Chapter 58 Be sincere in everything you do
A short sound, three long sounds, this is a horn transmitting a signal, Zhao Zhen naturally did not understand. Xiaolin explained: "Your Majesty, this is a signal of the Lord General's greeting. A long sound actually represents the Lord General's fight. The three short sounds represent the entire army. When mixed together, it means that the Lord General leads the entire army to move. Your Majesty, your tiger men are all here!"
Zhao Zhen asked the accompanying ritual officer seriously: "What kind of etiquette should I respond with the general when he came out to welcome him?"
"Report to Your Majesty, the Emperor's Star does not move, and the general's Star flows is the way of heaven and earth. The general should show off his martial power and praise his merits three times. The soldiers are like tigers, and the generals are like scattered tides. The tide rushes to worship the dragon three times to show their closeness. Your Majesty should hold the Emperor's Sword at the center, and the empress sings praise! This is the ceremony of returning to the army by the side of the Tao.+"
Lao Bao was wearing a full set of big dresses and kneeled down and said, "Please follow me!" Zhao Zhen agreed with a smile, and Zou Tong hurriedly helped the emperor wipe the dust on his armor. This had never had such an experience in his life, and his appearance should not be missed.
Xiaolin's three thousand front troops shouted and formed a circular formation around the emperor. Di Qing's deputy general led the eight thousand iron cavalry to form a larger circular formation on the periphery, tightly surrounding the emperor in the middle. As for the Japanese army, he only dared to stay away from home and was at a loss.
A wooden high platform was quickly built. Zhao Zhen and Bao Zheng were supported by guards to the platform. The emperor stood in the center. Bao Zheng knelt on his right. Zou Tong bowed to the ground. The ritual official held Changwuban and said an ancient sound with a rumor in his mouth. The trumpet blew a long sound. The huge war drum sounded and pounded the whole field.
Several eagles appeared in the sky. When Zhao Zhen looked up, he saw five Haidongqing circling above his head. The one on Xiaolin's shoulder also flapped his wings and rushed into the air, chasing his partner with great pleasure.
Seeing that the world was only high, Zhao Zhen’s pleasure in his heart was indescribable. The language like the spells of the ritual officials seemed to have a sacred rhythm now.
Zhao Zhen looked at the ripples in the wine glass on the table, held the sword in his hand tightly and said to Bao Zheng, who was closing his eyes and silently: "They are here!"
The entire Beijing army was dispatched, regardless of whether it was a cavalry or not, they were now sitting on the horse's back. Yun Zheng looked at Li Chang in a big red suit with contempt and said, "Shouldn't you wear armor? Isn't it ugly to have an extra piece of red in the black army?"
Li Chang laughed and said, "When Your Majesty is not here, I am your military supervisor. Your descendant. I am your Majesty's man, who will hang out with a bunch of Qiu Ba?"
A word aroused public anger. Li Chang didn't care about the filthy words of the generals at all. He laughed and said, "Praise three times. Don't make mistakes. The cavalry can only reach the place where His Majesty has half an arrow. The armor-breaking cone thrown can only land in front of his war horse. If that damn person accidentally throws it into His Majesty's team, he will cut his head as soon as possible!"
Yun Zheng'er heard a long horn and immediately laughed: "The official family is ready. We set off now and walked out of the high slope in front. We advanced in a scattered manner. Three waves of teams moved forward alternately, making it look better. The brothers have been fighting hard for a year. Now it's time to apply powder on their faces. Never mind carelessly. If you do these fun work well, it is better than his mother's military achievements!
Set off!"
The three-mile land was exactly the distance that the war horse could run. The big green horse under Yun Zheng's crotch rushed out first, and the wind in front pulled his cloak straight...
The loud noise of the horse's hooves hit Zhao Zhen's heart like a hammer. As a black tide composed of cavalry emerged from the high slope and then poured down, Zhao Zhen's blood seemed to surge into his head.
The cavalry kept pouring out from behind the high slope, then slid down the high slope, from the initial steps to the final charge, it only took a short moment. After all the war horses started running, Zhao Zhen could not hear anything except the roar of the earth in his ears.
Old Bao looked gloomy and sighed and said to himself: "When the powerful soldiers appear, your majesty's ambition will also be aroused. The Song Dynasty wants to return to the difficulty of civil governance!"
Zhao Zhen was sweating all over his palms, and a cloud of crossbows suddenly emerged from the running cavalry group. Seeing the cloud pounced towards him, knowing that the distance was still far away and could not reach him, Zhao Zhen could still feel the strong murderous intent, which almost suffocated him. Zou Tong was already screaming and pounced on him to hug the emperor, but was kicked down by the angry ritual officer.
There was a field made of crossbows on the flat ground, like a field of wheat that had not yet been harvested. The cavalry running in the front had already bent down and reached out to pull up the crossbows on the ground. However, there was only one chance. Without much pulling up, the field made of crossbows was crushed by horse's hooves.
When Zou Tong saw the cold armor-breaking cone flying out of the team again, he no longer cared about etiquette and opened his arms to block the emperor's front.
Bao Zheng smiled and said, "I admire the loyalty of the inner supervisor, but you are not in front of you. This object is called the armor-breaking cone. Heavy armor can be penetrated within a hundred steps, and ** is not enough to block its attack."
Seeing the armor-breaking cone landing, Zou Tong retreated awkwardly, ignored the contemptuous look of the official, and proudly lay down again where he should be. No matter what, this action had already gained enough of the emperor's favor.
Zhao Zhen felt like he was sailing on the sea. The waves around him were like anger, and the waves of mountains kept pressing down on his boat, but every time he could get rid of danger, and the boat drilled out of the waves and moved forward again.
The cavalry was moving, but he didn't move. The difference in reference to the objects actually made him feel like he was moving forward through the waves. This wonderful feeling made him a little dizzy.
Just when his chest was so upset that he was about to vomit, the world suddenly became quiet, and the earth no longer rotated. After the dust dissipated, the two cavalry jumped out of the army formation and slowly jogged towards their own formation. The circular formation immediately separated a gap. Yun Zheng, who was covered in black armor, took off his helmet and hugged it under his ribs, and saluted him immediately: "The war has not stopped, and I dare not take off my armor, and I cannot give the full ritual. Please forgive me."
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Your dear fight and work hard and do no need to be polite. I have reviewed the three armies and was very pleased to see the great army. Yanmen and Tang County, I have made new contributions to our Song Dynasty in the two battles. I am happy to congratulate you."
Yun Zheng bowed on his horse again and said, "I am congratulating you to Your Majesty! Please draw the sword of the emperor to show our army's intention to conquer the heavens."
"This is natural, the law of heaven is clear, and the retribution is unhappy. The army is fighting, which is the way of heaven." Zhao Zhen said, and handed over the Emperor's Sword to the Lord of Rites for inspection. The Lord of Rites drew out the long sword and tried the blade with his hand. A skeleton of blood seeped out. He raised his palm and declared the sharpness of the Emperor's Sword to the surroundings. Then he handed over the Emperor's Sword to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen threw the sword to the ground casually. Li Chang got off the horse, took the sword and praised it a few times, and gave it to the general Yun Zheng. A soldier took a spear. Yun Zheng easily cut the spear with the Emperor's Sword and praised it: "Good sword!" Then he handed it back to Li Chang. Only then did Li Chang hold the sword in both hands step by step, kneel down and handed the sword back to Zhao Zheng to show that the royal power is not overwhelming.
Zhao Zhen looked at Li Chang, who was black and thin and gray-haired, and knelt in front of him. He remembered that he had just caught him in the tiger and wolf den for a moment. He couldn't help feeling guilty and leaned over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yanmen Fengxue, your hair has been dyed white. My dear, I'm doing a good job, very well..."
"What's wrong with being heartbroken for the Song Dynasty? The old minister just wishes that he could not share his worries for the king, which caused His Majesty to come to the battlefield in person. It was a shame for the weak minister..."
Yun Zheng stood under the platform and watched their monarch and ministers get along with each other, sighing and saying to Su Shi who was beside him: "If you can get this way in the future, you will feel at ease as your teacher."
Su Shi curled his lips and said, "It's just a flatterer, what's there to envy?"
Yun Zheng said angrily: "What is flattering? Are you flattering me on weekdays? Remember, in the future, you must use the strength you are on me to the emperor and see if others can shoot sincerely. This is a kind of wisdom, a kind of wisdom of survival.
Your husband, I am not welcomed by everyone in Tokyo because I can’t do these things. You don’t have my ruthlessness and can’t make others afraid. Then you must make everyone like you and not follow my old path.”
Seeing that the husband was angry and shrank his neck, Su Shi said that he was taught, but in a blink of an eye he told Lao Hu and others about Li Chang's ugly behavior. Yun Zheng had to shake his head. Su Shi's bad habit of being a little bitchy. It seems that everyone's personality is born and it is difficult to change the day after tomorrow.
After a long time of struggle, the emperor's chasing was finally able to move forward. The army surrounded the emperor's chariot all day long. Zhao Zhen finally stopped riding a horse and lay at the window of the chariot to talk to Yun Zheng about the coming alliance.
"I think it's better for you to accompany me for a while, what do you think?
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "There are only Weishu in Dingzhou suitable for protection. Although Weishu does not have the meticulous thoughts of Supervisor Di, he has always been escorted to His Majesty to meet the Liao Emperor under the escort of the army, and it is still fine."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "With your beloved, I will be free of worries!"
Bao Zheng, who was riding a horse, suddenly interrupted and said, "I heard that Mr. Yun is ill. I wonder if he is healthy at this time?"
Yun Zheng frowned and said, "As long as you don't ask the Emperor of Liao to bow down and submit, my physical condition will be able to support Your Majesty's return to the capital.
Master, in front of His Majesty, I really want to know what conditions you have put forward? Why do I hear that each one is the inducement to rekindle the war?"
Zhao Zhen also looked at Bao Zheng in confusion. He also found it difficult to meet the conditions proposed by the civil servant. He could not help but say something inappropriate. Seeing that Yun Zheng proposed it, he wanted to know the whole story.
Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the reason why Mr. Yun asked this is because he only considered the issue from the standpoint of a general, but did not know that the most intense battle since ancient times was not only on the battlefield, but also on the negotiating table.
Didn’t the Liao Emperor claim to be a million-strong army when he marched into our Song Dynasty? Is it only allowed him to claim, but wouldn’t we allow him to claim it?” (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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