"Remember clearly, this is the review of the Son of Heaven, everyone cheer up, don't be nervous."

"Banzai doesn't kill people at every turn like in the storytelling, you just follow the usual drills."

"Don't be afraid even if you make a mistake in the exercise, just perform well in the battle formation in the future."

"Of course, if you make a mistake in both, then don't fucking finish your meal tonight and run ten laps around the camp! It's impossible for a to miss twice! ”

"Hahahaha......"

In the spring season, mixed peanut trees, birds through the forest......

Nearly 40,000 horses and horses were arrayed in front of the Yanshan camp, and the chief flag officers of the general flags were scolding and scolding to relieve the tension of the soldiers, and from time to time their mouths were dirty, making everyone laugh.

In just one month, the Yanshan camp has also undergone a lot of changes.

First of all, the moat was flooded, and the rammed earth wall two feet and six feet high was also rammed.

Compared with Zhu Youzhen's previous plan, Yanshan Daying has expanded several times and become a rectangular town six miles long and five miles wide.

Outside the two-zhang moat, a flat square was flattened by the soldiers with stone grinders, and a flat road around the city.

In order to welcome the review of the Son of Heaven, the south gate of the Yanshan camp also deliberately made a one-foot eight-foot city gate tower.

In this way, standing on the city gate tower, you can overlook the square in front of the city gate tower at a height of thirteen or fourteen meters.

On the square, the flags were unfurled, and nearly 40,000 soldiers wearing red mandarin duck battle jackets, cloth masks, hat-shaped hats, and gimbal armor on their left and right hands were quietly waiting for the Son of Heaven.

In the middle, they made a five-zhang wide avenue, which was not only made of native tamping, but also made of some stone chips and gravel, as well as glutinous rice syrup and lime, which was very strong.

Everyone was waiting, listening to the sound of the spring breeze blowing and making the flags hunt, it was undoubtedly an ordeal.

Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao didn't let them wait too long, and soon a team of people appeared on the horizon, and the sound of arrows sounded in the air.

Sun Yingyuan, who was in charge of the command, immediately swallowed his saliva when he saw the sound of the arrow.

At this time, the first to enter was the three thousand cavalry of the warrior battalion.

The phalanx of 40,000 people, 600 steps long and wide, and the avenue five zhang wide and two miles long is vacant in the middle.

Three thousand cavalry rode towards the city, but on both sides of the avenue, one person would be left at intervals, and the horses would turn to face each other, a foot away from the soldiers behind them.

All the horses solved their own problems before the drill, and there was no open defecation during the inspection.

When the three thousand cavalry stood separately, the arrows rang out again, and then the long procession began to enter the field.

The first to enter were the flag bearers of the 26th Guard, the Jingo Left Guard and the Tiger Ben Left Guard.

In front of them were more than thirty nobles wearing armor and pale faces.

This group of nobles, as well as the three guards and horses, have never seen such a scene.

More than 40,000 people were pressed together, facing them in a uniform manner, without squinting, as if wearing a clay sculpture of a stomach.

There was silence all around, no one looked at them, only the sound of horses' hooves and their footsteps, and the sound of flags waving in the spring breeze told them that none of this was a dream.

Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen swallowed his saliva with difficulty, his limbs were a little weak, and Dingguo Duke Xu Xigao was also pale and uncomfortable.

In this kind of scene, even the British public Zhang Weixian is also very nervous, I don't know how many years have not seen such immovable soldiers and horses.

The three of them are still like this, not to mention the other nobles and the soldiers of the Three Guards.

Especially the soldiers of the Three Guards, although more than 16,000 people temporarily gathered to go north, most of these guys were some remote relatives of Xungui's family.

In other words, it's all sake bags and rice bags!

At present, they are like thieves who have entered the barracks, cowering, and they do not look like they are straight up to the twenty-six guards.

They walked with difficulty, and then walked to the moat, the two large open spaces reserved for them by Sun Yingyuan.

Sun Yingyuan rode his horse and said to Zhang Weixian and others:

"Old Guogong, on the orders of His Royal Highness, please ask the three guards to stand in the open space on both sides and join the Beijing camp for the long live review."

Straight thief mother......

In an instant, those nobles who tried in vain to stop Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian from abolishing the Shuntian Mansion and the Guards of the Two Prefectures of Shuntian all scolded in their hearts.

To ask them to be reviewed by Banzai is simply a slap in the face.

But there is no way, things have already begun, and no one can stop them.

They could only drive the ducks to the shelves and call the men to fight separately to the open space on both sides.

It's just that, like the original Four Guards and One Battalion, their station was not sorted out for two quarters of an hour, and in the end, Sun Yingyuan could only call for help, and reluctantly let them stand according to the formation of the phalanx.

But if you look closely, it is not difficult to see that some of them pick their hands here and their faces there, and it is very appropriate to describe them as a rabble.

It was bitter for Sun Yingyuan, and finally arranged the three guards and Xungui, and then the Wenchen team who led the soldiers of the Beijing camp also rode on horseback on the avenue.

Compared with the nobles and ministers, it is much better.

Since most of the people accompanying the army were people from the Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they dealt with the border army all the year round, although they were shocked by the immovable formation of the Seven Guards, they could also speak from time to time, talking and laughing.

From this point, it is not difficult to see why Xungui can't help it.

It's not just Wenchen who is targeted, but more importantly, they really can't do it.

Compared with the three guards and horses, the Beijing camp only has one battalion of men and horses from each of the five armies, Shenji, and Shenshu, so the number is not large.

Riding on horseback, Yang Lian was extremely shocked when he saw that he had only been gone for three months, and the seven guards and one battalion had changed so much.

"Wen Ru, this army of soldiers and horses, if they are pulled to Liaodong, I am afraid that the old slave can only be discouraged."

Zuo Guangdou smiled and stroked his beard, his heart was very happy, and Han Yi next to him also smiled proudly:

"Although the Fifth Highness should not be contaminated with military power, it seems that at the moment, in terms of military training ability, he is indeed far superior to the ordinary nine-sided generals."

"Humph!" Gao Panlong snorted coldly and didn't say anything.

Perhaps he still stubbornly believes that Zhu Youzhen will be the vassal king of the cholera world in the future.

However, when they were talking, many other party ministers such as Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and many other parties realized the seriousness of the matter.

The split of the Pan-Jiangnan Wenchen forces gave Zhu Youzhen the opportunity to train his troops, and once the emperor has military power, it is not difficult to imagine what he will do next.

"I think that Emperor Wu Zongyi only knew how to dance with knives and sticks, and then went down to the south of the Yangtze River, disturbing the people and making a living."

"Now it seems that Banzai must not be allowed to repeat the mistakes of the past."

The five horses were parallel, and Yao Zongwen took the lead in speaking, making Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun, Qi Shijiao, Guan Yingzhen and others next to him have solemn faces.

What Emperor Wu Zongyi was referring to was naturally Zhu Houzhao.

At that time, after Zhu Houzhao mastered the military power, he took advantage of King Ning's rebellion to go to Jiangnan, and then clarified Jiangnan's arrears of taxes to the imperial court.

Yao Zongwen opened his mouth now, in fact, to remind everyone that it was not a good thing for the emperor to control the military power.

As for this army of soldiers and horses, if it is pulled to the local area, then whether it is Jiangnan, Shandong, or Huguang, those merchants and gentry will have to pay taxes honestly in the next few years.

"This should be my Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses......"

Among the civil officials, an old man in his sixties, wearing a scarlet official robe, rode on horseback, happily looking at the soldiers and horses around him, his eyes were a little moist.

Unlike the worries of the party members and the joy of Qingliu, he was moved and happy.

As the emperor's teacher, he is extremely happy that the emperor has such a younger brother who can train soldiers.

As for his identity, he is Sun Chengzong, the young Zhan Shi, and he is currently half of the two and a half civil ministers who have a strategic vision.

At this moment, he looked at the soldiers and horses around him, and his heart was extremely excited.

It's just a pity that there wasn't much time for him to stay and observe, so the Wenchen group walked through the long avenue with the soldiers of the Beijing camp, and then met Sun Yingyuan who was waiting for them.

After Sun Yingyuan saluted, he arranged for the soldiers of the Beijing camp to line up in the open space on the left and right, while the nobles and Wenchen waited for the emperor's rebuke in front of the moat.

Sun Yingyuan rode his horse, hurried from the avenue, and came to the front of the military formation, and four towering elephants also appeared in the distance pulling the big wheel.

On the big wheel, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao stood in front of the door of the palace, and at the same time as the elephant was pulling, they saw the neat array of seven guards and one battalion.

"Good, good!"

Three good in a row is enough to show the happiness of the good imperial brother, and at that time, Da Zhen also stepped on the avenue, and Sun Yingyuan raised his crossbow and shot arrows at the sky.

"Smack!"

"Salute!"

Sun Yingyuan roared, and then sixteen general cannons lit the fuse.

Everyone was waiting quietly, and among the soldiers of the Seven Guards and the First Battalion in the formation, many of them were soaked with sweat on their mandarin duck battle jackets, but they didn't dare to slack off, because this was just the beginning.

"Peng Peng Peng—"

Finally, after more than a dozen breaths, sixteen cannon shots appeared, and more than 40,000 soldiers of the 7th Guard and 1st Battalion seemed to have formed muscle memory at this moment, and they all turned around.

At this moment, the sound of the iron armor stomach colliding, and the uniform actions of 40,000 people, brought people a unique visual impact.

Zhu Youxiao was shocked and stopped breathing, and then came back to his senses.

Not only him, but all the nobles and Wenchen had goosebumps almost all over their bodies when they saw this scene.

"Daming Wansheng! Wansheng! Victory ......"

The 40,000 people shouted in unison, and the sound was like thunder, which greatly satisfied Zhu Youxiao's spirit and made him enjoy it very much.

Only at this moment can he be worthy of being called the Son of Heaven and the Ninety-Five Venerable.

Different from the routine singing of the courtiers above the court, the roar of 40,000 men let Zhu Youxiao know the strength of the dynasty in his hands.

"Good! All right! ”

Zhu Youxiao excitedly pinched the fence of the big chariot and patted Wei Zhongxian, who was driving the chariot, on the shoulder.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian stopped the big wheel and let it stop at the very center of the 40,000 people.

"Brother Huang?" Zhu Youzhen said suspiciously, he remembered that he made it very clear to the other party last night, he had said all the processes no less than three times, and he shouldn't stop at this time.

"Reward!"

Zhu Youxiao blushed excitedly and said, "Reward!" The soldiers of the Seven Guards and One Battalion will be rewarded with 800 yuan each! ”

Zhu Youxiao was on top, Zhu Youzhen wanted to persuade him, but he didn't want him to look directly at Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan, who were accompanying him:

"Order, allocate silver from the inner court, and reward each of the seven guards and one battalion with eight hundred dollars!"

"The last general will thank the Holy Grace!" Hearing this, Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui didn't dare to look at Zhu Youzhen, so they could only nod their heads.

They all knew that they still needed to ask Zhu Youzhen at this time, undoubtedly pushing their Royal Highness to the fire pit, and only meeting the needs of the emperor was the right thing.

With their promise, the three thousand cavalry of the Warrior Battalion began to run through the ranks, and gave a loud order:

"Long live the mantra, seven guards and one battalion will reward each person with eight hundred!"

"Hooray! Hooray—"

The news of the reward once again invigorated the soldiers of the Seven Guards and One Battalion.

This is 800 Wen, almost half a month's military salary.

At this moment, everyone felt that these months of training were worth it.

They have been recognized by the Son of Heaven and affirmed by the emperor, and now they can finally pat their chests and shout to the outside world, "Lao Tzu is the Son of Heaven!" "That's it

When the soldiers shouted long live, the chariot was also restarted, and soon crossed the crowd of 40,000 soldiers.

Zhu Youxiao was a little unsatisfied, and even enthusiastic, and wanted to watch it again.

However, when he walked to the boundary between the Seven Guards and One Battalion and the Three Guards and Three Battalions, he immediately calmed down as if he had been poured a basin of cold water.

Looking at the crooked three guards and three battalions, Zhu Youxiao remembered that the seven guards and one battalion were the Ming Dynasty Xuanfeng carefully trained by his younger brother, and the real million army of the Ming Dynasty was mostly a rabble like the three guards and three battalions......

Blush......

At this moment, all the nobles blushed incomparably, and they asked to review the Seven Guards and One Battalion, almost taking the initiative to stretch their faces in front of Zhu Youzhen, and shouted loudly and backbonely: "Come!" Beat! Punch in the face! ”

The nobles were extremely aggrieved, recalling their "wise" operation, and Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, even wanted to find a pit to jump into.

They were just aggrieved, but Zhu Youxiao was cooled down.

He didn't even want to take a second look at the three guards and three battalions, so he directly entered the Yanshan camp according to the process, and got down with Zhu Youzhen's support.

"Brother Huang, it's time to go to the front tower and watch the army drill."

Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth to Zhu Youxiao, and then explained:

"The younger brother will personally lead the warrior camp drill, so he can't accompany the imperial brother."

"Okay, okay, you go ......" Zhu Youxiao responded with a smile, then glanced at Wenchen Xungui, who had not yet followed, and whispered to Zhu Youzhen:

"Louder and scare the guys."

"Okay!" When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he responded with a smile, and then turned over his horse and walked out of the city.

The group of Wenchen and Xungui looked at him leaving, and they all looked sideways, not understanding what he was going to do.

However, Yang Lian knew very well what Zhu Youzhen was going to do, but he didn't say anything.

He followed the ministers and nobles into the Yanshan camp, and then climbed the rammed earth city wall and ascended to the Xuanfeng City Tower.

I have to say that standing on this building more than ten meters high, the vision is wider and clearer.

Under their overlook, the soldiers of the 40,000 Seven Guards and One Battalion began to move.

The men and horses of the three guards and three battalions were introduced into the city of the Yanshan camp, and the large square at the gate of the city was left for the performance of the seven guards and one battalion.

Soon, tens of millions of soldiers of the Seven Guards and One Battalion turned to the city tower as one.

In the open space three hundred paces long and three miles wide where the three guards and three battalions were standing, someone began to place a thick wooden shield in the shape of a person.

At this time, the three thousand cavalry of the warrior battalion walked out of the army, and when everyone looked at them, they found Zhu Youzhen, who had changed into a fish scale armor and arm armor, and had a Yanling knife pinned to his waist.

When the 3,000 cavalry stood in formation, Zhu Youzhen took over a uniquely shaped firearm in Man Gui's hand.

It was one foot three inches long and had two barrels, like the double-barreled shotguns of later generations.

In the incomprehension of the nobles of Wenchen, Zhu You raised the fire gun and said:

"Drugging!"

As he spoke, the three thousand cavalrymen began to take out the fire guns pinned to their horses one by one, the same as the fire guns in Zhu Youzhen's hands, and took out two triangular paper bags, and after biting them, they poured them into the double tubes.

Then they took out a skewer and began to tinker with the barrel of the gun, and after a few breaths, put the skewer and pinned it under the firearm, and began to prepare with their guns.

Beside Zhu Youzhen, a standard-bearer began to wave the flag after getting Zhu Youzhen's permission.

Suddenly, 3,000 cavalrymen began to ride their horses and rushed towards the wooden card three hundred paces away, as did Zhu Youzhen and Man Gui.

Three thousand cavalry rushed towards the wooden shield, then scattered and divided into twenty groups, charging towards the hundred or so wooden shields.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and not a single person slowed down the horse.

Just when all the ministers thought that the warrior camp was about to charge, at this time, at a distance of fifteen paces, twenty centaurs began to make a great detour, and at the same time pulled the trigger of the fire gun in their hands.

"Bang bang bang-"

The sound of fried beans was endless, and white smoke rose faintly, permeating and obscuring everyone's sight.

At this time, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others all discovered that something was wrong, and even Yao Zongwen and others were the same.

"Is this a self-generated firebolt?"

The Ming Dynasty did not close itself off from the country, and they also knew about the self-made firearms that were famous overseas, but they didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen would get this kind of thing out without saying a word.

As for the tactics they adopted, they were already a very common face-to-face tactic in the late Ming Dynasty.

The cavalry of the Ming army relied on the armor and stomach, and often used this kind of face protrusion to attack the enemy at close range.

It's just that the border army uses a three-eyed gun, while the warrior battalion uses a double-barreled self-generated firearm.

The fate of those wooden shields, Yao Zongwen and the others can know without thinking too much, most of them have been beaten beyond recognition.

Thinking of this, they just felt fresh and didn't react much.

At this time, 3,000 cavalry retreated, and 1,000 men and horses came out of the seven guards.

They stood fifty paces away from the wooden shield, then raised their single-barreled firearms, which were more than four feet long, and began to pour the medicine diagonally.

However, unlike the 3,000 battalions, after they were filled with medicine, they wrapped a small piece of linen cloth around a round buckshot, and used a skewer to pound the buckshot into the bottom of the barrel.

The process was tedious and took more than a dozen breaths.

But when they were all loaded, they began to stand in three rows, and then the first row began to raise their guns and pull the trigger.

With the sound of "popping" fried beans, the projectile was knocked out of the chamber, and the soldiers in the first row immediately crouched down and began to reload ammunition.

Seeing this, the soldiers in the second row stepped forward and crossed a position, took aim and pulled the trigger, then crouched down to reload.

In the third row, this is the first two positions, and after pulling the trigger, he also crouches down to load.

At this time, the first crouching soldier finished loading, stood up and raised his gun, and so on, and the line continued to advance.

Such an advance was incomprehensible to civilian officials and nobles, and even the traditional Ming army generals were incomprehensible.

Fortunately, at this time, Wang Chengen was by Zhu Youxiao's side for Zhu Youzhen, so Yang Lian opened his mouth and asked:

"Wang Zhangyin, why is the shooting method of this firecracker different from the shooting method of the Mu clan's firecracker?"

"Go back to Yang Du to give the ...... in the matter" Wang Chengen was by Zhu Youzhen's side, and he also knew what kind of troops this shooting method was aimed at, so he explained:

"This method of shooting is the method of shooting when the two armies are approaching."

"Your Highness once said that this seemingly stupid shooting method can kill more than half of the soldiers in the first three rows of the enemy army within three rounds ......of guns as long as you get close to the enemy and keep firing in a row, and the enemy's momentum will be crushed."

"And if you use infantry against cavalry, you can use the chariot camp method, one person shoots, and two people load gunpowder and bullets."

"Hmm......" Hearing this, although Yang Lian didn't approve of it, he still didn't say anything.

Just wait for the foot soldiers to finish plating, and continue to watch quietly.

Next, the army demonstrated the tactics of encountering enemy cavalry.

This tactic is very simple, that is, quickly use the chariots of the Ming army to form a circle, and then shoot through the guns of the chariots erected by the cannons.

However, compared with the previous platoon gun shooting, this defensive type of shooting is simpler, that is, two people charge and one person shoots, in order to kill and injure the cavalry outside.

At this time, Wang Chengen also explained to Zhu Youxiao:

"Long live, because the Son of Heaven himself, His Royal Highness ordered that the whole army should not use artillery, otherwise there should be artillery in this array."

"Mmmm......" Zhu Youxiao watched it with relish, and didn't feel bored.

But it's almost the same here, because at present, among the ordnance designed by Zhu Youzhen, only this self-generated fire gun has been successfully manufactured, and the artillery has not been scratched.

Therefore, after the performance of the firecrackers, it was Zhu Youzhen's turn to command.

Under the eyes of the imperial brother, he successively commanded projects such as cavalry outflanking, infantry assault, and infantry and cavalry combined attacks.

The accompanying living note officer, looking at the scene in front of him, picked up the living note and waved his pen to record many unsparing words such as "the military appearance is neat", "the pace is the same", "the armor is bright" and so on.

When the time came to the afternoon, Zhu Youzhen commanded the army to regather into two large squares of red robes and silver gauntlets, and after riding his horse to the city, he walked up to the city wall, and said to the imperial brother at the head of the city:

"The army drill is over, please long live the evaluation!"

"Naturally, it's very good, but it's hard for you to work hard during this time......" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Youzhen who had been riding a horse under the sun for a morning.

His face was flushed, his face was covered with sweat, and his robe was wet from the neckline.

It is not difficult to imagine that after two days, Zhu Youzhen will become a lot darker.

"Okay, let's disperse......" Colonel Zhu You stepped forward, took the linen cloth from Wang Chengen's hand and wiped Zhu Youzhen's sweat.

Pity Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan, who had just gone up to the city wall, before they could say anything, they heard the words scattered.

They immediately signaled to the flag-bearer who followed, and the sweaty flagbearer could only walk to the edge of the fence and wave the flag.

Under the transmission of the flag, the 40,000 troops were neatly divided into 42 teams of 1,000 households and dispersed, which was very orderly.

"Long live, it's time to go to Tianshou Mountain to worship Emperor Guangzongzhen and Emperor Shenzongxian and the previous emperors......"

At this time, Han Yi stood up and reminded Zhu Youxiao not to forget the etiquette.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was sweating profusely, and couldn't bear to let his younger brother follow him again, so he said to Zhu Youzhen:

Thinkers

"My brother can stay in the camp and send a guard to accompany him."

Accustomed to seeing the seven guards and one battalion, Zhu Youxiao really didn't feel at ease to hand over his safety to the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp and the three guards.

Zhu Youzhen didn't bother to look at Zhu Changluo, so he nodded and said to Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan:

"General Man, Commander Sun, you will lead a guard and horse to escort Banzai and your ministers to Tianshou Mountain......"

"The last general leads the ......" Man Gui and the two received the order excitedly, they couldn't imagine that the two of them were unknown half a year ago, and now they can actually obtain the qualification to accompany the guard.

They hurriedly mobilized their people, and a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Youxiao set off towards Tianshou Mountain under the gaze of Zhu Youzhen and in the arch guard of Tengxiang Zuowei.

After a while, Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned and shouted to Wang Chengen:

"Cheng'en! Hurry up and help me get rid of my armor, I'm tired to death!

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