The next morning, the sky had just brightened.
A palace carriage sent Li Shimin to the camp outside the city to bid farewell to the Tang soldiers.
Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Zhangsun Wuji and Gao Shilian all rode around.
Li Yi was also prepared to ride a horse, but unfortunately, he had never learned how to ride a horse before. After he got on the horse, he was thrown off several times. Li Shimin had no choice but to ask the people of the Imperial Horse Guan to prepare a carriage for Li Yi and let him follow behind his palace.
They slowly walked toward the Tang military camp outside Chang 'an City...
In the early days of the Great Tang, the military system was mainly composed of prefectural soldiers, the imperial guards of the northern and southern yamen, and border guards.
The border guards had to guard the border, so they couldn't be easily mobilized.
The imperial guards of the northern and southern yamen were personally led by the Emperor. Their main duty was to guard the capital and could not be mobilized at will.
Thus, the troops mobilized for this expedition against Tuyuhun were the soldiers from the prefectures around the capital.
Half a month before Li Shimin officially decided to attack Tuyuhun, the imperial court had secretly mobilized the soldiers of Chang 'an and the surrounding prefectures, totaling 50,000 soldiers, to gather outside Chang' an.
At this moment, outside Chang 'an City, in a Tang military camp that stretched for miles, flags were fluttering.
Looking down from the sky, the neatly arranged army tents were like a dense beehive.
Li Yi followed behind Li Shiming and arrived at the entrance of the military camp.
"Welcome, Your Majesty."
At the entrance of the fence made of wooden stakes that were as thick as an arm, there was already General Li Jing and a few other generals who were going to follow the army.
Hou Junji, General Manager of Jishi Road March, Ren Chengwang, Minister of Punishment, Li Daozong, General Manager of Shanshan Road March, Liangzhou Governor, Li Daliang, General Manager of Qiemo Road March, Minzhou Governor, Li Daoyan, General Manager of Chishui Road March, etc.
Seeing Li Shi Min, everyone bowed to him.
"No need for formalities!"
Li Shi Min was supported by a eunuch as he walked down from the palace and waved his hand.
"Is everything ready?"
Then, Li Shi Min looked at Li Jing.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready.”
Li Jing cupped his hands.
"Then let's go in!"
Li Shi Min walked towards the camp.
Li Shimin walked at the front, followed by Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, and Li Yi at the back.
After entering the camp gate, he arrived at the drill ground. On the drill ground in the middle of the camp, fifty thousand Tang soldiers stood in neat rows.
Perhaps it was because they knew that they were about to go to the battlefield, the morale of the 50,000 soldiers was low.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the Emperor, Li Shimin, had personally come to the camp to send them off on the day of their expedition, the soldiers of the Great Tang were both shocked and moved. They bowed to Li Shimin at the same time.
Tens of thousands of people saluted Li Shi Min at the same time. One could imagine how spectacular the scene was.
"No need for formalities."
Li Shiming waved his hand and walked to the colonel's platform, sweeping his gaze across the Tang soldiers.
"Soldiers of the Great Tang, you are all soldiers of the Great Tang. We thank you in advance.”
Li Shi Min bowed to the 50,000 soldiers.
"Your Majesty, you're being too serious."
Many soldiers were moved by Li Shi Min and shouted.
" It's not a big deal. All the soldiers are fighting outside. I will wait for your safe return in Chang 'an and drink with you."”
After saying that, Li Shimin walked down the platform.
It was Li Jing's turn next. Li Shiming glanced at him, and Li Jing walked up to the platform on the drill ground. He looked down at the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Great Tang and gave them his usual speech before each expedition.
"Soldiers, a month ago, Tuyuhun invaded Liangzhou, massacred more than 5,000 people, and plundered countless treasures. At this critical moment, as soldiers of the Great Tang, we must step forward to protect our country…”
Standing on the school platform, Li Jing seemed to have changed into a different person as he spoke with great emotion.
In fact, Li Shi Min and Li Jing had said so much to boost the morale of the army.
In ancient times, in a decisive battle between the enemy and the enemy, once the morale of the other side was defeated first, then the other side would definitely be the first to lose.
However, based on Li Yi's observations, he realized that although Li Shi Min and Li Jing's words were useful, their effects were limited. After Li Shi Min and Li Jing's words, although the morale of the 50,000 soldiers had increased, they were still far from being able to fight.
Actually, this was normal. After all, people were afraid of death.
The Great Tang's prefectural army system was especially flawed.
The usual task of the Tang government soldiers was to farm at home. Only when there was a war at the border would the imperial court recruit them to fight for the country.
Although this reduced the country's military expenditure, the soldiers summoned by the imperial court before each war had already lived a long period of peace. They had walked out of the shadow of war and lived like ordinary people. After being used to being farmers for a long time, it was difficult for the soldiers to quickly return to their normal military state.
Therefore, every time before the court went to war, the Emperor and the Commander-in-chief would review the army first and use words to stir up the fighting spirit of the army to the greatest extent.
"Aren't you going up to say a few words?"
After Li Shimin came down, he saw that the words he and Li Jing said were very limited because they were all the same. Li Shimin felt a headache coming on.
He suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a master of eloquence beside him. Therefore, he looked at Li Yi who was standing beside him and said,
"Mr. Li Yi, as a military advisor, why don't you go up and give a speech?”
"Your Majesty, you know that you usually have to pay for the words of a commoner.”
Li Yi said jokingly.
"Go up and talk about it! If what you say is correct, I will naturally reward you generously.”
Li Shi Min said.
"Since Your Majesty has said so, then this commoner will go up and give it a try.”
Li Yi agreed.
Then, Li Yi slowly walked towards the platform.
Li Jing, who was standing on the platform, saw that it was Li Yi who walked up the stage. His expression couldn't help but change, and then a trace of anger flashed through his heart.
Of course, he knew about Li Yi. It was the current Emperor Li Shimin who called him up. However, the problem was that he needed to speak boldly and raise the morale of these soldiers. He needed to stimulate the fighting spirit of these soldiers who had been pacified by a peaceful life.
"I want to see what kind of ability you have to be chosen by His Majesty. Don't be an embroidered pillow."
After Li Jing finished speaking, he retreated to the side. He was already prepared to see a joke.
"Today, I saw that the army is about to set off, so I wrote a poem called 'Journey to the Army' to bid farewell to everyone.”
Walking onto the platform, Li Jing, who had thought that Li Yi would say something shocking, almost burst out laughing when he heard Li Yi's words.
This was a military camp!
It was the site where the army was about to set off.
If it wasn't the scene of those literary and poetry gatherings in brothels, what was the use of writing a poem?
Even if the poem you wrote was a military poem and the quality of the poem was excellent, the problem was that almost all soldiers were uneducated. No matter how good your poem was, you were still winking at the blind.
Therefore, it was impossible to use a poem to stir up the fighting spirit of the 50,000 soldiers.
Li Yi didn't know what Li Jing was thinking. He only heard Li Yi chanting to himself,"
Qinghai's long clouds and dark snow mountains, a lonely city looking at the Jade Gate Pass.
The golden armor was worn by the yellow sand, and Loulan would not return until it was broken.
……
As Li Yi chanted, the tens of thousands of Tang soldiers below began to imagine the Hu intruding into the pass, pillaging and killing on the borders of the Great Tang, committing all sorts of crimes.
At this moment, a strong army of border guards appeared.
They had been through hundreds of battles, their armor was worn out, and their aspirations were not extinguished. They swore that they would not return to their hometown until they defeated the invading enemy.
The scene in his mind infected the fifty thousand soldiers below.
Boom!
Li Jing, who was prepared to see Li Yi make a fool of himself, was stunned.
They realized that the tens of thousands of soldiers on the drill ground were holding weapons at the same time, and their eyes were filled with killing intent.
Fight!
A furious roar burst out.
Even the clouds in the sky seemed to have shattered because of this sound.
The people of Chang 'an heard the voice and thought they were hallucinating.
Li Jing, Li Shimin, Zhangsun Wuji, and the others stood below the platform. They had never felt that the Great Tang was so powerful as they looked at the tens of thousands of Tang soldiers.
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