The fragrance of August osmanthus flowers.

Li Chao returned to the court and arrived in Xiangyang in triumphal force. His Highness, the Regent of the State, brought the prime ministers under the Secretariat and the generals of the Privy Council, and led all civil and military officials to the Xiangyang Wharf to greet him.

Near the pier, there are crowds of people.

Everyone rushed to welcome the invincible military god Li Chao.

As soon as Li Chao got off the boat, he saw Prince Chengqian standing on a chariot wearing dazzling golden armor.

Cheng Qian was young, but the golden armor was very close to him, which made him look like a general. Li Chao frowned, not sure who was stupid to have such a suit for the prince.

"My minister Li Chao pays homage to the crown prince."

Cheng Qian smiled and jumped down from the chariot, helping Li Chao up.

"Taiwei, please calm down. You are a great hero of my Tang Dynasty. You retreat to Goguryeo and surrender to Xiqi, and then take over Monan. Please accept such merits first!"

After saying that, Chengqian bowed to Li Chao.

Li Chao hurriedly let him aside, "Your Highness killed his ministers."

"Teacher, please follow me onto the chariot."

Li Chao didn't want to show off this, but the prince was so enthusiastic that he couldn't help but save his face, so he had to get on the chariot.

Every man has a dream of being a general at the moment, and Chengqian seems to be no exception as the crown prince. Although he is still young and the crown prince, he also followed Li Chao to suppress Tuman and saw the bloody and cruelty of the battlefield with his own eyes.

Chengqian proposed to personally inspect the triumphant Shenji Army soldiers at the edge of the dock.

The 20,000 Shenji Army expanded and grew up in Hebei. Although it took only more than half a year, this army was very famous in the temporary capital Xiangyang.

Various rumors about the Shenji Camp and various imaginations about firearms. In short, in the rumors, this unit was a heavenly soldier that Prime Minister Li Chao borrowed Tianlei Fury equipment from the Heavenly God.

Today, countless people on the dock watched, not only to welcome Li Chao to his grandson, but also to see this heavenly army with their own eyes.

Of course, Li Chao had to satisfy the Crown Prince's request.

Besides, he was willing to let the Shenji Army show his face. The soldiers worked hard in the north. Although there were only two real battles, it was a good thing to have the chance to show their faces in front of the prince, and Li Chao would not want to.

Before arriving in Xiangyang, the soldiers had already put on the cleanest military robe. The soldiers with armor also polished the armor brightly, and those without armor also polished the helmets brightly.

The flag is bright.

The musketeers deliberately put the flat bayonet on the barrel. It is very convenient to put the bayonet on. There is a bayonet after the barrel is put on. Each set of cards will not be loosened. It does not affect the continued loading and shooting, but generally the bayonet will be installed only during combat.

But at this moment, in order to make it more imposing, the musketeers wiped the bayonets brightly and put them on the gun barrel.

Rifles were surrounded by a bright bayonet.

In addition, these musketeers have been used to the queues, so when they are moving, under the drum beat of the military band, the uniform steps and the straight kicks, the prince who is not aware of his eyes are all shining, not to mention the people watching next to him.

"Set it!"

"preparation!"

"put!"

The musketeers lined up in neatly shaped formations, under the command of the officers, were rogues facing the river, one by one. The sound of gunfire was like fried beans, and gunfire filled with smoke.

When each soldier fired three shots, the cheers of the docks stopped one after another.

There was even an unexpected silence on the dock.

All the people were shocked by the sound of the guns. Today, the left and right Yulin, the left and right Shence, who were responsible for the safety of the prince, and the left and right Jinwu soldiers who were responsible for the security of the pier were also shocked.

They are all soldiers. The left and right magic machine was established less than half a year ago. It set out from here half a year ago, and then there were only five thousand people. But now, the number of people in the establishment has doubled four times, especially this equipment, which is shocking.

As the infantry phalanx passed, the cavalry of the Shenji Army also came up.

Riding a tall horse, showing off his might.

Their horses were all captured from the Goguryeo people and the good horses obtained from Xi, Qi and Monan, Gao Da Xiongjun.

The cavalry were better equipped than the infantry, and each of them had a silk cloak, which looked even more extraordinary.

They also lined up in a square formation, passing by the prince and the officials, walked to the riverside, and stopped. With the sound of the trumpet, they pulled out three-eyed guns and shot three times in a row at the river surface.

The soldiers of the left and right Shence Army, both of the Northern Ya Imperial Guards and the cavalry, were blood-red.

They looked at their equipment and had horses, but the horses were obviously not as tall and majestic as the Shenji Army cavalry, and they also had cloaks, but their cloaks looked more generous.

The most important thing is that they also have muskets, muskets that fired three times in a row.

When did you have such a musket so powerful?

Chengqian's face was full of red rhyme, just like drinking wine. The performance of the Shenji Army made Chengqian like it extremely.

After the cavalry passed, another unit came up.

The horse pulls the cart.

"Is this a chariot formation?" Cheng Qian asked. The chariot soldiers were also a relatively ancient military force. In the pre-Qin period, countries competed with national strength, which was about how many miles there were, how many chariots there were, and how many chariots they were riding, and thousands of chariots were the overlords of that era.

However, later, the chariots were slowly eliminated, and cavalry even emerged.

However, when the Central Plains dynasty later competed with the grassland, the Central Plains often used infantry and cavalry and chariot formations to deal with cavalry on the grassland. During the Sui Dynasty, they counterattacked the grassland many times and fought against Turkic cavalry on the grassland, with chariot formations as the main one, infantry as the auxiliary one, and cavalry as the second.

But after all, the restrictions on the chariots are still too great.

Chengqian thought that Li Chao was pulling out a chariot soldier.

"Your Majesty, they are not chariot soldiers, but artillery soldiers."

Artillery, a new army built in Li Chao's army. It turned out to be only the troops responsible for manipulating heavy crossbows and stone throwing chariots. But since Li Chao brought out the artillery, they mainly operated artillery.

There are more than a thousand pounds of siege mortar cannons, more than thirty pounds of tiger squat cannons, and more than a hundred pounds of cannons.

Although these cannons are relatively simple at the beginning, they are much more advanced and lighter than catapults. They can pull the army forward and can be engaged in battle at any time, without much time assembled, etc., require fewer personnel, and have greater range and power.

The stone bullet fired by the siege mortar cannon is large and can directly cross the city wall to attack the targets in the city. The destroying cannon is actually a small red-clothed cannon. It is loaded with iron bombs and fires directly at the target. It is very powerful and is an upgraded version of the heavy crossbows in the Tang army today. One shot can plow a river of blood from the enemy group, and one shot can also knock out half of the enemy towers.
Chapter completed!