Chapter 669: Killing the Enemy for Your Majesty
Wang Daorong's outfit is specially made of ordnance, and the helmet is also fully covered, except for the visual area where the eyes are exposed, which is very similar to the three-level head in a game in later generations.
The armor on his body is also specially made, and all the armor is made of small steel plates with inch length, although it is a little heavy, but it is still flexible enough.
This is a trial item for the Ordnance Institute, and I heard that it can ignore the close-range shooting of the musket, and Wang Daorong is honored to act as a guinea pig in actual combat.
In the center of the cuirass is a circular plank that is struck by a musket and the target is killed.
According to the rules of the exercise, his goal is to rescue the leader of the blue side, while the goal of the red side is to kill him, either by taking him prisoner directly or by shooting him directly.
According to his expectations, it doesn't matter to him whether the blue side comes first or the red side comes first, it is nothing more than a formality with the people.
But the egg hurts, the egg hurts, the red and blue sides actually climbed to the top at the same time, the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, Wang Daorong is now the narrow road, he wants to run, but the rules stipulate that he can only wait for the rescue or assassination of one party within two steps of the stone.
"Leshulu, you're pretty fast!" The Red Commander Deng Wu scratched the mud shell that had dried up on his face.
"Where can you not be fast, otherwise Wang Ran ran will not 'die' in your hands, and my brothers here are not happy!" Leshuru threw the musket in his hand to the ground and rubbed his hands, and as he spoke, he gave the king a wink and motioned for him to move closer to them.
According to the rules, if both sides reach the top of the mountain at the same time, it is forbidden to shoot muskets at each other, and the only way to decide the winner is the most primitive means.
But Wang Ran ran couldn't move the place at all, and he also knew that it seemed a little dangerous to stand here, but if he broke the rules, it was very likely that he would have to go back to the lecture hall to clean the toilet for a whole month.
Bang –
As he was talking, a gunshot rang out from the red team, and there was a crisp bell when the projectile hit Wang Daorong's body.
"Oops!" Wang ran away and shuddered with fright, and looked down to see that the projectile hit low and happened to open the steel plate on his stomach.
"Xingping, you take thirty people to guard the target, and the rest of the people follow me to take the people on the other side down! Rush! Seeing the sneak attack of the red side, Le Shulu directly gave an order in a hurry.
Deng Hu couldn't help but shake his head regretfully when he saw that the blow was missed, and signaled his men to go strong, and more than 1,000 people fell into a melee on the mountain.
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In the temporary camp three miles away, a team of heralds rode war horses to report the battle situation of the two sides in real time, Liu Hong gradually listened to the report with his hands behind his back, and sometimes explained one or two with Zhu Cihong on the side and the six bigwigs.
In order not to affect the morale of the surrounding people and the soldiers in the exercise, Zhu Cihong, the cabinet and the officials of the Sixth Ministry traveled in civilian clothes, quietly entered the village, and did not play drums.
Zhu Cihong has been out of the capital very few times, and it seems that he has never seen such military exercises at all, and he is dressed in red civilian clothes and carries a telescope in his hand, watching the fight on the top of the mountain with great interest.
Behind him, a group of six bigwigs all had sad faces, they had come to the lecture hall, and they were very uninterested in the way of teaching the martial arts, they were all fifty or sixty years old, and they were all driven out of the imperial city, and their bones were almost not broken.
The army of the Ming Dynasty has never said that there are exercises, strictly speaking, there are actually exercises, but exercises only exist in a small number of recruits, such as the Qi family's army.
The reason is that the imperial court is too poor, and the garrisons such as the Jingying soldiers can't even eat enough and don't train, so they don't have the strength and funds to conduct any exercises, and the border troops don't need it.
Outside the border are the enemy, and they can experience the baptism of actual combat almost once a month.
The people of the Sixth Department feel that it is really a waste of money to talk about martial arts, and let the soldiers crawl in muddy water, isn't this a disguised abuse of soldiers? What is the practical significance?
But this matter was led by the king of Anguo County, and with Zhu Cihong's approval, they all just watched and did not dare to disagree.
"Your Majesty, the students of our martial arts hall are all low-level generals selected from the border army and the Beijing camp, and the lowest is also the rank of Xiaoqi.
You look at the one on the side, this son is called Xingping, it was originally a general flag in the Datong garrison, it was a big word illiterate martial artist with no strength, and now he is studying in the martial arts hall for a year, and he has a unique insight into my big open firearms, formations, and tactics. ”
Liu Hong gradually pointed to Xingping Dao, who was fighting vigorously on the top of the mountain.
Whether it is walking the right step, shouting slogans, or teaching obstacle training, in addition to exercising physical fitness, the purpose is to train the obedience of soldiers.
With iron discipline and strict obedience, coupled with a series of military knowledge study and training, this is the real way to strengthen the army.
Liu Hong gradually didn't bother to explain these things to the group of officials of the six ministries, but these officials wished that the generals were all reckless men who couldn't read big characters, so that no one would compete with them for power and profit in the court.
The Ming Dynasty is the world of civil servants, and most of the officials in the cabinet and the six ministries think so.
Let you be free for a while, and when the time is ripe, this king will definitely pry over the foundation of Confucianism, Liu Hong gradually thought.
"Well, yes, yes, Liu Aiqing, is that tall man the beloved son of Governor Babala? What a tiger general! Zhu Cihong held the telescope and saw Le Shulu hitting three by one, and couldn't help but applaud.
"Le Shulu, this kid's strength is really powerful, but if he commands the army, he is still not as good as the minister just said, and even Wang Daorong." Liu Hong gradually sighed and said.
It seems that Zhu Cihong and the ministers did not ask for that misunderstanding from top to bottom, and now they have entered the age of firearms, and the era of killing officials in front of them is gone.
If individual heroism is still admired, waiting for the army after the generals are killed is a great rout.
This truth is so simple, but there are very few civil officials in the Manchu Dynasty who can really understand it.
"My lord, the battle is over." Gu Jiahou whispered on the side.
Gu Jia used to be a squire in the military department, and many of the six departments were Gu Jia's former colleagues, but now because he was busy talking about martial arts, the relationship was already a little estranged.
It's just that he doesn't regret his original decision at all, there is more than one way to save the country, and he has already seen through the tricks of the courtiers.
"I guess it's the blue side that wins!" Zhu Cihong put down the telescope in his hand and said.
He only saw that the blue side of the Leshulu was extremely powerful, and the red side soldiers were defeated and retreated, so he asserted.
"Back to the emperor, it's the red side, then Deng Hu took advantage of Le Shulu to fall into a fierce battle, and the celebrity outflanked him from the rear and directly snatched Wang Daorong." Gu Jia looked at the score table that had been counted by the martial arts hall teachings.
Originally, the overall score of the blue side was eighty, and the red side was only sixty-eight, but the red side finally won Wang Daorong, and the blue side was directly judged to lose.
"That's right, but I see that Lan Fang said it is also very good, hurry them down the mountain, I will summon them." Zhu Cihong was annoyed for a while, but immediately left it behind.
About two quarters of an hour later, more than 1,800 soldiers came to join each other with their tired bodies, and many of them limped.
Both sides wanted to win, but the melee on the top of the mountain just now was in a hurry, and what they learned was all killing tricks in actual combat in the army, so it was inevitable that they would be injured by mistake.
Fortunately, these former low-level generals are very well-behaved, and there are no oolongs who misfire with muskets and kill their classmates.
"All of them, Lizheng!" Gu Jia saw that the students were a little scattered, and regardless of whether they were tired or injured, he shouted loudly.
The soldiers standing behind him didn't know, but he knew that as long as the leg was not really broken, he had to cheer up.
Hula-la-la-there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the queue.
Almost reflexively, all the students subconsciously obeyed the military order, and the team was completed in ten breaths.
Then Gu Jia slowly retreated to the back, Liu Hong gradually took a step forward, and some students had already seen the mountain elder who saw the dragon without seeing the tail, and thought about Gu Shanchang, why was this so strict, it turned out that the mountain elder came.
"All of them, take a break!" Liu Hong gradually ordered.
"What is the school motto of the martial arts?" Liu Hong gradually said again.
"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and serve the country loyally!" The students were tired, but they were still shouting at the top of their lungs.
"Be louder, I can't hear you." Liu Hong gradually became dissatisfied with the way of the remains.
"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and serve the country loyally!" The decibel level instantly increased several times, but thousands of people shouted out the momentum of thousands of troops.
"Very well, hurry up and give your majesty a salute." Liu Hong gradually turned around and let go of Zhu Cihong.
The students are all stunned, and Your Majesty has come to see them? How come I didn't get any instructions beforehand? Your Majesty, how can you have time to come and see their group of big-headed soldiers?
Many of them had seen the first emperor Chongzhen, but none of them had ever seen the new emperor, but the mountain chief was so categorical that he would not deceive them.
A kind of excitement, excitement, and flattery in the queue instantly cleared up.
"Kill the enemy for Your Majesty!" I don't know who shouted.
"Kill the enemy for Your Majesty!" All the soldiers shouted.
"Kill! Fight the enemy! Fight the enemy! ”
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PS: The first chapter of this book has been uploaded since June 30, 2018, and now it's just one anniversary, alas, this year is really not easy, but at the same time, it feels cold and full of fulfillment, this year I also learned a lot of historical knowledge, and I also met a lot of lovely book friends, thank you.