On the fourth day of the first month of the eighteenth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao held the first military parade since he succeeded to the throne at Chengtianmen.

The first thing that was held on the day was the ceremony of worshiping the heavens and worshipping the ancestors, after the ceremony was completed, Zhu Youxiao led the ministers to participate in the military parade at Chengtianmen, and at this time a large number of people had gathered outside Chengtianmen, this was the first time that the military parade was open to the people, and the military parade before Zhu Youxiao was absolutely forbidden for ordinary people to watch, so the parade attracted a large number of people.

The official military parade begins at two o'clock, first the official of the Ministry of Rites reads out the notice of the military parade, and after the notice is read out, the military parade really begins.

The first army to enter the field was the army of the Han generals, and in the Ming Dynasty, the Han generals were the title of the palace guards of the Ming Dynasty, subordinate to the Jinyi Guard, a total of 1,507 people. The Han generals had a bit of a guard of honor in the Ming Dynasty, "taking the tall ones as the palace guards, and the capital was spectacular", it can be said that every Han general is a tall and mighty person.

There are a total of 1,000 and 2 Han generals who participated in the parade, and the two people at the forefront of the team are holding a five-clawed golden dragon flag, one is holding a military flag, and the other 1,000 people are holding golden melons, wearing gold armor, wearing red tasseled iron helmets, and wearing bows and arrows, which is the standard equipment of the Han generals.

This parade only took the pace of marching, and did not step forward, which was mainly due to the fact that the army did not promote the positive steps of later generations, but after the army entered the parade area, in addition to the action will change, in order to increase the momentum, the Metropolitan Governor's Office added two slogans, one is "Loyal to the Empire!" Another sentence is "Loyal to Your Majesty!" ”。

The second entry is the infantry team of the Beijing Governor's Mansion, the infantry wear military uniforms made of wool, this time the military uniform has changed greatly compared with the past, completely using the modern military uniform design, the upper body is short, the length is only to the hips, cancel the forging cloth and other designs. It's a bit of a fancy dress in this era, but so many people wear it together at a military parade ceremony, which has a strong visual impact on onlookers.

"Your Majesty, this dress seems to be a little ......" Sun Chengzong didn't know how to describe it.

"Feels a little weird, doesn't it?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, "In the future, with the application of more powerful firearms, cotton armor and other military uniforms will lose their defensive role and will also be eliminated. ”

"What does Your Majesty mean by this?" Sun Chengzong asked suspiciously.

"My teacher, accompany me to Wang Zheng in two days to have a look." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Hearing Your Majesty say this, the minister is a little impatient." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

"For the time being, cotton armor will not be eliminated, this uniform is only worn in daily life, it is simple and convenient, and soldiers will still wear cotton armor when they go to the battlefield." Zhu Youxiao said.

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After the infantry team of the eight governors participated in the military parade, it was the white pole soldiers and wolf soldiers of the Chengdu Governor's Mansion and the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion.

Next, it was the turn of the dragoons of the Eight Governors' Mansions to appear. After the dragoons, there is the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is unique to the Shenyang Governor's Mansion, and this type of army will gradually be transformed into dragoons.

After the Guanning Iron Cavalry, it is the winged cavalry, the winged cavalry is armored, when participating in the parade, the wings are also put on wings, the wings are fixed on the saddle, after entering the parade area, the wings are trotting and sprinting, when sprinting, the wings make a loud noise, causing a cheer at the scene.

"Mighty, mighty!"

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!" The onlookers shouted.

"Once the results of Wang Zheng's research can be put into practice, I may have to remove the winged cavalry, and only keep the five thousand winged cavalry in the Jingshi Governor's Mansion." Zhu Youxiao said softly.

"What exactly did Wang Zheng invent over there? It can bring such a big change to the army of the Empire. Qin Liangyu couldn't help but ask.

"This matter is a top secret of the Empire, this is not a place to speak, I will take you to see it in two days." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao's words made the thoughts of many people present drift to Wang Zheng.

After the hussars are the palace guards, the palace guards are all female soldiers, female soldiers appeared at the parade, so that the scene erupted into greater cheers, the uniforms of female soldiers are also made of woolen velvet, using waist and other designs, making it very close-fitting, looking very beautiful and temperamental.

The palace guards were followed by artillery, and many of the imperial artillery pieces were displayed at the parade, and finally the navy appeared, and several governors with a navy sent teams over.

The parade was followed by a large-scale military dance performance, which was also jointly completed by the Metropolitan Government and the Royal Academy of Arts, and mobilized thousands of people. Zhu Youxiao replaced the confrontation between the two armies with dance.

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And when Zhu Youxiao held a military parade, Itakura Shigemasa, who was in charge of suppressing the Shimabara Rebellion, launched a third attack on Shimabara. The attack was hastily launched by Shigemasa Itakura. After Itakura Shigemasa failed to attack Shimabara twice, the shogunate lost trust in Itakura Shigemasa, and the shogunate decided to send Matsudaira Nobutsuna to replace Itakura Shigemasa, and in order to prove his ability, Itakura Shigemasa decided to take Shimabara before Matsudaira Nobutsuna arrived in Kyushu.

In this battle, Itakura Shigemasa took the lead and led a large army to storm Shimabara, but was killed by a stray bullet. In this battle, not only Itakura Shigemasa was killed, but also nearly 4,000 people were lost.

After Matsudaira Nobutsuna arrived in Kyushu, he regrouped his army, this time gathering 120,000 troops, and the Satsuma clan sent 30,000 troops, while the Shimabara Yoshitsuna army was now less than 20,000 people. Taking the defeat of Itakura Shigemasa as a lesson, Matsudaira Nobutsuna changed his tactics and besieged rather than attacked, trying to wait for the city to run out of food, and the rebel army would automatically collapse.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's strategy was exactly what Yan Siqi needed, and this time more than half of the armies of the Kyushu domains had been assembled in Shimabara.

"I propose to cancel the plan to land in Nagasaki, and I propose to land directly in Shimabara, and my 30,000 troops in the coalition army can be used as an internal response, and the inside and outside should be combined to annihilate Matsudaira Nobutsuna's army in one fell swoop." Zheng Zhilong said.

"There is a variable here, there are still 20,000 rebels in Shimabara, and if there is a riot outside the city, Shimabara's 20,000 rebels take the opportunity to attack, which may change the situation. I think I can send someone to contact Amakusa Shiro first and agree to act together. Wang Yingshen suggested.

(End of chapter)