Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 117 Military Parade
"Oh? What's your idea?"

Li Shimin was a little curious. Li Ke had infinite ingenuity and ingenuity. His idea must be ingenious.

Li Ke smiled lightly and said, "Father, look at the appearance and posture of our Shu army that day, is it mighty?"

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, indeed mighty!"

When he saw the troops led by Li Ke that day, they were really imposing, with tens of thousands of troops, all of them had solemn faces and terrifying power.There are so many people, but they are completely consistent during the march.And whether it is offering prisoners or receiving rewards on stage, they all maintain a full spirit and a high attitude.

All this made Li Shimin's heart itch. If his other troops in the Tang Dynasty had the heroic state of the Shu army, why worry about the Tang Dynasty not being strong?Why worry about the unrest at the border?
But what does Li Ke mean by mentioning this at this time?

Li Shimin didn't know why, so he could only look at Li Ke with questioning eyes.

Li Ke nodded and said: "Father, my son thinks that we can hold a military parade in front of those foreign envoys, let the soldiers of the Shu army walk around the square, put their posture on their feet, and polish their weapons. Let those special envoys take a good look at the mighty demeanor of our Tang soldiers!"

"Oh?"

Li Shimin thought for a while, and immediately thought of Li Ke's intention.

Didn't Li Shimin just want to show his strength and let these foreign countries know the majesty of Datang?

What else can show the might of the Tang Dynasty better than those soldiers of the Shu army?
"Good! That's a good idea!"

Li Shimin slapped the table and praised loudly.

"Not only that..."

Li Ke raised his hand: "Father, since you want to present the prisoners again, we can also show them again! My son, I can let the Shu army take the prisoners of war to walk around the square, which can not only show the style of our army, but also show off the prisoners of war." They can also show their actual results to foreigners!”

"Okay! This is a great plan!"

Li Shimin sighed and said, "The Shu army and the prisoners of war walked together, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the difference. Although the enemy army was vicious and ferocious, the Shu army was even more powerful."

Comparing the two, it is even more obvious that the strength of our Datang army is superior, and its combat power is invincible in the world!
"That's it! The grand ceremony will be held in three days!"

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In the next three days, Li Ke went to the barracks.

He did a lot of training, brought up the main points of the military parade, and urged Ma Liuzhi to train more, in order to show the most perfect side of the Shu army in front of those foreign envoys.

Three days passed quickly, and finally came the day when all nations came to court.

Li Shimin put on the crown and appeared on the tower in high spirits, welcoming the foreigners to come forward to worship.

Courtiers and common people came to the scene one after another to add atmosphere to this pilgrimage ceremony.

On the tower, Li Shimin took the lead alone, and Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others gathered behind him.

But to everyone's surprise, there was one person standing beside Li Shimin before these court officials.

It was Li Ke, King of Shu!
At this moment, officials of all sizes in Chang'an were dumbfounded.

Although Li Ke has just made extraordinary achievements, he is a prince after all and has not yet become a prince.

And even the crown prince can't stand side by side with the current emperor!
At this moment, they saw that Li Shimin's face remained as usual, but Fang, Du, Changsun and other court ministers showed no expression. How could the officials not know that this was Li Shimin's arrangement?

"hiss!"

Some people have already seen the clues from this station arrangement.

"I'm afraid...the crown prince, the King of Shu, is stable..."

Compared with Li Chengqian who is far away in Liangzhou, the astonishing achievements made by the king of Shu are too impressive, so it is no wonder that Li Shimin is biased.

After the ministers shouted long live, Wang De let out a loud whistle, announcing the official start of the grand ceremony of the coming of all nations.

Those foreign envoys entered the square in batches and paid homage to Li Shimin standing on the tower.

Tochara, Gaochang, Tianzhu, Silla, Wusun, Kucha...

Special envoys from various countries, big and small, came on stage one after another, and the executive ministers paid homage to Li Shimin.

The people on the square were excited to see it. These small countries came to visit Chang'an, which meant that they had regarded Datang as their suzerain country.

This also means that since then, Datang has a strong commanding power over its neighboring countries.

When wars broke out in small neighboring countries, it was up to Tang to decide how to deal with disputes.

Which country did the Tang Dynasty have a war with, and asked these countries to send troops, they had to listen.

This is the status of a truly powerful country!

Although Datang has a vast territory and a large population, it has just emerged from the chaos of war after all, and it still needs a long time to develop and recuperate.

In the past two years, these countries would never have visited the DPRK with such a low profile.

But now it is different, Datang has the King of Shu.

With the king of Shu, foreign enemies naturally dare not invade again, and with the king of Shu, the Tang Dynasty will naturally become stronger and stronger.

Naturally, these foreign countries saw the growing strength of the Tang Dynasty, so they hurried over to show their favor and seek the protection of the Tang Dynasty.

This is a treatment that only a truly powerful country can enjoy!
At this time, the special envoys had finished their visits, and Li Shimin was looking at the building, expressing condolences to the special envoys of various countries.

The common people stretched their necks and looked towards the tower.

But their eyes were not on Li Shimin, but on Li Ke standing beside Li Shimin.

During the whole condolence speech, Li Ke has been standing beside Li Shimin, standing side by side with Li Shimin.

This also means that Li Shimin intends to let foreign envoys see the demeanor of the King of Shu.

So... is there any suspense about the crown prince of Datang?
Many people no longer think so, and they have concluded in their hearts that Li Ke will definitely get the crown prince position.

After condolences to the special envoys, Li Shimin invited them to the top of the city tower and asked them to watch the military parade together.

In this regard, the people talked about it.

"Our Majesty is very polite, and let these special envoys go upstairs to watch the performance!"

"Hi! Are you really being polite?"

"Eh? Isn't it?"

"Of course not! Let them go up to the city tower to see the guards of honor of the Shu army and the prisoners of war of my Tang Dynasty..."

"Hiss! Could it be...to show off my Great Tang military exploits to these countries?"

"Of course it is like this! But this is very good! Just let these neighboring countries see the strength of my Great Tang!"

"Yes! Tell them not to dare to provoke me, Datang again!"

These envoys did not understand what a military parade was at first, but when Li Shimin gave the order and the people on the square spread out, they saw a neat column of troops walking out from behind the crowd.

That line of troops was so majestic and majestic that it made people feel horrified.

The soldiers were all strong and strong, with serious eyes. They held up their weapons and shouted in unison, Long live the Tang Dynasty. This scene made the envoys' legs weak.

Where have they seen such a scene?
"Hey! There are such cavalry in step?"

"Hiss! Why are there so many prisoners behind the infantry?"

When they saw the prisoner-of-war camp passing by, they were even more shocked.

It was previously heard that Datang had captured many enemies, and everyone was already mentally prepared.But when they saw 30 prisoners of war appearing in the square, they were still so frightened that their calves trembled.

You must know that many of these countries add up to not enough 30 troops!

With such a huge team of prisoners of war, how powerful is Datang?

I'm afraid that if someone moves their little finger, they can destroy these small countries...

(End of this chapter)