Chapter 627 King's Gamble

In the early morning of September 29, Qiuyang quickly dispersed the thin frost and morning fog between heaven and earth. At three o'clock, Zhengde's car drove from Daming Gate. Hundreds of brightly armored brocade-clothed generals held golden knives, held dozens of dragon flags, and drove north with Zhengde's car.

After driving, the civil and military officials rode a sedan chair for several miles and followed Zhengde to the campus in the northern suburbs. This is the place where Zhengde inspects the Beijing camp, and it is also the main battlefield where the two armies are about to compete with each other.

At three o'clock, the long imperial driver finally arrived at the campus in the northern suburbs 30 miles north of the capital. However, under the blue sky of Qiuyang, the banners on the wide and flat northern suburbs campus were noisy. The Beijing camp army was neatly arranged under the high platform of inspection, and arranged in a square formation from south to north, which were: Shenji Camp, Fenwu Camp, Yaowu Camp, Practice Martial Arts Camp, Xianwu Camp, Brave Camp, Guo Yong Camp, Xiaoyong Camp, Gu Yong Camp, Liwei Camp, Shenwei Camp, Yangwei Camp, Zhenwei Camp, Shenshu Camp. In addition, four foreign troops, Weizhouwei, Bazhouwei, Datong Rightwei and Xuanfu Zhongwei, also lined up.

Zhengde led the civil and military officials to board the high review platform and sat down under the umbrella in the middle. More than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the stage knelt down at the same time and shouted, "Hangt the emperor, long live!"

The calls of hundreds of thousands of people resounded through the sky, and the momentum was really amazing. Zhengde laughed and got up and shouted, "You soldiers are flat."

More than 100,000 people shouted in one voice: "Thank you, your Majesty." Hula, all get up and stand still.

Zhengde smiled and said to the left and right officials, "Look at my powerful master of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to cove my Ming Dynasty when he sees this scene? I ate the leopard's courage.

Yang Ting and Fu Xu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am the supreme god of martial arts in the world. I am the country of the heavenly dynasty, and the barbarian state jumps from the clown Liang. But when I see such a scene, I should be glad that my emperor is benevolent and righteous and let them live in peace."

Zhengde was very happy and said repeatedly, "What Yang Dashi said came to my heart; someone, bring my sweaty BMW, take my golden armor, and I'm going to review my Beijing hero."

The eunuchs quickly took the horse to get the armor. Soon, Zhengde was dressed neatly, but they saw him wearing a purple gold helmet, gold armor, silver-locked rhino leather boots, a long sword hanging diagonally at his waist, pearly and precious on the scabbard, and the cloud brocade tassel on the hilt was as red as fire. Although this set of equipment was flashy and real, Zhengde was also heroic after wearing it. , which made the ministers admire for a while.

Zhengde jingled down the inspection platform, stood on the Ma Qingshi in the four directions and jumped on Shenjun's sweat-blooded BMW. His movements were extremely vigorous, which attracted the left-handed officers and soldiers to applaud in the same voice. Zhengde proudly urged the horse, holding his left hand and right hand pulling out the sword at his waist and raising it over his head. In the sound of drumming, he ran all the way along the inspected team.

Every time, Zhengde raised his sword to signal, and the soldiers in the camp raised their blades and shouted long live three times. Along the way, they shouted for dozens of times, but Zhengde's hand could not be raised. This set of armor is handsome, but unfortunately it is too cumbersome. In addition, Zhengde's body is already empty. For such a short time, Zhengde has already Sweating all over and panting.

After reviewing the four guards, Zhengde was already weak, and it was a little difficult to get off the horse when he returned to the inspection stage. Finally, with the help of General Han, he got off his horse and slowly stepped on the inspection platform. Seeing this situation, the ministers on the stage all looked worried. The emperor was only 19 years old, and when he was a vigorous teenager, he was already weak to this point, which was really incredible.

gunfire and the banner waved, 500 elite soldiers of the Shenji Camp began to display firearm projects such as General's artillery bombardment of the target, Thunderbolt artillery bombardment, Dalian pearl cannon shooting, bird gun shooting and so on. General Zhankou, who adjusted the angle and distance, bombarded and buried the explosion in the distance. On the mound of the medicine, shocking mushroom clouds were exposed, and the sand and stones covered within a radius of 100 feet, which was earth-shaking. Thunderbolt guns and beads guns use special ammunition, not for the power, but for the momentum of fireworks at the time of firing. Although the momentum of the bird gun was weaker, when the colorful ball hanging on the target was shot by the bird gun, the colorful paper bursting out of it flew in the wind, and the scene was also gorgeous and spectacular.

Song Nan was very funny when he looked at these fancy performances. Zhang Lun also thought about it. These fancy methods were all ideas that Zhang Lun came up with. Song Nan was a little pitiful for the uncle, so he could only brush his sense of existence through these means. This British businessman was actually quite boring.

Only General Song Nan can see the firearms here, and the rest of Song Nan scoffed. After the gun was fired, even if it was not buried in the target. Medicine, the power of General Zangkou is also strong enough, but the low smelting technology makes these generals short-lived generals. The rest of the so-called Thunderbolt guns, beads cannons and other things are extremely practical and unstable, and have no practical use at all. Although the bird gun can fight, Song Nan has already looked down on other firearms after having Mrs. Song's firecrackers.

The performance of the Shenji Camp ended perfectly, and the officers and soldiers on the stage all responded with warm applause and applause, and the atmosphere reached a small **. After the smoke dissipated, the drum music sounded again, and this returned to the battalion admirals and commanders to take the stage to accept the martial arts order granted by Zhengde, and under the supervision of the cabinet university scholar and under the auspices of Lu Wan, the minister of the Ministry of War, drew lots to decide the first and second round of attack and defense of the Beijing camp competition.

The twelve marquises of the 12th Regiment Battalion, the leaders of the Shenshu Camp, and the leaders of the Outer Four Guards climbed to the review platform in the sound of drum music, saluted in front of Zhengde, and went forward in turn to receive the military order and the small military flag. In the subsequent comparison, the loser had to hand over the military flag with the name of the camp to the winner. After the flag was seized, the soldier and horse announced Eliminated.

When Song Nan came forward to receive the token and the flag retreated, he suddenly heard someone around Zhengde whispering, "Song Nan, come on."

Song Nan looked at it in surprise and saw a maid in blue standing beside Zhengde looking at herself with a smile. Who else is there? She couldn't follow the major events of the army. Unexpectedly, she pretended to be a maid of honor and followed her. It was definitely Zhengde who couldn't resist her, so she was asked to pretend to be a maid of honor, so as not to be talked about by the ministers.

"Yes, Song Nan, come on, show me your real ability and make the royal sister happy." Zhengde said with a smile.

Corning looked at Song Nan with watery eyes and said, "I pressed 5,000 taels of silver on you to buy you to win. If you lose, my pollen money for half a year will be gone, so you have to cheer up."

Song Nan said in astonishment, "Why is there such a gamble?"

Zhengde was also stunned and said, "Yes, how can there be such an interesting gamble? Why don't I know?"

Cang Ning smiled and said, "The eunuchs and princesses in the harem participated in the gambling game between me and the queen. It's just a pleasure for everyone. If the emperor knows, who dares to play?"

Song Nan was speechless. Zhengde was stunned for a long time and said, "How can I not play such a fun thing?" After saying that, he jumped down and came to the lower head of the ministers standing and said loudly, "I'm going to start a gamble, my lords. Note, which one do you think the soldier and horse will bet on in the big competition? It's also a lottery."

The ministers were stunned, and someone whispered, "Nonsense."

Yang Tinghe suddenly said, "Since the emperor is interested, how about we have fun with the emperor? Besides, it can also add some pressure to the generals. I suggest that half of the bet will be awarded to the winner and half to the soldier and horse that won in the end, which is also a reward. How about that?

Zhengde laughed and said, "Well, I will bet 10,000 taels of silver on Song Nan to win!"

The ministers were silent. Yang Tinghe smiled and said, "The emperor suppressed Lord Song. I also wanted to suppress Lord Song, but there was no loser in suppressing Lord Song. I would bet 1,000 taels to win."

With Yang Tinghe taking the lead, all the ministers began to bet on five thousand. Except for the emperor's bet on Song Nan, none of the other ministers were optimistic about the Shenshu camp. Whether from the time of establishment or in terms of weapons and equipment, the Shenshu camp could not see any advantages. At the time of the review just now, all the soldiers and horses of the Shenshu camp saw it. A black and thin black who seems to have not had enough to eat, how can he win?

After the statistics, 10,000 taels of silver on Shenshu Camp, Zhang Lun's Fenwu Camp was the second most popular, with 54,000 taels, while Zhenwei Camp's Qian Taichang was actually the most popular, with more than 80,000 taels of silver on him.

Zhengde smiled and said, "Song Nan, it seems that everyone is not optimistic about your Shenshu camp."

Song Nan smiled and said, "How about I also bet some money to join the fun?"

Zhengde smiled and said, "Who are you betting on? How much is the deposit?

Song Nan said, "Get rid of the emperor's 10,000 taels of silver, and 18 taels of silver that I can't get even if I win. I can't waste this money, so I bet myself 18 taels, so that if I win, all the silver can win."

The ministers laughed and scolded, and said, "Is Lord Song so confident? You need to know that what you are facing are all marquises who have experienced many battles. I'm afraid it's not easy for you to win this time.

Song Nan smiled and said, "If you lose, you will lose. You can also win more, otherwise so many people will share 10,000 taels of silver from the emperor, which is not enough."

Zhengde laughed and said, "Okay, Song Nan has the confidence to win. I'm very happy. I'm sure you can beat yourself to win."

Song Nan smiled and signed the amount of money to bet. Everyone was already interested in this competition, but now there are more bets, and they are looking forward to it. Lu Wan was ready to host the lottery, but suddenly found that there was a trouble. The participating teams were not even. There were 17 in the 12th regiment battalion plus the Shenshu battalion and the foreign four guards. They could not fight two at all, and one team had to be empty. I didn't consider the team's singles and doubles in advance, and I didn't know what to do for a while.

When he was talking endlessly, Xu Guangzuo suddenly said, "Your Majesty, as the governor of the regimental, I can't participate in it, which is very regrettable. Since there is a lack of a soldier and horse, please lead the guard battalion out of the station. If you win, it will be regarded as the honor of our regimental camp. Please allow it."

Once the matter was solved, Xu Guangzuo personally led 500 people to participate in the martial arts competition, which aroused everyone's appetite.

"Since he participated in the war, the old minister also came to take a bet. The old minister bet 200,000 taels to win and bet against the Marquis Song. I don't care whether the rest of them win or lose. If the Marquis Song wins the championship, the Marquis Song takes away 200,000 taels of silver. If I win the championship, the Marquis Song has to pay another 200,000 taels of silver to the old man. Marquis Song, do you dare? Xu Guangzuo challenged Song Nan with a smile. How could Song Nan be weak and said, "If you want to bet, how can I not respect it? But 200,000 taels of silver does not match the identity of the father-in-law. How about we bet on one million taels?"

Everyone was in an uproar. Song Nan wanted to smash people with money. One million taels, what a joke! Xu Guangzuo will definitely not go crazy with him.