What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Many countries in the modern world like military parades, especially in Western countries such as the United States, wherever they do not like, he will go to military parades. There are also many countries that have to parade every year, one to show strength; the other to scare off opponents. But, you know what? In ancient China, military parades were also frequently used to frighten barbarians. The most famous Sui Emperor conducted a military parade in the Turks, threatening the West. At that time, Huo went ill and entered the hinterland of the Xiongnu, and also held a military parade, which directly frightened the Xiongnu. The most cattle is still the following emperor, the emperor who is the most capable of fighting in ancient times, who conducted a large military parade and live-fire exercises, and directly made 600 foreign envoys kneel three times and pray nine times to ask for tribute.
The most cattle emperor is Zhu Di, and although Zhu Di's reputation is not very good now, he has a title, that is, the most warlike emperor in ancient times. Zhu Di has loved to fight since he was a child, and he is very brave in every battle. After becoming emperor, he also marched several times in person, killing and killing in the north of the desert, so that the Mongols did not dare to show their faces. And Zhu Di once held a big military parade, which was even more shocking to the world.
In March 1919, when Central Asia, the four great Mongol khanates, as well as the surrounding vassal states supplied more than 20 delegations of more than 600 people, Zhu Di invited to Beijing to visit the military parade. Because Zhu Di mobilized more than 100,000 elites and conducted a live-fire drill in Beijing. What is live ammunition, that is, at that time, the Ming army, all dressed up in battle, the divine machine battalion, the firearms battalion, the three military battalions, the guns loaded, the bows on the horses, all the equipment was displayed, and a large military parade was held in Huailai, Beijing.
At that time, the army participating in it was the elite three battalions of Beijing, as well as the wolf soldiers transferred from the south, which could be described as teeth and claws, mighty and abnormal, and people were afraid to see. This military parade was different from the past, lasting up to a month, and the subjects of the exercise almost covered the most elite tactics of the Ming Army, which was very shocking. Moreover, Daming's advanced weapons "Tiger Wei Cannon", Annan Gun, Fire Dragon Gun, etc. were also displayed, and one shot killed a bunch of them, and the missions were stunned to see it.
Many people have to ask, why did Zhu Di engage in this exercise, in fact, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, although the Yuan Dynasty collapsed, but its three major khanates are still there, and the Ming Dynasty is eyeing the tiger, especially the Timurid Khanate, which is even more ambitious. Zhu Di conducted this exercise to tell these countries how powerful Daming was. This exercise can be said to be unprecedented, because after the exercise, the envoys of more than 600 people were so frightened that they fell to their knees and bowed three times and performed a great salute to Zhu Di.
Even the arrogant three khanates, the Mongols, who had never knelt, were forced to submit, which can be described as showing the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, after these countries returned, they all took the initiative to demand the restoration of feudal state relations and sought the protection of Daming, which could be called a military parade that shook the world. How strong China was at that time, but the Manchu Qing Mistaken China for three hundred years made China, which attached importance to firearms, gradually backward in weapons and became the target of beatings.