On the second day, a group of light cavalry drove out of the Imperial City without any obstruction, passed through the North City Gate and headed northeast along the avenue.
In late spring and March, the vegetation, mountains and rivers are luxuriant, and the beautiful scenery along the way slows down the team's progress.
Just as the leading young man in yellow robes was looking at the beautiful mountains and rivers, the mountains and roads ahead trembled, and there was the faint sound of fighting and iron horses.
The crowd suddenly became tense, and many people immediately gathered in front of the young man, assuming a defensive posture.
The young man frowned, but did not appear panicked. Instead, he motioned for the guards to come forward and inquire.
After a while, a general flew over on horseback, jumped off his horse with a splash, knelt on one knee and said:
"Jia Lian, the last general, has been ordered to train the musketeers. I don't know that the prince is coming. If you are disturbed, I hope your highness will forgive me."
When the prince saw Jia Lian, his face became warm. When he saw Jia Lian asking for forgiveness, he jumped off the horse, helped Jia Lian up, and said with a smile: "The general is diligent in state affairs, and the lonely king is not happy enough, so there is no reason to blame him."
As he said that, the prince glanced at the former soldiers whose faces could be seen in the distance, and asked curiously: "I just don't know why the general came here to train soldiers?"
Jia Lian replied sternly: "The general is training the musketry army according to His Majesty's order. For a long time, he has mainly focused on the shooting training of the soldiers and neglected the physical training.
The Musketeer Army and even the Firearms Battalion are a strong force that His Majesty carefully wants to build, so naturally they cannot have such shortcomings. Therefore, the last general wrote to Your Majesty and decided to lead the entire army on a long-distance march. The chosen route was from Beicheng.
The round trip from Wai Daying to the Jiuzhang River in Ningping County is more than eighty miles.
But I don’t want to disturb His Royal Highness, General…”
The prince did not wait for Jia Lian to finish speaking, then shook his head and sighed: "General Jia's loyalty and patriotism are unmatched by anyone in the country, and the lonely king really admires him..."
The prince's words were not entirely polite. It was not yet noon, and Jia Lian's troops were obviously on their way back. If what Jia Lian said was true, he had really led his troops to march for more than eighty miles, then he probably
He led his troops and set off before dawn.
From what he saw, Jia Lian was too loyal to the king. No wonder his strict father relied on him so much. This made it difficult for him, a prince who had been repeatedly reprimanded by his father and should have been dissatisfied, to feel jealous.
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In order to prevent Jia Lian from continuing to express "fear", he explained to himself: "The solitary king was ordered to stay in Beijing. In addition to supervising the affairs of the country, he was also responsible for arranging hunting.
You must also know that every spring and summer, my father would take the clan and all the princes out of the city to hunt, and this year he chose Tienwang Mountain again.
King Gu has already arranged for people to arrange relevant defense matters. Now that the father is about to return to Beijing, Gu’s trip is to go to Tiewang Mountain in person to make the final inspection arrangements."
Jia Lian was not surprised to hear what the prince said.
Hunting every spring and summer is considered a royal tradition. Although this season is not a good time for hunting, the so-called "hunting" is to imprison prepared animals in the mountains and forests, and then conduct competitions to round up and kill them.
It will not affect the ecology.
On the contrary, the word "Iron Web Mountain" appeared in the prince's mouth, which made him secretly frightened.
When I was reading in my previous life, I had a vague feeling that this place was unusual, as if something big had happened. Combined with the current juncture of the power struggle between Emperor Ningkang and the Supreme Emperor, this place suddenly appeared, and Jia Lian had no choice but to speculate.
However, Jia Lian was not particularly worried. After all, even judging from the past life books, even if something really happened in Tiewang Mountain, the emperor should be the final winner. This is why Jia Lian firmly hugged the lap of the reigning emperor from beginning to end.
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The prince naturally didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking. Seeing Jia Lian's silence, he thought Jia Lian was being reserved in front of him, so he smiled and said: "I have long heard that the musket army built by the general is very extraordinary, and its combat power is far more powerful than the other six divisions of the Forbidden Army."
, but I haven’t witnessed it with my own eyes yet.
Today coincides with the meeting, I wonder if I, the king, would be lucky enough to see it with my own eyes?"
Jia Lian shook his head: "Your Highness is ridiculously complimentary. Your Highness intends to review, which is an honor for all the Musketeers."
As he spoke, Jia Lian clasped his fists at the prince, then got on his horse and rode towards the front army. He didn't know what he said to his subordinates.
I saw two adjutants riding their horses to the front of the formation and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, forms the formation, and is solemn."
The loud and vigorous voice spread like the autumn wind sweeping down fallen leaves. The soldiers of the Musket Battalion, who were originally a little curious to check the situation, were neatly integrated into the military formation like a machine.
In an instant, the broad avenue became so quiet that one could hear the sound of needles dropping. The armies of armed and iron horses lined up on both sides, leaving only a space in the middle for two carriages to pass side by side.
Jia Lian looked back and saw that the prince was already riding his horse with his men.
He no longer greeted Jia Lian politely, but rode his horse slowly through the middle of the military formation, scanning all the soldiers with his eyes.
The Forbidden Army was originally the army that enjoyed the highest treatment in the country, and this was especially true for the newly established firearms battalion.
After Jia Lian established the Musket Army, especially after the muskets were further improved and even the rifle problem was overcome, Jia Lian never doubted the effectiveness of the Musket Battalion in head-to-head combat.
Faced head-on, any traditional army that is not afraid of death will lose its will and fall apart in the face of the powerful firepower of the musketeers.
But obviously, the musketeer battalion also has a weakness, that is, it fails to face the enemy head-on. For example, it is attacked by the enemy and breaks through the phalanx before the formation is ready. For example, hand-to-hand combat at night...
For this reason, Jia Lian conducted some targeted training. For example, marching at night, arranging enough scouts and torches, and not stationing in narrow areas unless necessary... In short, he tried to avoid close contact with the enemy.
He only has these 3,000 musketeers. He has trained hard for so long and spent so much ammunition and resources. He feels that even one exchange for two in hand-to-hand combat is not worth it.
In order to improve the flexibility of the Musketeers, he also planned to train the Lancers. Unfortunately, even if he tried hard, Emperor Ning Kang could only mobilize more than 300 horses for him in the end, but he just let him use them as rewards for the previous special training.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Jia Lian is not satisfied with the Musketeers, he is not the same in the eyes of others.
Of course, like most people, the prince did not quite understand the power of the musketeers. After all, he had never seen the warriors of the Qing Dynasty. Facing the musketeers who were not very well-equipped, they collapsed like an anthill.
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He just felt that, among other things, Jia Lian's musketry army was too luxuriously equipped.
They were all made of golden soft armor, with a refined steel knife on everyone's waist, a standard spear on their back, and other war-prepared items that he couldn't quite understand the function of, but everyone was equipped with.
The prince felt that this was probably the most neatly equipped, complex and sophisticated army he had ever seen in his life.
In addition, all of them are powerful men, and they all have horses and infantry, which makes the overall power even higher.
Seeing this, the prince, who was originally somewhat skeptical about the Musket Army, couldn't help but feel that maybe such a Musketeer Army could really create some miracles.
The prince walked silently through the military formation, which was not particularly long. His entourage seemed to be intimidated by the momentum of the army, and they all followed the prince without saying a word, from the beginning to the end of the formation.
"Your Highness?" Jia Lian walked to the prince and called tentatively.
The prince waved his hand and said with a smile: "The general is really good at running the army. Such a military formation is really rare. Perhaps it is true as the general said at the school, such an army is enough to defeat the tens of thousands of troops in the Beijing camp."
Jia Lian smiled, knowing that the prince was probably still trying to give him face. Not to mention that these locals had difficulty believing in the true combat power of the Musketeers, but Jia Lian himself... after all, he had never done anything with real swords and guns, and everything was just a theory.
He wasn't completely sure either.
"I see that His Highness is not traveling with many people. It is still quite a distance from Tienwang Mountain. Do we need to send someone to escort us?"
"No need. General, since you have a mission, please leave on your own."
Jia Lian didn't say much. After saluting, he led his team back.
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The prince looked at the musketry army heading toward the capital like a golden dragon, and suddenly sighed: "I don't know when Gu Ye will be able to personally command such a well-equipped army, galloping across mountains, rivers, and battlefields.
Sometimes Gu couldn't help but think that Gu, the prince, could not win the trust of his father as much as a minister.
Just like Jia Lian, he is much younger than Gu, but my father can trust these soldiers and horses in his hands. If it were Gu, I'm afraid..."
As he said this, the prince laughed at himself, but he was not sure what he was laughing at.
The confidants and staff beside him did not dare to answer the question, but his eldest companion smiled and said: "I am joking again. No matter how important the Marquis of Zhenyuan is to your Majesty, he is just a foreign minister. I am your Majesty's eldest son.
If your majesty didn’t trust me, how could you appoint me as the crown prince..."
As soon as the old eunuch said what he said, everyone else agreed.
"Exactly, Your Majesty still trusts His Highness very much. Just like this state funeral, many people were guessing in advance whether His Majesty would let His Highness or the king stay in the capital to supervise the country. In the end, His Majesty did not hesitate to let His Highness exercise supervision.
The power of the country!”
Ever since the land clearing incident, the prince has been ignored by Emperor Ningkang. On the contrary, the third prince has been favored repeatedly.
This abnormal phenomenon naturally made many interested people speculate. When the concubine passed away and the emperor left the capital, a prince or prince stayed in the capital to supervise the country according to the needs.
Among the princes, naturally only the prince and the third prince are qualified.
Many people were waiting to see who Emperor Ningkang would put in charge of the country, hoping to figure out Emperor Ningkang's inner thoughts. The result was both unexpected and within expectations.
The prince retained his right to supervise the country, which naturally made all the princelings secretly relieved, feeling that the prince's sacred heart had not been lost.
However, the prince himself did not seem to think so.
"Supervising the country? On the surface, he stayed alone in Beijing to supervise the country. In fact, from the day his father left the capital, all military and state affairs were still under the dictatorship of the emperor's holy heart.
Even the memorials inside and outside the capital were sent to the imperial mausoleum in batches every three days by the emperor for approval.
The so-called supervising the country is just sitting in the palace doing nothing. What kind of supervising the country is that?
Otherwise, how could Gu You not even know about Jia Lian’s deployment of troops to leave the camp for training..."
Only the Ministry of War and the emperor were qualified to mobilize the army of the Wei Dynasty. In addition, even the chief officer of an army could not take large numbers of troops out of the camp without permission.
Naturally, Jia Lian would not make such a low-level mistake, so he reported and asked for instructions in advance.
If the prince were to supervise the country normally, he would naturally need to personally approve such trivial matters, and he would not be unaware of it.
Moreover, he had some other ideas in his mind.
He sensed that Emperor Ning Kang was becoming more and more indifferent towards him. Could it be that by allowing him to stay in Beijing, he disliked him to such an extent that he even deprived him of the right to attend the funeral of his grandmother and concubine?
After all, my grandmother passed away due to illness, so it is only natural that he, the eldest grandson, should pay tribute to her...
Didn't the third prince not compete with him for the so-called right to supervise the country? Did he just follow Emperor Ningkang to the funeral?
The staff vaguely knew that the prince was mentally ill, but they didn't know how to comfort him. After all, they had not thought of a good explanation for what the prince had just said, so they could only keep silent.