On this morning in the second half of the month, Guo Wendong walked from his home to the guerrilla general's mansion to handle military affairs as usual.

When he arrived at the gate of the barracks, Zhou Ping, who lived in the house opposite the barracks, saw his beautiful appearance, hated itchy, and said viciously: "Don't be too happy, sooner or later, someone will clean up Ma Shiying, a traitor, and clean you up together!" ”

In the general's mansion, Guo Wendong asked Gu Yanwu about the accounts.

Gu Yanwu said: "My lord, from the establishment of the Shenji Battalion to the present, a total of 113,000 taels of silver have been spent, including the construction of the barracks, the distribution of two salaries, the creation of weapons and armor, and the purchase of raw materials. In the future, it is estimated that it will cost more than two silver taels to make homemade firecrackers and new cannons. Most of this is paid for by the adults out of your own pocket. ”

Guo Wendong said: "As long as it is worth spending, I will give you as much silver as you need." ”

He went into more detail, and one of them was the purchase of horses.

Since last month, a total of 315 horses have been purchased from the private sector, and a cavalry force will be formed after a certain number of horses have been purchased.

Even if the horses raised in the south are not as good as the horses in the excellent horse breeding areas, Guo Wendong still needs a cavalry, and if the cavalry is trained first, it can still come in handy, and once a good horse is obtained in the future, it can be used by the cavalry immediately.

In the General's Palace, there is a back door leading directly to the barracks.

After Guo Wendong finished handling military affairs, he came to the barracks to inspect the training.

The area of the barracks is not small, and the training ground alone is divided into several areas, which train archers, spearmen, and sword soldiers.

Guo Wendong first came to the spearman training area.

On the training grounds, there are multiple scarecrows, and a row of soldiers holding spears.

Yan Yingyuan said loudly: "Everyone remember, in front of you, it is not a scarecrow, but a Qing soldier, and you must stab it as hard as you killed a Qing soldier." ”

"Kill... Kill..."

The trainees, each of them were murderous, and in front of them, as if they were Qing soldiers who wanted to kill their families and destroy their homes, they clenched their spears with both hands and stabbed the scarecrow hard.

On the other side, two soldiers were used as a group of two soldiers to use long sticks as spears to train the combat skills of two people.

Yan Yingyuan saw Guo Wendong coming, and hurriedly came over to see.

Being able to serve in the army and train soldiers, Yan Yingyuan lived a very fulfilling and energetic life every day.

Guo Wendong approving: "The soldiers are well trained. ”

Yan Yingyuan said modestly: "This is because the soldiers have a good foundation, they have been training for nearly two months in advance, and they have been trained for a low job, so they have a lot of peace of mind, and they must do more targeted training to train the tactics when facing the Eight Banners Cavalry." ”

Guo Wendong said: "This is not just a spearman facing the Qing army alone, but a joint operation of multiple arms. Firearms are the main way to deal with Qing soldiers, and cold weapons are the last barrier. ”

After inspecting the spearmen, Guo Wendong came to the archer training area.

The targets were placed in rows, and the soldiers hung their quivers behind their backs, holding the bow handle in their left hand, and pulling out the arrows from the quiver with their right hands, and shooting them at the targets fifty meters away.

Some of the arrows hit the bull's-eye, while others missed.

The soldier who shot the bull's-eye was happy; The soldiers, who didn't shoot very accurately, were a little depressed.

"Dahuan, you shoot so accurately! I'm far worse than you! ”

"That's because you're lazy, I practice every night, and I have to practice more to master the essentials!"

"I'll practice with you every night from now on!"

Zhang Huangyan urged the soldiers to practice, and for those who did not practice well, he would give guidance again.

Seeing Guo Wendong coming, after coming over to see him, Zhang Huangyan asked: "My lord, when will there be a self-generated fire gun and a more powerful cannon?" If you want to defeat the Eight Banners Cavalry, you have to rely on firearms! ”

Guo Wendong said: "Don't be in a hurry, Mr. Song is doing his best research in the arsenal, and it will be soon, he is highly skilled, I believe in his ability." ”

Zhang Huangyan hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, I have a request. After building a firearm, can you let the lowly commander of the firearms soldiers? ”

He has little interest in traditional weapons, preferring to be equipped with firearms and to study and practice new methods of warfare.

Guo Wendong said: "After the self-made fire gun is made, the first musket team will be handed over to you to command." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed, the adults valued him very much, and treated him well!

Then come to the single knife training area.

The soldiers wore armor, held shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands, and were trained in real combat with real swords.

Each squad leader guided the team members in training.

Liu Jifang, as the deputy general manager, carefully observed the training situation.

Guo Wendong also observed that the knife techniques used by the soldiers had certain similarities with Yu Yufeng's knife techniques, and after careful observation, he felt that it was very practical. Guo Wendong, Liu Jifang, and Chu Yuan, all of them have been personally passed down by Yu Yufeng.

Liu Jifang came over to see Guo Wendong.

"My lord, Captain Yu's sword technique is really a good knife technique! But the whole set cannot be taught to ordinary soldiers. It took a lot of effort to simplify the knife technique and make some modifications to change it to a knife technique suitable for battlefield combat. ”

Guo Wendong said: "I think this knife technique is good, if you face the Eight Banners in the future, in case they break through the defense line and rush into our army's formation, this knife technique should be of great use." ”

Liu Jifang himself was quite satisfied with the knife technique he modified, and he had a good feeling when he was praised by his master, and according to modern interpretations, this feeling belonged to a sense of achievement.

In the military camp in the city, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan, and Liu Jifang trained the soldiers, while Chen Zilong, Zheng Sen, and Yu Yufeng trained the soldiers in Shenlie Mountain outside the city.

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In the north of Nanjing, there is a small mansion here, which is the home of the important members of the imperial court, and the official position is the right of the Inspectorate, named Qin Honglian, who is Zhou Ping's uncle.

In the evening of that day, Zhou Ping came here to see his uncle.

As soon as it got dark, the sedan chair man carried a soft sedan chair and stopped outside the door of the house, and an official wearing a four-grade official uniform got down from the sedan chair and entered the house.

This person is Qin Honglian, although he is not as powerful as a first-class and second-grade official, but as an important member of the Inspectorate, he supervises hundreds of officials, can supervise and impeach all officials, and correct the mistakes of officials.

"My lord, Gongzi Zhou is waiting for you in the main hall!"

When the nephew came, Qin Honglian quickened his pace and walked to the main hall.

"Uncle, I have something important to do with you!"

"Eat first, and talk about it after dinner!"

After eating their fill, the two came to a room.

Qin Honglian said: "Ping'er, you only care about having fun on weekdays, what can you do if you want to find me?" ”

Zhou Ping said: "Uncle, there is really something important this time, it is about Guo Wendong." What do you think of this person? ”

Speaking of Guo Wendong, Zhou Ping frowned and said, "It's hard to draw conclusions now. However, one thing is certain, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dayue and others were traitors of the Ming Dynasty, Guo Wendong relied on donating officials to become a guerrilla general, and relied on his father-in-law's power to obtain many privileges. Ma Shiying used his power to make his two sons the commander of the forbidden army and the Jinyi guard. Ma Shiying is a traitor, and his son and son-in-law are naturally not good things. ”

After learning what his uncle meant, Zhou Ping felt that he had a chance and wanted to use his uncle to repair Guo Wendong.