Just as Hu Zongxian, Duke Wei and others thought, Zhang Jing’s destination was the Zhejian army camp.
Zhang Jing with the crowd is about to reach the Zhejian army camp, about a mile or so, the crowd heard “rumble rumble rumble rumble” two ear-splitting sound, and then followed by a “bam bam bam” sound.
This round of boom bam down, the people under the horse are a little frightened, the people busy reach out to appease the steed underneath.
“What’s the matter, is it thunder?”
Accompanying the crowd with a face of uncertainty look ahead, do not know what happened, doubt is not thunder.
“Today is a sunny day, not a rainy day, how could there be thunder.” Someone looked up at the sky and shook his head.
“What’s wrong with a sunny day, isn’t there such a thing as thunder from a clear sky.” Another person said.
“It’s not thunder, that’s the sound of artillery and cannons.” Wei Guo Gong and Hu Zong Xian almost at the same time.
Although the Duke of Wei does not attach importance to firearms, but after all, is a military general origin, and command a battalion, the barracks also have artillery and cannons, although the proportion is not high, usually not much attention to drill firearms, but after all, occasionally will also discharge cannons and cannons, a hearing heard it is the sound of artillery and cannons.
In addition, the Duke of Wei also knows that Zhu Pingan on the degree of importance of firearms, just from his battalion has plucked a lot of firearms.
Hu Zongxian from patrol border army to patrol zhejiang, has been dealing with the army, to the sound of artillery and cannons is naturally not strange, especially the border army, in order to guard against the tartar hu captives, the city are more or less placed on the artillery, in the first sound of hearing the artillery to hear out.
“Oh, so it is the sound of artillery and cannons.” When the people heard this, they also reacted to it as an afterthought.
“Let’s go, let’s take a look at the Zhejiang army’s drills. “When Zhang Jing heard the sound of firearms, he immediately said with great interest, and with a strong clip on his horse’s belly, he went ahead of his horse.
Earlier, when Zhang Jing first met Zhu Pingan and examined his military affairs, Zhu Pingan said that armament with firearms is vital.
It was really better to come early than coincidentally, just in time to see how the Zhejian army drilled firearms, and to see how Zhu Pingan used firearms as vital.
“Hyah!”
All of them also followed Zhang Jing and drove their horses straight to the Zhejun camp.
The sentries on the sentry tower of the Zhejun camp had seen Zhang Jing and his party early on, and loudly reminded the guards at the yuanyuan gate that there was a party of unknown origin riding towards the camp, and to raise the alert.
The guards at the Regulus Gate were ready to set up a barricade thirty metres in front of the Regulus Gate, fully armed.
Just like the previous three inspections, an armoured tiger guard in Zhang Jing’s group once again rode his horse in the lead.
This time, unlike the previous three inspections, the tiger guard was blocked by a simple antler barricade set up by the guards 30 metres in front of the Regulator Gate before he reached the gate.
Behind the antler barricade were five heavily armed guards at the gate, wearing cotton armour with only their faces showing, with waist swords and cannons in their hands, and shouting, “This is the Zhejian army camp, stop! Who are you? Who’s behind you? Who are you? Who’s behind you? What do you want from the Zhejun camp?”
The tiger guards were busy pulling the reins of their horses and shouted to the Zhejian guards behind the barricade, “Governor Zhang Jing, Imperial Commissioner Zhao Wenhua, Minister of War Huang, Yingtian Guard Wei Guo Gong, and Zhejiang Inspector General Hu are here to inspect the Zhejian camp, why don’t you quickly move the antlers, open the yamen gate, and welcome the Governor and his party.”
“I’m sorry, please wait a little longer. You said that the Governor-General and his party are coming to our Zhejun camp, what are your credentials? After we verify that our identities are correct, inform inside, and receive my lord’s permission, we can enter the camp.”
The guard behind the antlers shook his head without hesitation and said with a serious face, strictly following the rules.
“What are you bothering to say, quickly remove the antlers and open the yamen gate, who else dares to impersonate the Governor General’s line!”
