In the corner of the wall counted a bronze mirror, and the man in the mirror looked at him in his thirties, tall and muscular, and was in the best time of his life. After asking his soldiers to tidy up his beard, he put on his freshly beaten shirt and trousers, which were stiff and uncomfortable, but very stylish, so he insisted on wearing them like this.

Kicking on the oily cowhide military boots, his feet are solid on the ground, he straightens his waist, with the assistance of his own soldiers, the rattling mountain armor is hung on the body, this is only the senior armor that the generals can wear, tailored by the craftsmen of the military department, the armor is densely embellished with hundreds of pieces of cooked copper armor, overlapping like a 'mountain' word, the production is incomparably dense, the wear is very light, and the body has a style, deeply loved by the majority of generals.

The soldiers helped him to meticulously straighten out the armor. Then he put the belt of the lion's swallow around his back. He took it with both hands, tightly clamped it around his waist, clicked, buckled the lion's head in front of him, and straightened it slightly in front of the mirror to see that it was facing the heart guard, and then took the ancestral sword and gently buckled it on the belt.

Then, he picked up the black sè wrist buckle on the table, fastened it on his left and right wrists, and the soldiers behind him hung the scarlet cloak for him, and then smoothed it with both hands, so that the hem fell to the heel of the boot.

At this time, the narcissistic man in front of the bronze mirror has become a mighty and unsmiling Qi Zongbing. It's not because he is the first person in the training of the three armies that he is so meticulous, but he has always been strict with himself - this is Qi Jiguang, a man who is almost perfect.

Seeing himself in the mirror, flawless from head to toe, Qi Jiguang nodded with satisfaction, took his sterling silver helmet, put it on his head upright, straightened out the red tassel, held the hilt of the sword with one hand, turned around and strode out of the barracks.

As soon as he got outside, his brow furrowed, and he saw that the sky was full of dark clouds, and it seemed that it was going to rain. But in a blink of an eye, he returned to normal and strode to the school field, but did not immediately walk on the high platform, but stood still in a corner, silently observing the officers and soldiers who were about to face.

The assembly time of the soldiers was naturally earlier than that of the chief soldier, and at this time they had already begun to line up, but there were still soldiers who came out of the barracks one after another, and they were not in a hurry at all.

At this time, the clouds became thicker and thicker, and the blackness was lowered, and all the soldiers looked up at the sky, as if they were expecting something.

The other officers also arrived one after another, and because the officers' barracks were in the same location, they all saw the chief instructor and stood up to greet him.

Qi Jiguang nodded, looked at the soldiers who looked up at the sky and said, "What are they doing?" ”

The generals replied, "Ask for rain." ”

"Asking for rain?" Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "The soldier doesn't rely on the sky to eat, which door does he ask for rain?" ”

"If it's raining, you don't have to train." The general replied.

"What?" Qi Jiguang frowned and said, "Why didn't I know that there was this in the military regulations?" ”

"We've always ...... like this," explained the generals, "conventional......"

"Are we Miss Jiao?" Qi Jiguang said in a deep voice: "When you are a soldier and fight, in the rain and snow, do you have a share?" As he spoke, he felt a cold nose, stretched out his hand to try, and sure enough, it was raindrops, and the generals around him also said, "It's really raining." ”

Qi Jiguang immediately ordered: "Pass me on the order, no one is allowed to move." But it seemed to be a little late, and then you could hear the thunder of joy in the teaching field, and even many helmets were thrown into the air, and the soldiers howled, "It's raining, go back to sleep...... and then ran back to the barracks.

The herald stared blankly at the retreating teaching field and asked, "Still ...... Herald? ”

"Forget it," the generals looked at Qi Jiguang and said, "Let's wait for the rain to stop." ”

"If it rains during the war, do you have to take a break and wait until the rain stops?" Qi Jiguang smiled angrily and said, "Did you lead troops like this before?" ”

The generals were embarrassed and said: "Of course it can't be done when you fight, but isn't this training?" ”

"Fart!" Qi Jiguang, who has always been elegant, actually said rudely: "Fighting on the battlefield, fighting is not afraid of death, and if it rains a little, you have to hide in the barracks to avoid the rain, so what should I do with the rain of swords, guns and arrows on the battlefield?" He said bitterly: "How can you fight a war if you are so pampered?" As he spoke, he flicked his cloak and strode towards the middle of the teaching field.

The generals looked at each other and had to follow him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Qi Jiguang stood alone on the high platform, the rain was getting denser and denser, his cloak was already wet, the rain was dripping down the armor, and the helmet was dripping, but it couldn't stop the anger in his eyes.

The generals stood under the stage in a state of anxiety, not knowing how he was going to do it.

The soldiers who ran back to the barracks secretly looked out of the tents, and even the most obtuse people sensed that something was serious, and hid in the barracks more and more and did not dare to come out.

At this time, Liu Xian also hurried over, and when he saw this scene, he beat the officers with a horsewhip and said, "Why did you make the chief instructor angry?" Someone whispered to him about the situation.

Liu Xian scolded when he heard this: "Usually it is loose and sloppy, but it is difficult to look at this time, right?" Saying that, Qi Jiguang smiled apologetically: "Brother Yuanjing, they are all brothers who are not strict in discipline, the children are used to it casually, it is really not like words, you discipline them fiercely!" Let them learn the rules well! It seems that the silent beating has done its job, at least making him less protective.

Qi Jiguang looked a little better when he heard this, nodded, and was just about to speak, when a soldier ran over and reported: "Report, Deputy General Hu and General Qi Shen have arrived with the army and are on standby outside the camp!" ”

Qi Jiguang was overjoyed when he heard this, it turned out that in order to catch up with the meeting of Lord Jinglu, he asked the deputy general Hu Shouren and his younger brother Qi Jimei to lead the army, and he only brought his own soldiers Pegasus to Longnan. I thought they would arrive tomorrow, but I didn't expect to arrive a day earlier.

Liu Xian also climbed the high platform, stood side by side with him, and said with a smile: "The Qi family army is powerful in the world, but it's a pity that the foolish brother has never seen it in person, and today is just showing his majesty," he said, his eyes swept over those generals and said: "Let these rabbit cubs know what the real iron army is." ”

"Yes!" Qi Jiguang nodded and said in a low voice: "Order the two of them to lead the team in!" ”

The soldier answered with a loud voice and ran out to give orders.

"I almost forgot," Liu Xian smiled apologetically, "My brother has been on the road for many days, right?" ”

"The whole journey from Hangzhou to Longnan is 2,000 miles, and the march takes 29 days in total." Qi Jiguang said.

"It's nearly seventy miles a day, it's really ...... fast," Liu Xian said: "Let's let the soldiers repair a few rì and regain their strength." ”

"Thank you, Lord Admiral, for your kindness." Qi Jiguang said lightly: "But the enemy won't let you rest and fight again just because you're tired." ”

"That's ......" Liu Xian smiled awkwardly: "It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves." ”

"Ginger is still old and spicy." Qi Jiguang also smiled: "I still have a lot of places to learn from my brother." ”

"Learn from each other, learn from each other......" Liu Xiandun felt a lot, and said in his heart that this Qi Hu would come to do more things than Yu Long, and this is the person who does great things.

Not long after ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, Hu Shouren and Qi Jimei led 4,000 Qi family troops, under the heavy rain, appeared on the teaching ground, although wearing a wide oilcloth raincoat, but the team was strict and not chaotic at all, even stepping on the ground, splashing water, looked very neat.

A pioneer soldier with a red flag was already standing in front of the right side facing the podium, and without any orders, the team lined up behind the flag in an orderly manner, four columns entered side by side at a time, and four more columns were raised for each hundred people, and when the last four teams entered, the remaining 36 columns had been completed. The officers looked down from the stage and saw that each column seemed to be compared with an ink line, and they knew what it meant to be 'neat and uniform'.

The last four columns also quickly stood up, and Hu Shouren ran to the stage and reported loudly: "Report to the general army, the troops directly under the strategy of the province have completed the marching task, and there should be 4,000 people, but the actual number is 4,000. Please advise! ”

"Remove the rain gear." Qi Jiguang nodded, and directly ordered: "Line up and stand by!" ”

"Yes." Hu Shouren didn't have any doubts, he didn't hesitate to respond in a loud voice, turned around and returned to the Qi family's army, and ordered in a loud voice: "All have orders, collect rain gear!" ”

I heard a loud noise that filled the entire teaching hall, but none of the 4,000 Qi family soldiers asked, 'What are you crazy about on this rainy day?' Without hesitation, they carried out the order, took off their raincoats, folded them, and put them in their bags.

When the team returned to quiet, Hu Shouren gave a second order: "Stay put!" So the four thousand soldiers stood there quietly, letting the rain pour their whole bodies on their bodies, without any superfluous movements.

A quarter of an hour passed without moving, and two quarters of an hour passed without moving...... God also seemed to embarrass them, and the heavy rain did not slow down in the slightest, but became heavier and heavier, splashing all over the ground; The rammed loess teaching ground was already full of streams, and the feet of many soldiers were blistered. It's the end of July, and the rain has become icy and cold, making the generals on the podium feel cold, and some people even start to fight.

The soldiers had long been standing behind the stage with umbrellas, but Liu Xian and Qi Jiguang did not have umbrellas, and no one dared to open this mouth.

Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers who were hiding from the rain were deeply surprised, and said one after another: "General Qi is too cruel, people come from afar, and they are not allowed to take shelter from the rain first and take a rest...... "Yes, it's strange if you don't get gonorrhea......" "It's all like this, and no one squeaks, I think it's all bad brains......"

But not all of them are talking about the wind and cold, and many people sigh: "They are all soldiers, why aren't people afraid of rain?" "The Qi family army is really an iron army......"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Liu Xian is old, but he has deep internal strength, how can he care about this little rain, he wiped the rain on his eyebrows, and saw that the soldiers of the Qi family army were also drenched, but they were always motionless, standing upright like a pine, and they looked more and more vibrant, which made people awe-inspired. It also made his heart like a river and a sea - he was really not afraid of not knowing the goods, he was afraid of comparing the goods, and he had always thought that his subordinates should be similar to the Qi family's army, but the performance of the two sides made this proud general have to admit that the gap is not a star and a half, but a hundred and eight thousand miles.

At this moment, he finally straightened his mentality, realized his shortcomings, and ordered his lieutenant: "Let the rabbit cubs get out and open the dog's eyes to see what a real army is!" ”

The adjutant hurriedly beat the drum of the assembly, perhaps knowing that the boss was angry and the consequences were serious; Perhaps touched by the Qi family's army, the soldiers quickly poured out of their respective camps, and under the command of their respective generals, lined up on both sides of the Qi family's army. This time, no one made a noise, no one had a hippie smile, everyone stared at Qi Jiajun with wide eyes, and some old things were being broken in their hearts, and some new ones were being generated.

Liu Xian sincerely hugged his fists towards Qi Jiguang and said: "Chief Qi Bing, please cāo practice!" ”

"Yes!" Qi Jiguang nodded, took a step forward, and took a fiery red flag.

The eyes of the four thousand officers and soldiers were all gathered in one place, that is, on the order flag he held high.

Qi Jiguang waved the flag to the left violently, and the army, which had been standing still, finally began to act.

I saw that the first column under the red flag did not move, and the remaining thirty-nine columns moved to the left in unison, and after a moment of confusion, the distance between each column changed from two feet at first to five feet, and then quickly aligned.

Qi Jiguang waved the flag forward again, and saw that the first row of the team did not move, and the remaining ninety-nine rows moved backwards, expanding the longitudinal distance to five feet...... The teaching field is indeed very large, and the Qi family's army scattered out in formation, and they only filled in less than one-third.

I saw that with the change of the Ling Flag, the four thousand Qi family troops also closely followed the change of various formations, the heavy rain in the sky was pouring down, and the ground was muddy, which could not affect their execution, and they could always quickly and accurately complete every order of Qi Jiguang. It also gave the officers and soldiers watching a glimpse of what is really like a finger and a neat and uniform order.

Most of the officers and soldiers watching were Liu Xian's Jiangbei soldiers, as well as Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi soldiers, but no matter where the soldiers were, they had never seen such a formation, and they were all dazzled and couldn't help cheering loudly, and no one cared about the rain pouring from the sky, and they were completely immersed in this unprecedented exercise.

Suddenly, Qi Jiguang raised the Ling flag high, slammed three circles, and wrapped the flag around the flagpole. I saw that all the soldiers quickly closed together, almost in the blink of an eye, and the Qi family's army, which was still staggered and scattered, returned to the neat and dense phalanx it had been at the beginning, and it was still as if it had been measured out with a ruler.

In the shock of all the officers and soldiers, Qi Jiguang's loud and majestic voice passed through the rain curtain and reached everyone's ears: "Since ancient times, the arrogant soldiers will be lazy, and the soldiers will be defeated if they are lazy!" Therefore, the way to train troops lies in strict military discipline and the implementation of orders and prohibitions. The military order has not been issued, Mount Tai collapsed in front of the can't move, the military order is issued, the blade on the neck must also move forward, only in this way, can it be as fast as the wind, Xu Rulin, invasion like fire, not moving like a mountain! Then it can be difficult to know like yīn, move like thunder, attack everything, invincible! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ corner of the teaching field, a few silent people held umbrellas, looking at all this with admiration. Shen Mingchen exclaimed: "The achievements of the Qi family army are by no means a fluke, after a hundred years of Qi Yuanjing, he will definitely be able to rank alongside Xu Da, Li Jing, Zhou Yafu and other famous generals from ancient times!" ”

Shen Mo couldn't help but praise: "Brother Juzhang has good eyesight." Of course he knows that Qi Jiguang's historical evaluation surpasses that of the emperor, Shoufu, and anyone else in this era, and I'm afraid Zhang Juzheng can't compare.

But to others, these words are a little weird, Shen Mingchen snorted and said: "If my eyesight is worthy of praise, then how should I praise my adult vision?" ”

"Oh...... Hahaha...... "Thinking about it silently, now Qi Jiguang found it by himself, so of course some princesses sell melons, and can't help laughing: "I'm really proud...... "Think about it, a hundred years later, when people mention Qi Jiguang, of course, there is a sentence, 'It's working under his silent command', how magnificent...... Wait, why did I never know who Qi Jiguang's boss was in my last life? It is said that it should be Hu Zongxian, why haven't you seen it?

While thinking wildly, there was a new movement on the field, and Shen Mo hurriedly looked at it, only to see that all the troops were mixed together, and the school field was full of people, and he could no longer distinguish which ones were the Qi family army and which were not.

Seeing that Liu Xian whispered something to Qi Jiguang, Qi Jiguang took a step back and gave him the martial arts platform. Liu Xian's gaze swept over the officers and soldiers in the audience, and his voice was like Hong Zhongdao: "After watching Qi Jiajun's cāo performance, what do you think?" ”

No one dared to speak, and of course Liu Xian didn't expect anyone to answer, because this was called asking: "Anyway, I'm extremely ashamed, and I have no place to be ashamed!" Liu Xian's neutral voice echoed in the sky above the teaching field: "No wonder we can't defeat the traitors, it turns out that we have degenerated, become proud, squeamish, derelict in our duties, and ignore military regulations!" If this continues, we will go back to the old way of ten years ago, and completely become a group of useless waste who only know how to bully the common people! After a pause, he said emotionally: "Wake up, don't sleep on the merit book, in fact, what is there to show off?" With the strength of the whole country, at such a great price, it was possible to defeat a rabble composed of a group of pirates, ronins, sailors, and hooligans. ”

was scolded by the old general soldier for a while, and the soldiers all lowered their heads, it turned out that after the bullying was exposed, it was like this that made people's faces feverish...... "Think about it, if we encounter an enemy more powerful than the Japanese Kou, how can we resist it?" It's not that I'm alarmist, when that day comes, the Ming Dynasty will repeat the tragedy of the Song Dynasty and destroy the country! Liu Xian's voice became more and more painful: "Cheer up, children! Don't fall any further! ”――