in the front of the car.

The advocacy is passing, that is, the soldiers of the Liufang army are driving out in a large cart.There was no one on the cart, and there was only a carved imperial case, on which were placed the emperor's edict and the Taimiao sacrificial text.

The empty car representing the emperor passed by, and two carts came out in parallel, carrying the Crown Prince Yuanqin of the Western Wei Dynasty, the prime minister, and Daxingtai Yuwentai respectively.As the two cars drove out, the drums at the front became louder and more exciting, and the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army guarding from all sides also began to sing their titles loudly.

It's not that Li Tai has never seen a big scene, but seeing such a majestic guard of honor with his own eyes, his palms are still soaked in sweat unconsciously.

This kind of ceremony full of sense of ritual is indeed very powerful in intimidating and infecting people's hearts, so that Li Tai repeatedly said "he can replace it" in his heart, and the tension in his heart was relieved.

Finally, the public vehicles drove out, and when they heard the ceremonial officials in front of the city gate calling Gao Zhongmi, Li Tai quickly got on his horse, turned his head and ordered the guard of honor to take his place, followed Gao Zhongmi's car, and walked slowly in the procession of the guard of honor .

The entire guard of honor traveled east for several miles and arrived at a plateau several feet above the level ground, which was the main venue for the parade.

The imperial guards and Chinese army who arrived at the plateau earlier had already surrounded the plateau, and the plateau was also filled with various ceremonial cultural relics.Li Tai and other government officials lined up on the left side of Piyuan, and on the south side were the armies of the various states, which had already been clearly arranged.

In the morning light that was about to break, there were many banners and flags, and the black formations filled the space, almost endless at a glance.

As the eastern dawn broke through the clouds, the sound of drums and horns around the square was loud again. The Taichang Minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, Lu Bian, and other ceremonial officials took the stage one by one. They first offered prayers, and then began to read the imperial edict of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Li Tai stood on the side of the high platform, listening carefully with his ears, and could barely hear some speeches through the few tones blown by the morning wind. It is expected that the soldiers farther away in the array would probably only see a senior official station He was hoarse on the high platform, but he didn't know what he was shouting.

However, after the reading on the stage was finished, there were officials from all over the school grounds reading out the content of the imperial edict again.When Li Tai saw this, he couldn't help thinking about whether to use a speaker.However, based on his physical and mechanical skills, at most he can roll a microphone.

The content of the imperial edict is classical and obscure. Although it can be heard, very few people can explain it.Li Tai also sounded half-knowledgeable, and the main idea should be "Brothers, I am too difficult", "There are always people who want to harm me", "Everyone kill He Liuhun for me, divide money, power and women", etc.

When the edict was read out, more than half an hour had passed, and the progress of the ceremony was accelerated afterwards. The Western Wei Dynasty Prince Yuanqin stepped on the stage and handed over the festival yue that represented power to Daxingtai Yuwentai one by one. In front of the army, once again reiterated that the authority of Daxingtai cannot be shaken.

Li Tai and other government guards also got off their horses one after another, and guarded the princes to watch the ceremony, but because they stood too close and were blocked by the high platform, they couldn't see anything.Originally, he wanted to take a closer look at Yu Wentai's demeanor and see what the person he wanted to restrain looked like, but in the end he only saw a row of soldiers' legs.

After Yuwentai accepted the sacrificial vessel, Prince Yuanqin was led off the stage by the ceremonial officer, and sat down in the tent at the back. His obedient appearance like a puppet made the audience feel even more deeply about the weakness of the imperial power in the Western Wei Dynasty.

After Yuwentai took over the home court, the ceremony officials called the names again, and the princes and Kaifu took the stage one by one, and received the ritual vessels representing their respective authority positions from Yuwentai.

Li Tai also took advantage of Gao Zhongmi's appearance on the stage, and stood on the edge of the plateau to take a long look at the overlord of the Western Wei Dynasty.Yu Wentai was wearing a Xuanjia cloak, sitting on the desk holding his sword, his figure was about average compared to the real burly and tall generals, but his arms were indeed quite long.

In addition to the honorary titles of the great generals, the highest rank in the military of the Western Wei Dynasty is now the Zhuda Kaifu, and most of the six-pillar kingdoms in later generations are now at the Kaifu level.

In addition to the solemn sense of ceremony, this scene of authorization and decentralization also reflects the power nature of the Western Wei regime: Although Yu Wentai emptied the royal family and held hegemony, he could not be arbitrary and still had to The power in hand was delegated to the generals of the Kaifu to jointly maintain the rule of the Western Wei regime.

After the princes who were not in charge of commanding the army passed the scene, they all retreated behind the scenes, and sat beside Prince Yuanqin, admiring the process of the next grand parade in the tent.

However, after the Kaifus were granted authority, they led their crowds back to their respective divisions, and there were drums to cheer them on when they advanced or retreated.

The sun was rising gradually, and Li Taichi stood outside the tent, feeling gradually hot and dry in this late October autumn.

One is that my heart is infected by this atmosphere, as if I am below and don't want to be above.Second, although the lacquer armor on his body is not heavy, it is also airtight, especially the surface of the armor is black and absorbs heat.

The time soon reached noon, and the various Kaifus returned to the battle. After the lengthy etiquette, it finally came to the time for the exciting military parade.

Accompanied by the sound of drums, three thousand armored cavalry were the first to appear on the stage. Several generals led the team and rode out of the camp from the assembly point. Like a huge fort made of steel, it slowly moved towards the center of the field.

Accompanied by the rhythm of the drums, this heavy armored team is also changing formation, especially when the drums are loud and the heavy armors charge, the mighty sound of horseshoes overwhelms all the noises on Jingyuan, the only one in the world This sound resounded through the sky!
After the Battle of Mangshan, the entire Kansai was filled with a pessimistic atmosphere, both in official and in the field.However, with the appearance of this heavy cavalry, some negative shadows in the hearts of the spectators were gradually dispelled and eliminated.

As the heavy armored knights walked to the high platform, Yu Wentai stood up directly from his seat, walked to the front of the plain, looked down at these heavy armored elites, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "The righteousness is brilliant, the thief is not afraid!"

This is obviously not an immediate ritual, when Yu Wentai yelled this, there was a bit of confusion on and off the stage, and after a while, only the generals in the lower array knocked on their armor and shouted in response: "Fight for Daxingtai!"

The voice was jagged at first, and it took a while before it became orderly.

Li Tai, who was standing in front of the tent at the back, heard the yelling and conversation, and suddenly became happy: Emperor Xiaowu is so awkward with Gao Huan, and Gao Huan still treats him as a baby, and he was slaughtered by you when he came to Kansai. Why do you have the nerve to shout that?

(End of this chapter)