Yu Zhilong looked around, all the soldiers had been standing against the scorching sun for a long time, and many people were still shining with beads of sweat on their faces, these people were mostly farmers and craftsmen a few days ago, and today they are already considered warriors. Many people are even younger than Yu Zhilong, and after he fought in the field of battle, I don't know how many people can return to their hometowns after the war.

"Let's take a break!" Yu Zhilong ordered Hou Ying.

"No!" Hou Ying listened to the order, came to the front of the queue, and ordered a short break in a loud voice, and these soldiers stopped standing, and under Hou Ying's order, the group sat on the ground, in front of Zhilong.

Several hundred-person teams are seated in front of Zhilong in order of each team, Yu Zhilong repeatedly examined before and after, and found that one of the hundred-person teams is very interesting, the first few rows are tall and good-looking people, and the back rows are different heights, and most of them are middle-to-lower people.

"Are you one of the hundred households of this team?" Yu Zhilong came to the hundred-man team and asked an officer on the side of the team with an ornament on his shoulder, indicating his official status.

"Back to the general, the villain is the hundred households of this team." The man quickly stood up and saluted.

"Why do you rank the best soldiers first?"

"Back to the general, the little one used to set up a stall in the market to sell fruits."

Yu Zhilong smiled and ordered him to sit down.

Yu Zhilong inspected the training and diet of various departments every day, even the new soldiers knew that this young man was the chief general of the Jing'an Army, and many of the achievements of Yu Zhilong and others were widely spread among these soldiers, and everyone admired and was curious about him.

"Have you been practicing hard these days?" Yu Zhilong asked first.

"Back to the general, the little one can hold on, this is much better than farming at home, full of food, clothes to wear, big than winning, and a reward for silver, even if you sleep, you will laugh!" A soldier's witty remark drew a burst of laughter.

"General, this kind of practice is really hard, no less than four hours on the field every day, after returning to the camp, everyone is tired and falls asleep after eating, even the Han army and the Semu army of the Tartars have not practiced like this." A prisoner of the former Han army who surrendered to Cheng replied that this person had experienced some wars, and now he was serving as the general banner, and he had seen many officers of the Yuan army, and he was quite bold, so he dared to say so.

"Sweat more before the war, and bleed less during the war. If you want to fight for wealth and enjoy peace, you must have the ability to kill the enemy! ”

Yu Zhilong was not annoyed, this person was telling the truth, and he said what many soldiers were thinking.

"The Yidu envoy has been driven away, and it won't be long before the army of the Tartars will kill again, are you willing to let the Tartars behead at that time?"

"General, Tatar has been defeated miserably, can you come so soon next time?" It was this general banner who asked the question, and all the soldiers also listened with their ears to the answer.

"The battle between these two armies is like two people fighting with knives, one of them is wounded, suffers a loss, and has to take a step back for a while, if he eases up, and the opponent is not on guard, do you think he will find it again?" Yu Zhilong said metaphorically.

"Now all departments are training, the Jing'an Army is the head of the combat power of all departments, use me in the first battle, and use me to win! What's more, there is news from Yidu, and there is also a large recruitment of troops and horses, recruiting everywhere, and when the time comes, you will fight the enemy, whether you can survive depends on how well you practice! ”

"Before the battle formation, the military law is ruthless, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front, the military order is given, you must move forward bravely! Anyone who cowardly shakes and flees will be killed. In the last war, our department was able to withstand the tidal offensive of Meng Qing's old thieves and the Tartar cavalry, relying on the momentum of indomitable and risking one's own life. Besides, when the two armies meet, the brave wins, my ability is strong, my momentum is strong, I can kill the enemy, and I have a great chance of survival! ”

Yu Zhilong personally led the cavalry team to fight Tang Wuwei several times on the same day, and completely destroyed the stone artillery team of the Yuan army, defeated the rear team of the Yuan army, and bravely won the general banner of the main general, causing the hearts of all units of the Yuan army to be greatly moved, and the morale of the troops fell, creating an opportunity for Liu Zhengfeng to break through in the middle. In the end, he led the cavalry to return to help, disrupting the position of Meng Qing's rear formation. Meng Qingbu was originally barely supported under the command of Zhao Shi, but after Yu Zhilong's impact in the rear, it finally collapsed. This laid the foundation for a big victory. But less than half of the hundreds of cavalry who attacked with Yu Zhilong survived in the end!

The highlights of this battle have been widely praised in the Shuntian army, and even more so in the Jing'an army, so Wu Side and the cavalry soldiers are proud in the Jing'an army.

When the soldiers heard Yu Zhilong say this, they had nothing to say.

After Yu Zhilong said something to strengthen military discipline and improve the effect of drills, he ordered Hou Ying to continue. Continue to patrol on your own.

Hou Ying was ashamed last time, but now she is participating in the training and does not dare to slack off.

In the field ahead, Wu Side led the cavalry to practice galloping horse spurs. Rows of one-person-high straw stakes were erected on the ground, and they were simply bandaged in human shapes. The cavalry galloped past in turn, stabbing the throat and chest of the man with the tip of his spear.

Experienced horsemen know that this kind of thrusting technique must be pierced accurately, but also to master the strength, and the spear must not be pierced too deep into the human body, otherwise after the spear enters the body, it is very likely that it will be stuck in the bone and it will be too late to withdraw the gun, which will either cause the weapon to be out of hand, or the gun will be broken, or even he will be dismounted by a countershock.

The use of straw men can effectively prevent soldiers from being injured during training.

The cavalry is far more trained and managed than the footmen. At the end of each day's training, the cavalry officers and men had to personally wash the horses, check the horseshoe, arrange the harness, feed the fodder and bean cakes, and get up at night to inspect the horses and replenish the fodder. Often the foot soldiers have fallen asleep, and the horsemen are still busy.

The cavalry is the sharp edge of the Jing'an army, Mingxiong is also exhausted on how to practice, thinking hard, although he knows the soldiers, but after all, he has not personally led the cavalry of the Han army, so Mingxiong often goes to Wu Side to watch, figure out, and discuss with Wu Side how to improve.

In the distance, there are also several groups of cavalry practicing formation and charging, adjusting the formation from time to time according to the orders of the officers, or practicing the kneeling and standing of the war horses.

In the distance, some archers were practicing foot archery and mounted archery, and after several battles, the Jing'an army had captured hundreds of bows, the best bows were all given to the cavalry and scouts, and the homemade bows were used in centralized formations.

The bow and arrow are good for far, but unfortunately the range of the self-made bow is not more than two hundred steps, as for the crossbow is even less, after the war, Liu Zhengfeng captured not many bows and arrows, the current number can only deal with the enemy's foot soldiers, and it is difficult to have a good effect when encountering the Yuan cavalry.

Although the Yuan army also had firearms, the army was equipped with artillery and firearms, but first, the number of captured firearms was too small to form an establishment, and second, the firearms at this time were too weak and inconvenient to operate, so it was not as convenient as using bows and arrows.

Yu Zhilong inspected the ministries and saw Zhao Shi Zheng Ji Xiancheng Inspector, Zhao Shi stepped forward to briefly report on the drills of each department, just now the herald had already informed Liu Zhengfeng of the decision not to recruit An, Zhao Shi and others naturally knew. Yu Zhilong ordered Zhao Shi to organize some experienced scouts to sneak to the north and south to explore the movements of the Yuan army.

Zhao Shi knew that Yu Zhilong had the idea of preemptive strike, and he also understood that time was pressing now, so he asked for an order: "You can't go to Yidu, you can only go south, this matter is very important, and it is advisable to keep it a secret." I have walked the road to the south, and I still remember a thing or two. This will arrange people, I will personally lead people to find out, and I will set off tonight! ”

"Brother Shi's body has not fully recovered, how can he behave? Just make the scouts look closer. ”

"It's okay, after raising these days, my body is weak, and if I don't loosen my muscles and bones, how will I go to the battlefield in the future?"

Yu Zhilong wanted to persuade again, but suddenly a fine horse galloped from a distance, Sun Xing first greeted and asked, it was the person who went to the south to investigate and just came back, and he had a heart.

Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi were overjoyed and summoned him to inquire carefully.

The scout stabilized his mind, and Dao Ming explored the reason, it turned out that he had encountered a team of strongmen this time.

Two days ago, in the mountains of Yimeng, a team of about 100 people, leading dozens of mules and horses, was in a hurry. The mule immediately carried more picks, two large baskets on the left and right, covered with oilcloth, looking at the appearance, bulging, should be fully loaded.

The group had clearly made the trek, all in coarse cloth and many with patches. Most of the people's weather-beaten faces were still dripping with sweat at this time, and if it weren't for the different swords they were carrying, those who didn't know would have thought it was an ordinary caravan.

At this time, the sun is rising, and the fiery red morning glow is sprinkled all over the sky. The dew in the mountains is heavy, and the trousers of these people are almost wet, and their clothes are also wet, but fortunately, most of them are strong men, and this dampness and coldness are not taken to heart at all.

Due to the heavy load, the livestock snorted from time to time and spewed out a puff of white mist. The mountain roads here are rugged and undulating, and in order to be safe and save animal power, the big men have pushed forward and backward in the steep parts of the road to help the mules and horses pass safely. There were a few men in front of and behind the road, either vigilantly exploring the road in front, or cleaning up the feces and hoof prints of mules and horses along the way, so as not to leak traces.

"These people are so strange, they don't take the official roads, but take the difficult mountain roads, and they don't look like officers and soldiers in their posture, but they have more weapons. Let's say they're bandits, but they don't look like them. Who goes out with so many things? A thin man hid himself in the thatch and whispered to himself. His position was on the ridge, condescending, and he had a clear view.

"It's not an officer and soldier, it's not Kou, is it the same as us?" A fat man next to him pondered, "Look at the posture, this is escorting goods, but how do you look, these people don't seem to be escorting on the road!" ”

These two people were originally scouts of the Jing'an army, since Linqu was ordered to go south, all the way over the mountains and mountains, to explore the way, to avoid many Yuan troops patrolling the mountains, last night suddenly found this group of people who quietly walked at night in the mountains, the two were suspicious, so they secretly followed them, carefully probed.

This group of people walked more paths, avoiding the cottages along the way, there were spies in front of them to ask for directions, and there were people in the back to clear the traces, walking, eating and sleeping were all disciplined, and some spies were often released around, and the two of them were careful not to be discovered so far.

The two of them were wondering, when they suddenly heard a sound of breaking wind behind them, and immediately knew that it was not good, so they hurriedly turned over left and right, and pulled out the saber at their waist to fight back.

Unexpectedly, a few big hands suddenly pressed behind him, towards their necks, hands and feet, the thin man moved flexibly, and he could dodge, the fat man was a little slower, and his shoulders were pressed firmly, as if he had an iron hoop, and then he had to struggle, a snow-bright dagger had been attached to his cheek, and under the cold of the knife, his face was cut by a sharp blade, and a wisp of blood flowed out immediately.

The thin man had just pulled out the steel knife, and before he could stand upright, two black shadows attacked left and right again like hungry tigers, one grabbed his right hand so that it could not be wielded, and the other person pounced on him, and the legs of the thin man were tripped up, and the thin man couldn't stand up, and fell to the ground, and his body was immediately firmly pressed, and the steel knife in his hand was also taken away.