Capital.

In June of the second year of Jingtai, the imperial city performed martial arts.

"The ministers and the army are all commanding Liu Ju, long live Your Majesty!" Liu Ju, dressed in fine iron armor and wearing a Xuanwu iron helmet, stood on the stage and shouted.

Zhu Di waved his hand slightly, glanced down, and asked, "Liu Ju, in front of each small phalanx, there is a person dressed differently, what does he do?" ”

Liu Ju didn't turn around, lowered his eyes and shouted: "Back to Your Majesty, they are all camp officials selected by the ministers, and the ministers follow the regulations of Emperor Taizong on the Beijing camp during the Yongle period. ”

"The infantry and cavalry troops belonging to the guards of the pro-army are divided into the central army, the left and right posts, and the left and right posts, which are combined into five armies, with 100 people as sentry, three sentry posts as a team, and five sentry posts as a battalion."

"Each battalion is personally selected by the minister to serve as the battalion officer."

Yu Qian glanced at the audience and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers look at the current forbidden army, which is much stronger than a month ago, at least the spirit has come up." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked:

"But I think the number of forbidden troops is much smaller than a month ago, what's going on?"

Liu Ju was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "The lower officials have been disarmed twice in the pro-army Zhuwei, and those who are over forty years old and under nineteen years old will all be dismissed with road guides and silver. ”

"The second commander has no wives, children, or parents who are still alive, and they are given bereavement pensions, and now there are 24,862 people in the forbidden army, all of whom are young and strong between the ages of nineteen and forty."

"The minister divided these men into five armies, each with ten battalions, a total of two hundred and fifty teams, and seven hundred and fifty posts."

When Yu Qian heard that the establishment was so clear, he also nodded constantly, and then asked: "How did the officers of these fifty battalions come from, the disciples of the generals, or do they have military merit qualifications first?" ”

"The minister first looks at the ability, then the military merit, and then the age under the military merit."

"The governor of the Chinese army of the Ma Army is a twenty-six-year-old border general who has made military exploits for the dynasty and is proficient in horsemanship, under the account of Yang Hong, the general of Datong, and is known as Ren Cheng."

As he spoke, he turned his head to signal, and there were pacesetters holding order flags around the point general platform dancing the order flags.

In the racecourse, a general on a horse immediately arrived, turned over and dismounted under the general's platform, walked up and shouted loudly: "The last general, Ren Cheng, see Your Majesty." ”

After he finished speaking, Liu Ju turned around and said: "Your Majesty, Ren Cheng is a native of Ulzhou, Datong, Shanxi, and after the minister elected him as the governor of the Ma Army, he took his family in Ulzhou to the capital. ”

"I also hope that Your Majesty can properly settle the families of these generals."

Zhu Di nodded, looked at the general kneeling at his feet, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is well arranged, Yu Qian, you are in charge of the military department, and these things depend on you." ”

Yu Qian Zhibing naturally understood Liu Ju's intention to do this, and this arrangement was more appropriate than spending a little money, and said:

"Obey."

Ren Cheng came to the stage to meet the emperor and Yu Shaobao, don't look at the kung fu of just one sentence, he was also very excited in his heart, which made Yu's generals and soldiers envious.

Watching Ren Cheng walk down and return to the horse team in front of the racecourse, Yu Qian also said: "The minister can see that this commander of the horse team called Ren Cheng has real skills. ”

"His equestrian skills are exquisite, not under Shi Heng."

Shi Heng was stunned when he heard this, a little disdainful, but he didn't speak.

What kind of thing is Ren Cheng, the first small role to show up on a big occasion, what to compare with him, the loyal prince who was the marquis of the first war and then the lord of the knighthood.

Yu Qian also looked down on himself too much.

But he didn't know that Yu Qian had always only told the truth, and he didn't mean to look down on Shi Heng, just because this was called the Governor of the Ma Army called Ren Cheng from Datong, and his equestrian skills were indeed exquisite.

Yu Qian is the secretary of the military department who kills the enemy immediately, not those civil officials who are weak and can't lift a knife, whether a person can ride a horse or not, and how his equestrian skills are, he can be seen by turning over.

The newly selected cavalry of the forbidden army are all in charge of Rencheng, and they may not be as brave as Shi Heng, but in terms of immediate kung fu, Yu Qian is more optimistic about this newcomer.

It can also be seen that Liu Juxuanren is different from the previous pro-army commander Wang Quan, and people like Ren Cheng from border towns can be selected into the forbidden army in the capital, and he attaches more importance to ability.

Yu Qian also had a good impression of Liu Ju, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no objection, let's watch the martial arts." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Di glanced at it in surprise and said with a smile: "Liu Ju, Liu Ju, you are the only one who can make Yu Qian so humble." ”

"Even if he is loyal to the country, Yu Qian is ruthless."

Yu Qian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not humble, the minister really has nothing to ask." ”

"Hahaha, I know." Zhu Di laughed a few times, then looked at Liu Ju and said, "Let's start performing martial arts, what are the results of your training this month, and you have to see the real chapter!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Ju immediately got up and shouted loudly: "The martial arts show begins!" ”

The pacesetters standing around the point platform immediately waved their own command flags, which were printed with various flags such as artillery, horses, and foot soldiers.

In the eyes of generals in all directions, this is a series of military orders.

Test range.

Thanks to the research and development results of the Tiangong Bureau one month ago, the current pro-army firearms battalion and the Shenji battalion have been replaced with the latest batch of divisions.

Wang Gongchang went all out this month, building 1,500 pole divisions, of which 1,000 strokes were distributed to the Shenji Battalion, replacing the previous Yongle guns.

The remaining 500 shots were sent to the pro-army firearms battalion for the first time.

According to the usual practice, the latest firearms must be distributed to the Shenji battalion first, and after all the Shenji battalions are replaced in turn, they will be sent to the border towns or other armies.

As the first fire gun in the Ming Dynasty that could carry out three consecutive shots, once the news spread, the voice of opposition to the establishment of the Tiangong Bureau disappeared.

Instead, the major border towns and local officials and armies constantly poured out their bitter waters to the imperial court in order to compete for the quota of division and commandery.

It can be seen that for the continuous fire gun, the Ming officials and soldiers everywhere are all in a long drought and every rain, not looking forward to a day or two, only if they have used the original kind of fire gun with one shot and one medicine, only know that Shi Aogong This thing is simply an artifact.

Although it can only be fired three times in a row, this is already a pioneering feat, do you know what it means to launch two more times on the battlefield?

Two more shots in one shot, what about a thousand shots? That's two thousand times!

The most important thing is that the range of the division is not less than that of the original single-barreled gun, and it can even fire poisoned arrows, which is more powerful for the Warat cavalry wearing light armor that the border towns often fight with.

Compared with the single-shot Hongwu and Yongle guns that were originally distributed to the whole army, the advent of this kind of three-shot fire gun is really a blessing for officers and soldiers everywhere.

Now the border town has not been issued, but it has been sent to the pro-army first, which is the first time.

This is the credit of Liu Ju, Fan Guang, who is always in charge of the Shenji Battalion, has a good relationship with him, he just escaped the entanglement of Henan Eucalyptus last month, and was poured several times by Liu Ju in the name of celebration, and as soon as his mouth was loosened, he threw out 500 strokes.

These five hundred pole masters are soaring, and now Fan Guang is still heartbroken when he mentions it.