Hearing that Qin Liangyu had arrived, Li Jing hurriedly took all the officers out to greet him, and Qin Liangyu's more than 100 boats docked on the shore of the south of the Yangtze River in turn, and the trestle bridges in many places had not yet been repaired, so they could only dock at a suitable water depth near the shore now.

Li Jing took Qin Liangyu and others into the barracks, the soldiers on both sides opened the gate and walked into the barracks, the main road of the barracks was made of sand, lime and coal ash, plus a small amount of cement, mixed with water and flattened with stone mills, both sides were drainage ditches, and the road was in very good condition. Moreover, the roads in the camp are crisscrossed, and there are signs at each intersection indicating the name and direction of the area. A latrine was built at each outpost. You can't see the human and animal manure everywhere in the general barracks. From time to time, one or two donkey carts pulling large round buckets drove by, and the people on the carts used large scoops to sprinkle lime water for disinfection. Flies and mosquitoes are rare in the camp, let alone rats, snakes and insects.

Seeing the stone pillars, everyone was amazed, and Li Jing also explained that only by doing a good job of sanitation can the epidemic be reduced, and the sub-regions were encamped and each battalion was fenced with iron nets, and only the four camp gates in the southeast, south, and northwest were retained, which was convenient for safe work and management. You are not allowed to have a password to enter and exit at ordinary times. The password is changed every day.

The soldiers shaved their heads and shaved off all their body hair. I took a hot bath and rubbed off the mud and dirt all over my body before I received a new military uniform and entered the camp. Completely remove lice, fleas and other parasites. Recruits are also given fried pumpkin seeds to repel insects in their bodies. Everyone is forbidden to drink raw water, and must use a kettle to line up for boiled cold boiled water.

"Zhengyi, parents of the body, you force them to shave their heads, won't they resist?"

"I told them very clearly, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can not be both, since the army into the camp, it is the word loyalty, and you must have the determination to die on the battlefield. Sacrifice your life to go to the country, and see death as if you were going home. The so-called cutting invention will, from now on two lives, life is the soldier of the Ming Dynasty, death is the soul of the Ming Dynasty, the body can still be sacrificed, not to mention the hair. ”

"Zhengyi, that's a good point," Qin Liangyu exclaimed. "It's not a pity to go into battle, you must put it to death and come back to life."

"Aunt Qin, in fact, my purpose is to go to the battlefield and get injured so that it is easy to bandage. In the future, I will not allow them to grow beards, and keep their hair short within an inch. ”

Entering the Chinese army's big tent, this big tent has a diameter of 30 meters, is a steel structure assembled dome-shaped support, and the outside is laid with canvas. Spread a layer of lime on the ground, compacted it with a mill, then spread a layer of waterproof canvas, and then spread a layer of wool felt with a thickness of inches. It's very warm. There are also a dozen small cast-iron coal stoves burning honeycomb coal, and tin chimneys protrude from the ceiling.

The crowd took off their shoes at the door and entered. There is a low table inside, and everyone sits on the floor. Li Jing arranged a hot pot and chatted with the generals of Shizhu while eating.

"Aunt Qin, I suggest that you don't go directly to Nanjing to get off the ship, tens of thousands of troops will make Jinling very nervous. You might as well get off the boat here, Ma'anshan is the west gate of Nanjing, very close, and you can go back and forth in one day to purchase supplies. It's all wasteland, and there's a lot of open space. I asked the sappers to level a piece of land for you to camp on. In two days, the wharf will be repaired, and the sea ships will come here directly to pick you up and go to Liaodong. ”

The generals of Shizhu discussed it, and they all felt that Li Jing's suggestion was right, so many ships, so many soldiers, it must be very nervous when they arrived in Nanjing, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the local area hated the transit of the army very much, and generally closed the city gate tightly and was not allowed to enter the city. When I arrived in Nanjing, it was estimated that it would take a lot of money. It's better to camp here and wait for the ship to arrive.

These Sichuan soldiers who ate this hot pot were hearty and addicted. It seems that the Sichuan people have a talent for eating spicy, even if this is a chili pepper that has not yet been introduced to Sichuan, but these Sichuan soldiers are very accustomed to eating. After the meal, Qin Liangyu asked to visit the drills in Nanao Town, and Li Jing sent the migrant workers and sappers to the west of the camp to level the barracks of the Shizhu Army. Then he came to the school with the stone pillars.

The herald asked: "The marshal can beat the drum and assemble"

"Assemble immediately," Li Jing ordered.

"No," the herald clenched his fists and turned down to give the order, followed by a loud military trumpet, and then a row of huge war drums, banging, standing on the high point of the general's platform, clearly saw the commotion of the battalions, the officers and soldiers who were napping, got up urgently, sorted out their military uniforms and equipment, and ran out of each tent with guns, first the whole team, then the whole team of three tithes, then the whole team of three tithes, then the whole team of a sentry, and the last battalion was completed, except for the troops left behind in the barracks, all of them were pulled out of the barracks.

The formation is in three columns, one team of thirty people. One post is followed by a post, and a battalion has three posts. Li Jing took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and in less than ten minutes, the ten battalions had already finished plating. Everyone on the stone pillar was shocked, less than a quarter of an hour, and a little more than half an hour. Three thousand men were assembled, which is unthinkable in this era.

Li Jing ordered, "The infantry column begins. ”

As the trumpet sounded, a battalion on the far left, sentry by post, marched forward. Begin to turn to the left en masse, bypassing the front of the army.

Qin Liangyu saw the horizontal formation of the three people from the telescope, and almost simultaneously raised their hands and legs, neatly aligned. As we walked through the large military formation, the infantry phalanx, one post after another, walked from the front of the point to the east and west on the main road.

Walking to the front of the point general's platform, the officer leading the team loudly ordered "walk in unison," and the team paused in an instant,

Then the whole squad raised their legs and dropped their legs together, and their arms were raised and lowered at the same time, and the officer issued the command: "Look to the right and salute ———." ”

With a bang, the soldiers raised their guns to their chests with their right hands, the barrel was 45 degrees forward, the butt was backwards, the muzzle was the same height as their eyes, the bayonets were shining cold, and the 45 degrees were pointing to the sky.

At the same time, turn your head to the right to look at the recipient, and look at the recipient, turning your head to the right and left at an angle of no more than 45 degrees.

When he walked past the point of the general's platform, the officer gave the command: "Finish the salute."

There was another uproar, and the one who raised his hand lowered his hand; Those who pay attention to the prostration, turn their heads to the right; The person who salutes with a gun turns his head straight and lowers his gun with his right hand in a position of carrying a gun on his shoulder.

Changing neatly and continuing to move forward, bypassing the rear of the large army formation, returning to the original position and standing. The whole army went through it one by one.

A phalanx of 100 people is like a person, neatly aligned, and there is only one sound when the footsteps land, whether it is sideways, it is not bad. Their military posture is so standard, the pace is even, the strength is strong, and every movement is the same. When marching, the actions of these 3,000 people were like one person, straight and straight, like a knife cut, all with solemn faces, high spirits, and high morale. A dignified array, the majestic military might.

Everyone in the stone pillar was dazzled, and Qin Liangyu sighed: "Flesh and blood, you can actually practice to be as uniform as steel, Zhengyi, this is really a division of steel."

"Aunt Qin, I haven't been on the battlefield for a month, but I have been practicing queue and housekeeping for a month. It's all just a showcase, and it can't be compared with the soldiers of the stone pillar. When, when you go to the battlefield, see the blood first, fight a few more dangerous and vicious battles, suffer more than half of the casualties without collapsing, and can fight to the last soldier, that is the Iron Hero. ”