"Time to rest for a stick of incense." After Zhang Yue trained them for another hour, he saw that the sun at this time was too poisonous and the soldiers were exhausted, so he had no choice but to let them rest for a while. According to his true intention, in order to
He could help them master walking in step and step as quickly as possible, and he wouldn't let them rest at the snap of a finger.
But speaking of which, Zhang Yue himself was basking in the sun. Although he was not very tired, he was still covered in sweat. He put the small horse he had brought under the shade of the tree, picked up the fan and started fanning himself.
While he was fanning, he felt someone coming over from the corner of his eye. When he looked up, he saw Mei Shunchang, the commander of the Fu army vanguard, and the commander Qianshi with a strange name. I came with a few soldiers beside him.
Stand.
He immediately stood up and saluted both of them. Mei Shunchang was the son of Princess Ningguo, and Mei Yin was now in more important positions, so he did not dare to be disrespectful; the origin of this man named I Lai Ye was very mysterious, and His Majesty could not figure out who he was.
He has a good connection, and he is very skilled in martial arts, so he will not offend him.
Mei Shunchang saw him and smiled and said: "Zhang Yue, the commander asked me to come over to see how the practice is going, but I didn't expect to catch you guys taking a break."
"If Mei Tongzhi wants to see them practice, I can let them continue practicing now. However, their current progress is not good," Zhang Yue said.
"What? Is this difficult? Even if the queue is not neat, wouldn't it be enough to turn left or right? There should probably be a shelf, right?" he asked doubtfully.
He really didn't think it was difficult. He just walked forward, but his feet hurt a little. Although the posture was definitely not standard at first, there must be an airs. Not only him, but I also looked puzzled.
look.
Zhang Yue smiled bitterly and said: "Two adults, you will know after taking a look."
Then the rest time for burning incense came, and Zhang Yue asked them to get up and continue practicing. Mei Shunchang and I understood why Zhang Yue smiled bitterly just now.
This soldier from Baihu was practicing very hard, and Zhang Yue was not lazy at all. He taught very seriously, and from the reactions of the people around him, it can be seen that he did not give such serious guidance just because the two of them came, but this one
The standard performed by Baihu can be said to be appalling.
I came and murmured softly: "It turns out that the Ming Dynasty's army is still a relatively elite army. It is so strenuous to conduct new training, which is far less than... But there are too many people in the Ming Dynasty. There are two armies in the imperial court."
More than a million, this does not include the mobilizable chieftain army. Even if one can equal ten, they will be overwhelmed. Besides, it is impossible to truly equal one to ten."
Mei Shunchang naturally didn't hear what I said. Seeing them behaving like this, he felt very worried. He suddenly turned his head and said to me: "I Laiye, have you allowed them to improve their level quickly? At least they can
Looks like there’s a way to put on a shelf?”
He was also ill and had to seek medical treatment. However, since November last year, I have also served as a commander in the vanguard of the imperial army and taught martial arts. It can be said that I have become famous. I am very famous among the imperial guards.
His conversation showed that he had received a good education and had even fought somewhere, so Mei Shunchang suddenly asked him this question.
I was stunned when I came, and then shook my head. He had already thought about this problem, but had no solution. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were basically illiterate. They couldn't read a single big character and couldn't even distinguish left from right. There was nothing he could do.
However, he immediately comforted him and said: "Mei Tongzhi, the hundreds of households in our guard are like this, and the other guards are also similar, so the students in the Wutang Hall are better. Since everyone is similar, they may not fall to the last place.
.Maybe we can be ranked No. 1 on the defensive line."
Mei Shunchang thought for a moment that this was indeed the case, so he could only accept this consolation. But he immediately cheered up: "Maybe the students in the Jiangwu Hall are not that good, and they are not as good as the soldiers in the guard station.
."
I didn't say anything, but I could tell from his expression that he didn't agree.
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If the students in the martial arts hall heard Mei Shunchang's words, most of them might not say anything, but they would certainly not agree with me, either.
Because they have practiced really well. Although their movements are not quite standard yet, they have already developed their skills.
Originally, the students in the Martial Arts Hall did not care much about practicing, but I heard that His Majesty also asked Kamizhiwei to select a hundred households each to practice walking in unison, and they became more energetic after walking in step. There is a ranking among the classes in the Martial Arts Hall.
It doesn't matter if there is success before and after, but if they lose to the ordinary soldiers in the guard station, they can't accept it.
They are all elites selected from the army across the country. They can be said to be both civil and military. If they lose to ordinary soldiers who cannot read a single word and cannot tell the difference between left and right, then are they still elites?
Therefore, each class is practicing diligently in order not to lose to the soldiers of the Imperial Guard during the review a month later.
At this time, it was just dawn, and each class began to practice under the leadership of the squad leader.
Yu Zhouwen and Zheng Xuan were awakened by the sound of these students shouting slogans. Because the rent in Beijing was not cheap, they found a dormitory in the martial arts hall to live in. Because they were junior, they naturally lived in the worst location.
In this place, I couldn't sleep and was woken up early in the morning.
The two of them were in a dormitory. Looking out the window, they saw countless students walking in a queue lined up by guards and teachers.
"I just said that it is impossible for the guards to come this early in the morning. It turns out that they are practicing by themselves. But it is not difficult. You can practice by yourself." Zheng Xuan said.
Yu Zhouwen thought of another thing: "Zheng Xuan, why do you think His Majesty asked the Shang Zhiwei to select a soldier from a hundred households to practice walking in unison, walking in step, and review it with the students of the martial arts hall?
"
"If each guard is allowed to select a small number of literate soldiers and some military generals to form a team, they may not lose to the students of the Jiangwu Hall, but no matter how you look at it, it is absolutely impossible for the ordinary soldiers of the guard to compete with the students of the Jiangwu Hall
compared to."
"What do you mean?" Zheng Xuan asked.
"In my opinion, this should be His Majesty's encouragement to the students of the Jiangwu Hall. The two of us studied here for two years and are now working as clerks. It can be seen that the atmosphere in the Jiangwu Hall seems to be a bit slack. Your Majesty should
I also know that His Majesty and Vice President Jin rectified the situation once before last year, but it was only a temporary boost, and then it was relaxed again, so His Majesty came up with new ways to boost the morale." Yu Zhouwen said.
Zheng Xuan thought about it and thought it made sense, and said: "That's probably it. Your Majesty is very good at thinking of ways."