The military attaches on both sides were tense, and Tang Ruowang was also sweating profusely.

These bastard officers, one by one, should be hung from the mast.

In fact, which one of them didn't come here for money? But at this time, for the sake of the same sense of honor as a damn pirate, he actually dared to provoke his cronies and military attachés in front of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Do they think this is the prince of those indigenous countries in the South Seas?

And those Ming military attachés are the leaders of the tribal armed forces in Nanyang? Or else, the chieftains of South America who use stone axes and stone sticks?

"Old Tang, you don't have to worry."

Seeing him like this, Zhu Cihong smiled and waved his hand, and said with a smile: "A soldier must have a little spirit, a little domineering that no one can look down on, otherwise, what is the use." ”

He groaned for a moment, and then said to Gordon, "You are very confident, but I want to know, where is the root of your confidence?" Firepower, platoon training, will to fight? ”

This attitude also made Gordon and others a sign.

In fact, how to behave in front of the crown prince was discussed by these Taixi soldiers when they were in Macau. In this era, these officers were all careerists and adventurers, and their heads were not on their necks, but in their hands.

Since you are already earning life-saving money, you might as well be strong and arrogant in front of the crown prince.

Even if you can't form an army alone, you must try to improve your status in the heart of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, so that you can have the opportunity to make a big profit.

It's just that Zhu Cihong's appearance is very sober and restrained, and the questions are all on point, this layer is very surprising to teach Gordon.

In fact, after arriving at the barracks, the self-confidence of these Europeans has been discounted.

The entire barracks is like a small city, from the outer defense to the planning of the barracks, to the phalanxes of soldiers running in front of their eyes, as well as the decoration of military uniforms, none of which seems to be under the strong European armies at that time.

Joke, at that time, Europe was also an upstart in front of China, and it just meant that it was just a bit of a catch-up with China.

"We have sophisticated firearms, and as for the will to fight, we say that we train regularly, so naturally we don't need to mention more."

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly and said, "Since it is said that firearms are strong, then, let's try out firearms." ”

After that, he turned to Wei Yue and asked, "Call twenty firecrackers." ”

Wei Yue understood, nodded, and strode away.

The prince wanted to personally inspect the firecracker, and it was a contest with the newly arrived red-haired fan, and for a while, the news in the military camp spread far and wide, almost causing a stir. It's just that the military discipline is strict, and no one dares to move lightly without the permission of the officials.

"Order, each battalion entered the shooting range in turn, sat and watched the shooting."

Although he felt the unhappiness of the local government reform in Shanyang County, Zhu Cihong was still in a good mood, and there was nothing great about it, just find the crux of the problem and solve it.

If you want to expect that if you give an order, Da Ming will solve it immediately, that's funny.

The prince gave the order, and the officers of the general towns of the associations were close in front of them, and they also gave orders at the moment, so the whistle in the army did not stop, the flags waved non-stop, and then they assembled according to the battalions, and a large number of new army officers and soldiers were smiling, and each of them showed an excited expression while running.

Of course, no one dared to speak and talk.

That's it, when a battalion of more than 1,000 people rumbled over, the faces of these red-haired people in front of them were still pale.

When they first entered, they only saw a small number of new troops, and the area inside and outside the camp gate was wide, which was where the cavalry of the new army practiced horseback riding.

This group of ghosts saw that the soldiers of the Ming army couldn't even ride horses, and were practicing getting on and off their horses, so they laughed and fell down one by one, feeling that the Ming army was not enough, and it could be combined with the previously established impression, and there was a feeling that it was really so.

The arrogance of Gordon's gang was also bred a little more after seeing the cavalry training.

Of course, they didn't know that the entire battalion was 40,000 people, and the cavalry was only more than one-tenth, and most of them were newly recruited, and practicing riding was the first lesson that these peasant children had to go through, and those who had passed the preliminary qualification like Lu Dalei no longer had to practice dismounting.

At this time, Zhu Cihong gave an order, the flags of the various standard associations were unfurled, the officers of each battalion gathered their subordinates, and more than 1,000 people trotted over with neat steps.

Even John Tong and other missionaries were very surprised, and some of them had just come from the Nanyang area, and they were even more incredible. They had seen too many of the deadly barbarians in South Asia and South America with their noses pierced and lazy black and dirty, and they were already very surprised by South China, but these missionaries were also suspicious of the fighting power of the [***] team.

After all, in the past few decades, Jesu will collect a lot of information about China, the Ming Dynasty has been defeated repeatedly in the north, and has been beaten all over the ground by a small tribe of barbarians, and now that Lianyan Kyoto has been lost, it must be miserable and depressed to the extreme.

If you came here with this kind of thought, it is not surprising that you will be countered at this time.

The army of nearly 40,000 people, dressed in the same clothes, all gray pants and boots, all of them ran in unison, full of masculinity and rhythmic beauty, and when they arrived at the designated place, the officers gave an order, supplemented by a whistle, these soldiers automatically dispersed the whole team, vacated a suitable space, and then put down the small stool they brought with them...... Such an army, not to mention South America or anything, even in European countries, is unheard of.

Fortunately, the shooting range is very large, because not only to shoot ordinary firearms, but also to prepare for the trial of various types of artillery, not far from the shooting range, that is, the miscellaneous bureau and the needle work bureau, of course, the most important battle bureau and firearms bureau are not far from here, and it will be very convenient to try out firearms.

At the sharp whistle, the faces of Gordon and his gang gradually turned pale.

The army in front of him, although bare-handed, is in such an orderly manner...... Behind Gordon, a big, red-haired officer spat on the ground, "Fuck, this is what you call the yellow-skinned monkey half-barbarian army?" ”

Someone starts and someone follows: "Oh, this is the country where a few thousand Spaniards can do it?" ”

"Gordon, did your king burn out his brain at that time?"

Although looking at the past from the side of the Ming people, this Taixi people are all a German surname, most of them are yellow-haired, there are also some red and brown hair, and then the complexion on the face is white and scary, but there are any countries that have gone to the Far East to adventure, of course, it is mainly the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries, and Britain has also come from behind, but the British Empire has no foothold in Asia at that time, and India has just begun to pass through, so there are hundreds of Taisi people here, and there are few British.

However, it was a few Englishmen who spoke and mocked, and they took the opportunity to mock them, and if they had changed places, the Spaniards would have to fight them, but for now, Gordon just glared and said: "What's the use of having too many people, it's just a group of half-civilized barbarians wielding spears." ”

On the level of firearms, in fact, there are countless types of firearms recorded in the Ming Dynasty's military records, but when it comes to quality, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, it is a miserable one.

Gordon's understanding of the firearms of the Ming army mainly came from the sea bandits and the garrisons in the Liangguang and Fujian areas, where there were only a few limited quality bird guns, the charges and projectiles were very limited, and the lethality must be within 50 meters, and in terms of the training of the Ming army, except for a few geniuses, whether they could fire the guns safely was indeed a questionable thing.

For Gordon, he has an unshakable confidence in firearms.

"Alright, give them a call first."

Since it is a contest of firearms, Zhu Cihong is also very generous, so these European foreign devils will come first. There is no such thing as politeness in their dictionary, and when they heard Zhu Cihong's words, more than a dozen people immediately came out, each holding a very large and extremely long fire gun in their hands.

"This thing seems a bit like carrying a gun."

"Well, the length and weight seem to be much heavier than the bird's gun."

"Let's see how much they use."

Among the Ming army, of course, there are many people who know the goods, and a group of foreign devils took out the guys, which immediately caused a lot of discussions. Gordon and his gang did not know Chinese, and this group of officers had only been in China for a short time and were very conceited, but with an interpreter, the language problem was not big. Hearing the talk of these Ming officers and officers who were interpreters, I was a little unnatural for a while.

But when they took out all the firearms, occupied the target position, and put on the bracket, their confidence also returned to their faces.

Even a group of military attachés of the Pingyu Army who were watching were also in a daze.

The length of the fire gun they used was already older than the bird gun used by the Ming army, and as for the caliber, it was obviously nearly twice as thick as the mouth of the bird gun, and so on more than a dozen foreign devils lay down one by one, and the target position on the opposite side was also fixed, and then it was the charge to fill the medicine, in this process, about hundreds of officers of the Pingyu Army who were qualified to move around were all around, and they carefully observed it on the side with great interest.

After the red flag was unfurled at the shooting range, the foreign devils, including Gordon, lit the fire rope almost at the same time, and after the popping sound and the choking smell of gunpowder, there was a thud and thump.

"Target, Four-Ring, Target, Three-Ring, Target, Seven-Ring......"

It was not too far away, and after reading it, the military attache on the other side of the shooting range first reported the number of target rings, and then scratched his head again, but still shouted loudly: "Your Highness, the planks are broken." ”

There was an uproar in the shooting range as he said in a word, and after Gordon and the others got up, they were all proud.

Zhu Cihong smiled freely, but he was very clear in his heart: "Isn't it the most common heavy fire gun in the Spanish phalanx?" The source is the Mushkert arquebus, which weighs more than 20 catties, and the front end must be stabilized with a wooden fork, otherwise it will not be able to aim at the target at all. ”

He nodded and said to Wei Yue, "Call our fire guns." ”

(To be continued)