Chapter 669 Military Parade

What the new army is like, let alone Zhu Cihong, even Lu Xiangsheng, the secretary of the military department, does not have a clear concept. This army is the inner library has invested 200 silver yuan, which used to be Zhu Youzhen's top heart, but now it is a piece of fragrant bait in the eyes of the military department. Don't you want to get involved? Think, it's a pity that he can't do anything now.

The new army has a martial arts hall, and anyone under the age of 25 can enter and study, and according to the information that Lu Xiangsheng has learned, the training is extremely strict, and it can even be said to be cruel. After graduating for three years, the top three students with excellent grades are the champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua, which means that the traditional martial arts have disappeared, but they are replaced by graduates of the Royal Lecture Martial Arts Hall.

During the three years of study, these warriors sent troops to the grassland and Liaodong many times, participated in foreign operations and suppressed bandits, and participated in the formation of the new army after graduation. He became the first batch of officers in the Ming Dynasty who received formal military training in the true sense. It is foreseeable that these officers will inevitably become the cornerstone of the Ming officers and soldiers in the future, and there is only one person who can master them, and that is the emperor. In the past, these people were loyal to Zhu Youzhen, but now they are naturally loyal to Zhu Cihong. Wu Jinshi, like Wen Jinshi, is a protégé of the Son of Heaven.

It is precisely because of this that Wenchen's sense of crisis is so strong, and no one can imagine what direction an army will develop in the future if it is not under control. Wenchen wanted to return to the old model, and let them control the generals of the army, and then control the entire army of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, this hope is unlikely to come true now, at least this new army will not be at the mercy of it.

When Chen Xie appeared with a group of senior generals of the New Army, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin quickly exchanged glances. Each saw the intense uneasiness in each other's eyes, because these high-ranking generals were all from the Dengzhou camp in the past. In other words, they are the same boss as the current Liaodong Army and the Xing Navy. I thought that in the future, Chen Xie might pass the military reform and control the entire country's army. The hearts of the two were extremely shocked, and Hong Chengchou, who had not reacted much, had a gloomy face.

"Salute!" Chen Xie was in front, and a cadre of officers was behind, and they saluted Zhu Cihong neatly. At this time, Zhu Cihong was extremely excited in his heart. He had seen the majesty of the Dengzhou soldiers, but that army was obviously different from this army, and the food and salary of this army were all from the inner treasury, and they belonged to his army. As for the question of what officers to talk about, he was not worried, and privately felt that as long as the favor was in place, he would not worry about these officers not returning to their hearts.

"Good work!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand, and Chen Xie shouted loudly: "Please review the new army." After speaking, as soon as he got to the side of the road, a carriage without a roof drove up, and Chen Xie asked Zhu Cihong to stand up. Stretched out his hand to stop Lao Zhou, who looked uneasy, and then let the carriage start. Standing in the carriage, Zhu Cihong's young face was flushed, and the excitement was difficult to calm down, and the spirit of the army in front of him was exciting. The neat squares, one by one on both sides of the road, passed by the officers in front of the formation, "Salute!" "Salute all in unison! Zhu Cihong taught him according to Chen Xie. After passing a square team, he shouted: "Hello brothers! ”

"Long live Your Majesty!" The neat answer was like a landslide and tsunami, "Brothers have worked hard!" Zhu Cihong shouted again tremblingly.

"Die for Da Ming!" A neat answer. It was loud and high-pitched, and the air was shaking.

The carriage passed through one square line after another, and finally came to a high platform, where Chen Xie and the others were already waiting. This time today, there was no rehearsal in advance, and Zhu Cihong went down such a trip. His legs were all weak, and he couldn't stand unless he was held back by the carriage. Now I get out of the carriage and feel that my body is still floating.

"Brother-in-law, this situation is too shocking. Why didn't I say it earlier, I wasn't prepared at all. These 20,000 tigers are too powerful. Zhu Cihong seized the opportunity to speak to Chen Xie in a low voice, and got a faint answer: "These people will be loyal to His Majesty in the future, what is there to prepare?" Now this army has not really seen blood, and it is not a real tiger Ben. After the review is completed, he will be dragged to Annan to fight, and those who can survive will be called Huben. ”

"What, you want to use troops against Annan?" Zhu Cihong was shocked, this army was saved by the royal family, and he was really reluctant to be damaged. Chen Xie smiled and said: "Annan has been disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and it is time for them to know that they know the tiger power of the Ming Dynasty." Moreover, the place in Annam is rich, and now it is a confrontation between the north and the south, so if you don't do it at such a good opportunity, I'm too sorry for the new army that the emperor worked so hard to build. Zhu Cihong was still not at ease, and hesitated: "Do you want to go?" ”

Chen Xie said with a smile: "Let's go to a division first, and rotate every two years." Hehe, don't think too much about it, prepare to review the troops. ”

Ascending to the review stand converted into a corridor on the second floor of the division headquarters office, you can see a large avenue in front of you, and at the far end is a neatly lined army. At this time, looking at the various troops, it is really like a piece of dried tofu, which is neatly outrageous. There are not many troops coming from the scene, not all of the garrison, Chen Xie explained on the side: "There are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and if all of them are paraded, it will take too long." The minister arbitrarily drew out the strength of a brigade and held a small-scale military parade. ”

Zhu Cihong was dizzy now, and nodded to say that it would be like that, casually. After a series of gun salutes, on the side of the building, a band played a passionate music, only to notice that most of the people who played were ghosts, wearing Ming military uniforms, very similar to that thing, the instrument was also weird, but the music played was still very good.

In the sound of majestic military music, one by one teams walked in front of the review stand, and Chen Xie explained in a low voice on the side: "This is the student team of the Royal Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and the members are all students in school. ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, the team that was coming was wearing a military uniform that was unique to the Royal Lecture Martial Arts Academy, this color was determined by Zhu Youjian back then, and it has continued to this day, why should this color be set. The reason is very simple, one is convenient to dye cloth, and the other is convenient to distinguish.

When the procession approached, the command to "walk in a hurry" suddenly sounded, and all the soldiers, neatly splitting their guns, acted like one person, stepped on the right step with bayonets, and walked across the review stand with boasts. At this moment, Zhu Cihong's mind buzzed, and his blood boiled all over his body. The body shook subconsciously, and quickly held on to the railing so that he didn't fall.

What kind of army is this? It has only been a few years of hard work to create such a strong army.

The rumbling footsteps were like thunder, and in just one minute, a hundred meters of walking was walking, and Hong Chengchou and Yang Tinglin were directly shocked by a butt and sat on the ground. Lu Xiangsheng was a little better, he held on to the railing in time and did not make a fool of himself. But at this moment, his mood is like a boiling oil pot, unable to contain the boiling emotion.

Slowing down a little, another square team came, and Chen Xie was explaining again: "This is the infantry team of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Ming Infantry Praetorian Guard. He was walking again, and the mood that had just eased was boiling again with the officer's command. With a neat splitting action, Zhu Cihong's eyes widened, and he refused to let go of a single detail. Just look at these soldiers all wearing white gloves, neat movements, neat steps, horizontally it is still a line, vertically it is still a line, and it is still a line when obliquely viewed.

This kind of military parade with a straight walk is exciting, even if modern people see it, let alone the people of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, Zhu Cihong trembled slightly, his face flushed with excitement, and the blood all over his body gushed up. The other three cabinet ministers were also trembling, they were scared. Such an army, let alone the Ming Dynasty, looking at the world, who can be the enemy? Such an army is actually not in the hands of Wenchen, is there anything more terrifying than this?

The infantry phalanx was followed by the cavalry phalanx, and several cavalry phalanxes marched in order, and walked to the stage to salute and squint neatly. Behind them were the artillery platoon, pulling the supporting fire of the infantry division, the 3-pounder gun, the 6-pounder gun, and the 12-pounder gunner, and the artillerymen sat on the gun carriages and raised their hands in a neat salute.

After passing through the review stand, all the teams lined up neatly fifty meters in front of the review stand, and the whole process was not chaotic at all, and there was no superfluous part at all. Zhu Cihong, whose mood had slowly calmed down, leaned on the railing with both hands and asked Chen Xie with a slight trembling: "Brother-in-law, are these my new army?" In the future, the army of the Ming Dynasty can be trained like this? ”

"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to train soldiers, especially in today's army dominated by firearms, as long as the officers' shelves are set up and the source of troops is filled in, and the training takes half a year to be an army that can be pulled to the battlefield. If a soldier wants to become a real soldier, he has to go to the battlefield to see blood. Although the surrounding area of the Ming Dynasty is quiet at the moment, some small countries have ignored the status of the Ming Sect Master for a long time, and it is time to teach them a lesson. There is also the use of troops overseas, if I want to be a family for all generations, I have to continue to expand outward and fight for the living space of the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

When Chen Xie said this, the other three wanted to speak, but looking at Zhu Cihong with an excited face, he knew that this was not an opportunity to persuade at this time, Chen Xie had already introduced the emperor into his preset ideas, and whoever tried to persuade would be counterproductive.

The three of them exchanged glances with each other, and when they were about to be raised by Lu Xiangsheng to talk to Chen Xie, a heaven-shattering shout came from the opposite side: "Long live!" Banzai! Hooray! This shout was so shocking that Lu Xiang was shocked back when he raised the words to his mouth.

Feelings, the little emperor made a gesture of waving, and the officers and soldiers in the line immediately responded with shouts. (To be continued......)