Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 120 Winter Hunting!

The next day, the sun is warm in winter.

The cloudy and snowy weather of the past few days in the capital has been swept away. Although the north wind is still cold, it is a beautiful scenery.

A place about fifteen miles outside the city.

Half a month ago, a large area was circled here as a hunting ground, and a large number of beasts were placed in it.

"drive!"

"drive!"

"drive!"

At this time, outside the hunting field, galloping horses and flags were flying, followed by rows of soldiers in armor and holding knives.

Although it was a hunting trip, it was very powerful, like a soldier going out to fight.

Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a set of gold armor with a sword of the emperor on his waist. Behind him were well-equipped guards of the Imperial Forest Army. He was very conspicuous at the front of the team.

Beside him is Zhu Xiongying. Zhu Xiongying wears silver armor and straddles a pure white war horse. He is tall and straight, with a calm air.

Together with the domineering Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Xiongying's momentum does not appear too weak, but more like a domineering old lion with a young lion full of vigor.

Then there are some clan members and ministers.

More than twenty vassal kings, all riding tall horses and wearing armor, are equally heroic.

Especially those young vassal kings, with excited expressions on their faces, eager to try.

Among them, Ning Wang Zhu Quan is the most sharp-edged.

Zhu Quan is the No.17 son of Zhu Yuanzhang. He was smart and studious since he was a child, and he was born with a handsome appearance, which won Zhu Yuanzhang's favor.

At the age of 13, he was named King Ning, and two years later, he became a fan of Daning.

Daning is located outside the mouth of Xifeng, which belongs to the land of ancient Huizhou. It is connected to Liaozuo in the east and Xuanfu in the west.Zhu Quan has [-] armored soldiers and [-] chariots, and the cavalry of the three guards of Duoyan are all brave and good at fighting.

So don't look at King Ning who is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but his aura is no worse than that of his brothers.

The Ming Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and Zhu Yuanzhang's requirements for his sons were also capable of writing and martial arts, so these young vassal kings all advocated martial arts, and almost all of them were outstanding and not cowardly.

While riding their horses, they were happily talking about the winter hunting that was going to be carried out today.

During these days in the capital, Prince Ning, who is bold and youthful, has become the leading figure among the young feudal lords.

On the other side, Qin Jinyan and three older vassal kings walked together.

Compared with the other side, the atmosphere here is much duller.

"Ha ha--"

Qin Wang looked at the energetic King Ning over there, and said with a smile: "This old Seventeen reminds me of someone."

"Oh?"

King Jin snorted and asked, "Who is it?"

King Qin smiled, turned his head to look at Zhu Di, and said, "When the fourth child is younger!"

Zhu Di smiled when he heard this, and said, "Second brother, you really know how to joke. I was so unstable back then? Huh? Haha!"

"Ha ha!"

The three looked at each other and laughed loudly.

After laughing, Zhu Di seemed to be a little emotional and said: "But the second brother and the third brother, you say, if you are not arrogant, can you be called a young man?"

Qin Wang and Jin Wang smiled and said nothing.

They know that there is something hidden in this old four's words!

Who can he say?Isn't it the one next to the old man?
Young and mature, he basically doesn't walk with those young feudal lords, and knows to hang around the old man every day.

The two kings of Qin and Jin were on good terms with the crown prince before, and the two of them also knew that they had no hope of retaining the throne, and they had never thought about taking the position, so for Zhu Xiongying, apart from the family relationship, there was also a sense of friendship.

And those young vassal kings don't have any other thoughts. Their backgrounds have already determined that they can only be princes. After returning to the fief, wouldn't they just let them do whatever they want?

But Zhu Di, the king of Yan, felt a bit of a gap in his heart.

Because the old man once gave him hope, the old man once said that the fourth son Yan Wang is the most like me, this is the highest praise in the world.

But right now, it's also the most dangerous kind of praise.

After all, his fourth child is still not reconciled!

Looking at the two figures in front of him, Zhu Di felt very uncomfortable...

……

"The auspicious time has come, the hunt begins!"

A ceremony official sang loudly at the gate of the hunting ground.

Boom!Boom!Boom——

The sound of war drums was beating, causing the world to suddenly chill.

The sound of the drums was like a BGM, which immediately ignited the blood little by little, and finally the blood boiled.

Pushed by several soldiers, the gate of the hunting ground opened slowly.

An open hunting ground appeared in front of everyone.

Hunting seems to be a royal entertainment item, but it is not. The emperor leads the clan to hunt with the intention of not neglecting riding and shooting, so that the royal family can maintain a strong fighting capacity, and it is also a way to promote imperial power.

Sowing in spring and planting in summer, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter, hunting in four seasons, showing off in the world!

Sometimes hunting is more of a military exercise.

Just like the later Zhu Di, after he came to power, in the 18th year of Yongle, a mission of more than 27 people from 600 countries in Central Asia and West Asia arrived in Beijing.

Zhu Di organized a grand hunting exercise.

Carefully selected elites from the Five Army Battalions, Three Thousand Battalions, and Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty successively performed Ming cavalry outflanking, infantry assault, infantry and cavalry joint attack and other events.

In addition, coyote soldiers and white-armed soldiers transferred from Guangxi and other places performed military subjects such as infantry crossbow salvo and pike infantry assassination training.In particular, the firearm drills of the "Shenji Battalion" in the Ming Dynasty, the display of many "high-tech" weapons such as the Tiger Cannon and the Fire Dragon Spear, opened the eyes of envoys from various countries.

In this hunt, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from all over the country participated. They walked neatly, their armor was bright, and they were as powerful as mountains. The envoys from all over the world who were on an equal footing also began to take the initiative to bow down to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

The massive hunting exercise undoubtedly achieved good results.

It's just that in the later period of the wild boar skin era, hunting has become a royal pleasure...

Zhu Xiongying's heart was full of pride and high spirits.

In the future, he will definitely make his Daming stronger than Yongle's Daming. The sea is like a river, and the world will come to worship!
Boom, the sound of the drum fell to the ground, and the lingering sound surrounded it.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the old man beside him, and said, "Grandfather, please."

"Dasun, let's go!"

With a shout, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his whip and galloped his horse, as if he had returned to his youth and rushed into the hunting ground.

"drive!"

Of course Zhu Xiongying followed suit.

The grandfather and grandson galloped heartily, and behind them was a mighty team.

The hunting ground has been surrounded by circles at this time, and many wild animals have been released in it. From time to time, animals such as rabbits and elks can be seen appearing in the forest.

But no one dared to act rashly, because the two leaders hadn't spoken yet.

"Shut up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the reins, and the horse's front hooves were kicked in the air, but Zhu Yuanzhang on the horse was as stable as Mount Tai, and stopped in front of a temporary high platform.

Zhu Xiongying also stopped beside Zhu Yuanzhang as steadily as Mount Tai.

"Hey! The boy is not bad!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying beside him with a smile: "Go, follow us to the high platform!"

As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't let anyone help him, and jumped off the horse directly. Although his skills were no longer flexible, he was still vigorous.

Zhu Xiongying hurried over and helped Zhu Yuanzhang onto the high platform step by step.

Looking from the high platform, all you can see is the battle flag of Ming Dynasty and the armored phalanx.

The warm winter sun shone on the iron armor of the phalanx, reflecting rays of light, dazzling people's eyes.

Ka Ka Ka!
Under the leadership of various feudal lords, everyone in the audience knelt down on one knee.

"Long live the emperor, long live!"

"His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

(End of this chapter)