Li Zicheng turned his gaze to the rifle again, even if the perfume was successful, with enough silver, pig iron was still difficult to buy, Wu Ermao still has no news, in fact, he is too anxious, it has only been a few days, Wu Ermao may not have reached his destination yet.

After pacing a few steps in the study, he suddenly had an idea, since the range of the Xining rifle far exceeds that of the bow and arrow, and in the future, when the battlefield is launched, the gunners basically do not have to fight the enemy in close combat, so the armor on their bodies is not a kind of decoration? In fact, it is worse than decoration, Mingguang armor weighs dozens of pounds, heavier than a rifle, and it is inconvenient to wear it on the body, if it is not to protect the enemy's arrows, who wants to wear dozens of pounds of armor to run on the battlefield?

Dozens of catties of armor, plus dozens of catties of rifles, not to mention people, even if the war horses are carried up, it will also be laborious, and the soldiers' burdens are too much, which will inevitably affect the combat ability, and it is difficult to improve the combat effectiveness.

Now that the armor has lost its original usefulness, it is better to ......

Li Zicheng slammed open the door and waved at He Xiaomi, "Xiaomi, let's go, go to the training ground and have a look!" ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to escort Li Zicheng, and the group swaggered towards the training ground.

Originally, when the number of rifles was small, the soldiers were trained in the backyard of the craftsman's workshop, but now there are more than 140 rifles, and the backyard of the craftsman's workshop simply cannot accommodate so many targets, so the soldiers erect targets in the training ground for shooting training.

At this time, there were no war horses in the training ground, and it seemed that Li went to train riding outside the city, but the entire training ground was still quite lively, with soldiers training assassination and attack, and soldiers conducting physical training.

In the northeast corner of the training ground, a large piece of wooden rakes was erected, and the soldiers were standing or squatting, aiming nervously, Li Zicheng did not disturb them, but slowed down and slowly came behind the gunners.

"Shoot!"

With Ma Youshui's shout, there was a "bang, bang, bang" sound, and the bullets whistled and rushed towards the wooden target, and there was a "boom" crashing sound.

Li Zicheng waited for this wave of shooting to finish and said: "There is water, how are the brothers training?" ”

Ma Youshui looked back, only to find that Li Zicheng had come to the training ground, and hurriedly turned over and kowtowed, "My lord!" ”

"There's no need to be polite if you have water, get up quickly!"

"Yes, my lord," Ma Youshui stood up and arched his hand: "This batch of brothers has been training for almost a month, and in two days, the next batch of brothers will be replaced." ”

"Well," Li Zicheng nodded slightly, now it is just to popularize shooting technology, it is impossible for soldiers to reach the point of proficiency, in the future, they will be equipped with rifles, and they can continue to shoot training, "How accurate are the brothers?" ”

Ma Youshui hurriedly said to the herald beside him: "Go to the target position immediately to check, your lord needs the exact number." ”

"Yes!" The herald took several soldiers, turned around and ran towards the wooden target, taking advantage of the opportunity when the gunners were loading, checked the wooden target one by one, and then quickly ran back and knelt in front of Li Zicheng, "Lord Hui Qianhu, there are one hundred and forty-two soldiers who shoot, twenty-eight who hit the bull's-eye, and sixty-three who hit the target, and the remaining fifty-one people missed the target!" ”

Li Zicheng visually measured it, the shooting distance is about 400 paces, this is already the best range of the Xining rifle, when the soldiers began training, it was about 200 steps, and nearly half of the soldiers could shoot the bull's-eye, the results should be considered good, according to this level, if it is on the battlefield, it can basically concentrate on the head, chest and other vital parts.

The soldiers had finished loading and were aiming at the wooden target, just waiting for the horse to have an underwater order.

Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked Ma Youshui to go forward and give the order, so that the soldiers could complete this round of shooting.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Another round of shooting, Ma Youshui took advantage of the soldiers to load, and came to Li Zicheng's side again, "My lord, these stupid people who have eaten the tea at the door, this round of shooting, I'm afraid it'......s even worse than just now."

Li Zicheng came suddenly, the soldiers' hearts were fluctuated, and it was normal for the results to be a little worse, if the soldiers did "have a gun in their hearts and nothing in their eyes", it must be a terrifying army, he smiled silently, but set his eyes on the gunners, "There is water, the soldiers are already soaked, right?" ”

"That must be, it's already June, this kind of weather, even if you walk in the field, you will sweat profusely, not to mention in the drill......" Ma Youshui wiped the sweat on his face and looked up at the sky, but unfortunately it was only the hour now, and it was still early to collect the exercise at noon.

Li Zicheng nodded to him thoughtfully, "There is water, among the soldiers trained, are there two complete general flags?" ”

"Yes, my lord, there are now one hundred and forty-two rifles, and in addition to the two complete general flags, there are almost half of the soldiers of the general flag in training."

Li Zichengyun said lightly: "Okay, let all the officers and soldiers of the two complete general flags take off their armor!" ”

"Take it off?" Ma Youshui's two eyeballs suddenly rotated at high speed in their eye sockets, almost breaking through their eye sockets, "My lord, if you take off your armor, when you go to the battlefield in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to adapt to the weight of these dozens of catties......"

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "There is water, do you think that once a soldier is equipped with this kind of rifle, he still needs armor to protect himself?" ”

"Huh?" Ma Youshui immediately came to his senses, couldn't help but change his face, and said with a smile: "My lord is saying that the soldiers of these two general flags will be issued rifles?" ”

"Not for the time being, there are too few such rifles now, the soldiers need to train, and when there are enough rifles in the future, let's distribute them again, if they don't have rifles, what's the use of asking the brothers to train and shoot so hard?"

"My lord, my subordinates understand!"

Ma Youshui is overjoyed, although the production of Xining rifles is seriously insufficient, I don't know when it will be distributed to the soldiers, but the adults arranged it like this, obviously to give his soldiers the first to distribute, through this month's shooting training, he has long known the power of this rifle, really going to the battlefield, the enemy can not get close at all, it is simply the target of the soldiers, Xining rifle, is completely a long-range strike firearm on the battlefield, maybe better than the artillery of the imperial court.

As if worried that Li Zicheng would regret it, he hurriedly ran to the training soldiers and conveyed Li Zicheng's order, and the soldiers of the two general banners, just thinking that the weather was hot, happily withdrew the armor on their bodies and threw them aside.

Ma Youshui trotted back again, "My lord, what to do with these armors?" Is it reserved for future military expansion? ”

"No," Li Zicheng said loudly, "You let the rest of the soldiers send these armors to the craftsman's workshop, and let the craftsmen return to the furnace to melt them." ”

"Melted?" Ma Youshui's eyes widened again, "My lord, such a good Mingguang armor...... and then understood, with a rifle, what else do you need for Mingguang armor? Hurriedly said: "My lord put it down, and my subordinates will arrange it!" He also asked his own soldiers to bring over the soldiers who were practicing actual combat on the other side of the training ground, and sent the armor to the craftsman's workshop.

Li Zicheng looked at the soldiers who had lost their armor and found that the soldiers' expressions were much more relaxed, but he found another problem, although the Mingguang armor was bulky, it was very magnificent to wear on the body, especially when the Ming army was strong, as long as the foreign clan saw the Mingguang armor, I was afraid that they would be scared to the core, which was the psychological pressure exerted by the Mingguang armor on the opponent.

Once the Xining Army has taken off the Mingguang armor, it has not yet unified its clothing, no matter what the future results are, it will inevitably give the outside world the impression of a ragtag army, no, since the Mingguang armor has faded, a unified military uniform must be designed.

Although it takes a lot of money to dress the soldiers uniformly, it is simply not worth mentioning compared with the Mingguang armor, the key is what kind of clothing, in this era, in addition to the Mingguang armor, it can only be cloth, but what kind of system and color to choose, there is still a particular aspect.

Li Zicheng's thoughts flew to later generations, whether it was military training in high school or college, the special clothing was camouflage uniforms, not only the central country, almost all countries are using camouflage uniforms, but there are some differences in the pattern.

Whether it is Xining area, or the central country, the territory is mountainous, weeds and trees are everywhere, is needed this kind of clothing for camouflage, but according to the level of craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the chemical materials of camouflage clothing can not be made, no way, can only choose cloth, however, can be printed and dyed with camouflage that kind of pattern, it is a camouflage uniform in the Ming Dynasty.

There are three colors of camouflage uniforms, there are four colors, Li Zicheng has even seen six colors, however, these patterns are too complicated, in the era of no machines, it is still simpler, and finally he decided to choose a kind of tea and green, the brown is close to the dead branches, black soil, city walls, green close to the grass and trees.

As for the specific pattern, Li Zicheng really can't remember clearly, it seems that he can only let people design it, participate in the selection by himself, and once he recognizes it, he will make it finalized.

The first batch of camouflage uniforms were first customized for more than 100 soldiers who had just lost their armor, and according to the different seasons, each soldier should prepare at least three sets, single clothes in spring and autumn, short clothes in summer, and cotton clothes in winter.

As long as it persists, especially with the support of rifles, once the combat potential of the Xining Army is tapped, it will inevitably become a beautiful scenery for the Xining Army.

The matter of military uniforms was decided by Li Zicheng, but there was still a name, Li Zicheng thought about it, and there was no special name - any name in later generations was novel to this era, and finally decided on the name - camouflage military uniform.

After Li Zicheng left the training ground, he directly took his own soldiers and found a printing and dyeing factory in the city, told them about the needs of the army, and asked them to print and dye some patterns according to their own requirements.

The store refused at first, for such a strange costume, except for the army, there is no market at all, He Xiaomi was about to stare at him, but was pulled by Li Zicheng, "Xiaomi, pay attention to the three disciplines and eight points, are you familiar with it?" These military disciplines should not only be remembered in the mouth, but also in the heart! ”

He Xiaomi's face suddenly turned red, and he said, "My lord......"

Li Zicheng smiled and shook his head, "Xiaomi, I don't want to see something like this next time." ”

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will ensure that they will not commit any more ...... in the future."

Li Zicheng gave a deposit of two taels of silver, and said: "This kind of fabric, the military needs a lot, and printing and dyeing is not only you, if you can't follow my requirements, next time I will find someone else, there is only one chance!" ”

"Yes, yes, I will definitely do what the military master asks!" When the shopkeeper saw the silver, he hurriedly made a stack of sounds, and wrote down Li Zicheng's dictated request.

Li Zicheng is not only concerned about copyright issues, once camouflage uniforms come out, as long as they are attractive to ordinary people, with the imitation ability of the Han people, but in three days, the streets can be full of camouflage uniforms, and no one can stop them except for using the strength of the army.

If such a situation really appears, it shows that soldiers have a very high status in the minds of the people, and for the Xining army, this is something that cannot be desired.