A few years ago, there was a light snowfall, and after the snow melted, a thin layer of ice formed on the ground of this Nanjing city.

The Imperial Front Division mobilized more than 10,000 people, and it took a day of hard work to clear the pavement of Chang'an Street, and then the day before the National Day, more than 20,000 new troops who were read entered the palace from Hongwu Gate, and stationed in the standard camp at the end of Dongchang Street.

When he chose the military parade a year ago, Zhu Yunwen hoped that the people in Nanjing would also participate in watching the ceremony, after all, the military parade was a good thing to unite the hearts of the people, but after thinking about it again, he still gave up, mainly because this was the first military parade, and Zhu Yunwen didn't know what the specific effect was, and it was embarrassing not to look back and make jokes.

Tie Hyun woke up very early, he was the commander of the parade, although he had rehearsed many times for this parade in the previous month, but when it came to this day, Tie Hyun was still very excited.

The food delivery in the palace came early, and the food of 20,000 people did not sleep last night, and the whole city of Nanjing was busy for this big military parade.

"Blow the trumpet, assemble."

After enduring it for another hour, Tie Xuan estimated that it was time for him, and immediately said to the soldiers around him, and then put on his helmet and armor, and walked to the Dianjiangtai with his head held high.

"Whew!"

As soon as the piercing and high-pitched horn sounded, the military camp, which was still as quiet as the deep sea, suddenly surged, stirring up one after another "waves", and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers rushed out of their respective marching tents with muskets, and then converged in front of the point general platform at Tie Xuan's feet like a thousand rivers returning to the stream.

"Four minutes."

An officer in charge of timekeeping stood beside Tie Hyun and reported.

The ancients did not have the unit of minutes, twelve hours a day, one hundred quarters, a quarter of an hour is about 14.4 minutes, or the time is about 10-15 minutes for short incense, and about half an hour for longer, that is, an hour.

The Ministry of Industry made a batch of incense that could burn for a quarter of an hour, with a mark engraved on it, and burned it one by one, and after it was burned, it was exactly a quarter of an hour, and Zhu Yunwen sent it to the new military camp to measure the time every time he assembled.

It only took four minutes for 20,000 people to assemble from waking up and putting on armor and guns to assembling, which was still very satisfying to Tie Xuan, you must know that when he first led the Beijing camp, a small-scale assembly took a quarter of an hour!

If the enemy steals the camp on the battlefield, hits a secret whistle two miles away and finds that the alarm is blown, and if it takes a quarter of an hour to complete the assembly, then there is no need to fight this battle, wash your neck and wait for death.

"There is still an hour before it is read."

Tie Xuan said loudly, "Now everyone will eat immediately, and then line up on Chang'an Avenue according to their respective phalanxes, and this will emphasize one last time, during the formation, there are people who are unwell, or nervous and unable to participate in the parade, immediately report to withdraw from this parade, there are candidate substitute brothers, but once the cannon goes off, it will be a knife in the sky, and you must also finish this road for me, understand!" ”

"Command!"

20,000 people shouted in unison, and even the snow on the treetops on the side of the school field was shaken and fell.

Chengtianmen, the place where the military parade was watched.

You may not be familiar with Chengtianmen, which is the Tiananmen of the Forbidden City in Beijing in later generations. The blueprint for the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing is the Ming Emperor Palace in Nanjing, including the name of the street in front of Chengtianmen, which is called Chang'an Street.

Zhu Zhi mentioned above, their prince's palace is on West Chang'an Street, including many of the six ministers generally live in this area, belonging to the Ming Dynasty copyright rich area, from West Chang'an Street to the east is the palace ban West Chang'an Gate, after the palace ban to go inside to the Chengtian Gate, the route of the last dynasty is to enter the palace from the Chengtian Gate to the noon gate to wait for the court.

When Zhu Yunwen and his entourage arrived at the Chengtianmen Tower, it was three o'clock in the morning, that is, around 9:40 in the morning, and it was considered a great sun.

"Are you ready for Tie Hyun's side?"

Zhu Yunwen didn't know the bottom of his heart, and asked the double happiness beside him again, the imperial front division always had people going back and forth with Chengtianmen and the military camp station, always reporting the situation to prevent any emergencies.

"General Iron is already waiting." Shuangxi stayed beside Zhu Yunwen, "When the time comes, you can fire the cannon." ”

Zhu Yunwen stood on the city gate tower and looked to the east, but he could also see a vague phalanx of black shadows, and his palms were unnaturally full of sweat.

Later generations have only watched the military parade on TV, and fantasized that one day they can go straight to Tiananmen Square to watch a military parade, and they don't expect to be able to stand behind the microphone in the middle and say a few words, and it's good to give a shot, but I didn't expect that the wish of my previous life was fulfilled in Nanjing in this life.

How good it would be to have a mobile phone, and you can also get a lot of likes if you post a circle of friends.

Behind Zhu Yunwen, all the princes and important ministers found their respective positions, and from time to time they exchanged heads and whispered to each other.

The emperor confused them in this military parade, and the military parade did not go to the big school field or the military exercise ground in the suburbs of Beijing, which soldiers did they read in this imperial city? Is it possible to let the army practice a siege battle? The goal is how to capture this Chengtian Gate?

In ancient times, military parades were actually military exercises, the army opened the posture, or practiced cavalry and shooting, rushed and slashed or practiced arranging troops, the Ming Dynasty began, and occasionally practiced several artillery bombardments, but no matter which one is a big movement, shouting to kill the sky, the horse's hooves are like thunder. So the big guys are all confused, really let that group of big-headed soldiers toss, this palace is not murderous, and the country is unknown.

"Fourth brother, what did you say Your Majesty thought?"

Zhu Yang, the king of Min, who ran back from Gansu, came to Zhu Di and muttered, "How good it is to go to the university field for the military parade, our family can see it transparently and conveniently, this Chang'an Street is so narrow, the army can't pull it away at all." ”

Several princes echoed one after another, only Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, closed his mouth and did not speak, although his son's real name reported him for rebellion, although it was later confirmed that it was a letter forged by the people in the house, but Zhu Hu did not expect that his own brother would install a spy by his side, since then, Zhu Hu was heartbroken, although this time he returned to Beijing, Zhu Di made up for him in every possible way, Zhu Hu's heart has been completely cut off with Zhu Di, and now he doesn't even bother to say hello when he meets.

"Just look at it with peace of mind."

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Hu, who was silent not far away, and sighed secretly in his heart, the throne was not obtained, and he betrayed his relatives and left, and even his own brother who was dependent on him turned his face to himself, saying that he was lonely and widowed, what is the point of living.

The big guy saw that Zhu Di was in a bad mood, so he stopped pestering and questioning, and stayed in his own position and looked at it.

"Eh, isn't the army over there?"

Zhu Bai stretched out his hand and pointed to the east, "Look at the shadows over there, it looks like there is a large army stationed." ”

Several people looked in the direction, and Zhu Lu laughed, "Brother Xiang Wang is joking again, there are many trees over there, if there is a large army stationed, it will definitely alarm the birds to circle, maybe it is just the shadow of the tree in the sun." ”

Zhu Bai pondered for a while and said with a smile, "What my brother said makes sense, it's a joke for my brother." ”

I heard Zhu Di say before that there were more than 20,000 people in this military parade, so many troops gathered in one position, how much movement the man shouted and neighed, and there seemed to be signs of a large army stationed on this quiet Chang'an Street.

"Xu is outside the Hongwu Gate."

Time walked silently, and along the moat outside the Chengtian Gate, a small eunuch suddenly raised his neck and shouted, "The time has come!" ”

Shuangxi on the tower of the city gate looked at Zhu Yunwen, who nodded slightly, and Shuangxi took a step forward and said loudly, "Fire!" ”

The salute roared, the fireworks were brilliant, and the military parade in the second year of Jianwen officially began.