I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 369 Ridicule
"Zhu Shou, Governor-General of Military Affairs, Mighty General, Commander-in-Chief, Duke of Zhenguo, Supreme Commander in the Battle of Yingzhou" Zhu Houxuan's voice rang out again in the Grand Theater.

The audience was listening attentively, and the theater was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"After completing the command mission brilliantly, he demonstrated his initiative and tenacity after the enemy retreated, and pursued the remaining enemy for more than 400 miles."

Zhu Houxuan's words shocked everyone, and everyone knew what he was going to say.
Warm applause rang out again, interrupting Zhu Houxuan's words.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but straighten his back a little bit more. He was feeling so happy right now, as he was about to talk about the thing he was most proud of.

".He killed the Mongolian Khan Batumengke in battle, showing his courage to fight to the death and his skillful use of weapons." Zhu Houxuan said slowly.

There was a burst of good-natured laughter in the theater. This joke made everyone laugh.
God damn skilled in weapon handling.
The news of how Zhu Houzhao killed the Mongol Khan in battle had spread throughout the army, but no one looked down on Zhu Houzhao because of this. Instead, they felt that it was already a great achievement for Zhu Houzhao to accept Dayan Khan's challenge for a duel at that time.

Zhu Houzhao also laughed. He felt that Zhu Houxuan's words were very funny.
At the same time, the people present were also sighing in their hearts that only Zhu Houxun dared to tease Zhu Houzhao so openly. If it were anyone else, they would probably be worried about the Nine Clans Elimination Game.
Zhu Houxuan also felt that his evaluation was very pertinent and reasonable:
Being brave enough to accept a duel, doesn't that mean you have the spirit of fighting to the bitter end?

Hitting Dayan Khan's vitals with a flintlock pistol, doesn't that mean he is proficient in using weapons?

Finally, using cold weapons to end Dayan Khan's suffering, isn't that a beheading in battle?

So Zhu Houxuan felt that his award speech was impeccable.
"General Zhu Shou is specially awarded the First Class Hand-to-Hand Assault Medal, and is allowed to hang the Battlefield Defeat Medal on his military uniform or armor." Zhu Houxuan finally finished reading the second award speech.

Warm applause immediately broke out in the theater, and everyone stood up again.
In fact, Zhu Houzhao could only get the third-class hand-to-hand assault medal at best for killing one man in battle. But Dayan Khan was so important that killing one man in battle was equivalent to killing ten men, so the medal was upgraded to the first-class hand-to-hand assault medal.

Zhu Houzhao was so happy that he asked Zhu Houxun to put the medal on him. Then he adjusted the position of the medal, hanging the first-class hand-to-hand assault medal a little higher than the Hongwu medal. It can be seen that he was most proud of his killing of Dayan Khan in battle.
At this point, the awarding ceremony has come to an end. There will be a banquet after it, but I will not go into details.

In short, these two medals of honor brought great joy to Zhu Houzhao. In addition, there was the "Slaying General" logo on his clothes, plus the Yingzhou Battle Medal that was uniformly distributed later, plus the medals Zhu Houzhao had won in previous years, the medals of honor on his chest were of a certain size.
Several more awards ceremony were held after the award ceremony, and all the meritorious officials received the medals of honor they deserved, which also allowed Zhu Houzhao to indulge in the addiction of awarding awards.
The New Year came quickly, and after the New Year it was the twelfth year of Zhengde.

After the New Year, Zhu Houxuan frequently left the city to go to the barracks for military parade training.

This barracks did not have any holiday during the New Year, as everyone was in intensive training.

The soldiers in this barracks were carefully selected. There are more than 12,000 soldiers in total, including more than 2,000 reserves. They have all undergone rigorous training during this period.

Many of them had already changed into new uniforms, forming square formations. At first glance, they really looked like the British Empire's lobster soldiers. As for the new uniforms, Zhu Houxun eventually found that there was not much room for choice. First of all, the material. Zhu Houxun couldn't find enough woolen cloth to make uniforms, so he could only use stiffer cotton cloth.
As for the color, there is actually not much choice, because Zhu Houxun found that red is the cheapest color that can be obtained in this era. But don't underestimate this color. Colors can accumulate to a huge cost when accumulated in small amounts.

After all, the new military uniforms were only casual uniforms, not combat uniforms, and armor was still required in combat. Because the performance of muskets was not good enough at that time, armor could not be abandoned, otherwise they would be at a disadvantage in the shootout with the Mongols.

As for regular uniforms, each soldier will need several sets. The new army is still expanding, and there will be more new troops in the future. So if this set of military uniforms is not done well, hundreds of thousands of pieces will have to be made, and the accumulated silver and money will be quite a lot.

Zhu Houxuan, who had been a householder and knew how expensive firewood and rice were, naturally knew what to choose.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty belongs to the fire element and it itself advocates the color red. The equipment of the Ming army itself has many red elements.

Moreover, the red square formation will be more eye-catching, which is conducive to the commander's command. The Ming army has no plan to go south to fight in the jungle for the time being.

So Zhu Houxuan decided to make the color of military uniforms red, not just ordinary red, but scarlet red.

There is not much to say about the style of the new military uniforms, which are simple and capable without all the clutter.

The military band has also been practicing with the troops taking part in the parade, and now they are in pretty good shape. Since the training lasted only a little over a month in total, the overall effect certainly cannot be compared with that of later generations. However, Zhu Houxuan's requirements were not that high, and he also knew that there was no way to compare it with the military parades of later generations. The current effect is enough.

Finally, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month of the twelfth year of Zhengde arrived.

Starting from the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eleventh year of the Zhengde reign, Zhu Houzhao's return to the court began, and celebrations for the Yingzhou battle began. Afterwards, different celebrations were held every few days.
The entire capital city is shrouded in the atmosphere of victory in the Battle of Yingzhou, and the military parade will put an end to this series of victory celebrations.

Chang'an Avenue has been closed for several days, and the troops participating in the parade have rehearsed two or three times at night.

Zhu Houxuan knew very well that this military parade was not only a deterrent to hostile forces abroad, but also a deterrent to certain forces at home, and it would also boost morale and public opinion, so it had to be well organized in order to achieve the deterrent effect.

Fortunately, the weather on the 16th day of the first lunar month was very good, with plenty of sunshine, not too low a temperature, and no strong wind.

The guests invited to the military parade also began to gather on the west side of Chang'an Avenue. In addition to the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the envoys of various vassal states, there were also many partners of the Royal Group. Some village elders from various places were also invited.
(End of this chapter)