Rise From the Humble

Just as Hu Zongxian, Wei Guogong and others thought, the destination of Zhang Jing's trip was the Zhejiang Army Camp.

Zhang Jing took the crowd to reach the Zhejiang Army Camp. About about one miles, everyone heard the twice of "banging" in the ears, and then he heard a "咣咣 咣". sound.

With this roar, the horses under everyone were 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." 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 the Tatar barbarians, the city was more or less well placed. Artillery, you can hear it when you hear the first 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 suddenly said with great interest. As he spoke, he pinched the horse's belly hard and rode away at 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 Pingan 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 once again came first on horseback.

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 guard hurriedly pulled on the horse's reins and 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 Patrol Supervisory Censor Hu, etc. The delegation is here to inspect the Zhejiang Army's camp, so why don't you quickly remove the antlers, 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 inside, and received permission from my family."

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 shaft door. Who else dares to pretend to be the governor and his party!"

Hu Wei urged with an impatient expression.

The Governor and his entourage were just behind, and he only had a few words to spare. He rode his horse over first, just to ask 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 friends. 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 a very important place and you are not allowed to trespass! If you are in a hurry, please bring 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 into the camp."

The Zhejiang Army guard held his fists and insisted, reaching out for identity verification.

"I told you, don't you understand human language? Who dares to impersonate the Governor and his party?!"

When the tiger guard heard this, his expression became even more impatient. When he saw that the guard was repeating the same old tune, he immediately took off his belt tag with an impatient expression, threw it to the Zhejiang Army guard behind the antlers, and urged with an unhappy look, "Okay. , you need proof, right? No, this is my belt. I am the governor's personal guard. Xiaoqi Zhangbao. Keep your dog eyes wide open and look carefully. There is no problem now. Why don't you quickly move the antlers and open them? Yuanmen."

"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 pretend to be the Governor and the others? Do you think they live too long?" Huwei's eyes widened with anger and he said with a sullen look on his face. .

"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 glare at them, pointed at them with a riding crop, and threatened them fiercely, "You don't want to toast or eat, and 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 be seriously violating military orders and disciplines. You don't have to wait for your Excellency." 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 already 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 things." eat!"