Chapter 471 Bewitching

Author: solid state drive

Chapter 471 Bewitching

The regiment chief of staff, who was rolled at by Xing Feiyue, chuckled, with a little ridicule in his eyes.

"We can go find our ancestors. Didn't you say that your Xing family was once a well-established branch of a wealthy family?

This guy, can't you go find your eighteenth generation ancestors? Don't you want to see if your ancestors are bragging?

Think about it, junior Xing Feiyue is paying homage to our ancestors, but your ancestors are still wearing cross-crotch pants at this time, hahahaha!"

"Fuck! That's nonsense.

However, what you said really makes sense!"

Xing Feiyue punched the chief of staff and was impressed by his idea. He hadn't thought of this level yet, but now that he was told this, he suddenly felt a little moved.

But then he thought about it, and he found that according to custom, his family tree was changed every eight generations. Every ninth generation, the families would start to be divided. The previous family trees only vaguely recorded personal names. Even so, it was just a recent genealogy.

to the seventeenth generation.

The seventeenth generation is already the oldest record of their Xing family. It does not go beyond the early Ming Dynasty, and there is still a gap of more than two hundred years between Jingkang and Jingkang in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, trying to find his ancestors in the Song Dynasty is simply nonsense and does not make much sense.

"I heard my grandfather say that the earliest ancestor of our Xing family's genealogy was only recorded in the Yongle period.

He said that he belonged to a wealthy family during the Yuan Dynasty and fled to Peiping with his clan. As for the era before Zhao and Song, it was too far away and it was impossible to find it.

Besides, what's the use of finding it? I support his uprising to help our Majesty open up land?"

"That's right. It's been more than five hundred years, and the ancestors have to go back thirty-six generations. But there can always be some connection with the famous people of Zhao and Song, right?

I remember there was a very miserable queen in the Song Dynasty, her name seemed to be Xing Bingyi? She was the wife of Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Maybe this queen’s father was related to your family."

"I'm just kidding, there are so many people with the surname Xing, how could we meet someone who is from our family?

On the other hand, your family, with the surname Zhao, is probably still a member of the royal family, hey, hey, how about going back to ask for a title?"

"Haha, even if I am really the royal family of Zhao Song, it is in the past. Zhao Song has died long ago, right?

Today, the Ming Dynasty has His Majesty, and whoever dares to betray the Ming Dynasty, I, Zhao De, will let him die without a burial place."

Xing Feiyue's words immediately made the chief of staff laugh out loud. He did not feel nervous. It was because the Song Dynasty had been destroyed for too long and could not threaten the Ming Dynasty's orthodoxy.

However, when he thought of his family's unclear genealogy, Zhao De's eyes flickered and he had some ideas. It was not that he had any thoughts about betraying the Ming Dynasty.

After all, being able to become the chief of staff, his thoughts can confuse him. He just thinks that as a Ming Dynasty person, if he really has contact with Zhao Song, he might be able to get rewards from Zhao Song.

Of course, if the cost was for him to give up his current position as regimental chief of staff in the Royal Army and go to the Song Dynasty to get an ordinary royal title, then he would rather not do it.

What's the future for a Royal Army Staff Officer? In the later stage, he either becomes a local official or continues to be promoted. The salary is good and the education of his family is not a problem.

But it's not bad to think that in the Song Dynasty, as an ordinary prince, he could directly support the entire family.

The two chatted with each other, but the soldiers in each queue were waiting. Time passed little by little until the scheduled time arrived accurately.

At the gate of the camp, Zhao Ji and Chen Ye sat in an off-road vehicle together, arriving side by side along the cement road with Chongzhen and Zhao Huan's off-road vehicle.

Zhao Ji curiously grabbed the guardrail and stood on the off-road vehicle. He looked at the tall camp in the distance and the parade team getting closer and closer. It always felt very novel.

The off-road vehicle parked at the gate of the camp, and an off-road vehicle was approaching from the opposite side. Also standing in the back of the vehicle was a man wearing a Royal Army uniform.

Zhao Ji, who already knew the process, watched with interest as the off-road vehicle parked in front of the two vehicles.

"Your Majesty the Emperor! The Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty! The troops under review are ready. Please give your instructions!"

"Are you ready for the ceremony?

I am traveling with the Emperor of Song Dynasty, have you informed me?"

"Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor! The welcome ceremony is ready!

Dear Mr. Emperor of the Song Dynasty! Mr. Supreme Emperor of the Song Dynasty! On behalf of the Royal Army of the Ming Dynasty and on behalf of the supreme instructions of our emperor, I would like to express to you the most heartfelt welcome of all the Royal Army!

salute!"

'brush!'

They saluted neatly, and the sound of breaking the wind made Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan feel hot in their hearts, and they subconsciously saluted as well.

"Emperor Song, please say a few words?"

"Aha? Say, I said, what did you say?"

Zhao Huan turned his head and looked at Chongzhen with a confused expression. He was extremely nervous and said in a trembling voice.

He has never experienced this at all, and he can't adapt to something suddenly happening.

The process I just explained to him didn’t mention this.

"Oh, I forgot. It's normal that you haven't learned the same etiquette as me. Then I'll move on to the next step."

Zhao Huan nodded quickly and saw Chongzhen looking at the parade conductor in front and uttering a sentence majestically.

"Ready for review!"

"yes!"

"The pacesetters are in place!"

Just like the process of a normal military parade, the pacesetters formed a guard belt in the slow and neat steps. Chongzhen led Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan to review the long queue of soldiers and equipment before returning to the reviewing stand.

"Father, what do you think?"

"Just looking at the mental appearance, everyone's face is red and full, and there are endless cannons and trucks behind them.

And their clothes are neat and uniform. The key is that each piece has a gold buckle and a silver emblem. It is extremely new and even more luxurious than the imperial army of the Song Dynasty. This Ming Dynasty is rich."

"So what if you have money? I don't know if it's just a show. How much do the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty spend on food and salary every year? Can't they defeat the Kingdom of Jin?"

Zhao Huan said with some sourness that the spirit of the Royal Army was much stronger than the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty.

It’s not that the Forbidden Army was completely crotchless. The Song Dynasty’s elite Forbidden Army had ample military expenditures and better treatment than many officials.

But the imperial army of the Song Dynasty couldn't do it. It required strong logistics and deployment capabilities to make tens of thousands of soldiers wear exactly the same and brand-new clothes.

"We'll find out later. Don't we need some more drills? Through these, we can see it."

While the two were talking, they saw that Chongzhen was already ready in front of the stage and began to give a mobilization speech.

"Soldiers!...

In the past, the martial sage once said, "Jingkang's shame has not yet been resolved, and the ministers are in pain. When will it be destroyed? Don't you regret it?"

Soldiers, the opportunity to change the fate of the Song Dynasty has now been placed in your hands! The Jin people..."

The whole audience listened to Chongzhen's recitation of Jianghong, especially Zhao Huan, Jingkang Shai, and You Weixue. He passed through the gate of time and space and only read it through Zhao Ji. Listening to it now, I always feel blushing.

"As soon as the door of time and space is opened, the golden people will be several miles away. You have to face them directly and tell me, what should you do?"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"There are more than 80,000 Jin people, but your first group has only three regiments to attack. There are only nearly 10,000 people. One is against ten. Do you have confidence?"

"have!"

Amidst the uniform cheers, Zhao Huan and Zhao Ji clapped repeatedly and nodded with satisfaction. They liked the soldiers who fought for them very much.

Especially when every soldier knows what he is going to do and his military morale is solidified, that is great.

After the mobilization was completed, Chongzhen began to introduce the differences between the various arms to Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan. Below, the first army of the exercise also began to form an array, and the soldiers who arranged the shooting range also transported livestock and dummies.

"Song Emperor, Song Taishang, the first one we demonstrate is the simplest musket infantry, which is also the main force of the Ming Dynasty Royal Army.

The main weapon they are equipped with is the flintlock musket. This is a weapon invented in the late period of your king Kang Zhaogou. It is powerful and has a long range. After improvement, it is more suitable for warriors.

And they all wear stab-proof clothing, helmets and goggles, which can maximize the protection of the soldiers from being injured by the blade."

"Is it just to guard against the blade? Why don't you see anyone wearing armor? What if the enemy shoots an arrow, or what if the cavalry charges?

Also, during my inspection just now, I saw no cavalry, only large carts without roofs. Do you all use iron carts to pull soldiers?"

Zhao Huan asked while curiously looking at the venue being decorated.

"In the Royal Army, the range of muskets can exceed three hundred steps. This range can make the enemy's archers unable to shoot at all.

Similarly, thousands of musketeers lined up horizontally can shoot through all incoming cavalry, and cannons with a range of four miles can break up the prepared charge of the cavalry.

As for marching, the Royal Army is divided into motorized infantry and mechanized infantry. They really only need to use trucks and motorcycles to march.

Well, you see, the training troops that are coming over, of course, still have traditional cavalry, but the cavalry is not supporting the Song Dynasty. After all, they are carrying a lot of equipment this time.

Later, if you have any opinions, you can tell me directly and I will explain it to you."

Zhao Huan listened to Chongzhen's introduction. The Royal Army got off the car in the distance and ran up to a company. Then they formed a classic three-stage shooting and showed Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan what sustained shooting is.

Zhao Huan swallowed his saliva as he looked at the flying dummies, the blood-splattered cattle and sheep, and the musket positions that had formed a cloud of mist.

"It's very powerful, but it seems that the smoke is a bit big and very disturbing.

Emperor Ming, does this gun need to be loaded with projectiles every time? I just heard you say that even children can shoot these muskets?"
To be continued...