Battle flags fluttered, guns flashed; shield carriages lined up on all sides, and artillery lined up. The Beijing Guards Camp suddenly changed its training schedule at noon today and issued an emergency mass gathering order.
The 60,000-strong force was required to assemble within an hour and a half, and to greet the Grand Scholar of Zhongji Palace and the Minister of Household Affairs, Nanning Hou Gao pragmatically for a sudden inspection in a military parade state. In addition, there was news that Yuan Fu was accompanied by the forbidden troops.
The veteran commander of the Wei Army, Ning Haibo Qi Jiguang, and the veteran commander of the Liaodong Army, Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang.
At this moment, Yuan Fu and his party have not yet arrived, and the then commander of the Imperial Guard, Ma Gui, has just got a little breathing time - although the army of 60,000 people does not sound like a lot, but due to high pragmatism, the Imperial Guard is allocated
The weapons and equipment are obviously based on a certain "heavy equipment group" standard, so that it will be very troublesome to form a "military parade state".
Don’t forget what I said before. The Royal Guards do not allocate all weapons and equipment in peacetime. They only allocate them from the arsenal in times of war. In peacetime, the weapons and equipment distributed to the more than 60,000 Guardsmen are about
Fifty artillery, three thousand muskets, six thousand spears and corresponding cold weapons, and then divided into hot and cold weapons for training in turns. Yes, these equipment are for training, not for other purposes.
As for the safety of the army or the soldiers themselves, don't worry, the Guards' infantry's swords and cavalry's sabers are still fully issued, and these short refrigerated weapons are not restricted. Oh, by the way, the scout cavalry is here
The most special thing is that they are also issued with bows and arrows in addition to sabers. However, the carbines they are issued in battle are also not issued at ordinary times, and are issued separately during training.
In addition, the gunpowder and projectiles required for artillery and musket training are usually limited. They are shipped from the arsenal every morning and are distributed for one day at a time. By the way, the guards in southern Xinjiang are also
Implement the same system as the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty.
Such a strict system is naturally to ensure the stability of the army and prevent any unexpected surprises that no one wants to see. This is understandable. However, precisely because of this, Gao Pragmatic suddenly issued an order to inspect the Imperial Guards and requested a ban.
It would be very troublesome if the Guardsmen were in "parade mode".
Because this means that the arsenal must immediately deliver the required artillery, shield vehicles, muskets and various cold weapons to the Beijing Guards Camp in a very short period of time. And the Beijing Camp must rush to deliver the light weapons.
Distribute items such as weapons and armor to people, and arrange heavy firearms and other items into formations.
In addition to the fact that there is no tiger talisman, it is not necessary or impossible to send gunpowder, cannonballs, etc., the Imperial Guard is actually equivalent to performing an "emergency expedition assembly". Considering that Gao Pragmatic was only given one and a half hours, Ma Gui's busyness is obvious
——At this time, his voice was even hoarse.
The only thing that pleased him was probably the efficiency shown by the Guards in just over an hour. Although the artillery and other supplies shipped from the arsenal should have been sent out in advance, the Guards went from receiving the supplies to being fully equipped.
Demonstration still takes a lot of time. If it were any other army, it would be considered well-trained if they could finish it in a whole day, but the Imperial Guards really managed to finish it first - half the time limit given by Yuan Fu.
Pillow of incense.
Although the winters have been extremely cold in recent years, the summers are still hot. Liu Wei is now wearing a military uniform. The armor alone weighs dozens of kilograms. He is sweating from the heat. He led a group of generals and stood at the gate of the Beijing North Camp and looked at
To the south, I finally saw the flag and the avoidance sign, and then saw a cavalry team appear.
Huh?
The team playing the evasion card did not use a sedan, but came as a whole cavalry team? This... does not seem to be in line with the pomp and circumstance of the chief minister of the cabinet. Speaking of which, although Yuan Fu was out on an expedition, he
He rode a horse, but when he was in the capital, he still mainly traveled in sedan chairs and carriages. What's wrong with him today?
Time passed a little, and the status of the cavalry team became more obvious. This was a cavalry team of about five to six hundred people, which usually seems to be quite large, but...here is the Imperial Guard Army Beijing that is about to be inspected.
Beidaying, compared to the other two, is inconspicuous.
At this time, the sharp-eyed Ma Gui had already seen that the dignified Yuanfu of the Ming Dynasty and the Nanning Hou Gao pragmatic were indeed wearing a python and riding a python, leading the way, and beside him were two veterans - no, two.
Two veterans——Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang.
From the perspective of military ministers, these two people were truly the twins of the empire in the past forty years! But today, both of them are just green leaves accompanying Yuan Fu. However, Yuan Fu is indeed
He also has this qualification - not because of his status as a Grand Scholar of Zhongji Palace, but because of his illustrious military exploits.
If Qi and Li are the two most powerful men in the empire, then Yuan Fu is undoubtedly the white jade pillar of the Ming Dynasty, the purple golden beam that holds the sea! His military exploits in the past twenty years are so outstanding that even if the King of Zhongshan is reincarnated
I am willing to admit defeat.
Ma Gui was distracted for a moment until Li Rumei beside him reminded him: "Commander, is it time to greet Yuan Fu and the two old commanders?"
Only then did Ma Gui realize that Gao Jingshi and his entourage were only a hundred feet away from him and others. He quickly woke up and led his people to greet him. After walking more than ten steps, the cavalry was already in front of him. Ma Gui met Gao Jingshi's appraising gaze,
Lifting the hem of his armor, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Ma Gui, the commander of the imperial guards, led the imperial guards to greet Yuan Fu for review."
Following his actions, the generals, officers and soldiers behind him knelt down to pay homage, saying, "The last general (junior) will pay homage to Yuan Fu."
Gao pragmatically turned over and jumped off the horse skillfully, looked around, stepped forward to help Ma Gui up, and said: "Commander Ma, please get up."
Ma Gui stood up and said, "Xie Yuanfu."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said louder: "Everyone, please get up." All the generals stood up after hearing the order, and they all said in unison: "Thank you Yuanfu."
Gao pragmatic stepped aside a little and said: "Today, I have an impromptu idea to come and see the Imperial Guards. When the two commanders heard about it, they also wanted to come and have a look... Most of you and the two commanders have old friendships.
Come and see me."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! No one among Ma Gui and others can compare with these two in terms of qualifications, so naturally they came to meet them. Others were fine, but when Li Rumei met Li Chengliang,
Somewhat interesting.
First, Li Rumei came forward, and without saying a word, she kowtowed three times and said, "You unfilial son has seen your father. How is your father?"
Li Chengliang's white beard trembled, and it was obvious that he was quite excited, but in the end he held back his words: "I have been here for half a year and I haven't seen you say hello. Today I thought of asking me how long the old man can live?"
Li Chengliang was born in the fifth year of Jiajing, two years older than Qi Jiguang, and is already seventy-four years old this year. Li Rumei is his fifth son and the youngest son. He can even be regarded as a son of old age, so he has always taken special care and training in the past.
He should be the closest to her, but unexpectedly, Li Rumei never visited him after being transferred to the Imperial Guard at the beginning of the year, which made him very angry.
This matter needs to be explained a little bit. During the Korean War, Li Rumei first entered the Korean War from his eldest brother Li Rusong. Later, Li Rusong's department was greatly damaged. After the first peace negotiation, he concentrated on recruiting and training troops to restore the strength of the Li family's army, and Li Rumei
He took over his brother's position and served as the chief military officer of the Ping-Japanese Navy. (Note: The order of military commanders at that time was Ma Gui, the admiral of the Ping-Japanese Navy, Liu Wei, the deputy admiral of the Ping-Japanese Navy, Chen Lin, the admiral of the Ping-Japan Navy, and Deng Zilong, the deputy admiral of the Ping-Japanese Navy.
, Li Rumei, the commander-in-chief of the Ping Japanese Army.)
After the war, Li Rumei ranked at the top. At that time, Gao Pingshi thought about asking Li Rusong to be his deputy after Ma Gui became the commander of the Imperial Guards, that is, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. However, after hinting at Li Rusong, he was replaced by the latter.
Declined politely - maybe Li Rusong wanted to continue to consolidate the strength of the Li family army, or maybe he just didn't want to succumb to Ma Gui, so he didn't agree anyway.
However, Li Rusong recommended his younger brother Li Rumei, saying that his younger brother was stronger than him in terms of talent and had higher military exploits in the imperial war, so he was more suitable for the position of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard than he was.
Perhaps in order to show that he was not illiterate, Li Rusong also hinted at some other benefits of Li Rumei's appointment as deputy commander of the Imperial Guard in his letter to Gao Pragmatic: For example, he is the youngest son, and it is easier to take care of his father in Beijing; for example, he is a Marquis.
Your brother-in-law, who is working in Beijing, can also bring your sister there...
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and thought that although Li Rumei was young, Li Rusong was not wrong - at least Li Rumei really didn't need to be inferior to Li Rusong in terms of her military exploits in the Korean War. The main reason was that after a fierce battle, Li Rusong advanced to Pyongyang and then returned to Liaodong.
, but Li Rumei played the entire game, and combined with her later battle achievements, the credit is indeed quite sufficient.
Although Li Rumei was more than ten years younger than Li Rusong, since she had achieved military exploits and had long been a commander-in-chief, it was not impossible for her to serve as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, so Gao Jingshi went to Shuzhuo to invite her.
Naturally, Zhu Yijun would not reject Gao's pragmatic petition, so Li Rumei took up the post of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard at the age of more than 30 years old. This kind of promotion and high-level promotion did not mean that he rose to the top in one step, but at least he rose through the ranks, so there was Beijing.
There are rumors that the reason why Li Rumei is so valued is not because of how powerful he is, but because he married a very pragmatic sister.
Li Rumei herself heard such rumors, and was naturally very angry. Her military exploits were clearly shown here, but there were always people who said the grapes were sour when they couldn't eat them, and even described her military exploits as high pragmatism. This is easy to understand:
My eldest uncle is a Japanese war strategist. If he leaves the battles that are easy to fight and have great merits to him, then of course he will be less dangerous and have greater merits.
But the problem is, Li Rumei believes that her military exploits are real. Although her brother-in-law uses her highly, he does not deliberately "feed" her. Why should she suffer this injustice?
But rumors never make sense, and Li Rumei couldn't go to the capital every day to complain. So after thinking about it, she felt that she could only use practical actions to prove that she was worthy of the position of deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. In this way,
He arrived in the capital to meet the emperor, and after receiving the emperor's appointment, he did not even go to Uncle Ning Yuan's mansion in the capital. He immediately reported to the Beijing Guards Camp, and then devoted himself to military affairs. He did not even leave the military camp for half a year.
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So there was his three-kowtow, followed by Li Chengliang's criticism.
Li Rumei did not dare to argue and continued to kowtow: "If your son is unfilial, please give him a beating."
"Being beaten?" Li Chengliang raised his riding whip and shouted: "Don't you dare to be an old man?"
Gao Jingshi quickly stretched out his hand to stop Li Chengliang and smoothed things over: "Uncle Ning Yuan, please calm down. Although it is a good story to teach a son before the army, Zi Qing's incident happened for a reason... In short, I am here to plead for Zi Qing today. Uncle Ning Yuan thinks that I am here
For the sake of thin noodles, how about you spare him this time?"
Li Chengliang was angry, but how could a man like him not know the reason why Li Rumei didn't visit him? The reason why he did this is to let everyone in the world know that my Wulang has done this for the imperial court, even for seventy years.
You have the nerve to question your many-year-old father who is in the same city and doesn't even have time to take a look at him?
To put it bluntly, Li Chengliang took this opportunity to praise his son. Gao Pragmatic naturally knew it, so he cooperated with the performance without any surprise. Li Chengliang then made a reluctant look and scolded Li Rumei: "You traitor, today
For Yuan Fu's sake, I'll spare you for now. If it happens again in the future, don't think I can't whip you!"
After he said that, he whipped his horsewhip in the air. The whip whipped like a strong wind, and it really didn't look like the momentum of an ancient old man. Everyone around him was secretly stunned.
Qi Jiguang on the side laughed and said: "Brother Yincheng is really old and strong. This whip is not only like lightning, but also uses the right strength of the wrist. He is worthy of being a famous cavalry commander."
Then he smiled and said to Li Rumei: "I heard that when Ziqing was in Korea, he led the main force of the Liaodong cavalry to chase the Japanese pirate army? Okay, okay, what a good family background! It's a coincidence that there is a shortage of people in my college to explain it.
Regarding the use of cavalry, Ziqing has devoted himself to training for half a year, so it’s time to change his job... Why not go to the academy to give some lessons to generals from various places and teach them how to train and use cavalry? "
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Qi Jiguang became the first dean of the Ming Dynasty Military Academy after he retired as the commander of the Imperial Guard. It is completely reasonable for him to send this invitation.
By the way, in the original history, Qi Jiguang was implicated after the death of Zhang Juzheng and was severely persecuted, which even led to family changes. Finally, he died of illness in the 16th year of Wanli in poverty and frustration at the age of 61. And in the
In this time and space, Qi Jiguang has had a smooth journey since he met Gao Pragmatic. He has no mental or physical illness, and his health is very good. Therefore, although he is already seventy-two years old this year, he is in good spirits and full of vitality.
Originally, this is what Qi Jiguang should look like. When he first went into battle in his early years, it was because the army he led collapsed at the sight of the enemy. In times of crisis, he was able to kill the Japanese pirate leader with one arrow and turn the tide. Such a fierce man also led troops all year round. During military training, I had never suffered a defeat, let alone being injured. How could my body be in bad condition? In the original history, his death too early was obviously due to persecution, and he lost his desire to live due to physical and mental exhaustion.
After Gao Jingshi's plea and Qi Jiguang's words, Li Rumei finally stood up "tremblingly", looked at her old father carefully, and then looked at Gao Jingshi, as if asking for something.
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "What do you want me to do? Inviting the world's famous generals to give lectures at the Military Academy is the emperor's promise. Since Dean Qi has sent the invitation, it's up to you whether you accept it or not."
Li Rumei said hurriedly: "Meng Qi will not give up on the handsome man. He sees this junior's meager ability. How can I dare to refuse? But if I know something, I dare not hide it."
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