Although he was accustomed to hearing the chants of "Long Live the Mountain" during daily court visits and various celebrations, Emperor Hongzhi, as the emperor of Zhiping, did not inspect the army. At this moment, he was knelt down and saluted by hundreds of neat young troops, and heard
This sound was very different from the roar of civil and military officials. He couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his face flushed with excitement.
As an emperor, there is no one who does not want to make contributions, not to mention that he is still young. However, just a few years ago, the eunuch Miao Kui, the imperial eunuch, and the general Zhu Hui, the Baoguo Gong, sent troops to Yansui to report the great victory.
He was so excited after hearing the news that he wanted to take advantage of the situation and send a large army to march north. However, Liu Daxia said that he had spent more than one million taels on military expenses but only captured a few children. It was a fluke that the whole army returned [Baidu Post First Release], so he followed closely.
He also cited the example of Duke Qiu Fu of the State of Qi, who lost his army and humiliated the country due to a slight violation of restraint, and advised him to take a defensive stance against the Tartars in the north. However,
Deep down in his heart, how could he not feel resentful about this?
Therefore, even though there were only a few hundred young troops in front of him, and they were all half-teens, and they were still far from the real army he imagined, but he could have such a military appearance in three months, how could he not be very excited? He felt very excited.
Under the convulsions, he actually stood up by pressing the armrest, without using the eunuchs, he had enough energy and shouted: "Everyone is flat!"
Ma Qiao also knelt down just now. At this moment, the voice sounded vaguely like those eunuchs with special voices. When he got up, he couldn't help but glance up quietly and saw the first one wearing a sable cloak.
The man in his mid-thirties stood there, and the other people behind him all lowered their heads and bowed slightly to show respect. He couldn't help but feel his heart beating wildly.
It's today... God, it's today that the emperor speaks in person!
Not only one of the cubs in Maqiao peeked over the limit but also many of the young soldiers discovered the clues and were so excited that they could not control themselves. In the past three months of training, they had learned many lessons through hardships and all the lessons had been imprinted in their hearts and minds.
They were still sober. Especially when the emperor on the high platform sat back, they all lowered their heads.
"The military appearance is indeed in good order. After all, it has been three months of training. Let's practice!"
As soon as the initial excitement passed, Emperor Hongzhi became alert to the ministers and workers below him. He had just lost his composure, so after sitting down, he gave a few instructions. Seeing the Qianqing Palace on the side, he agreed to Sun Hongchuan and Xiao Jing, the chief ceremonial officer,
Xiao Jing passed the message to the clerk again, and for a moment he lowered his head and responded loudly. He leaned back on the large arm chair and began to think deeply. Suddenly he glanced to the side and was stunned when he found that it was empty.
Zhu Houzhao loved to join in the fun on weekdays. Xiyuan had been here almost every afternoon before. At this critical moment, where did this little guy go?
Suspicious, Emperor Hongzhi immediately pushed the armrest and stood up again. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the young soldiers below suddenly scattered in all directions, followed by the sound of horse hooves galloping from far to near. When
When he saw the person coming on the horse, even though he had been able to suppress the emperor's joy and anger in front of the courtiers for many years, he was horrified and frightened now.
What kind of tricks does Zhu Houzhao do?
As the prince, Zhu Houzhao naturally didn't know that his father was clenching his fists in shock and anger. He just felt that he was galloping into the arena on horseback and was getting more attention. He was even more excited.
His equestrian skills were practiced secretly in Xiyuan in the past few years, and he was much more proficient than Xu Xun, who had only been assaulting for a few months. At this moment, several cubs had set up targets in the south, and he was actually
He stepped on the stirrups with both feet, clamped the horse's belly with both legs, took the bow and stringed the arrow, and shot out with a whoosh. At this moment, people who recognized Zhu Houzhao were stunned, and those who did not recognize Zhu Houzhao were also stunned.
He was stunned there, together with the emperor and a group of eunuchs on the high platform. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the arrow from the string hit the target fifty steps away. Although it did not hit the red heart, it hit the target fifty steps away.
It's already [first posted on Baidu] and it's quite good.
"Hey, hit!"
Zhu Houzhao was so happy that he waved his fist vigorously, followed the horse and rushed out for a while, then turned the horse's head and came back. When he reached the high platform, he jumped off the horse neatly, and climbed up the stairs on one side in front of all the officials. At this time,
At this moment, those below who had not seen the prince could not help but look at each other in surprise. What was even more surprising was not them, but Wang Shouren who was holding the horse on the sidelines.
"Brother Xu, what's going on?"
What's going on...Of course this little guy is not happy to pretend to be Shouning Hou Shizi anymore!
Xu Xun shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at Wang Shouren and said, "Brother Wang, you are really an honest man."
Honest man?
Before Wang Shouren could react, he saw that Xu Xun had jumped on horseback and entered the arena. For a moment, he couldn't think about anything else and hurriedly got on his horse and chased after him. The two entered one after the other.
In the inner school grounds, after the ceremony in front of the high platform, Xu Xun went straight to the drum stand on one side, picked up the drum stick and banged it three times.
For a moment, the small army that had just given way to Zhu Houzhao came back like a tide, but they were once again arranged into five square formations.
During this training, Xu Xun spent a full two months training the formation of these young troops, integrating all the commands to turn right, turn left, into the drumbeats. At this moment, others only saw him hitting the drumsticks hard, as if
He directed the young troops to turn left or right or march forward in unison. Officials who had never seen such a method were shocked. Although it was not a march to form a fighting formation, anyone with some knowledge could
Everyone knows how difficult it is to shape a bunch of loose sand into something like this in just three months.
After several drum beats, Xu Xun's drum beat suddenly became faster. With the increasingly rapid sound, starting from the first column of the first square formation, groups of people were heard shouting the word "kill",
One by one they fell to the ground; the second square formation started from the first row, and the two teams on the left and right practiced grappling with each other; the third square formation started with people in the front row moving to the back, forming a triangular formation for a moment.
; The fourth and fifth party burials instantly transformed into a fan-shaped square array. At this time, Xu Xun turned around and glanced at Wang Shouren, and saw that he had already [Baidu Post First] went straight to the high platform opposite the drum stand that could only accommodate one person.
, he felt relieved.
In the first two months of the formation, he taught the little banners of the general banners of the hundreds of households, and these officers then taught it to the young troops below. The training in the last month was all Wang Shouren's handiwork. In this cold weapon battle
In terms of aspects, he was naturally not as good as Wang Shouren, who had been arranging troops with fruit cores since he was a child. Sure enough, the director of the Ministry of War, who had climbed up to the high platform, picked up a red flag and waved it, and the five square formations below suddenly merged with each other.
Together, the people in the front row took off all the shields they had carried on their backs and held them in their hands. It was a shield wall.
Square formation, circular formation, flying geese formation... As Wang Shouren's banner changed, the military formation of hundreds of people below continued to evolve. Although there were occasional mistakes, it was generally quite impressive. Even the few who had led troops
He was a noble man, and he was slightly blushing at this moment, not to mention others who had never seen military training. Zhu Houzhao on the high platform was beaming at the sight, with a look of pride on his face.
After less than a quarter of an hour of military formation, hundreds of young troops dispersed again and lined up on both sides, and then someone came forward to place arrow targets. At this time, the eunuch who had just been stunned by Zhu Houzhao's entry did not dare to relax so much.
, all stood in two rows to block the emperor. Zhu Houzhao immediately gave up, stepped forward and pulled everyone aside, and said angrily: "What are you blocking? Those are the archers selected by me, the prince."
, it’s not so inaccurate!”
My little ancestor, this is not because I am afraid that they will be wrong, but because I am afraid that they will be too accurate and try to assassinate me!
Although Sun Hong was so frightened that his face turned pale, he felt a lot more relieved when a group of archers came forward, all with their backs to the emperor and their faces facing the target, firing arrows.
After the ten men had finished shooting, there were ten more young soldiers on the other side carrying the target full of arrows to the high platform, raising it above their heads and kneeling down on one knee. Sun Hong hurried forward again, glanced at it, and then quickly retreated.
return.
"Long live my Lord, there are about six or seven arrows on each archery target. The accuracy is very good."
"good very good!"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction and did not mention the reward lightly. Even so, these two golden words still made the ten archers who had practiced bow since childhood but only had a chance to show their talents today overjoyed. They put down their bows and arrows and turned around in a hurry.
After kowtowing in thanks, the ten archers retreated, followed by ten sword players, and after the ten sword players came ten gunmen. After each demonstration, thirty people cooperated with each other. Wang Shouren studied this set personally.
Compared with the general formation just now, the small formation of thirty people was more skillful and neat. In the end, Shouning Hou Zhang Heling simply took the lead in shouting hello. Even though there were only a few people who responded, many officials did not even say anything on their faces.
, but [Baidu Post First Release] was already active in his heart, and even Liu Jian nodded slightly.
Therefore, when Xu Xun and Wang Shouren finally saluted again in front of the high platform with a few officers, the court officials saw that Emperor Hongzhi summoned Xu Xun and Wang Shouren to the high platform. Although they whispered, they were not happy in such a far-off competition.
What to say after the expected successful training. When the eunuchs over there sent orders to invite Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia and Dai Shan to come up, all the officials were convinced.
Even though Shouning Hou is so dear and noble, when it comes to serious matters, he is still not as good as those big guys, let alone that young boy who is just starting out.
"Xu Xun, Wang Shouren, you practiced very well today! You two have worked hard these past three months, and the prince has something to say every day when he comes back. I already know everything." Seeing Wang Shouren looking at Zhu Houzhao in stunned silence, Emperor Hongzhi only said
He acted like he didn't see it and said with a smile, "If you make mistakes, you should be punished, if you have merit, you should be rewarded. I will give you two flying fish suits each!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Wensheng suddenly spoke passionately: "Your Majesty, there is a system in the court, and python clothes and flying fish cannot be given lightly to others. This training of troops is their duty. If they are given like this, it will not be treated as such by China or foreign countries."
The flying fish in python clothes are very valuable, and for fear of losing the national body, please give me silk, gold or silver. Besides, the military formation is neat, but a real fight is not good, and it is not a real great achievement.