"See the Commander!" Mu Sheng came to the back hall excitedly, and when he saw Liu Ying, he immediately saluted, because of the drill in the past few days, he and Liu Ying have also had a very unpleasant quarrel, but as long as Liu Ying can agree to him to practice, he doesn't care about the previous grievances at all.

"Don't be polite, I've told you all about the festival, right?" Liu Ying's face is no longer as stiff as before, after all, the conflict between the two is mainly in business, and now that they have the same goal, the relationship will naturally ease.

"As I said, as long as the commander gives the order, I can start training immediately!" Mu Sheng said confidently.

"Don't be so anxious, you can tell me about your training strategy first!" Liu Ying waved his hand and said, he has been by Lao Zhu's side for many years, and he is no stranger to military training, and now that he has decided to do it, he naturally can't be sloppy.

Mu Sheng had already written a strategy for military training, and although he didn't bring it with him now, he had already memorized it backwards, and immediately dictated it to Liu Ying, and Liu Ying also nodded again and again.

In fact, when the Iron Book Army was first established, Mu Sheng told him several times about his training strategy, but Liu Ying didn't have the heart to listen at that time, and sent the other party away in a few words.

Li Jie next to him also listened very carefully, he didn't know much about military training, and he happened to take this opportunity to learn something, but with Mu Sheng's narration, Li Jie found a problem.

Finally, when Mu Sheng finished speaking, Li Jie interjected: "Brother Mu, why didn't you mention the drill of musketeers in your training strategy?" ”

The musket is what Mu Sheng is best at, and Mu Ying praised the three shots he trained before, but now Mu Sheng's training strategy does not mention the training of musketeers, and even involves very few aspects of firearms, which makes Li Jie very puzzled.

"Li Jie didn't know, although the musket is sharp, but like the bow and arrow, it belongs to different branches of the infantry, and the most important thing to determine the outcome on the battlefield is to look at close combat, so the musketeers are only used as auxiliaries, as for the training, at most, after the entire Iron Book Army has practiced, a part of the troops will be divided to practice the musket." Mu Sheng patiently explained.

Li Jie finally understood when he heard this, although firearms had been widely used in the early Ming Dynasty, the battlefield was still dominated by close combat, and muskets could only be located in subordinate positions, and even the Ming Dynasty did not have a special firearms unit.

Thinking of this, Li Jie was also moved, and immediately suggested with some excitement: "Brother Mu, according to your training method, at most, it is to train an elite infantry, and there is nothing eye-catching!" ”

"Jie'er, what do you mean......" Liu Ying was worthy of being Li Jie's uncle, and immediately heard the meaning of his words.

"Since you want to train soldiers, why not train a unique army, such as a pure firearms army, it just so happens that Brother Mu is very good at firearms, and the current firearms have been improved several times, and the power has increased greatly, and it is enough to form an independent army!" Li Jie explained again.

"Pure firearms troops? This...... Will this really work? Mu Sheng still didn't know the bottom when he heard this, after all, although the army of the Ming Dynasty widely used firearms, they were mainly used to cooperate with other arms, and even as a supplement to a bow and arrow, and there had never been a pure firearms army.

"It must be feasible, the power of the musket is powerful, even if the enemy is armored, it can't stop the power of the bullet, if there is a pure firearms unit, you can place it in the front army, the infantry guards the left and right, and the cavalry is placed in the rear, when attacking, first use the musket to disrupt the enemy's position, and then use the cavalry to impact the enemy to expand the results, and finally clear the field with the foot!"

Li Jie paused when he said this, and then said: "I have no shortage of cavalry and infantry in the Ming Dynasty, but I lack a professional pure firearms unit, so as long as I can train the Iron Book Army, I will definitely have a lot to do in the future!" ”

Li Jie's tactics are actually the tactics of the three battalions summed up by Zhu Di, although they are different from the firearms troops of later generations, but they are very suitable for the situation of the Ming army, so Mu Sheng immediately said excitedly after hearing it: "This method is feasible!" ”

"Uncle, I have someone over there in the Firearms Bureau, I can help you mobilize a batch of firearms, Brother Mu is proficient in firearms tactics, this is a rare opportunity, I think it's worth a try!" Li Jie also persuaded Liu Ying again at this time.

Liu Ying was still a little hesitant about this new tactic, but he trusted Li Jie more, so after hearing this, he quickly nodded and said: "Okay, then practice firearms, anyway, Your Majesty doesn't have much hope for the Iron Book Army, even if it fails, it won't have any impact!" ”

With Liu Ying's decision, Mu Sheng immediately shouted excitedly, and then pulled Li Jie to discuss the method of building this pure firearms unit, after all, the pure firearms unit also appeared for the first time, and it must no longer use traditional training methods.

Li Jie was not very helpful with the specific training method, but he did make a suggestion, which was to add a bayonet to the musket, so that the musketeers also had some melee ability.

In the end, Li Jie and the three of them discussed until the evening, and then finally came up with a general plan, of course, most of them are the credit of Mu Sheng, Li Jie only made a few suggestions, as for Liu Ying, from beginning to end, he was just sitting there with the old god, and it was clear that he was leaving everything to Mu Sheng to do.

But Mu Sheng is still enjoying it, he is an unwilling ordinary person, and now the pure firearms unit proposed by Li Jie has pointed out a clear way for him, maybe he can rely on this road to surpass his father, every time he thinks of this, Mu Sheng is excited and can't help himself.

In the next few days, Li Jie took advantage of the fact that he had not left the capital, and used his previous relationship in the Ordnance Bureau to mobilize a batch of new flintlock pistols for the Iron Book Army, in fact, this is not his own credit, after all, the Iron Book Army is all the sons and daughters of the nobles in the army, as long as they have something to do with the army, they all have to sell them a little face, so the mobilization of this batch of muskets is also very smooth.

The day after tomorrow is the day when Li Jie is going to leave Beijing to go to Ningbo, originally he planned to take a good rest at home in these two days, after all, in this era, it is also a very hard thing to travel, if it is placed in the later generations, from Nanjing to Ningbo, the high-speed rail is a matter of several hours, but now it takes several days, even if it is a boat, it is very hard.

However, in the afternoon, Zhu Yunxi suddenly came to Li Jie's house, and as soon as they met, he immediately smiled and said: "Li Banyu, someone is looking for me to sue you!" ”

"Complaining to you? Who is it? Li Jie was also very surprised when he heard this, although Zhu Yunxi is the emperor's grandson, he is not an adult after all, and he is also his brother-in-law, who will lack the heart to sue him?

"My cousin Chang Jizu, he said that it was your idea to let Yihuihou transfer all the slaves under him, and now he has no one to play with!" Zhu Yunxi laughed again.

"It turned out to be him!" Li Jie also laughed when he heard this, Chang Jizu is the son of Chang Sheng, the founding father, that is, Chang Yuchun's own grandson, that day he and Mu Sheng went to the Iron Book Army, and the first thing he saw was that he and Li Jinglong's son were fighting.

"Jizu usually likes to mess around, and no one dares to control him when he is sent to the army, and now that he is young, he may not be able to make any trouble, but he can't say for sure in the future." Zhu Yunxi said again at this time, and when he mentioned Chang Jizu, he also showed a worried look.

Zhu Yunxi's mother died early, his uncle Chang Mao was not successful, and he was placed in Longzhou for his sins, and Chang Mao had no son, and the title of Duke of Guo was also lost. Fortunately, the old Zhu Nian was in Chang Yuchun's face, and crowned Zhu Yunxi's second uncle Chang Sheng as the founding father, and Chang Jizu is Chang Sheng's eldest son, Zhu Yunxi is a few years older than Chang Jizu, and he usually loves this cousin very much.

"Your Highness, don't worry, Mu Sheng is dedicated to training, in that kind of environment in the army, Chang Jizu will definitely be affected, maybe he can inherit the bravery of King Kaiping in the future and become a generation of famous generals!" Li Jie opened his mouth to comfort, although this possibility is very small, but of course it is necessary to choose a good thing to say for comfort.

"Cousin, he can just learn badly, as for inheriting his grandfather's bravery, I think it's really unlikely!" Zhu Yunxi was still very sober, and immediately shook his head and said.

In fact, this situation is very common like the Chang family, when Chang Yuchun was alive, he spent most of his time leading troops to fight outside, and he had no time to educate his son, and the women in the family were generally more indulgent to boys, and as a result, many of the second or third generations of the noble family did not have any outstanding talents, even Wenchen like Li Shanchang was no exception.

"He is still young now, and his personality has not yet been formed, so no one can say what will happen in the future!" Li Jie comforted again, but Chang Jizu actually asked Zhu Yunxi to sue him, from this point of view, this kid seems to be a little not very smart?

"Forget it, don't talk about him!" Zhu Yunxi shook his head at this time, he came to find Li Jie actually had other things, "The day after tomorrow, Li Banyu is about to leave, my sister is a little worried after knowing about this, after all, you are going to sea this time, she heard that the sea is extremely stormy, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of capsizing, so ......"

When Zhu Yunxi said to the end, he reached out and took out a peace charm from his arms, and then stuffed it into Li Jie's hand and said: "My sister can't leave the palace, so she asked me to go to the Temple of Mercy and Grace for her to ask for a peace charm for you to wear on your body, it is said to be very spiritual, you must not leave your body!" ”

"Yu Ning gave it to me!" Li Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately took the peace charm and put it on his neck, and carefully stuffed the peace charm into his clothes, although this was not the first time Zhu Yuning gave him something, but the handkerchief last time he took the initiative to ask for it, and it was embroidered with a lonely ugly mandarin duck, which was simply miserable.

However, when Li Jie opened his clothes and put the peace charm in his clothes, the sharp-eyed Zhu Yunxi saw something, which made him immediately widen his eyes and asked, "Why do you still have a peace charm around your neck, could it be that it was given by other women?" ”

"What do you think, this is from my sister!" Li Jie glanced at Zhu Yunxi, but when he said this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the old peace charm on his neck, which was given to him by Di'er at the beginning, and it was precisely seeing Di'er that aroused his desire to survive, and now he has finally saved the lives of his family, but they have been back for so long, and they don't know when they will come back?

Thinking of his family, Li Jie suddenly missed Zhu Yuning even more, after all, in the capital, she should be regarded as his only family member, so he said to Zhu Yunxi: "Your Highness, I want to see Yuning before leaving Beijing, can you help me arrange it?" ”