Chapter 232 The army gathers
Lan Yu used thunder to deal with the Iron Tower, the chief general of the garrison troops from Xiliang Province, which severely shocked a large number of people. Only then did the rebellious military generals realize that Lan Yu, who looked amiable on weekdays, turned out to be a tough character, and immediately restrained him a lot.
Nearly a hundred years have passed since the last Eight Kings Rebellion. Apart from the small fights in the border areas, the entire dynasty's army has not experienced war for a hundred years.
The meritorious troops that were once founded at the founding of the country have now become a fight for dogs and birds, and are vulnerable to the battle. This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion, Emperor Long Yuan decided to purify the army.
In addition to border areas and provinces with long distances, each province must send at least one flag regiment to participate in this "hunting" military operation this time.
The original task of the armies of each province was to be responsible for the defense, bandit suppression, public security and other tasks of each province. It belonged to the internal security forces. After hundreds of years of development, the provincial garrison troops have now completely corrupted.
Emperor Long Yuan is already old, and he has to consider his successor. This time, he will pull out some of the troops from various provinces to experience it. After seeing blood, in the future, he can use these people as a skeleton to quickly form a powerful army.
The emperor's starting point is good, but in the eyes of many discerning people in the government and the country, the reform of a country in a fragile period is the most dangerous. If the reform is not good, it will be in danger of destruction.
But now the entire Far Eastern dynasty has reached a time when it has to be reformed. The Jiuyuan Iron Cavalry was a meritorious force at the founding of the country. Its military achievements have made the neighboring countries unable to raise their heads. Now it has been completely wiped out by the rebels. This is also the main reason that stimulated the emperor Longyuan to reform the army. If the army is not reformed, there will be a danger of national destruction.
What the emperor didn't know was that the well-behaved princes in front of him had begun to show their fangs. Although they were in the capital, their tentacles had reached their various provinces.
This time, it is not so much to reform the garrison troops of various provinces, but to help the princes train troops and prepare for the future battle to seize the throne.
Marshal Lan Yu killed the garrison officer Iron Tower from Xiliang Province in this way to tell all the princes that you should be more restrained on my territory.
"Lan Yu should be killed!" The fourth prince was furious in the mansion.
The 10,000 garrison troops in Xiliang Province led by Tieta belong to his forces. Now Lan Yu's killing Tieta is equivalent to breaking the arm of the fourth prince. How can he not be angry?
"The fourth brother is too sharp, and he is unlucky when he falls into Lan Yu's hands." Some prince also commented gloatingly after hearing the news.
The minister who was not in dealing with Lan Yu also looked at the joke happily: "Now Lan Yu is in trouble, and he actually offended a prince."
Emperor Longyuan owns the country's largest intelligence agency, the Secret Hall, and someone reported the cause and effect to his desk as soon as possible. After reading it, he just smiled and threw away the secret letter.
Instead of punishing Lan Yu, the emperor granted Lan Yu the power of inspiration and decision-making. In the army, whether it is a prince or aristocrat or an ordinary soldier, as long as they violate military orders, they will be allowed to deal with Lan Yu.
In this way, those who were waiting to watch Lan Yu's jokes suddenly stopped and stopped making noise. Now Lan Yu is a rising star in the dynasty, and whoever offends will be unlucky.
In mid-June, the nearby expedition and suppression troops gathered in Wangjing [31 Novel Network Updated Fast] had nearly 500,000 troops, and there were garrisons within a hundred miles of Wangjing. It was really huge and could not forget the end at first sight.
Although a large number of troops gathered around Wangjing, Lan Yu's army was strictly governed and did not allow soldiers to leave the barracks for no reason and practiced daily, which was averted the military disaster for the villages around Wangjing.
The current Far Eastern dynasty army is no longer supported by the people as a hundred years ago. The soldiers and bandits say that they are dynasty army, so the dynasty army has reached the point where they have to reform.
In mid-June, Lan Yu's expedition troops held a grand expedition ceremony in Wangjing.
Although the dynasty army is no longer favored by the people, the army gathers, and the streets are still empty on the day of the expedition. There are hundreds of thousands of residents of Wangjing who watched the expedition.
In order to express his determination to eliminate the rebels this time, Emperor Long Yuan rarely walked out of the palace and went to the Arc de Triomphe to practice it for the soldiers on the expedition.
Since the emperor has been dispatched, the princes and nobles in the court will naturally not be absent. Because there are too many people, only nobles above the duke and officials above the court can climb the city wall and watch the expedition ceremony. Even so, the entire East City Wall is still crowded slowly.
The expedition ceremony started at 9:00 a.m., with a huge red steel army extending along the Arc de Triomphe to the end of the sky, with flags waving like the ocean, covering the sky and the sun.
Lan Yu, the commander-in-chief of the expedition and suppression force, wore a shiny red armor, a marshal's command knife, and a red cloak. He rode on a brown-red war horse, looking proudly around and majestic.
Emperor Long Yuan, carrying the Arc de Triomphe on the Arc de Triomphe, raised by a group of princes and court officials, looked at the endless steel army formation, the elderly man's turbid eyes became bright, his face turned rosy, and pointed at the huge army with a bold spirit: "Who said that the lonely army is already corrupt, and who can stop such an iron army??"
"The army of the dynasty is invincible, and the rebels will definitely be destroyed!" Zhou Rulin, the chief assistant of the cabinet, hurriedly flattered.
Yang Yanxu, the chief military affairs chief of the military hall, curled his lips and said nothing. If he could win a battle by flattering, what would he do?
A prince and noble whispered quietly: "It turns out that our army is so powerful, tsk."
"This time I go to the battle, I will definitely win the battle."
"Of course, no rebels can escape from the army."
The people were also talking and were shocked by this powerful army. Some of them had never seen so many soldiers in their lives.
Four hundred thousand dynasty soldiers stood outside the Arc de Triomphe. Their uniforms were straight and their boots were lit. They straightened their chests and accepted the review of the emperor and the people. At this moment, the soldiers were proud in their hearts and proud of their belonging to this huge group.
Marshal Lan Yu rode alone and slowly moved forward along the road paved on the red carpet, heading towards Emperor Longyuan's car.
When he reached the steps, Lan Yu turned over and got off the horse and walked along the long temporary staircase to Emperor Longyuan. At this moment, Lan Yu was in the spotlight.
"Last general Lan Yu pays homage to my emperor--" Lan Yu knelt on the ground in front of Emperor Long Yuan and shouted loudly.
Long Yuan smiled and helped Lan Yu up: "Lan Aiqing, I'll be relieved if I have you in command of the army."
Lan Yu hurriedly thanked: "I will fulfill my mission!"
Emperor Long Yuan smiled and handed the seal and golden sword to Lan Yu, and instructed: "Lan Aiqing, I am waiting for you to return triumphantly!"
Lan Yu bowed again. With such a huge army, Lan Yu also believed that he would be able to succeed.
Looking at this important minister of the empire, both the prince and the nobles around him were envious and jealous. He held 600,000 heavy troops, which was a supreme honor that a soldier had never had in many years.
Lan Yu turned around, faced the army's strong military conquest troops, took a deep breath, pulled out the knife from his waist, and pointed at the sky slantedly.
"Long live my emperor! The dynasty army won thousands of victories!"
After Lan Yu shouted, his face turned red, and what he responded to was shouting from waves higher and higher.
"Long live my emperor! The dynasty army won thousands of victories!"
“…”
Faced with the sonorous sound of mountains and tsunamis, the emperor of the dynasty had never felt so happy. At this moment, he received an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
"Set off!"
Chapter completed!