The New Year Festival of the Ming Dynasty should be considered the biggest festival, and the soldiers of the Black God Army have a deep understanding of this.

They were transferred back to Xinwuwei City early and lived in a clean and tidy barracks. The daily training time was reduced to two hours in the morning, and they could move freely at other times.

For example, go to the sea to see the battleships of the Ming Navy, or use the newly transported war horses from the Ming Dynasty to practice riding skills, run wildly on the wilderness, see the scenery, etc.

The food these days is so good. Each meal has twelve dishes, and they are all good dishes, so they are so happy.

Originally, they thought that this time they would experience many tragic battles and a large number of casualties.

Who knew that they only fought a war in total, and they even walked up to tie up the prisoners and ended. They had no tragic wars and no casualties occurred.

Zuma and Atlanti heard that the battle on the city wall was a bit tragic.

They also applied to the emperor, wanting to guard the city wall, and at least make some efforts.

Unfortunately, the emperor didn't let them go at all.

This life is so comfortable!

The New Year Festival finally arrived, and they received the notice early, and they didn’t even need to practice these two days, just eat and drink well.

The lunch dinner was so hearty that day, such as chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, venison, crab, shrimp, sea cucumber, abalone, etc., all of them were meat and vegetables, and there were no vegetables at all, but there were a bunch of fruits.

If you go to a big restaurant for this meal, you will have to eat at least ten taels for ten people.

They also have food and salary at this moment. Each person has three stones of food and three taels of silver every month. They also know the value of gold and silver and the approximate price.

One tael of silver would be two stones of grain, and you can buy more in the Americas.

Half of these dishes are rare dishes, which are very expensive and rarely eaten by them.

What does it feel like to eat at least one or two silver taels of a meal?

They only have one feeling, that is, it is so delicious.

At this moment, they were still sitting in the canteen of the military camp. Not only were they all tables, chairs, benches, but even the dishes were filled with large bowls and plates.

Moreover, a large canteen can accommodate thousands of people, so it is simply too lively when eating.

Everyone was eating very hard, and Taichang suddenly brought a team of guards and pushed a big cart in.

Seeing this, Zuma and Atlanti hurriedly said loudly: "Stand up and salute."

Thousands of people stood up in unison, bowed and said, "See the Emperor."

Taichang smiled and raised his hand and said, "Okay, no gifts, everyone sit down and continue eating. I am here to send you red envelopes. This is the custom of the Ming Dynasty."

What is a red envelope?

Soon, they knew.

Taichang took out two red cloth bags directly from the box of the cart, stuffed one into Zuma and Atlanti, and then smiled and said, "Good New Year."

Good luck in the New Year?

The red cloth bag also has the four words "New Year's Good Luck" printed on it.

What is in this red envelope?

Zuma and Atlanti couldn't help but be curious, carefully unbuttoned the red line that locked the bag, opened the bag and saw it, and couldn't help but be stunned.

The red envelope actually contains gold and silver coins!

Zuma and Atlanti couldn't help but take out a gold coin and take a closer look.

They have seen the gold coins, but they don’t have them yet.

This thing is so beautiful, the picture on it is simply exquisite!

Taichang then smiled and explained: "There are not many gold coins, only two of you have ten, and the others are one with one gold coins and ten silver coins."

After saying that, he waved his hand and ordered his guards to distribute red envelopes.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered Cao Huachun to pour him a glass of wine. After the guards finished sending the red envelopes of thousands of people, he raised his glass and said loudly: "Thank you for coming from tens of thousands of miles to help. I wish you a glass."

Seeing this, everyone quickly got up and drank this cup with him.

Taichang put down his wine glass and said earnestly: "Zuma, Atlanti, this New Year is to celebrate the hard harvests of the year. I took a few days off to enjoy the delicious food.

You must remember that without hard work, you will not gain anything. If you want to eat well during the Chinese New Year and eat happily, you cannot be lazy in daily life.

During this period, because it was the defense line, there was no need for too many people, so you didn't participate in the battle much.

However, when we launch a large-scale counterattack, everyone will have to fight.

After the New Year, you have to practice hard.”

Zuma and Atlanti hurriedly bowed, "I will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, I have to go to other places to send red envelopes. You can continue, you must eat and drink well these two days."

The reason why he thought of sending red envelopes to everyone was because King Xin not only brought him a lot of gold and silver notes, but also brought him a lot of gold and silver coins.

This thing was originally made more, and under the crazy demands of the twenty Indian tribes in North America, they did more. The output per day is millions.

After the demand for the twenty vassal states in North America gradually saturated, the inventory of these gold and silver coins gradually increased. Therefore, King Xin simply sent him two million gold coins and five million silver coins, saying that he was rewarded with soldiers.

Isn’t this just happening to be the Chinese New Year? I’ll send you a red envelope to make everyone happy.

Of course, they brought more than these good things this time.

The Ministry of Works also specially asked them to send them a hundred large aluminum telescopes.

The biggest advantage of this thing is its lightness. In the past, the large copper telescope was probably not 20 to 30 kilograms, so I needed the entire bracket, otherwise I would be tired and my arms would hurt when I lifted it up for a while.

Large aluminum telescopes are much lighter, almost seven or eight pounds. They are not only easy to lift and view, but also very convenient to carry. It is no problem to tie the aluminum cylinder that is equipped with the telescope and cross mountains and rivers directly.

It was precisely because of this thing that Taichang decided to discharge the Jinyiwei scouts to the other side of the river to spy on the enemy situation after the New Year.

The reason why they did not send the Jinyiwei scouts in the past was that the telescope they held was only five or six miles away. Although the camp of the Mughal Empire was more than twenty miles away from the coast, it was compressed by the forest to the north for more than twenty miles, and the width was still forty or fifty miles.

In this case, the telescope with a distance of five or six miles can be viewed from a distance, which is meaningless.

It is impossible for others to put everything outside the camp for you to see.

This is different with this large aluminum telescope. The distance between 15 and 6 miles and the height of the observation, if you look at the Mughal Empire through a thorough viewing, you can completely see the camp of the Mughal Empire.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Chong took his subordinate Jinyiwei scouts.

They didn't have to walk over mountains and ridges like the Mughal infantrymen for a few days, because they took advantage of the city walls and had telescopes with a long distance of sight to see clearly the situation more than ten miles away on the other side. It was too easy to find a place to cross the river.

On the southeastern defense line of the Ming Dynasty, on the northernmost watchtower, Wang Chong held an aluminum telescope and glanced carefully. After feeling that there was no one in the jungle opposite, he ordered: "First team, go down to build a simple wooden bridge."

It is more than twenty miles away from the edge of the jungle, and the river channel is only about four or five feet wide. Although it is not possible to cross the river, it is quite simple to build a simple wooden bridge."

The first team of more than a hundred people carried more than ten cloud ladders about a meter long stretching out of the city wall, swayed down, and then slid down.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people fell on the river bank below.

Immediately afterwards, they took the cross ladders and slapped them on the ground, arranged them directly into two rows, and then they took out the ropes and tied them up quickly.

Soon, two ladders about five feet long were tied up.

They slowly stood up the ladder against the city wall. Then dozens of people worked together, and two ladders about five feet slowly fell to the opposite shore.

In less than a cup of tea, two simple wooden bridges were built.

The leader of the team flew and ran away, ran from one ladder to the other side of the river, and then ran back from another ladder.

Although the ladder is a bit shaky, it is still okay to pass by.

The leader of the team immediately bowed to the city wall and said, "Sir, there is no problem."

Wang Chong immediately waved his hand and said, "The first to the ninth team will cross the river with the east and west, and the tenth team will guard the wooden bridge here."

After saying that, he was the first to run to a cloud ladder, slid down the city wall, and flew a few times and stepped on the wooden bridge to the other side of the river.

Behind him, more than 900 elite scouts carried food, tents, large telescopes, pots and pans, etc., one by one, and rushed to the other side on simple wooden bridges. In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone crossed the river.

Immediately afterwards, he took the more than 900 people silently to the edge of the jungle to the south.

The Mughal Empire had cut the jungle near the mountains at this moment. They had just walked quickly for half an hour and then arrived at the edge of the jungle on the other side.

There must be no one within the first five miles of the city wall, because they are afraid of being shot, even if they are separated by the jungle.

After all, the Ming Dynasty cannons can be fired continuously. Even if they set up tents or something in the jungle, they can still smash through the jungle and kill them.

Wang Chong climbed directly to a nearby mountain, climbed to a treetop more than ten feet high, took out the large telescope behind him and glanced carefully.

Soon, a trace of disdain appeared on the corner of his mouth.

These Sans have a really big heart, and there is not a single figure in the jungle.

They probably thought that only they would go around the jungle and sneak attack, and the Ming Dynasty would not be able to go around the jungle and sneak attack them.

Just so happened that it saved him a lot of trouble.

He immediately took his scouts all the way through the jungle and walked westward. In less than two quarters of an hour, they arrived at the edge of the jungle of the front camp of the Mughal Empire.

The telescope on this Daying City Wall can also be scanned clearly, but there is nothing to investigate.

He directly took his men to climb to the highest mountain nearby, glanced down, and then ordered decisively: "The first team, camping behind the mountain, always paying attention to the enemy's movements."

After saying that, he took the remaining 800 people and continued to walk westwards quickly.
To be continued...