The 1,400 armored soldiers of the Li family surged to the gate of the Imperial Astronomer like a flood. They formed a tight formation like a barricade.
In reality, there was only one person in front of the armor.
The 1,400 elite soldiers who had specially changed into heavy armor, other than the two generals, Li Shou Guo and Li Chang An, were all inside the gate of the Imperial Astronomer. Not a single one stepped out.
Wearing this kind of large armor that weighed fifty catties was equivalent to abandoning all flexibility and mobility. Originally, it should have appeared in a special battlefield where the foot could stop the cavalry, relying on the innate weight of a single armor and the momentum condensed by a dense formation to resist the impact of the cavalry's charge. However, if an army was only equipped with heavy armor, large shields, and long spears and crossbows, no matter how steady they were, they would not be able to chase after the cavalry even if they succeeded in stopping the charge of the cavalry. They would only be able to defend and would not be able to expand the battle results.
However, on today's strange battlefield, no one found the equipment of 1,400 people that defied common sense to be ridiculous. In fact, most of the soldiers wished that they could wear another set of armor that was suffocating after being worn for a long time.
The 100 copper fish bag masters that the Ministry of Justice had carefully selected from the rivers and lakes of Liyang over the years were divided into two groups. They stood on the two wings of the infantry formation. Their positions were very particular. They were slightly scattered and tried to squeeze into the Imperial Astronomer's field. At the same time, they could coordinate with each other to prevent the enemy from circling around and entering the gate.
At the ends of the wide street outside the Imperial Astronomer, the infantry and cavalry arrived.
The 300 imperial guards with golden embroidered scabbards were the first to leave the cavalry. They walked as fast as they could, sticking close to the base of the wall and heading straight for the Imperial Astronomer. They blocked in front of the 1,400 infantry.
The 1,200 cavalry that had been urgently transferred from the Northern Jingji Army had a majestic aura. They were far more in line with the title of a tiger-wolf army than the Western Jingji Army's Hu Qi Officer Chi Changgong's Western Wall Camp.
They were in no hurry to charge. They stopped their horses at the two ends of the street and watched covetously.
When they did not show up earlier, the sound of the horses' iron hooves hitting the street was like thunder. This already showed that part of the cavalry was terrifying enough to tear apart the enemy formation.
This mysterious cavalry that had never appeared before the eyes of the capital was an elite cavalry that the General of the North, Ma Lulang, had spent most of his life and a huge amount of money to build. The location and number of soldiers were not recorded in the Ministry of War's files. The Ministry of Revenue of Liyang did not have to bear the expenses of this cavalry. For the past 20 years, it had always been directly transferred from the treasury of the Kingdom of Zhao to support the shocking expenses of maintaining the operation of the cavalry.
Historically, only the old Minister of War, Gu Jiantang, had the qualifications to know the inside story. When Chen Zhibao and Lu Baijie temporarily took over the Ministry of War, they were already unable to know too many details. They could only roughly know the growth of the cavalry, from the initial 300 to 500, 800, before Chen Zhibao stepped down as Minister of War and became a vassal. When Lu Baijie was demoted to Guangling Road as Jiedushi, they could only speculate that this cavalry had shown signs of a sudden increase in numbers from other sources. This was because after the ascension of the Emperor, especially after Beiliang's victory over Beimang, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue began to secretly deploy troops that were not legal. The Ministry of War selected soldiers, horses and armor, while the Ministry of Revenue had to pay a huge sum of money even if they had to tighten their belts. They didn't even dare to complain that they were poor. Moreover, the accounts had to be clean, so that even the doctors of the Ministry of Revenue who were not involved in the specific affairs of the Ministry of Revenue would not be able to see any clues.
However, even Lu Baijie, who had once been the Minister of War, did not know that this cavalry had an extremely special significance to the three Zhao Emperors of Liyang other than its unstoppable and shocking combat ability. In the past 25 years, the cavalry had only secretly entered the capital three times. The first time was when Emperor Gaozu, who had established Liyang's legitimate status, personally issued a secret order. Yang Taisui and Liu Haoshi personally led the cavalry into the city. The second time was when Emperor Gaozu won the title of Meritorious Minister. The last time was when the previous Emperor Zhao Dun successfully wore the dragon robe that night! Led by Half-inch Tongue-Bearing Ben Xi, they marched straight into Great Peace City and surrounded the mansion of Zhao Heng, who was still a Prince at that time!
Therefore, this was basically an army supporting the dragon of the Liyang Dynasty.
The proprietress of Jiu Jiu Restaurant looked around and for some reason, her smile was somewhat bleak. She muttered, "Xun Ping, is this the military might of Liyang that you wanted to create back then?"
She shook her head and collected her thoughts. She turned to Zhao Zhi and mocked, "What, you're still not leaving? Are you staying here to use your status as the Empress Dowager to tie down Hsu Fengnian so that he won't dare to go on a killing spree? "
Zhao Zhi's expression was complicated. It was bleak, bitter, hateful, and fearful. In the end, he sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "A long time ago, you were only Wu Su's friend, even though we knew each other earlier. Now, you only treat Wu Su's son as a junior. As for my two sons, be it Zhao Zhuan or Zhao Wu, you're not even willing to look at them. "
The proprietress seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. She said sternly, "Fight, you've been fighting your whole life! Even today, you're still like this, wanting to fight for everything! Xu Xiao overshadowed Zhao Dun, you're resentful! Wu Su's name shook the capital, you're not convinced! Now, Hsu Fengnian and Zhao Zhuan, these two youngsters, are upright and upright, relying on their family's resources and abilities to wrestle with each other. What are you getting involved for?! What can you do? "
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