Daming Military Empire

Chapter 158
Luo Siwei stood quietly on the deck of the merchant ship, looking at the waves of the blue sea. He was No. 2 in the Wuchen Military Examination in the first year of Chongzheng.

The Wu Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be more unlucky than the Wu Jinshi of all dynasties, because there are too many hereditary generals in the Ming army, and it is difficult for Wu Jinshi to stand out.However, this situation changed a lot during the Chongzheng Dynasty. After the Chongzheng Emperor came to power, he continued to expand the army, and he paid special attention to generals who were born in martial arts. Basically, Wuchen Division Wujinshi were recruited into the army. And at least all of them are Bai Zong and Qian Zong, and the top three of Yijia are directly recruited into the Imperial Guard Army to serve as guerrilla generals.

As the No. 1 of the first class, he naturally joined the Imperial Guard, and was fortunate enough to be incorporated into the First Legion of the Imperial Guard. There are a total of [-] elite musketeers of the Imperial Guard!

This time he was ordered by the emperor to come to teach the soldiers of the allies how to use guns and artillery. He knew that this ally was Portugal, which had recently formed an alliance with Ming. Ten thousand [-]-type flintlock guns and [-] [-]-type howitzers, the emperor was afraid that they would not be able to use them, so he specially sent him to lead a hundred musketeers and a hundred artillerymen to teach them on the spot.

Selling weapons to the vassal state Ming has this tradition, but it may be the first time to sell weapons to foreigners, and it is the first time to send someone to teach foreigners.Therefore, the emperor attached great importance to it. Not only did he personally choose him as the person in charge of this teaching, but he also summoned all the soldiers who participated in the teaching, and even personally read out the imperial edict, telling them to pay attention to maintaining the image of Daming outside.

This oracle has been rubbed into a booklet, and each of them has a copy. During the time of the sea voyage, he must call all the soldiers to read the oracle every day, and then conduct regular exercises.

He has already memorized the content of the oracle by heart:
After you step out of the Ming Dynasty, you represent the image of the Ming Dynasty. You must always remember that you are a glorious soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and you must win glory for the Ming Dynasty.Here, I would like to emphasize a few points:
First, remember that Daming is a state of etiquette, and you must always pay attention to your appearance and manners, so as not to lose face of Daming;
Second, treat allies and friends without arrogance or impetuosity, neither humble nor overbearing;
third
Just as he was reciting the oracle silently in his heart, a soldier ran over and saluted respectfully: "General, the steward of the merchant ship said that Goa is coming soon."

Hearing this, Luo Siwei immediately ran to the bow of the ship, and an endless black line appeared on the sea in the distance, which should be the land.He immediately turned around, walked to the front of the deck and shouted: "All gather."

Soon, countless soldiers wearing double-layer composite armor ran from the ship's cabin and deck to the middle of the deck with guns on their backs, and they formed two neat square formations in less than an incense stick.

Luo Siwei glanced around majestically. All the soldiers raised their heads and stood up straight. He nodded slightly, and then said loudly: "Check the equipment and tidy up your appearance."

All the soldiers moved in unison from top to bottom, flintlock guns, grenades, bullets, medicine chambers, bayonets,

After checking the equipment, they began to straighten the helmet, straighten the collar, smooth the compound armor, and tighten the belt.

After everything was tidied up, everyone raised their heads and chests up, stood at attention, and waited for the general to inspect.

Luo Siwei looked over row by row and saw that everyone was fine, so he nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered: "Everyone, stay put and stand by."

After all, he himself walked to the forefront of the team, holding the hilt of his sword, and stood there upright.

Soon, a huge merchant ship sailed into a harbor. At this time, there were hundreds of soldiers gathered on the shore, and they probably came to pick up the goods.

The merchant ship directly approached the berth in front of the group of soldiers. As soon as the stairs were lowered, several leading foreigners led a group of soldiers and couldn't wait to climb onto the ship.

Before those foreigners showed their heads, Shi Weila's weird Chinese with a little Beijing accent came over: "Oh, Ruobo, my friend, it's been a long time, have you brought me the muskets and cannons?" ?”

The merchant ship steward had already come to Luo Siwei's side, but he didn't go up to meet him, but stood there solemnly waiting.

Soon, Shivela's head popped out from the side of the ship, and he said with some reproach: "Oh, Ruobo, why don't you come to greet your old friend? I..."

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at the deck. When he saw the soldiers of the Ming army standing neatly, he was suddenly speechless in surprise, and stood motionless at the stairs like a fool. up.

At this time, I remembered a burst of chattering Portuguese (for the convenience of understanding, all typed into Chinese): "Count Shivira, why are you not moving? Don't you know that it is very uncivilized to block other people's way?"

Hearing this, Shivela immediately jumped down from the stairs, stretched out his hand to pull the people behind, and apologized in Portuguese: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Kong Dede, I suddenly saw a soldier of the Ming Empire, too I'm so happy, I forgot you were behind, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Kong Dede was not really angry, he was just joking with Shivira, after hearing what Shivira said, he immediately looked up to the deck, oh, what a joke, are these soldiers from the Ming Empire?It's just too majestic!
In order to show his prestige, Zhu Cijiong specially asked people to select 1.8 of the [-] Musketeers and [-] Artillery Soldiers of the First Legion of the Imperial Guard, all of whom were about [-] meters tall and very strong. Elite soldiers, and their flintlock guns and composite armor are newly issued, and more importantly, they have all been pulled onto the boat and tested, and no seasickness is required, so all of them are now full of energy, majestic and majestic .

Without waiting for the guards behind to come up, Shivira immediately pulled Kong Dede to Luo Siwei, and asked eagerly: "General, are you sent by His Majesty the Emperor?"

Luo Siwei had actually seen Shi Weila before, but there was nothing he could do. This guy often followed the emperor around, and there were not many people in the Imperial Guard who had never seen him.

After all, this Shi Weila is the sincerity uncle of the emperor himself, and he can be regarded as a high-ranking official of Ming Dynasty, so Luo Siwei gave him a standard military salute, and said loudly: "The last general, the general of the first battalion of the Musketeers of the First Corps of the Imperial Guard Luo Siwei see Lord Earl. Speaking back to Lord Earl, the emperor was afraid that Lord Earl’s subordinates would not use my Ming’s muskets and cannons, so he specially sent the last general to lead one hundred musketeers and one hundred artillery soldiers to teach Lord Earl’s men how to use them. Muskets and artillery."

Shi Weila almost jumped up when he heard the words, he excitedly held Luo Siwei's hand and said: "Thank you, thank you, His Majesty the emperor is so kind to my minister, thank you General Luo, General Luo has worked hard, how about I let you Should I take you to rest?"

Luo Siwei was dizzy from his nonsense words, but he still understood the last sentence. He shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, my lord, we can't go to rest now. The emperor told me that we must put all muskets and guns away." The guns are all over to you, and now the guns and guns are still on board, we can't go."

Shi Weila patted his forehead and said: "You see, I forgot about it as soon as I was happy. Wait a minute, and I will send someone to move it right away."

After all, he explained to the guard behind him in Portuguese, and the guard immediately ran to the edge of the deck and yelled at the shore a few times. Soon, a large number of Portuguese soldiers in uniform uniforms climbed onto the boat and entered the boat in Luo Siwei. Under the guidance of the steward of the merchant ship, a box of weapons was moved off the ship.

Shivira stood aside, looked at his chaotic subordinates, and then at the soldiers of the Ming army neatly lined up in two phalanxes, standing there motionless, envious in his heart, the soldiers of the Ming Empire are well-trained Su, look at how neat they are standing, unlike the recruits I just recruited, the phalanx standing out is like the African jungle, crooked, giving people the feeling that they will get lost once they enter.

And the helmet, the armor, the belt, and the weapon are all neat and straight, unlike the recruits under me, there are only a few military caps that are straight, and most of them are deliberately tilted to one side. There are even hats on belts!
The more he looked at it, the more envious he became. Suddenly, he remembered that General Luo was a general. According to the military system of the Ming Empire, he should have led an army of about 1 people. If he could help him train these [-] recruits, then Wouldn't it be as neat as the Ming army in front of you?Don't underestimate this neat team. He has seen the Ming army fight with his own eyes. His movements and efficiency are like a storm gathering rain when he shoots, without stopping at all; the speed of loading shells is so fast that it makes people incomprehensible.If his subordinates could have that speed, he would even dare to lead these [-] people to directly fight against the most powerful Mughal Empire on this subcontinent!
He invited Luo Siwei aside with anxiety, and then asked in an almost begging tone: "General Luo, can you help me drill these new troops, you have seen their appearance, how can they go to the battlefield like this?" ?”

Luo Siwei was taken aback, and asked in disbelief: "My lord, this is your new army? I thought they were the porters you invited! Haven't you trained them?"

Shivira blushed with embarrassment, and he said in embarrassment: "Well, I have only trained a few hundred guards. I have never led an army of tens of thousands of people. General Luo, you are not going to teach them how to use muskets And cannons, just drill for me. Do me a favor, do me a favor."

Luo Siwei was just wondering why his so-called new army was just like porters, not because he didn't want to help him train the army. The Ming army has a sense of identity, and it will be easier to handle things in the future.

He didn't know what the emperor would do in the future, but now Shivira came to his door and handed over the new army to him for training, so he naturally wished for it.So, he replied very simply: "Since the Earl thinks so much of the junior generals, then the generals will help you drill them. If the drills are not good, please hope Haihan."

Shi Weila said happily: "General Luo thank you so much, you just need to rest assured to practice, as long as you can practice like the second-class army of the Ming Dynasty, I will be satisfied, you are the general of the first-class army, you will definitely not let me down .”

(End of this chapter)