Since the time has been pushed to the time of application, it is too late to prepare for the entrance ceremony today. Therefore, Wang Shangwen and Wang Zongrong, after asking for instructions that were too pragmatic, scheduled the entrance ceremony to be held tomorrow morning.
In other words, the army will be stationed outside the city tonight. However, Gao Pragmatic explained that Lu Youren, a native of Siming Prefecture who had made great achievements, was responsible for public security and preparations in the city, and Wang Shangwen sent people to assist. Of course, when we say it's assistance, it's actually better to say it's command.
The first cool night passed, and before midnight, Mingjiang City became lively.
As usual, the south gate opened on time at Mao Shi. However, because the city entry ceremony was to be held today, vendors outside the city were required to enter the city in advance, but everyone was gathered together to become part of the city entry ceremony, and the usual fair was temporarily canceled.
In this regard, businessmen from afar complained, but there was nothing they could do. After all, compared with the various toast masters and tumu masters in Guinan, they are as humble as ants, and their little business is even less worth mentioning compared to the rituals that are said to be required by the patrol master. .
On the city wall, the brightly-armored Guilin Guard soldiers held their heads high and their chests straight like javelins - these were carefully selected by Wang Zongrong from among his own servants, and they only bore the title of Guilin Guard in name.
On the city streets, there were already three floors inside and three floors outside to watch the excitement. In fact, it was hard to say that they were just watching the excitement. Many people were actually forced to come to "support" by Lu Youren and other Tumu.
The patrolling Siming Prefecture wolf soldiers patrolled back and forth one after another. The wolf soldiers responsible for maintaining order on the spot were even more busy and sweating profusely.
The ground has been swept, and the main street, which is the main walking street, and the small square in front of the state government office were all cleaned overnight.
The viewing platform has also been set up, located at the end of the main street, near the small square in front of the government office. The thick wooden beams and pillars are tightly assembled with rough tenons, and are wrapped with dense ropes, making them absolutely strong and solid. In addition to a long "rostrum"-style table and chairs on the stage, there was also an awning made of thick cloth.
As soon as Chenshi arrived, the officers, soldiers and wolf soldiers outside the city began to gather. Groups of arrogant government troops and Siming Prefecture wolf soldiers, led by the Siming Prefecture wolf soldiers, entered the waiting area outside the city gate with white lines painted with lime.
However, they had not raised their flag yet, and people could only look at the densely packed team and guess who was who. Perhaps only the wolf soldiers led by Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling were the most recognizable. After all, the officers and soldiers all wear the same mandarin duck jersey. At first glance, they look like a sea of red. Who knows which army comes from where?
The people of Mingjiang City have a complicated attitude towards the army outside the city. They do not refuse the wolf soldiers led by Huang Zhiting to come to Mingjiang City. After all, Mingjiang City has been named Huang for hundreds of years. As the eldest daughter of the head of the family, Huang Zhiting represents the chieftain of the Huang family. Come to quell the civil strife, no one dares to say anything wrong.
But towards the officers and soldiers, the attitude of the people of Mingjiang City is much more complicated. They also know that this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but after hundreds of years of chieftain rule, they have an unexplainable wariness and even rejection of the officers and soldiers. However, not to mention the powerful officers and soldiers, Chieftain Huang was invited to put down the rebellion, which is a bit...
However, these native people did not understand the matters between the imperial court and the chieftains. After all, the chieftains were sometimes as loyal as guard dogs to the court, and sometimes they were just as loyal as they said they were.
The relationship between the chieftains is even more complicated. Yesterday they were members of the same clan or friends, but today they may turn against each other; or yesterday they were not sworn in to each other, but today they work together. In short, these inexplicable situations are normal among the chieftains who have complicated relationships. We don't care about this, and we can't care about it.
Regarding today's entry into the city, the local people just wanted to watch the excitement. After all, their daily life was as dull as the water of the Mingjiang River, so being able to see something new was good news.
At a quarter of the hour, the wolf soldiers of the Huang family of the Siming Mansion began to enter the city. These wolf soldiers of the Mansion, with their chests and bellies raised, and fully armed, took the lead in entering Mingjiang City. However, they were capable and capable, but they really didn’t have much stomach to hold up. Most of them were relatively weak. Thin, but this thin is not thin, but lean. As a marshal of the later Red Dynasty described it: Guangxi monkeys are the army of Guangxi, as fierce as tigers and as evil as wolves.
Especially, this group of people had the opportunity to rob yesterday, but Huang Gongsheng was actually killed by his subordinates, and they lost an opportunity to make a fortune. Now everyone is feeling unhappy, and their eyes are really hungry. Wolflike.
Huang Zhiting wore a special cotton armor that was slightly too small, sat on a horse under the escort of wolf soldiers, and entered the city with an expressionless look. Lu Youren saw her entering the city from a distance and shouted to the crowd: "Kneel down, Miss!"
In fact, Lu Youren only judged that the person coming was Huang Zhiting based on the "man on horseback". Because Huang Zhiting is wearing armor at the moment, it is impossible to tell whether there is a man or woman from a distance - unlike some movies and TV shows, the armor these days is entirely men's - well, there is a problem with this sentence itself. In fact, it should be said, There was no such thing as women's armor in the Ming Dynasty.
Although it can be seen that the armor on Huang Zhiting's body is specially made according to her body shape, it only matches the size. There is no difference in style at all. After all, the only women leading troops these days are chieftains from the southwest, and they are all added together. How many can there be? Developing women's armor specifically is redundant.
There were people kneeling on both sides of the main street, but Huang Zhiting didn't look at them. Instead, she looked a little sad and passed by with a cold face without saying a word.
At two o'clock in the morning, one after another, ox carts and mule carts, dragging various general cannons, tiger crouching cannons and other artillery, drove into the Mingjiang Chengzhou Yamen Square.
The natives had just stood up, and then they knelt down unconsciously - this was the divine weapon that scared them into surrendering without a fight. This kind of thing is only available to the Ming Dynasty's official army. No matter how powerful the chieftains are, they have never gotten these good things. I heard that if Mr. Lu hadn't seen the opportunity quickly yesterday afternoon, he killed the second male... and killed Huang Gongsheng. Now, now Mingjiang City will be razed to the ground by these cannons!
This is the time to kneel down. The "generals" did not show their power yesterday.
Next, a large number of officers and soldiers wearing mandarin duck uniforms entered the city. These officers and soldiers did not look very powerful. They were tall, short, fat, thin, old and young, but at this moment they were quite powerful. , all of them were arrogant and proud, as if they were the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court, especially since they were wearing uniform mandarin duck jerseys, which looked a bit pretentious at first glance.
Next came the highlight. The natives watched as a group of knights appeared, all wearing brown shorts and hoods, riding tall horses. These knights all carried identical beautiful bird cannons on their backs, and hung a water goose feather knife on their waists. Some knights also had mulberry bows and two quivers hanging on their horses' buttocks.
In particular, these knights are all tall and tall, which is far different from the image of the local guardsmen and wolf soldiers in Guangxi.
In terms of appearance alone, these knights are definitely the most eye-catching today.
There is no doubt that these people are the servant guards brought by Gao Jingshi from the north. They are not real cavalry, but "mounted infantry". They were selected from thousands of servant guards at that time. They are tall and good-looking. That's perfectly normal.
As soon as Lu Youren saw this team, he had already been told by Wang Zongrong no less than ten times. He immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "This is the Grand Duke Gao, the censor of Guangxi! Everyone kneels down and kowtows! I didn't say stop, who?" Don’t stop either!”
Everyone knelt down again, including Lu Youren himself and the wolf soldiers beside him.
Wang Shangwen and Wang Zongrong, who were riding a horse and riding slightly behind Gao Jingshi, glanced at him with satisfaction, smiled at Gao Jingshi and said: "On the throne, the power of the imperial court is so fully displayed. This is all the result of the throne!" "
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said: 'Yi Di are just animals, fearing power but not having any morality'. This may be reasonable, but these native people are also my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, so they cannot be treated as animals. In other words, in addition to demonstrating the power of the court, we also want to let them know the benevolence of the court. A two-pronged approach is the long-term solution."
Wang Shangwen didn't care in his heart, but his face showed approval. He nodded hurriedly and said: "It's true, it's true."
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