Mullek and other overseas envoys were simply shocked by the combat effectiveness displayed by the Ming Dynasty's army.
The envoys from Xixia, Goryeo, Japan, Annan and other countries collectively felt a sense of despair.
Taira Kiyomori was carrying a Japanese sword and wearing a pair of Ming Dynasty-style armor.
His height of 58 meters is considered tall and burly in Japan, but among the ranks of envoys from various countries, he looks small.
Ping Qingsheng was able to grow so tall thanks to his arrival in Ming Dynasty at the age of 17 and his change in diet.
Although the Japanese are very short, they have not always been as short as in the Edo period.
Based on the leg bones excavated by archaeologists, it is estimated that the height difference between China and Japan at the same time (taking the average height of men as an example) was actually only a few centimeters.
The closest distance was during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. That was the peak of ancient Japanese height, while China continued to decline due to long-term wars. The average height of Chinese men was only 3 centimeters higher than that of Japanese men.
The biggest gap was in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The height of the Japanese continued to decline, while the height of the Chinese returned to the level of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The average height difference between the two countries was 11 centimeters.
By the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese were getting shorter, and the Japanese continued to get shorter...
If we follow archaeological data, the average height difference between the two countries at this time was only a little over 7 centimeters.
but!
Rich people in China are often taller than the average height of the country. There are many people who are 1.7 meters or 1.8 meters tall.
As for the Japanese nobles, because they are prohibited from eating meat (except fish) and adhere to a vegetarian diet to show their status, many nobles are lower than the average height of the country.
The gap suddenly widened, and meeting Japanese nobles was like looking at monkeys.
In front of Ping Qingsheng is the Xixia envoy, who is 175 centimeters tall.
Behind him is the Korean envoy, who is 166 centimeters tall.
This guy was already low on self-esteem because he was caught in the middle. Now he was frightened by the power of the Ming army and fell into serious self-doubt.
He even began to doubt the merits of the entire Yamato nation.
Jin Yungui said with emotion: "The Ming army is indeed invincible in the world."
He spoke in Korean dialect, and no one else could understand him. Only the deputy beside him shook his head and sighed.
Jin Yungui became more and more determined, believing that only if Goryeo merged with the Ming Dynasty could a small and poor family like them have a way out.
Instead of being a dog to the wealthy Goryeo family, it would be better to be a dog to the Ming Emperor!
Hanoi Jingguo asked: "Do you understand the Ming Dynasty's tactics?"
Taira Kiyomori said: "I understand. The Ming Dynasty's chariot formation is indestructible. No matter how brave our Japanese samurai are, we can't break through its chariot formation. We can't even get close to it, and they are defeated from a long distance away. Those firearms are too terrifying."
.Especially the ball that can explode at the end. If it is thrown into the enemy's formation, no army can maintain its formation."
Hanoi Ching-kuo said: "Mencius said, Only a wise man can make a big deal out of a small matter. The Ming Dynasty is strong and Japan is weak. When the two countries have diplomatic relations, we should know how to deal with the big things. We must have awe of the Ming Dynasty and not provoke easily. Think big beforehand.
, only by learning more can you finally become a great person."
Taira Kiyomori smiled bitterly: "The nobles in the country only know how to have fun. They may know that things are big, but they don't really want to study big."
Several forbidden troops gradually withdrew to the periphery and began to conduct regular competitions.
The target is set up first, and the gunmen line up to shoot. The three-stage attack is equally powerful.
Then other soldiers abandoned their chariots and formed formations to fight. They took off their sharp weapons and dipped them in lime to determine the outcome.
These are simulating heavy rainy weather, or muddy areas after rain, where you cannot rely on tanks or fight without firearms.
"Military school students and envoys from various countries can also go on stage to show off their martial arts." Zhu Ming ordered.
When the order came out, the military school students were all eager to give it a try.
Suddenly, a young man ran to the open space on horseback, holding a spear and shouting: "Who will fight with me?"
When Zhu Ming saw this, he couldn't help but laugh.
That young man was none other than the seventeen-year-old King Zhu Kang of Yu.
Taira Kiyomori does not recognize King Yu. He is now in a stage of self-doubt and is eager to regain his confidence through fighting.
"I'll fight you!" Taira Kiyomori rushed out.
Although Zhu Kang was tall and tall, he was only a military academy student after all.
Taira Kiyomori was proud of his bravery. He did not dare to challenge Ming soldiers in a duel, but he was not afraid of a young student either.
An official from the Ministry of War came forward and said to Taira Kiyomori: "Please send the envoy to select war horses and weapons."
There are excellent war horses bred from crossbreeding, and the height at the shoulder is generally more than 1.4 meters.
But Taira Kiyomori gave it a try. It was too tall for him to ride, so he finally chose a horse with a shoulder height of 1.3 meters. Even so, it was much taller than the war horse he rode in Japan.
As for cavalry spears, there are different models such as six feet, two feet, one foot, and eight feet, with lengths of 5 meters, 8 meters, 2 meters, and 5 meters respectively.
Zhang Er in the Song Dynasty is Zhang Ba in the Han Dynasty.
If it exceeds this length, it can almost be called a horse in the Han Dynasty. Of course, the specific shape is definitely different from a spear.
After the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the names were very confusing. Long weapons such as spears, lances, and spears were often called interchangeably. Even infantry combat spears were called infantry spears. I don’t know if it was because they sounded majestic.
Of course, Taira Kiyomori didn't dare to choose a 5-meter lance. He picked up an 8-meter long one and waved it a few times but still felt it was not smooth.
In the end, he chose a 2-meter-long one.
Zhu Kang uses an 8-meter lance, and he is still not used to the 5-meter one.
It can even be said that among the hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire Ming Dynasty, only a handful of people were able to use a 5-meter lance. At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, Hezha Meng'an's standard lance was only 8 meters.
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Zhu Kang stood on horseback and waited quietly.
Taira Kiyomori, on the other hand, first became familiar with the war horses and weapons, galloping back and forth on his horses, brandishing his spear from time to time.
The spear heads of both men had been removed, wooden round heads of the same length were installed, and they were wrapped in linen cloth dipped in lime.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
The war drums beat, and the two horses face each other.
Mulek couldn't help but leave the envoy team and walked closer to observe carefully.
He found that the cavalry fighting style here in the Ming Dynasty was similar to the style in the Middle East, rather than the silly gun-toting charge of the Crusaders.
Of course, the cavalry in the Middle East are also disgusted by being charged with guns, and the surrounding countries are conducting special cracking training.
Zhu Kang, holding a spear in his hand, was speeding up his horse and did not take Ping Qingsheng seriously at all.
The horses of the two approached each other, their heads crossed, and the distance between them was about two meters. Each handed out a spear to the other.
"Snapped!"
The gun barrels are connected.
The front end of Zhu Kang's lance shook slightly, and then with a stir, Taira Kiyomori's spear could no longer be held steadily.
Taira Kiyomori didn't know what was going on, he just felt a huge force coming from the barrel of the gun, and the force was still rotating and oscillating, and he almost lost his weapon.
Then, a sharp pain came from his chest, and Ping Qingmori was knocked off his horse in a daze.
Zhu Kang reined in his horse and slowed down, turned around and came back and said, "Have you really practiced spear skills? I'm afraid you can't even beat the Ming Dynasty Qingqi."
Taira Kiyomori was thrown and was in severe pain all over his body. He was dragged to the sidelines as if he was sleepwalking.
Of course he had never practiced spearmanship, because in Japan during the Heian period, there were no spears for horse fighting, only spears and collars for infantry fighting.
Horseback warriors are not equipped with spears. They use bows and arrows for long range combat and swords for close combat. They are also called "horse archery".
The Japanese cavalry's use of spears to fight would have to be developed for hundreds of years, and would only appear as the intensity of war continued to increase.
Taira no Kiyomori practiced foot fighting and spear skills, and was invincible in defeating Heian Jing.
He thought it was nothing more than riding a horse and using a spear. But when they actually fought, he couldn't use any strength and was almost knocked off his weapon.
Hanoi Jingguo came over: "It seems that what you want to learn is not only the military strategy of the Ming Dynasty, but also the martial arts of China."
Taira Kiyomori held his chest in severe pain, as if his bones were broken: "I think this cavalry fighting method of the Ming Dynasty can be called 'horse archery', which is better than Japan's 'horse archery'. If I learn it
If this kind of fighting method is taught to the horse-riding warriors under his command, they will surely be able to sweep various counties with ease!"
"Then work hard." Hanoi Jingguo smiled.
Ping Qingsheng said: "Please give me a sum of gold and silver. I will become a disciple in the Ming Dynasty and find a retired Ming Dynasty cavalry to learn martial arts!"
The on-field competition continues.
This time it was the military attachés from the Cholas and Ceylon missions who captured and fought with each other there.
The two countries are feuding.
Ceylon was once destroyed by the Cholas, and the Cholas were also plundered by Ceylon for a long time.
They compared each other and started to fight. The weapons kept hitting the shield, and the left hand holding the shield was so shocked that the tiger's mouth cracked.
In the end, the Ceylon military attache was even better and hit the Chola military attache with a hammer until his shoulder was broken.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "The winner will be rewarded with a bolt of silk. The loser will be well treated and given a silver dollar as encouragement."
When the Ceylonese military attache got the silk, he became even more proud and showed off his power by hammering his shield.
The Zhuluo military attache next to him sneered: "What's the air? First we destroyed the country, and then the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to the sea. Even if you defeat us all, the King of Ceylon is just a puppet."
The Ceylonese military attaché was furious and rushed over with a hammer.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty quickly stopped him, and both sides yelled and cursed from afar.
Soon, the Seljuk and Fatimid military attaches also began to compete.
The former is the general of the Sudanese Guards, and the latter is the Mamluk general of the Caliphate. They both belong to heavy cavalry when they fight.
The war between Persia and Egypt!
Ju Ming was very interested in this and even picked up a telescope to observe carefully.
The heavy cavalry equipment of these two countries seems to be inferior to that of the Ming and Jin countries, and their armor is only more sophisticated than the Ming's valiant cavalry.
Each other's shots are aimed at the wrong horse and thrust diagonally, not the European style of charging with guns.
At the beginning, the two men were still sprinting together, but they stopped rushing. They rode horses and circled each other in a small area, and attacked each other with spears.
Zhang Guangdao came over and said: "The cavalry fighting methods of these two countries are very similar to our cavalry, and even the weapons are similar. However, the scimitars on their waists are interesting. They should be very useful for attacking light armored infantry."
Ju Ming said: "After the field hunting is over, you can communicate with the military attachés from various countries. There must be my teacher among the three of us, so that we can discover their strengths."
"Yes!" Zhang Guangdao cupped his hands and stepped away.
"Bang!"
The Fatimid military attaché on the field had been shot off his horse.
The two men were roughly equal in martial arts, but the Seljuk military attache fought in wars all year round and had countless lives at his disposal.
As for the Fatimid military attache, he had not been on the battlefield for a long time, and he did not dare to take back the territory occupied by the Crusaders. At this time, when he was testing his martial arts, he lost in terms of momentum.
It wasn't until dusk that Ju Ming announced: "That's it for today. We'll start hunting tomorrow and see which country catches the most prey!"