When he came to the conference hall, Zhu Hao was taken aback when he saw Zhu Shouyi's gloomy face, and an injured man on the side, Zhu Hao recognized his name as Sun Deqi, with average kung fu, but he was relatively shrewd, and hurriedly asked the reason.

It turned out that a batch of goods sent by the Zhu family to Fengyang was robbed by local bandits when they passed through Dingyuan Erlong Mountain.

Nasun Deqi said: "Young master, because the buyer is in a hurry, so I waited for more than 30 brothers to escort the convoy did not take the previous main road, but took the small road, when passing by Dingyuan Erlong Mountain, was ambushed by the bandit leader Wang Boda on the mountain with 500 bandits, the brothers were outnumbered, fifteen were killed in battle, seven were seriously injured, and the remaining thirteen people were also injured. ”

Zhu Hao asked, "What about the goods, how did you escape back?" ”

Sun Deqi blushed a little and said, "The brothers were defeated by the bandits, except for those who died in battle, all the prisoners were captured, and the goods were all captured. Because the brothers fought to the death, and the bandits also suffered nearly 100 casualties, we thought that if we fell into their hands, we would die, who knew that Wang Boda wanted to recruit us into the gang, and the brothers wanted to be captured It was already a great shame, and then being pulled into the den of thieves was even more ashamed of the kindness of the master, and swore to die, that Wang Boda didn't know what to think, and said a bunch of respectful words about the heroes, and gave us a few horses, and let us come back. ”

Although the loss of some goods and personnel was also quite painful, Zhu Hao's curiosity about this Wang Boda prevailed. While thinking about it, I heard Zhu Shouyi say: "Although our family's goods have been lost several times when they were escorted before, it is the first time that such a large number of people have been robbed, and now it is undoubtedly necessary for Hao'er to think about it, and we must improve our force as soon as possible." I have also heard of the bandits in Erlong Mountain, and their strength is not small, and the officials and soldiers dare not recruit and suppress them, so as for this time, I will admit it first. ”

"No, Dad, although there is nothing to do with them now, my son doesn't want to let them go, give me two months, and when I train the troops, I will go and destroy them!" Zhu Hao said lightly, as long as the firearms are in place, he is very confident that he will take down a group of bandits.

"Sun Deqi, do you know the details of Erlong Mountain?"

"Back to the young master, when my subordinates were put back, I kept an eye on it, and found the nearby villagers to inquire about the topography and general strength of Erlong Mountain, and got a lot of news." Sun Deqi hurriedly returned.

"Very good, you go down to recuperate first, and report to the troops outside the mansion after a while." Zhu Hao's questioning also meant to test him, seeing that Sun Deqi was flexible and thoughtful, he couldn't help but be a little moved, so he was easily arranged to the army.

Zhu Shouyi couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard that Zhu Hao was going to conquer Erlong Mountain, Zhu Hao said: "Dad, don't worry, but don't tell your mother for the time being, by the way, if you know the local officers and generals nearby, you might as well say hello first, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings when the troops march." ”

"This is no problem, I will take care of the affairs outside, you can concentrate on training." Zhu Shouyi saw that his son was confident, and the head of the arrangement was Tao, and he couldn't help but comfort him.

More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, Zhu Hao is busy and dizzy, only staying in the training ground for half a day every day, and the rest of the time is busy running relationships, buying equipment to build firearms, the imperial court regulations are not allowed to make weapons privately, but it is in troubled times, everything has money to open the way, Zhu Shouyi used his own relationship to buy two sets of dilapidated molds and a simple drilling machine from the Yangzhou Military Weapons Supervisor, although Zhu Hao was not satisfied, but in the eyes of Xu Sanduo and Bi Zhonglin, it was already rare, and Zhu Hao didn't care too much, It's a big deal to reinvent it in the future.

And Luo Yunqu was not idle, in addition to basic training, he asked people everywhere to buy muskets, spent nearly a few thousand taels of silver, and finally scraped together 30 electric bolts and five five thunder god machines in a month, as well as 500 catties of gunpowder and 5,000 projectiles, and he was not lightly tired. Zhu Hao knew that there was no official approval from the military, and the firearms were very difficult to get, although he could not equip all the troops, he was satisfied, so that he could build a musket team, and there should be no problem in fighting Erlongshan.

During this period, Zhang Jinyu sent people many times to urge him to go to the Chen family as soon as possible to get a dowry but he shirked it, joking, the first battle is imminent, the brothers are training hard, how can they spend candles in the room?

Finally survived the recruit training, everyone was relieved, and Zhu Hao also wanted to test the results, so he summoned the troops to gather in the playground.

As the assembly whistle sounded, a famous Ding ran out of the dormitory quickly to stand in line with the playground, and soon the ranks were neatly arranged, the team of 1,000 people was neatly aligned, and no one made a sound, Zhu Hao nodded with great satisfaction.

"Very good, brothers, after this month of training you already have the appearance of soldiers, I believe that after the baptism of war, you will become qualified soldiers, in the next month I will carry out formal military skills training for you, before that, you should all know, our goods were robbed by bandits in Erlong Mountain, and more than a dozen brothers were killed in battle, these brothers are good brothers who get along with us day and night, but now they are dead under the knife of the bandits, what do you say?" Zhu Hao shouted.

"Revenge!" "Blood debt and blood payment!" "Exterminate the bandits!"

A roar expressed the anger in everyone's hearts, the family members get along very well, usually don't feel it, but now suddenly separated from the brothers and friends around them, everyone is sad and angry, plus Zhu Shouyi treats them very well, and also has the intention of serving the master, so they are all high-spirited.

"Okay, they're all bloody men, but you can't take revenge just by yelling, you need to show our true skills! That is, to practice your military skills well, the conquest of Erlong Mountain is no longer a simple group battle, it is a standard military operation, if we still rely on the previous blood and courage then even if we defeat the bandits, the casualties will be very large, so I hope you can train hard in the next month to improve your ability, please remember my words, sweat more in peacetime, and shed less blood in wartime. Do you understand? ”

"Got it!"

"Okay, in view of the fact that our team recruited a lot of people a few days ago, and we need to deal with the original establishment a little, with the inspection of captains at all levels during this time, I decided to organize the original six squadrons into five infantry squadrons, each team of 200 people, below the squadron remains unchanged, the number of people will be increased accordingly, and the personnel who can use firearms will be selected from each squadron to form a musket squadron of 120 people, with Xiao Maoce as the captain and Sun Deqi as the temporary staff officer of the army. After the queue was disbanded for a while, the officers above the squadron leader went to the conference room for a meeting and disbanded. After summing up, Zhu Hao announced his disbandment.

Everyone had more soldiers in their hands, and they all came to the conference room with a smile and a smile, only the new musket captain Xiao Maoce looked unhappy, and the rest of the squadron leaders also made fun of him. Everyone is used to dancing with swords and swords, and they don't pay attention to firearms, and leading more than 100 people to play with firearms makes these buns unable to figure it out for the time being. Zhu Hao looked at it in his eyes and felt funny, but he didn't break it.

After all sat down, Zhu Hao said solemnly: "In the future, we must have the habit of holding military meetings, whether before or after the war, I hope that everyone can be enthusiastic when they speak at the meeting, express their thoughts in their hearts, and work together." Let me now announce the results of the evaluation of several of your squadron leaders during the month. Zhu Hao deliberately paused, and saw that everyone pricked up their ears and looked at him nervously.

After a pause, he said: "Through the three comprehensive assessments of armed cross-country, queue training, and physical training, the second to sixth are Zhang Benduan, Tai Dingfang, Li Tongwu, Su Bingrui, Hu Jianye, and the first place, Xiao Maoce!" ”

After listening to the rankings, several squadron leaders, including Xiao Maoce himself, were a little dazed, and the other five people were acceptable, although Xiao Maoce led the team very well, but according to Zhu Hao's arrangement for Xiao Maoce, I am afraid that he would be at the bottom, but I didn't expect him to win the first place! Only Luo Yunqu nodded slightly, Zhang Dacheng and Li Dong were not surprised, they were already very convinced of Zhu Hao, and his arrangement must be reasonable.

Looking at the puzzled eyes of several people, Zhu Hao smiled and said: "This is a punishment for the five of you, Xiao Maoce has two average results, but the queue training is the best, which is why I want to list him as the first, don't worry, I will explain it to you." ”

"I believe that everyone is no stranger to firearms, which I call muskets, but no one pays attention to them, because in your impression, the Ming army relying on firearms can not beat the full captives and thieves with spears and broadswords, and you yourself like to dance with knives and swords, so you disdain firearms, then I solemnly tell you that you must abandon this kind of thinking as soon as possible. Because the future battlefield will be dominated by firearms, an army with advanced firearms and perfect firearms tactics will be the most powerful force in the future, and the quality of the queue is related to the combat strength of the musketeers. I know you don't believe me, but I'm going to show you my conclusions in the next training. And I have ordered people to try their best to build muskets, and strive to make all the troops change their outfits within a year, hehe, you must know that our musket team is my treasure, and in the future, the troops will be expanded, and the materials and personnel will be given priority to the musket team. Xiao Maoce, as the captain of the first musket team, you have a long way to go, do you understand? ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand, thank you for your trust!" Xiao Maoce said with some excitement. Although his thinking is somewhat limited, he is not a stupid person, it can be seen from Zhu Hao's words that soon all the family members will be replaced by the musket team, and as an old qualified musket team officer, as long as he grasps the firearms tactics, the future is limitless!

The other people are not stupid people, they all understand the stakes, and they can't help but regret it, and they are also a little envious of this kid's luck.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty still attached great importance to firearms, but in the later period, the Ming army, which was dominated by firearms, was repeatedly deflated on the battlefield against the cold weapons army of spears and broadswords, so the official attention to firearms other than red-coated cannons also plummeted, which just gave him a vacancy.

"By the way, you go back and issue an order, officers above the squad leader level must conduct an hour of cultural study every night in the future, as a commander, they must be able to read and write, and they are not allowed to complain, this is a mandatory order, whoever dares to disobey will be engaged in military law."

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