Chapter 234 Military Parade

Just after Xiao Tianjian led the civil and military officials to climb the Yaowumen Tower, with the order of the master of ceremonies, the gunners who had already prepared to ignite under the Yaowumen Tower immediately stepped forward neatly. At the same time, they put down their arms and inserted them into the firegate with red-hot iron, ignited them. The cannon, in an instant, there was a neat sound of gunfire under the Yaowu Gate.

After each cannon is fired, there will be an interval of time, and the gunners quickly start to reload. Of course, this kind of cannon ceremony only needs to load the medicine package, and it will never be loaded with bullets. In this way, after the twelve cannons are neatly placed several sounds, everyone can see a team of Xing Tianjun. The soldiers began to shout long live our emperor and walked up the left avenue of Yaowumen.

The reason why the gunfire is actually very simple, that is, from Xiao Tianjian's seven years of rebellion in Fengxiang Mansion in Chongzhen, to this year, it is exactly eight years, so Xiao Tianjian made the gunners fire eight times to commemorate the eight-year war history after their uprising, and also announced the establishment of Greater China. The beginning of the country and the military parade.

At this time, the residents in Nanjing City and the people from all over the world who came to watch the ceremony were already crowded on both sides of the road. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are tens of thousands of people in Nanjing. Even some big girls and little daughters-in-law, women who are not easy to show up in this era, sneaked out of the house and sneaked into the crowd. It is crowded on both sides of the road.

Ordinary people have no chance to watch the ceremony of Xiao Tianjian's accession to the throne, but everyone knows that this time, a unique military parade will be held in the middle and can allow everyone to come to watch the ceremony. How can such a big event be let go in vain? So as early as the night before, almost all the positions on both sides of the road passed by the military parade were booked in advance. Some people simply stayed up all night and occupied seats on the street and waited to the end.

And the location of teahouses and restaurants along the street has been booked for a long time. By this time, it has been difficult to find a place to watch the military parade. If someone wants to find a place to watch the military parade in these places, they may not be able to get it at all without spending a sum of money. Some people facing the street also found business opportunities from it, so they took him After renting out the courtyard wall temporarily and spending a sum of money, they can sit on the wall of their house and watch the military parade on the twenty-first day of the first lunar month.

However, these walls still can't meet the demand, so some people even rent out the roof. Although it is inevitable that some tiles will be trampled, compared with their income, the money is enough for them to renovate the roof several times. By the early morning of the 20th day of the first lunar month, a large number of people from all directions. Inside and outside the city, it poured into the city and crowded on both sides of the parade street.

Fortunately, Tietou expected to send a lot of Xingtian soldiers to maintain order on the street in advance. Otherwise, there may be a large-scale stampede on this day, which may lead to a tragic disaster!

For this reason, Xing Tianjun drew a line on both sides of the street in advance, and sent soldiers to guard in three steps, one post and five steps and one outpost. All those who watched the ceremony must stand outside the line, which did not let the lively people block the street.

The generals and people of Xing Tianjun know that they are powerful. Although they do not disturb the people, they do things vigorously and never procrastinate. At the beginning, there were some ruffians or thieves taking advantage of the chaos to squeeze around in the crowd, either holding sheep and stealing something, or just Some women were stuck in the crowd, which made the crowd shouting very chaotic.

For these ruffians and so on, Xing Tianjun's soldiers are not polite. As long as they find one, they will go up and drag them out of the crowd. Even if they are tied up with a rope, they will be pulled directly out of the city, so that they will all be whipped, and everyone has to go to the shipyard outside the city to serve for two months, so in Under such heavy pressure, the situation was controlled without any adverse impact on the military parade.

Seeing that the time is getting closer and closer to noon, after all, this is the first month. Even Nanjing is very cold. Many people are a little impatient with the cold. Many people are blown by the cold wind on the roof, and they are even more shivering. So some people begin to look impatient and complain about why they read. The army hasn't started yet. Let them be frozen here.

Just when many people began to be impatient, suddenly there was a rumble of gunfire in the direction of the palace, and everyone's spirits were immediately refreshed and immediately looked in the direction of the palace.

After the sound of eight cannons, a majestic command immediately sounded from the left side of the palace, followed by the sound of a golden drum. At this time, a thunderous song came from a distance. Suddenly, the members of the Xingtian Army who maintained order on the street could no longer be called Xing Tianjun, because from now on, all the troops of the Xingtian Army were renamed the Great Chinese National Defense Army and re-numbered them. At present, it is the general of the Second Guard Division of the National Defense Army who is responsible for guarding Nanjing in Nanjing.

And the song that came from this time was exactly after Xiao Tianjian established Xing Tianjun. In order to boost morale in the face of the war, he plagiarized the song "Men should be self-improvement" sung by Lin Zixiang in the future, and passed it on to the army. Whenever there was a big war or a battle, the generals of the Xing Tianjun often took the lead in singing this. A song, so that after every recruit gradually joined the army, he had to learn to sing this song to be self-improvement. Although Xiao Tianjian has not officially designated this song as the Xing Tianjun military song, this song has at least become the battle song of the Xing Tianjun.

When the parade generals sang this song, the soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in their hearts. Many people immediately unconsciously straightened their waists, and involuntarily began to open their mouths and sang along with the song.

Originally, there were still noisy voices on the street, but when countless Xingtian soldiers sang this man to be self-reliant, everyone couldn't help but be shocked by this thick and passionate song. Those who were still complaining suddenly closed their mouths, even those who were cold and shivering. When people suddenly heard this kind of song, they couldn't help but have a sense of resonance, and even a feeling of blood boiling, which suddenly made their chills much less, and even their tremblings were reduced a lot. They all opened their eyes wide and straightened their necks and looked hard in the direction of the palace.

Gradually, a big flag began to appear in people's eyes. The first people to enter the military parade were several generals in polished armor.

The first person is Luo Li, who is known as the first tough general of the Xingtian Army. At this time, Luo Li changed into a new set of fine steel mountain armor. This armor should obviously be captured from the hands of the general of the army, and it has been re-polished and repaired by the craftsmen of the Xing Tianjun to make it a new look. The bright light on his chest protects the heart. The mirror is even more polished, and he also wears a polished fine steel eight-petal iron helmet on his head. There is a long red and white feather on the top of the iron helmet. This kind of helmet or all kinds of feathers inserted on the hat is actually a way for Xing Tianjun to distinguish military ranks. The situation on the battlefield is very complicated. Sometimes there will be chaos. In the chaotic army, if the soldiers can't tell whose rank is high, it is even more difficult to control. Therefore, Xiao Tianjian took this into account very early. Marked by the feathers above his head, it is very convenient for the soldiers to distinguish whose army between them can be distinguished by the different colors of the feathers. The rank is higher. Once there is chaos, all the generals will obey the command of the generals who are closest to them and higher than their rank, which is particularly important in the war and has also played a significant role.

And Luo Li is now a general at the first level of the town, so the red and white feathers on his head also represent his military rank, and behind him, he is also wearing a new scarlet cloak. Sitting down, he is riding a strong and unusually jujube red high-headed horse. In his left hand, there is still a pole fluttering. The scarlet flag, this flag is not an ordinary flag, but the Xingtian flag that Xing Tianjun became famous. Although this flag is about to return to history, its representative significance is extraordinary. I don't know how many people have sacrificed their lives to fight with the enemy on the battlefield under the inspiration of this flag, and blood is sprinkled here. Under the banner.

Therefore, although the name of the Xingtian Army today will be replaced by the name of the Great Chinese National Defense Force, all the generals of the Xingtian Army still have an indescribable mood for this flag. Therefore, after discussion, Xiao Tianjian allowed Luo Li to be the last flag guard of the Xing Tian Army and appeared in the parade. Previously, this Xingtian flag was displayed in front of the world for the last time. From then on, this flag will be permanently treasured by the newly established history museum in Greater China and preserved forever.

So in addition to being excited today, Luo Li's mood was still very complicated. He rode the horse to the front of the team, and his expression looked very solemn. Behind him, on the left was Liu Yaoben, who was dressed in the same dress, and on his right side, was Shi Ran, who dressed like them. Today, they acted as Luo Li. The flag bearer.

And Luo Li can walk in front of the team as the last flag guard of the Xing Tianjun, which also explains his position in the army. As the earliest and most powerful general under Xiao Tianjian, no one can say anything about it when he comes to do this.

Although it is a big event for Xiao Tianjian to ascend the throne this time, after all, the country has not yet been unified. Many territory is still in the hands of the Ming court, and many places are still fighting. Therefore, although many generals in this army are eager to participate in this ceremony, they are finally separated. However, it failed to make it, including Yan Chongxi, the general manager of the first town of the National Defense Army, Wang Chengping, the deputy general manager of the second town, Diao Zheng, and Li Shuanzhu, the general manager of the third town, all failed to come to Nanjing to participate in the ceremony, but there was nothing we could do.

So Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Shi Ran and others became senior generals in this military parade and won the honor of protecting the flag for the Xingtian flag this time.