Chapter 64: Military Exercises

Jingshi martial arts field

Zhu Youzhen was wearing a golden armor and stood majestically on the high platform.

A Qing, Qi Jiguang and Li Yanhong, the lady, stood left and right.

They made a special trip to the martial arts exercise ground today to observe and guide the military drill of Li Yan and his wife.

Now the number of soldiers under Li Yan's command has reached more than 10,000.

1,000 artillery pieces, 200 Tiger squat guns, and 50 red-coated cannons!

4000 cavalry.

One cavalryman makes two war horses.

The convoy is 1,000 people.

80 horse-drawn wagons carrying food and military supplies

The firearms corps, that is, the flintlock corps, 4,000 people.

Nearly 2,000 people were logistically replenished.

Although the scale is small, they are all elite.

Everyone has a flintlock pistol.

The cavalry was not only armed with short swords, but also had a flintlock pistol hanging from their horses.

Raise your gun to shoot from a distance, and slash at close range.

It is much less difficult to train a firearm than an archer.

Archers not only require excellent psychological quality and physical and arm strength, but also have to undergo long-term training.

As long as the firearms soldiers are in good health and have excellent mental quality, they can go into battle for several days of training.

In the face of the enemy's covered shot, as long as you don't deviate too far from the target, you can deal a lot of damage.

Most of Li Yan's subordinates are former elites, and they all have experience in using firearms.

The main gunner of the artillery is also drawn from the Shenji battalion, and a veteran directs five cannons.

After the guidance of Qi Jiguang and Sun Chuanting, their marksmanship has improved greatly, and shooting on horseback is not a problem.

With Zhu Youzhen's selfless support, it can be said that this army is basically armed to the teeth.

Seeing the well-equipped army in front of him, Zhu Youzhen even had some expectations.

Looking forward to seeing what kind of situation they have in the Eight Banners of Upper East Captivity.

Unfortunately, their target was not the exile, but the army of rogues who were raging everywhere.

The positional commanders of this army were also not ordinary.

All of them are veteran oils with rich combat experience.

Not only are they good at observing the enemy's situation and leading the charge, but they are also very brave.

The cavalry commander was drawn from the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

The artillery commander was drawn from the Qi family's army.

The Flintlock Commander was drawn from the Shenji Battalion.

This was prepared by Zhu Youzhen in order to recover the lost territory occupied by the rogues.

I have to say, with the help of Sun Chuanting Qi Jiguang.

The level of training of the soldiers was very good, and 10,000 soldiers stood in full order, all in good spirits.

Looking at the more than 10,000 soldiers in front of him who were well-equipped and energetic, Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied.

He nodded to Li Yan:

"Let's get started"

Li Yan immediately bowed and saluted, then turned to face the army, and waved the flag in his hand.

Seeing the signal from the commander-in-chief, the commanders of the various arms immediately prepared for the drill.

The first to start the drills was artillery.

I saw that the obstacles covered by the red-clothed cannons were quickly removed, revealing the muzzles of black holes.

The artillery commander waved the command flag in his hand:

"Ready"

"Open the gun"

"Boom ......"

A loud bang was heard, and the black hole cannon suddenly erupted into flames.

Twenty five-cardinal cannons began to bombard, and the targets on the range were immediately covered by artillery fire.

The bombardment of twenty-five red-coated cannons had just stopped.

The muzzles of the other twenty-five redcoat cannons began to burst into flames.

At the end of the four rounds of shelling, the targets on the range were bombarded into numerous fragments.

Seeing that the artillery bombardment was over, Li Yan waved the command flag again, and the four thousand cavalry launched an attack from both flanks.

"Rush"

"Stomp Tread Stomp ......"

There was a shout of killing, the cavalry began to charge, thousands of horses galloped together, and the ground began to tremble violently.

When they were a hundred paces away from the shooting range, the cavalry took off their flintlock pistols one after another, and the non-stop gunfire rang out instantly.

"Bang Bang ......"

As the flintlock pistol fired, the targets that had been set up on the range were shot one after another.

Two rounds of gunfire showed that the cavalry were less than fifty paces from the enemy's position.

They quickly hung up their flintlock pistols, shouted loudly, and drew their short knives to slash at the enemy.

The brave Ming cavalry, armed with a Mo knife, began to swing and slash.

In the rush of the fast horse blade, the enemy was instantly split in half.

After the cavalry drill was over, they quickly returned to their original positions and immediately crossed their swords and arranged the battle formation neatly.

The commander-in-chief, Li Yan, waved the command flag again, and four thousand firearms soldiers armed with flintlock pistols charged forward quickly.

They walked in an orderly manner and took turns pulling the trigger.

Paper bullets began to devour those, and the remnants of the cavalry were defeated.

In the blink of an eye, the remnants of the enemy were cleared, and the flintlock infantry returned to their positions with neat steps.

Although it was a drill, the majestic formation in front of him still made people's blood swell, and there was an urge to step forward and kill the enemy.

At the end of the infantry drills, the convoy began to sortie.

The transport cart pulled by the four war horses and the gun carriage pulled by the two horses drove neatly and quickly in front of Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was excited, couldn't help but reach out and rub his eyes.

He didn't blink for a long time, which made his eyes feel a little dry.

But as soon as he put down his hand to rub his eyes, suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves and shouting.

Immediately after that, a hundred female soldiers wearing red armor and white horses under their crotches came at a gallop.

Like a brilliant red glow, it floated in a fast and orderly manner.

Without waiting for Zhu Youzhen to sigh in admiration, the red lady smiled slightly, and a command flag also appeared in her hand.

As the command flag in her hand waved in the air, a hundred female soldiers in red began to move quickly.

Then a scene appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone was shocked.

Of course, those who know, except for Li Yanhong's wife.

Not only did all the soldiers widen their eyes in shock.

The Yue female swordsman A Qing, the Ming military god Qi Jiguang, and the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen all opened their mouths in shock, and they didn't close for a long time.

I saw that the red and white clouds quickly condensed into four big characters.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty"

If this kind of thing is not surprising in today's world, fireworks can form subtitles.

But in the era of the Ming Dynasty, who would have thought that who would have seen it.

After the astonishment, the entire martial arts arena erupted in warm applause, and as soon as the applause stopped, all the soldiers shouted in unison:

"Long live the Ming Dynasty"

"Long live my emperor"

In the huge shouts of all the soldiers in the exercise.

Qi Jiguang and Li Yanhong's lady walked in front of Zhu Youzhen and bowed:

"Your Majesty, we are determined to be the Ming Dynasty, and we will do our best to restore the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and we will die."

Zhu Youzhen was also infected by the scene in front of him, and he was very excited in his heart, and waved his hand to let the three of them be exempted.

"The three Aiqing are quickly exempt, I believe in your loyalty to my Daming."

"Your Majesty."

After the three of them thanked him, the red lady looked at the emperor and asked in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, the concubine wants to ask the emperor to say a few words to the soldiers to boost morale, I don't know if it's okay."

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing:

"Yes, of course, the soldiers are about to shed blood for my Ming Dynasty, of course I want to encourage them."

"Emperor Xie, my emperor Shengming!"