Chapter 579 Calling a deer a horse
The soldiers of the Huben Zuowei lined up on the parade ground.
Jiang Qingzhi checked it carefully.
"Not bad!"
Yan Xu's heart finally settled down. "My Lord has ordered me to be ready to fight at any time. I dare not neglect it."
"It takes a thousand days to maintain an army and only a moment to deploy it. Next year..." Jiang Qingzhi turned around and saw a team of guards riding horses to the outside of the camp and immediately setting up a cordon.
"I have also heard what Lord Bo said at the Ministry of War." Yan Xu said, "All the generals of the Beijing Guard said they benefited a lot from it. When I went to the Ministry of War to negotiate about money and grain that day, I met several generals of the Beijing Guard. They laughed at me for not having heard that lesson. I couldn't help laughing at that time..."
Chen Bao was also amused. "We have learned so much from Lord Bo, and those people were so happy just by listening to one lesson. If they knew how much we have learned, they would probably try their best to join the Tiger Guards."
"I'm willing to downgrade myself by one level." Chen Ji said.
Jiang Qingzhi narrowed his eyes. "The general trend is like a tide. I have said that the future of the Ming Dynasty must be outward. Outward, there are countless opportunities to use military force. Opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared."
"Don't worry, sir. As long as we are able to go on the expedition, I, the Huben Zuowei, will never bring shame to you!" Yan Xu expressed his attitude seriously.
"So do I, your humble servant!"
"Please rest assured, sir!"
Outside the camp, Emperor Jiajing appeared with all the officials.
"Let's go and welcome them." Jiang Qingzhi led the generals out of the camp.
Emperor Jiajing dismounted, and there was a carriage behind him. A handsome young man got off the carriage and followed Emperor Jiajing closely.
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned when he saw Changle. Changle half-crouched, then quickly stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Chang Wei Bo."
Emperor Jiajing said calmly: "Are you all ready?"
"Everything is ready."
"it is good!"
Jiang Qingzhi saw Xu Jie.
It was still a gentle smile, as if he was truly a gentleman like jade.
"Lord Xu is indeed as gentle as jade!" said a guard.
Xu Wei sneered, "Jade can be warm and moist because it does not eat grains, does not eat, drink, defecate or urinate, does not sleep with women, and is not greedy, angry or stupid... Only dead things can be warm and moist."
Xu Wei bowed, and Jiang Qingzhi bowed.
Four eyes facing each other,
There was a pause.
Xu Wei was a little excited, "Sure enough, I said Xu Jie would not be willing to be lonely."
"Good luck!" Xu Wei said.
"Have a safe journey, Lord Xu!" Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.
Yan Song and his son fell behind. Yan Shifan handed a meat pie to Yan Song, but Yan Song shook his head like a rattle and refused to obey.
The father and son were arguing, and Jiang Qingzhi seemed to hear something... Dad, you have lost a lot of weight... If you don't eat anymore, you will become a paper man...
Only then did he take a closer look at Yan Song's figure.
What the hell!
Compared with the past, Yan Song has lost at least two sizes.
The whole person went from being bloated to having a normal body shape.
Isn’t this a model for weight loss?
Yan Shifan tried to persuade her in vain, so he said angrily, "I'll let my mother persuade you later!"
Yan Shifan didn't know why his father was a vegetarian, but he always thought it was better to be fatter. This was the way it was in that era. With widespread malnutrition, if there was a fat person, everyone would think he was a blessed person.
"Chang Wei Bo!" Yan Song came over and asked gently, "Is there a martial arts performance today?"
Jiang Qingzhi nodded.
Yan Song nodded, "In that case, that thing must be a firearm."
Jiang Qingzhi said that the result would be known at the training ground of Huben Zuowei in ten days. The outside world came to a conclusion based on the fact that Huben Zuowei had been training hard recently.
"The thing Jiang Qingzhi got must be a powerful weapon in the army!" Han Yu and Yang Qing also came, and they came as the staff of a certain powerful person. Yang Qing stared at Jiang Qingzhi, and his old eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Mr. Yang, stay calm. You will naturally have the opportunity to take action after today." Han Yu reminded.
Yang Qing took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted, "Chang Wei Bo."
"Mr. Yang." Jiang Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh when he thought of how Fucheng had made Yang Qing's nephew suffer from a stroke.
"Many things will leave traces after they are done. Do you agree with this, Lord Wei?" Yang Qing smiled and said, "If you have done all the bad things, you should be careful of retribution!"
Yang Qing pointed to the sky and said, "Man does what he does, and God is watching. If God doesn't punish him, man will! I will return the original words!"
Sun Chonglou got angry when he heard it, "What did you say, old thief?"
The people who were entering the camp turned around when they heard the voice and saw Sun Chonglou pointing at Yang Qing and shouting, "If heaven doesn't take revenge, people will. My young master has a saying, don't pretend to be cool, or you'll be struck by lightning."
Zhu Xizhong laughed and said, "Don't pretend, or you'll get struck by lightning, hahahaha!"
Yang Qing sneered and was about to speak when Han Yu pulled him forward.
"Why are you holding me back?" Yang Qing was filled with rage because his nephew had died, so he wanted to find a place to vent his anger. Sun Chonglou was just a servant, so it was just right for him to vent his anger.
"When Jiang Qingzhi first came to the capital from Suzhou, he had only one servant by his side, who was later called Ashura by the Altan tribe..."
"Is this the person?"
"It was him. He was the one who beheaded the envoy of the Altan tribe in the street. Why bother to mess with such a vicious man?"
Everyone entered the camp and the camp gate was immediately closed.
Soldiers outside began to disperse the crowd.
"If you don't leave, you will be killed for spying on military secrets!"
In the camp, Emperor Jiajing and others went up to the high platform. There were chairs on the platform, but Emperor Jiajing did not sit on it.
"I will just stand there and look at my great Ming warriors."
If he doesn't sit, no one dares to sit.
Xu Jie saw Lan Zhen, and Lan Zhen nodded slightly to him, which was a hint... that he was one of them.
Han Yu watched this scene and said to Yang Qing: "Everything is ready, just waiting for Jiang Qingzhi to make a move. No matter what he comes up with, unless it is a shocking treasure, otherwise... three people make a tiger, and a lot of gossip can melt gold."
On the high platform, Xu Jie saw Zhou Xia and Zhang Juzheng, and both of them walked up to Jiang Qingzhi to greet him.
Xu Jie clenched his hands in his sleeves and smiled like jade, "I have been patient for a long time..."
Yan Shifan supported Yan Song and looked at Jiang Qingzhi, "Dad, after today, I'm afraid we will have more troubles."
Yan Song said calmly: "Isn't the purpose of life to be lively?"
"That's right. I've been too idle lately and feel very uncomfortable!"
Qiu Luan was with a group of military heroes. He whispered, "The Mohists are good at mechanics. Jiang Qingzhi probably got some sharp weapon. Come out later. Remember to speak in unison..."
"Don't worry, Lao Qiu."
"Jiang Qingzhi slandered us by rebuilding the martial arts, which made us unable to use our skills and put our children and grandchildren's wealth and status in jeopardy. Today is the day to settle accounts with him!"
"They want to bring him down and ruin his reputation. After this incident, they will find an opportunity to make him abandon his martial arts studies."
"Great!"
"Isn't it difficult to do?"
"What's so difficult? The Divine Machine Battalion was so powerful back then, where is it now?"
"Yes, Emperor Chengzu once said that the Shenjiying should be developed and promoted, but later it fell into obscurity."
"Those scholars... that's all. It's a different time now."
... "My Lord, the people in the Hanlin Academy said today that they share a common hatred for the enemy. Even calling a horse a zebra will disrupt the matter." Zhang Juzheng whispered as he looked at the formation.
"That's thoughtful." Jiang Qingzhi nodded.
At this time, Huang Jin came over. "Chang Wei Bo, His Majesty asked if we are ready?"
Jiang Qingzhi nodded.
Zhang Juzheng and Zhou Xia went back, and Zhou Xia said on the way: "Just don't worry about this matter."
"You are also from the Imperial Academy, so you should know how powerful those people's gossips are."
"Teacher once said that in the face of absolute strength, all words are just empty talk."
"Mouth cannon?"
"It's just..." Zhou Xia thought of the drunken look on the teacher's face at that time, "It's just a useless thing."
Zhang Juzheng turned around and saw Jiang Qingzhi walking to the edge of the platform and looking at the formation. He raised his right hand to his ear and slowly waved it forward.
"Musketeers..." Ma Fang came out and shouted, "Forward!"
Puff puff!
Three hundred soldiers carried muskets and marched forward in neat steps.
Everyone looked in the direction they were heading and saw a group of human-shaped targets in front of them.
"This is... a musket!" Wu Xun burst into laughter. Chang Le looked back, but didn't recognize him, so he pointed and asked, "Who is that person?"
Huang Jin said respectfully, "It's Xianning Marquis Qiu Luan."
Changle said: "This person is definitely not a good person!"
When several officials nearby heard this, they looked at Changle and saw that he looked like an follower, so they laughed.
"Young people should not speak without thinking..."
"That's the Marquis of Xianning."
The Taoist priest in front of him didn't look back, and said calmly: "He is not a good person!"
Several officials: "..."
Three hundred musketeers stepped forward in unison.
A soldier raised his right hand, gave a thumbs-up, opened and closed his eyes, and then shouted, "Two hundred steps!"
"One hundred and fifty steps!"
"What kind of distance measurement method is this?" asked someone among the military honors.
"Most likely it's the secret technique of the Mohists." Someone looked at Jiang Qingzhi, and seeing him standing with his hands behind his back, calm and unhurried, he couldn't help but feel jealous, "What use is it?"
"One hundred steps!"
"Stop!"
Bang!
Three hundred people stopped at the same time.
Everyone had sharp eyes and indifference on their dark faces.
This is a fierce soldier!
Qiu Luan sneered on the high platform, "Fire gun? Do you think I have never seen it before? If you, Jiang Qingzhi, play with this, you are courting death!"
Firearms were no secret in the Ming military, and most of the military heroes had seen them.
Someone said, "Firing from a hundred steps away! Damn it! When I was a sharpshooter in the army, I could not even hit the target within fifty steps. A hundred steps away... is Jiang Qingzhi trying to shoot a bird?"
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky and asked, "Where's the bird?"
“Hahahaha!” The military heroes laughed wildly.
Yang Qing felt relieved and glanced at Xu Jie. Seeing that there seemed to be more warmth in his eyes, he knew that the elder was extremely happy.
"Raise the gun!"
Ma Fang drew his long knife.
The first row raised their guns.
"Firearms?" Han Yu looked at Jiang Qingzhi and smiled, "My Confucian school has been preparing for a long time. Even if you confuse right and wrong and call a horse a zebra, I will make you fail on the spot!"
Yan Song glanced at Jiang Qingzhi and sighed, "That's all!"
When the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden... For the sake of their father and son's power, Jiang Qingzhi, this temporary ally, had to be abandoned.
"volley!"
Ma Fang swung the knife forward with all his might.
A hundred people pulled the trigger.
bang bang bang...
The explosions from a hundred muskets firing in unison shook the parade ground, and everyone on the platform was shocked.
"Is it over?" Yang Qing asked?
"It should be over." Han Yu said.
The first row retreated and the second row moved forward.
"volley!"
bang bang bang...
The air was filled with smoke, the second row retreated, and the third row moved forward.
"volley!"
bang bang bang...
The first row came forward first.
"volley!"
bang bang bang...
The continuous sound of gunfire echoed in the school grounds.
After three rounds.
"Hold the gun!"
Three hundred musketeers put away their guns.
A gust of wind blew and the smoke dissipated.
The people on the platform saw the target area that was in a mess.
"Hundred steps!"
Wang Yiqi had never thought that a musket could fire so far. Even if it could hit a hundred steps away, its accuracy and power were a joke.
But the target area in front of us seemed to have suffered a catastrophe.
There was total silence on the platform.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Hua stomped his feet and said, "It can kill enemies from a hundred steps away, and continuously. This... this is a military artifact, a Ming artifact!"
Yang Qing's face was slightly cold, "What about a hundred steps?"
Someone from the Military Merit Department said, "Your Majesty, although the range of this fire gun is quite long, most of the soldiers who charge into battle are heavily armored soldiers. This fire gun... is useless, and the enemy can take the opportunity to rush into the fire gun soldiers. At that time, holding a fire gun would be less useful than a fire stick... It would be a massacre!"
Qiu Luan glanced at Jiang Qingzhi with a ferocious look in his eyes. "Your Majesty, Emperor Chengzu led the Shenji Battalion to fight, but the Shenji Battalion was only assisting. Facing those heavily armored cavalry, the Shenji Battalion was helpless. May I ask, Lord Chang Wei, is this the treasure that benefits the country and the people that you mentioned?"
Everyone looked at Qiu Luan. The long-dormant Marquis of Xianning came out and looked at Jiang Qingzhi. "This fire gun may fool others, but it is not enough to fool those of us who have been wearing armor since childhood!"
Lan Zhen came out and said, "Chang Wei Bo has been preparing for a long time... Is this it?"
All eyes were focused on Jiang Qingzhi.
He said calmly: "Put on the armor!"
(End of this chapter)
