Borrow the day to change the day

Time passed quickly, and it was five years since Chongzhen in the blink of an eye.Not long after, Kuaiqi, who had already arranged to monitor the thawing of the Bohai Sea, quickly returned to the capital.

This morning, although the sun came out, the cold wind was still blowing bitterly, making the sun weak and unable to make people feel any warmth.

However, the school grounds of the Beijing Camp were already full of soldiers.Today is the day when Emperor Chongzhen inspected the new army, and every soldier stood energetically.

The new soldiers wore thick cotton armor and new military uniforms.The flintlock is held in the right hand, leaning on the ground.The bayonet on the muzzle of the gun reflected the sunlight, making it particularly dazzling.

On the lower side of the stage, the generals headed by Cao Wenzhao also stood in the cold wind, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen together with the soldiers.

Based on such weather, everyone is prepared in their hearts.It is estimated that it will take a while before seeing Emperor Chongzhen.After all, it was too cold this day, so it was reasonable to come later.

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not come as late as they thought.They stood there for less than half an hour before Yu Jia arrived at the Beijing camp.What made them even more unexpected was that Emperor Chongzhen came on horseback.

Without the company of civil and military officials, only Zhong Jinwei accompanied him.Emperor Chongzhen was in good spirits, and he was not afraid of the bitter cold wind, joking with Zhong Jinwei from time to time.

In the second half of the platform, a windshield is specially added.But Emperor Chongzhen didn't go there, but stood in front of the commander's platform, looking at the [-] or so new soldiers underneath.

After kneeling and saluting, the standing posture of the new army soldiers changed from resting to standing attention.All of them held their heads high and their chests straight, trying their best to show their high spirits in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the new army, and then turned his head to notice the big Han general accompanying him.He found that although the big Han general looked taller and more powerful, in this cold wind, he lacked the sturdy spirit exuded by the new army.

In such a comparison, the elite of the new army is even more prominent.Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with this, and he nodded to Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei turned around and gave an order to Cao Wenzhao behind him: "The exercise begins." Cao Wenzhao was the actual commander of the exercise, and immediately began to convey the general order through the command flag.

On the general stage, Emperor Chongzhen finally walked to the main seat and sat down, accompanied by Zhong Jinwei.

Pointing to the audience, the new army soldiers began to shrink the queue, making preparations before the exercise, and at the same time gave up a large open space in the middle.

With the sound of the drum, five hundred new soldiers on horseback appeared from the left side of the Dianjiang platform, and passed in front of the platform in a normal march.When they passed a point and circled the platform in a semicircle, Jianlu, played by the soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion, suddenly rushed out from the front.

Emperor Chongzhen watched with great interest, and saw that the new army soldiers dismounted quickly, formed formation in a short time, and raised their flintlock guns to prepare.

Regardless of the safety considerations in that regard, the new soldiers in the exercise were not issued buckshot.They just pretend to have buckshot, shoot, reload, and shoot.

Emperor Chongzhen noticed that the soldiers of the new army were reloading very quickly. He was a little surprised and asked Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, is the operation of the flintlock gun so fast on the battlefield?"

Zhong Jinwei leaned slightly towards Emperor Chongzhen, and then explained: "The steps are similar, except that there is one lead bullet missing, and the actual loading speed is probably this fast."

At this time, another group of mock Jianren rushed out from the side of the new army formed.I saw that the new army began to change formation calmly, from a "one" formation to an "eight" formation.The speed of the change was very fast, and there was no panic at all.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he asked Zhong Jinwei again: "Master Zhong, if the number is large, will there be any problems with this queue change?"

He knows that it is easy to change formations with fewer people, but it may not be so simple with more people.That's why he asked this question.

Zhong Jinwei smiled and replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the new army is based on teams. It has been organized in advance. When encountering the enemy, it will change temporarily and change according to the rules in advance. Therefore, no matter how many people there are, there will be no major omissions." .”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and continued to watch.

Then thousands of new troops entered the field and performed attacking advance, that is, rolling and shooting in formation, and after defeating the enemy, they mounted their horses to pursue them, and then got off their horses to shoot and other tactics.

About half an hour later, the performance of close combat began, and the fifth army battalion and the new army practiced against each other.Then the Jinyiwei brought by Emperor Chongzhen randomly selected some new soldiers to conduct live ammunition shooting inspections.

When Jin Yiwei reported the results to Emperor Chongzhen, he was very satisfied.Because before he came, he had done his homework, read Qi Jiguang's "Ji Xiao's New Book", and knew that the shooting level of these new soldiers had reached the level stipulated by Qi Jiguang.

Then came the artillery, the field artillery, and the vehicle battalion passed through the school field respectively, and then carried out live ammunition shooting.

Emperor Chongzhen could not help but secretly startled when he saw the power of the cluster artillery through the telescope.This power is indeed not comparable to cold weapons. No matter how powerful Jianlu's cavalry is, under the coverage of so many artillery and a large area, it can only be a battlefield of hatred.

When Emperor Chongzhen finished watching the exercise of the artillery unit, Zhong Jinwei smiled and pointed to the [-] fusiliers who started to play and said: "Your Majesty, these [-] fusiliers are different from the previous ones. They are equipped with They're all rifled flintlocks."

Emperor Chongzhen also knew about rifled flintlock guns before, and Fan Jun, the eunuch in charge of the Military Bureau, reported this to him.But now seeing the use of the new army, he is still very interested.

Emperor Chongzhen also knew that this kind of gun was not easy to make, and it was made by the most skilled gunsmiths in the military battle.

In order to give Emperor Chongzhen an intuitive impression, rifled fusiliers and ordinary fusiliers fired live ammunition at the same time.The advantages of rifled guns have been proven once again in terms of range and accuracy.

"Your Majesty, this rifled flintlock unit will focus on sniping the generals in Jianlu. Hitting a snake and hitting seven inches should break down the morale of Jianlu more easily than before." Zhong Jinwei introduced to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen was always in high spirits, and responded to Zhong Jinwei with a smile: "Yes, Master Zhong, if there are any good things, remember to let them make them, the more powerful the better!"

Zhong Jinwei smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I want them to build a bomber, but they can't do it."

Zhong Jinwei was the only one near Emperor Chongzhen, so it doesn't matter if he came up with a name for later generations.

Emperor Chongzhen actually just said that. He understood that Zhong Jinwei would naturally say what the existing conditions could do.However, he was very interested. Taking advantage of the time now, he watched the exercise while discussing with Zhong Jinwei the unimaginable things in later generations.