After the cavalry troops, there were chariot formations. To the sound of rumbling war drums, the horses pulled the iron-clad vans. Each chariot was loaded with two Fran cannons, flanked by cavalry and infantry guards armed with birds, and roared in with a roar, first a hundred light chariots, then a hundred taels of vans, then a hundred heavy chariots, and a hundred taels.

After these impressive chariot units, the most oppressive and intimidating artillery unit arrived, with 200 Huzun cannons on one horse: 100 general cannons drawn by two horses, and 50 Shenwei cannons drawn by four horses. Looking at the muzzle of the cannon that can be stuffed into a doll's cannon. The audience all secretly speculated, can this cannon be fired out, can the tip of the mountain be cut off?

Seeing the various people on the viewing platform fall into silence, "I have been silent with a tense face since the beginning of the parade." The facial expression finally loosened.

Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting next to him, watched. whispered, "Achieved your goal?" ”

"It's not enough." Shen Mo said lightly: "The show is ahead." ”

"Brother Humble Yan's picture is not small", Zhang Juzheng's gaze slowly swept over the viewing platform opposite. In addition to the ministers and military officials in the capital, there were also envoys from Korea, Luzon, Annam, Ryukyu, Chenla Siam, Sumatra, Sulu, Bharatana, and even representatives from Franco and the Netherlands.

In addition to these foreign countries, there are more than 100 Tusi heads from Yunnan, Guizhou, Liangguang, Huguang and Sichuan. There are also Wu Si Zang, the Dharma Kings of Duogan, the Living Buddhas, and the leaders of the Qinghai Zhufan from Tibet. Lamas and monks, from a distance, look like they are dressed in strange costumes, and there are five huā eight gates, huā and hu whistles have the magnificent atmosphere of all countries coming to the court!

"There'......s no way," Shen Mo said slowly, "If you don't deter them, how can you rest assured that you can use troops against Mongolia?" ”

"The price of this earthquake is not small", Zhang Juzheng's expression was a little stiff and said: "If you go down according to your plan, it will cost nearly a million taels, and if it spreads, there will definitely be people who say that you have worked hard and lost money." ”

"There's no way, the cannon goes off, and the gold is ten thousand taels." Shen Mo smiled embarrassedly: "You just think that it is the money of the Jin merchants, and you may not be so distressed." ”

"No need", Zhang Juzheng raised his head slightly and said: "I am absolutely not ambiguous about the money" As long as the strategic goal can really be achieved, it is to give you all the tariffs for the next five years, so what! ”

Shen Mo turned his head to look at him, and a flash of admiration flashed in his eyes: "I will control the scale." You can't fight a battle that hasn't been won. Drag down the finances first, right? He said with a smile: "Besides, let's fight for the rich people in Shanxi, we can't have to pay for it ourselves." ”

Zhang Juzheng wanted to say something more, but suddenly heard a loud singing, and he closed his mouth in surprise, and listened intently to the lyrics with a strong Ganshan flavor, which were almost shouted out by the officers and soldiers: , take the twelve prefectures of Shanxi first, and other elements will hit the head of the ya.

Looking back at Qinsai, he was as low as a horse, and gradually saw the Yellow River flowing straight north.

The loud singing accompanied by the neat drum sound, so that all the people in the noisy Daxiao field who quieted down in an instant were excited, and they all held their breath and listened to the soul-shaking military song: Tianwei swept across the Yellow River, and the Qiang people sang all the Han songs.

Moyan crosses the mountain and flows backwards, and goes from the west of the church to make Enbo. At first, the infantry of Gansu Town, who was passing through the review stand, sang in unison, and then the officers and soldiers of Guyuan Town, Yulin Town, and Ningxia Town also loudly harmonized. In the end, all the officers and soldiers in the audience joined in the rough chorus of tens of thousands of people, and the passion and strength that burst out were so close to the hearts of the people that everyone forgot to breathe and forget to speak, and one by one they stared at each other with their eyes wide open, and time stood still at this moment. Instant is eternity.

, the horsetail huqin follows the Han car, and the music is still self-complaining.

Bend the bow and don't shoot the geese in the clouds, and the geese don't remember the book now. ,, The flag team is like a splendid pile, and the silver is back.

First teach to clean Anxi Road to the source of the river to drink Malay......,..., a "one" one, one "one" one" one, one "one"

The singing was long gone, and the people woke up from the shock, only to see that all the officers and soldiers under review had already lined up facing the review stand, and the flags were like a forest and the birds were silent on the school ground. More than 100,000 officers and men stood in unison, and even if they were silent, they put great pressure on people.

Emperor Longqing delivered an enthusiastic speech to the officers and men under review, praising their military morale and hoping that they would continue to improve their level and prestige in the next military exercises. Show the majesty of the Ming King!

In the sound of a tsunami of long live, Emperor Longqing stepped down from the stage and rested in the tent that had been arranged long ago, and the rest of the dignitaries were also guided to see the dining and rest in the barracks.

After a brief lunch break, the Emperor reappeared on the reviewing stand, this time without suffering as he had done in the morning. You can drink fine wine, take the crown prince Zhu Yijun, sit comfortably under the canopy, and watch the competition of various troops.

Military exercises on the afternoon of the first day. It was mainly performed by the elites of various arms of the armed forces in succession to perform cavalry outflanking, infantry assault, infantry and cavalry combined attack, etc., and also practiced military subjects such as the combination of chariot formations, infantry crossbow salvos, and spear infantry assassination training. All of them are neat, the pace is the same, the swords and swords are shadowy, and the murderous spirit is surging, which makes the internal and external envoys tremble.

But the one that breaks their will the most. When it was almost dark, the firearms drill performed by the Shenji Battalion. First, 1,002 soldiers armed with new muskets quickly formed a firing line that covered each other and was 100 feet long. And what they are facing. But it was not the usual target, or a scarecrow, but hundreds of Mongol horses......

People's eyes widened. Looking at the confrontation between the people and horses at both ends of the school field, you can basically see that this is to simulate the charge of the musket array against the cavalry. Most of the internal and external guests knew that the musketeers of the Ming army. It has always been to shoot from behind a combat vehicle. But now there are no barriers between man and horse. The distance between the two sides is only two hundred zhang, and the war horse only needs twenty breaths to rush over, and if you deduct the time before entering the firing range, I am afraid that it will only be a little more than ten breaths, and it will be left for the Shenji Battalion to shoot......

Can you put down so many war horses in this time? People can't help but sweat for the Divine Machine Battalion. And those envoys from Franco, the Netherlands, simply shook their heads again and again, they are all from the military, knowing that even if it is a common arquebus in Europe, it takes thirty seconds from loading the projectile to the propellant loading, compacting and shooting a shot, which also means that even if these Ming troops have prepared the first shot in advance, there is no time to fire the second shot, with the power of this year's projectile, if you want to design a few rounds, you can only say that it is wishful thinking.

Moreover, they also found that the Ming army stood in three rows in front and back "using the three-stage shooting method" but the distance was very close, leaving not enough distance for the arquebus, because the arquebuses commonly used by Europeans. It was transmitted to the Japanese and then to the Chinese country, and the bird system "Before shooting, the soldiers must hold a lit fire rope in their hands, and at the same time. When loading gunpowder, it is also necessary to avoid the fire rope in the hands of another soldier from being close to himself, therefore. In battle formation, "soldiers should be separated by at least three feet.

But the Ming army was now in a dense formation, and they were not even half three feet apart from each other, so that once the shooting began, it would definitely be in disarray," it seemed to these Europeans. The Ming army lined up like this. Definitely the result of a lack of experience and training. These Europeans, who have been "dealing with it with indifference and arrogance" since the military exercise, can't wait to see the jokes of the Ming army.

At this time, Shen Mo also got up from the seat of the cabinet minister. Walking in front of the group of senior generals, he pointed to the people and horses facing each other in the distance and said: "Although these three hundred military horses are all unqualified, they are also worth five thousand taels of silver, you are all staring at it, don't let the court waste so much silver in vain." …。

Ma Fang is also among them. Relying on the brilliant results, he is more familiar with Shen Mo" smiled nonchalantly: "My lord, we are worried that the Shenji Camp will make a fool of itself." "He was the best cavalry general. Of course, he knew that muskets could not stop the swarm charge of war horses.

"How about we make a bet?" Huan Mo looked at the old general with a white beard, and suddenly laughed and said, "If you lose, promise me one thing" and vice versa. ”

Ma Fang was very moved when she heard this, this is the promise of the second assistant of the cabinet, how much money can be exchanged! But when I thought of the image of Shen Mozhi and the demon closely, I couldn't help but groan. At this time, the generals on the side began to coax, and they all laughed strangely: "Is there still a time when Lord Ma dare?" ”

Ma Fang was so excited that she bared her teeth for a while, and said hesitantly: "You are the privy minister, even if you don't bet, if you let me do something, can I still disobey?" Don't lose horizontally or vertically, just fight! ”

"Good!" So the two made a serious gambling contract under the witness of a group of governors and soldiers. At this time. I heard the sound of a starting gun. Everyone hurriedly turned their eyes to the school grounds.

一凵一"一"一、一"一、一、一"一、一、一"

On the school grounds, accompanied by the sound of that gunshot. Several soldiers pulling the head horses raised their short blades and slashed at the horse's hips.

The horses were in pain, and galloped forward with a roar, and the rest of the horses also withdrew their hooves and rushed forward.

Looking at the menacing herd of war horses, people couldn't help but sweat for the shooters of the Shenji Battalion, and when they went to see them again, they saw the soldiers in the front row. He actually knelt down on one knee and shot in a kneeling position: the soldiers in the middle row bent down, and the third row stood. Completely different from the three-stage shooting method of one row loading, one row compacting, and one row shooting!

What this will bring, everyone is waiting with bated breath. The military attachés even silently counted down, calculating when the herd would be in range: ten, nine, eight, ......, at this time. The accident happened again. The military attachés had just silently recited, "Eight,. The dense gunfire rang out first, and the thunderous gunfire continued to be deafening!

It's too late, it's too fast, and the crowd who just heard the gunshots. I saw that the horses rushing in front fell a large area, which was 1,200 bullets, enough to shoot the horses in front into a honeycomb, provided that the range was enough. Of course, depending on the situation, it is enough.

The generals, the leaders, and the Europeans couldn't sit still, they all stood up, and stared at the shooters of the Divine Machine Battalion, but they saw white smoke rising up, and they couldn't see anything clearly, I admit that the range of this gun is amazing, but it can't stop the charge of this group of horses" The young Francophone officer tightened his face. Screaming in my heart: because I don't have enough time to shoot a second shot"

As if in response to him, the smoke had not yet cleared, and a second thunderous burst of gunfire rang out again! The running war horse was shot down in a thick patch again. And this time it is obviously more damaging than the last time, and it seems to have entered the effective range!

, how is it possible that "all knowledgeable soldiers, regardless of whether they are Ming or European, are so shocked that they don't know how such a quick reloading was achieved." They stared hard at the extremely terrifying firing line, but they only saw white smoke rising, and they could not see any clues.

Eventually, before the herd of horses rushed up. The shooters of the Shenji Battalion fired another salvo!

There were not many of the three hundred horses left, and all the soldiers were completely petrified. Even civilian officials and ministers who did not understand military affairs were stunned by this terrifying lethality.

But dozens of horses survived, and they were so frightened that they rushed madly into the smoke.

"Don't retreat!" The starter hissed and shouted, "Thorn! ”

The smoke rose on the school field, and the situation in the field could not be seen, only the miserable cry of the war horse could be heard, and the school field was silent, and everyone maintained the posture before the first shot, "Long Qing pinched a piece of cake and wanted to send it to the prince's mouth; Shen Mo and Ma Fang still shook hands: the representatives of Francois and the Netherlands, still with their mouths wide open......

It wasn't until the smoke cleared that people saw that there was not a single horse standing in the field. And the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have completed the whole team, except for a few that have caused the war horses to be injured. Those who were put at the back of the line by their comrades were unharmed.

"It's terrifying," said the Francophone officer's voice after he came back to his senses.

"Fuck ......" Ma Wang Ye scolded, "Hell! ”

"Cool ......" This is the evaluation of the little prince, obviously influenced by the junior of the Shen family.

"Lots of rewards!" Emperor Longqing felt that he had a lot of face. waved his hand and said, "There are many rewards!" ”

Thank you, Lord Longne! The officers and men of the Shenji Battalion thanked them violently, and then turned around and started walking out of the school grounds. This concludes today's exercise.

On the general's side, Shen Mo pulled out the palm that was held by Ma Fang, and said with a faint smile: "I won." Surrounded by the guards, he left the viewing platform.

"Old Ma, you seem to have been fooled." Looking at the recommended shadow who left silently, Yin Fengwei smiled.

"Roll the calf", Ma Fang glared at him: "You kid was the most coaxing just now!" ”