Chapter 168: Military Parade in the Martial Arts Arena (Part II)
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Looking at the soldiers standing under the stage, Lu Xiangsheng's face immediately became stern, and the Xuanda general Yang Guozhu, the Xuanhua general Tang Tong, the Datong general Wang Pu, and a group of deputy generals, deputy generals, staff generals and others all showed surprised expressions, and some people simply whispered, at this time, they finally understood why Yue Yang had the confidence to say that he had killed more than 2,000 in the battle report.
Looking at the sergeant who was clearly standing still in the audience, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes gradually brightened, and he twisted a short beard under his chin in his hand, and only said a sentence after a long time: "Good soldier!" ”
Not to mention Lu Xiangsheng and the other generals, even Xu Dingchen, who is not familiar with military affairs, and those civilian officials, after seeing these soldiers and comparing the guards next to him, they can naturally see the difference.
These sergeants in the audience are not only all wearing iron armor, and the Ming army is used to painting the armor red, these iron armor is not specially colored, but the whole body is gray and black, and all of them are polished, the generals who have been soldiers for half a lifetime know at a glance that these armor are made of stainless steel, and the protection is from head to toe, so that a pair of armor can not be taken down without hundreds of taels of silver. No wonder people say that Yue Yang is not only good at making money, but also very generous, which can be seen from the clothes of his sergeant.
Look at these sergeants again, all of them are young and strong, and they are full of energy. Standing on the spot, they all straightened their waists, did not squint, but looked calm. It's just that this time, I compared the pro-soldiers brought by the Xuanzhong generals from Xuanda, and the generals understood in their hearts, what kind of garrison are these sergeants, this is clearly an elite army with a hundred battles!
Sun Tzu's Art of War is cloudy: it is as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as fast as a fire, and as immobile as a mountain.
This means that the army must move as swift as the wind, march as neatly as a forest, and attack as mercilessly as fire. When defending, it is as steady as a mountain. When it is unpredictable, it is like a cloudy day; When it does not move, it is like a mountain, and when it moves, it is like thunder and lightning.
Although everyone didn't see how this army attacked, just because these people stood for dozens of minutes, and there was not even a single person whose body was shaking, this alone had already compared the family members and personal soldiers brought by the generals of Xuanda.
As the most famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng's mastery of sergeants is naturally self-evident. Although Yue Yang used the methods of later generations to train sergeants, many of the principles are still the same.
Lu Xiangsheng understands very well. Although these sergeants now only show simple standing movements, behind these movements represent a long and rigorous training. And all of these sergeants were in good shape when they saw it, and although they were all standing still, all the pride on their faces was that of a sergeant who had survived a battle on the battlefield.
And it was this kind of heroism and pride that impressed Lu Xiangsheng and the generals present.
In addition to a few famous armies, the rest of the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty can be said to be basically abandoned. Lu Xiangsheng has been in the military for so many years, and he has seen too many faces, and he has a numb face on his face. The vast majority of the army was a mixture of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and it looked more like a beggar gang than an army.
After Lu Xiangsheng and the generals who had been in the army for most of their lives saw the soldiers in front of them, they didn't need to look at anything else to know that these soldiers in front of them were definitely first-class elites.
Lu Xiangsheng nodded with satisfaction, but when he saw the team of less than two thousand people standing on the martial arts arena, his brows furrowed again, but he heard that Yue Yang had seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses under his hands, why did he only see such a point now, could it be that the rest were all eaten by him?
He turned his head to look at Yue Yang. He asked, "Garrison Yue, have all your soldiers and horses arrived?" ”
"Of course not?" Yue Yang naturally didn't know what Lu Xiangsheng was thinking at the moment, he smiled slightly: "Now these are just a few people who stay in Wuli Village, and most of the rest are practicing outside, and it is estimated that it will take a while to arrive." Promise...... Isn't that coming......"
"Whoa...... Crash...... Whoa......"
As Yue Yang's voice fell, there was another sound of neat footsteps outside, only this time these footsteps were heavier and denser than just now.
It was as if a group of giant beasts were running towards it, and the ground trembled faintly. The faces of everyone on the stage changed a little. This burst of sound was louder and denser than the previous one, and it seemed to be the sound of a large army marching.
Sure enough, after a while, a dense group of sergeants poured in from several directions of the school yard as if they had made an appointment.
In front of each team ran an officer wearing the same armor, and the only difference between the officer and the sergeant was the red cloak on the officer's back.
The sound of neat footsteps seemed to trample on the bottom of everyone's hearts, and Lu Xiangsheng could see it just by glancing at it. The sergeants who came behind were no worse than the ones who came in earlier. The number of these sergeants who came from behind was about 3,000, and there were now more than 4,000 sergeants on the school field with the addition of those who had just entered.
"It's not easy for this Yueyang to be able to afford to raise so many sergeants!" Many Xuanda generals looked at Yue Yang a little differently at this time. These generals have been on the border for many years, and they pay attention to strength first. Although Yue Yang is only a small guerrilla general now, since he has this strength, it means that he has the qualifications to sit on an equal footing with these generals.
At this time, Chen Xinjia, who was behind Lu Xiangsheng, asked curiously: "Yue Garrison, have all the soldiers under your command arrived?" ”
Yue Yang Zhengse said: "Back to the adults, there are still thousands of soldiers under the command of the last general to bear the city defense of the Yingzhou capital, so I can't come over, I hope you will forgive me." ”
"What? You still have thousands of sergeants who haven't come? ”
Now even Lu Xiangsheng was taken aback, and now the four or five thousand people on the school field have already surprised him, but this Yueyang still has a troop that has not come, how many people is he still hiding?
Lu Xiangsheng turned his gaze to Yue Yangzheng and asked, "Yue Shoubei, how many people do you have in total?" ”
"Not much, just eight thousand!" Yue Yang said honestly about a tree, he didn't want to hide anything in terms of quantity, because this kind of thing can't be hidden, and people with a heart will know it as long as they inquire.
"Eight thousand!" Everyone was stunned for a moment, even Chen Xinjia and Lu Xiangsheng were no exception.
They knew too well what it meant to be eight thousand elite sergeants, which meant that the strength of Yueyang, a small guerrilla general on the North Mountain Road, was enough to compete with Yang Guozhu, Tang Tong and other veteran generals.
"It seems that Shanxi's forces are going to be reshuffled."
The generals' gaze at Yue Yang began to become complicated, this guy has money, food and soldiers in his hands, it seems that he should be more cautious in dealing with Yue Yang in the future, there is no need not to provoke him.
The Ming Dynasty has always judged the border generals by eight things, accumulating money valleys, repairing dangerous passes, training soldiers and horses, arranging equipment, opening tuntian, salt management law, collecting horses, and dispersing the rebel party. The border generals are like this, and the imperial court's requirements for the garrison officers and soldiers are to pay for the grain in Tuntian, whoever collects more than two grains and silver will have significant political achievements, but Yueyang is almost all of these two, how can this not make people sigh.
Everyone had their own thoughts, and for a while the stage became a little silent. Chen Xinjia's face changed a few times, and he laughed again: "Lord Yue is worthy of being the pillar of my dynasty, and the soldiers have also gathered, I wonder if Lord Yue can let the soldiers perform a little, so that I can open my eyes." ”
To tell the truth, Chen Xinjia's move is quite suspicious of picking bones in eggs, anyone who knows the soldiers can see that these soldiers are rare good soldiers when they see the sergeants under Yue Yang's command, but now Chen Xinjia is still not satisfied, and he has to look at other people's drills, plus Lu Xiangsheng, who is the governor of Xuanda, has nothing to say, but he said it first, which inevitably has a bit of a taste of overstepping his responsibilities.
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's brows furrowed slightly, and he was probably also a little dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia's actions.
Chen Xinjia is also a shrewd person, after seeing Lu Xiangsheng's disapproving expression, he immediately turned to Lu Xiangsheng and smiled: "Don't get me wrong, although this official is just an inspector of the imperial history, he has also worked as an errand in the military department. ”
After listening to Chen Xinjia's words, Yue Yang and the others remembered that this Chen Xinjia was the left waiter of the Ministry of War before he came to Shanxi, in other words, he was the deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense in later generations. It is also a matter of course for a deputy minister of defense to inspect the troops, and no one else can say anything. It's just that...... Haven't you been wiped out as the messenger of the left squire? Some people think maliciously.
In the face of Chen Xinjia's request, Yue Yang couldn't refuse, if he refused, it would be a sign of weakness.
Yue Yang nodded, gave a deep salute to Lu Xiangsheng, and then strode to the front of the stage and shouted: "Now all of them have!" ”
"Stand tall!"
"Whoa!"
As Yue Yang's voice fell, the more than 4,000 sergeants in the audience all took back their left feet and stood up straight one by one. Although no one told the sergeants that someone should come to check today, when they saw their Lord Yue's appearance on the stage, they also knew that there was a great big man today, and they must not embarrass Lord Yue, so they all tried their best.
"All bayonets!"
"Whoa......
I only heard a neat sound, and the right hand of all the sergeants pulled out the Mitsubishi military thorn from their waists, and then skillfully checked the fire gun in their left hand, and suddenly there was a neat "click" sound.
Soon, Yue Yang's voice came again.
"Gun on the shoulder!"
There was another neat sound of "bang", a chilling cold light flashed, except for the sergeant holding the heavy shield, all the firecrackers leaned on their shoulders with a brush, and for a while, the firecrackers were like a forest, and a murderous aura spread in the school field.