Xiao Tianjian looked at the hot subordinates who were practicing on the school field in front of him, he was both a little proud and a little nervous, he didn't know where he would take these people in the future, where he would go, he didn't know if he decided to do so, whether it was fair to them, but he knew that if he didn't resist, many of these people would not live long, including himself.

Only by bringing these people together can everyone have the ability to survive in this troubled world, and no matter whether his decision is right or wrong, he must do so.

For the upcoming battle, Xiao Tianjian has a rough bottom in his heart, although his Xingtian Army is much smaller than the group of people gathered by Li Lao Wangba, but it is expensive on his side to order unity, and the top and bottom are united, and although the opponent is numerous, but it is indeed forced by the status of the old Wang Ba surnamed Li, who was forcibly pinched together, everyone understands the truth that strength is the capital in this world, it seems that they are many but they will definitely have their own ghosts, and no one wants to do this leading thing. Some people may even make up their minds to take advantage of the opportunity to catch a handful, and if they can't, they will slip away.

So this is also his advantage, the other one, the opponent is more lacking than him is drill, maybe many of these people will do some kung fu, it is not good to fight alone, there are few people on their side who are the opponents of the other party, but his subordinates emphasize the cooperation of the overall battle formation, which is probably incomparable to the opponent, even the officers and soldiers are afraid that they can't, what is the combat effectiveness of the guards, the pigs all understand, a group of poor military households who are not well fed and clothed, and they want them to win the battle when they are pulled together, it is simply a joke.

Therefore, although Xiao Tianjian was a little nervous in his heart, he seemed very relaxed on the surface, and after arranging the preparations for this battle, he let people perform their duties and do what they should do.

Shi Ran immediately took his scouts out of the cottage, closely monitored the situation on the road leading to Huangyang, and immediately sent it back to the village as soon as there was news, so that Xiao Tianjian could prepare in advance.

The rest of the combat corps and the new barracks continued to step up their training, and at the same time, Xiao Tianjian did not hide from his subordinates, and informed them in advance of the future battles.

As soon as the gang heard that the enemy was going to come to them for trouble, they all became nervous, and although it made some timid people feel uneasy in their hearts, it was better than waiting until the enemy came, and suddenly telling them the truth, which made the gang confused.

With this pressure, both soldiers and recruits worked harder during drills, because their commanders told them that only by sweating more in peacetime can they shed less blood in wartime! No one thinks that they have a long life, so when they practice, they all use their strength to eat.

In a short period of time, it is impossible to train the recruits to the level of soldiers, so Xiao Tianjian asked the recruits to suspend other training, concentrate time and energy, and only practice the two training subjects of queue and assassination, anyway, when these recruits go to war, they are used as reserves, and the key is to rely on the soldiers in front, as long as they are not chaotic in battle, after the soldiers defeat the first wave of the opponent's attack, they can go into battle to practice.

As for the soldiers, after a few days of rectification in Fanjiabao and more than ten days of high-intensity training in Tianlongzhai, all kinds of subjects have been basically trained once, and I dare not say that they have mastered each of them, at least after a two-day drill, it can be seen that they have adapted to the battlefield discipline, and the two hundred people stand in formation, but there is also a kind of fierce taste.

In terms of weapon supply, it is still very problematic, and the blacksmith shop that has just been established cannot create a large number of three-edged gun heads for a while, so don't think about any problem of changing clothes.

The weapons and equipment of the soldiers can also ensure that everyone has a spear and a sword and shield, but only three of the recruits are equipped with spears, and the remaining nearly seventy percent of the recruits can only hold improvised bamboo guns, which is no longer possible, so to improve the quality of equipment, we can only wait for the end of this battle.

Fortunately, after the occupation of Tianlong Village this time, they copied a small amount of gunpowder in the warehouse of Tianlong Village, and after remaking, this small amount of gunpowder was also made into granular gunpowder, and the performance of gunpowder took a big step forward, and it was divided into fixed gunpowder and distributed to the hands of each gunner.

And Xiao Tianjian has made an exception every day to give each firecracker the opportunity to shoot two live ammunition every day, so that they are more familiar with the practice of salvo fire, even the tiger squat cannon, also let people prepare ten fixed charge packs for it, and carefully maintain the old tiger squat cannon, let the blacksmith add a few iron hoops to the body of the tiger squat cannon to ensure that there will be no explosion accident when firing, and also specially asked Huang Shengqiang to select a few strong subordinates to serve this tiger squat cannon and form a temporary cannon squad. Temporarily included in the class of firecrackers, and it belongs to Huang Shengqiang's pipe band.

After Huang Shengqiang was ordered, he was even more in full swing, leading a few new subordinates to him, and was busy fiddling with this tiger squat cannon all day long, originally a rusty tiger squat cannon, not to mention the oil and shiny that they wiped, and after a few days, the loading speed increased rapidly, and several strong men carried the tiger squat cannon, and actually ran fast, and it only took half a cup of tea time to set up the tiger squat cannon, which made Xiao Tianjian have to look at Huang Shengqiang, the tomb robber.

The reason why Huang Shengqiang worked so hard was actually because of psychological reasons, he used to be engaged in the business of tomb robbers, and no one would treat him when he saw him, when he followed Wang Tianlong, he was either called and drunk every day, or he was beaten or scolded, this day is very mixed, but Xiao Tianjian not only did not look down on him, but after beating Fan Jiabao, he also gave him a squad leader.

This guy also understands that these days are not easy to come by, so he works harder when he does things, plus this guy is very smart, Xiao Tianjian said that the training method, he is thorough at all, and this fire gun class is also trained by him to be impressive, so gradually it is more respected by everyone.

It's just because of the constraints of the conditions, Xiao Tianjian regrets that he still can't match his subordinates with all the armor, even if they are the sword and shield hands in the soldiers, they can't be equipped with a pair of armor for each of them, and the one or twenty pairs of leather armor that were originally made in the old camp can only be equipped with the squad platoon leader first, and even the squad and platoon leader of the new barracks are not qualified to be issued a pair.

So after Xiao Tianjian occupied Tianlong Village, he gritted his teeth and killed the cultivated cattle that he snatched from Fanjiabao, and made more than 20 pieces of leather armor with the simple raw cowhide that he peeled off, and distributed them to the sword and shield bearers.

But what made Xiao Tianjian a little strange was that after Shi Ran sent back the news, they waited for another four days, and the expected enemy still did not arrive, which made him a little strange, which was like opening a shelf and preparing to fight, waiting for a long time but not seeing the opponent, which made people feel a little uneasy.

Xiao Tianjian didn't know what was going on, and the scouts sent couldn't send back useful news, so he could only continue to let his subordinates prepare in Tianlong Village.