Chapter 1036 Military Parade

Three days later, the military parade was officially held. The Daji Dynasty has a military parade every year, but this year's event is on the 10th. In comparison, the scale is larger. In addition, because of the war with the Northern Tartars a few days ago, the scale was not small, and the public opinion was surging. Now the military parade has a bit more profound meaning.

However, in the eyes of ordinary people in the Daji Dynasty, this is a carnival!

Although Zhongdu is large and densely populated, it is not easy to deploy troops. The main venue is in the suburbs. In the early morning, Wu Yi, like the court officials, was fortunate to travel with the emperor because of the official's oral order.

The preparations in the early stage were the same as the court meeting. Today, the sky is very good, auspicious clouds fascinate the Phoenix Pavilion, and auspicious air covers the Dragon Tower, as if to celebrate the military parade.

The smoke-filled imperial willows brushed the flags, and the dewy palace flowers welcomed the swords and halberds. In the shadow of the heavenly fragrance, jade hairpins and pearl shoes gathered on the red steps; in the sound of fairy music, embroidered jackets and brocade clothes supported the imperial carriage.

When the imperial carriage came out, Wu Yi also followed, but he was walking. In this military parade, Wu Yi was just a spectator and had no performance task.

A group of imperial guards escorted the emperor out of the imperial city and came to the inner city, and then the outer city. After leaving the outer city, the troops began to form a battle array, with flags waving and drums beating.

The soldiers were divided into nine teams, with flags arranged in five directions. This was a standard battle array.

Green Shen Spear, Dotted Steel Spear, Crow Horn Spear, all lighted up the field; Qinglong Sword, Crescent Blade, Goose Feather Sword, all gave off murderous aura. Sparrow-painted bow, iron-framed bow, precious eagle bow, inserted into the flying fish bag; tiger-shooting arrows, wolf-tooth arrows, willow-leaf arrows, all gathered in the lion pot.

Birch-cart crossbow, lacquer-smeared crossbow, foot-climbing crossbow, filled the front army; mountain-splitting axe, crescent-crescent axe, Xuanhua axe, followed closely behind the squadron.

Bamboo whip, tiger-eye whip, water-grinding whip, all hung on the elbows; meteor hammer, chicken-heart hammer, flying claw hammer, each carried it by his side.

Under the green oil banner, the East Hall Privy Council was in charge of the Central Army; beside the treasure banner, the guards were the wings. The deafening drums shook the mountains, the flags reflected in the sun avoided ghosts and gods, the sharpness of the army rushed straight into the sky, and the momentum was so vast that it was difficult to describe.

In the vast sea of ​​people, Wu Yi was getting farther and farther away from the official. Except for the high-hanging flag representing his position, Wu Yi could hardly hear the meaning of the drums. It was too chaotic. There were countless people shouting on the city wall, which was even more chaotic.

In the chaos, if such a situation occurred, the importance of the flag would be reflected. This is why the merit of beheading the general and seizing the flag was highly valued on the battlefield. It is not necessary to kill the opponent's commander, just cut off the opponent's flag, and you can destroy a large army.

Crowded by the crowd, Wu Yi didn't know where he was now, so he simply found a tree, climbed up, and could see the overall situation.

It was not just Wu Yi who was like this. There were dense figures on the trees along the road, and many of them were officials in official uniforms.

But at this moment, the people and officials were all crowded on a tree, cheering loudly. Only the top officials are qualified to stand beside the emperor. For example, Wu Yi can only climb the tree.

There are many bigwigs in the capital, and even if the other party is a commoner, it is not necessarily possible to offend them.

Not long after Wu Yi climbed the tree, the sound of drums changed again. It was the sound of attacking drums. A team of people came out from the west gate, rolling up a huge smoke and dust, covering the sky and the sun.

The people on the saddle wore iron armor, and the horses under them wore copper bells. The red flags spread across the sky, and the white swords spread across the snow. The bow was curved like a magpie painting, and the flying fish bag half exposed the dragon tip; the arrows were inserted with eagle feathers, and the lion pot was tightly tied to the leopard tail.

Almost at the same time, another team of people came out from the east gate. The people wore deep helmets to protect their necks, slightly revealing their eyes; the horses wore heavy armor with red tassels, and hung their four legs alone. The soldiers who opened the way all carried big axes; the generals of the rear army all held long spears, all of them were tigers and wolves.

The two teams, each numbering 500, crossed each other like this, and the fierce murderous aura merged and sublimated. People from all directions watched and dared not breathe.

In such a large military parade, some problems will occur, such as the horse stumbling and the wheels of the chariot falling off, which are common and do not affect the viewing experience.

I thought it would always be like this, ending with a performance-style military parade, but I didn’t expect that there would be a real combat link. Although it is impossible to use real swords and guns in real combat, the arrows and guns are gone, but even so, being hit by a stick will inevitably cause injuries.

The shouts of killing are endless, the formations are connected, changed, and retreated. Under the command of drums and flags, everything is as smooth as flowing water, very beautiful, and the people also watch with relish, shouting and shouting, their palms are about to be broken, and they wish they could personally participate.

However, Wu Yi had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies, so how could he not know that this military parade was for show? In actual combat, with such frequent changes, the enemy would be killed in minutes with one sword. The training of ordinary soldiers was also aimed at being fast, accurate and ruthless.

It can be said that there are two purposes for military parades: one is to deter the enemy and enhance national prestige, and the other is to inspire the people's martial spirit.

An expert knows the doorway. After watching too much, Wu Yi was also a little uninterested. However, he heard from people around him that there would be a scene where His Majesty would personally break into the battle. He couldn't help but be very curious and continued to watch despite his impatience.

At about noon, with the sound of nine thunderous artillery shells, the central army flag began to move, and then moved faster and faster. The entire army began to charge quickly. Hundreds of thousands of horse hooves fell on the ground, as if the earth was shaking. The sense of depression brought to people was indescribable.

And this huge tremor, like a signal, urges the troops that had been waiting for an entire morning to set out. This is also a fully armored steel behemoth, with equipment that is no less capable than that of the troops commanded by the government. In terms of numbers, not only are there fewer troops, but some even surpass them.

The government was in charge of attack, and this rear-attack unit was in charge of defense. When they got close to a certain distance, the front-row crossbowmen fired strong crossbows, and the archers drew their bows and put arrows on them. For a moment, arrows rained down, and it seemed that a black cloud rose up in the sky.

The first wave of arrows had arrowheads, but they were controlled outside the distance. The second wave of arrows had no arrowheads, but they were within the distance. The arrows fell on the armor, making a jingling sound.

Do you think there is no danger at all without the arrowheads? Some unlucky soldiers were shot in the throat or eyes, and under the strong impact, they went straight through and fell on the way forward.

Some arrows were less than ten meters away from the emperor's carriage. This charge was really not a joke.

After the rain of arrows, it was time to throw spears. This was also controlled at a distance. After countless trainings, there were always accidents. There were only three or two examples, which were not taken seriously by the fanatical crowd.

After several obstacles, the government-controlled army "broke" the troops in front and successfully won the victory.

Well, in fact, the other party took the initiative to avoid it. Who still uses chariots these days? If they encounter some obstacles, they will have problems and need to be dismantled and repaired. The so-called charging into battle is also for the show effect.

However, the current emperor dares to charge into battle, which is much better than other emperors. There is no doubt that he is martial.