Chapter 680: Review and Recollection

Purely in terms of sensory effect, the Yinghua Whampoa military parade is much bigger than Yongzheng West Mountain.

A phalanx is a wing of men and horses, a width of twelve people, and a depth of thirty people, which is the formation of a four-post battle marching column folded up. The marching drums, seventy-five steps per minute, are either mixed with horn music on the drums, and they are almost stunned. The guns were carried unevenly, and the arms swinging back and forth were messy, that is, the steps were very accurate, and this was not a special training for military parades, but a whip and a stick in the training camp.

The only trick is that when the queue reaches the middle of the field, the drum beat is heavier, the shoulder of the gun is on the chest, and the step is more powerful, and this is also the transitional pace before the marching column is converted into a horizontal formation.

The military blind had too many questions, and whispers gathered into a buzzing sound.

"Why are your arms swinging back and forth? It looks messy. ”

Because the left and right swings have to hit the people next to them......

There is no dense queue, the queue is shot traditionally, and the queue will wave your hands left and right, which looks neat and has a good visual effect, but it is also a kind of group exercise.

"Why do you have to raise your legs so high? The steps are so heavy, is it loud to step on the ground? ”

It is about to change the queue, it is time to fight, it is necessary to concentrate, to muster up the spirit, so it is necessary to remind the soldiers with exaggerated movements.

There were many people in the audience who knew about military affairs and enthusiastically gave explanations.

The soldiers of the first phalanx were in blue clothes and blue pants, wearing small hats, most people were wondering what kind of soldiers this was, and an enthusiastic voice sounded, through the microphone, instantly covering the chaotic voices on the field.

"The first team to be reviewed is from Qingtian Siwei, they are all veterans, although they have retired, but they follow His Majesty to open this country, the glory will not only accompany them for a lifetime, but will also remain in the annals of history!"

It turned out to be the legendary Aota Guardian! This uniform is exactly the outfit of Qingtian Siwei back then, and many people can't help but sigh deeply when they recall the chaos in Guangzhou more than ten years ago.

Warm applause rang out, and on the review stand, Yan Sanniang bit her ear and said to Li Xian: "This emcee is good, but the gold medal emcee of the martial arts conference ......."

Li Xianxin said that his voice was loud enough, and his infectious power was okay, probably the first time he had experienced such a big battle, and he was still a little trembling when he spoke. In the era when there were no tweeters, on-site publicity was really troublesome.

With the master of ceremonies explaining, the atmosphere suddenly became warm, a phalanx contains a history, everyone is looking forward to it, wanting to know what the next phalanx is from and what the story is.

The first phalanx were all veterans in their thirties, and many of them were already local officials or business dignitaries. At the beginning, for the qualifications of this military parade, he was still fighting with his former comrades-in-arms. At this moment, wrapped in a wave of applause, whether it was the lucky luck in the phalanx, or the loser who was brushed down and could only squeeze into the audience, his eyes were full of tears. This country has not forgotten them, Moxia has not forgotten them, and the people have not forgotten them, it is they who followed the emperor to open the road of blood and fire and created a country of Yinghua. Many people even thought of the "Qingpu Rebellion" back then, or their Qingtian Siwei forced the emperor to the throne......

The predecessor of the second phalanx was also Qingtian Siwei, but the number continued and merged into the Eagle Yang Army, which was the Qingpu Battalion of the Eagle Yang Army. Red clothes and blue pants, wearing a new straight-brimmed military hat like the emperor, the flaming red hat feathers jumped with the pace, like a red cloud, baking the audience's hearts hot.

The leading major general is full of energy, and he is the first commander of the Qingpu battalion, and now the Eagle Yang Army is under the command of Fang Tangheng.

"At that time, it was this team that defeated tens of thousands of Qing soldiers with 800 forces in Qingpu! There are two founding heroes, Zheng Hongyuan and Lang Songliang! Their monument still stands in Qingpu .........,

The camp flag of the Qingpu battalion fluttered past, and next was a fiery red battle flag with the two big characters "Cangwu" written on it, which was the Cangwu battalion of the Yulin Army. It was commanded by the left division of the Yulin Army and commanded by Brigadier General Liu Cheng. I don't know if it's because his old subordinate Baicheng Camp didn't have a chance to show up, or because he couldn't wear the mighty steel armor of a grenadier, Liu Cheng had a stinky face, and his steps were particularly exaggerated.

"The Cangwu Battalion of the Yulin Army! In the decisive battle with the Qing soldiers in Cangwu, in the pouring rain, the corpses of the Qing soldiers were killed all over the field with bayonets, and the rain turned into blood! Whenever the Cangwu battalion goes to battle, as long as it rains, the Qing soldiers will be scattered......"

The emcee's explanation made Liu Cheng even more unhappy, how could he speak? It seems that this battalion can't fight without less than two?

The next phalanx is very eye-catching, it is a cavalry phalanx, from the dragoons. The dragoons who came back from the four fronts were all under control, and Major General Wang Tanghe looked left and right on his horse, and his spirit was vivid. The officers and soldiers of the Dragoon were all wearing riding boots, a saber on the left waist, and a short gun on the right waist, not only the red feathers fluttering on the heads, but also the white feathers on the horses' heads, which caused the audience to involuntarily let out a cry of admiration. When the procession marched to the review stand, with Wang Tanghe's order, there was a crisp sound of gold and iron, and more than 300 sabers suddenly came out of their sheaths, raised diagonally to the sky, and saluted the emperor, and even the crowd even sounded a woman's scream.

"This is the Dragoon, but many people don't know that another name for the Dragoon is the Ranger Army. Ten years ago, in the Battle of Changsha, it was the Guerrilla Army that blocked the tens of thousands of horses of the Tartars! Eighty percent of the army was killed and wounded, and His Majesty rebuilt this army with a dragoon......"

The master of ceremonies changed to a tragic tone, and Wang Tanghe, the leader of the team, joined countless audiences, and tears suddenly appeared in the corners of his eyes.

In the phalanx of the Huangpu Army Academy and the Changsha Army Academy, the young cadets were flushed, and their steps were the most neat, because they had plenty of time to train for the review. But they were all unwilling, because the big war in front of them was not as good as their junior students.

When a pure white phalanx appeared, there was an exclamation on the field, this color is quite taboo for the Chinese people, and pure white is a sacrificial dress. But because of the proper tailoring, it is also decorated with gold-edged red feathers, which looks exceptionally clean and neat, and has another majesty.

"The Navy's Nanyang Fleet, our Yinghua is a man who gallops across the sea! It was they who defeated the Spaniards in the South Seas, and it was they who cultivated the Four Oceans Fleet and turned thousands of miles of sea frontiers into our Anglo-Chinese Inner Lake......"

Vice Admiral Hu Hanshan wore a new navy uniform, with a greasy smile on his face, and walked leisurely in front of the phalanx. It's not easy, I finally got a new dress system with Your Majesty, pure white is a sacrificial dress? So what's the matter, our navy, not only has to fight with the enemy, but also with God, and when you get on the ship and go to sea, you will be considered dead......

The navy's phalanx was full of seamen, and they were not familiar with the queue at all, so they could only improvise and follow the drumbeat, which looked a little messy. But once they got on the battleship, they were able to line up the huge battleships like an army formation, forming a ship city artillery mountain.

Following the phalanx of the Nanyang Fleet is the phalanx of the Hong Kong Naval Academy, and after Xiao Sheng's years of hard work, the scale of the Naval Academy has almost caught up with the Whampoa Army Academy. These future officers of the Navy are secretly dissatisfied with the fact that the Navy is not in the back of the Phalanx, and they still have a fire in their hearts, the future is the world of the Navy, and one day, our Navy will be at the forefront!

The third naval phalanx is the Fubo Army, dressed in white and red pants, showing its naval affiliation and army heritage. The leader of the team is Feng Ding, the general of Zhonglang, who has just returned from Ryukyu and still has a sense of anger all over his body. All of them had eight-year-old rifled guns in their hands, and the Fubo Army was happy to accept such weapons with a range and accuracy far superior to that of smoothbore guns, after all, their nature was closer to that of the Army's scattered guns.

The seven phalanxes walked by, and the audience had already seen the military flags, and combined with the newspapers they had read in the past, they could roughly see the origin of the troops. But the banner of the eighth phalanx is a little unfamiliar, "Praetorian Sixth Division", what kind of unit is this?

"The Sixth Division of the Praetorian Guard, that is, the new Sixth Division, they are all from Qiongzhou. On the battlefield in Burma, they fought face-to-face with Yangyi, and sixty percent of the dead and wounded did not flinch. In order to praise their bravery in fighting incessantly, His Majesty incorporated the Sixth Division into the standing army, and specially awarded them the title of "Praetorian Guard......

Everyone is very unfamiliar with the battlefield in Burma, but they have an understanding of what the master of ceremonies said, "Qiongzhou."

Qiongzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and the place that can recruit so many soldiers is naturally only Shilu, the "city of iron mines". That place is also known as the "City of Banner People", so if you don't know the details, you can understand that this is the Han Army Banner Man Division. More than 10 years ago, tens of thousands of Han soldiers in Guangzhou were captured and taken to Shilu to open mines. Now there are thousands of people who are serving as soldiers and fighting for this country in Burma.

The Chinese people put benevolence and righteousness first, and they attach great importance to feelings, and the Han army banner people sacrificed their lives for the country, and a sense of identity with these people also arose.

"Well done!"

"It's our good Chinese boy!"

"You are not Manchurians, you are Han people like us!"

The shouts of the people came into their ears, and the queue of the Sixth Division was slightly chaotic, and a low choked voice spread in the phalanx, and the brigadier general Gui Zhen, who led the team, was even more in tears, but gritted his teeth and shouted: "What are you crying about!" Whoever messes up the queue will be driven out of the Sixth Division! ”

After the Sixth Division, there was the "Seventeenth Guard Division", and at the front of the queue, Captain Li Shunxin, who served as the flag guard, said that his life had drawn a big circle, and after all, he missed the life in the barracks and returned to the army.

"The 17th Division is from Fufu, and they have been fighting in Funan for many years, opening up thousands of miles for China. Before that, he also invaded Aceh, defeated the Aceh Yi people who killed our people, and pacified the South Seas for our Yinghua, and made great achievements! ”

These things are even more unfamiliar, and the master of ceremonies did not elaborate on the origin of Funan, most people only heard that Funan people are very fierce and blessed, and everyone has married several Annan mothers-in-law. Rice, spices and dyes in Funan, as well as medicinal herbs, are the most sought-after goods in the country.

"Those banner people, after a battle, they changed a guard, we fought for several years, and cut off countless heads before we got the guards, Your Majesty is really eccentric......"

Looking at the Sixth Division in front, not only Li Shun, but the entire Seventeenth Division thought so, but then thought that they would be regular troops in the future, and they would go all the way north and attack the land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and their hearts couldn't help but be hot. For those of them who are mainly captives of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, although Funan is already their hometown, they still miss their homeland day and night, and it is the greatest wish of their lives to be able to fight back to Shaanxi and Gansu, and then set foot on their homeland and see their fathers and fellow villagers.

Another phalanx aroused enthusiastic cheers from the audience, and at a glance they knew that this was the Tielin Army, although the color of the uniform was roughly similar to that of the red-clothed soldiers, but it was wrapped in a turban, decorated with silver ornaments, and the red clothes were also embroidered with various patterns and patterns. Miao Yao beats Dong, there are all ethnic groups, and there are even Tibetan soldiers wearing felt hats.

The two people who protect the flag, one is the commander of the left division of the Tielin Army, the brigadier general Long Gaoshan, the other is the commander of the right division, and the middle general Gesang Dunzhu. And the leader in front of them turned out to be a slender woman wearing a fiery red embroidered skirt, stepping on riding boots, wearing a military hat similar to the shape of a phoenix crown, and a horizontal and two vertical armed belts lined the whole person extraordinarily heroic.

Even if you can't see your face clearly, but the stunning curve that is different from others reveals the gender of the team leader, cheering and setting off a high tide, it turns out to be a female general!?

"Deputy commander of the Tielin Army, Brigadier General Long Zhilan, who said that daughters are not as good as men? In ancient times, there was Mu Guiying, Liang Hongyu, and Mulan, and now there is my Yinghua Longzhilan、——! ”…,

The master of ceremonies was also very knowledgeable, and turned the focus of the introduction to the female general, and the cheers on the audience had turned into thunderous applause. In the past, it was taboo for women to enter the military camp, but Yinghua was different, not to mention that Yan Guifei had been a marshal, leading the army to conquer Fujian, and Long Zhilan, the Black Yi Queen, was already very well-known. In the Hunan War ten years ago, they had led the tribes to raise their righteousness and threw themselves into Yinghua, and then appeased the Tusi tribes in Guizhou, Xiangxi and Yunnan.

The flowery Tielin army lined up, followed by a black and red phalanx, which looked particularly calm, and everyone shouted loudly: "Guards pro-army!" ”

The guards also appeared, strictly speaking, this is not a fixed unit, and the personnel are all from other units. But in the hearts of the people, this is the Imperial Forest Army before the Son of Heaven, and his body is not ordinary, and his ability is even more extraordinary.

With black edges and black collars, red clothes and black pants, the phalanx of guards and pro-army footsteps were much calmer, but the leader caught everyone's attention. Compared with the generally tall soldiers, the leading officer is short in stature, the middle jacket is longer than the average soldier, it is over the knee, the body line is slim, the pace is flexible, and she is also a female general!?

"That's ...... Li Siniang, no, Lu Siniang, although she has a concubine, she leads the responsibility of His Majesty's bodyguard, and she is also the deputy commander of the guard. She led the guards to be read, which is also justified. ”

"Siniang is not ordinary, she is Yan Guifei's personal disciple, she once sneaked into Jiangnan and rescued Lu Liuliang's family."

The people who knew these "secrets" were muttering and passing on the information, and with Long Zhilan appearing before, the impact of Siniang's team leader reading was not so great.

"This country is really ...... Like a joke, a woman can also become a general, in broad daylight, and attract the attention of tens of millions of people? ”

In the crowd, a little girl who looked delicate and dignified, but her eyes were full of aura, asked the elderly family members around her.

"yes, even the little ones I look stupid......"

The old family rubbed their eyes for a while before they were convinced that what they had seen was correct.

"The dean of the academy is Zhu Niangniang, this country is really ......"

The little girl was full of emotion, and her tone was more vicissitudes than adults, but the last sentence was still exposed.

"It's really fun."

Siniang, who led the guards and soldiers across the review stand, felt that it was not fun at all, she didn't want to show her head like this, for fear that the government and the opposition would gossip about Li Xi because of this. But Yan Sanniang said, if you don't go, I'll go! This kind of limelight, quietly masters and apprentices must have one person to occupy! Siniang had to make a bold appearance.

Li Xian originally felt that this matter was a bit ridiculous, but after thinking about it again, Siniang was in charge of his bodyguards, and he was supposed to be in charge of the guards and pro-army, and it was reasonable to lead the army to be read. And Sanniang's complaint is also reasonable, Sanniang is the old instructor of Qingtian Siwei, the dean of the Huangpu Martial Arts School, the founding of the Yinghua Army, and Sanniang's contribution is not small. But as a concubine, she can't share this honor, and Siniang accepts it on her behalf, which is too much concession.

On the other hand, Long Zhilan couldn't be allowed to bear the pressure of the women's leadership alone, so Li Shi nodded and pushed Siniang out.

The cheers of the audience should not have had any negative reaction, and Li Xi breathed a long sigh of relief.

[The annotation of chapter 679 was actually forgotten again, and it is added here~! ] : In the Ming Dynasty, the court concubines and women usually wore black gauze hats, which were similar in shape to the official black yarn, but there were many decorations and side tassels on the hat, also called mane combs. 】。 ）