Outside the port of Busan, there is a hilly area where the view is obscured by the jutting hills, making the road winding and winding, and the pedestrian quickly disappears into the mist-shrouded mountain rush.

Because he couldn't sleep all night last night, Hashimoto Minoru quickly felt tired, but seeing that the prince and the young man walked so smoothly in the mountain road, he couldn't see any fatigue, so he had to hold back his tiredness and follow them step by step.

However, he was still very puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know what this highness planned to do to him.

The answer was soon unfolded in front of him.

Led by the soldiers, they rounded several mountain roads to the top of a hill, and with the slightly steep slope of the hill as far as the eye could see, there was a small valley between the hills, which looked quite flat.

At this time, it is the time of spring flowers, the light breeze blows slightly on the top of the mountain, the slopes are overgrown with shrubs, thousands of green branches spread in all directions, and the dense woods cover the entire field. The flowers are blooming one after another, red like fire, white like snow, pink like xia, full of colors. The peach blossoms on the mountain look like clouds from afar, this fresh and natural beauty, Hashimoto Minoru is relaxed, and he has always lived in the cramped and prosperous Kyoto, how many opportunities do he usually have to see such a beautiful scenery.

He breathed in the fresh air, only to feel that the fatigue of his whole body was swept away, and he even wanted to write a poem.

However, his poetry was soon interrupted, as he suddenly felt a thunderous roar coming from a distance.

"Are you coming?" The prince asked the person next to him in a low voice.

"Your Highness, they are practicing here today, this is the largest drill in recent times, and the infantry and artillery have to drill it again." An officer next to him replied in a low voice, "We have surveyed beforehand, this valley is large enough, and it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, so it is easy to guard the key passes, and Your Highness is the best place to see it, and you can see the whole picture very clearly." ”

After saying that, he also took a telescope from the person next to him and respectfully handed it to the prince.

"Give him one too." The prince took the binoculars and gave the order.

Soon, in accordance with his orders, a telescope was also handed to Minoru Hashimoto.

When Minoru Hashimoto saw this somewhat strange object, he was a little confused for a moment.

It is a strange creature in the shape of a long barrel wrapped in iron, but it looks like a funnel, narrow in front and wide in the back, and inlaid with transparent glass on the front and back. The shell is also carved with patterns, and words are engraved on it.

Because it was handed to him, he took it unconsciously, and he only felt a chill in his hand. What exactly is this thing, and how should I use it?

In order to avoid embarrassment, he looked away and looked at the young man next to him, just as he noticed that the other party was picking up the cylindrical object, grabbing the narrow end, pulling out a section from behind, and then flattening it in front of his eyes.

He hurriedly complied, and although his movements were a little clumsy, he still played the role of this object.

Through this cylinder, he suddenly noticed that the scenery in the distance seemed to be forcibly pulled in front of him, and then ......

"Ahh He exclaimed, then fell backwards in a panic, and fell to the ground with his butt to the side.

He spotted a group of men on horseback and neatly dressed in red rushing towards him!

The horses were tall and muscular, almost twice as large as the horses he had seen in Japan, their skin was smooth, their manes were shiny, and they were lined up like a wall and pressed down on him quickly. The people on the horses were all strong and sturdy, their faces were calm and murderous, their clothes were very bright, and even the buttons seemed to be made of brass, shining with a dazzling light.

Because of the cylinder in his hand, he felt that he had been placed in front of them, as if he were about to be trampled mercilessly by these horses, and he panicked so much that he fell backwards and fell to the ground.

"What to do? Don't break your binoculars! The officer next to him hurriedly shouted, and then picked up the telescope from the ground.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, due to the prosperity of domestic industry, the quality of glass and steel products was greatly improved compared with the pre-Ming Dynasty, because telescopes also began to be manufactured in large quantities, and gradually squeezed out of the Han market imported from the West. However, compared with civilian telescopes, military telescopes are much more elaborate and valuable, so the officers are very concerned and easily refuse to damage it, and it is natural to feel distressed to see Hashimoto Minoru throw it to the ground.

"Don't scold him, it's normal to be flustered when I see this battle for the first time." Fortunately, the prince relieved him of his sleep, let people help him up, and then handed him another telescope again, "Take a good look, messenger, today is the drill of our Han army, you have watched these drills, you will probably have a general understanding of the military strength of ****." ”

That's right, today is a collective exercise of the Han army. The commander of the battle of the Japanese army, Zhao Song, and the three regiment commanders under his command were personally in charge, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince watched the review.

Zhao Song had said before that the three regiments under his command were from different regions, although this was conducive to the merits of each regiment, but it was not a good thing for his own command, so what he had always wanted was to unify the command of several regiments, so that these troops could really exert their full combat power under their own command.

In order to further hone his troops, he selected a part of the soldiers from each of his three regiments to conduct collective training, so that they could break the barrier between the origins of different legions and be able to form a legion that could meet at any time.

This drill is of great significance, so he also specially invited the prince to suppress the formation, and it is precisely because he knows that His Royal Highness the prince himself is watching, so these soldiers are very excited, and they all want to show themselves in front of His Royal Highness.

The first to lead the way was the cavalry battalion, although the number of this cavalry was not very large, but it was selected from the Liaodong Army, which can be described as an elite cavalry unit that has experienced a hundred battles and is familiar with various terrains and climates, and they are very strict in training and discipline.

Because the firearms of the Han army are very popular and powerful, in the debate and outlook within the army, they all feel that the status of the cavalry will gradually decrease in the future, and it will no longer be able to become a decisive force in the decisive battle, but will take on more auxiliary tasks such as flank harassment or attacking the enemy's logistics line, but considering that the firearms of the Japanese shogunate army are very inferior, Zhao Song feels that this cavalry should be able to play a great role in future battles. He also designated the unit as being directly subordinate to the commander-in-chief himself.

At present, these neatly dressed cavalrymen are galloping towards the valley on their war horses, but because of the good training they usually receive, their formation is still very neat in this state of charge, like rows of red waves sweeping forward, and the roar of horses' hooves echoes throughout the valley floor, dignified and majestic.

Zhao Song and his three regiment commanders also rode horses and followed behind these cavalrymen without hurrying, and they also held binoculars in their hands, looking intently at the galloping cavalry in front. However, although they were all regiment commanders, the regimental Zheng Bisu of the regiment drawn from the Liaodong Army deliberately kept a little distance from the three people in front.

His regiment was carefully selected by Zhao Song, Ji Guogong, Chen Sheng, and Chen Dashuai from the old department of the Liaodong Army, and was originally considered to be the most elite unit of the Liaodong Army.

In addition, he also knew that although he had become a regimental leader, there was still a gap between him and the identity level of the previous three people, as the general of the Liaodong Army and the emperor's cousin, not to mention Zhao Song, the other two people were also recognized as the stars of hope in the Han army, and they were also the eldest sons of the top nobles of the Han Dynasty. Although he was confident in himself, he didn't want to participate in the conversation of these top nobles, for fear that he would hear something he shouldn't have heard.

Although the large number of horses trampled through the ground and stirred up smoke and dust on the ground, making them as vague as seeing flowers in the fog, they could still feel the shock of the cavalry charge.

"The cavalry of the Liaodong Army is really the first-class strong soldier in the world!" After looking at it for a while, Julu Houma Chonghao's eldest son, Tuan Zhengma Tongji sighed, "Even if you look at it, you can feel a coercion, which makes people sweat on their foreheads, I really don't know what those enemies have to be like when they are facing the enemy!" ”

"Yes, even a battalion can cause such an effect, I really don't know what kind of scene it should be when thousands of troops and horses charge together!" Another regimental official next to him, Li Huanghe, the son of Li Dajin, Marquis of Yingchuan, also agreed, "The Liaodong Army can beat the Mongols who are good at riding and shooting to the ground, it seems that it is indeed not for nothing!" ”

The two of them praised together, although some deliberately wanted to compliment the main general, but in fact, it was more or less from the heart. Ma Tongji has been fighting with Marshal Shi Manqiang in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, and Li Huanghe has been fighting in Liangguang and South Vietnam under Marshal Dong Bingfeng before.

"The Mongols' cavalry is nothing to praise, and it is not a skill to defeat them." Zhao Song smiled and shook his head to show modesty, "Since the former Ming drove them back to the desert, they have been splitting and attacking each other, and now they have long since lost the majesty of their ancestors, and their equipment and weapons are very rudimentary, how can they still be the opponent of our Han cavalry?" Now I think that the only ones who can compete with the cavalry of our Han are those cavalry of Taixi. ”

"Tessie cavalry?" The other two were a little strange.

"Yes, it's Tessie's cavalry. According to the descriptions of those missionaries, their cavalry are all the attendants of the noble lords and feudal monarchs, and they are very well-equipped, and they have been diligent in training since childhood, and their tactics and cooperation are very sophisticated, not to mention that the Taixi countries are constantly fighting, so the armies of all countries can always be tempered in the war, and the experience has been passed down from generation to generation, and the cavalry is also stronger than our cavalry in terms of technology. Although these missionaries must have exaggerated when talking about their own country, they must have been a formidable army, so they had to be considered. ”

After Zhao Song's explanation, the two youth leagues just understood, and then they both felt a little impressed by Zhao Song.

"I really didn't expect the brigade to think so deeply, and even Taixi's military is already paying attention."

"There's no way, I can't help but pay attention...... Zhao Song sighed, "Now that Westerners have already come to China in large numbers, China is no longer an isolated country with its own unity, we may have a trick with Westerners when we can't take precautions now, wouldn't it be bad if we really ran into it in the future?" ”

"Encounter with Tessie's army...... Unlikely, right? The two young men looked at each other, and both felt a little unbelievable. They all learned military affairs and basic geography in the military academy, and they all knew that Taixi was thousands of miles away, and it was hard to believe that they could actually send a large army to attack the Han, so they all felt that the Han and Taixi had no possibility of a big fight at least for now, at most it was just some attacks on the sea, and it could be easily resisted by handing it over to the navy.

"How could it be?" Zhao Song smiled disapprerovingly, "You guys, you're all used to staying in the south, and you always think that Westerners must have to run over from the sea, but you don't know that they can still get by from the land, but it's just a little farther away." There is a Rakshasa country in the West, have you heard of it? ”

"I've heard that this is a country at the western end of the Tessie, with Moscow as its capital, but it doesn't seem to be very civilized, and its people are barbaric and vulgar, and the missionaries are very contemptuous when they mention it......" Ma Tongji replied according to his impression. It's inexplicably consistent with the name Rakshasa. ”

"It's barbarism and vulgarity that makes us more vigilant." Zhao Song replied in a low voice, "You guys haven't been in the South Lands very well, but we often receive information about them in the North Lands. The Rakshasa has been expanding its territory all the time, and it is expanding eastward, and it has swallowed up many Mongol tribes, and even the Golden Horde has long been destroyed by them. Now that they are in the direction of their forces, a large number of Mongols have rushed towards our army in the Northlands. Hey...... Speaking of this Mongolian, they are also pitiful now, they still swept the world back then, but now they are strangled by two walls, one east and one west......"

Zhao Song said easily, but I don't know how much blood and tears of the Mongolian tribes are contained in it, and now the East and West are being attacked by two empires at the same time, and the territory that the Mongolian tribes can control is getting smaller and smaller, and the casualties are also very heavy.

"According to the current trend, I'm afraid it won't be long before we and the Rakshasa Kingdom will directly collide." After a pause, Zhao Song said again, "Since the Rakshasa Kingdom is a tiger and a wolf, and it has a strong army, then I can't tell when we will meet them to fight, even if we can't meet them in this generation, the next generation and the next generation will always meet, so we should take precautions as soon as possible......

Zhao Song's sigh touched the other two young people very much, they usually fought in the army in the north and south, and they also asked themselves to be considered soldiers, but these questions were almost never considered, no matter whether the other party's consideration was reasonable or not, at least his vision was more than a step higher than his own.

Only then did they feel that he was able to be so valued by His Majesty and entrusted with such a great responsibility, indeed because of his ability, not just by virtue of the identity of the 'Zhao family'.

"What Lu Zheng said is indeed extremely reasonable, and we will always take it to heart." Ma Tongji lowered his head, "But I believe that with the military might of our Han, we will definitely be able to defeat any enemy, whether he is a Westerner or an Oriental, as long as we work together, we can all be crushed into powder!" ”

"Yes, that's what you want." Zhao Song smiled and nodded, "We now have a strong army that is unparalleled in the world, even if the quality of other countries' armies is almost the same as ours, how can they have so many of us?" As long as we continue to maintain the current spirit and always attach importance to the development of ordnance, then we will be the most powerful country in the world, and we don't need to worry about anyone. To be honest, this is also a good thing, since ancient times, the dynasties have been attacking everywhere in the early stage, but they have been beaten everywhere in the middle and late stages, and they have retreated step by step, why? It's nothing more than a long time of peace, so that everyone is comfortable up and down, and no one is willing to contribute to the country, just thinking about their own comfort. Now that there are enemies everywhere, it is a good thing for our Han army to fight in the east and west, so that they can always maintain a state of battle, so that everyone will not slack off. I think...... Your Majesty is determined to launch this conquest against Japan, and I am afraid that there are such considerations. ”

As the world gradually calmed down, the territory of the Han Dynasty has become unprecedentedly wide, and the surrounding enemies have also been scattered and fled, either disappearing or surviving, and no one can pose a threat to the Han, which is of course a good thing. However, for the army, it has always been peaceful and there is no enemy to fight, it will decay, and everyone knows the story of being born in sorrow and dying in peace, so the Han Emperor and his important generals did not want to stop the pace of war, they fought one after another, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness and focus of the army, and also let military technology always be valued and stimulated.