Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 841
In the first year of Ming Dynasty co-government (AD [-]), in mid-April, the Ming regime that had just recovered Nanjing for less than a year, in order to deter the barriers and swear to revive, it was reviewed at Zijin Mountain, Xuanwu Lake and other places at the same time.

Nearly 8 troops from the infantry, cavalry, and navy participated in the review.

For a time, at the foot of Zijin Mountain and by the bank of Xuanwu Lake, the Ming army came from all over to form an army formation one by one. The banners spread and fluttered for dozens of miles. Looking around, they were all red, which was magnificent.

Outside the proofreading venue, there was a sea of ​​people, crowds and groups surrounded the venue to the brim.

Some arrogant scholars, relying on their status, let their family members stand on a piece of land. Now they prepare food, paper and ink, and invite friends to come. Probably.

On the side of the imperial court, painters from the Ministry of Industry also set up a table on the mountain, and painted the magnificent scene in front of them with a pen, making "The Great Review of the Three Kings".

The review stand was on the Zijin Mountain, so as to gain a wider view, the missions from various countries, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, stood on both sides of Wang Yan according to their closeness.

At this moment, Feng Quan felt a little embarrassed. Manqing and Dongyu, as the two most unwelcome parties in the Ming Dynasty, happened to be placed on the left and right sides, and there was no chance to talk to each other.

Just when he felt that it was a pity and could only look for another opportunity, Lu Zhuangyuan next to him looked shocked, poked Feng Quan with his elbow, and said anxiously: "Feng Butang, look quickly, is that the North Korean envoy!"

Feng Quan was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly looked in the direction Lu Zhuangyuan was looking at. Sure enough, he saw five envoys who were dressed very similar to those of the Ming Dynasty standing beside the three kings of the Ming Dynasty. Although they were influenced by China, their official uniforms There are still some differences in appearance, Feng Quan carefully distinguishes, Liuqiu, Annan San Francisco, and the remaining one, who is not North Korea?

Feng Quan's face suddenly sank. When did this [-]-year-old boy come to Nanming, and he was still standing beside the king of Tang, and Liu Qiu stood by him. , simply shameless.

There were also quite a few vassals in the Qing Dynasty, mainly many tribes of Mongolia, but to make these Mongolian tribes surrender, they just sweated a lot, and let North Korea, known as the Little China, surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so that they could have a little bit of qualifications to challenge the Ming Dynasty and call themselves China.

China has been contemptuous of the surrounding ethnic groups since ancient times. The Eastern Yi, the Southern Barbarians, the Western Rong, and the Northern Hu basically have no good names. What's more, they are called "Rong" even if they are not counted.

Having said that, there is also a saying in China that when summer comes, summer comes. By the Ming Dynasty, at least Korea, Ryukyu, and Annan were no longer called Yidi, but part of China.

Because of this, the Manchu Qing especially needed the surrender of North Korea. Although North Korea was poor and had no combat power, it was related to the face of the Qing Dynasty.

This kind of mentality is like a house slave driving away the master, and he has to let the master's son call him father, so that he feels that he is the master of the family, very perverted.

"Feng Butang! This matter must be told to the imperial court!" Lu Zhuangyuan was heartbroken.

At this time, Feng Quan was thinking more. What he was worried about now was that since the Ming Dynasty allowed North Korea to observe the ceremony, why did they invite them? Wang Yan couldn't possibly be that stupid. At this time, a cannon sounded from the top of Zijing Mountain, and the grand parade officially started.

In order to frighten the barriers and prevent them from seeing clearly, the Ming Dynasty was very thoughtful, and a small official from the Ministry of Rites immediately brought a tray with a binoculars on it, and asked many envoys to take a look.

Feng Quan and the others had no choice but to pick up the binoculars, and then they heard Wang Yan in the middle pointing at the Xuanwu Lake in the distance and said: "Everyone, look at the lake, that is the navy of my Ming Dynasty. From now on, not only in the rivers and lakes In the middle, the whole South Seas and even the West Seas, they will be seen again, as well as the bright sun and moon flags on the warships."

After hearing this, everyone picked up binoculars and looked at the lake. Nearly a hundred warships were practicing in the lake, and the scene was very spectacular.

The navy was the weakness of the Manchus. Both Lu Zhuangyuan and Feng Quan put North Korea affairs aside and watched with binoculars. They were not familiar with water warfare, but they could tell the difference just by looking at the size of the ships.

Among the hundreds of boats in the lake, three giant ships were particularly eye-catching. Feng Quan had seen this kind of boat in Guangzhou last year, so he was not particularly surprised. After a change, Dongyu's envoy put down the binoculars, took a look with his naked eyes, then picked up the binoculars and squinted his eyes to look at it, as if he couldn't believe it.

Seeing this, Lu Zhuangyuan whispered, "Is this boat very powerful?"

He had seen this kind of boat before in Guangzhou, but it was a bit big, and he said it was a strange skill at the time.

Feng Quan only saw the ministers of Fujian and Guangdong mentioning it in his previous memorials. He had never seen this kind of warship battle scene with his own eyes, so he didn't know the background, but Qi Jiguang said that water warfare is nothing more than big ships. The big gun beats the small boat, and the big gun beats the small gun. Looking at the bodies of these three ships, the Qing Dynasty is hard to catch anyway.

At this time, it seems that to satisfy everyone's curiosity, Yang Fan, a big fortune boat on the lake, left the fleet, and stopped slowly in the middle of the lake after a while, and the sailors on board immediately left in small boats.

The stage suddenly fell silent, not only that, but the people watching by the lake seemed to understand what was going on, and couldn't help holding their breath.

Under the control of the sailors, the three large ships of the Zheng family pointed their sides at the ship, but the large ship did not stop, and sinking the ship in motion will undoubtedly make people even more shocked.

"Bang bang bang..." The side guns of the three large ships fired one by one, and a cloud of white smoke spewed out from the muzzles. The entire hull, as the guns receded, vibrated slightly, and the sound was roaring, which could be heard from ten miles away.

Everyone looked at it intently, stunned, three large ships were sailing out of the billows of white smoke, and the ships had turned into a pile of driftwood, floating on the surface of the lake.

Feng Quan and Lu Zhuangyuan couldn't help but looked at each other, a round of shelling, a Fuchuan equivalent to the main warship of the Qing army, was beaten to pieces, so what's the use of the Qing army's navy.

The Ming crowd watching by the lake came to their senses, and the shouts began to spread all over the sky.

If there is no war, what method can most inspire people's hearts and deter internal and external forces is undoubtedly a big review of the army.

Looking at the smashed ship, people lamented the power of the giant ship, but before they knew it, the influence brought by the small country of Toungoo slowly dissipated, and this was just an appetizer for today.

Wang Yan smiled contemptuously, and deliberately chose a big blessing boat. After this round, it costs five or six hundred taels. Can't you still be able to restrain you?

"Everyone, let's watch the infantry and horse troops perform drills!"

More than 8 horsemen and horses put on brand-new armor and held newly issued guns. They were full of pride and passion. The infantry lined up squarely, and the cavalry galloped back and forth.

Not to mention anything else, just the densely packed disc helmets at the foot of the mountain are enough to scare some small states.

This is only the army mobilized by the Ming Dynasty within a month, and it is estimated that it can reach the adult men of their whole country. There is no comparison in national strength.

The Ryukyu envoy couldn't help sighing, "The Celestial Dynasty is the Celestial Dynasty!"

The Ming army first demonstrated the changes in formation, showing cavalry outflanking, infantry raids, infantry and cavalry joint attacks and other tactics.

These can frighten small countries in Nanyang, but it is not easy to frighten Manqing and Toungyu. After all, one has cavalry and the other has war elephants.

After the entire infantry drill, the Kesheng Battalion, which had changed from the capital to the King of Chu's army, stepped forward to practice firecracker salvos, first with more than 1000 firecrackers of its own, and then with [-] electric blunderbusses.

Self-fire guns that don't need to be ignited will startle the envoys of all countries, but turning on electric guns can only make people dumbfounded. With this thing, I am afraid that the cavalry will be useless.

In fact, Wang Yan played a scheming game here. He was very fond of the fast-firing firecracker, the electric gun. However, the military inspector had made [-] guns before, and it was not equipped with the Ming army because of poor airtightness. This time The [-] rods produced still did not solve this problem well, making this firecracker a tasteless taste and a pity to discard it.

Wang Yan has already ordered that this firecracker be temporarily sealed up, and when the military weapon inspection technology is more skilled, the problem can be solved, and then it will be re-produced.

Today, he is just using waste, using the fire rate of the electric gun to bluff people, and everyone is really stunned by this kind of firearm equipped with five sub-guns, which can fire five guns in a very short time.

Hurry up! The Ming army's Buddha machine guns, swarms of bees, hundreds of tigers rushing to arrows and other sharp weapons were displayed one by one, which opened the eyes of envoys from various countries. Pale.

"The solitary king is the regent and is in charge of major military and national affairs. The first priority today is to wake up the yellow soul and revive China. All our soldiers and people, and all our vassals, should work together to revitalize China and restore Huaxia." Wang Yan saw the right time and raised his arms. call.

"One body and one heart, rejuvenate China!" The North Korean envoy responded the fastest and took the lead to bow down.

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