In Mr. Shan Tianfang's commentaries, this sentence often appears: There are 10,000 people, and there is no edge; There are 100,000 people, and the earth is full of heaven.

Although the soldiers and horses of King Qin this time were less than 100,000, there were more than 60,000. From Sun Chengzong's order, all the armies gathered from the garrison in the city to the Desheng Gate in the north of the city, blocking all the streets of all sizes for a time.

In fact, according to the marching route formulated by Sun Chengzong, it is more convenient to go out of the city from the Dongzhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Dongbian Gate, and Guangqu Gate on the east side of the Beijing Division. But in order to seek good luck, the whole army went out of the city from the Desheng Gate in the northwest corner, not only in a big circle, but also tens of thousands of people crowded this city gate, the speed can be imagined.

After Sun Chengzong left, Guan Ning didn't even say hello to Zhu Youzhen, and led a large number of entourages with his head held high.

Zhu Youzhen simply crooked his nose, daring to love this grandson is rampant, relying on himself to be the director of the army, he didn't take himself in his eyes at all.

It's good now, Sun Chengzong is gone, Guan Ning is also gone, and Zhu Youzhen was hung alone at the noon gate.

Just when he was at a loss, a person from the audience walked briskly, nodded to the ground on one knee, and intervened to salute: "Qi Meifeng, the lowly Dengzhou Wei Qianhu, see His Highness!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was very delicate when he heard this voice, and when he looked at it, it was actually a female general who was only seventeen or eighteen years old. But seeing that she was draped all over her body, exuding a sassy heroic posture up and down, she couldn't hide her beautiful face and graceful figure.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen staring at him in a daze, the female general's face turned red, and she quickly lowered her head, and said in a crisp voice: "By the order of the Governor General, I will lead the five hundred Qinwang Army of Dengzhou Wei to protect His Highness!" Your Highness, may I give me an indication of whether to open it now? ”

"Ahh Okay, pull it out! Zhu Youzhen was stunned by the beauty of this female general, and only after a while did he respond like an idiot.

The female general saluted again, then stood up and gave an order. I saw more than 100 soldiers rushing from outside the square, each armed with knives and guns, guarding around the altar.

Zhu Youzhen was supported by four eunuchs and got off the altar and boarded the chariot that had been prepared long ago. There were a total of sixteen eunuchs around the chariot, and as the entourage serving Zhu Youzhen's daily life, they also marched with the army.

Zhu Youzhen's eyes were sharp, and he saw at a glance that one of the little eunuchs had a very delicate appearance, even if he deliberately lowered his head, for fear of being discovered by others, but he was still recognized by Zhu Youzhen, and it was Bao Yulian who was dressed as a "man".

Seeing that she really got in, Zhu Youzhen was relieved, and secretly thought that he didn't have to worry about dying of poison on the road.

Qi Meifeng saw Zhu Youzhen sitting still in the car, and shouted: "Open up!" ”

These more than 100 soldiers, under her leadership, immediately surrounded Zhu Youzhen's chariot and left the Wumen Square.

A short distance forward, more than 300 soldiers joined their ranks. But all but a few dozen cavalrymen were infantry, and every fourth soldier pushed a strangely shaped cart full of various utensils. Dozens of large carts lined up evenly in front of and behind the battle, left and right, and moved forward in turn without hurry.

I don't know anything else, but Zhu Youzhen still knows about the muzzle of the black hole sticking out of the car. He asked Qi Meifeng, who was riding a horse to follow by the chariot, in surprise: "General Qi, these vehicles are still pulling cannons?" ”

Qi Meifeng saw Zhu Youzhen asking, hurriedly took two steps forward on the war horse, walked side by side with the chariot battle, arched his hand on the horse, and said respectfully: "The humble position is only six grades and thousands of households, how dare you call it a 'general'?" Your Highness is asked to call the lowly by name. Back to Your Highness, this is not a cannon, but a Franco cannon. The cannon weighed a thousand pounds, and such a vehicle could not be pushed, and had to be dragged by mules and horses. The Franc cannon is only 150 pounds, small and lightweight, easy to field combat, and can be carried by several soldiers. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, but couldn't help asking, "That... Meifeng, since these 500 soldiers are just guarding the king, it seems that they don't need to carry so much baggage, right? ”

Qi Meifeng's face turned red again. She asked Zhu Youzhen to call her name, but she didn't want Zhu Youzhen to call her too kindly, but it made her heart beat for no reason.

She hurriedly lowered her head and replied softly: "Back to Your Highness, these soldiers were brought from Dengzhou Wei by humble duty, and they were all selected from the car battalion of the Qi family's army. These vehicles and utensils are indispensable in the Qi family's army, and they must be carried at any time. ”

"Qi Jiajun?" Zhu Youzhen asked in surprise, "Could it be the army to which the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang belongs?" ”

"Exactly!" Qi Meifeng is young after all, and the city government is not deep, listening to Zhu Youzhen's question, although she tried to suppress it as much as possible, she still had a proud smile on her face, "Qi Jiguang, the first Wuyi Gong, is the great ancestor of the humble position. ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately remembered that Rui'er had said to herself that there are six major families in martial arts today, and one of them is the "Qi Family Army". This Qi family is not only a hereditary Dengzhou guard general, but also a martial arts family, with a prominent reputation. But for some reason, this time, King Qin only sent a young female general.

Qi Meifeng saw Zhu Youzhen's doubts, sighed, and took the initiative to explain: "When the great-ancestor was alive, Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Lao Zu failed to give birth, and the five sons were all concubines. After the death of the great-grandfather, there was a big dispute in the family over who could be the head of the family, and the family had a big dispute.

In the end, although the humble grandfather seized the position of the head of the family with his martial arts, he left the four uncles angrily, and the Qi family was greatly damaged from then on. In the past few years, the male family has not been prosperous, and the line has been passed down to Qi Xianzong, the lowly father. My father only gave birth to a girl and a boy, and in addition to his humble position, he also had a ten-year-old brother Qi Hualong.

"This time, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies recruited soldiers and horses from all over the country, and my father wanted to personally lead the five thousand soldiers and horses belonging to the Qi family army, and rushed to Beijing in the starry night. Who would have thought that in recent days, the Japanese have repeatedly violated the maritime frontier, sneak attacked ashore in the area of Denglai, slaughtered the people, and plundered the wealth. It was really difficult for the father to get out, and the younger brother was too young to command the army, so he had no choice but to let the lowly lead 500 carts of the battalion to serve the king. ”

"Hasn't the widow been beaten away by Qi Jiguang, why is there again?" Zhu Youzhen was taken aback and said.

Qi Meifeng's eyebrows tightened, and she sighed: "Your Highness doesn't know anything. Since the Jiajing and Longqing periods, my great-grandfather broke the Japanese in Zhejiang and Fujian, beheaded tens of thousands, and the Japanese were terrified, and they did not dare to invade the border for decades.

"However, in recent years, the armament of the guards in various places has been relaxed, the naval warships have been dilapidated, and the Japanese thieves have not died, and they have begun to invade the coastal areas again. And now they are colluding with the Western red-haired people, and they are getting more and more bold, except for Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou, they have even extended their hands to the Denglai area, and they are extremely arrogant! ”

Zhu Youzhen's heart sank when he heard this, and secretly thought that this Ming Dynasty was about to end, Liaodong had just been beaten by Houjin, and this sea robber had made a comeback!

He asked worriedly: "Meifeng, I don't know how the battle situation is when General Qi led his troops to resist the Japanese invaders?" ”

Qi Meifeng's face turned red again, and she lightly opened her lips and said: "Back to Your Highness, the Qi family army was born to resist the Japanese invaders, no matter what the other guards are, Dengzhou Wei has never relaxed his training in the past few decades. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, the Japanese are often in a no-man's land, but in the Denglai area, they have been repeatedly hit hard. This month, there are no more large groups of pirates. It's just..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help frowning, and said distressedly: "It's just that this time the Japanese are very different from decades ago. At that time, all the Japanese came across the sea in small boats with dozens or at most hundreds of materials, and if the wind and waves at sea were a little stronger, they could not make the trip. As a result, there are only a few months of the year to harass the sea.

"But now, the ships of the Japanese are much larger than in the past, and they are all large ships of more than four or five hundred materials, and they are not afraid of ordinary winds and waves, and they can go to sea all year round. And the firepower on the ship was very fierce, and the ships of the sailors were not opponents at all, and they were often not close yet, and had been bombed into powder. Even if there were few intruding boats, the Japanese could easily get rid of the encirclement by virtue of the advantage of the speed of the boat, and the sailors were simply at a loss. ”

"What about land warfare?" Zhu Youzhen asked eagerly.

Qi Meifeng replied: "Land warfare is also very different from the past. A few decades ago, although they were not afraid of death, they were only armed with swords and bows and arrows. The ancestors created the Mandarin Duck Formation, which was repeatedly broken, but their own casualties were minimal.

"However, this time the Japanese invaded, and they used bird guns in general, and their range was longer than ours, which led to a large increase in casualties among our troops. Luckily, the bird's shot speed is slower, and as long as you get close to the fight, the Japanese are still no match.

"My father led the Qi family army to engage the Japanese three times last month, and each time there were about 1,200 Japanese invaders. Nearly half of them were slaughtered by our troops, and the rest always escaped to the ship. As soon as we got on the boat, we had to look at the ocean and sigh. Moreover, each time our army suffered more casualties than the Japanese invaders.

"Because of this, my father was also very troubled, and always felt that he had fallen into the name of his ancestors, and he was worried all day long, reviewing his tactics, and still refused to rest until late at night."

Zhu You listened to it and secretly thought that something was wrong! The island country of this era, since Toyotomi Hideyoshi's expedition to Korea during the Wanli period, was desperately resisted by the Ming army, and had to retreat to the mainland. On the way to retreat, the Sino-Korean coalition forces of Deng Zilong and Li Sunsin were defeated in the Luliang Sea, and almost wiped out the navy of the island country.

After this fiasco, according to the normal course of historical development, the shogun of the island country should have adopted a policy of closing himself off from the rest of the country and no longer dared to covet China. How come it is that decades later, the Japanese have made a comeback, and in terms of weapons and equipment, it seems that they have made great progress, and even the Qi family army is difficult to deal with!

As a person who has crossed over, he naturally knows very well that the Qi family's army has suffered a large increase in casualties, not because of the formation and tactics, but because in terms of weapon technology, it is far behind the opponent!

In this era, the transition from cold weapons to hot weapons has begun, and the navy has also begun to transition from broadside warfare to artillery warfare. And the former glory of the Qi family army was completely based on cold weapons against cold weapons, and now it can no longer adapt to the development of the situation, so it is no wonder if you don't suffer losses!

But it's strange to say, if it comes to firearms, the Ming army has long been equipped with a large number of them. However, the Houjin army is still dominated by traditional swords, guns, bows and arrows, and the navy is simply zero. Why, with such a backward level of equipment, he was able to repeatedly kill the Ming army that mastered advanced weapons without leaving a single piece of armor, Zhu Youzhen really couldn't understand it.

While thinking, the chariot slowly moved forward. When I got out of Desheng Gate, it was already sunset. King Qin's soldiers and horses have already spent a whole day just going out of the city!