Zhang Yingchen was also a little excited for a while since he was promoted to captain, but this excitement did not last long. To be more specific, Zhang Yingchen was only happy for one day. When the soldiers of other troops still called him Zhang Sima, Zhang Yingchen comforted himself with "I am already a pawn commander" in his heart. When the soldiers of the reconnaissance unit also called Zhang Yingchen by Zhang Sima, Zhang Yingchen was completely desperate.

Zhang Yingchen's personality is not so strong that he has to rely on strength to subdue others no matter what, and Zhang Yingchen knows very well that his position is to march Sima, as early as Yong'an, Wei Ze publicly announced that the level of the reconnaissance unit commanded by Sima is equivalent to a pawn, and all the soldiers of the reconnaissance unit are treated as captains.

Before leaving the Wuzhou camp, the name of the unit was changed again. When not addressing official positions, everyone should call each other "comrade". It means "like-minded".

The worries of duty were soon overshadowed by the heavy work, and the mapping of eighty miles was no small task. According to the system, the reconnaissance unit had to take the waterway as well as 6 roads, and at the same time draw a simple map. It took two days for the two reconnaissance units to finally converge near Wujia Town. Looking at the main body of Wujia Town from afar, Zhang Yingchen couldn't help but take a slight breath.

Zhang Yingchen, who grew up in Yong'an City, is no stranger to the city, but a fortress appeared in the countryside, which could not help but make Zhang Yingchen feel stunned. A fortress with a wall more than a foot high stood majestically on the slope of the mountain, and there were two forts on the right and left of the wall facing the gate. Zhang Yingchen has excellent eyesight, and can faintly see two cannons placed on the fort. From the point of view of the terrain, the batteries of Wujiazhen held the main road, and the troops of the intensive attack would be heavily killed by artillery.

Moreover, Wujia Town made full use of a stream on the back mountain, and the stream was led into a moat around the town, which was more than one zhang wide and one zhang deep. Outside the city walls, which are not surrounded by a moat, is a dense bamboo forest. The soldiers of the reconnaissance unit went to reconnoiter and came back to report that a trench trap had been set up on the ground, and the bamboo post had been taken.

"Brother Ruan, have you ever attacked Wujia Town?" Zhang Yingchen asked Ruan Xihao.

"Yes, we did!" Ruan Xihao gritted his teeth and said, "I have fought three times, and there have been many casualties!" Wujia Town used the grain money stolen from us and hired many people to build their town. Wu Taishan, the mayor of the town, boasted that even 20,000 or 30,000 people could not defeat their town. ”

Looking at Ruan Xihao's extremely hateful look, Zhang Yingchen understood the power of Wujiazhen. With such a strong fortress, Wujiazhen can naturally rest assured and boldly exploit the surrounding areas. The small forces outside are no match for the armed forces that Wujiazhen has. As for the siege of a large number of troops, Wujiazhen can hide in this castle and hold on, as long as there is an official government as a backer, and the government sends officials and troops to come, it can defeat the enemy from inside and outside. And if you want to gather a large army, you need a lot of money, where does an ordinary village have so much financial resources. With the strength to gather such power, it is better to plunder elsewhere than to spend a lot of lives to break down this fortified castle. Between the disadvantages of the other, Wujiazhen is naturally growing its own strength quickly.

"Let's go to your village first." Zhang Yingchen said.

There are a total of eight surrounding villages, six Hakka villages and two Tujia villages. The six Hakka villages are much larger than Lijia Village, with nearly 200 households in each village. In addition to the land in the mountains, there are also small plains that can be cultivated. It stands to reason that the lives of the people in these villages should be much better than that of Lijia Village, which relies solely on small plots of land near the valley. But Zhang Yingchen saw that the lives of the people in the six Hakka villages were worse than those in Lijia Village.

Although the natural environment of Lijia Village is harsh, it is precisely this harshness that there are no Tujia villages around. Everyone eats on their own ability, and that's how life goes. With the oppression of Tujia towns, Hakka villages are burdened with heavy taxes, and no matter how good the farming conditions are, Hakka life will only be worse.

After investigating the situation in the Hakka villages, Zhang Yingchen went to two Tujia villages under the leadership of Ruan Xihao. Obviously, life in Tujia villages is much better than that of Hakka villages. Although it does not have the strength of Wujia Town, the Hakka villages have also built their own small fortresses. Long village walls, moats, traps, bamboo sticks. There are no less than these most basic defenses.

Zhang Yingchen had seen these defense systems in Yong'an, and the Taiping army was familiar with building these things. Seeing the posture of Tujia Village with his own eyes, Zhang Yingchen knew exactly how the Taiping Army learned such skills. Everyone has practiced.

Ruan Xihao looked bitter and hateful, "These two Tujia villages are also bullying our Hakka along with Wujia Town. It's just that two villages can't beat our six villages, so we only often come out to help Wujia Town. These two villages cannot be spared. ”

The scale of the battle was far greater than expected, and Zhang Yingchen felt that he had to rush back to report to Wei Ze. Regardless of the fact that it was getting late, he took a few people to take the waterway and went straight to Wuzhou. The waterway was still fast, and early the next morning, Zhang Yingchen rushed to the camp.

After entering the camp, Zhang Yingchen was immediately dumbfounded.

"One! Two! Three! Four! One two three...... Four! The team shouted the trumpet in unison. This was originally the regular training of Weizer's troops, but now it is not only men who are shouting, but also the voices of women and children. When I looked closely, I saw that the pawns formed by the young women also participated in the running exercise. In addition, boys and girls formed teams and participated in the running exercises.

In the midst of consternation, on the other side are already "one", "two", "three", ......"eleven", "twelve...... shouted.

The shouting is the troops who do squat training, and every time they count, the fighters do a squat. In the neat phalanx, the warriors counted in rows in the shape of "self", and the direction of counting often changed. The counting method starts from the beginning, and the fighters in the back automatically add a number to it.

Zhang Yingchen himself has participated in training, and this kind of training has to be counted in addition to the body. Listen, listen, by the time it was sixty-seven, the panting warrior finally reported the wrong number. As soon as the miscalculated soldier shouted out "sixty-eight" out of breath, someone next to him couldn't help but correct, "It's sixty-seven!" "Shout it out now! Sixty-seven! ”

"Sixty-seven!" The fighters who shouted the wrong hurriedly corrected their mistakes after doing the squats. You don't have to do it all over again if you make a mistake, but each fighter has to do another squat until the one who makes the mistake is right. This kind of "motivation" works very well, and most fighters can count from one to one hundred relatively smoothly under normal conditions.

Everyone is used to doing more, but no one continues to talk more. There was a problem during training before, because of the gossipy, Zhang Yingchen's unit originally only used to do 11o squats, but he did more than 3o squats. Because of the verbal conflict, there was almost a fight. The troublemaker was ordered to do his own criticism in the face of everyone, and promised not to fight with his comrades again in the future. Next, everyone discussed a method, if there was a wrong number, only two people to his left and right or before and after him would remind them, and everyone else would remain silent.

Wei Ze did it with everyone in front of the battle, he didn't say anything, and these soldiers didn't dare to make a fuss. In the end, the entire training was completed with 113 squats. When it was done, everyone was gasping. In addition to exercising the thigh muscles, squats also have a strong exercise effect on cardiopulmonary function.

Zhang Yingchen waited for Wei Ze to finish, and hurriedly ran over, and was about to speak, when Zhang Yingchen opened his mouth and was stunned. Not far from him, there were young women and teenagers who had finished running, and no one picked up a musket and began to practice standing still, and began to practice gun movements.

"Wei checkpoint! This...... What's going to be done? When Zhang Yingchen spoke, his voice trembled.

"Oh? Women can also defend themselves by training soldiers, and although they lack the skills and physicality required for spear assassination, they can do it with muskets. There is no need to raise idlers in our troops! Wei Ze replied flatly.

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