Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 123 The Emperor's Parade
"Remember clearly, this time is the emperor's review, everyone cheer up and don't be nervous."

"Long live will not kill people at every turn like in the storybook, you just follow the usual practice."

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

"Of course, if you make two mistakes, then you fucking don't finish your meal tonight, and run around the camp ten laps! It's impossible for a girl to make two mistakes!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Three spring seasons, miscellaneous peanut trees, birds flying through the forest...

Nearly [-] horses lined up in front of the Yanshan camp, and the chief banner officers of each general banner were swearing to relieve the tension of the soldiers, and from time to time they uttered dirty words, making everyone burst into laughter.

In just one month, Yanshan Daying has undergone considerable changes.

First of all, the moat was released with water, and the rammed earth wall with a height of two feet and six feet was also rammed and built.

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

Outside the two-foot-long moat, a flat square and a flat road around the city were flattened by the soldiers with stone rollers.

In order to welcome the emperor's inspection, the south gate of Yanshan Daying specially built a gate tower of one foot and eight feet.

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 [-] or [-] meters.

On the square, with banners and banners unfurled, nearly [-] guards, dressed in red mandarin duck war jackets, cloth face armor, hats, and gauntlets on their left and right hands, waited quietly for the emperor's arrival.

They made way for a five-foot-wide avenue in the middle. The avenue was not only compacted with local soil, but also used some stone chips and gravel, as well as glutinous rice slurry and lime, which was very strong.

Everyone was waiting, listening to the sound of the spring breeze blowing and the flags fluttering, it was undoubtedly a torment.

Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao didn't make them wait too long, and soon a group 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 when he saw the sound of the arrow.

At this time, the three thousand cavalry from the Warrior Battalion were the first to enter the arena.

The square formation of [-] people is [-] steps long and wide, with a five-foot-wide and two-mile-long avenue in the middle.

Three thousand cavalry rode their horses towards the city, but on both sides of the avenue, there would be one person left every ten feet. They turned around and faced each other, one foot away from the soldiers behind them.

All the war horses have solved their own problems before the drill, and there will be no phenomenon of defecating anywhere during the review.

After the three thousand cavalry stood upright, the sound of arrows sounded again, and then the long team began to enter the arena.

The first to enter the arena were the standard-bearer guards of the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi, the left guard of Jin Wu and the left guard of Huben and other three guards.

In front of them were more than thirty honorable men with pale faces in armor.

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

More than [-] people crowded together, facing them uniformly, without squinting, like clay sculptures wearing armor.

The surroundings were quiet, no one looked at them, only the sound of horseshoes and their footsteps, and the sound of flags blowing by the spring breeze told them that all this was not a dream.

Duke Cheng Zhu Chunchen swallowed with difficulty, his limbs were a little weak, and Duke Ding Xu Xigao was also pale and not feeling well.

In such a scene, even the British Duke Zhang Weixian was very nervous. He hadn't seen such immovable soldiers and horses for many years.

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

Especially the soldiers of the three guards. Although more than [-] people were gathered temporarily to go north, most of these guys were some remote relatives of Xungui's family.

In other words, it's all wine bags and rice bags!
Right now, they are like thieves who have entered the barracks, shrinking back and forth, not at all looking like twenty-six guards.

They walked with difficulty, and then they came to the two large open spaces that Sun Yingyuan had reserved for them in front of the moat.

Sun Yingyuan came on horseback and wrote to Zhang Weixian and others:
"Old Duke, by the order of His Highness, the three guards are invited to stand in the open space on both sides, and together with the Beijing camp for Long Live inspection."

Straight thief girl...

In an instant, those nobles who tried to stop Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjia from dismissing the guards of the two prefectures of Shuntian cursed in their hearts.

Asking them to be inspected by Long Live is simply slapping people in the face.

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

They can only drive the ducks to the shelves and ask people to fight in the open space on both sides.

However, just like the Four Guards and One Battalion at the beginning, they didn't organize their station for a quarter of an hour. In the end, Sun Yingyuan had to call for help, and forced them to stand according to the formation of the phalanx.

But if you look carefully, it is not difficult to see that some of them pick their hands here and their faces there, and it is more appropriate to describe them as mobs.

It was hard for Sun Yingyuan, and finally arranged the three guards and Xungui. Immediately afterwards, the team of civil servants who led the soldiers of the Beijing camp also set foot on the road on horseback.

Compared with nobles and civil servants, it is much better.

Since most of the troops accompanying the army were from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they dealt with the frontier army all the year round, even though they were shocked by the immovable formation of the Seven Guards, they could talk and laugh from time to time.

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

It's not just that civil servants are targeting them, it's more that they really can't do it.

Compared with the three guards and horses, the Jingying only had one battalion from each of the Fifth Army, Shenji, and Shenshu Battalions, so there were not many people.

Riding on horseback, Yang Lian was shocked to see the Seven Guards and One Battalion who had changed so much after only three months since he left.

"Wen Ru, if this army is taken to Liaodong, I'm afraid the old slave will have to stay away."

Zuo Guangdou stroked his beard with a smile, he was very happy in his heart, and Han Yu beside him also smiled triumphantly and said:
"Although His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince shouldn't be tainted with military power, it seems that in terms of military training ability, he is indeed far superior to the general Nine Frontier generals."

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

Perhaps he still stubbornly believes that Zhu Youjian will be a vassal king who will cause chaos in the world in the future.

But when they were talking, Qi Chuzhe Xuankun and many other party officials realized the seriousness of the matter.

The split of the power of civil servants in the south of the Yangtze River gave Zhu Youjian the opportunity to train soldiers, and once the emperor has military power, it is not difficult to imagine what he will do next.

"Thinking back then, Emperor Wu Zongyi only knew how to wield knives and sticks, and then he went to the south of the Yangtze River, disturbing the people's lives."

"Looking at it now, Wanzai must not be allowed to repeat the same mistakes."

The five riders walked side by side, and Yao Zongwen spoke first, causing Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun, Qi Shijiao, Guan Yingzhen and others beside him to have solemn faces.

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

Back then, after Zhu Houzhao took control of the military power, he took advantage of King Ning's rebellion and went to Jiangnan, and then clarified the taxes owed to the court by Jiangnan.

Yao Zongwen's opening his mouth now is actually reminding everyone that it is not a good thing for the emperor to have military power.

As far as this army and horses are pulled to the localities, 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 Da Ming's soldier..."

Among the civil servants, an old man in his sixties, wearing a scarlet official robe, was riding on a horse, looking happily at the soldiers and horses around him, with moist eyes.

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 was Sun Chengzong, Shao Zhan's minister, and he was the half of the two and a half civil servants with a strategic vision at the moment.

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 observe, and the Wenchen group led the soldiers of the Beijing camp through the long road, and then saw 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 left and right open spaces, while the nobles and civil servants waited for the emperor's big body in front of the moat.

Sun Yingyuan rode his horse and drove from the main road to the front of the army formation, and four towering elephants appeared in the distance pulling the big scorpion.

On the Dalu, Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao stood in front of the door of a moving palace, and while the elephants were pulling, they saw a neat formation of seven guards and one battalion.

"Good good!"

Three good ones in a row are enough to show the joy of the good emperor brother, and at that time, Da Ren also stepped on the road, while Sun Yingyuan raised his hand crossbow and shot a loud arrow towards the sky.

"Snapped!"

"Shoot the salute!"

Sun Yingyuan roared, and then the fuses of the sixteen general cannons were ignited.

Everyone was waiting quietly. Among the soldiers of the Seven Guards and the First Battalion, many of them were soaked in sweat, but they didn't dare to slack off, because this was just the beginning.

"Boom bang bang-"

Finally, after a dozen or so breaths, sixteen gunshots sounded. At this moment, more than [-] soldiers of the Seven Guards and the First Battalion, as if they had formed muscle memory, turned around in a positive step.

At this moment, the sound of the iron armor colliding, and the uniform behavior of the [-] people brought a unique visual impact.

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

Not only him, but all the nobles and civil servants got goosebumps all over their bodies when they saw this scene.

"Daming Wansheng! Wansheng! Wansheng..."

Forty thousand people shouted in unison, the voice was like thunder, which greatly satisfied Zhu Youxiao's spirit and made him enjoy it very much.

Only at this moment can he be called the Son of Heaven, the Ninth Five-Year Lord.

Different from the routine singing of civil servants in the court, the roar of [-] men let Zhu Youxiao know the power of the dynasty in his hands.

"Good! Good!"

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

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian stopped the big car, and let the big car stop at the exact center of the [-] people.

"Brother Huang?" Zhu Youjian asked in doubt. He remembered that he had told the other party very clearly last night. He had said all the procedures no less than three times. He shouldn't stop at this time.

"reward!"

Zhu Youxiao blushed excitedly and said: "Reward! The soldiers of the Seven Guards and the First Battalion will each be rewarded with [-] coins!"

Zhu Youxiao took the lead, and Zhu Youjian wanted to persuade him, but he didn't want him to look directly at Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan who were accompanying him and said:
"Decree that money will be transferred from the inner court, and each of the seven guards and one battalion will be rewarded with [-] coins!"

"Thank you, the last general!" Hearing this, Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui didn't dare to look at Zhu Youjian, so they could only nod in response.

They all knew that they still needed to ask Zhu Youjian for instructions at this time, and they were undoubtedly pushing His Royal Highness into the fire pit. Only meeting the emperor's needs was the real business.

Accompanied by their promise, the [-] cavalrymen of the Warrior Battalion began to run around in the queue, shouting an order:

"Long live the oral order, each of the seven guards and one battalion will be rewarded with [-] yuan!"

"Long live! Long live—"

The news of the reward once again inspired the soldiers of the Seven Guards and the First Battalion.

This is [-] Wen, which is almost half a month's military salary.

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

They got the emperor's approval and the emperor's affirmation. Now they can finally pat their chests and shout, "I am the emperor's choice!"
When the soldiers shouted long live, Da Ren also restarted, and quickly passed the crowd of [-] soldiers.

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

However, when he reached the boundary between the Seventh and First Battalion and the Third and Third Battalion, he immediately calmed down as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him.

Looking at the crooked Three Guards and Three Battalions, Zhu Youxiao remembered that the Seven Guards and One Battalion were the picks of the Ming Dynasty carefully trained by his younger brother, and the real million-dollar army of the Ming Dynasty was mostly mobs like the Three Guards and the Three Battalions...

blush……

At this moment, all the nobles blushed incomparably. They asked to inspect the Seven Guards and One Battalion, and they almost took the initiative to stretch their faces in front of Zhu Youjian, shouting loudly and backbone: "Come! Hit! Hit the face!"

The nobles were extremely aggrieved, recalling their "smart" operation, Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen even wanted to find a pit to jump into.

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

He didn't even want to take a second look at the Sanwei Sanying, and went directly into the Yanshan Camp according to the procedure, and got out of the big camp with Zhu Youjian's support.

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

Zhu Youjian spoke to Zhu Youxiao, and then explained:
"The younger brother will personally lead the warrior battalion drills, so he can't accompany the emperor's brother."

"Okay, okay, you go..." Zhu Youxiao responded with a smile, then glanced at the civil servant Xungui who hadn't followed up, and whispered to Zhu Youjian:
"Make it louder and scare this group of guys."

"Okay!" Zhu Youjian responded with a smile when he heard the words, then got on his horse and walked out of the city.

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

On the other hand, Yang Lian knew exactly what Zhu Youjian was going to do, but he didn't say anything.

He followed the ministers and nobles into the Yanshan camp, then climbed the rammed earth city wall and the Xuanfeng tower.

It has to be said that standing on the ten-meter-high building, the field of vision is wider and clearer.

Under their overlooking, the soldiers of the [-]th Guards Battalion began to move.

The troops of the Three Guards and Three Battalions were brought into the city of Yanshan Daying, and the large square at the gate of the city was left for the Seven Guards and One Battalion to perform.

Soon, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Seven Guards and One Battalion turned to the tower as if they were one body.

Three hundred paces long and three miles wide, where Sanwei Sanying stood, someone began to place a thick wooden shield in the shape of a person.

At this time, three thousand cavalry from the Warrior Battalion came out of the army, and when everyone looked at them, they found Zhu Youjian who had put on fish scale armor and gauntlets, and had a Yanling sword on his waist.

When the three thousand cavalry stood in formation, Zhu Youjian took a uniquely shaped firecracker from Man Gui's hand.

This blunderbuss is one foot and three inches long and has two barrels, just like the double-barreled shotguns of later generations.

In the puzzlement of civil servant Xungui, Zhu Youjian raised the firecracker and said:

"Apply the medicine!"

As he spoke, one by one, the three thousand cavalrymen began to take out the firecrackers pinned to the horse's back, which were the same as the ones in Zhu Youjian's hand, and took out two triangular paper bags, bit them open and wrapped them Pour into the two tubes respectively.

Then they took out a stick and began to fiddle with the barrel of the gun. After a few breaths, they put away the stick and put it under the firecracker, holding their guns and getting ready.

Beside Zhu Youjian, a flag bearer got Zhu Youjian's permission and began to wave the flag.

Suddenly, three thousand cavalry began to ride their horses and rushed towards the wooden sign three hundred steps away, as did Zhu Youjian and Man Gui.

Three thousand cavalry rushed towards the wooden shields, and then dispersed, divided into twenty groups, and charged towards the more than one hundred wooden shields.

The distance was getting closer, and no one slowed down the horse.

Just when all the civil servants thought that the Warrior Battalion was going to charge, at a distance of fifteen steps, twenty troops began to make a big roundabout, and pulled the trigger of the firecrackers in their hands while making the roundabout.

"Bang bang bang-"

There was an endless stream of noises like frying beans, and white smoke rose faintly and filled the air, covering everyone's sight.

At this time, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others noticed something was wrong, even Yao Zongwen and others did the same.

"Is this a self-generating firecracker?"

The Ming Dynasty did not close the country, and they also knew about the famous self-generated firecrackers overseas, but they did not expect that Zhu Youjian would make such a thing without saying a word.

As for the tactics they used, it was already a very common face-to-face tactics in the late Ming Dynasty.

Relying on their well-equipped armor, the cavalry of the Ming army often used this kind of face-to-face attack to attack the enemy at close range.

However, the frontier army used three-eyed guns, while the Warrior Battalion used double-barreled self-generating guns.

Yao Zongwen and the others knew the fate of those wooden shields without thinking too much, most of them were beaten beyond recognition.

Thinking of this, they just found it fresh, and didn't make much of a reaction.

At this time, three thousand cavalry retreated, and one thousand horses came out of the seven guards.

They stood fifty steps away from the wooden shield, then raised their single-barreled firecrackers, which were more than four feet long, and began pouring medicine at an angle.

However, unlike the Three Thousand Battalion, after filling the medicine, they wrapped the round lead bullets with a small piece of sackcloth, and pounded the lead bullets into the bottom of the gun barrel with a stick.

This process was very boring, and it 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.

Accompanied by the sound of "cracking" fried beans, the projectile was shot out of the gun chamber, and the soldiers in the first row immediately squatted down and began to reload the ammunition.

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

In the third row, they walked up to the first two positions, and squatted down to load after pulling the trigger.

At this time, the first soldier who squatted down finished loading, stood up and raised his gun, and so on, and the line continued to move forward.

This kind of advancement was incomprehensible to civil officials and nobles, even the traditional Ming generals could not understand.

Fortunately, Wang Chengen was by Zhu Youxiao's side for Zhu Youjian at this time, so Yang Lian asked:

"Wang's palm print, why is the shooting method of this firecracker different from that of Mu's firecracker?"

"Back to Yang Duge..." Wang Chengen was by Zhu Youjian's side, and knew what kind of arms this shooting method was aimed at, so he explained:
"This method of shooting is a method of shooting when the two armies are approaching."

"His Royal Highness once said that this seemingly silly shooting method, as long as you get close to the enemy and keep firing in rows, you can kill more than [-]% of the soldiers in the first three rows of the enemy within three rounds, reducing the enemy's momentum. crush..."

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

"Hmm..." Hearing this, although Yang Lian didn't quite agree with it, he still didn't say anything.

Just wait for the pawns to finish firing their guns, and continue to watch quietly.

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

This tactic is very simple. It is to quickly form a circle with the chariots of the Ming army, and then shoot out through the muzzle of the chariot erected on the chariot.

However, compared with the previous volley shooting, this defensive shooting is simpler, that is, two people charge the powder and one shoots, in order to cause damage to the external cavalry.

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

"Long live, because the Son of Heaven is here, His Highness ordered the entire army not to use artillery, otherwise there should be artillery to cooperate with this car formation."

"Hmm..." Zhu Youxiao read it with relish and didn't find it boring.

But it's almost the same here, because among the ordnance designed by Zhu Youjian, only the self-generating firecracker has been successfully manufactured, and the artillery has not yet been written off.

Therefore, after the firecrackers performed, it was Zhu Youjian's turn to direct.

Under the eyelids of the emperor's brother, he successively commanded the cavalry outflank, infantry assault, infantry and cavalry joint attack and other projects.

The accompanying daily life note officer looked at the scene in front of him, picked up the daily life note, and wrote down many words without hesitation, such as "the military appearance is neat", "the pace is the same", "the soldiers are brightly colored".

When the time came to the afternoon, Zhu Youjian commanded the army to regroup into two large square formations of red robes and silver armour.

"The army drill is over, please comment long live!"

"Of course it's very good, it's just that brother has worked hard during this time..." Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Youjian who had been riding a horse in the sun all morning with distress.

His face was flushed, his face was covered with sweat, and the collar of his robe was wet.

It is not difficult to imagine, and it is estimated that after two days, Zhu Youjian will turn darker a lot.

"Okay, let's go..." Zhu Youxiao stepped forward, took the sackcloth from Wang Chengen's hand, and wiped Zhu Youjian's sweat.

Poor Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan who had just climbed up the city wall, before they had time to say anything, they heard the words "separate".

They immediately signaled to the flag bearer who was following up, and the sweaty flag bearer could only walk to the edge of the fence and wave the flag.

Under the transmission of the semaphore, the [-] army was neatly divided into [-] teams of [-] households and dispersed in a very orderly manner.

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

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

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

"Brother, stay in the camp, and send a guard to accompany you."

Accustomed to seeing the Seven Guards and One Battalion, Zhu Youxiao was really worried about entrusting his safety to the soldiers and horses of the Beijing Camp and the Three Guards.

Zhu Youjian was too lazy to look at Zhu Changluo, so he nodded and said to Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan:

"General Candidate Man and Commander Sun, you will lead a guard horse to escort Wan Sui and all the ministers to Tianshou Mountain..."

"The last general takes the order..." Man and Gui received the order excitedly. It was hard for them to imagine that half a year ago, the two of them were unknown people, and now they could get the qualification to accompany them as guards.

They hurriedly mobilized their troops, and a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Youxiao set out for Tianshou Mountain under the watchful eyes of Zhu Youjian and under the guard of Tengxiang Zuowei.

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

"Chengen! Hurry up and help me take off my armor, I'm exhausted!!!"

(End of this chapter)