Chapter 407: An Army That Defies Common Sense

The army of the Great Song Dynasty had to be reviewed every year, regardless of the region, regardless of the forbidden army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At the beginning of March, the Jiangzhou Army's review began.

I don't know what other places in Jiangnan are like, in short, the review in Jiangzhou has evolved from a military exercise to a celebration model, or a performance by an art troupe, which should also be possible.

This is a relatively important ceremony in Jiangzhou, in addition to hundreds of people "being present" to watch, Gao Fangping, as the main official of Jiangzhou, was invited to attend the ceremony by the Zhizhou Yamen.

Jiangzhou has a total of 5,000 troops. There were 5,000 people present, and the number of registered people was also 5,000. This point violates the unspoken rules of the Great Song Dynasty, it is very strange, Jiangzhou Xiangjun actually has no empty salary?

In this regard, Gao Fangping, who was always sitting above, was very strange, he should have been happy that the army had no empty salary, but he couldn't find the reason for the things that violated the norm for the time being, Gao Fangping frowned, but didn't ask more.

The military posture is okay, with the capital as a unit, the moment when a phalanx walks through a phalanx, it seems to be a good walk, but it is, there is no cheering among the large group of onlookers, Gao Fangping has paid attention to observed, and the people's demeanor is very strange, so quiet that there is no sound at all.

Bi Shijing, who was standing like a benchmark behind Gao Fangping and watching the ceremony together, looked at those van troops and was slightly stunned, and there was some admiration.

After Gao Fangping's eyes signaled, Bi Shijing bowed closer, leaned close to Gao Fangping's ear and said: "It's a little strange, this is a military army above the level, this Jiangzhou Metropolitan Supervisor Xu Honggang is a talent, it seems that he is more disciplined in the army, and he is personally very prestigious." ”

Gao Fangping nodded, feeling as strange as Bi Shijing in his heart, this is a murderous army, you can see from their posture and expressions that there is a big difference with the Great Song army that Gao Fangping has seen. At least in terms of physical fitness and neatness of height, no one in the Upper Fourth Army in Beijing has such a "murderous spirit" except for Bi Shijing's department.

Turning his head sideways and glancing at Cai Qian, who was smiling with a short beard, Gao Fangping felt that Cai Qian's person was not simple, he was a capable person, and he could see it from Jiangzhou Xiangjun.

Of course, Jiangzhou Jun is Cai Qian's descendant, and Xu Honggang is actually Xiao Cai's cousin.

Xu Honggang rode a fast horse when he finally appeared, raised dust in the school field, and performed some horsemanship that was more difficult for the Han people, which was also neat.

But there was still no applause from the common people, but his subordinates applauded and shouted neatly: "Handsome and mighty!" ”

Among Gao Fangping's subordinates, it was Yang Zhi, who was the first in equestrianism from Jiangmen, so Gao Fangping looked at Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi leaned in and said in a low voice: "Xianggong, this Xu Honggang has two hits, not a straw bag, and his combat skills are not easy to say, but his horse skills are not under the last general." ”

After performing the horse skills, Xu Honggang continued to perform archery, without stopping the horse, running circles along the school field, during which he shot three arrows in a row in high-speed movement.

Whoosh whoosh -

Given that the target was set in a somewhat strange position, on the sidelines of Gao Fangping and Cai Qi's side, the arrows were just flying in this direction, as if demonstrating.

Tutu Tu Tu -

Three arrows in a row, one after another hit the bull's-eye.

Everyone under Gao Fangping's command changed color. In fact, there is no need for them to worry, as early as when Xu Honggang shot in this direction, Gao Fangping, who has always been the first in safety, had already hid behind Luda with his head in his arms to prevent being injured by mistake.

The reason why Ruda is picked is because he is as big as Dwayne Johnson, so it is easy to hide.

Sweat.

The group of officials here, as well as the waiting military array in the school field, including all the ordinary people who were onlookers, booed and despised for a while, and they couldn't imagine that Gao Fangping, who was known as the Great Demon King, would be so afraid of death, so funny, and in public, the official hat was scared off.

Secretly stretched out his head to take a look, and in the end it was okay, Gao Fangping picked up his hat and put it on with a slightly red face, and sat down. At the same time, he frowned, and wondered in his heart, the people had a voice this time, and it was Gao Fangping for me.

Liang Hongying wanted to cover her face a little, and reached out to straighten his hat again.

Cai Qian tilted his head, looked at Gao Fangping with a smile and said, "Hehe, Lord Tongju is clever, and the rumors that you are brave and good at fighting seem to be true." ”

Gao Fangping was thick-skinned, and shrugged his shoulders without any embarrassment, indicating that I am just this virtue, and you don't know me.

Cai Qian could stop, he didn't use this question to make him ugly, and hugged his fists and said: "The state government is vulgar, and the state does not take care of it well, so that it disturbs the general judge, and it is not a compensation here." ”

"Lord Zhizhou is polite, this is just a small problem, I am relieved to see that the Jiangzhou army is so brave and good at fighting. Of course, it would be nice if you could have a little mental damage or something. Gao Fangping said with a smile.

The officials who heard it nearby had black eyes, it was no secret that pork had always been greedy for money, but it was the goose that plucked its feathers to this point, and there was no one left.

And Lord Zhizhou really gave money.

I saw him laughing, took out a two-run bill from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Fangping and said: "Please accept it, and this state will compensate on behalf of Xu Dujian." ”

These two times were the red envelopes given to him by Gao Fangping when he attended the banquet in Jiangzhou.

After hesitating for a moment, Gao Fangping smiled, and accepted it anyway, damn ants are not meat.

Immediately after, Cai Qian looked at Xu Honggang, who had finished performing in the school field, and said, "Bold!" I've disturbed the judge, hurry up and make amends! ”

Xu Honggang looked disappreroving, but he also dismounted cleanly, walked to the direction of this side, and half-knelt in the middle of the school field and hugged his fists: "The vulgarity of the mark disturbed the adults." ”

"Such a trivial matter, General Xu doesn't have to take it to heart, this is not offending me." Gao Fangping Road.

"But what the lord did just now ......" Xu Honggang deliberately stopped here, causing all the snickering to come from the common people and his army.

Yang Zhi, Guan Sheng and the others under his command suddenly had no idea and became restless.

Gao Fangping raised his hand to stop, and said lightly to Xu Honggang: "You don't have to take it to heart." You didn't offend me, as for what I did and what I did, that's my business, you are not qualified to ask, understand? ”

Xu Honggang paused, nodded and said, "I understand." ”

After Gao Fangping waved his hand, Xu Honggang got up and got on the horse again and ran to his military formation in the distance.

The performance did not end, followed by the beating of war drums, it was the bow and arrow performance of the military column, and the soldiers under the command of Xu Honggang were ten in a row, and they shot arrows in turn, which was also considered to be decent in quality. There weren't a lot of arrows that missed.

Gao Fangping looked sideways at Bi Shijing again.

Bi Shijing leaned in and whispered: "In terms of archery alone, the quality is good, surpassing most forbidden troops. ”

Then, according to the rules, there were soldiers who lifted the targets that were shot like hedgehogs for the adults to see.

When he arrived in front of Gao Fangping, Gao Fangping stopped, reached out and took down an arrow to look at Shaoqing, and frowned slightly.

"Is there anything wrong with the judge?" Cai Qian said curiously.

Gao Fangping smiled again, stuck the arrow on the target again, and shook his head.

Next is the most important part of the military performance, the cavalry hedge.

Of course, this link is miserable. Jiangzhou was also too cold, and in the team of 5,000 people, there were less than 200 cavalry. And then, their riding skills did not dare to compliment either.

When he saw the cavalry drill, Gao Fangping frowned for the fourth time today, and finally saw the problem of this team.

In fact, this is a team without quality, and its individual skills are not bad, and they are even above the four armies, but the biggest problem with this kind of team is that there is no unity.

The illusion of discipline before was based on Xu Honggang's strong rule, walking in a phalanx, archery, these are no problems. It looks pretty good. But in the hedging link of the cavalry who can't rub the sand, it can really be seen that this army is selfish with each other. Because this link is very dangerous, in times of crisis, of course, you can see who is the best.

When there is no faith and strict discipline, in fact, the higher the personal quality, the more problems and selfishness there are.

Even if the proofreading ended here, Gao Fangping fell into some thoughts, and in a trance, he didn't realize that this box army, which was very much like the forbidden army, had left the school in an orderly manner.

Cai Qian was very happy, he felt that there was light on his face, and he walked like a crab when he left.

This is not him acting, Gao Fangping knows that he is really proud to have such a military team.

To a certain extent, this review is Cai Qian's flexing of his muscles, showing that other state officials not only have power, but also power.

The officials all left one after another, including Zhang Miancheng, and only Gao Fangping and his subordinates were left in the entire school field.

"What do you think? People are gone. Liang Hongying asked softly......

After returning to the judgment division, Gao Fangping sat in the high hall and said, "Yang Zhi." ”

"The end will be." Yang Zhi came out of the column and knelt down.

"Immediately bring the 90 sergeants of the Tiger Head Battalion back to Beijing." Gao Fangping said indifferently: "Bring my handwritten letter to Xiao Duo, as well as Uncle Zhang, intercept the latest batch of stainless steel chain mail made in the workshop and send it to Jiangzhou, don't send it to Yuncheng Yongle Army for the time being." ”

Many people are flustered by this.

But it is impossible to say, Gao Fangping wrote two handwritten letters at the scene and sealed them with fire paint, and after handing them over to Yang Zhi, he took some people to prepare.

Jiangzhou's shipping was very tight, but when they went, it would be faster for them to ride alone and travel lightly by land. When he came back with supplies, armor or something, Uncle Zhang would naturally arrange the shipment.

Yes, by this time the second batch of stainless steel chain mail, enough to equip a battalion, should be almost finished. Gao Fangping planned to temporarily intercept and bring Jiangnan, but those were used to equip the Yongle Army according to the order of the Privy Council, and the Yongle Army was not Gao Fangping's private army, so if it was necessary to bring it to Jiangzhou, Lao Zhang had to agree to move it temporarily.

After Lao Zhang agreed, the procedures were simple, and the chain mail was still Yongle Army's. Bi Shijing's department is under the command of the guard Ma Junsi, so the planter will issue a document, through the Privy Council, Ma Junsi will "borrow" the armor of the Yongle Army for temporary use, and after Zhang Shuye signs, it is a normal temporary transfer of armaments.

The letter to Xiao Duo is the "receipt" of Gao Fangping, the commander of Yongle Zhijun, representing the receipt of the armor supervised by the imperial court.

Yes, before the imperial court did not proclaim, Gao Fangping is now not only a general judge in Jiangzhou, but also a Yongle Zhijun. If it weren't for Cai Jing's obstruction through Tao Jiefu, it would still be the Yongle Army that went south to Jiangzhou, not the Divine Guard Army from the outside world.

Now the only real elite heavy cavalry is the Tiger Head Battalion. After all, the process of stainless steel chain mail is very complicated, and it is not suitable to build, and it needs to be changed slowly.

And after this batch of armor is brought, in addition to the Tiger Head Battalion, there will be one more battalion of heavy cavalry.

The reason for this temporary arrangement is that Gao Fangping has always been a conspiracy theorist, always taking precautions and never fighting uncertain battles.

After watching the Jiangzhou Xiang Army's review today, many of Gao Fangping's thoughts have changed. This box army is not an ordinary box army, and it is not at all like the cowardly army that does not act in the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, now that he is in opposition to the entire southeast system, Xu Honggang's mentality is not at all a traditional military general of the Great Song Dynasty, and he does not like Gao Fangping at all.

What will happen in the end in this situation, Gao Fangping is not a god, and Gao Fangping doesn't know, but in terms of Gao Fangping's treachery, as long as he has the ability and means, he will definitely not put himself under weakness.

From beginning to end, Gao Fangping believed that there was a reason why Emperor Taizu castrated the Song army and set a policy of weakening the army. The southeast has become a country within a country, and it is not a day or two that water cannot be poured in, and outsiders do not know the specific situation inside. Under such conditions, an army appeared in Jiangzhou that "violated the common sense of the Great Song Dynasty".

Whether anything will happen Gao Fangping doesn't know, but it doesn't affect some targeted preparations, damn Huang Wenbingtong's sentence of being killed is not fake......