Nanjing, now has become the focus of attention of the world, whether it is Yongzheng or Liu Ruhan, or Zhu Yigui, they are all paying attention to the situation of this negotiation, you must know that the current situation in the world, to a certain extent, is completely controlled by Ning Chu, and if you don't want to listen, you can only fight.

Xue Guan and his people had already arrived in Nanjing early, but they had never seen Ning Yu, not even Ning Chu's first and second assistants, and only Song Enming, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, came out to receive him, strictly speaking, this person was not a traditional minister of Ning Chu, but Ning Yu brought back a scholar from Jiangnan, who had studied Portuguese and French with Westerners in Fujian.

Song Enming was born in the traditional Confucian cultural circle, so his thinking is not much different from that of traditional Han scholars, but at least he has seen a lot of the market, and he has talent and ability, so Ning Yu also promoted him from a middle-level official in the Governor's Mansion to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the New Dynasty.

"Dare to ask Lord Song, I have been in Nanjing for some days, why don't you see me for a long time, don't you ignore my righteous army?"

Xue Guan's face was a little gloomy, this time his mission was by no means ordinary, if the other party did not take the bait, it would be really a little difficult to do, after all, this is all over the world, and the Fu Han Army has the ability to provide a large number of muskets and artillery......

Song Enming's face was not impatient, and he said slowly: "The emperor has been busy with government affairs recently, and he really has no time to meet the envoy, what are the two adults of the first and second assistants busy with, and the official does not dare to ask, besides, I have come to see the envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chu, is it possible that the envoy has been wronged?" ”

"Don't dare, Lord Song, I don't have any opinions about adults, but this time I came to meet the Emperor of Great Chu, and I really have important things to discuss....... What a matter of interest to both of us! ”

Xue Guan secretly hated in his heart, but his face became more and more humble, who is inferior to others?

Song Enming smiled, "It's really not the official's prevarication, the official will give you some truth, the emperor is now going to inspect the Praetorian Guard and the martial arts hall, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while....... Lord Shoufu is handling important matters in Wuchang, and he is not in Nanjing, as for Lord Jifu, didn't he also go with the emperor......"

Hearing Song Enming say this, Xue Guan began to be suspicious in his heart, logically speaking, it is not an uncommon thing to inspect the Praetorian Guard and lecture martial arts, but combined with Shoufu Ning Zhongjing to go to Wuchang, it makes people feel a little imaginative.......

Speaking of which, although the capital of Ningchu is now in Nanjing, the key is still in Wuchang, after all, it is the nest of the Fu Han Army, and even a brigade of the Praetorian Guard Division has not moved in Wuchang, and the key is the Hanyang Iron Works and Gun Factory there....... That's enough to be the envy of all the forces in the world.

"Lord Shoufu went to Wuchang, presumably he won't be able to come back for a while......" Xue Guan said tentatively, while looking at Song Enming's face, but the other party has always been smiling, but it made Xue Guan feel a little helpless, "Then we can only wait for the emperor to come back." ”

Song Enming changed the subject, "Your envoy may as well tell this official, after all, this official is also the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Dachu, and this official can still call the shots in ordinary ordinary matters......"

"Well, in short, it's not an unsightly thing, my Royal Highness Liu Ruhan, the King of Han of the Great Righteous Army, is willing to join Da Chu and become a loyal minister of Da Chu!"

Xue Guan's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, as if he had a heart that swore allegiance to the emperor, but Song Enming was a little dumbfounded.

.........

Song Enming was actually not wrong, the first assistant Ning Zhongjing did go to Wuchang, and Ning Yu did take the second assistant Cui Wancai to inspect the Praetorian Guards and the lecture hall, but there were two other people beside him, it was Prince Yi Yunxiang and Zhang Boxing, who represented the Qing Dynasty this time, and they followed Ning Yu to the Praetorian Guard camp outside Nanjing.

After Yun Xiang and Zhang Boxing arrived in Nanjing, they were taken by Ning Yu to visit the military camp outside the city before they officially sat down to take a breath, which certainly made them feel surprised, but they were also a little puzzled, how could anyone take the initiative to bring their opponents to know their own secrets? But it was also an opportunity, and the two followed all the way despite the fatigue of the frame.

Ning Yu brought the two of them here, naturally he would not be kind enough to show them the secret, in fact, this inspection was designed long ago after learning that the Qing court was going to send an envoy, and its purpose was naturally for a grand plan.

"Prince Yi, I know that you came the way you came, and it was very hard, I originally prepared a banquet for you to catch the wind and wash the dust, but I happened to catch up with the inspection, so I pulled you over together, there should be no complaints, right?" Ning Yu had a smile on his face, he still admired a man like Yunxiang.

Yun Xiang looked at this young man who was not much older than the third elder brother Hongshi, but he was full of emotion in his heart, he had done so many great things at the age of less than twenty, not to mention them, even in the past dynasties, there were very few young heroes who could match him, thinking in his heart, his face was more or less humble.

"Your Majesty is polite, Yunxiang came to Dachu this time, naturally he was a guest and did not dare to ask for anything."

Zhang Boxing on the side just squinted at the two of them, and then looked at Cui Wancai, who was smiling and silent, and didn't speak at the moment, just watched all this quietly.

Everyone walked into the newly renovated Praetorian Guard barracks, and the first thing that caught everyone's eye was a stone tablet, which was engraved with eight big characters 'Men are loyal, and they should serve the country when they die', with iron pens and silver hooks, but they looked murderous.

Soon, Ning Zuyi trotted all the way over and gave a military salute, and he was still followed by several staff officers, wearing a military uniform of the Fu Han Army, but he looked majestic and incomparably spirited, so Yun Xiang couldn't help but nod when he saw it, he had been in the Fengtai camp, and the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty did not have such spirit.

"Your Majesty, the troops are ready, please review."

Ning Yu glanced at Yun Xiang and said with a smile: "Then let's go......"

The school yard of the Praetorian Guard Division covers a very large area, and everyone walked all the way for a while before they reached a high platform, on which there were already many staff officers in red clothes, writing and drawing, and when they saw Ning Yu and others coming, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Your Majesty, the troops are ready, can you start acting?"

"Let's get started."

Ning Yu led everyone to stand in front of the high platform, and could clearly see all the movements on the school field, the scale of the school field was very grand, and there was a dense dummy in the distance, as well as position fortifications and city walls, which looked decent, almost the same as the real battlefield, but at this time the school field was empty.

Just when Yunxiang and Zhang Boxing were puzzled, they only heard a drum beat, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fu Han Army poured out like flowing water, and their red military uniforms were like a flame, burning the entire earth.

Yun Xiang couldn't help but gasp, perhaps in the eyes of a civilian official like Zhang Boxing, the Fu Han Army just moved relatively quickly and the ranks were more neatly arranged, but only those who had really led the troops knew that behind such a gathering speed, it was actually a test of the command and execution ability of this army.

If it is placed in the Qing army, if you want to find an army that can be compared, Yunxiang is very sad to find that not to mention firearms and equipment, just this point, the Qing army is far inferior.

There is no such army in the Qing army at all, not to mention the ordinary green battalion, it is impossible to do the order and prohibition, not to mention anything else, the eight banners of the Beijing camp with a good degree of training, let alone a quarter of an hour, even if it is half a day's work, it is difficult to do this step.

Thinking of this, Yun Xiang's face was a little gloomy, and he didn't speak anymore, just quietly looked at the Fu Han army below.

In the process of assembling the Fu Han army, the artillery position of the Fu Han army was also successfully constructed, six catties of guns, twelve catties of guns, and even eighteen catties of guns were listed in front of the battle one by one, the number of roughly estimated is more than hundreds, the body of these guns is glowing, the top is wiped clean, and the gunners stand aside and are silent.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Three drums sounded, and the gunners quickly began to act, black projectiles were stuffed into the barrels, and then the fire rope was ignited, and thick white smoke came out, which made Yunxiang feel excited and nervous, he really hoped that there would be a few explosions in these cannons, so that he could find a reason to continue to exonerate the Jingshi Firearms Battalion......

"Boom—boom—"

After a burst of artillery fire sounded, the dense projectiles flew to the target range in the distance, and then a series of explosions sounded, which was to better reflect the effect of the exercise, all of them were replaced with flowering shells, so the momentum was much stronger than that of solid bullets, and I saw a dense gunpowder smoke rising up, but it blocked everyone's sight.

Just a moment later, the smoke slowly dissipated, but the scene in front of them made Yunxiang and Zhang Boxing gasp........ Only some of the ruins remained, and they were blackened and looked a little desolate.......

"The great Chu is mighty....... It's really an eye-opener for this king......."

Yun Xiang subconsciously picked up the tea cup on the side, but his hands were trembling slightly, almost unable to stop, this is not that Yun Xiang is timid, but the psychological pressure caused to him by the scene just now is too great!

Ning Yu was secretly a little proud, this trick was proposed by him and Ning Tieshan, that is, to use large-scale artillery to cover and strike at local positions, of course, because the accuracy of artillery is not high enough, it has been tried many times before he has mastered certain skills, especially the adjustment of the distribution and angle of artillery, all in order to create this scene.

At present, this scene really frightened Yunxiang and Zhang Boxing, even Zhang Boxing, who is not familiar with military affairs, his face is a little pale in the face of such shelling, he seems to be able to imagine that if it is the Qing army lined up on the opposite side, I am afraid that this round of artillery bombardment alone can kill thousands of people......

Everyone was silent, but the soldiers of the Fu Han Army on the school field began to move, they lined up in three neat rows of horizontal formations, and began to move slowly forward under the sound of drums, and when there were only a hundred steps left from the straw man in the school field, they raised their guns together, pulled the trigger, and then took a step back, and the soldiers behind took a step forward and raised their guns to shoot......

Rows of projectiles poured out like rain, beating the straw men on the school field beyond recognition, and the thick white smoke spread, exuding a pungent smell of gunsmoke, but for the soldiers, it was the smell of the battlefield......

After the platoon gun was fired, the soldiers pulled out the long bayonet on their waists, hung it on the muzzle, and then under the leadership of their respective company commanders and captains, they rushed forward in small groups........

Strictly speaking, this military drill actually has a doorway, all in the details, but Zhang Boxing will not say, Yunxiang itself is half a bucket of water, he can see the strength of the Fu Han army, but he can't see the really powerful enemy method, after the whole exercise, only muskets and cannons are left in his mind, and the rest is the long bayonet.

"This ...... It's sensational......"

Yun Xiang's back was already wet with cold sweat, and he dared to guarantee that even if it was the new army that was now in the Great Qing Training, it could not be the opponent of this army, but he was a little unwilling in his heart, hoping to ask the truth.

"Your Majesty, is such an army the most elite of the current Fu Han army?"

Ning Yu chuckled, "The Praetorian Guard Division was a garrison division in its previous life, strictly speaking, it can't be regarded as the most elite troops, and the most elite divisions of our Fu Han Army are still in Fujian...... After finishing speaking, he glanced at Yun Xiang meaningfully.

Yun Xiang's heart sank suddenly, if it was just the most elite, there would be tens of thousands of people here, but the problem is that what Ning Yu said should not be false, such a lie can be easily exposed...... But if it is true, then the meaning of this is not simple, which means that the Fu Han army only has 50,000 such troops, and the current Qing Dynasty will not be able to cope with it at all.

Cui Wancai on the side said with a smile: "Your envoy came the original way, today's inspection took a long time, but it was your envoy's hard work, I will accompany the two of you to the post house later, and I will talk to your envoy in detail when the time comes." ”

Yun Xiang was a little reluctant when he heard this, but he knew that Ning Yu was going to a place to teach martial arts today, and he was also quite curious, so he said in a low voice: "The foreign minister saw this drill, and now he is tired, but he wants to continue to see the strength of Da Chu, and I hope Your Majesty will take care of it." ”

Ning Yu sneered in his heart, this drama is really addictive, but this time it is not so polite, and he said softly at the moment: "Your envoy doesn't know, my Da Chu said that the martial arts hall is a secret place of the military, and it is definitely not for ordinary people to enter, if you want to watch it, it is inconvenient...... Thank you for your understanding. ”

Hearing Ning Yu say this, Yunxiang had no choice but to give up, and took Zhang Boxing and others to go away with Cui Wancai. It's just that before leaving, he glanced at the school field again and let out an inexplicable sigh.

"Hey, Daqing, if you don't cheer up, it's really over......"