Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 310 Reviewing the Guards
From New Year's Day, that is, the first day of the first lunar month of the Spring Festival, officials have to take a five-day vacation, and Zhu Youxiao also gave himself a few days off to enjoy the life of ordinary couples. It's hard to go into details, but after the end of the fifth day of the first lunar month, it was the day when the Royal Guards were inspected by His Majesty the Emperor.

This was specially arranged by Zhu Youxiao. Since the abolition of the Beijing Camp and other troops stationed in Beijing last year and reorganization into the [-]-strong Imperial Guard, the Imperial Guard has expanded tenfold in just one year. Now it is not counted as logistics. Personnel, the number of the main body of the Imperial Guard has reached [-].

Not only that, the Royal Military Officers have also opened three phases, and this does not include the [-] early military officer students who secretly trained inside the Forbidden City. Now, among the thirty early military officer students, except for the two, one is in charge of the law enforcement department of the Imperial Guard and the other is responsible for it. Except for the officers and students for staff and clerical affairs, the others are already senior generals ranging from a few dollars to tens of thousands of soldiers.

Except that the first batch of officer cadets had already been recruited into the battalions of the Praetorian Guard half a year ago, the second batch of officer cadets had to be immediately filled into the battalions of the Praetorian Guard within two months of completing their one-year studies. Most of them are grass-roots officers and soldiers with excellent performance who participated in the first invasion against the Manchu and Qing Tartars. After entering the battalions, he quickly became the backbone of the battalions of the Imperial Guard.

Most of the composition of the third batch of officer cadets is the same as the first batch, and the second batch of military cadets are also the original backbone of the Imperial Guard, but a large part of them are recommended by various places or ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to study at the school. Yang Qianhu is in charge of Qianhu and is Qi Changguo after Qi Jiguang and Gu Sanmazi who was originally a pirate leader.

Gu Sanmazi has only been in the Royal Military Academy for less than a month, but he is obviously much calmer than before, his shoulders are no longer one high and one low, and his legs are no longer spread outwards, but his face is obviously better than before. It was a little darker, obviously because he had been punished to stand many times, but his overall appearance was much more energetic, and he could see that he had some strong muscles.

While Qi Changguo was as energetic as before, but his gaze was much deeper, as if he had penetrated the mystical principles and enlightened the Tao overnight.

However, in fact, it is true. According to Zhu Youxiao’s report from Dongchang, Qi Changguo now reads until the fourth watch at night every day. He works harder than the scholars who participated in the industry. Even in the Royal Military Academy, they had disputes with the instructors because of certain theories, but most of the time it was Qi Changguo who was defeated.

For a while, he and Gu Sanmazi turned against each other, because Zhu Youxiao asked the Royal Military Academy to strictly control Gu Sanmazi, so Gu Sanmazi became more and more obedient and did not dare to violate the rules, while Qi Changguo However, because Zhu Youxiao gave instructions to tolerate him, Qi Jiguang completely forgot that this is not only a school, but also a military camp.

The officers of the third batch, as the student representatives, naturally had to attend the review of the Royal Guards, and they were also the first square team, standing in the center of the school grounds.The troops formally organized by the Imperial Guard stood in line in order of ten heavenly stems.

What needs to be explained is that Zhu Youxiao had reorganized and reformed the Imperial Guards of various ministries years ago, and added the organizational system of army, town, and brigade to the original battalion.Among them, the soldiers recruited by Chang Yanling in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places formed the first army, and most of the officers above the team rank were officers from the first or second period of the Royal Military Academy, or were guards. The former veterans of the army, but Qin Liangyu's Tujia soldiers also joined in, such as Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin and nephew Qin Yiming and other well-trained old-style officers also joined them, and Zhu Youxiao specially appointed him as the first guard of the Imperial Guard Army. A certain brigade general or battalion commander of the army.

Of course, it is also because they have participated in actual combat with Qin Liangyu, and in order to better control these Tujia soldiers who are already good in combat effectiveness, so these Tujia generals did not let these Tujia generals go to the Royal Military Academy to study first, and directly took up important positions. Arranged by the school, they are only temporary agents now. After these Tujia soldiers are completely assimilated into the Imperial Guard system in the future, these officers who have not studied in the Royal Military Academy will be remade.

However, the main body of the First Army of the Imperial Guard is still the original First Battalion of the Imperial Guard, which is still dominated by infantry, and the Apocalypse No. [-] flintlock is the main weapon. This is the only formed unit in the Praetorian Guard equipped with miniguns.

Fu Haihai's Second Army is a mixed army, with artillery and infantry, plus cavalry, but the main body is still dominated by artillery. Relatives or family friends from the same country, the advantage of this is that they can fight against the enemy in the future. When relatives and friends face life-threatening crises, they will fully mobilize the emotions of other officers and soldiers. Students of the Military Academy.

Oboi's third army consisted of all cavalry, most of whom were loyal and brave soldiers from the Qin land, and faced with the looting of Tartars outside the pass all year round, most of them were good at martial arts, riding and shooting, so it was better to form cavalry, not to mention, Ao Bai Bai himself is only good at cavalry.After a year of training in the Great Northwest, Obai's Third Army is considered the toughest among the troops of the Imperial Guards, and has the most combat experience, because with Zhu Youxiao's acquiescence, Obai often led the Imperial Guards The third army went to attack outside the pass, attacked some small tribes, and even attacked as far as Hamiwei.

The soldiers Qin Botong recruited in Xuzhou and some of the Lingnan soldiers and Gannan soldiers recruited by Lu Jiayu in Guangdong and Guangxi formed the Fourth Army, and Lu Jiayu served as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army. Although there were Xuzhou soldiers who dared to fight as the foundation, the Xuzhou soldiers formed by the two most capable battalions based on the original imperial guards' supply battalion were taken away by Qin Botong to form the fifth army, so most of the fourth army were recruits , Even the grassroots officers are mostly third-term officers, whether they are officers or soldiers, many of them are first-timers.

Qin Botong's fifth army is going to form a navy. The Xuzhou soldiers of the two battalions are combined into a marine brigade, which is responsible for the land warfare after the beach landing. The other brigades are composed of the original Nanjing navy and recruited pirates. Therefore, it is relatively new, and many officers and soldiers have not yet gotten used to it. Even the officers and students who graduated from the Royal Military Academy have no actual experience in naval warfare. A certain theoretical basis and some interest only.

However, everything starts from scratch, from weak to strong, Zhu Youxiao is just thinking about building a shelf first, and when he has a chance in the future, he must go to actual combat, whether he wins or loses, it doesn't matter Take it back to the Royal Military Academy and re-summarize that there will always be a few talents among the tens of thousands of navies.

Vigorous and vigorous music sounded. This is the music played by Zhu Youxiao specially ordered the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Imperial Academy of Sciences, the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the inner court musicians to jointly manufacture a set of control instruments. The tune of the music is China 0 people 0 people The march of the People's Liberation Army was played by Zhu Youxiao countless times before being produced by musicians with various latest instruments developed by the Royal Academy of Sciences, many of which have become bestsellers in the market.

Music can sometimes fully mobilize a person's mental outlook, not to mention that after a few cannon shots, not only the guards present became solemn, but also the civil and military officials standing behind Zhu Youxiao as a foil .

Zhu Youxiao was dressed in a military uniform, holding an imperial saber in his hand, watching the hundred thousand elites who were watching him, and walking towards this side.

The saber is a Tang knife that the Royal Academy of Engineering has re-imitated successfully based on the documents provided by the Imperial Academy. Sometimes the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences not only invent and discover future things and theories in advance, but also sometimes restore some of the lost past. Dynasty skills, on the one hand, it is indeed practical, on the other hand, it also has high artistic value.

However, Zhu Youxiao's Tang knife was plated with gold and decorated with a dragon, mainly to show the honor of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, not to really compare whose knife is better with the oriental samurai.

In addition to the saber, Zhu Youxiao's military uniform is also the latest textile product of the Royal Weaving Bureau. The fabric is made of mixed yarn, with a fine texture and very good crispness. It sets off Zhu Youxiao's figure very straight and straight, not only Zhu Youxiao The same is true of the [-] Imperial Guards in front of him. Although it is no longer mandarin duck battle robes with iron mesh boots and shoes (junior officers), but when the simple and slim military uniforms are added with leather boots, the military prestige formed is greatly improved. more than other armies.

Even the commander-in-chief of Bianzhen, such as Man Gui, couldn't help but widen his eyes, sighing secretly that he never dared to believe that there is such an army in this world that does not use black iron to reveal a murderous look.

Sixteen-pounder guns, twelve-pounder guns, six-pounder guns, and military carriages jointly developed by the Ordnance Department and the Royal Industries Company were neatly placed at the front of the troops.

No one knows how powerful these giant cannons are on the battlefield. They only know that every time the Ordnance Department conducts a secret experiment, the surrounding residents are terrified.Otherwise, there would be no censor impeaching the Ordnance Division to break the dragon's veins. Obviously, this censor actually suffered a lot from it.

"Hello, all generals!"

Zhu Youxiao shouted that this kind of standard questioning has been sent to the various troops of the Imperial Guard in advance like later generations, and it took half a month for intensive training.

Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao yelled this sentence, within a short while, there was a sudden and enthusiastic response like a surging sea: "Hello, Your Majesty!"

"You officers and soldiers have worked hard!"

Well, on the surface, His Majesty is really amiable, with a smile on his face, and expresses his concern for the soldiers of the Imperial Guard with such concern, and the soldiers of the Imperial Guard are naturally deeply encouraged by this, and loudly And he replied neatly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Here, of course, the modern one cannot be directly copied. In order to emphasize the absolute authority of the individual in the army, especially the Imperial Guard, Zhu Youxiao asked the Imperial Guard to express their loyalty to themselves at the end, in the most direct way. Nature is shouting long live.

Not only the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty, court dignitaries and most of the vassals who had been locked up in Beijing, but also some envoys from North Korea, Ryukyu and other countries came to watch the inspection of the imperial guards.

But they all had only one feeling at this moment, and that was shock!
After all, it was the shouts of 10 people, and even the ground trembled a little after they were shouted out almost in unison.

In this way, civil servants began to understand that His Majesty not only has Dongchang and Jinyiwei, but also a war machine whose strength cannot be underestimated, and generals have to weigh whether they can do anything wrong just because they have a few soldiers in their hands. However, the vassal kings also lamented that they could only let His Majesty dispose of them. Seeing such an army, how could they dare to rebel in the slightest.North Korea and other dependent countries could not help but strengthen their loyalty to the Celestial Kingdom.

This time Zhu Youxiao was still riding in a four-wheeled carriage during the review. Before steam power was fully applied to transportation, animal power was still the main way for people to move instead of feet.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao's four-wheeled carriage must be the most gorgeous in appearance, but this can't hide the defect that he can't rely on steam power to move forward.

After Zhu Youxiao finished the inspection and returned to the high platform, the troops and battalions of the Imperial Guards sent out their most elite square teams to enter the formation, led by the third-term officer students of the Royal Military Academy, followed by the Imperial Guards. The guard battalions entered on behalf of the phalanx.

After all, it is an army of [-]. If everyone goes through it, there is no way to finish it all in one day.

The teams of all parties walked forward neatly, holding the flintlock guns with bayonets, and their gait was consistent with the alternating green sea waves. It hit the ground like iron, clanging and powerful!
"salute!"

Qi Changguo shouted, and Gu Sanmazi, like other officers and students, quickly turned his head away, looked at Zhu Youxiao on the stage, leveled the flintlock in his hand, stepped on the ground, and moved forward step by step. go.

The same is true when other square teams come over. This is not only to prove the power of the imperial guards to the restless elements at home and abroad in Ming Dynasty, but also to demonstrate the discipline and collectivism of their own imperial guards.

It is also thanks to the expansion of the Royal Beijing Campus since last year. Otherwise, such a shocking picture would not have been formed. To the south of the campus is a high platform that is several feet high, and to the north is a large campus that can accommodate 10 people. Even Zhu Youxiao Standing on a high platform, there is no way to see everyone's faces.

But the momentum formed makes people feel enthusiastic!

The news of Zhu Youxiao's review of the Imperial Guard was also reported by the Daming Daily. Some praised the Imperial Guard as a lion in the world, and some still doubted the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guard. Dare to do it with the Tartars.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't care about the teasing of these boring literati. Whether the Imperial Guards have combat effectiveness will naturally be known in the future.

(End of this chapter)