Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 115
As soon as the sun was light, the city of Chang'an was extremely lively. The common people walked onto the street in unison and gathered on both sides of Zhuque Avenue.

The Suzaku Avenue, which was tens of feet wide, was cleaned clean and bright at the moment, and there was no one in the street, because everyone was blocked on both sides of the road.

Numerous soldiers blocked both sides of the road to maintain order and prevent the excited people from rushing onto the road.

Today is the day when Li Ke, King of Shu, returns to Beijing. All the people in the city are on Zhuque Street, waiting to welcome Li Ke back to Beijing and celebrate the triumphant return of the army.

Usually at such times, Li Shimin would wait for Li Ke's class teacher to triumph at the end of Suzaku Street, that is, on the tower of the imperial city, but at this time, there was no one on the tower of the imperial city.

Because Li Shimin had already brought his courtiers to Mingde Gate, they couldn't wait to see the army's triumphant return, so the general had already arrived outside the city gate.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is only one mile away from Mingde Gate!"

Some soldiers had been closely watching the King of Shu's itinerary for a long time, and they came to report at this time, and everyone held their breath and made preparations.

In the distance, finally a team showed its head, the first one was riding a white horse, it was Li Ke.

The army was majestic, majestic, and approached quickly.

At this time, everyone could see that Li Ke was wearing golden armor, a red jersey on his back, and carrying a Fangtian painted halberd, appearing majestically at the forefront of the team.

At this moment, his complexion is calm and his demeanor is stable, but he is not as proud and flamboyant as a young man.

But the war horse under his crotch couldn't hold back his anger, and the horse's hoofs were trampled briskly and melodiously, which made the emperor and ministers of the Tang Dynasty excited.

"finally come!"

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and sighed.

He had waited too long for this moment.

"Your Majesty, that is the cavalry unit of His Highness the King of Shu. It is really mighty and majestic!"

The courtiers on the side all boasted about Li Ke and his troops, which made Li Shimin very happy.

After the cavalry, there is a phalanx of infantry, who ride on chariots and follow the cavalry.

These mule-and-horse infantry played a major role in this battle. Through the mobility of the cavalry, they successfully rushed to the wild fox and blocked the Turkic and Xue Yantuo armies.

At this moment, all the infantrymen stood up straight and raised their heads to greet Li Shimin.

"Is this infantry?"

Cheng Yaojin and the others stared blankly at the team of mule-horse-turned-infantry soldiers, sighing at the wonder.

They had never seen infantry like this, pulled by oxen and horses.

"You don't understand this! His Royal Highness the King of Shu's infantry has accomplished extraordinary feats!"

Qin Qiong laughed from the side.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is a genius and can always come up with weird tactics, so he often achieves surprise victories and defeats the enemy!"

Li Jing looked at the infantry troops, stroked his beard and sighed.

Farther away, there was a large group of infantry phalanxes, but because the distance was too far, everyone couldn't see clearly.

Li Ke had already dismounted, and he walked up to Li Shimin with long strides.

"Your Majesty, I have brought the troops from the Northern Territory back to celebrate the victory. Your Majesty is invited to inspect it!"

"Good! Good!"

Li Shimin smiled from ear to ear. He walked quickly to Li Ke's side, held his arms, and sighed: "Okay! Ke'er, you have made a great contribution this time, and you have solved a problem for me and Datang. Great trouble!"

Li Ke bowed and clasped his fists: "It is our duty to conquer powerful enemies for the Great Tang!"

"it is good!"

Li Shimin nodded again and again, and he turned around again, facing the group of officials behind him.

Taking Li Ke's hand and raising it high, Li Shimin said loudly: "My ministers, this is the savior of our Tang Dynasty and the hope for the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty!"

All the ministers bowed their hands in unison: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu has brilliant military exploits and a great reputation! Your majesty has a good command, and his achievements will last forever!"

After some pleasantries, Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Ke'er, you talked about the prisoner presentation ceremony last time..."

He couldn't wait to show the world the might and might of his Great Tang, and wanted to let the world see Li Tang's military exploits as soon as possible.

Li Ke smiled and pointed back: "Here! The last infantry phalanx, all the prisoners of war were led to the rear."

"Later, we will lead these prisoners of war into Chang'an City, and publicly offer them up at the gate of the imperial city!"

"Okay!" Li Shimin nodded quickly, he was looking forward to this moment.

With a big wave of his hand, he said to the ministers: "The king of Shu is fighting for the country, let us also be a vanguard to clear the way for him, how about?"

What he said surprised all the officials, Li Shimin, as the emperor, actually cleared the way himself and led the army through Zhuque Street.

What an honor this is!

Li Shimin cares so much about Li Ke in this battle!

As soon as he said he would leave, Li Shimin had already boarded the dragon chariot, led all the officials in the court, and walked in front of the team.

They went ahead and kept a certain distance, in order not to steal Li Ke's limelight.

At this time, the people in the city could already see a large group of people walking in outside Mingde Gate.

Everyone paid close attention and wanted to see the King of Shu.

"Huh? Isn't that the Holy One? Why did he walk ahead?"

Seeing that it was Li Shimin and the courtiers who came, everyone was a little puzzled.

Li Shimin walked into the city and waved his hand to stop the dragon chariot.

He stood up and said to the people below: "The king of Shu has made great military exploits for the country, and I personally lead the way for him and lead the army into the city!"

The people below cheered and applauded in unison, and then everyone realized that His Majesty was personally acting as a guide to clear the way for the army.

This move has been appreciated by the common people, and His Majesty's preferential treatment of the Shu army is exactly what everyone hopes for.

Li Shimin quickly ordered his officials to move forward and make way for Li Ke.

Then, everyone could see the army coming in. Li Ke rode a white horse and led the cavalry phalanx behind him, majestic and majestic.

After the army passed by, the common people saw a group of aliens with tall noses and deep eyes walking in the army.

A row of more than a dozen of these people was escorted by two infantrymen, walking forward blankly.

"Huh? What's going on with these aliens?" Someone asked curiously, not knowing what was going on.

The person beside him smiled: "Hi! Don't you know about this? Didn't you read the announcement document in front of the yamen a few days ago?"

Someone from the side came over, pointed at those aliens and said, "These are the soldiers from the three northern kingdoms who were captured alive by the King of Shu. Now they are brought to Chang'an. I heard that there will be some prisoner offering ceremony!"

After saying this, the man realized that all these people were prisoners of war.

"But..." He looked at these foreigners again, "Why are there so many prisoners of war? Our army doesn't seem to have many prisoners of war!"

"Haha! This is how powerful our King of Shu is! He defeated more with less, relying on more than 50 people, and defeated more than 30 opponents! He captured [-] alive!"

"30 million!"

The man took a breath: "How powerful is he?"

"Hmph! Our king of Shu is a rare all-rounder in civil and military affairs! A small foreign country dares to offend Tang Dynasty, so it deserves to be caught by the king of Shu!"

When the common people saw the size of the prisoners, they were all shocked. My Tang soldiers are so powerful, they are really invincible in the world!

(End of this chapter)