Chapter 400: Twenty-one Royal Salute

After the old man spoke, Huangfu Zhanwen had to withdraw his long halberd in a bad mood, spit a thick phlegm on Li Qing's face, and rode his horse to meet him. His personal soldiers came forward and snatched General Li back into the formation.

Looking into the distance, I saw the overwhelming purple armored tiger army coming from the east. The old general Huangfu, who was white-bearded and white, came first with a team of personal soldiers.

When Shen Qing saw General Hu Ben's general flag, he did not dare to neglect it. He hurriedly took Shi Yong, Gou Ji and others to meet him. Huangfu Xian glanced at his son, and Huangfu Zhanwen quickly introduced Shen Qing and others to the old man.

Huangfu Xian then laughed and said, "It turns out that they are all family members, so I am polite." Shen Qing and others also saluted respectfully and welcomed the old general into the formation.

When the Tiance Army saw the Hu Ben Army coming, it became alert. Deputy General Mingjin called back all the generals fighting on the field, and the soldiers also drew their swords and raised their bows to prevent accidents. The situation on the ravine field gradually became tense.

At this moment, a whistle sound came from the west. When the soldiers heard the sound, they saw a large green flag appearing from the west horizon. Then, the sound of horse hooves rumbling.

"The Yingyang Army is here!" The soldiers of the Tiance Army said excitedly. This was the first time they had a good impression of the group of green guys.

After a while, accompanied by the smoke and dust in the sky, a thick green line appeared in the soldiers' sight. When they got closer, they could see clearly that it was a team of green knights covering the sky.

"It's so ugly, like a mung bean fly." Li Qing wiped his face randomly and cursed in a low voice. But no matter how he said that, he couldn't let the people in the Qin family's camp make a joke. So he straightened his helmet and led a group of generals of all sizes to greet him.

To his surprise, General Yingyang, Luo Yun, who always called him sick and lazy, actually led his troops to come. In addition to being surprised, Li Qing's attitude suddenly improved a lot. Just kidding, this guy is called "white-faced scorpion", which is not so easy to mess with.

When Luo Yun saw Li Qing coming out to greet him in person, he smiled and greeted each other for a few words. He ordered Luo and Che, the two school captains behind him to line up on the left wing of the Tiance Army. Luo and Che were the two people who were "suppressing bandits" in Jingshan camp last year with the "Little Taiwei".

Before they could settle down, there was another cheer from Jingshan Army. It turned out that the Iron Armored Army had arrived. Shen Qing and Huangfu Zhanwen rushed forward to greet him. They were surprised to find that the person who led the team was General Shen Wei and Shen, who rarely showed up.

Seeing the former master, Shen Qing showed just the right respect. He first gave a greeting, and then asked softly: "Why is the general here in person?"

Shen Wei laughed and said, "Your Highness has been bullied. How can I ignore my uncle? I have to come to support you." Seeing Huangfu Zhanwen, Shen Wei blinked and smiled, "Brother Huangfu, Uncle Shi should come, right?"

Huangfu Zhanwen then realized that his father and the Shen family had already discussed it. So he smiled and nodded while returning to the formation with Shen Wei. The captain commanded the bronze iron armored army to line up on the right side of the formation.

It seemed as if the Iron Armored Army had just arrived, and the Polu Army on the other side also arrived. The brown Polu Army lined up on the right wing of the Tiance Army. The Polu General Che Yinguo and the Li family were still in-laws. When Li Qing saw it, he naturally became much closer to Luo Yun, who was not close to the four or six.

The two of them laughed and greeted each other. Li Qing and he returned to the central army with his arms, and asked in a low voice as he walked: "How is it? Has the Polu Army recovered its combat power?"

Che Yinguo sighed and said, "It's okay to say anything else. After all, the foundation is there, and it's not that bad. But your cousin was so rare that it was really unreasonable last year. He excluded the generals in the army. After ten stops, six stops, all those who can lead troops to fight disappeared. How do you think this combat power will be restored?"

Li Qing smiled embarrassedly and said, "Li Weiluo has been driven to the border army by his brother, so don't keep holding on. It's more serious to find a way to promote some officers first."

Che Yinguo rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle, do you think this officer is a leek in the field? Chop one after another? It takes time, and there is war to be tempered," he said, "It is impossible to recover without three to five years, unless..."

"Unless what?" Li Qing asked with hope.

"Unless all the officers who were driven away can be retrieved." Che Yinguo said with a serious look on his face.

Li Qingxin said, 'How can it be? Those people either bid other places or were beaten to death and were crippled, how can they look for it back?' He couldn't help but beat him and said, "Try to do it, take your time, there is still time..."

Che Yinguo looked at him with some dissatisfaction and said nothing, because another army arrived on his side. Looking at the red fire like red, the two looked at each other in surprise. They could not have imagined that the Longxiong Army of Your Highness had arrived.

Looking at the royal flag waving in the east wind, Li Qing and Che Yinguo quickly met him. Even Luo Yun, who had never hummed, rode over to welcome His Highness.

‘Hahahaha…’ Before the person arrived, the eldest prince’s hearty laughter came first. After a while, his heroic figure appeared under the banner that was waving in the wind.

"Are you all good?" The eldest prince lifted the scarlet cloak on his back and clasped his fists and said loudly. Everyone quickly greeted him and surrounded him and walked towards the central army.

Qin Li's eyes swept across everyone, and just nodded slightly to Li Qing and Che Yinguo, and his eyes fell on Luo Yun. He raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Old Luo, why are you willing to leave your gentle hometown and come here to join in the fun?"

Luo Yun looked over forty years old, with a slender figure, a white face and no beard. His eyes opened and closed, his spirit was gloomy and clear. He looked like an elusive character. He smiled and said without a smile: "The prince has come in person, so of course he has to be sad for the front and back."

Qin Li laughed and said, "Don't think I don't know. If I weren't thinking about the position of the Imperial Marshal, it would be strange if you were old and boys!" He said, "slap", and slapped his horse's butt, which was so shocked that the war horse screamed. If the personal soldiers hadn't grabbed it, they would have taken General Luo with them to run out.

Luo Yun said with a slightly awkward expression: "Just come and see. With you here, we shrimp soldiers and crab generals can only waving the flag and shouting."

Qin Li looked at him with his eyes as lightning for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter. He smiled and suddenly said with a clear voice: "It's good to know!" After that, he didn't look at the other people, but took the lead in the horse and headed towards the central army.

Luo Yun smiled bitterly, twitched the horse's back lightly, and followed slowly.

Li Qing looked unhappy, pulled Che Yinguo behind, and muttered in a low voice: "This is too crazy, I'm still his second grandfather..."

Che Yinguo smiled and said, "Your Highness has always been like this. You don't buy anyone's account except the old lieutenant. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Li Qing gasped for a few times, then he seemed to think up, nodded fiercely and said, "Just listen to you," and said with a smile: "Yinguo, you are young and strong, and you have always led troops for many years and have rich experience. I think you are the candidate for the imperial guards this time."

Che Yinguo said in his heart: 'Just pretend...' He said seriously: "You are a mistake. Who doesn't know that you are a second uncle, you are experienced in many battles and respected. You are the best candidate for the Imperial Army Marshal!"

Li Qing smiled and said this, pretending to be humble, and finally showed his fox's tail and said, "I want more support from Yinguo. If I can fulfill my wish, you will be my deputy commander, what about?" There are so many generals in the Qin Dynasty, but there are only four marshals, and they are all deeply rooted and cannot be moved. Therefore, Li Qing's dream of marshals was placed on this future imperial guards.

Che Yinguo said excitedly: "Then Yinguo called the Grandmaster in advance." The two looked at each other and laughed, and their relationship seemed to have made another big step forward.

At this time, all four imperial guards from the Taiwei Group arrived, while the Royal Guard only reached two imperial guards. Even if the Jingshan Army, which had not been recognized, was at a disadvantage in the number of people, and its momentum was overwhelmed by the opponent for a while.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. In less than half an hour, the sun was just westward, and a large number of orange soldiers and horses rumbled, and the Shenwu Army finally arrived.

Huangfu Zhanwen and Shen Qing rushed forward to greet him, and they saw that the leader was indeed General Shenwu Xu Zaiwu. Xu Zaiwu was the eldest son of Xu Ji, Duke Su Guo, who was now thirty-nine years old. He was born with a big face and a handsome appearance. He has always held the Shenwu Army. After seven or eight years, he has kept the iron barrels he managed and was not airtight. It is no exaggeration to say that Shenwu Army is the Xu family army.

Moreover, the Xu family is not like the Shen family, who is directly a vassal of the royal family. Although they still obeyed Emperor Zhaowu's arrangements, they still retained considerable independence. For example, the appointment and removal of officers from the Shenwu Army were the ones who had the final say, and Emperor Zhaowu had never been able to intervene.

Especially after Emperor Zhaowu married Princess Heyang to the Xu family, she didn't know whether it was Emperor Zhaowu's instructor or Princess Heyang's natural desire to power, but she actually tried to seduce Xu Zaiwu, the eldest uncle, to use this to control the Shenwu Army.

Because it was a scandal within the family, it is unknown whether Princess Heyang was successfully seduced and whether Prince Xu was satisfied. But the final result was that the newly married princess and princesses quickly separated. Soon the princess and princesses came out of trouble, Princess Heyang angrily killed the little fox, and then... Princess Heyang became disheartened and became a monk. Princess Heyang also moved out of the Duke's Mansion and lived a happy single life.

Because of these things, Xu Zaiwu had a great opinion on the royal family, and disharmonious remarks appeared from time to time. If Nai's father had not been suppressed, something might have happened. Therefore, he appeared today, probably not to support the scene for the prince, but was afraid that it would be for the throne of the "Zhennan Marshal"... Today is the gathering of eight imperial guards, how could he be missing General Shenwu?

Xu Zaiwu greeted the two of them with a smile without laughing, and his nostrils were facing the sky and he never said a word again. When he reached Huangfu Xian and Shen Wei, the expression on his face looked a little softer.

Seeing his arrogant look all the way up, Huangfu Xian laughed and cursed: "Xiao Wuzi, I've passed a little. We're all in the same group, how can you shook your face?"

Xu Zaiwu sneered and said, "Just because of those mobs, they deserve to be compared with us?" As he said that, he dusted the floating ashes on the cloak, as if he was about to knock down those poor Jingshan miscellaneous soldiers, he chuckled, "I said, Uncle Huangfu Shi, you should also enjoy the peace and happiness, so that Brother Shengwen will come back to take over."

Huangfu Xian stroked his beard and smiled, "Even if I want to abdicate, I should let you, Brother Zhan Wen, take over. It's not the turn of Shengwen, the boy who is generous."

Xu Zaiwu shook his head and said, "Uncle Shi, it's not me who said you. If you really do that, you'll be confused. Not bad. Brother Zhan Wen was great before, and we all obeyed him, but think about it, he was first in the imperial guards and then in the guards over the years, but now he has become the commander of a miscellaneous army, and he is not the top leader. Others climb up one step a year, but he is better, falling down and let him take over the Hu Ben?" He curled his lips and sneered, "You'd better think carefully."

Huangfu Xian was not anxious or annoyed, and laughed and said, "This is my family matter, and it is not a matter of worrying about my nephew." As he said that, he drooped his eyelids slightly and chuckled, "If I had been there for six or seven years earlier, I would not have to worry about it." The old man had something in his words. Six or seven years ago, Huangfu Dan was still alive, and the four imperial guards of the Huangfu family were in hand, so he could naturally arrange two brothers. The implication was self-evident: You Xu Zaiwu, don't behave like you, but you are good at getting a bargain here!

Xu Zaiwu hummed awkwardly and said, "It's all old accounts. What's the matter that has been done? "

Seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation was not very friendly, Shen Wei quickly said to Xi Ni: "Brothers Zaiwu are also kind-hearted, but Huangfu Shishu is strong and healthy, so there is no need to consider the issue of succession for the time being." As a result, they gave each of them a step, and the two generals also knew that if they were making noise here, wouldn't they be laughed at by the other side for nothing? They took a step back and stopped talking in a bad mood.

But all their words fell into Huangfu Zhanwen's ears. Even though he had been ups and downs for a long time, he was still not surprised by favors and disgraces, he was so angry that he trembled all over. If it weren't for the inappropriate, he would really pull the arrogant Xu Zaiwu off his horse and beat him up.

Shen Qing quickly pulled him aside. Huangfu Zhanwen glared at the bastard fiercely, and then followed Shen Qing away in a coquettish manner, and simply lost sight of him.

The generals of both sides were basically in the same place, and eight of the imperial guards were also lined up in the vast circle, including the blue Tiance, the red dragon soar, the purple tiger berth, the orange Shenwu, the green eagle, the brown Polu, the bronze iron armor, and the black Jingshan. The eight teams were in full swing, with nearly 150,000 troops standing in front of more than ten miles long, sweating and raining, breathing into clouds; swords and guns were like forests, flags and seas, and most of the Qin imperial guards gathered here.

Rather than saying that they came to help, it was better to say that a military parade before the great martial arts performance came appropriately. Each army showed its brightest side, hoping to overwhelm the other party in terms of military appearance and momentum, and even on the friendly side, to compete for the "First Imperial Army of the Qin Dynasty".

What is the concept of 150,000 cavalry? Qi and Chu State, not to mention cavalry, even those who can ride horses together cannot make up this number. What's more, this is only 70% of the imperial guards' military strength, and only half of the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty.

Such a powerful force is impossible to defeat Qi and Chu. I am afraid it is a crime of war.

A cannon sound came from the direction of Kyoto City, and the two thousand Tiance Cavalry guarded a handsome flag slowly appeared in the north of the military formation. Looking at the huge blue-bottomed golden bear handsome flag, everyone knew that Taiwei Li finally appeared.

Li Hun was rarely wearing an old armor, carrying an 88-pound pure steel tiger-headed sword that became famous for forty years ago, and riding a huge war horse that was red all over the body. With the company of Changsun Li Yang and the second-sun Li Future, he slowly passed by the two armies.

As his arrogant eyes swept over, everyone could not help but lower their heads. Even the old general Huangfu Xian, who was irreconcilable with him, did not have the courage to look at him. Li Hun joined the army for 16 years, and left the army at the age of 56. When he entered the Taiwei Mansion, after hundreds of battles of all sizes, he left seventy-eight scars on his body, and his military achievements were extraordinary, and no one in the Qin Dynasty could match him.

It can be said that he is a war god tower, and all the generals, officers and soldiers of the Qin Dynasty must look up to him.

The old tiger is in a strong wind, and it roars to the mountains and forests!

Seeing that more than 100,000 people in the audience were crawling under their own power, how could the old Grandmaster not be called a heroic? Grandmaster Li stopped the huge horse and stood in front of the formation of the two armies. His gaze swept across the audience with a hint of laughter, just about to roar the tiger roar in the mountains...

But as the huge cannon sounded like a "boom boom boom" in the northeast direction, the continuous cannon sounded stronger and twenty-one sounds one after another, blasting the majestic aura that the old corpse worked hard to create.
Chapter completed!