Just as Hu Zongxian, Wei Guogong and others thought, the destination of Zhang Jing's trip was the Zhejiang Army Camp.
Zhang Jing and his men were about to arrive at the Zhejiang Army's camp. When they were still about a mile away, they heard two ear-shattering "boom, boom, boom" noises, and then heard another "boom boom boom" sound.
sound.
This roaring sound made the horses under everyone a little frightened, and everyone hurriedly stretched out their hands to calm the horses beneath them.
"What's going on? Is it thundering?"
The people accompanying him looked ahead with confused faces, not knowing what was going on and wondering if it was thunder.
"It's a sunny day today, not rainy. How could there be thunder?" Someone looked up at the sky and shook his head.
"What's wrong with Sunny? It's like a bolt from the blue, isn't it?" someone else said.
"It's not thunder, that's the sound of artillery and firecrackers." Wei Guogong and Hu Zongxian said almost at the same time.
Although Wei Guogong did not pay much attention to firearms, he was a military general after all, and he commanded a battalion. There were also artillery and firecrackers in the military camp. Although the proportion was not high, and he did not pay much attention to the practice of firearms, after all, he would occasionally set off cannons and firecrackers.
I could hear the sound of artillery and muskets.
In addition, Wei Guogong also knew how much Zhu Pingan valued firearms, and he bought a lot of firearms from his camp alone.
Hu Zongxian had been dealing with the army from patrolling the border troops to patrolling Zhejiang. Naturally, he was no stranger to the sound of artillery and muskets, especially the border troops. In order to guard against Tatar barbarians, the city was more or less well placed.
Artillery, you can hear it the first time you hear the sound of artillery.
"Oh, it turned out to be the sound of artillery and gunfire." After everyone heard this, they all reacted belatedly.
"Let's go, just in time to see the Zhejiang Army's drills."
When Zhang Jing heard the sound of firearms, he immediately said with great interest. As he spoke, he pinched the horse's belly hard and took the lead.
Earlier, when Zhang Jing first met Zhu Pingan and compared his military skills, Zhu Pingan said that firearms were the most important weapon.
It's better to come early than to come by chance, just in time to see how the Zhejiang Army practices firearms and how Zhu Ping'an regards firearms as the most important thing.
"drive!"
Everyone followed Zhang Jing and drove their horses straight to the Zhejiang Army's camp.
The sentry on the sentry tower of the Zhejiang Army camp saw Zhang Jing and his party early, and loudly reminded the guard at the camp gate that a group of unknown origins was riding towards the camp on horseback to raise alert.
The guards at the camp gate were ready immediately and set up a roadblock thirty meters in front of the camp gate, fully armed.
Just like the previous three inspections, an armored tiger guard from Zhang Jing and his party came first on horseback again.
What was different this time from the previous three times was that before the Tiger Guards reached the camp gate, they were blocked by a simple antler roadblock set up by the guards thirty meters in front of the camp gate.
Behind the antlers roadblock were five fully armed gate guards, wearing cotton armor with only their faces exposed, carrying knives at their waists, holding firecrackers in their hands, and shouting, "This is the Zhejiang Army barracks, stop anyone who comes! You are
Who is that? Who is behind you? What do you do with coming to our Zhejiang Army camp?"
The tiger guards hurriedly pulled the reins of their horses and shouted to the Zhejiang army guards behind the roadblock, "Governor Zhang Jing, imperial envoy Zhao Wenhua, Minister of War Huang, Yingtian guard Wei Guogong, Zhejiang patrol supervisor Hu, etc.
The delegation is here to inspect the Zhejiang Army’s camp, so why don’t you quickly remove the antlers and open the camp gate to welcome the Governor and his entourage.”
"Sorry, please wait a moment. What proof do you have for the governor-general and his entourage to come to our Zhejiang Army camp? We can only enter the camp after we have verified our identity, reported it, and received permission from my family."
The guard behind the antlers shook his head without hesitation and said with a serious face that he would strictly follow the rules.
"What are you talking about? Quickly remove the antlers and open the shaft door. Who else dares to pretend to be the governor and his party!"
Hu Wei urged with an impatient look.
The Governor and his entourage were just behind, and in just a few words, he rode his horse over first, just to order the guards of the military camp to open the camp gate quickly and welcome the Governor and his entourage into the camp, so as not to delay the Governor and his precious
time.
The previous ones are all fine, but why are you, the Zhejiang Army, so troublesome and so verbose? If the Governor and others came and found that the Zhejiang Army guards not only did not open the camp gate to welcome them, but were also blocked at the roadblock 30 meters in front of the camp, they would definitely
If you think that you are not doing things well, your future will be bleak.
"Sorry, the camp is a very important place and you are not allowed to trespass! If you are in a hurry, get your voucher quickly. After we verify that your identity is correct, we will inform you inside. After getting your permission, we will open the camp gate and invite you to enter the camp."
The Zhejiang Army guard held his fists and said insistently, reaching out for identity verification.
"I told you, don't you understand human language? Who dares to impersonate the Governor and his party?!"
Hearing this, the tiger guard's face became even more impatient. Seeing that the guard was still repeating the old tune, he immediately took off his waistband with an impatient expression, threw it forcefully to the Zhejiang Army guard behind the antlers, and urged with a look of displeasure, "Okay.
, you need proof, right? No, this is my belt, I am the governor's personal guard, Xiaoqi Zhangbao, look at them carefully with your eyes wide open, now there is no problem, why don't you move the antlers quickly,
Open the shaft door."
"Sorry, this is just your waist badge. It can only verify your identity. Didn't you say that Governor Zhang and his party came to inspect our camp? Their identities also need to be verified. Only after confirmation can we report inside.
"After the guard checked Zhang Bao's waist tag, he returned his hands to the tiger guard, but still had no intention of moving the antlers.
"I said you are mentally ill. My identity has been verified. What do you still doubt? Does anyone dare to impersonate the Governor and the others? You think they live too long, don't you?" Huwei's eyes widened with anger, and he said with a sullen look on his face.
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"Sorry, it's official business. If you want to enter the camp, you must verify your identity first." The Zhejiang Army guard insisted.
Seeing that the Zhejiang guards were still insisting, the Tiger Guard couldn't help but stare at them, pointed at them with a riding crop, and threatened them fiercely, "If you don't toast or eat, you will be fined. If it delays the Governor and his inspection, can you afford it?"
?It makes the adults unhappy. Just one word and you can't live without it."
"Zhang Xiaoqi, please don't embarrass us. Our Zhejiang Army has military orders and disciplines. If we let you into the camp without verification and permission, we would have seriously violated the military orders and disciplines. We don't have to wait for you, sir."
If we are unhappy, my adults will make us walk around without food."
The Zhejiang Army guards cupped their hands and said helplessly.
At this time, Zhang Jing and his entourage had already arrived on horseback, and it was too late. Zhang Bao couldn't help but glared at the Zhejiang guards angrily, and cursed fiercely, "Damn it, look at the good things you have done! You will be blessed with good results.