In the early morning of September 29th, the autumn sun quickly dispersed the frost and morning fog between heaven and earth, and at three o'clock in the morning, Zhengde's car set off from Daming Gate, and hundreds of brightly armored Jinyi Wei Han generals held golden melons and golden knives, waving dozens of dragon flags, and surrounded Zhengde's car to drive northward.

Behind the car, hundreds of civil and military officials rode horses and sat in sedan chairs for several miles, and followed Zhengde to the northern suburbs of Daxiaochang, which is the place where Zhengde inspected the Beijing camp, and it is also the main battlefield where the two armies will compete against each other.

At three o'clock, the long imperial car finally arrived at the northern suburbs of the school field thirty miles north of the capital, but under the blue sky of the autumn sun, the wide and flat northern suburbs of the school field was noisy with flags and displays, and the Beijing camp army was neatly arranged under the review platform, and from south to north in turn it was arranged in a square formation, namely: Shenji Battalion, Fenwu Battalion, Yaowu Battalion, Lianwu Battalion, Xianwu Battalion, Dare Yong Battalion, Guoyong Battalion, Xiaoyong Battalion, Drum Yong Battalion, Liwei Battalion, Shenwei Battalion, Yangwei Battalion, Zhenwei Battalion, Shenshu Battalion. In addition, the four foreign armies of Ulzhou Wei, Bazhou Wei, Datong Right Guard, and Xuanfu Zhongwei were also lined up.

Zhengde led hundreds of civil and military officials to the high review platform, sat down under the canopy umbrella in the middle, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses knelt down at the same time to salute, shouting: "Long live the emperor, long live!" ”

The shouts of more than 100,000 people resounded in the sky, and the momentum was really amazing, Zhengde laughed, got up and said loudly: "All the soldiers are flat." ”

More than 100,000 people chanted in unison: "Thank you, Emperor." Hula all got up and stood still.

Zhengde smiled and said to the officials on the left and right: "Look at my mighty master of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to covet my Ming Sheng when he sees this scene?" Ate the leopard's gall. ”

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Emperor Mingjian, my great Ming god martial arts crown is the world, it is the country of the Celestial Empire, and the barbarian small state jumps the beam clown, but when I see such a scene, I should be glad that my emperor is benevolent and righteous, and let them be on the side." ”

Zhengde was very happy, and said continuously: "Scholar Yang's words have spoken to my heart; Come on, take my sweat and blood horse, take my golden armor, I am going to inspect my Jingying hero. ”

The eunuchs hurriedly led the horse to take the armor, and soon after, Zhengde was neatly draped, but he saw that he was wearing a purple and gold helmet, wearing gold armor, and silver lock rhino leather boots, and the long sword hanging obliquely at his waist, the jewels on the scabbard, and the cloud brocade tassels on the hilt were as red as fire; Although this set of equipment is flashy, Zhengde is also heroic after wearing it, which makes the ministers admire.

Zhengde jingle the bell and walked down the review stand, stood on the square on the horse bluestone, turned over and jumped onto the sweaty BMW of the Shenjun, the movement was extremely vigorous, attracting the same applause of the officers and soldiers near the left. Zhengde triumphantly urged the horses, held the reins in his left hand and drew the sword at his waist with his right hand, raised it above his head, and ran all the way down the paraded procession to the sound of drums.

Every time, Zhengde raised his sword to signal, and the soldiers in the camp raised their blades and shouted three long live, all the way down, long live dozens of times, but Zhengde's hand could not be raised, this set of armor is handsome and boundless, but it is a pity that it is too bulky, and Zhengde's body is empty, just for a while, Zhengde is already sweating and panting.

After inspecting the four guards and horses, Zhengde was already weak, and it was a little difficult to get off the horse when he returned to the review stand, and finally dismounted and slowly walked up to the review stand with the assistance of General Dahan. Seeing this situation, the ministers on the stage all showed worries on their faces, the emperor was only nineteen years old, and he was already weak to this point when he was a young man with strong blood, which was really a bit incredible.

While the trumpets were raised and the flags were waved, the 500 elite soldiers of the Shenji Battalion began to display firearms items such as the bombardment of targets by the general artillery of Zhankou, the bombardment of thunderbolt artillery, the shooting of Dalian bead guns, and the shooting of bird guns. The general bombardment of the mouth of the cup, which was well adjusted for angle and distance, was buried and bombed in the distance. On the mound of medicine, a shocking mushroom cloud was exposed, and the mud, sand and stones covered a radius of 100 zhang, and the sound was earth-shattering. The thunderbolt cannon and the cannons all use special ammunition, not to be powerful, but to seek the momentum of the sound of fireworks when they are fired. Although the momentum of the bird gun array is a little weaker, when the colored ball hanging on the target is shot by the bird gun, the colorful paper strips that burst out of it fly in the wind, and the scene is also gorgeous and spectacular.

Song Nan looked at these fancy performances very funny, Zhang Lun also put a lot of thought into it, these fancy means are all ideas that Zhang Lun came up with, Song Nan is a little pitiful for this uncle, and can only use these means to brush up and save zài, this British business trip is actually quite boring.

The firearms here can only be seen by General Song Nan of Zhankou, and the rest of Song Nan scoffed at it. Medicine, the power of General Zhankou is also strong enough, but the low smelting technology makes these generals short-lived generals. The rest of the so-called thunderbolt cannons, Lianzhu cannons and other things, the practicality is extremely low, and the instability is quite large, there is no actual combat use at all, although the bird gun can be used in actual combat, but after Song Nan has Mrs. Song's firearms, he has long been blind to other firearms.

The performance of the Shenji Battalion ended perfectly, and the officers and men on and off the stage all responded with warm applause and cheers, and the atmosphere reached a small climax. After the smoke cleared, the drums sounded again, and this returned to the commanders of each battalion commanding the envoys to come to the stage to accept the order of the Zhengde award, and under the supervision of the cabinet scholars, under the auspices of the military department Shangshu Lu Wan, the division of the army, drew lots to decide the first and second rounds of the Beijing camp contest of offensive and defensive competitions.

The twelve marquis of the 12th regimental battalion, the Shenshu battalion, and the leaders of the outer four guards ascended the review stand in the sound of drums, saluted in front of the Zhengde Seat, and stepped forward in turn to receive the military order and the small military flag, and in the subsequent competition, the loser had to hand over the military flag with the name of the battalion to the winner, and after the flag was captured, the soldiers and horses were declared eliminated.

When Song Nan stepped forward to receive the token and the flag to retreat, he suddenly heard someone next to Zhengde whispering: "Song Nan, come on." ”

Song Nan looked at it in surprise, and saw a palace maid in Tsing Yi standing next to Zhengde looking at him with a smile, who else was it not Kang Ning? She couldn't follow such a major event of reviewing the army, but she didn't expect to pretend to be a palace maid and follow, she must have been upright and couldn't resist her, so she was asked to pretend to be a palace maid, so as not to be talked about by the ministers.

"Yes, Song Nan, come on, give me Liang a real skill, and make the imperial sister happy." Zhengde said with a smile.

Kang Ning looked at Song Nan with watery eyes and said, "I pressed five thousand taels of silver on you to buy you to win, if you lose, my pollen money for half a year will be gone, so you have to come on." ”

Song Nan was stunned and said, "How can there be such a gamble?" ”

Zhengde was also stunned and said: "Yes, how can there be such an interesting gamble, why don't I know?" ”

Kang Ning said with a smile: "The gamble I opened with the queen, the concubines and princesses of the harem and the nobles and female officials all participated, but it was just for everyone to have fun, if the emperor knew, who would dare to play?" ”

Song Nan was speechless, and Zhengde was stunned for a long time and said, "How can I not play such a fun thing?" After that, he jumped out of his seat and came to the lower head where the ministers were standing, and said in a loud voice: "I will start a gambling game. Note, which one do you think the soldiers and horses will bet on if they win the championship in the big competition, okay? It's also a lottery. ”

The ministers were stunned, and someone whispered: "Nonsense." ”

Yang Tinghe suddenly said: "Since the emperor is interested, how about we accompany the emperor to have fun?" Besides, it can also add a little pressure to the marquis generals. Half of the bet I put down goes to the winner, and half goes to the army that wins in the end, which is also considered a reward, how about it? ”

Zhengde laughed and said: "Okay, I bet on Song Nan to win with 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

The ministers were silent, and Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "The emperor pressed Lord Song, and the ministers also wanted to suppress Lord Song, but if they pressed Lord Song, there would be no losers, and the ministers would bet 1,000 taels to win." ”

With Yang Tinghe taking the lead, the ministers you have five hundred and I have one thousand have begun to bet, except for the emperor betting on Song Nan, none of the other ministers are optimistic about the Shenshu Battalion, whether from the establishment time or from the weapons and equipment, the Shenshu Battalion can not see any advantages, when the review just now, the soldiers and horses of the Shenshu Battalion have seen it, all of them are black and thin as if they have not eaten enough, how can they win?

After the statistics, the Shenshu Camp had 10,000 taels of silver, Zhang Lun's Fenwu Camp was the second most popular, with 54,000 taels, and Qian Taichang of the Zhenwei Camp was actually the first favorite, with more than 80,000 taels of silver pressed on him.

Zhengde smiled: "Song Nan, it seems that everyone is not optimistic about your Shenshu camp." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Why don't I also come to bet some silver to join in the fun?" ”

Zhengde smiled: "Who are you betting on?" How much to bet? ”

Song Nan said: "Get rid of the emperor's 10,000 taels of silver, and there are 18 taels of silver, even if I win, I can't get these silver, so I bet myself on 18 taels, so that if I win, all the silver will be won." ”

The ministers laughed and scolded, and someone said, "Is Lord Song so confident?" You need to know that you are facing all the experienced princes, and this time it will not be easy for you to win. ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "If you lose, you will lose, you can also win a little more, otherwise so many people will share the emperor's 10,000 taels of silver, which is not enough." ”

Zhengde laughed and said: "Okay, Song Nan has the confidence to win, I am very happy, I allow you to press yourself to win." ”

Song Nan smiled and signed the amount of money to participate in the gambling, everyone was already interested in this big competition, and now there are more big bets, and they are looking forward to it. Lu Wan was ready to preside over the draw, but suddenly found that there was a trouble, the participating teams were not even numbers, there were a total of seventeen of the twelve regimental battalions plus the Shenshu battalion and the outer four guards, and it was impossible to fight in pairs, and one team had to have a bye. I didn't take into account the team's singles and doubles in advance, and I didn't know what to do for a while.

When he was discussing endlessly, Xu Guangzuo suddenly said: "Your Majesty, as the governor of the regiment and battalion, it is a pity that the minister cannot participate in it; Since there is a lack of soldiers and horses, please lead the personal guard battalion out of the station, and if you win, it will be the glory of my regimental battalion, please ask the emperor for permission. ”

In this way, the matter was resolved, and Xu Guangzuo personally led 500 people to participate in the competition, which aroused everyone's appetite.

"Since he has participated in the war, the old minister has also come to bet. The old minister bet 200,000 taels to win by himself, and bet against Song Houye, I don't care if the rest of the people win or lose, if Song Hou Ye wins the championship, Song Hou Ye will take 200,000 taels of silver, if the old man wins the championship, Song Hou Ye must pay another 200,000 taels of silver to the old man, Song Hou Ye, do you dare? Xu Guangzuo smiled and challenged Song Nan, Song Nan was willing to show weakness and said: "Dingguo Gong wants to bet, how dare I disrespect, but 200,000 taels of silver does not match the identity of the grandfather, how about I make a bet on one million taels?" ”

Everyone was in an uproar, Song Nan wanted to use money to smash people, one million taels, what are you kidding! Xu Guangzuo definitely won't go crazy with him.