The brigade marched slowly, and by the time they arrived at the martial arts, it was already close to unitary time. The sun has set in the west, and the soft sunlight shines from the plum blossom mountain to the gate of martial arts, and the word "martial arts" in Zhu Yuanzhang's handwriting sparkles in the sun. The mirror lake at the door is as quiet as its name, like a piece of jade inlaid under the plum blossom mountain, if it is not for the noisy voices around, it is easy to make people feel that this is a retreat of the Magi, not a demonstration place of the Ming Jin Ge Iron Horse. The inn on the opposite side of Mirror Lake has been completely emptied, and no one is allowed to live in it, all of which are used to house the Jinyi guards who are responsible for the perimeter guard, and the guards at the door have already been replaced by Jinyi guards.

When Zhu Yunwen and his entourage arrived in front of the gate of the martial arts, all the officials, generals and outstanding students of the martial arts were already waiting at the door, waiting for Zhu Yunwen to get off the car, pay a big salute, and call a thousand years old. Zhu Yunwen smiled, helped Qi De, Huang Zicheng and others in the front row up one by one, and then beckoned everyone to get up. Turned around and summoned Fu Youde and met with everyone, although everyone knew that Fu Youde would come, but they were still very excited to see it, especially Qu Neng, He Fu and Mu Sheng, they were more or less all under Fu Youde's command, so they naturally saw each other one by one, and Fu Youde returned the salute one by one, and he was also very excited.

When he entered the martial arts, Fu Youde was a little surprised, he had been fighting horses all his life, and he had seen countless armies, but the environment of martial arts was so elegant and quiet, and the spiritual outlook of the students on both sides surprised him. There is a student every three feet on the side of the road, with his head held high, fully armed, with a sword at his waist, his eyes are blazing, and his posture is not moving, even if he is surrounded by flying insects and sweat stains into his eyes, it has no effect. Comparatively speaking, the Jinyiwei opposite the student is a little worse, and I usually feel that Jinyiwei is also very energetic, but it is a little worse than the student. Not to mention the statues of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun in the center of the lawn, after Fu Youde saw it, he went to the statue and solemnly saluted, these are two senior generals he respected, who have been fighting horses all their lives and protecting their reputations, and can't help but sigh, how good it would be if their statues could also stand here.

Jin Yiwei entered the martial arts school and quickly took over the task of standing guard for the students, and the students naturally lined up and walked towards the playground. Fu Youde approached Zhu Yunwen: "Your Highness, these are all designed by you?" ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled: "Yes, Yunwen doesn't understand military affairs, he can only talk on paper, Ying Guogong thinks these are good?" ”

"Your Highness, the so-called secret to winning the battle is nothing more than leading elite soldiers and knowing how to advance and retreat, if there are no elite soldiers, then everything is impossible to talk about, since Your Highness is good at training, how can you not understand the military? The last general has never seen such an elite soldier in his life, but the number is a little small. ”

"Hehe, General Fu is serious, I hope to refine the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so that they can quell the rebellion internally and prestige outside the territory, of course, whether these training methods are effective or not still needs to be tested in actual combat. Tomorrow's official review, General Fu will give more opinions. ”

"The last will not dare, the last will not dare."

"Hehe, let's go to the playground and watch the queue performance first, let's count it as a rehearsal tomorrow."

"Yes, the last general commands."

The group stood on the rostrum of the large playground, and the audience was lined up into five phalanxes, the captains were Geng Xuan, Wu Sheng, Song Xuan, Guo Jian and Tan Yuan, Tan Yuan was the captain of the prison team, although Geng Xuan was newly married Yan'er, but he also rushed over to command, Zhu Yuling didn't know how many times she complained about her brother, but she couldn't help it, so she had to let her husband come over.

Zhu Yunwen personally took a large iron microphone and personally ordered the drill to begin. At the sound of an order, the phalanx under the stage began to move, with the unarmed infantry phalanx commanded by Geng Xuan in the front, followed by Wu Sheng's Pudao phalanx, Song Xuan's spear phalanx and Guo Key's musket phalanx, and behind were the 200 infantry brought by He Fu, Qu Neng's 200 cavalry and Mu Sheng's 200 musketeers. The team was neatly aligned, maintained a perfect formation during the march, and changed the direction of travel at any time according to the order, and the team was not chaotic.

After the overall queue performance, the detachment performance was equally shocking, especially the neat assassination of the spears, the neat slashing of the Pak knife soldiers and the neatness of the shield, which made people feel the solemn murderous atmosphere. The musketeer's three-stage shooting is also breathtaking, and the trainees are not allowed to observe the results after shooting, but mechanically step back, reload, and shoot again, and the action is like a cloud, and the shooting is uniform.

The officials of martial arts have all seen this, and they don't have any shocked expressions, but they just looked at Zhu Yunwen and his party with some pride, completely forgetting that they had just seen this kind of queue, and it was precisely because they really saw the effect that these civil and military generals were willing to stay in martial arts, work hard to cultivate, and hope that it would grow and grow. However, Zhu Yunwen has seen a better queue than this, so he doesn't feel anything, he just thinks it's okay. And Fu Youde, Song Zhong and others are completely different, they are all born with soldiers, but they didn't expect that so many people can be so neat, perfectly maintain the formation during the march, and at the same time can turn at any time, this is the result of two months of training, it is conceivable that if the training time is longer and the scale is increased, what kind of army can be trained. Fu Youde, based on his own experience, believes that such an army has grown in size, and if the commander does not make any mistakes, it will be an indestructible army.

After the drill, Zhu Yunwen announced on the spot that he would give a reward, and he would have a meal at night, but he was not allowed to drink, because he would have a formal drill tomorrow. After that, Zhu Yunwen set up a banquet in the Red Mansion to entertain Fu Youde, Song Zhong, Qi De, Huang Zicheng and others, and no alcohol was allowed at the banquet, because Zhu Yunwen was injured, so he announced his personal vendetta, Lao Tzu was injured here, and you always had to accompany Lao Tzu to eat lightly. However, everyone was very happy, Song Zhong was loyal to his duties, sitting under Zhu Yunwen, and looked like he was escorting him at any time. Fu Youde, Qu Neng, He Fu and Mu Sheng communicate from time to time to understand the situation of martial arts; Wang Du and others also came back together, and Qi De and others also welcomed. At the banquet, Zhu Yunwen said his expectations, let everyone not be burdened, and must do a good job in martial arts, in general, there are shortcomings, but merit is the main thing, everyone should not live up to his expectations, and everyone accepted the order in an uproar. There is no banquet without wine, so the banquet is over quickly, and everyone disperses, tomorrow is a big event, and you must not mess it up.

After the banquet, Zhu Yunwen returned to his residence, and after washing, he picked up "Wei Xuanzi" and read it, this book has been read many times, but each time there are new feelings. Just watching, Liu Zhen came in and said, "Yingguo Gong Fu Youde is waiting to see you." Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but smile, he knew that if Fu Youde was not stupid, he would definitely come, and now it was so, but let Liu Zhen go out and tell Fu Youde that he was reading a book and had no time to meet him.

After Fu Youde's banquet, he declined the invitation of Qu Neng, He Fu and Mu Sheng, and returned to his residence. Retreating from everyone, he sat down on the chair, his face was cloudy, he already understood that it should be the intention of the imperial grandson to let him come to martial arts, and it was obvious that he wanted to recruit him. But he didn't know what the emperor thought, as the leading general of the imperial court, and the prince was good friends, it was difficult to predict what the emperor would think, Fu Youwen's matter could be turned out at any time, if the emperor wanted to do it, the imperial grandson would not be able to protect himself, and judging from the past performance, the imperial grandson did not save anyone in the blue jade case, but in the end, he found that there were too many killings, so he stopped the investigation, and it can be seen that the imperial grandson did not dare or was unwilling to disobey the emperor. However, if you don't accept the olive branch of the emperor's grandson, it also belongs to your own death, the emperor's grandson is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, if you mutter a few words in the emperor's ear, saying that you are difficult to control, then your death will come, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will inevitably kill the killer. Alas, it is impossible for me to live in peace, if I don't throw myself into the emperor's grandson, I will definitely die, and if I throw myself into the emperor's grandson, there may be hope; However, this is not necessarily a bad thing, if the imperial grandson ignores himself, he may inevitably die in the end, and now he can only do this.

Fu Youde heard Liu Zhen reply that His Royal Highness was reading a book, let him go back, and he was very angry, feeling that His Highness was playing with him, but he didn't dare to leave. Just now, I felt that His Highness took the initiative to recruit him, and he was still a little reluctant, so he had to come; But now His Highness doesn't see himself, but he panics, is this because he thinks wrong? But if you turn around and leave, you will have to count your days on your fingers. It's okay to say that if you don't come, since you are here, but now you have to leave, it is estimated that the emperor will kill himself immediately when he returns.

Zhu Yunwen asked Liu Zhen to look at Fu Youde, if he wanted to leave, don't stop him, concentrate on reading the book, and let him inform him after half an hour. In the past half an hour, Fu Youde and the others were anxious, but there was no way, and when Liu Zhen said that His Royal Highness had finished reading the book, he could go in. If Fu Youde received amnesty, he quickly tidied up his appearance, followed Liu Zhen in, and saw Zhu Yunwen sitting on the main seat, and quickly knelt down to give a salute: "Fu Youde see His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Fu Youde who was kneeling on the ground, Fu Youde was already in his fifties, he already had some white hair on his head, he was burly, and he was still powerful. Strange to say, when Zhu Yunwen decided to protect Fu Youde, he conducted a detailed study of his information. But today he knelt in front of him, he was not so excited, just now asked Liu Zhen if Fu Youde wants to leave, don't stop him is also sincere, in fact, I believe that even if there is no Fu Youde, it is enough to deal with King Yan, and now he has a basic team, as long as he does not make too many mistakes, there will be no problems.

Fu Youde knelt on the ground, didn't hear Zhu Yunwen speak, his heart was uneasy, for a long time, Zhu Yunwen's voice came from above his head: "Ying Guogong, come to see Gu late at night, what's the matter?" ”

Fu Youde kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, the last general watched the martial arts drill today, and deeply felt that His Royal Highness had a superb art of war. ”

Zhu Yunwen immediately stood up, walked in front of Fu Youde, helped him up and sat down, and said: "General Fu, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, if you are willing to contribute to martial arts, how can you not be allowed to do it, and you have to thank General Fu." ”

Fu Youde hurriedly knelt down: "Your Highness Mingjian, the last general is a martial artist, and he has only one brave strength, and he is willing to serve His Highness as a dog and horse." ”

"Very good, very good, tomorrow General Fu and Gu will watch the martial arts drill together, please feel free to talk if you have any questions."

"The last will not dare, the last will not dare."

"General Fu, he is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he created martial arts to conquer the battlefield, how can he be vague, and I hope that General Fu will put national affairs first and speak freely, so that our sons and daughters of the Ming Dynasty can survive more on the battlefield, so General Fu is indispensable."

Fu Youde was really moved, and said: "Your Highness, the last general has fought in his life, and he has seen countless tragic battles, since His Highness has this heart, it is worth it for the last general to die in battle, and the last general will thank His Highness for the Ming soldiers." ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "General Fu, my dynasty has risen since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people's livelihood is withering, the population is sparse, and I hope that there will be as few wars as possible, but some battles have to be fought, I hope the general can help Gu, let me win more battles, and Gu will be satisfied." ”

Fu Youde turned over and bowed down: "Your Royal Highness is kind-hearted, and the last general will definitely bow to his best and die." ”

"Good, good. The general is coming here. ”

Fu Youde followed Zhu Yunwen to the wall, and found that the wall was a picture of the Ming Dynasty, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Yunwen in surprise. Zhu Yunwen picked up a bamboo pole and said: "The general has fought in Gansu and Ningxia, can he talk to Gu about the current situation in the Hexi Corridor, can the Ming Dynasty control the Western Regions like the Han and Tang Dynasties?" ”

Fu Youde looked at the map, thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness, the last general once went on an expedition to Gansu with King Zhongshan in the second year of Hongwu, and in the fifth year as the vanguard of the Western Route Army, he followed the Song Guogong to conquer Ganliang, and he has a little understanding of the local area. In the second year of Hongwu, King Zhongshan won a great victory at Shen'eryu (now Dingxi, Gansu), and even Kexingyuan (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi) and Hezhou (now Linxia, Gansu) to recover the areas occupied by Tubo after the Tang Dynasty; In the fifth year of Hongwu, the end will be the vanguard, attack westward along the Hexi Corridor, start from Lanzhou, occupy Xiliang (now Wuwei, Gansu), and then to Yongchang (now Yongchang County, Gansu), occupy Ganzhou and Suzhou, and then in order to complete the task of containing Mobei, attack Yijinai (now southeast of Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia) to the north, and finally retreat to the east, occupying Gua and Shazhou on the way, and then heard that Zhongshan Wanglingbei was defeated, so the whole line withdrew from Gansu. ”

"To what extent?"

"According to the memory of the last general, the whole line was withdrawn from Gansu, and the Ming army was deployed to the east of Ganzhou.

"Why did you retreat so much?"

"Your Royal Highness, this issue is more complicated, the last general only said some military opinions, at that time Song Guogong had the following considerations: first, at that time, the Yuan army was strong and clear, Liangzhou was an empty city, Song Guogong had to use Lanzhou to defend the palace, and the entire Gansu province was similar, so the Yuan Shou General first detained the people, cattle and horses, and alpacas in the territory out of Yumen and Yangguan, and our army only gained an empty city; 2. At that time, our army had advanced to Hami, which already bordered the Chagatai Khanate, and we did not know its truth and feared the strength of the Uighur army, so we had to retreat; 3. Hexi has been reduced to Tibet, Uighurs, Western Xia, and Mongolia for many years, and there are very few Han people in the local area, most of them are foreign races. Therefore, they eventually withdrew from Gansu, but built Jiayu Pass on the way to prevent the eastward advance of the Hurs. ”

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "Gansu is an empty city, it cannot be defended, this statement does not agree with Lone, there is land and there are people, if our army is recruited by Tuntian, Lone believes that it will slowly accumulate a population; The Chagatai Khanate is indeed a concern, but it is not too late to decide on the situation; As for the alien race, Lone disagreed, when the Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions, how could there be Han people in the local area, and in the end, it would also become a county in the interior? Huo Quai's 20,000 rides to Hexi, what did he rely on? ”

Fu Youde muttered: "His Royal Highness's statement is also reasonable, the last general also thought about this problem, and it was indeed a bit hasty to give up at that time, so this year, the imperial court has been working hard to make the Yuan Gansu Province, and now it has gone to Ganzhou, and has also established Hami and other guards." ”

"Well, General Fu thinks Daming can get out of Jiayu Pass?"

"There is nothing impossible about this, as long as there is enough money, food, soldiers and horses, Mongolia does not have to worry."

"Hehe, okay, General Fu is so arrogant, good, come, let's sit down and talk slowly."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

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