Chapter 65: The Great Military Parade (Part II)
After the sound of cannons, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the quiet Chang'an Street.
From the direction of the standard battalion, more than a dozen riders galloped over, and the first one was the commander of the parade, Tie Xuan.
More than ten people came to the Jinshui Bridge in front of Chengtian Gate and turned over and dismounted, all knelt on the ground, Tie Xuan kowtowed and said loudly, "Minister, the chief officer of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the commander of the National Defense Forces, and the commander of the Gengchen military parade ceremony Tie Xuan, long live the emperor, and the assembled troops under review have been completed." ”
Because it is a grand ceremony, Tie Xuan here performs a kneeling salute rather than a new military salute.
Zhu Yunwen felt that his throat was a little tight, so he coughed lightly, "Let's start." ”
Tie Xuan led the followers behind him to get up, "Blow the trumpet!" ”
More than a dozen followers picked up the horns they carried with them, stood by the Jinshui River in dispersion, puffed out their cheeks and blew hard.
"Whew!!"
The sound of the horn, which was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, was thick and high-pitched, and in an instant, it reached the location of the phalanx several miles away, and the black shadows that were vague in Zhu Yunwen's eyes suddenly "jumped".
"Oh my God, there's a garrison there."
Zhu Bai's eyes widened, looking at the gradually clear black shadows in the distance, and an imperceptible "pop" sound began to sound in his ears.
How did tens of thousands of people stay in one place and not have a sound at all?
Zhu Bai looked at the countless birds that were startled above the black shadows in the distance, and couldn't figure out what kind of army could stay in one place for an hour and still be so quiet?
Just, where did this sound come from?
The princes looked around, and no one was walking around.
Just this chaotic effort, the neat sound in the ears became clearer and clearer, looking for prestige, this glance, Chengtian Gate was stunned.
The so-called black shadow at the end of the line of sight had approached, and what came into view was thousands of Ming soldiers wearing half-body armor and holding new-style muskets in their arms.
Only when each step is at the same time opening the legs and falling at the same time, only the span and height of each step are exactly the same, can ensure that the sound when landing is short and thick, without any noise.
Zhu Yunwen has watched many military parades in later generations, but this time he watched it, he was still trembling with excitement, his hands in the sleeves of his robe were clenched until they turned white, and his face was red.
This phalanx is a thousand-person phalanx of forty vertical and twenty-five, rather than a hundred-person phalanx that is more common in later generations, and it is much more difficult to achieve complete unison, but in the same way, the shock and visual impact brought by it are by no means comparable to the hundred-person phalanx.
There are three leaders in front of each phalanx, that is, a thousand households and two deputy thousand households, and the three of them each hold high a flag, and in the center is the national flag designed by Zhu Yunwen for the Ming Dynasty: the flag is red, and the embroidered pattern is the golden sun and silver moon, dragon and phoenix beasts on the sun and moon medal. The two deputy thousand households are holding the military flag, that is, the earth-colored sit full of gunsmoke at the bottom, with a big clear character in the center, and the other deputy thousand households is holding the flag and writing on it (the first guard of the third division of the National Defense Army)
The establishment of the new army is slightly different from that of the local army, and there has been no change in the small scale, and it is still a small banner with 10 people, a general flag with 50 people, and 100 households with 100 people, and 1,000 people with 1,000 households. There are slight changes, that is, three thousand households are battalions, three battalions are one guard, and there is a command envoy, including staff officers, political commissars, guards, scouts, and one guard is 10,000 people.
There is a division on the guard, including a command battalion of three guards, with a total of 33,000 people. Now the new army is seven divisions plus Tie Xuan's teaching guard, and the total number of the two reserve guards is 261,000.
When the first phalanx marched to Chengtianmen, the leading Qianhu suddenly shouted, "The Ming army is mighty!" ”
But seeing a thousand people brushing and turning their heads to look at Zhu Yunwen, the pace of the march suddenly paused, and then kicked out forcefully, falling heavily on the ground, "Boom! ”
The musket that was clenched by the soldiers with both hands and placed in their arms snorted, and suddenly stood straight ahead, reaching the back of the neck of the comrade in front of him less than three inches!
"The Ming army is mighty!"
Thousands of people looked at Zhu Yunwen and shouted in unison, and every time he took a step, it was a neat and deafening "dong" sound, like a heavy hammer, and smashed it on the hearts of everyone watching the ceremony on the Chengtian Gate.
Zhu Yunwen's raised hands were trembling slightly, and he shouted solemnly, "Da Ming, mighty!" ”
Qianjun drank again, "Long live my emperor!" ”
At this moment, the spirit is soaring, and the air runs through Changhong!
The group of important ministers of the court standing behind Zhu Yunwen only looked pale, and a few of them sank into the neat queue in front of the square, and they were directly frightened and sat on the ground under this sudden explosion.
At this time, no one dared to stand up and criticize this group of big-headed soldiers for being so bold and daring to look at the emperor with such straight eyebrows, and now it is difficult for them to even stand firm, and some of the elderly people don't even dare to look at it anymore, for fear that their blood will surge and they will die suddenly on the spot.
After all, even Zhu Yunwen was shocked like a heavy jujube, not to mention this group of ancients who watched the column for the first time?
"This is a strong army in the world!"
Although he has watched the rehearsal several times, Zhu Di's face still can't help twitching, Ning Qianjun is like one person, this kind of discipline is put on the battlefield every day, that is, incomparable combat effectiveness, but if one of the phalanxes takes the wrong step, he will either stab his comrades or be stabbed by his comrades!
Tie Xuan in front of the Jinshui Bridge was also excited and nervous with sweat, because the link of this bayonet was added by himself, more than a month before the rehearsal, Tie Xuan asked for 20,000 wooden bayonets from Yu Hengsi, the purpose was to practice this link, I don't know how many people were bruised in the back in the process, but they finally practiced it.
For this day, it is a great reading of the sky!
The bright pure steel bayonet, shining in the sun, reflected more than 100 frightened and shocked faces on the Chengtian Gate.
The phalanx walked through the Chengtian Gate one after another, but the shocking effect was getting bigger and bigger, because no one knew how much the emperor was holding in the hands of this kind of disciplined elite troops, whether it was only the 20,000 people who were read, or the more than 200,000 people of the new army?
Zhu Yang didn't dare to look directly when he saw half of it, and secretly shrank to the end, leaning against the wall and panting, almost soaked with sweat all over his body.
Busy thinking silently in my heart, I am the emperor's loyal and filial son, this army is not against me, don't be afraid.
Zhu Lu and Zhu Bai couldn't stand for a long time, and when they saw Zhu Yan like this, they hurriedly staggered over.
"Can't look any further."
Zhu Bai wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I'm almost looking at the pee." ”
Speaking of this, Zhu Bai suddenly frowned, "Why are you so angry?" ”
The two of them looked at Zhu Hu in unison, and their eyes widened in astonishment.
Zhu Hu's old face flushed, "I was too nervous just now, this sitting relaxed, I didn't control it, it dripped a little, don't panic, I control it now." ”
And after the three of them, more and more important ministers of the DPRK and the central government began to avoid looking, if it were not for the fact that the new army in Beijing had not been on the battlefield and had lost three points of murderous spirit, today's military parade, I am afraid that a few people with bad intentions would have been scared to death on this Chengtian Gate.
And those who could hold on until the end of the parade, in addition to Zhu Yunwen, only Zhu Di and several battlefield generals from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies were able to hold on to the ceremony.
Shuangxi lay at Zhu Yunwen's feet and gasped for breath, turned his head and glanced at the important ministers of the court and the prince of the vassal country who were sitting upside down behind him, and a slight smile opened on the corner of his mouth.
Long live this time after showing off his muscles, there will be a lot less fools in the world in the future.