Outside the Beijing camp, the sound of artillery was continuous.

The total number of these middle-level generals selected from various places is nearly 100, which means that there are dozens of teams of 500 people.

When it came to the most intensive arrival, it was really an army of 20,000 or 30,000 "attacking the village".

Even if each team had limited ammunition, the formation set off made the warriors' faces flushed, and they couldn't wait to go over and watch the battle.

"Ten thousand cannons are fired!" Someone was excited.

Yu Dayou faintly distinguished, and muttered in his heart: It's just a hundred doors.

But after all, it was more than a hundred, and the tiger squat cannon roared from time to time.

"All the warriors, come with me!"

When the sound of the cannon gradually thinned out, Gu Shilong appeared in front of them.

In the face of the first newly crowned prince of the Jiajing Dynasty and the hero of Huguang's rebellion, no one dared to slack off.

The one hundred and eight martial artists who had been waiting on the side of the large campus for most of the day formed two teams, and followed Gu Shilong to the back of the Dianjiang platform and stood up.

"In two quarters of an hour, that is, half an hour, the reference general will be put in the school field to be inspected by His Majesty, and then go out of the school field. One hundred and eight martial arts warriors each led a flag for the martial arts examination and entered the school as a pacesetter. The main list stands in front of the Dianjiangtai, and the 72 people on the sub-list are half each, half of them stand from the entrance to the Dianjiangtai, and half stand from the Dianjiangtai to the exit. When you hear them shout numbers, you will try to stand with those who are in the same position, and they will face them. Do you understand? ”

A group of warriors looked at a small phalanx next to them, only to see that everyone there was tall and smart, and each person held two flags in each hand, one was the Ming military flag, and the other was the ranking and name of the "Jiajing Five-Year Wugong Warrior Ranking".

This flag is an heirloom!

"Understood!"

It's sudden, but everyone knows their rankings after all.

After several rounds of screening in the township test and the meeting, if it seems stupid at this time, how much will the price drop?

Now, the glory is beginning to come.

Standing in the middle of the field as a pacesetter, that's nothing. The main thing is that His Majesty has already arrived at the camp, and he will definitely be on the platform of the generals and be able to watch them at any time.

Then Gu Shilong continued to talk about a news that shocked them: "Now that you have been listed in the martial arts examination, you will at least be a Ming five-rank general in the future!" Although he has not been conferred, His Majesty is blessed with the grace of heaven, and he is allowed to transfer one of the one hundred and eight banner officers and veterans who are proficient in the new drill code in the Shenji Battalion to be the personal guards, and they are them! ”

Yu Dayou and Lu Bing's eyes widened, no wonder the eyes of the one hundred and eight people over there flashed, and they kept looking at this side.

From now on, one person will have a personal guard.

It is not uncommon for generals to have their own soldiers and servants. But Gu Shi Longming said that they are all people who are familiar with the new drill code in the Beijing camp. Needless to say, these people are assigned to them, not only as life and death brothers who will cultivate good feelings in the future, but also as the best helpers after they are ordained.

"Thank you!"

"Don't lose the emperor's grace, prepare quickly." After Gu Shilong finished arranging, he quickly left and boarded the platform.

And here, there are only two small phalanxes left.

At this time, the first person took the lead and proudly shouted: "Ding Jinxiong, the first in the Jiajing five-year martial arts list!" ”

"Hahaha, so-and-so! Good brother, how to call it? ”

After seeing that he could still receive the flag, he said while walking, and everyone was not worried about not being able to find a place to stand in the future.

At this moment, it is time for one person to step forward and pick up the flag one by one.

And Zhu Houxi soon got on the stage from the other side, and at this moment, he only looked at the thirty-six "Tiangang Divine Generals" who had stood in front of him one after another.

Close, there is Yu Dayou.

Yang Yiqing and Gu Shilong clearly noticed that the emperor's gaze stayed on him for a longer time, and even picked up his newly polished glass lens telescope.

After they glanced at each other, they saw the emperor slowly moving the telescope, aiming at Lu Bing's direction, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Under the stage, Lu Bing stood in front of the right side of the point.

Although he knew that His Majesty was on the stage, he had already heard what his "personal guard" said, and he must not look left and right. His Majesty wants them to see the most courageous group of generals in the Ming Dynasty, and see the recruits they have trained in only three months, and they are tired troops after the ten-mile march and the "siege of the village".

At the same time, Your Majesty also wants to take a look at how this group of martial artists behaves in the midst of tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, at the moment, everyone is in the same posture that their "personal guard" has just taught, their feet are slightly open, their chest, waist, abdomen and back are stopped, and their right hand is climbing the flagpole of their own flag.

are all selected martial artists, who hasn't worked hard? In the school grounds, the one hundred and eight military flags and the one hundred and eight famous flags of the martial artists enclosed a concave passage.

After a while, I heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the entrance.

Lu Bing tried to control his gaze from squinting, and only when the fast horse swept in front of him did he see his shiny armor.

It is Xiangcheng Bo, Li Quanli who is in charge of the Shenji Battalion.

"Report!"

After the neighing of the war horse, Yu Dayou, who was closer, could directly see Li Quanli turn over and dismount with his afterglow, kneeling on one knee and clenching his fists: "All the generals participating in the competition have arrived at the camp, and there are twenty-six generals who have failed to lead the army to break the village." The rest of the generals are already available on campus! ”

On stage, Zhu Houxi's voice came to Yu Dayou's ears for the first time, which made him unexpectedly very neutral.

"With Xianning Hou leading his subordinates to enter, watch the opponent of the exercise be read!"

"Your Majesty has a will! Transmit! Xianning Hou led his elite soldiers to enter! ”

"Biography!"

From the point of view, the sound gradually spread to the direction of the exit of the school field.

Soon, thousands of people shouted in unison: "Mark the order!" ”

Then a smaller, but audible, hoarse voice: "All of them!" Attention! ”

"Let's go!"

Then thousands of people shouted in unison: "One! Two! Three! Four! ”

It was difficult for the warriors to suppress their desire to see the past, although it was not extremely neat, but after all, the footsteps of thousands of people converged into bells and drums, and they came down from that side.

On the stage, Zhu Houxi was still holding a telescope and watched Qiu Luan enter with people from there. It was nearly 5,000 people selected from the veterans and middle- and low-level generals who had been retained from the five military camps. They have been training for three years according to Zhu Houxi's new drill code, and the recruits who participated in the training of the generals cannot be compared with them.

At the moment, it seems that it is a little presentable.

Now that they are here, and they entered first, they were supposed to give those participating generals a dismount.

At this moment, the generals and recruits who were waiting in a queue at the entrance probably heard the movement here, right?

What their reaction was, Zhu Houxi didn't know.

But on the school ground, one hundred and eight martial artists only felt a strong sense of oppression suddenly coming from behind them.

No matter how big the Fifth Military Camp is, it is impossible to build a large school yard that is large enough to stand tens of thousands of troops. At this moment, nearly 5,000 elite soldiers stood on this large school field, which was already extremely terrifying at a glance.

The soldiers led by those participating generals were only here to be read and receive the final score.

The 26 teams that failed to "break the village" according to the rules after the ten-mile march have been eliminated, and they are not even qualified to pass through here.

Soon after, in the middle of the open space, Qiu Luan shouted again: "All of them, stand up!" ”

Then he faced the point general: "Report to Your Majesty!" More than 4,800 veterans of the 5th military battalion have been ordered to exercise and have been assembled, please review it! ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: "The soldiers have worked hard. ”

Behind Yu Dayou was thousands of people who suddenly burst out and shouted in unison: "Fight for Daming!" ”

His back and scalp tingled.

His "pro-army" told him a little bit that now there are many new military etiquette in the new drill code. But Yu Dayou is a person who is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and now he only listens to these two sentences, and he already understands that this must be the emperor's request.

In the process of the new drill, such rituals must be trained again and again and made familiar to everyone.

After reading these two sentences for a long time...... It will always make some generals understand what they, who have been recruited into the army, are doing in the barracks.

But why not "fight for Your Majesty"?

"Take a break!" Zhu Houxi solemnly ordered on the stage, "Marquis Xianning, come to the stage to review." Uncle Xiangcheng, the herald will lead the generals to enter the reading! ”

"Command!"

After the entrance of the old barracks, after those two shouts, the colonel's field is now full of solemnity.

Yang Yiqing and Gu Shilong, who were standing on both sides of Zhu Houxi, suddenly had their eyes a little moist and their chests were full of pride.

It is said that the battlefield is an autumn soldier, but in the past, it was better to say that it was a soldier than a general.

In the military, there are many rules, but there is really no such form of etiquette.

This time, the emperor listed 50,000 taels of silver, is this just for fun?

Looking at the neat military appearance in the school yard now, and listening to the morale they showed when they marched and shouted before, it really made people feel that the elite soldiers were available.

Before Yang Yiqing went to the three sides of the general system, he told the emperor that the Beijing camp could be slowed down into an army. Since the national policy meeting has been set up to revitalize the water in the center of the court, there will be no chaos in the Ming Dynasty within three or five years.

Gu Shilong experienced the Huguang Rebellion in Jiajing for three years, and it was the newly trained Shenji Battalion Xuanfeng who made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, and it was the Jinyi Wei and the Internal Inspection Factory. The rebels were not willing to be taken away from their interests and were worried about the restructuring of the army.

Now, through this big competition and review, the emperor has thrown some of the results of the new drill after the recruitment of troops in Beijing in front of them.

The staff officers of the military affairs meeting, Wang Shouren, the secretary of the military department, and the governors of the five prefectures, all listened to Li Quanli shouting in the direction of the entrance: "The generals will enter the competition and be read!" ”

The heralds relayed over one by one, and then a person's voice sounded first: "Raise the military flag, the general flag!" ”

Yu Dayou listened clearly from a distance, and it was like the old barracks before, where he had to go through the whole team of "Lizheng" first, and then began to shout the same "one, two, three, four" and walked in together.

The difference is that this time it was one after the other.

Each contestant entered at a different time, and although they were separated by a distance, the slogans shouted by different teams were not synchronized.

Therefore, the footsteps were naturally out of sync, which made the hearts of both the warriors and the veterans in the field surge.

However, then there were also teams behind that deliberately adjusted the rhythm, or it was always in this atmosphere, and everyone naturally adjusted the rhythm.

They were not as neat as the old barracks, and they all showed more or less fatigue, and many of them had dirty clothes.

The veterans who are observing the "exercise opponents" are hard, and these are all tired soldiers who have been tired for a day today. A ten-mile march with weapons, baggage, and dry food, and "attacking the village" with live ammunition in the tense mood of competing for succession, was not inferior to experiencing a bitter battle.

Now, they are at least the victors of the first two levels, especially the first to come over now, the first to arrive at the camp and the first to "break the village".

I'm afraid that the opponent is the top ten teams, unless they have a big mess when they are listed and read, and it seems that the military discipline is sloppy and exhausted after the "big war".

But where are the top 10 teams?

For their commanders and generals, the top ten, the county lords can be demoted; The first three, the three generations are not downgraded. What's more, that means that in the eyes of the emperor, they are probably the ten most potential among the middle-level generals in the current Ming Dynasty!

For the assistant general, there is already Ji Weimin, who has been awarded the earl for meritorious service in the Beijing camp. Now that it is not a war, this exercise is an opportunity for them to make meritorious contributions!

And for these recruits, these three months are like hell!

But hardship is bitterness, and the third, fourth, and fifth-grade generals who commanded them really treated them like brothers during this time, sleeping and eating together, and enduring hardships like them. I have to practice so tiring every day, but after all, I have a full meal every day, meat, and even wine.

Now they are going to pass through the emperor's eyes, in front of the former pavilion elders, and in front of the grandfather of the country and the master of the military department.

Among the military forces in the world, this is the stage of the highest standard.

They only had to grit their teeth and walk the last leg of the day, just as the commander-in-chief said: straighten their waists, shout the trumpet, and walk in unison. After today, I won the big competition, and in the future, all of them will be the brothers. Even if you can't be asked to be a personal soldier by the general's side after the competition, everyone, the general will also pay a tael of silver out of his own pocket!

After walking this way, there will be a tael of silver!

The eight immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers, and now the first team of generals approaching the point of the general platform walked in the forefront, holding their own flags, and suddenly shouted: "Look to the left!" ”

So Yu Dayou saw that the heads of this team were biased in the direction of Dianjiangtai, but their footsteps did not stop.

You can't see where you're moving forward, but you still have to move forward, and you have to keep it as chaotic as possible...... Familiar with the art of war, he suddenly realized that if he was on the battlefield, this was the basis for the soldiers to obey the orders of the generals and move forward no matter what.

"Your Majesty, please!"

shouted again, and Zhu Houxi on the stage also shouted: "The soldiers have worked hard!" ”

"Fight for Daming!"

Yu Dayou couldn't help but be stunned: If you exclude those who failed in the first two levels, then there are more than 50 participating generals to be read, right? Does every team have to be like this, and the emperor has to shout so much all the time?

He wasn't wrong.

Just like Zhu Houxi presented the flag to them here that day, he is still doing so today.

Lu Bing also witnessed this review with shock, the emperor he was very familiar with, although he has seen less over the years, although he has supreme majesty at this moment, he still used his voice as loud as possible to the generals in front of the stage, shouting again and again: "The soldiers have worked hard!" ”

And in the entire colonel yard of the Fifth Army Battalion, that sentence would be shouted again and again.

There are not many things that everyone needs to remember, and the generals only need to remind the soldiers under their command to look sideways at the point of the general's platform, and the soldiers only need to shout a word.

However, the power of repetition is very powerful, and the words repeated by hundreds of people, a total of more than 20,000 soldiers, are very powerful.

This power was stirred in the big school field, especially on the point general's platform.

Wang Shouren couldn't help but look sideways at the emperor whose voice was already a little hoarse, but he still tried his best to stand as straight and solemn as the old soldier below.

If the Son of Heaven comes to this Beijing camp general to review it every year, even if it is just without making too much preparation, just take turns to review it, what will he gain from the Son of Heaven who is willing to shout like a general?

"The Art of War" has a cloud at the beginning: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, and the school is calculated and asks for its feelings. One is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law. The Taoist makes the people agree with the superiors, so they can die with it, they can live with it, and they are not afraid of danger......

Nowadays, isn't it just "agreeing with the above"?

Such an emperor will be recognized by the generals. If such an emperor is to go on a personal expedition in the future......

Wang Shouren felt that in the three or four years since he left the center of the court, the emperor has become different again.

Now, the emperor, who is only twenty years old, is still at the most enthusiastic age, but he is not constantly shouting because of excitement.

In his way, he is infecting the hearts of the important ministers around him and the generals under his command little by little.

Yang Yiqing remembered how he felt when he was recalled to Beijing and heard about the turmoil in the court.

At that time, I wasn't sure if it was a teenager's enthusiasm, but when I heard about those ambitions, I was really enthusiastic.

Nowadays, there are not only the most backbone and brave generals of the Ming Dynasty, but also the young generals and handsome talents who have just reached high school.

The emperor arranged them together, and now everyone is warm, right?

This is the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the pawn of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yiqing even suspected that if the emperor waved his whip to the north now and shouted "Northern Expedition", these generals would also be enthusiastic about it.

At least today's Jingying no longer dares to fight, right?

And Yang Yiqing knows that this is not all. In the Huangming Academy, the Military Academy, the Engineering College, and other yamen have been pondering to continue to improve military weapons, and the glass lens telescope, which had been stagnant for a long time, finally made a breakthrough - it was the result of the emperor inexplicably summoning Taoist priests to Beijing.

Yang Yiqing didn't understand why, but he could only say that he was shocked. He tried it from the emperor before, and the kind of special glass grinding in the past was not the same, this is a battlefield weapon.

Now, I heard that the Faculty of Arithmetic and the Faculty of Engineering are aiming to delve into a new project called the Artillery Meter.

It's something that Yang Yiqing doesn't understand, so when he thinks of this, he can't help but look at the emperor: he has done a lot of things that everyone doesn't understand. But after such things have more or less worked, how many people will easily question his decision in the future?

He has only accumulated this prestige for more than five years, and if it takes another five or ten years......

"Report! The reference to the general has been read! ”

Li Quanli's voice interrupted Yang Yiqing's thoughts, and his eyes looked at the last group of generals walking towards the exit.

For them, the day was over, and in the evening there was a feast in the camp, and wine and meat were prepared.

After today, only the top 10 teams have one game left. This time, he has to be handsome with Li Quanli.

Zhu Houxi's voice was hoarse, and he was drinking the tea sent by Huang Jin.

After moistening his throat, Zhu Houxi nodded: "The top ten will be decided in three games, and the two of you will start preparing." When the martial arts hall test comes next month, I will come again to encourage your recruits. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houxi looked at the martial artists who were still standing there in the audience, and then said to Gu Shilong with a smile: "The thirty-six official list will be handed over to the Yasukuni Gong first, and the martial arts test of the martial arts palace test, I only look at the twelve people who are elected." ”

“…… Decree of the Minister. ”

Gu Shilong looked at the emperor with mixed feelings, and at the same time looked at the thirty-six martial arts warriors below sympathetically.

What Yang Yiqing said at that time was that the group points promotion and elimination finals, these people have to go through it first.

The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty became simpler before the exam, as long as the body was strong and the martial arts were strong.

But this martial arts palace test, first of all, the martial arts test will last for twelve days. In the first eleven days, a group of 12 people fought in pairs, each person played a game a day, and finally each group won the top four to advance to the finals.

By the twelfth day, the emperor would come to see it in person. After six people were eliminated, the rest were still right, and then the three losers decided one person, and finally four people competed for the championship.

In the words of the emperor, in the future, they will all be comrades, and there will be more opportunities to learn from each other and enhance understanding. And if the skills in the army are not as good as others, it is difficult to convince the public.

However, although it is still "up to point", it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no injuries in the 12-day competition, and no one will be hacked for the sake of ranking.

Most of the purpose of arranging an "old pawn" as a personal guard is to help them recuperate, and at the same time, let them discuss it themselves: this personal guard can fight on behalf of the main general, and it is up to them to decide their own strategy.

Gu Shilong only felt that the martial arts test of the Wuju Palace Test was very complicated, but it would indeed be fairer. After trying out the skills before, everyone actually has an understanding of each other's strength. Therefore, the warriors have to arrange their strategies according to their actual situation, and it will also test their ability to subdue a veteran and make him share the honor and disgrace with the main general.

In addition to individual martial arts, there is a role for a small team.

For those fierce generals who are not sure of the art of war in the palace exam, this is their best chance to fight for the final ranking.

After going through this hurdle, there will almost never be a situation where there is "no first" in the literary process.

With the martial arts, maybe the temper will not be the same, but who can disagree with the martial champion?

So on this night, there were different joys and sorrows in the five military camps.

The generals and soldiers who were selected into the top ten gathered together and drank with Xiangchengbo.

The rest of the contestants put an end to their big competition. Although I don't have to suffer for more than a month, I am stunned after all.

Do you want to blame the soldiers? They're feasting and drinking.

They are all true soldiers and real fighters. In the same three months, people can practice better than themselves, that is, their skills are not as good as others.

In front of Gu Shilong, Yu Dayou and the others together are not as lively as other places.

But when he heard the rules of the palace test and martial arts test that were announced to them today, Lu Bing's head hurt: Do you want to fight?

He will try seventeen, and the emperor will only look at the twelve people to be elected.

If you can't get in, what face will you have to see Your Majesty during the literary exam?

Yu Dayou couldn't help but be stunned: he was the first in the essay test, and he was ranked fifth. Although it is not difficult to enter the top twelve, this martial arts test, after all, is based on rankings.

The essay test on the art of war is only 100 points. The first in this martial arts test, you can get 40 points.

If you want to win the champion of Nawu, I am afraid that you must at least enter the top three......

Thinking of the emperor he had just met today, Yu Dayou couldn't help but scold: Why bother......

Zhu Houxi has returned to the Forbidden City, and he is quite satisfied with today's result.

The military council has already made clear his plan for the future, and if you want to cultivate generals and talents, then train them well.

Since Yu Dayou has already emerged, Zhu Houxi believes in his strength.

Only after such a difficult examination system, if he can still win the championship, will he convincingly sit on the rocket prepared for him by Zhu Houxi.

The heavens will descend on the people, and they must be ...... first

(End of chapter)