March 20 of the seventh year of Chongzhen.

The big competition of the Jiangning camp began, and it was a landmark competition.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, officers have always been hereditary, under normal circumstances, there is a strict distinction between the officer's family and the military family, the officer's family, if there is no special circumstances, can be an official for generations, and enjoy the Enke preferential treatment for life, and the soldier's family can only be a soldier for generations, and there are very few who have been promoted for military merit.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, attached great importance to the construction of the army, and he set the four cross guidelines for the construction of the army: the mighty and brave, the strong and resolute heroes, the victory and the superb, the miraculous and the sharp, the wisdom and strategy, the strong and loyal, the courage to be stable, and the fame and greatness. The principle of the Four Crosses focuses on the principles of bravery, resoluteness, fortitude, and loyalty.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the founding emperor of the country, has experienced countless battles, the role of the army, is very clear, as early as the sixth year of Hongwu, he ordered Zhongshu Province, the Dadu Governor's Office, and the Yushitai to jointly formulate a management method for large-scale military training, and every year a large-scale military competition must be held, and the officers and sergeants who fail to pass the competition must be punished accordingly.

It's a pity that by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of system of big martial arts competitions was in vain and had not been implemented for a long time.

Sergeants can be promoted to officers, and there is only one way to establish military exploits, for example, in the Qi Family Army, there are many ordinary sergeants who have been promoted to thousands of households and deputy thousands of households because of their military exploits.

The Jiangning battalion's approach was different, and it was the first time that it was directly promoted to a low-level officer in the form of a large-scale competition.

This great contest in the Jiangning battalion was highly valued, and Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Qin Sande, the eunuch of the town guard, Zhang Taining, the commander of the garrison, Yin Wang Daozhi of Yingtianfu Mansion, and He Yaowu of Yingtianfu Mansion and Ma Jiagan of Tongju. Officers of the two major battalions in Nanjing and above came to visit.

Also receiving the special invitation were Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and Lu Shanji of the Zhongxing Society.

Jiangning County Cheng, Zhu Bo and other officials all arrived at the Jiangning camp.

Fan Jingwen, as the commander of the Jiangning battalion, presided over the opening ceremony as a matter of course.

On the playground, 20,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion. The neat arrangement, including Sun Chuanting, the deputy commander of the Jiangning Battalion, was standing at the front, all of them were dressed in battle robes, and they looked magnificent.

After all, many soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion have experienced the baptism of war, and the momentum revealed by their bodies is very terrifying, and many people come to visit. There was a look of horror on his face, such a momentum, they hadn't seen it for a long time.

The officers of the two battalions in Nanjing were most shocked.

The Jiangning battalion is famous, but the officers of the two battalions are a little unconvinced, and they believe that the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion are just lucky. In addition, the treatment is in place, and the soldiers can be fed and clothed. can support his family, work the battlefield, and if he is a sergeant with him, he can also have sufficient military salary, and he can still do it.

Seeing the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion in front of them, the officers of the two battalions were silent.

The temperament of a soldier. Some things can be faked, and some things can't be faked.

Let's just say that the standing posture of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion is not something that the sergeants of the two battalions can do, with their chests and stomachs straightened and their eyes looking straight ahead. Standing in place like a nail, no matter whether it is a storm, lightning and thunder, motionless, this seemingly simple action, if you want to persist for a long time, without hard training, without strict military discipline, it cannot be done.

Half an hour has passed, and 20,000 soldiers have maintained one posture and stood neatly.

Besides, the eyes of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion and the temperament revealed on their bodies have a kind of domineering spirit, and Mount Tai doesn't care about it.

It is conceivable that if someone asked these soldiers to charge, they would definitely not frown and would not hesitate.

It's already a strong team.

The officers of the two battalions had seen some of the world, and they were by no means the straw bales that some people understood, and they had also been sent to the north to face the rogues, and they had also trained the sergeants themselves.

The opening ceremony is scheduled for the hour.

The sky is not beautiful, the sky is gloomy early in the morning, the spring rain is as expensive as oil, it is the busy season of farming, if you can make a rain, it is a good thing, but for the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who are preparing to start a big competition, there is still some trouble.

At three o'clock, the rain began to fall.

The sergeant standing on the playground remained in formation.

Soon the rain began to fall heavily, and the raindrops gradually became connected.

Directly in front of the playground, the temporary wooden platform, Fan Jingwen and others, all stood on the wooden platform.

Civil officials and military generals are different, when it rains, their first feeling is whether they want to take shelter from the rain, that is, the officers of the two battalions, they also want to find a place to hide from the rain, in late spring and early summer, the climate is still a little cold, and the taste of rain is not pleasant.

On top of the wooden platform, there is a covered shed, that is, standing in the middle of the wooden platform, it will not get rain.

But standing in front and behind, not necessarily.

Fan Jingwen needed to preside over the opening ceremony, and he stood in front, letting the rain wet his official uniform, without moving or hiding from the rain.

Su Tiancheng stood on the left side of Fan Jingwen and did not hide from the rain, but he considered that Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and Lu Shanji were older and could not be compared with young people, so they still had to stand in the middle of the wooden platform, as for the officers of the two battalions, including the officials of Jiangning County, there should be nothing special.

Su Tiancheng gave Lan Qiaozheng a look.

Of course, Lan Qiaozheng understood, and hurriedly walked in front of Sun Chengzong and the others, and whispered something.

Unexpectedly, Sun Chengzong unceremoniously refused to stand in the middle of the wooden platform, and he said in his mouth that since he came to Jiangning Camp to visit the big competition, he had to abide by the rules, and there was nothing special.

The implication is that Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, can get drenched in the rain, and he must also insist.

Sun Chengzong said this, not to mention the rest of the people, everyone consciously stood in front, and in the middle of the wooden platform, there was no one left.

The opening ceremony was very simple, Fan Jingwen presided over it, Sun Chuanting announced the rules and system of the big competition, and Su Tiancheng announced the selection measures for officers.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and I don't know what's going on with the road, God seems to be against the Jiangning camp, and in the playground, fog gradually appeared, and the heavy rain accompanied by strong winds spread out in all directions, forming one water circle after another.

This scene is extremely similar to the scene when the Qi family's army went to the north to the border.

Such a heavy rain is still harmful to the body, Sun Chengzong and others, after all, they are old, they have been in the rain for a long time, if they have a cold or a cold, it will be a big deal, Su Tiancheng and Lan Qiaozheng kept persuading, Sun Chengzong and others reluctantly agreed, and stood in the middle of the wooden platform.

Su Tiancheng also mentioned to Fan Jingwen, whether to go to the middle of the wooden platform to hide from the rain, Fan Jingwen did not speak, and pointed to the soldiers standing in the middle of the playground, Su Tiancheng immediately shut up and stopped talking.

The rain was very strange, and at the end of the opening ceremony, the rain stopped.

And, the sun is out.

Regarding the rules of the big competition, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion are all knowledgeable, and this ceremony is held because Fan Jingwen and others attach great importance to the Jiangning Battalion, and if it is according to Su Tiancheng's intentions, there is no need for such an opening ceremony.

After the opening ceremony, the first project, 20,000 soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion, lined up past the rostrum to be reviewed.

This program was designed by Su Tiancheng, in fact, the training of the queue has become the basic training course of the Jiangning Battalion.

Sun Yuankun and others once didn't understand the queue training, thinking that it didn't have much effect, and their reason was that they had to line up the queue when they went to the battlefield. But Su Tiancheng still insisted that the Jiangning battalion must conduct queue training.

Su Tiancheng remembered that no matter which country's army is, it is necessary to do a good job in queue training, and the reason for this is that queue training can strictly enforce military discipline, increase the cohesion of the army, boost morale, and more intuitively show the majesty and majesty of the army.

Sure enough, as Sun Chuanting's order was issued, the 20,000 soldiers quickly began to line up and began to pass through the bottom of the wooden platform in turn. The infantry battalion, the law enforcement battalion, the Shenji battalion, and the Jianrui battalion are all foot soldiers, walking in front, and the cavalry battalion, forward battalion, and pro-soldier battalion are all cavalry.

The momentum of the queue is indeed unusual.

20,000 soldiers, forming a hundred phalanxes, passed through the wooden platform in turn and were reviewed.

When passing through the front of the wooden platform, the soldiers of the phalanx, under the command of the officers, shouted the slogan in unison: Daming is mighty.

Everyone on the wooden platform stood in front, they were shocked by this momentum, even Fan Jingwen didn't expect that the Jiangning camp actually had such a neat phalanx, this is a new thing, I have never seen it, but when every phalanx walked under the stage and shouted slogans in his mouth, Fan Jingwen felt his blood boiling.

He looked at Su Tiancheng, and he didn't know how many things were in his mind that this young man actually came up with such a training method, not to mention, this is really exciting.

As for the officers of the two battalions, they are stunned at the moment, they have been in the army for almost their whole lives, and they have never felt such momentum, this is an indescribable impulse, looking at such an army, you can feel pride.

A hundred phalanxes passed through the wooden platform, and it was already three quarters of the hour.

Including the opening ceremony, nearly two hours have passed.

Write it down, and the sergeant can prepare for a quarter of an hour and immediately start the big contest.

The law enforcement battalions have already begun to get busy, and they do not have time to rest.

Sun Chengzong walked to Su Tiancheng's side.

"Master Su, the momentum of Jiangning Camp is extraordinary, the old man feels his blood boiling, if he is younger, he can't wait to go down and go along."

Fan Jingwen stood next to him with a smile on his face.

"Master Su, today's arrangement is indeed good, I think this kind of way can be promoted." (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )