Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 3 Social turmoil and turmoil

Section 7 The Great Military Parade

At the beginning of September in the forty-eighth year of Wanli (that is, the first year of Taichang), Tongzhou.

Since the death of Emperor Wanli, in the past two months, although the Ming Dynasty has remained stable on the whole, there is still an undercurrent in secret, the most striking of which is that the cabinet chief assistant Fang Congzhe, the military department Shangshu Huang Jiashan and Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi have impeached each other. And at this moment, Emperor Taichang's sudden illness made the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court panic, and when Fang Congzhe heard the news, he was almost so anxious that he hurriedly gathered all the ministers together to discuss countermeasures in case of the worst.

At this moment, Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, gathered 10,000 troops from the command of the eight guerrilla generals of the Hanwei Army and drove to the city of Tongzhou, lined up outside the south gate of Tongzhou, and prepared for a big military parade that had been postponed for a month.

I saw Liu Yunwei wearing stainless steel armor and a red cloak, standing majestically on the city tower, and behind him Yuan Mingxuan and Sun Yuanhua were dressed in plain clothes, but with a sword at their waists, they were chivalrous; And Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, Wang Dangdang, Gao Hongguang, and Huang Fuming were also wearing helmets and armor, standing tall and tall, standing behind Liu Yunwei like the Eight King Kongs.

Next to him, the prefect of Tongzhou and a group of civil and military officials in Tongzhou City looked at the army outside the city and admired it, and they all said some flattering words, and their voices were very loud, as if they were afraid that Liu Yunwei would not hear it.

However, Liu Yunwei didn't have the heart to pay attention to these officials, at this time Liu Yunwei was chatting and laughing with more than a dozen gorgeously dressed men around him, and everyone pointed to the military formation outside the city from time to time, laughing constantly.

These dozen or so people are the big businessmen invited by Liu Yunwei from the capital, and the worth of these people is all accumulated over several lifetimes, so it can be said that any one of them is much richer than Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer.

Liu Yunwei laughed with these people for a while, and when he saw that the time was not early, he said to everyone: "Everyone, I think let's start the military parade." Let's take a look at the athletes in my Hanwei army today and appreciate the military might of my Ming Dynasty. When we talk about cooperation in the future, you don't have to worry about some details. ”

When those big businessmen saw the majestic military formation in front of them at this time, and listened to Liu Yunwei talking and laughing beside them, their hearts were already full of awe. After hearing Liu Yunwei's words, everyone expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Hanwei army, and immediately returned to the capital after the parade to prepare money and grain to be delivered to the Hanwei army as soon as possible.

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Haha, you don't have to be like this, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. Aren't you worried that our Han Wei army will be defeated in the future when it goes out to Liaodong? ”

Those businessmen laughed and said: "Where is Mr. Liu, the army is so majestic, where will those vulgar Jiannu be opponents!" ”

When Liu Yunwei heard this, he smiled and said a few words modestly, and then signaled to Lu Ying on the side that he could start the parade.

After Lu Ying saluted Liu Yunwei, he walked to the edge of the city wall, pulled out the war knife at his waist and pointed it to the sky, and shouted loudly: "All battalions start to review!" Beat the drums! ”

As soon as the words fell, the thunderous war drums sounded in the military array outside the city, and the majestic voice resounded in the sky above Tongzhou City. I saw that everyone raised their arms and shouted in the sound of war drums, and they were fascinated.

Immediately afterwards, the 10,000 carefully selected soldiers outside the city began to form a formation, and the army was divided into five phalanxes of two thousand people, forming a long snake formation from west to east. I saw that the 10,000 soldiers were divided into three arms: musketeers, infantry, and iron cavalry, the first two phalanxes were composed of pikemen, sword and shield soldiers, and Mo sword soldiers wearing double armor, and the middle two phalanxes were all firecrackers, all equipped with flintlock bird guns and wearing cotton armor; And what made the crowd of spectators on the castle tower feel the blood boiling, was the last cavalry phalanx composed of heavy iron horses, 2,000 knights and their mounts were all covered in heavy armor, like a group of steel beasts, making people feel full of power.

What is even more eye-catching is that in addition to the armor of the unified system on the body and the weapons of the unified system in their hands, each of the soldiers is wearing a bright red cape, and the hat and helmet they wear have a bright red "bird feather", and the armor of the soldiers is also wearing a thin layer of red overcoat. Looking down from the castle tower, you can see that the eyes are all fiery red, warm and resolute, very spectacular.

The prefect of Tongzhou looked at the scene in front of him, and said very excitedly: "My Ming Wangshi is called the Red Army, because the army is red and the army is majestic. ”

The rest of the crowd also came to us, and the words of praise and praise were endless.

Liu Yunwei was naturally very happy when he listened to it on the sidelines, but he still said a few polite words to everyone, but in exchange for the praise of "Liu Zongbing's humility and courtesy".

At this moment, accompanied by the passionate war drums, the five two thousand people phalanx began to advance slowly, and 10,000 soldiers roared in unison "Ming Wansheng", passing from west to east from outside the south gate of Tongzhou in turn.

I saw two melee infantry phalanxes with spears like a forest, and heavy spears up to seven meters long slowly passed in front of the city tower like a moving jungle; And a thousand Mo sword soldiers holding long knives are even more eye-catching, and the long knives that are illuminated by the scorching sun are extremely dazzling, emitting bursts of cold light, and the spectators on the city tower tremble in their hearts when they see the bright sword array. The prefect of Tongzhou also muttered: "With such a powerful sword formation, it will definitely look forward to it on the battlefield, and reproduce the heroic posture of the Tang Mo Sword Formation!" The ancients: Mo knives are pushed like walls, and Tartar blood flies! Don't lie to me! ”

Next, there were two phalanxes of all fire-gunned players. I saw a total of 4,000 firecrackers divided into two phalanxes and slowly passed in front of the city tower, the flintlocks in the hands of the soldiers were black and shiny, and the mouth of the black hole was very terrifying, making people shudder, exuding a cold and tyrannical beauty. A businessman said with emotion: "These firecrackers under the command of General Liu are really elite, you look at those birds, they are all made by Seiko, and they are much stronger than those of the three battalions of the Beijing Division." As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the echo of the remaining dozen or so businessmen

The last to pass through the tower was a cavalry phalanx of 2,000 hoplites. Listening to the iron hooves and the smoke and dust, two thousand heavily armed iron horsemen passed in front of the city tower in the sound of war drums, whether it was a knight or a war horse, all of them were neat and undisturbed, and at first glance they were elite iron horsemen and elite warriors. At this time, there was no sound of conversation or admiration on the castle tower. All the spectators, whether they were the officials in Tongzhou City or the big businessmen in the capital, were all stunned by the torrent of steel in front of them, and they all looked at the iron cavalry phalanx slowly passing outside the city.

After all the 10,000 troops who were inspected had passed, everyone on the city tower came back to their senses. At this time, the prefect of Tongzhou said with slightly red eyes: "There is such a tiger and wolf under the command of General Liu, he will go north to Liaodong to exterminate Jiannu, and he will definitely have good news and momentum!" ”

And those businessmen gathered together and discussed quietly, and their words were very optimistic about the future of the Han Wei Army.

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei first ordered Lu Ying and others to bring the 10,000 troops back to the camp, and then whispered to Yuan Mingxuan and Sun Yuanhua, so as to wait for those merchants to discuss a result.

After a while, those merchants came over, and one of them said: "General soldier Liu, we have agreed to your proposal, the Han Wei army has long been famous and famous, and it is even more powerful when I see it today. It's just that how to provide the relevant money and food, how to distribute it among us, and how to repay our principal after the Han Wei Army pacifies Jiannu in the future are all problems that need to be solved urgently. Therefore, we would like to ask Mr. Liu to wait for a few days for me, and then report to Mr. Liu for approval. I don't know what Mr. Liu's intentions are? ”

Of course, Liu Yunwei knew that such a major matter could not be discussed in one day, so he said: "No problem, you can discuss it slowly." However, there is one thing that this town would like to remind you that our army is still lacking a lot of materials, which are related to the speed of the reorganization of our Hanwei Army and the key to the success or failure of Tuntian. But rest assured, this town will not let you suffer, and these materials will be converted into the principal paid by you to the Hanwei army. ”

"No problem!"

"The villain will go back and prepare a batch of farm tools to send."

"The villain has iron materials, and he will send a batch to Mr. Liu in two days."

The dozen or so businessmen agreed one after another, and after being polite to Liu Yunwei, they all said goodbye and went back.

Liu Yunwei saw that the matter was over, so he wanted to say goodbye to the prefect of Tongzhou, and took Yuan Mingxuan and Sun Yuanhua back to Tongzhou Daying. At this moment, Wen Poyu, who had left with the army earlier, suddenly returned to the city tower, his face was very ugly.

Liu Yunwei couldn't help but sink in his heart when he saw this, and looked at each other with Yuan Mingxuan and Sun Yuanhua, and the faces of the three of them were cloudy and very ugly. The prefect of Tongzhou also saw something, and stood aside and looked at Liu Yunwei and the others.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yunwei asked in a deep voice.

Wen Poyu came to Liu Yunwei and said in a voice that was almost crying: "Big brother, the Ministry of War has sent an urgent document of 800 li, asking our Hanwei Army to immediately send troops to the Xuanwu Gate in the capital to listen to the dispatch. ”

"What the hell is going on!" At this time, Liu Yunwei already had a very bad idea in his heart.

"Your Majesty is dead!"