Zhou Shixiang is scheduled to parade in the Yuexiu camp tomorrow, and invites the Tang King to watch the ceremony with the officials of the imperial court and the people of Guangzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Most of the Northern Expeditionary Army was concentrated in Lianzhou, Yangshan, Qingyuan and other places, and now only the third town and the fifteenth town are stationed in Guangzhou. The cavalry of the first brigade of the new town of the auxiliary minister. Zhou Shixiang made arrangements and ordered the third town and the fifteenth town to draw one brigade each tomorrow, together with the cavalry of the new town, plus his own iron man guard to form eight phalanxes for exercise. Dong Changqing, an officer of the Ministry of War, suggested that 500 cadets from the military training institute and 500 young soldiers from the junior battalion could be transferred to participate in the exercise, and then the artillery of the third and fifteenth towns could be combined into an artillery phalanx.

Zhou Shixiang adopted Dong Changqing's suggestion and ordered the generals and the military department to prepare. Dong Changqing's side also organized people to go to the Yuexiu camp overnight to build a high platform for military parade and ceremonies. Before Song Xianggong went to the palace, he said to Zhou Shixiang worriedly, hastily performing a military parade, before the whole training, the team will see if it will be scattered, don't lose momentum, and make hundreds of officials laugh, whether to postpone the Northern Expedition for a few days, and wait for the soldiers to complete their training before performing the military parade.

Zhou Shixiang smiled, so that Song Xianggong didn't have to worry too much. At present, all towns have a tight grasp of military training, and the newly recruited recruits and those who have surrendered from the Qing army have been beaten out with big sticks, that is, they are not trained intensively, and they are allowed to go according to their usual training, which can be called a mighty and majestic army.

Song Xianggong basically didn't ask about the affairs of the army, and when he saw Zhou Shixiang's confidence, he also put his mind at ease, and entered the palace with Yuan Kuoyu to inform the Tang King of the Taiping Army's military performance in the Yuexiu camp tomorrow and swore to the Northern Expedition, and proposed to invite the Tang King to watch the ceremony and see off the soldiers of the three armies.

During the last prison ceremony, Zhou Shixiang had invited the Tang King to parade at the east gate, when the second auxiliary Lian Chengbi and others proposed that this move was not in line with the system, and afterwards there were discussions that His Royal Highness the Prison State emphasized martial arts and light scholars, which made the Tang King extremely unhappy, plus the pro-army around him were all people of the Taiping Army, and Zhou Shixiang used to suppress the common people and gentry officials was the pro-army, so he was quite dissatisfied with the Taiping Army. However, after Song Xianggong explained his intentions, Tang Wang agreed to this request without hesitation, and was gladly willing to go to the camp to watch the troops see off the soldiers on the Northern Expedition. The Northern Expedition is related to whether Zhu Ming's Jiangshan Sheji can be restored, and whether the ancestral foundation can survive, and the Tang King is dissatisfied with Zhou Shixiang, and he will never chill Zhou Shixiang's heart at this moment. Regardless of whether Zhou Shixiang is the second Sun Kewang, at this time, he is the heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the only person that the Tang King can believe in and have high hopes.

After Song Xianggong and others retreated, King Tang even asked the princess to make a robe overnight, and put it on for Zhou Shixiang tomorrow with his own hands, so as to make a strong reputation. The princess was also excited, and said that she might as well let the palace ladies embroider the clothes, so that the generals could have one tomorrow, so that it could also show the sincere and high hopes of His Royal Highness for the soldiers. King Tang agreed with a smile, but felt that it was inappropriate, so he found Pan Yinglong, the eunuch of the ceremony, and asked him what to prepare.

Pan Yinglong spent his early years in the inner court of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and knew a lot about the etiquette system, and he said to Tang Wang, he might as well give Zhou Shixiang gold armor, Shang Fang sword, give the leading generals silver armor, and then give the soldiers clothes, and finally give wine and food.

Giving gold armor and silver armor can make it difficult for the Tang King, he has just been in charge of the country, and the palace should be all grass, where to find any gold armor and silver armor. It was still the idea given by Pan Yinglong, and he ordered someone to go to Zhou Shixiang's Yueguo Mansion to find dozens of pieces of armor, and then one was painted with gold paint, and the rest was painted with silver paint to show the armor of gold and silver. In terms of soldiers' clothing, it is symbolic to ask Zhou Shixiang for a hundred new military uniforms, and Shang Fangjian is to take a sword that Shang Kexi used back then, and finally the wine and food should be given beef, but Guangdong prohibits the slaughter of cultivated cattle, so the Guangzhou government was ordered to kill dozens of fat pigs overnight, and prepared a hundred jars of liquor for tomorrow's reward.

King Tang kept sending people over to ask for this and that, Zhou Shixiang also felt funny, a little bit of a feeling of smashing his own pocket to make Tang Wang a man, but he was not disgusted, and ordered people to prepare one by one. In addition, at the suggestion of Hong Yuao, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, the Tang Dynasty issued an edict to re-establish the post of Metropolitan Governor abolished during the Hongwu period to confer Zhou Shixiang, and at the same time add Zhou Shixiang as the crown prince Taibao and grant the seal of the general.

This matter made Zhou Shixiang quite surprised, to know that the governor of Hongwu was posthumously crowned the king of Zhongshan Xu Da, and later because the power of the governor was too heavy, Emperor Taizu abolished the prime minister system at the same time, the governor of the capital was changed to the governor's office of the five armies, and the descendants of the descendants were not allowed to recover, how is it that now the Tang king will restore the governor again, and grant himself?

Zhou Shixiang was puzzled.

Gui Yongzhi guessed that Tang Wang wanted Zhou Shixiang to learn from Xu Da and be Xu Da. As for the restoration of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, this is originally a dispensable thing, and now the military and political affairs are all from Zhou Shixiang's Military Marshal's Mansion, and whether there is a Metropolitan Governor is the same thing, but it is just to let the other name of the Yueguo Mansion's Military Marshal's Mansion have one more title of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Zhou Shixiang thought about it carefully and felt that Gui Yongzhi guessed well, Tang Wang wanted to be Xu Da by himself.

On this night, in addition to the uninformed people in Guangzhou, the yamen of all sizes were very lively, and the Yuexiu camp outside the city was also very busy.

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The next day, the king of Tang took the cabinet and six important ministers to the Yuexiu camp to watch the ceremony. After the palace storming case, there are almost no officials in the court who dare to oppose Zhou Shixiang, and those who dare to oppose are now locked up in prison, waiting for the trial and conviction. Looking at the court, now only one of the second assistant is still stubbornly insisting on "fighting alone", but obviously the arrest of Zhang Xiaoqi and others made the second assistant realize that he can't fight hard with Zhou Shixiang, so he was very smart and did not object to the Tang King coming to the military camp to watch the ceremony, nor did he say anything strange, and he was also prepared to come to watch the ceremony early.

As before, the second assistant's face was not good-looking, and he followed behind King Tang gloomily, and Song Xianggong and Ding Zhixiang around him didn't say a word, Guo Zhiqi He didn't pay attention to it, but he could say a few words with Hong Yuao.

On the viewing platform that was hastily built overnight by the Yuexiu camp, Tang Wang stood at the front, and Zhou Shixiang and Guo Zhiqi stood on both sides. Members of the cabinet and the six officials, officials and their families of the Yamen of the Great and Small Nine Secretaries, and military families of the Taiping Army were placed on one side. The camp was open to the people, and the people who came to see the excitement were blocked from the safe area, and a road about 200 steps wide was set aside in the middle for the parade soldiers to enter the place.

At that time, the king of the white robe and the yellow horse. On behalf of the Taiping Army, the auxiliary ministers galloped under the viewing platform and raised their voices to ask for an order: "Please send a military parade to His Royal Highness!" ”

Tang Wang nodded excitedly, Zhou Shixiang waved his big hand, and the war drums suddenly sounded in unison, accompanied by the desolate horn sound, a burst of neat and dull steps sounded, and more than 10,000 soldiers entered the drill in turn, shouting to kill the heavens. In the end, the vibration sound on the ground when the eight hundred iron guards entered the stadium made Tang Wang even more excited, and he only hoped that this strong army could win a great victory in the Northern Expedition, recover the southern capital, recover Xiaoling, and recover the Beijing Division....

At the end of the parade, Hong Shiming, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, climbed on the high platform and read out the Northern Expedition in a loud voice.

"On the ninth day of the seventh month of the thirteenth year of the Yongli of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Tang said in Guangzhou: Now it is called Manchuria, and this state belongs to Yi. Raised by my imperial ancestors, he lived in Liaozuo. Xiqia breeding, after 200 years, is not generous! However, the dogs and sheep are repeatedly reversed; He didn't want to repay the reward, but he became an enemy. The old slaves set up chaos in Liaodong, and the people were left behind; Hong Tai sowed poison in the country, and Li Shu was scattered. As for the blessed (pro) chief, take advantage of my difficulties, dare to recommend food. Between the mountains and the sea, Shenjing was occupied; Flying across the side of the river, the three emperors are covered with dust. And when Hu Qifu arrived, he was slaughtered. Father and son mourned, husband and wife were incomplete. In the past, all the places of beauty have become ghost domains; The land of string songs, all the ruins. and ruined my garments, and chopped my hair. So the descendants of Yan Huang and Miao, everyone is left; Yao seals the Yu soil, and it is fishy everywhere. If you see it first, won't you cry bitterly in Jiuyuanhu?!

Fortunately, the ancestors have relics, and the Ming Dynasty has an endless ancestry; In addition, the people's hearts are in Han, and China has a reason to do so. Last year, the victory of Chaozhou, the pseudo-king conferred the head; In the first battle of Liuzhou this spring, a group of thieves ambushed him. In the past two years, the three provinces of Guangdong, Guihu and Guangzhou have been restored; Within ten months, 100,000 true and false captives were killed. Today, the captives are declining, sitting in the corner of the swallow, and everyone is ugly and panicked. This is actually a good opportunity to clear the sea and sweep away the dust.

Today, he ordered the Duke of Yue and the general Zhou to take 300,000 soldiers on land and water, and swore to the Northern Expedition. In the next day, Kuang will recover the three Chu and take the southern capital directly; The dung is removed from the smell and worships the filial piety tomb. comfort the spirit of the emperor in the sky; The hope of the recovery of the next father. Later, he raised troops to the north to kill the murderers; Directly smash the Yellow Dragon and destroy the Huns. Wouldn't it be nice to welcome the Son of Heaven back to Shenjing and Fu Li to share the peace?!

In the Northern Civil and Military Officers, the Ming Dynasty is a child, the time is poor, the commission is a prisoner, Char is in his own heart, and he would rather have no forbearance? If the conscience still exists, loyalty and filial piety are still there, and it is the right time to return to the right and oppose the evil. Those who return from the whole province do not hesitate to divide the soil; Those who come to surrender with the state will be disciplined with the land. led the troops to vote, and the outnumbered were awarded; Cleansing the body, measuring it is super-promoted. Xun Tong founded the country, the merit is better than Guo Li, the name goes down in history, don't miss the opportunity! If you are still an ugly minion, you will stubbornly resist the king's master; As soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, they suddenly turned into powder! The body is extinguished, and the stench is eternal, don't say it's unpredictable! Under the bar, the proclamation is far and wide, and the salty envoy knows it! ”

After the Northern Expedition was read out, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on the school field shouted long live, Tang Wang was stunned, wanted to resign, but he was very happy, and ordered to give wine and food to reward the three armies.

A little later, three cannons swept through the air.

The trumpeter raised the long horn high, and there was a sad cry of "woo", and the echo of the empty Yuexiu Mountain lingered. Under the sun, two red flags danced in the breeze, and one side was embroidered: "Emperor Ming Soldiers and Horses Governor Zhou" eight big characters; On one side, it is embroidered with the three characters of "Taiping Army".

The king of Tang gave the gold armor to Zhou Shixiang, and the silver armor to Ge Yi and Wang. Auxiliary ministers, Qi Hao and other generals. Zhou Shixiang and the generals immediately put on the armor, and when the Zhou Shixiang finished putting on the armor, the Tang King personally put on the robe embroidered by the princess for Zhou Shixiang, and the rest of the generals also stepped forward to wear the robes by special people.

"If you go to the Northern Expedition now, you will definitely be able to pacify the Tartars and restore both of us!" Tang Wang was too excited, and his speech was faintly vibrato.

Zhou Shixiang was wearing armor, and it was inconvenient to kneel and salute, so he gave a military salute and said loudly: "Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will live up to expectations!" ”

After speaking, Zhou Shixiang walked off the high platform, rode on the big green horse, and circled the school field, attracting cheers from tens of thousands of soldiers and the surrounding people.

Looking at the soldiers' strict military appearance, high morale, and listening to the deafening cheers, Zhou Shixiang's heart was full of pride and confidence, and he raised his hand to greet the soldiers. The cheers immediately fell silent, and tens of thousands of people fell silent.

Zhou Shixiang didn't say anything, but opened his mouth to sing. He sang the Taiping Army song and sang the song of killing Hu.

Everyone didn't expect Zhou Shixiang to open his mouth to sing, and they were all stunned for an instant. Tang Wang was also confused, in his mind, there had never been a deed of leading the army to sing loudly before the army.

Guo Zhiqi and the others were also stunned, with strange expressions, and some thoughtfully explained Yue Guogong's strange behavior: After all, he is just a talented student, with little knowledge, and he is a young man, so it is inevitable that there will be rudeness.

Inconsiderate people regard Zhou Shixiang's move as a loss of honor in front of the monarch and a loss of decency. What others think, no one knows, but the second auxiliary city wall must think so. This will be a great distortion of Lord Jifu's face, if it weren't for the tigers and wolves all around, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to help but step forward and scold.

Zhou Shixiang's voice is not good, but he sings very loudly.

“.......

Holding a steel knife of ninety-nine, kill all Hu Erfang and stop;

I am a dignified man, what is a Tartar as a horse and a cow;

The strong man drank all the wine in the bowl, and did not look back on the journey of a thousand miles;

The golden drums roared in unison, and the yellow dragon swore endlessly! ”

Zhou Shixiang remembered this red scarf military song of the year and the current Taiping military song, and sang it word by word, ignoring the strange eyes of the surrounding crowd, he only cared about the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers in front of him.

The handsome man sang, the handsome sang the military song!

The officers and soldiers under review were boiling, and they sang loudly together.

"The clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, fame and fortune are from the dust and the earth; Looking at Shenzhou, the people are bitter, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren; Look at the world, as much as you want, and make up for the defects of the Heavenly Dao..."

The golden drums roared in unison, and the yellow dragon swore endlessly!

The heroic military song rises with the wind, floats with the wind, and disperses with the wind.

No matter how absurd Zhou Shixiang's actions are, tens of thousands of boys singing in unison give people the strongest impact. The officials and the people were also boiling, those who could sing and roared, and those who couldn't sing were in tears.

Three hundred years ago, countless Han men sang this military song and marched into the city of Beijing, destroying the tyrannical yuan!

Three hundred years later, this military song will once again witness the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the unyielding of the Han family!

Tang Wang was also excited, ignoring Junyi, and yelled: "Wine!" ”

"Thank Your Highness for the wine!"

Zhou Shixiang took the wine bowl presented by the palace maid and drank it all, threw it on the ground casually, faced the north, and shouted: "The Taiping soldiers will go out with me, kill all the Tartars and triumph!" ”

On the ninth day of the seventh month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, Zhou Shixiang, the Duke of Yue and the Metropolitan Governor of the Ming Dynasty, led the army to the north, and the forward approached Shaozhou. (To be continued.) )