On the third day of the exam, the test was Wuji and Wuyu, and the venue of the exam was changed to the barracks of the Tianwu Army in the inner city.

In a huge military camp in the northeast of the inner city, a large area has been vacated as an examination room at this time, and a banner with the words "will test the imperial examination center" is pulled outside the gate.

The scholars continued to gather in the square outside the gate, forming a black pressure one after another, holding their number plates, all nervously waiting for the time for the exam.

As soon as the hour came, there were several earth-shattering cannon shots in the barracks, and the gate was immediately opened, and a group of soldiers rushed in.

When they entered the barracks, they saw nearly 10,000 Tianwu soldiers in armor neatly arrayed, all holding muskets, and the atmosphere was solemn.

The soldiers stood solemnly, no one moved a little, in the silence, the posture of the strong army, displayed to the fullest, the momentum of the rest of the battle to see the soldiers shake.

Looking at this army, Yan Yingyuan and the others spontaneously had an indescribable and inexplicable feeling in their hearts, this is an incomprehensible and powerful force, and in front of this force, they are as small as ants, and they will be crushed to death at any time.

The Tianwu Army is arrayed like this, it is Zhu Cihong who specially gives these soldiers who don't know the height of the sky a big dismount, he wants to tell everyone that in the face of absolute strength, if you want to do something, you have to see if you have this kind of qualification.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

With a shout, Zhu Cihong's guard of honor slowly entered the barracks, and the Yongwei battalion escorted around him became even more imposing.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Shaoyou and Zhao Jinglin, who were in charge of the defense of the inner city, took the lead in bowing to Zhu Cihong.

The armor leaf moved, and the sound of iron armor sounded, and all the soldiers of the more than 10,000 Tianwu Army knelt down on one knee and shouted to Zhu Cihong: "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The sound was like thunder, and tens of thousands of candidates were obviously taken aback, and even Yan Yingyuan, who had always been calm, changed their faces greatly.

A young scholar exclaimed: "This kind of momentum is earth-shattering, it is indeed the army of tigers and wolves who have stratogulated and recovered Liaodong!" ”

Zhu Cihong raised his hands and shouted: "Soldiers, get up!" ”

"Up!"

As Xu Sheng shouted, another nail leaf sounded, and the movements of the more than 10,000 Tianwu troops were uniform, standing upright, and the audience fell into silence again.

Zhu Cihong came to the reference scholars and said: "Confucius said: A gentleman has nothing to fight, he will also shoot, rise with his spurt, drink from below, and fight for a gentleman!" Five shots is not only the skill of killing the enemy and defending the country, but also a kind of self-cultivation character, as the future pillars of the Ming Dynasty, you must master the art of archery! ”

After a slight pause, Zhu Cihong pointed to the Tianwu Army and said: "My Tianwu Army uses firearms to build an army, and I don't ask the monarchs to be as skilled in archery as them, but only to face the invasion of foreign enemies, be able to do the righteousness of a gentleman, take the lead in killing the enemy, lead the people, and repay the country's kindness!" ”

Li Shaoyou raised his arms and shouted: "Daming, Wansheng!" ”

All the Tianwu troops present shouted: "Wan Sheng! ”

Li Shaoyou clenched his fists and shouted hoarsely: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

All the warriors had a frenzied look on their faces, shouting with all their might.

Zhu Cihong enjoyed this feeling very much, he opened his arms and shouted, "Tianwu Army! ”

"Mighty! Mighty! Mighty! ”

The shouts of tens of thousands of Tianwu soldiers sounded one after another, accompanied by a strong rhythm, and the soldiers who came to take the exam were silent, and a powerful force pounced on them, making them feel afraid and afraid!

"Shoot the Imperial Exam, begin!"

As the call stopped and the examination order was issued, the scholars all breathed a sigh of relief, and the devastating momentum displayed by the crown prince made people feel fearful from the bottom of their hearts.

No wonder the crown prince dared to unscrupulously behead corrupt officials, kill nobles, and butchers, everyone was thoughtful in their hearts.

After the examination began, the scholar's heart became nervous again, and first the archery examination required the use of a bow and arrow or a fire gun to shoot a wooden target fifty paces away.

The wooden target is five feet high and two feet wide, and each person shoots three times, and is scored according to the position of the shot, and the miss is zero points.

The daily training of the Tianwu Army is to shoot at a distance of 80 paces, but now the assessment is only limited to 50 steps, which has greatly lowered the requirements.

In order to save time, dozens of people shoot at the same time, and then perform five or mounted archery after the archery is completed.

Zhu Cihong looked at them one by one, and many candidates did not dare to use firearms, so they directly chose bows and arrows, but when they drew their bows, they stood crookedly and crookedly, and some people even couldn't pull the bow with the lowest bow strength.

Li Shaoyou and other soldiers of the Tianwu Army grinned and talked non-stop about this group of scholars.

However, there are also some scholars who perform well, and there is a young scholar about 20 years old who hit the bull's-eye with three consecutive shots, which caused everyone around him to exclaim.

Zhu Cihong walked over and said, "What's your name?" ”

The young scholar saluted and said, "Student Zhang Huangyan, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”.

"Zhang Huangyan?" Zhu Cihong muttered silently, always feeling that this name was very familiar, he suddenly remembered it, and smiled.

Historically, Zhang Huangyan was in the Southern Ming Dynasty to the military department, after the loss of Nanjing, he raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, contacted the peasant army and Zheng Chenggong to cooperate, and personally led his subordinates to recover more than 20 cities in Nanzhili one after another, almost recovered Nanjing City, and persisted in the struggle against the Qing Dynasty for nearly 20 years.

Later, Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and others died one after another, and Zhang Huangyan saw that the general trend had gone, so he had to disband the rebel army and live in seclusion.

Later, he was captured by the Qing army during the Kangxi period and was killed in Hangzhou, Zhang Huangyan gave a poem of "Desperate Poem" before his righteousness, and Yue Fei and Yu Qian were called "the three heroes of West Lake".

I heard that when Zhang Huangyan participated in the county school examination at the age of sixteen, he shot three arrows and hit the target, but now it seems to be true.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Do you know how to use firearms?" ”

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said, "I can use it, but my skills are not good, and I am afraid that I will not use it well......

Zhu Cihong said meaningfully: "Are you afraid of blowing up?" Rest assured, all the guns of the Tianwu Army are regularly maintained and replaced, and there will be no danger of exploding. ”

Zhang Huangyan smiled, took a self-generated Lu Mi gun handed by Xu Sheng, and felt a sinking when he started it, and his heart was slightly surprised.

He looked at the heavy firebolt in his hand, and was quite surprised in his heart, seeing that the firebolt was quite complex and exquisite, and it was much stronger than the bird's hammer at first glance.

Zhang Huangyan was born in a bureaucratic family, and since he was a child, he likes to read military books and play with firearms, and has studied all kinds of firecrackers, and he also knows that this is a Lumi gun, but he didn't expect that this way of making fire is actually flint stimulated.

Zhu Cihong saw that he was playing for a long time, and he didn't know if he could do it, so he said: "Let's try shooting at the wooden target eighty steps away!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Huangyan was not nervous or afraid, and responded in one bite.

He first tried to pull the trigger a few times to familiarize himself, and then skillfully loaded the sub-medicine, Tianwu Army's fixed sub-medicine was very useful, and he quickly filled it.

Zhang Huangyan looked calm, holding the gun in one hand, his eyes were aimed at the star, and he pulled the trigger after aiming at the wooden target eighty steps away.

There was a "pop" sound, white smoke rose up, and the wooden board in the distance was already smashed and splashed.

"Good!" Zhu Cihong praised it, and everyone was also thunderous.

Zhang Huangyan's face was full of pride, and he loved the Tianwu Army's firecracker even more.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "If you like it, this fire gun will be given to you!" ”

Zhang Huangyan was delighted, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, he greatly admired Zhang Huangyan's all-round talent in civil and military affairs, if Nanming had a few more such people, he would not let the Manchus cross the Yangtze River......