The training, which could barely be regarded as a coordinated drill of infantry and artillery, finally ended after half an hour.

Not only the infantry soldiers, but even the artillerymen, all of them were covered in muddy water, and they all looked like mud monkeys.

Unconsciously, I don't know how many officers above the sentry rank came, just standing in the rain, just watching without saying a word.

It is conceivable that after this training attended by the generals of the general town, there is no need to say much about what should happen next.

It is an ordinary soldier of the New Army, who has been in the camp for a few months, eating chickens, ducks, fish, meat and eggs every day, and the New Army has been paid one or two or five times a month for three months, and after one month of division of the army, he will be given a formal military service.

Take the artillery rolling in the rain and concrete in front of him as an example, although it is not easy to get angry in the rain, although it is doubly hard to run back and forth in the rain, although the pressure in my heart is extremely great, we must take into account the comrades of the infantry not to be injured by mistake...... But all the artillery officers and men will never complain half a word.

Undressing, pushing food and eating, the same morality at the top, the same heart at the bottom, and the whole army returning to the heart under a few months, what is this hard work?

And as far as the officers who are watching are concerned, who is not anxious and eager to pull their subordinates to train like this? What is a battlefield and what is a real actual battle, only by walking first under the muzzle of the gun, can you understand it slightly!

Such a good method is also thanks to Wei Zongzhen, who can think of it!

"Pass me the order."

After watching it for a long time, Zhu Cihong was wearing an oil coat, and his whole body was also soaked, but his expression was also very excited.

His generals, his new army soldiers, are worthy of his hard work in the past few months!

He was tired and tired.

He is a human being, not an immortal, and in the past few months, he has fought on the battlefield, in the court, among the people, with salt merchants, with the gentry, and with those filthy officials and servants.

There are few things that go well and many things that do not go well, and when we go back, many administrations have just been carried out, and we are far from harvesting.

And at this moment, a great battle is brewing in the north, which will be the strangulation of hundreds of thousands of people. The winner will take advantage of the aftermath of the great victory, or from Jingxiang down Jiujiang, Taiping, straight into Nanjing, or from Shandong Henan to cross Huai, attack Xu Huai, seize Sizhou, go down to Xuyi, [***], Yangzhou, and directly Ling Nanjing.

It's so tired, people are tired, and the heart is tired.

Fortunately, the cannon sounded in the rain in front of him, and this time the phalanx training was too eye-opening for him, the crown prince. Wei Yue is a few, worthy of his training in the past few months.

Military matters can reassure him.

Of course, he, the crown prince, also has a few things at the bottom of the box, which can also be taken out quickly.

Seeing that Wei Yue and the others were about to disband the phalanx, Zhu Cihong stretched out his hand to make a move, and Liu Zhaohui leaned over to obey the order, but listened to Zhu Cihong's instructions: "Today, the new army of the trained phalanx foot soldiers, everyone will be given meat, until they are full, and half a catty of wine will be given!" ”

Meat is a new army soldiers have not thought that the strange thing, every day can be eaten, but no matter how much is rare, because now the chicken farm and pig farm have just been opened, although there are more than 20 counties in Huaiyang, but the supply of tens of thousands of people to eat meat every day is also very tight, now the camp to buy cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens has to go to Xuzhou and Sizhou, as well as the Jiangnan area to supply, with the whole ship of the whole ship to send. Even so, you can't let go of your belly and eat meat, otherwise, just eating meat will have to eat the business finances.

If you want to let go of your belly, I'm afraid you can only grow up with your own chickens and pigs, and then you can supply as much as possible.

As for wine, it's even more rare. Of course, there is a routine prohibition of alcohol in the army, and it is absolutely impossible for non-commissioned officers to drink alcohol, not to mention ordinary officers and men of the New Army, even military attachés are not allowed to drink alcohol without permission.

In the camp, there are several teams of military justice officers from the Department of Military Justice, patrolling every day, even if they are the general of the town, these military judges directly under the civilian officials have the right to investigate, just to see if the civilian officials above are willing to tear their faces with the general because of trivial matters.

Wang Yuan and other generals often steal a few drinks in the place where they live, but they are not so happy and comfortable to give wine publicly, and of course, there is a rare face.

"Yes, the minister will go and give the order!"

Liu Zhaohui watched such a big scene, and he was also very excited to watch it, and he was also very impressed by Wei Yue and others. Of course, he had formed a deep friendship during the escape, but he had a special status, so it was not easy for him to get too close to Wei Yue and other generals, so as not to attract gossip.

At this time, when he received the order, he was naturally in good spirits, and immediately turned down, asked his own soldiers to bring the horses, and galloped towards the training ground.

"Your Highness, practicing the Fa like this, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!"

Shicai watched the training, all the civil officials were dumbfounded, not knowing what to say, and when the training was over, the phalanx was closed and lined up horizontally, becoming two long columns, everyone was relieved.

At this time, Chen Mingxia came back to his senses and said to Zhu Cihong: "Your Highness, it is easy to be killed and injured in this kind of training, when Shi Caichen looked, there were two cannons that fell in the middle of the formation more than a dozen paces, this is the three-pounder cannon that the Taixi people say, although it is a small artillery suitable for marching, but the power is not small." If the solid bullet of the right talent fell in the middle of the battle, at least a dozen or twenty people would be killed or wounded. If you practice the Fa in this way, you will become an adult for many years, and death and injury will be inevitable. ”

"That's what I said." Hou Fangyu wiped his face, and he didn't know if it was rain or sweat on his face, but he felt that his hands and sleeves were wet.

Chen Mingxia is the first close minister around him, Changshi is not there, and Sima Sun Chuanting is also guarding Xu Town, so among the civil officials around him, Chen Mingxia is the first.

Normally, Zhu Cihong also attaches great importance to this civil official class leader, and he is very polite in his words, but at this time, he shook his head with a smile, and only said: "Baishi, what you are talking about is stupid." ”

"Your Highness, please make it clear."

When Zhu Cihong said this, Chen Mingxia's face was also flushed, if others were said like this, they would definitely be exempted from the crown, and then they would not dare to speak again. However, Chen Mingxia has always been arrogant, and he is very trusted by Zhu Cihong's side, and he is accompanied by him in big and small things, and he is a consultant when he has something, so when he is said like this, not only does he not apologize, but he fights back aggressively.

"How can there be a perfect reason for a fierce soldier to fight dangerously? It is only in this way that soldiers can train their murderous spirit and fierce spirit. Originally, I was still trying to see if there was any way to train a strong army that would not be shocked on the battlefield, and I am afraid that it would be almost the same if I practiced the Fa like this. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong turned his head to look at Chen Mingxia and said with a smile: "Wei Yue and the others, as well as that Taixi Gordon, I have to remember them for a great achievement." ”

Saying this, Chen Mingxia had nothing to say, and when he was embarrassed, he heard Zhu Cihong say again: "However, Baishi, you dare to speak out, say whatever you want, I take you as a person in my heart." ”

This comment was extremely high, Chen Mingxia was overjoyed, and finally got down to the ground and replied, "How dare the minister!" ”

When the two answered, it was inconvenient for the other civil officials to say anything, so they just stood aside silently, and at this time, they were relieved. And Zheng Yuanxun and Feng Kaizhang have a good relationship, and when they heard Zhu Cihong praise him like this, they were very envious.

In the past, the era when cloth clothes could be exchanged with the chief military officer on an equal footing is probably gone.

The crown prince re-established the town in Huaiyang, and implemented the civil governor in Fujian and Zhejiang to lead the army, but the main thing was to suppress the arrogant generals, but not to encourage the civilian officials to insult the military generals.

At least, here in the camp, the divisions are the third grade, the chief military officers of the garrison towns are also the third grades, and the chief military officers of the towns are the second grades, and only the future commander-in-chief plus the general and the governor of the five armies are the first grade.

However, although the rank of military attache has been lowered, it is a confrontation with the civil officials, which is an edict of the prince, and no one can disobey it. Among the divisions, there are many civil officials of the fifth or sixth grade, and when they encounter military attaches of the same grade, they must give way, and when they encounter the general of the general town, they must lead the horse to give way.

This regulation made many Jiangnan civil officials who went north very unsatisfied, but there was nothing they could do.

As he spoke, Liu Zhaohui rode to the school grounds, and during the training, the generals were not allowed to ride horses, so from the onlookers to the generals and soldiers participating in the training, they were all shocked, and when they saw that it was the pipe band of the direct guard battalion galloping wildly, they were even more surprised.

In the rain curtain, Liu Zhaohui couldn't hide a smile on his face, first slowly looked at everyone, and then said loudly: "Your Highness gave the soldiers participating in the training wine and meat, the meat can be eaten as much as you like, and the wine is half a catty per person...... Color-eyed military attache Gordon, promoted from the sentry commander to the officer, all the soldiers, thank you! ”

"Ministers, thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Heavenly Grace!"

"Thank you!"

As soon as the order was given, it was natural that the whole army was happy, and even the military attachés who were watching from the sidelines were all jealous. After returning to the camp for a while, the soldiers of the two battalions participating in the training will of course be very proud, and under their own command, I am afraid that they will make trouble.

And all the sergeants and generals also saw Zhu Cihong watching from a distance at this time, all the soldiers participating in the training were full of flying light, feeling very proud, and the military attachés of each battalion who couldn't take their turn were anxiously scratching their ears and cheeks, eager to pull their subordinates over now and show their martial bravery in front of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Zhu Cihong's military heart has become unmovable.

It is hoped that the Firearms Bureau will hurry up to cast more cannons, and as soon as the artillery artillery battalions and teams receive more artillery, the infantry battalions will naturally have more opportunities to participate in training.

"The military heart is available."

Wei Yue looked around, he was expressionless under the shells, and after the training, the sentry officers and team officers commented on the performance of the soldiers, and some of the new army officers and soldiers who stepped on the wrong drum or were afraid of retreating were severely reprimanded, and he didn't say anything. As the general of the town, as long as you take the lead, you don't have to do everything.

At this time, seeing that the prince was there in person, and the reward of cow wine was obviously very much in agreement with today's matter, he couldn't help but nod and smile, and said to Feng Kaizhang: "Your Highness is really interested in the array, it seems that Gordon is really right." ”

There are a lot of Taixi people in this group, many of them are still guests, and there are some such as Gordon, who directly entered the Ming military as a military attaché, and there are not a few days in the camp, seeing the prince's intentions to practice the array, and bluntly explaining the essence and discernment of the western Thai formation, and the courage to move forward in the formation with artillery, this time directly from the sentry officer to the team officer, straight to the third level, the prince's intentions and practices, that is, it is obvious, there is no need to guess.

(To be continued)