Chapter 64: The Great Military Parade
On 18 April, King Yan ordered all the armies to assemble and line up for the court envoy to review. Xue Yan tidied up his clothes, cheered up, and inspected Yan Jun according to King Yan's arrangement. It is a fact known to the whole country that the officers and troops lost on the front line, but why could hundreds of thousands of officers and troops be unable to match the Yan army? Xue Yan really wanted to see how the Yan army was doing.
He climbed high with the lieutenant of the Yan army to read, and saw that the Yan army camp was connected, boundless, and stretched for more than 100 miles. In the camp, the armor shines on the field, the soldiers gallop and drill, and the cymbals and drums shout, shaking the heavens and the earth. Xue Yan is a scholar, although he is a young man in Dali, he has never tasted the army, and this is the first time he has seen such a formation. With such a powerful and mighty military appearance of the Yan army, Xue Yan couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly.
After a while, the banner was erected, and suddenly the flag was fierce, the drum horns rumbled, and the 100,000 army of King Yan was divided into 12 roads according to the chariots, steps, and horses, and was led by the generals headed by Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu, stretching for dozens of miles. The sound of the horns, the sound of drums, and the sound of drums and drums sounded in unison, and King Yan slowly walked onto the parade platform.
King Yan looked around at his army, his heart was relieved, he waved his hand, the soldiers all fell silent, and his majestic voice immediately spread far away: "Soldiers, line up!"
The soldiers agreed in unison, and shouted Yan Wang Chitose, the horn in the field was loud, and dozens of war drums sounded at the same time, and the sound spread to the sky.
All the soldiers and horses began to march through the review stand, the leader was the Yan King's personal soldiers, only seventy-four people, but all of them could give up their lives for the Yan King, their companions, in Dongchang, in Jiahe, died I don't know how much, and the swords, guns, arrows, halberds, axes, hooks and forks in their hands are already potholes, covered with dark red blood.
The infantry would practice some changing formations, and the soldiers would have dazzling riding performances, and Xue Yan didn't gasp when he saw it, and the sweat on his back was soaked layer by layer, and King Yan actually patted him on the shoulder with a smile and asked him to look carefully.
Zhang Zhaohua stood at the end of the team, her heart followed the drum, beating fiercely, she couldn't help but look back at her women's military array, and found that everyone had a nervousness that could not be concealed, she only notified them to participate in the review from yesterday to now, but did not say a word, she felt that she spent so much time on training The female soldiers trained should be no worse than men.
The women's army had no armor, and they wore the uniforms that Zhang Zhaohua had designed for them, which were well-cut and uniformly army green, and the trouser legs were shrunk into small trousers and long boots were stolen - somewhat similar to Hufu, because they were all tight-fitted. When Zhang Zhaohua watched the military parade on TV in his last life, his favorite thing to watch was the female soldier phalanx, every time the phalanx came out, Zhang Zhaohua shouted and screamed, and he was finally able to train a female soldier team by himself in this life.
Because this group of palace women, before they were elected to the palace and began to serve people, they also had to go through the training of the grandmothers and stewards, and they had to walk in broken steps, and they could not carry the wind.
When she saw that the previous phalanx was almost finished, she took a deep breath and blew the whistle in her mouth.
With the whistle, Zhang Zhaohua led the female soldiers to approach the review stand in unison, and the faces of everyone on the review stand were already clearly visible. King Yan and Zhang Fu whispered something, and then raised their fingers and pointed in the direction of Zhang Zhaohua, it seemed that King Yan had not finished speaking, and the generals behind him had already burst into laughter.
As for what they were laughing at, Zhang Zhaohua naturally knew it clearly, it was nothing more than laughing at the fact that a woman actually appeared in the army parade, but Zhang Zhaohua's women's military formation came up and suddenly made their eyes widen. I saw a team of sixty people stepping on the same step, taking a uniform step, coming from west to east, and on the school field that the cavalry and war horses had just stepped on, the movements were as consistent as a person.
When arriving at the foot of the review stand, Zhang Zhaohua, who walked in front with his head held high, blew a loud whistle from his mouth, and then, the marching queue that walked in unison suddenly changed, changed to a step, and it was still a uniform pace, but every step on the ground was impressive, without half a noise, and even raised a subtle loess, which seemed magnificent.
Everyone showed irrepressible surprise, they stared closely at the female soldiers in the field, but heard them make a loud voice: "Who will be easy to be a woman, and who will say that he will not be a marquis?" Don't value men and thin daughters, and you must believe that heroes also have females. Women are willing to accept it, why should the military be a husband!"
After a long time had passed for this team, King Yan seemed to be relieved, and couldn't help but stroke his palm and laugh: "Good!
All the generals were still immersed in shock, and when they heard King Yan's words, they couldn't help but praise one after another, this one said that such a formation had never been seen before, and the lady army who said that she had heard about the princess and the princess was heroic and did not let her eyebrows, and only praised the princess to the heavens and the earth, and when Zhang Zhaohua walked on the review stand, she could still hear such praise, and everyone's eyes looked at her, it was simply scorching.
"Zhang, your women's army," King Yan said with a smile: "Today is really unique!"
Zhang Zhaohua was a little embarrassed to be praised, but he heard King Yan say: "These hundred people are like an arm, and they behave like one person, and the soldiers under me are very curious and want to know how you practiced." ”
Zhang Zhaohua said: "These soldiers under my son can be trained to help the mother concubine and Pucha Beji." She put the credit on Princess Xu and Pu Cha, saying that they made great contributions, and the generals of King Yan all knew that Princess Xu was from a famous family, and the strategy of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, was indeed incomparable.
Just when all the generals praised each other, they suddenly heard a cold-spoken voice: "If something is abnormal, it is a demon, and in the army of King Yan, women are used as soldiers?"
Sure enough, it was Xue Yan, a person from the imperial court, although he was also shocked by the military appearance of the Lady Army, but he still remembered his mission. He had just watched the military parade of the Yan army, and he had doubts in his heart about whether this war could be fought. He originally came here to spread the order of Buqin and persuade King Yan, but he unexpectedly became a spiritual prisoner of King Yan. However, Xue Yan was very disdainful of a woman's appearance in the training ground.
Zhang Zhaohua jumped forward, also showing a look of disdain, and said to Xue Yan: "The Son of Heaven has sent troops and horses, and when he comes to attack Beiping, he will want to slaughter his relatives, and King Yan has no choice but to lead the army to resist, the city is empty, and I and other women have to go back and forth to the city wall to save their lives, and Xuanli serves." Xue envoy don't want to underestimate the lady army in front of him, although it is the posture of Pu Liu, but they are all people who sacrifice their lives and forget their lives, thinking of reporting His Royal Highness King Yan to his kindness and virtue on weekdays, and the ancient proverb 'One person abandons his life, and a thousand people don't do it'. Even if the Son of Heaven has millions of military horses, he can't do anything about it!"
She said and shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yan protects the people like a child, the army and the people love him, and there is no way to repay him, the old and weak are still covered with grace, not to mention the soldiers?
Her cry was echoed by tens of thousands of sergeants: "Die for King Yan, die without regrets!"
"Die for King Yan, die without regrets!"
Xue Yan's legs trembled, sweating like pulp, and he couldn't speak. King Yan turned his head and smiled sarcastically: "Envoy Xue is back, thank the Son of Heaven for the old minister." The Son of Heaven is the closest relative of the minister, the father of the minister, and the father of the Son of Heaven. The father of the Son of Heaven, the brother of the minister. The Son of Heaven loves his ministers very much, and once he is framed for a traitor, he will never die. The minister had no choice but to raise the army, and if he could be ordered to stop the army, the minister's family would be overwhelmed. But the traitorous ministers are still there, the ministers and soldiers are suspicious, and they refuse to disarm, but they hope that the emperor will punish the traitors and scatter the soldiers of the world. ”
Xue Yan returned to Nanjing and reported the trip of the Yan army to Jianwen Junchen. He brought back a message, the Yan army is neat and tidy, and it is difficult to deal with it on the battlefield, and it is difficult to be fooled by using stratagems, so it is useless to just tease the tongue, and it has to be seen on the battlefield.