Chapter 23: Military Parade

Li Chunye, who is also the commander of the three battalions of the Beijing Division, accompanied by Lin Guotai, the right governor of the five military battalions, came to the Fenwu battalion for a military parade. He was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, both upright and sophisticated, so he prospered in the political arena of the late Ming Dynasty. Originally, he paraded in the order of the local army, the Shenji battalion, the 3,000 battalion, and the 5th military battalion, but Qin Yongnian reluctantly let him go to the Fenwu battalion for a separate parade through Lin Guotai's recommendation.

A few days ago, he looked at the local army, the Shenji battalion, and the 3,000 battalion, Li Chunye frowned, as a civilian military secretary, he knew that political corruption had deeply affected the barracks, listless soldiers, indifferent and low morale, and the corruption in the Ming military was naked in front of him. Although the officers tried to disguise themselves hoarsely, and the soldiers tried to hold back their yawns to appear brave and powerful, he was still worried, knowing the art of military affairs.

Zhu Youzhen took the soldiers under the parade platform, Qin Yongnian stood on the parade platform with Li Chunye and Lin Guotai, although he had an irrational trust in Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youzhen was a minor after all, "he didn't have a * on his lips, and he couldn't do things well", his heart was still uneasy, but he didn't participate in politics, and he was not a flattering person, and he didn't demand the results of the parade too much. Lin Guotai is purely for Qin Yongnian's request, and his army knows that these soldiers who can't eat enough and haven't been to the front line for many years, how good can the military look be? Li Chunye stood on the parade platform and didn't say a word, his mood was like that of the soldiers he had been reading in the past few days, and he was completely forced to cheer up when he couldn't keep his spirits up.

A group of 100 soldiers, led by an officer, walked into the arena from the right side with their heads held high and walked all the way to the center of the parade ground. A neat step, a strong arm, a grim countenance, and a gaze that never squints......

The whole team stood in the middle of the field, not moving, only the gentle spring breeze blowing the soldiers' hair. The officer leading the team ran to Zhu Youzhen, raised his hand and saluted: "Report to Staff Officer Wang, the first infantry team of the Fenwu Battalion has been assembled and is in the field, please instruct." ”

Zhu Youzhen also trotted up to the parade platform, and also raised his hand to salute: "Report to Lord Shangshu, the first team of the Fenwu Battalion has been assembled, and I request the parade to begin." ”

Li Chunye saw a group of soldiers from the Fenwu Battalion appear, his eyes became bright, he was staring at the soldiers on the parade ground, Zhu Youzhen's words made him stunned, he didn't hear the specific content at all, Lin Guotai went up and whispered, Li Chunye came to his senses, "Agreed, the parade officially began." ”

Zhu Youzhen trotted down the parade platform again, came to the officer, and stood upright: "The parade has officially begun, and the first infantry team has come out. Then he waved and saluted and exited the parade ground from the left side.

The lead officer turned to the left and ran back to his position.

"Stand upright, turn to the right, start to go." Hundreds of soldiers, divided into ten teams, each team of ten people, is walking to the front of the parade platform, each soldier's left leg, right leg, left arm, right arm, neatly aligned, no matter from which direction, it seems to be the same person, but the queue of 100 people, and more magnificent than one person walking, the soldiers' feet, is also loud, but also adds to the collective momentum.

The second group of soldiers, also a hundred, ten rows and ten columns.

"Stand upright, take a break, turn to the left, turn backwards, turn to the right, take three steps to the front - walk ......" In the leader's command, the soldiers moved neatly, held their heads high, and did not squint, sometimes under the command of the leader, they became five teams, and sometimes they were reduced to ten teams, and there was no sense of solemnity and stagnation......

The third team of 100 infantrymen, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, strutted forward, led by the leader, walked past the parade platform without any stagnation.

The fourth team of 100 infantrymen, holding guns in both hands, the tips of the guns pointed diagonally upwards to the sky, also walked forward without stopping, walking past the parade platform.

The fifth team of infantry, which is a special combat team, entered neatly with short knives at their waists and hips. They did not wear the armor of the Ming army, but a set of grass-green military uniforms.

"Spread out forward, backward, left and right!"

As soon as the leader gave the order, the soldiers scattered and separated, but the queue was not chaotic, there were still ten rows and ten columns, but the distance between each soldier increased a lot.

"Sing the military song!"

The soldiers sang in unison the military song taught by Zhu Youzhen:

"The wolf smoke rises

Looking north

Dragon Rises

The horse hissed

The sword aura is like frost

………………

How many siblings are buried in their bones

What a pity to die to repay the family and country

Bear with me

More speechless

Blood and tears filled his eyes

The horseshoe went south

People look north

People look north

The grass is green and yellow

Dusty

I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory

The dignified Ming wants to let the Quartet

Come to congratulate. ”

While singing, he demonstrated a set of military boxing designed by Zhu Youzhen, and the movements were scattered but not chaotic, which looked majestic.

At the end of the paragraph, at the sound of the leader's command, the soldiers drew their swords at the same time, "...... I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory, and the Ming Dynasty will let the Quartet come to congratulate. "The last five moves are Zhu Youzhen's virtual pole knife technique: full of gold and jade, chiseling for sightseeing, seeing Su grabbing arms, big sound and hope, and anger Yin and Yang.

At the end of the song, the soldiers put away their daggers, regrouped, and slowly exited......

Li Chunye was still immersed in the high-pitched rhythm, unaware that the soldiers had already exited......

"The first cavalry is in!" Zhu Youzhen shouted in a low voice, making the flag move, the war drums urging, and the sound of horses' hooves of "got, got" came from far and near.

Hundreds of people and hundreds of horses, flying fast. Every ten riders in a row, forming a "one" queue, marching neatly, to the parade platform, abruptly stopped, standing still. But as soon as he saw the flag waved, the hundred people and hundreds of horsemen immediately turned around, and the rear team changed into the front team, neatly formed into "one", and left without dust......

If the cavalry wants to advance in a "one" shape, the speed of the horse must be consistent, and the people must have a tacit understanding, which is much more difficult than the infantry, that is, the Jiannu who has lived on horseback since childhood, and it is also very difficult to find a hundred horsemen to maintain the same speed and run at high speed. Li Chunye was exclaiming, and suddenly saw a person on the right waving the order flag, and immediately there was the sound of horses' hooves, and a group of 20 cavalry cavalry charged in the form of an "arrow" in a queue.

The third group of cavalry, also twenty horsemen, rushed from the front and far away, two rows in parallel, to the parade platform, separated from the ground, and went away in a team on the left and right.

The fourth team of twenty cavalry, divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the left, ten people in each team, entered from the parade platform left and right, rushed over, and when the horse's head was about to collide and everyone was afraid, the rider pulled the reins, and the horses turned at a right angle, becoming two horsemen in each row, and went away in parallel.

The fifth team of 20 cavalry was also divided into two teams, hedged left and right from the front of the parade platform, and then each of the two teams came out with one horse, alternately entered the column, became a team, and ran in a straight line towards the distance ahead...... Although the content of the performance of the fifth team is similar to that of the fourth team, it is alternately ranked, and the riding skills and tacit understanding of the riders are extremely high......

After the performance of the ten teams of soldiers, Zhu Youzhen trotted onto the parade platform again, "Report to Lord Shangshu, the demonstration of the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion is over." ”

Li Chunye was still immersed in the military parade, Lin Guotai was also immersed in the military parade, and even Qin Yongnian was also immersed in the performance of his own soldiers, and no one heard Zhu Youzhen's report.