The large school field of the Ming Army in the west of Nanjing, the people and horses of the four towns in the five forbidden armies, and the martial arts students of the martial arts academy will hold an autumn exercise here for half a month.

Today is the first day of the autumn exercises, except for Zhongyi Town, which was reorganized in Sichuan, the other four towns have people and horses.

On the school review platform, Wang Yan's Phnom Penh royal flag fluttered high, and various flags were also planted around the school grounds, and generals such as Dai Zhifan, Li Guo, Liu Shun, Liu Fangliang, Wang Ji, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tichun were standing beside him.

At this time, it was still early, but the Nanjing people who heard the news had already fenced off the school grounds, ready to see the excitement.

The autumn drills lasted a long time, and there were many subjects, including infantry and cavalry confrontation, artillery team drills, step-by-step confrontation, and martial arts competitions between various towns.

The results of the autumn exercises will affect the rankings of several governors, so they all bring the most elite deployments of each word, ready to beat their opponents to the ground.

Today is the first day, it is a mobilization meeting, the subject is relatively simple, basically pull out and walk in a queue, and then practice a few formations in the school field, and finally Wang Yan will say a word, it will be over, and the really wonderful and beautiful ones will have to wait for a few days, the confrontation drill of each department.

At this time, Wang Yan saw that the time was not early, so he immediately signaled his subordinates and ordered the drums to be beaten and let the departments enter the school grounds.

For a time, flags were flying on the school field, trumpets and drums were sounding in unison, and the people and horses of all departments standing outside the school field lined up according to the banner.

The first to enter was Liu Shun's Zhongwu battalion, which was close to Nanjing and stationed in Yangzhou, with complete equipment and materials, and 5,000 men and horses were all in new clothes and new armor, with excellent appearance and full of spirit among the soldiers.

The 5,000 men stepped on neat steps, rehearsing defense, attack, and other battle formations in the school field, and the rhythm of the soldiers stepped on the drumbeat without any mistakes, obviously with hard work.

Liu Shun showed a hint of pride on his face, but the few people next to him didn't give him face, his own people didn't play, and no one had a smile on their faces.

A very important reason why the Five Loyal Soldiers have been brave and good at fighting over the years is that they have a tradition of training and martial arts, and the fighting skills of the envoys and soldiers far surpass those of other armies.

After the drill in Zhongwu Town, the loyal, loyal, and loyal people entered the school in turn, and there was no fault in the queue and drill formation, and the performance of each town had its own characteristics, and it was difficult to distinguish high and low from appearance and momentum.

Looking at the elite Ming army, Wang Yan smiled, at this time, the drum beat in the army changed, a red background black dragon flag, waved continuously, and a group of people outside immediately raised the flag, and then slowly drove into the school field.

This is a martial artist of martial arts, and several generals did not harbor any hostility, and they all paid attention to this team entering.

With the towns of centaur soldiers weapons are complicated, spears, swords and shields, fire guns are all different, these 5,000 men and horses, but the equipment is relatively simple, only equipped with a self-generated fire gun, the body is hung diagonally this cloth belt, on which hang more than a dozen small porcelain bottles containing gunpowder, hanging a kettle and a one-foot-long spur around the waist, plus a matching knife, there is no other equipment.

They held their own firearms, lined up neatly, horizontally and vertically, and when they walked in, they also added a scene to themselves, completed a few actions together, and put the spurs on their waists on the firearms, and immediately turned into a cold and shining gun forest.

Most of the soldiers in this way were dressed in this way, with no pikemen or sword and shield soldiers, but they were equipped with a cavalry and a cannon team dragged by horses.

The cavalry did not gallop in, but straightened his back and rode slowly on his horse, looking full of spirit.

The armor on the cavalry is different from the armor of the various departments of the Ming army, although they are all wearing saucer helmets, but the armor on their chests is a whole piece of iron plate painted black, which is the cuirass made by the Ministry of Engineering the year before.

The artillery of the Ming army in the field was mostly a small franc machine, with a short range, a light gun body, fixed on the gun carriage, and one or two soldiers could push it, which was convenient, but the firepower and range were fatal defects.

The artillery team in front of him was six minutes long, thicker than a porcelain bowl, at least more than a thousand catties, but on a two-wheeled gun carriage, it could be dragged by two war horses, raising a cloud of dust.

The appearance of the Wusheng team immediately attracted everyone's attention, and their momentum and spirit even surpassed those of the five loyal army towns.

Wang Yan kept smiling and nodding, while Dai Zhifan, Gao Yigong and others whispered slightly, talking about their views on this team.

These 5,000 people came from various departments of the Ming army, as well as some aspiring soldiers, in addition to learning some military training in martial arts, they also had to accept Wang Yan's edification of the world and the country's thoughts.

In the process of conquest, Huang Taiji often arrested the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and a pass was several years, but he found that many people were always wearing the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, so he had a question, so he said to Fan Wencheng, "Many generals of the Ming Dynasty, Bo Wufu, should have been the most bloody men, but when they saw my face, they knelt down, why those literati, are some scholars who are powerless, and they can't even pick up a knife, why would these people rather die than give in?" ”

Fan Wencheng, an old traitor, is a Han Chinese, and he knows the culture and mentality of the Han people very well, and said to Huang Taiji: "Because these people all read the book of Confucius and Mencius!" ”

Confucianism, abandoning dross, contains too much positive energy, during the Song and Ming dynasties, the iron-clad Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Huanglie, Xia Wanchun, these are all people cultivated by Confucianism.

When Wen Tianxiang was pressed to the north, the Yuan people sent his daughter to persuade him to surrender, as long as he surrendered, he was the prime minister of Mengyuan, but Wen Tianxiang was unmoved, he believed in the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the ancients were able to die for the Tao.

There is a reason for Chinese Chonggu, from ancient times to the present, the changes in people's hearts are embarrassing, on the way to the capital, the people along the way saw off the prime minister, saying, "Prime Minister Wen is dead, the prime minister is dead," persuaded him to martyrdom, to save a little face for the Han people, leaving a trace of thought and a little spirit and backbone, and it is with Wen Tianxiang's martyrdom that the spirit of the Han people has not been completely defeated.

If Prime Minister Wen is not dead, without this example, what will happen to future generations? How will Chinese culture evolve?

In the Ming Dynasty, after Jin Sheng was captured, on the way to Nanjing, the passer-by said, "When Mr. comes back, we will definitely come to the side of the road to wait." Jin Sheng replied with a smile: "If I come back, I will be worthless." This is no longer a dissuasion to martyrdom.

Now, don't say martyrdom, if you believe in anything, you will be laughed at!

Think about it, the Jiangnan region of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for many years, and the scholars have been pampered for decades.

In addition to practicing in accordance with Qi Jiguang's "Actual Record of Military Training," these 5,000 people also need to read books and understand righteousness, so that the generals can be civil and military, and they can not only use soldiers, but also know morality, and realize the integration of civil and military affairs.

Wang Yan obviously felt that the spiritual outlook of this group of people was very different, and there was a spirit in Wu Sheng's eyes.

Taking advantage of the time of practice, Wang Yan turned around and asked the next few generals, "What do you think?" ”

The opinions of several people were obviously unanimous, and Li Guo opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, all of them use firearms, what should I do if I fight in close combat?" I think this establishment still needs to be discussed! ”

"The range and power of those cannons should be very strong, but although firearms are easy to use, our town has not completely relied on firearms to defeat the Qing army, so I dare not draw conclusions!" Dai Zhifan frowned and thought.

Liu Shun used a self-made firearm during the Yangzhou War, and he had a supportive attitude, "Look at those copper cannons, if you can fight for about two miles, then the enemy formation has been scattered before entering the self-generated firearms array, and when you get closer, you will be beaten to a few rounds of guns, and it is estimated that the front formation will not form a formation, and at that time the cavalry will rush, and the enemy formation will definitely be finished!" ”

Wang Yan listened to the words of a few people and smiled, "This autumn exercise, you will all face off with martial arts for a while, whoever finds out more problems, whoever ranks high in this exercise!" ”

Everyone was slightly stunned when they heard this, they originally thought that this autumn exercise, the competition in various towns was the theme, but they didn't expect that they were all here to do sparring for martial arts.

Wang Yan really took great pains to learn martial arts, and the generals quickly turned their attention back to the school field and carefully watched the students of martial arts practice. On the first day, the drill was not long, and after the drill, Wang Yan lectured the participating armies one by one, strictly enforced the rules and rewards, and returned to the city.

In the outer circle, the people who had been watching for most of the day also slowly dispersed.

Among the crowd, a man in his thirties watched several trained soldiers and horses return to the camp, and then returned to his residence in the city, hurriedly closed the doors and windows, took out rice paper and spread it out on the table, took up a pen and drew everything he saw today, and wrote down the notes beside it.

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