Sean, in the name of Horns, gathered 250 people.

These are battle-hardened veterans, even the youngest Giron-Borg. At the same time, many of these people were also soldiers, who were recuperating from their wounds in the monastery, and after recuperating from their wounds, they all herded sheep.

Although the reward of 5,000 gold louis, if 250 people share it equally, it is only 20 per person, which is not a very remarkable amount.

But when Sean says that there should be at least ten times as many gold coins in the bandits' lair, they happily say that they obey Sean's command, even if Sean makes some deviant changes in training.

Sean picked out 250 of those 50 and trained individually.

For example, let the good-looking Giron Borg dress up as a woman and solicit prostitutes on the street. For example, having the eldest, Michael Benson, dress up as a hawker and go outside the barracks to peddle contraband.

Perhaps because of the influence of the check, Lieutenant Colonel Horns did not stop Sean, and he himself took the remaining 200 men to train according to the regular schedule. Current intelligence shows that the Don Bandits have 300 men, and if they need to fight head-on, Horns' 200 soldiers come in handy.

The equipment is the best, the personal sponsorship of the bass boss, and even the meals are configured according to the rank of the officer.

Capturing or killing the bandit leader Benjamin Don is an operation that Sean sees as special operations. It is true that if Tang could be caught by fighting openly, Tang would have died a hundred times a long time ago.

The Black Forest is a primeval forest that stretches 200 kilometers from east to west, between the steppes of the northern part of the empire and the Ars Mountains, a transition between temperate and cold zones.

Before your brigade gets close, you'll be spotted by the bandits, let alone fighting. And if there are few people, there can only be no return, which is also the reason why the local patrol team has no way to take the bandits in the past.

So, this is atypical warfare.

Intelligence is the key, and it is necessary to first find out the rules of the Tang gang's activities, criminal habits, and clues, and then we can formulate a specific beheading plan in a targeted manner.

Instead of fighting unprepared battles, Xiao Si remembered the excellent education of his previous life. I've never eaten pork, and I've seen pigs run away.

In a small group of 50 people, Sean asked 10 people, including Michael Benson and Giron Borg, to disguise themselves as vendors, homeless people, and prostitutes to go deep into the scattered towns, villages, and inns on the edge of the Black Forest to spy on intelligence.

It was through Horns' relationship with the military district command that he accessed the case file on the Benjamin Don gang.

Gangs are not self-sufficient, they need to buy salt, alcohol, tobacco and food, they also need women, and their wealth needs to be realized and enjoyed.

Sean marked the locations of Don's robberies on a map, and through Beth's merchant friends in the Holy City, he obtained data on the sales of some high-end cigars and well-known brands of wine in the Black Forest.

Sean soon made a more obvious discovery, but the intelligence team that had been scattered had not yet returned, and he needed to confirm his judgment.

In the Als Mountains, Sean divided the 40 people he had on hand into 4 squads, each with 10 people. Have one of the squads pretend to be prey, and the other three pose as hunters, staging a game of cat and mouse in the mountains and forests.

This game certainly has a reward.

Theoretically, each prey has 100 louis - on paper, whoever catches 1 will get 100 louis, and similarly, if the hunter misses and is captured, he will have to pay 50 louis.

Rotate roles every 3 days and make a ruling on the last time.

The only referee was Sean, who honored every ruling in time.

Whether it's 50 or 100, it's a lot of money for people like Gary Norris. This made them very obedient to Sean - although every time they came out of the mountains like a dead horse and saw Sean enjoying wine and cigars, they wanted to strangle him to death on the spot - and they were even more afraid that Sean would not take them to get rich.

It's the same today, and Sean also brought Kim Carreyll because Kim can roast him meat.

After half a month, the temperament of these 40 people has changed a lot. Like lone wolves and poisonous snakes, this is how Jin felt when he saw them for the first time in half a month.

Sean was pleased with Kim's judgment, so he rewarded him with a grilled chicken leg.

Gary Norris was also very happy, because this time as a hunter, he caught two guys by himself, whereas in the past he was always the first to be discovered because of his size. In this half a month, he learned to conceal, camouflage and stealth.

"Next, let's change the rules of the game. Sean let the hungry guys enjoy the food first.

"Sean, how do you want to change?" said Gary Norris, his mouth full of oil.

"Sergeant Gary Norris, though we know each other well, you should call me a sir. Sean said.

"Yes, sir. Gary Norris rolled his eyes, his unusual little gesture causing others to laugh.

"In the next half month, everyone's prize money doubled. ”

Sean's words made everyone excited. Sean changed his words:

"Before that, although you fought as a team, the credit was calculated on an individual basis. So the next rule is that the total score is calculated according to the squad. This means that you have to be united and cooperative, otherwise the efforts of each individual will not help. ”

"Hey!" everyone said in unison, saying that the rule was hurtful.

"If the existing person withdraws, it's okay, take your bonus and get out right away. Sean's tone was tough.

Looking around, no one dared to object anymore. Sean asked loudly, "Did you hear all my orders?"

"Hear me, sir!"

"Be louder!"

"Hear me, sir!"

"Very well, you can enjoy the barbecue and wine to your heart's content tonight, and I want to see you all satisfied with me in half a month. ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Tsk, tsk, grace and power, Sean, if you really want to leave the army, it's really a big loss for the army. ”

Hanlmer Bess ghostly appeared in the makeshift camp, followed by a couple of sturdy guys.

"Dear Mr. Bes, please rest assured, even if I take off my military uniform, I will not engage in the arms business and steal a job with you. Sean teased, observing the bass's expression, "It seems that there is good news, I see that your face is full of red light." ”

"Haha, my friend. Following your genius advice, my engineers quickly produced samples and the test results were good. In order to let your genius inventor know earlier, I have brought a few of the latest rifles for you to try for yourself. ”

The bass was excited.

"There won't be any more rifling that is oblique, will it?" said Sean.

"No, absolutely not. Produced by Bess Machinery Company, they are the top masterpieces of Imperial Industry. Bess swore an assurance.

"Okay. Sean was noncommittal, and he called in John Smith, George Schmidt, Andrew Barritt and Pierre Soul.

The marksmanship of these 4 people is very good, plus Sean is a total of 5 people, and he is recognized as the best marksman on the scene.

Each person had a latest-style bass rifled gun, which the bass boss called the 1830 style.

"Forgot to ask, patent application?" asked Sean looking back.

"Of course!" Bess felt that his IQ was seriously underestimated by Sean, "but the patent certificate will take 2 months at the earliest." Those bureaucrats are forever procrastinating. ”

The target was set at the foot of a cliff not far away, and Sean ordered someone to draw five human-shaped gun targets on the stone with blackened branches on the cliff, and then the five gunmen stood at a distance of about 100 paces and shot at their own targets.

10 shots per person, all hits, although the scatter point is a bit large, this hit rate makes everyone exclaim, and more importantly, the shooter reloads and shoots no worse than a smoothbore gun.

Shoot at a distance of 150 paces, and each person shoots the same 10 times, and all of them hit, but the dispersion point of the bullet point is larger. Because the humanoid gun target is the standard of this era, the armies of various countries take into account the error of the trajectory of the firearm when training soldiers to shoot, and if they want to hit the position of the heart, the actual aim may be his head.

At 200 paces, about 150 meters, the hit rate is still as high as 90%. The result is very powerful. A clever shooter will consciously adjust the position of the target according to the curve change of the trajectory to improve the accuracy and range to achieve the purpose of long-distance sniping.

"This new gun, it's really good. "If we had this new gun in the middle of the war, I don't think we would have died so many people." ”

"Sean, didn't you notice that although you solved the problem of reloading speed, a new problem has arisen. "Admittedly, it's good now." ”

Bess touched the new gun in his hand as if he were touching a gold coin.

"The stability of the bullet chamber seems to be a little worse than before. If you can improve stability, in addition, it is too barbaric to poke vigorously with a general bar. Sean laughed, "Lacking gentlemanly elegance." ”

Beth reacted immediately: "Sean, you have expected these two points for a long time, haven't you?"

"No, no, these two points actually boil down to one point, the action of stabbing vigorously makes the buckshot flatten, and the consequence is that it will roll in flight, which will affect the accuracy, although its accuracy is still a lot stronger than that of a smoothbore gun. Sean said, "By the way, did you bring a check?"

Bess, furious, snatched his new rifle, jumped on his horse, and walked away in a huff.