Chapter 1391 : Patrolling the Army
"Brother Zhang, why don't you refuse?" Xiao Yun said with a curious look on his face.
"It's weird if you are willing?" Zhang Zishan cursed in his heart. Among the many calligraphy treasures, his favorite is the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" by the saint Wang Xizhi, which is known as "the world's number one running script". Respected by calligraphers of all dynasties, Wang Xizhi studied the styles of clerical, cursive, regular, and various styles, imitated the styles of the heart, and learned from others' strengths, and prepared them in one furnace. He wrote this "Preface to the Lanting Collection" in the ninth year of Yonghe. As soon as he was born, he was sought after by all dynasties. How could such a rare treasure be given to others? When he heard Xiao Yun speak, he asked for "Preface to the Lanting Collection", the pain in his heart was even more uncomfortable than death.
"I heard that Brother Zhang is a gentleman who promises a lot of money. He will never break his promise to me for a mere calligraphy and painting, right?" Xiao Yun had already figured out Zhang Zishan's temperament and smiled at Zhang Zishan with a bad smile.
Although Zhang Zishan was a scholar, he was very loyal to the people. He had been in the Fang family for twenty years and had always been known as "a promise of a thousand gold". Xiao Yun had long figured out this point from Fang Taiping. Seeing that he wanted to repent, he hurriedly said this.
Zhang Zishan's face was pale and he was just scolding himself for being confused. "You are the one with the surname Xiao, you are cruel!" After a long time, Zhang Zishan gritted his teeth.
As soon as he heard this, Xiao Yun knew that he had agreed. He felt a little respect for this pedantic and a little scholarly angrily, and beat him up to the sky and said, "Brother Zhang is indeed a person of Xinyi. From today on, if someone dares to say that Brother Zhang has no Xinyi, I, Xiao Yun, will not agree! Haha!"
Zhang Zishang gritted his teeth and said angrily: "I won't leave yet!"
Xiao Yun hurriedly said: "Go! Let's go!"
The Fang family's schoolyard is very large, and 100,000 troops can still march and set up formations on the entire schoolyard. On the field, flags and banners are waving, hundreds of thousands of troops are yelling back and forth, constantly shouting, and the sound is like thunder. Xiao Yun and Zhang Zishan heard the roar of thunder before they arrived at the schoolyard. They were shocked in their hearts. When they looked at each other, Xiao Yun said, "This Fang family army really has a momentum. Even training is like a special forces soldier from the 21st century. No wonder they can travel across Jiangsu and Zhejiang for twenty years. It's really not a big deal?"
Zhang Zishan was obviously still thinking about the "Preface to the Lanting Collection", and snorted coldly, saying angrily: "Of course, our army first raised the banner of righteousness from the second in command, and recruited first-class good seedlings. After years of hardening and training, how could it be weak? Compared to Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give in to each other. "After saying that, he turned around and left.
No one knows the power of the Fang family's naval army, but Xiao Yun knows it clearly from later generations.
In September of the 27th year of Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the other party to use troops seven days before capturing Pingjiang (Suzhou) and capturing Zhang Shicheng. Less than a month, Taizhou (Linhai) and its counties were completely taken down by Zhu Liangzu, the "Zhejiang Provincial Participation" by Zhu Liangzu. The next month, Wenzhou was also in the hands of Zhu Liangzu. Moreover, under the leadership of Xu Shan, the elders of Qingyuan (Ningbo) went to Zhu Yuanzhang's southern general Tang He and opened the city to welcome the surrender. Fang Guozhen fled to the sea in advance and slaughtered
The camp was on an island (probably an island in the Zhoushan Islands) and had to deal with Zhu Yuanzhang for several years. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to order Liao Yongzhong, who was born in a water bandit, to lead the navy to the sea in the name of "Deputy General of the Conquest South", to search for him, and fought a war in Panyu, defeated his main force, which scared Fang Guozhen. He had no choice but to call Zhan Ding, a scholar under the tent, to write a very tactful surrender, and sent his biological son Fang Guan to Tang He to submit it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"A filial son will be given to his relatives, and a small stick will be taken, and a big stick will be taken away. The affairs of the ministers are suitable for this kind of things. They want to tie their faces and wait for the crime to be under the guise, and they are afraid that the infant axe will be punished, so that the future generations of the world will not know how much the ministers are offended. They will say that the master cannot tolerate the ministers, which will cause great virtues in the world to be burdened with the great virtues of the world!" Only after winning Zhu Yuanzhang's favor were able to surrender, but the Fang family's naval army has not been wiped out. They have been entrenched on the sea for many years and formed a powerful force. Until the Ming Chengzu Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West, he could still see many naval armies under the banner of the Fang family on the sea, which shows the power of the Fang family's naval army. These are naturally later stories.
Seeing Zhang Zishan angrily, like a child who suffered great grievances, Xiao Yun secretly felt funny: "Your grandpa's is just a calligraphy and painting. As for this, it's better for you to give it to me on your own initiative. If you can't afford it, don't hit the fat man in the face!"
The two entered the school field one by one, and saw that there were people rushing in the huge school field. Dozens of people took off their military uniforms, rolled up their trousers, tied their waists tightly with a belt, and exposed their broad shoulders and strong chests were running on a lawn on the school field that had just been exposed. They were back and forth, pushing, and drinking, and it was so lively. On both sides of the venue, tens of thousands of soldiers were standing on each side of the venue, constantly shouting, surrounding the huge school field three layers inside and outside. The applause was louder and louder, which made Xiao Yun's eardrum tremble.
"What's going on? It seems that this is not a training force?" Xiao Yun stepped into the school ground, looked at it and turned his head to ask Zhang Zishan.
Zhang Zishan at the front frowned and said, "Training troops? They are attacking Ju!"
"Killing Ju?" Xiao Yun was stunned. After all, he was a person from the 21st century. Although he lived in this era for a long time, he was not a person who lived in this era since childhood. He still couldn't understand some strange nouns that only appeared in this era.
Zhang Zishan glanced at him, and when he remembered the "Preface to the Lanting Collection", he felt ache in his heart. "Wang Youjun's work was sent here!" But when he felt sad, he felt sad, seeing that Xiao Yun didn't understand, he snorted coldly and explained: "This beating Ju is also called playing polo?"
"Oh, playing polo? Why do I think it looks so familiar?" Xiaoyun may not understand Ju, but as a polo fan, he naturally knows his history. He played a lot when he was in the army.
When Zhang Zishan heard what he said, he wondered: "You know how to play polo?"
Xiao Yun said: "I know very well. This polo game is known in history as "knocking Ju", "strike", etc., and riding on horseback and slapping wooden balls with a long-handled hammer. It became popular in the Tang Dynasty. In the third year of Jinglong of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Tubo sent an envoy Shang Zandu (official name) to Chang'an to welcome Princess Jincheng. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang invited Tubo to watch the Han people playing polo. Seeing that the Han people were like the art of playing ball, Shang Zandu went forward to report to Emperor Zhongzong of Tang to compete with the Tang Dynasty polo team.
Zhongzong agreed to the request for a confrontation between Tubo and the Han people. As a result, after several battles, "Tubo all won."
Seeing that the Tubo people were superb in their football skills, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang sent four polo masters, Li Longji (later Emperor Xuanzong of Tang), the royal family's polo master, Yang Shenjiao, Wu Yanxiu and other four to compete in the Tubo. After the start of the game, Li Longji ran back and forth like the wind, swinged the ball stick, and was invincible, and pierced the opponent's gates and won a great victory. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was overjoyed and rewarded the winner. Seven years later, Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, and his polo addiction remained lower than that of the year. Xuanzong had climbed the tower several times to watch the game. The poem "The poem inscribed in the Ming Emperor's Playing Ball" said: "The palace gates opened in the daytime, Sanlang was drunk and returned to play. Jiuling was old and Han died, so there should be no advice tomorrow."
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Chapter completed!