Shimen Mountain, the camp of the Shenwu Army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Chen was looking through the roster of the Shenwu Army, which contained a list of all the crossbowmen in the Shenwu Army. Li Chen has already begun to set up a gun battalion, and the gun battalion will be fully equipped with "Xianyang manufacturing".

Xianyang is a breech-loading bolt-action rifle, which adopts the characteristics of breech loading and primer fire. Although the gun could only be fed with five rounds of missed magazines, and the bolt had to be pulled to withdraw the cartridge case after each shot, the speed of the shot was not very fast.

Due to rifling problems, this gun has problems such as difficulty in loading and unloading, poor reliability of shelling, and easy to blow up the chamber. With Daqin's current technology, it is not yet possible to make smokeless gunpowder. Even if the black powder is purified, there is still residue left after burning, and smoke will be generated when the gunpowder is excited, which is not conducive to the concealment of soldiers.

But even with such and such problems, Xianyang Zao's power, range, and rate of fire are far stronger than Qin's crossbow. The breech-loading bolt-action rifle is a product of several eras that surpassed the Qin crossbow, and once this thing is massively installed in the army, it will be the product of the enemy of Great Qin.

Although the Qin crossbow and the rifle are different, they also have similarities. Grasp the direction, and control the distance. Even the direction of the wind can have an impact on the deviation of the shot. Li Chen wanted to find the kind of natural shooter in the list, this kind of person naturally has a keen sense of direction, distance, wind direction, etc. The crossbows of the Qin army were very strong, and the crossbowmen also accounted for a high proportion of the Qin army. There are naturally not a few people with shooting talents.

Wang Li stood by Li Chen's side, since the last time Wang Jian was ill, Wang Li rarely came to the army. seems to know that the days of grandfather Wang Jian are getting fewer and fewer, these days Wang Li spends most of his time with the old man, and even rarely goes to the favorite brothel.

The military significance of the spear barracks to Daqin is self-evident, and this spear barracks naturally needs a person close to himself to be in charge. And most of the people in the army are now the generals of the Peixian Group, and only Wang Li can make Li Chen 100% trusted. Because of this, Wang Li was pulled by Li Chen.

Wang Li stood beside Li Chen, and when he heard that he was going to be in charge of the new army of Great Qin, he couldn't help but be a little elated. The power of Xianyang has already been tried, and when he thought that he was about to lead a battalion of soldiers equipped with such an artifact, Wang Li couldn't get excited.

"Choose 800 people first, and choose from this roster yourself." Li Chen looked at this kid's unpromising appearance, and threw the booklet in his hand into his arms.

Wang Li took the roster, and after a long time, he said: "It's better to let them compete, it's like archery, and the top 800 will be selected." ”

"Everything." Li Chen said indifferently.

As the commander of the First Army, Li Chen only needs to decide the general direction, and as for how to select troops, Wang Li can decide by himself.

The next day, at lunchtime, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army were eating and discussing something with each other.

"Have you heard, there is a crossbow competition this afternoon, and the top 800 are said to be organized into Hou Ye's personal guard battalion, led by General Wang Li himself."

"I heard that the selected person doubled his salary that month."

"What kind of spear battalion is it said to be formed?"

"Spearmen, how do you choose from the crossbowmen, it stands to reason that you should choose from our spearmen."

"It's not the gun we used."

"What kind of gun is that, it can't be the one in the crotch of your pants."

"Vulgar, it is said that this kind of gun is similar to a crossbow, and it can shoot things out with a chirp."

"The crossbowmen are really lucky, the first hundred are for nothing."

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The soldiers gathered together, apparently very interested in the selection of crossbowmen. This is a good thing to be a soldier of the Hou Ye, and a good thing to take silver for nothing, all of which have been caught up by them. You must know that these soldiers are all dragged by their families, and most of the military salaries on weekdays have to be brought home, and they are not very willing to spend money on weekdays. If you can get an extra month's military salary for nothing, then you can go to a special place in the city and drink a bowl of papaya and grape porridge when you are cultivating.

In the afternoon, Li Chen took the generals in the army to the school field of the Shenwu Army, which was the place where the spear barracks were selected today.

The school field is located in the middle of the Shenwu military camp, and each battalion is stationed around the school field, and at first glance white tents surround the school field, which looks very beautiful. A fence separated the school field from the camp, and Li Chen glanced at the school field, where the competition had already begun.

The competition is divided into three levels, the first level needs to be 500 steps away, and the second level can be advanced by hitting the bull's eye.

The second level is much more difficult than the fixed target of the first level, which has five arrows per person. The rabbit will be released at a distance of 300 paces, and at least three arrows will be needed to hit the rabbit in order to advance to the next level.

It's not easy to shoot a rabbit, you know, this rabbit is small, nimble and fast. If you let go of a distance of 300 paces, you may be stunned, and the rabbit will run away, and it is much more difficult to shoot a living creature than a fixed target.

"This first level relies on the basic skills of crossbowmen shooting, and this second level relies on reaction speed and on-the-spot performance. Didn't this kid say that there are three levels? Why don't you see this third level? Li Chen hesitated and asked everyone.

Hearing Li Chen's question, he only heard Fan Xu say: "Wang Li, this kid has a lot of flowers, and if he says that there are three passes, there must be three passes, I don't know what pass to sell?" ”

Everyone knows Wang Li's kid, this kid is a typical player whose talent is greater than hard work. If this kid spends his time plowing the land late at night studying the art of war, then his future achievements will definitely not be under his father Wang Ben and grandfather Wang Qian, but unfortunately this kid is a prodigal who loves military uniforms and pile-driving.

It was afternoon, and the sunshine after the year was much warmer than the sunshine before the year. The sun hangs in the sky, already giving people a warm feeling.

Shooting a fixed target in the first level can be said to be the basic skill of the crossbowmen of the Qin army, except for some soldiers who played abnormally, the vast majority of them entered the second level. But there are more people eliminated in this second level, seven or eight thousand crossbowmen who entered the second level, and only more than two thousand people were eliminated in the end.

At this time, there were only 2,000 people in Xuechang Mountain, and although these people were not physically strong in the Qin army, their eyes were all full of essence, like the eyes of an eagle.

Wang Li stood on the school ground, and rarely put away his squirming expression. With his hands behind his back, he said with a serious expression: "What we want to select is Lord Hou's personal soldiers, and we will equip you with the most advanced weapons in the future." You have to use your lives to protect the safety of Lord Hou, we only need elite soldiers, only 800 people. But now there are still 2,000 people left, and only the capable are the mediocre. Cheer me up, use your sleeping girls, eat female nuts, let me see who can be selected. ”

(End of chapter)