In the middle of August of the 58th year of Kangxi, the Yamen of the Governor's Office of Huguang Province promulgated an order to review the military parade and prepare for the parade, and Zhang Liandeng, the governor of Hubei, personally came to Hanyang Mansion to review the military parade, and his entourage also included his Fubiao battalion, which made the Hanyang City seem quite lively.

At this time, 4,7800 soldiers were waiting for the parade on the parade ground outside Hanyang City, while Zhang Liandeng, Ning Zhongyuan, and several other generals and guerrilla generals were pointing at the military platform, and from time to time they let out a few laughs, which seemed quite harmonious. Many of these generals came from the flood areas they were in charge of, and they usually didn't see each other, so they naturally wanted to get closer.

Chen Li, the general of the Fubiao battalion, pointed to the soldiers under the stage with a smile and said: "General Su Wenning is a man who fought on the battlefield, the soldiers in this belt are really unusual, whether it is the queue or appearance, it is much stronger than the wine bags and rice bags seen earlier, it is particularly hateful, the two generals of the Jingmen battalion and the Suining battalion, in order to go to the city to prostitute and gamble, even the cannons in the camp have been sold, it is a shame!" ”

What he said was a gun with a stick, and everyone looked sideways slightly when they heard it, it was obvious that this was aimed at Ning Zhongyuan, and Zhang Xiandeng, who was sitting on the main seat, just stroked his beard, his face was slightly gloomy, but he didn't speak.

Chen Li naturally will not forget the past grievances and disputes, not long ago his son had a conflict with the little rabbit cub of the Ning family, under the new hatred and old hatred, he naturally wanted to bite the Ning family hard, not long ago I heard that the Ning family was buying the mother cannon everywhere through private channels, so he concluded that the son and mother cannon in Ning Zhongyuan's camp could not be delivered, so he couldn't wait to open it when he came.

Ning Zhongyuan didn't seem to understand, and said to himself: "General Chen, the soldiers brought by me Ning are naturally good, and they can defeat the enemy with or without artillery." ”

As soon as these words came out, many people secretly sentenced Ning Zhongyuan to death in their hearts, if they usually said this, it was naturally nothing, but at this juncture, it was unclear that the cannons in the camp were all indiscriminately filled. This made some other guerrillas and garrisons can't help but relax in their hearts, if this collapses today, it is also a tall man, and it is estimated that their own little will not be investigated.

Seeing that Ning Zhongyuan didn't dare to respond positively, Chen Li struck while the iron was hot, looked at Zhang Liandeng and said: "Tell the governor, I think this General Ning has a good way of leading the troops, why don't you let General Ning's Hanyang battalion come first?" It's a good start! ”

Zhang Xiandeng nodded lightly, looked at Ning Zhongyuan and smiled: "This is a guest from afar, and now that it is on General Ning's territory, then ask the master to set an example first." ”

Ning Zhongyuan nodded and replied: "Tell the Governor, among the standard camps in Suwen Lake Guangxing Province, only the Governor's standard can be called elite, and it seems that he did not participate in the review a few days ago, so it is better to review it together today, first, it can boost the morale of our army, and secondly, it will also let his subordinates and others observe and follow suit." ”

Zhang Liandeng also nodded, and said, "That's okay, which battalion performed the best today, I'll give him a lottery afterwards", after speaking, he looked at Chen Li with a smile, "General Chen has to perform well." ”

This time it can be said that the face was completely torn, and the generals also felt the tension of the atmosphere, and did not dare to make any more noise, for fear that the flames of war would burn their heads.

For Chen Li and Ning Zhongyuan, this time the review is also advancing and retreating, and now Wuchang, Hanyang and other places are under the jurisdiction of Zhang Liandeng, the governor of Hubei, but they don't even have a general army above their heads.

Chen Li's face did not have the slightest movement, but he had already hated itchy, in the previous review process, he had always been a good and wandering play, and from time to time he would collect some benefits to help some of the battalions below to pass the customs, but now, whether his battalion is a mule or a horse, he must be pulled out and slipped.

Thinking of this, Chen Li couldn't help but scold Zhang Liandeng in his heart: "Okay, you old thing, what benefits do you get on weekdays, you don't care about this uncle, you just expect to be able to take care of one or two, but now you have sold yourself in the blink of an eye, it's really hateful!"

But Zhang Liandeng didn't know how to communicate with his heart after all, he always had a smile on his face, and he looked amiable, and said, "Since that's the case, let's start." With that, the drummers behind him began to beat the drums.

After the three drums, Ning Zhongyuan waved his hand, and more than 800 officers and soldiers in the audience began various drills, shouting below one by one to kill Zhentian, but back and forth were just some movements.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion in these years can only do that, and all the generals know it, but they don't care about it.

On the contrary, Zhang Liandeng, who was born in the literati, watched it with relish, nodded from time to time, looked around at the generals left and right, and said: "The old man has always felt lackluster along the way, but now seeing the style of the Hanyang camp, it is refreshing!" All the generals nodded in agreement, only Chen Li snorted coldly, and it would be wonderful for Xindao to perform artillery skills.

After the first drill was completed, the second part was the drill of shotguns and artillery. In the current establishment of the Hanyang battalion, there are 200 shotguns, 50 gunners with six sub-cannons, and the rest are armed with long knives and shields.

Two hundred shotgunners formed a three-row horizontal formation, it is said that this is the three-shot formation of the shotgun handed down by Mu Ying in the previous dynasty, which is quite powerful, and has been used by people, and the soldiers of the green battalion have also been using this old antique formation.

The shotgunners of the Hanyang battalion poured the gunpowder from the powder tank into the medicine tube, then took out the fire bar to compact and press the gunpowder in the chamber, then took out the projectile and loaded it into the chamber, and then pressed the projectile into the gunpowder, and finally poured the gunpowder in the powder tank into the fire door of the medicine room, and installed the fire rope.

If future generations see it, they will probably laugh off their big teeth, but in this era, the use of shotguns is so troublesome, and even Ning Zhongyuan's Hanyang battalion is relatively fast, and the shotgunners of other battalions are even more unbearable.

The shotgunners held their guns flat in one hand and torches in the other, facing the scarecrow target a hundred paces away, and if you count the distance in the afterlife, it is probably more than seventy meters.

With the order of the shotgunner, the shotgunners in the first row lit the powder rope, and with a roar, a row of projectiles dusted the straw men on the opposite side, and then the first row of shotgunners retreated to the last row, and the second row of shotgunners continued to ignite and shoot... This formation is that the shotgunners can go back and forth, constantly bombarding the opponent's straw man, and after eighteen rounds of roaring, the opposite straw man target is no longer formed.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Liandeng was thoughtful on the stage, and said slowly: "This bird gun has such power..."