After a long time, the shouting finally stopped, and Han Lin continued: "The first step to becoming an invincible army is to develop absolute discipline. During the Jurchen invasion of the Song Dynasty, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty Bianliang was broken, and the huge imperial court, including Song Qinzong and Song Huizong, all became prisoners of the Jin people. Why is the Yue family army strong? Because they 'freeze to death and do not tear down houses, and starve to death without plundering,' can you do it? ”

"Yes!" This time, without Qian Jiang and Feng Li taking the lead, everyone spontaneously shouted out.

"Very good, but it is not enough to pay lip service, now in the north, the Jurchens have re-established a powerful state, they have conquered the fierce Mongols, and the next target is our Daming. Emperor Taiji, the Great Khan of the Jin Kingdom, has ascended the throne as emperor, and changed the name of the country to Dajin to the Qing Dynasty, and changed the name of the clan to Manchuria, do they think that changing the name can cover up the heinous crimes they have committed? No way! We will always remember the crimes of the Jurchens. Can we allow these robbers to wreak havoc and slaughter our fellow citizens? Han Lin asked.

"Can't!"

"Since you all say you can't, then you must do what I say, and be optimistic, this commander is now teaching you the military posture - the posture that a real soldier should have!"

Next, Han Lin demonstrated what he knew about the standing, squatting, and sitting postures of modern soldiers, and then asked everyone to strictly follow the requirements.

Although these people were puzzled, they did not resist under Han Lin's previous "bewitchment", of course, the most important thing was that Han Lin promised that the best ten people would be rewarded with one stone of rice, and the better eleventh to one hundred people would be rewarded with one piece of rice. After all, if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it.

As for where the rewards come from? Of course, it depends on Han Lin's father Han Duan, who has promised to give his full support, and the old equipment has also been updated.

……

After that, Han Lin first re-organized these people, roughly according to the method of later generations, ten people for a squad, three squads for a platoon, four platoons for a company, three battalions for a regiment, the current largest establishment is a regiment, Han Lin named it Ziqiang Army. Qian Jiang and Feng Li were the commanders of the second and third battalions respectively, and their subordinates were all six companies. Naturally, Han Lin selected people who performed well in training to join the first battalion, raise their salaries, and implement a last-ditch elimination system to stimulate their competitive spirit.

Although everyone was puzzled by these strange formations, they quickly took the initiative to adapt to Han Lin's "official authority" and the general increase in military salaries.

Next, Han Lin asked the three battalions to take turns to train when the farm was busy, one battalion trained for one day, and the rest of the people not only had to be busy with their own farming, but also helped the brothers in the training camp to work, which not only did not delay the farming, but also promoted the affection of everyone to a certain extent. In addition, one day off in half a month and no training.

In addition to guiding training, Han Lin also often worked in the field, and at first everyone looked like they "couldn't afford it", but soon got used to Han Lin mingling with them.

The training content includes the common morning and evening long-distance running, sit-ups, push-ups, squats and cross-country in later generations, and the stone locks of this era, guns, sticks, bows and arrows, etc. A few shortcomings are that there are no horses, the cavalry cannot be trained, and Han Lin's own riding skills can only ensure that he will not be thrown down, and there are sailors, which is almost equal to nothing.

During the Apocalypse, the Ming court formed a Guangdong naval division of about 3,000 people, the purpose of which was to aid Liao, so it was also known as the Guangdong Aid Liao Army. This army first suppressed the White Lotus uprising, and then was sent to Shanhaiguan to aid Liao, which played a significant role.

Now there are only five or six warships left under the control of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division, and the largest one is only 20 meters long, but fortunately, there are a few red-coated cannons on it, and the power cannot be underestimated. Although the Ming Dynasty naval divisions did not have the more advanced firearms they have now, they had thousands of warships, the largest of which was nearly 150 meters long, and they were invincible. Although it has declined now, the largest captain of the war ship has exceeded half a hundred.

After the famous pirate Zheng Zhilong was appeased, the defense of the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty basically depended on him, but Han Lin knew the importance of having a navy of his own.

Under Han Lin's repeated requests and Han Duan's lack of attention to the navy, Han Lin obtained the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Naval Division, which was dispensable in Han Duan's eyes, and made the officers and men of the Naval Division, which was only 360 under Han Lin's expansion, and the strength of three companies was the same as that of the Guangdong avant-garde.

In terms of equipment, Han Lin tried to equip every two companies with at least one redcoat cannon, and changed one company under his battalion to a sharpshooter company, and everyone was equipped with a shotgun. In addition to this, there are tiger squat guns suitable for field battles and so on.

To get these firearms, one must have a way, and the other is to have money. Han Duan is the commander of Guangdong, and Macau, which has been gradually occupied by Portugal, is by his side, so there is a way; As for the money Han Duan is not much, but Han Linniang's Zhao Yu family is a family wealth, the Zhao family sits on thousands of hectares of fertile land, on this basis, taking the opportunity of the budding capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty, opened a large-scale spinning mill and other ancient factories, the accumulated wealth is amazing, the old man of the Zhao family is extremely fond of Zhao Yu, and he is also very satisfied with the Han family, and the money is naturally there.

……

A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and Han Lin has gradually asked for the land that originally belonged to the Wei Institute through various channels, and he will always go to greet him in person during the New Year's holidays, or if there is a happy event, the self-improvement army will gradually return to his heart, especially the first battalion, which can be said to be absolutely loyal to Han Lin.

Han Duan saw the power of the self-improvement army trained by Han Lin, and handed over the command of nearly 10,000 people in the entire Guangzhou Four Guards to the latter. With four regiments and more than a dozen battalions under his command, Han Lin felt more and more that time was tight.

It is now the tenth year of Chongzhen, in 1637 AD, Zhang Xianzhong came out of Qianshan in March, and defeated the Ming army in the area of Yujiadian, and conquered the city. But this is not what Han Lin is thinking about now, he wants to leave the first battle of the self-strengthening army to the British!

The first conflict between Britain and ancient China actually occurred as early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, Weddell led the fleet to trade, but due to the Portuguese in Macao and his own arrogance, he deliberately provoked the incident and bombarded the Humen Fort. Although the British later made reparations and conducted normal trade, Han Lin still regarded it as a national shame.

In June, Han Lin learned that the British fleet had arrived in Macao, and the Portuguese did not want the British to get a piece of the pie, so they spread rumors among the Ming bureaucrats that this was pretended by the Dutch, taking advantage of the Ming Dynasty's hatred of the Netherlands. Therefore, in Humen and other places, Han Lin sent his own personal battalion, that is, the most elite old battalion, to join the garrison, and eliminated the latest artillery that was basically scrapped and added many improvements.

In August, the British fleet sailed to Humen, and Han Lin knew that the time had come, so he asked the rest of the officers at and above the company level to come to the scene to observe.

"Commander, will those Hongyi really attack us?" Han Lin's side, Qian Jiang asked.

"This is nature," Han Lin Zhengse said, "You all remember, in the far west, farther than the Western Regions, although the country area there is not large, the power of firearms is still above our Ming Dynasty, they must not be underestimated, otherwise more places will be occupied by Hongyi like Dongfan, and the people will be slaughtered." ”

Han Lin looked into the distance, "Here, you go to the rear first." ”

"What about you, Commander?" Feng Li asked.

"Naturally, I will stay here to command," Han Lin saw that they still wanted to dissuade him, and said sharply: "Okay, carry out the order!" ”

"Yes!"

When the British fleet approached about two miles from the battery, Han Lin gave the order: "Signal the cannon!" ”

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble...

The sound of loud cannons rang out all around.

"Haha, these stupid Ming men are still threatening the invincible navy of our British Empire," Weddell laughed arrogantly on the British ship, "Come on, go and exchange the St. George's trade flag for our British Empire's flag." ”

On the Humen Fort, Han Lin clearly saw the change of British ships through the telescope, which was introduced to Daming more than ten years ago, and he summoned Zheng Yuan, the commander of the communications company, and asked, "Is our fleet ready?" ”

"Back to the commander, the fleet is ready to go!" Zheng Yuan replied immediately.

"Very good, let them take advantage of the opportunity," Han Lin's eyes narrowed slightly, and when the British fleet came closer, he immediately gave the order: "Open the cannon!" ”

Boom Boom! ...

"Damn, how dare these Ming people take the lead in firing at the invincible British Navy and give me a fierce return shot!" Weddell roared angrily.

However, dozens of artillery pieces were trained in accordance with the exercises, and the guns were fired in rotation, and the roar was incessant, without stopping at all, not giving the British troops a chance to breathe, and even if the British ship's naval guns occasionally destroyed a few cannons, it would not help.

"Bastard, can Akito's cannon be fired continuously?" Weddell saw that one of his ships had been sunk, and the intensity of the Ming artillery bombardment had always remained at a high level, which overwhelmed the British troops, and they were angry and afraid. This is the result of Han Lin's high-intensity training at any cost.

The shelling lasted only ten minutes, and when the second ship was destroyed, Weddell could only reluctantly order a retreat, and glanced at the Humen Fort with resentment before evacuating.

"Stop." When the British fleet was about to sail out of range, Han Lin ordered.

"Captain, we lost two warships this time, with more than 100 casualties, how can we explain when we go back?" On the fleeing British ship, Weddell's lieutenant looked worried.

"How do I know!" Weddell slammed his fist on the table. After the British Empire defeated the Spanish Armada, it was always invincible at sea, and the Queen of England sent them to trade, but Weddell took the initiative to provoke and won everything, but the consequences of losing were serious.

Bang!

At this time, the sound of shelling sounded again.

"What happened?" Weddell immediately ran to the deck, grabbed one of his men and asked.

"Captain, it's the Ming fleet." The man replied in a panic. It turned out that Han Lin had already let the entire Guangdong Navy Division ambush the retreating route of the British fleet, and caught them by surprise, and soon another warship was sunk.

In the face of more than a dozen Ming warships, three British ships were still beaten to the point of helplessness, and Weddell reluctantly ordered surrender.

Subsequently, the Guangdong sailors boarded the ship and disarmed and escorted the British towards Humen.