Chapter 1686 A Different Zhejiang Army
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 about a mile away, everyone heard two ear-shattering "boom, boom, boom" noises, and then heard another one immediately after. "Boom, boom, boom" sound.
After this roar, the horses under everyone were a little frightened, and everyone hurriedly stretched out their hands to calm the horses under 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.” Another person said.
"It's not thunder, that's the sound of artillery and firecrackers." Wei Guogong and Hu Zongxian spoke 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 training of firearms, after all, he would occasionally fire cannons. The person who set off the firecrackers could immediately tell that they were the sounds of artillery and firecrackers.
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 has been dealing with the army from patrolling the border troops to patrolling Zhejiang. Naturally, he is no stranger to the sound of artillery and muskets, especially the border troops. In order to guard against the Tatar barbarians, the city or city There are more or less artillery placed, and you can tell it when you hear the first sound of the artillery.
"Oh, it turned out to be the sound of artillery and muskets." After everyone heard this, they all reacted belatedly.
“Let’s go, just in time to see the Zhejiang Army’s drill.”
Hearing the sound of firearms, Zhang Jing suddenly said with great interest. As he spoke, he clamped the horse’s belly hard and took the lead. And go.
Earlier, when Zhang Jing first met Zhu Pingan and compared his military skills, Zhu Pingan said that firearms were the most important weapon.
It is better to come early than to come by chance. It is just in time to see how the Zhejiang Army practices firearms and how Zhu Pingan regards firearms as the most important thing.
“Drive!”
Everyone followed Zhang Jing and drove their horses straight to the Zhejiang Army 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, so they were on 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.
Similar to the previous three inspections, an armored tiger guard from Zhang Jing and his party came first 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 antler 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 camp. Stop whoever comes! Who are you? Who is behind you? Why do you come to our Zhejiang Army camp?"
The tiger guard hurriedly stopped him. Ma Rein shouted to the Zhejiang Army guards behind the roadblock, "Governor Zhang Jing, Imperial Envoy Zhao Wenhua, Minister of War Huang, Yingtian Guards Wei Guogong, Zhejiang Inspector Hu and others came to inspect the Zhejiang Army. Camp, why don’t you move your antlers quickly, open the camp gate, and 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."
< br>The guard behind the antlers shook his head without hesitation and said with a serious face, strictly following the rules.
"What are you talking about? Quickly remove the antlers and open the cabin door. Who else dares to pretend to be the governor and his party!"
The tiger guard urged with an impatient look.
The Governor and his entourage were right behind, and I only had a few more words to spare. I rode my horse over first, just to get the guards of the barracks to open the camp gate quickly and welcome the Governor and his entourage into the camp, so as not to be delayed. They gave the Governor their precious time.
The previous ones are all good, but why are you, the Zhejiang Army, so troublesome and 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 think that they were ineffective, and their future would be bleak.
“Sorry, the camp is an important place and no one is allowed to trespass! If you are in a hurry, get your voucher quickly. After we verify that your identity is correct, we will report inside. After getting your permission, we will open the camp door and invite you. You enter the camp. "
The Zhejiang Army guard said insistently with his fists clasped, reaching out for identity verification.
"I said you can't understand human language? Who dares to pretend to be the governor and his party?!"
Hearing this, the tiger guard's face became even more impatient. , seeing the guard repeating the same old tune, he immediately took off his waistband with a look of impatience and threw it to him with all his strength. The Zhejiang Army guard behind the antlers urged with a look of displeasure, "Okay, you want proof, right? Nuo, this is my belt. I am the governor's personal guard Xiao Qi Zhang Bao. Keep your eyes open and look carefully." , It’s no problem now, why don’t you quickly remove the antlers and 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? Do you think they live too long?" Tiger Guard's eyes widened angrily. He opened his eyes and said with an angry expression.
"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 Army guards were still insisting, the Tiger Guard couldn't help but glare at them, pointed at them with a riding crop, and threatened them fiercely, "Don't toast or eat as a fine, if you delay the Governor and his inspection, , can you afford it? If you make the adults unhappy, just one word will make you miserable. "< br>
"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 will seriously violate the military orders and disciplines." No need to wait for the adults to be unhappy, my adults can make us walk around without food.”
The Zhejiang Army guards cupped their hands and said helplessly.
At this time, Zhang Jing and his party had already arrived on horseback, and it was too late. Zhang Bao couldn't help but glared at the Zhejiang guards with anger and annoyance, and cursed fiercely, "Damn it, look at what you did. Good thing! Good luck to you!" (End of Chapter)