On 15 June, Li Zhi rode a horse in the "Yizi Camp" military camp in the west of Susong County. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The so-called Yizi Battalion is the 60,000 righteous army brought by Li Dingguo. The origin and history of these 60,000 people are completely different from Li Zhi's Tiger Army, and Li Zhi is not prepared to incorporate these people into the Tiger Army all at once, which would be unfair to the soldiers strictly selected by the Tiger Army.

These 60,000 people will form an army alone, and they will take on different goals from the Tiger Ben Army. Mountain warfare, woodland warfare, which cannot be carried out by the riflemen of the Tiger Army, will be carried out by this new army.

As a new army, as a surrendered thief soldier, this Yizi battalion naturally has to prove itself in the most dangerous places, and then it will be recognized by the Tianjin system up and down.

However, Li Zhi is not Li Zicheng, and of course he will not treat these people as cannon fodder. Although this Yizi battalion will be used in the most dangerous places, Li Zhi will still equip them with the most advanced weapons. Every charge they made at the enemy was an opportunity for meritorious service, not a trap to die in.

In the barracks, the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion stood on both sides of the road, looking at Li Zhi with some excitement and some nervousness.

This month, the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion have eaten enough, and the faces of these thieves have looked much better.

The days of being a thief are very hard, although sometimes there can be wine and meat in the city, but most of the time the thieves run from the mountains to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the official army. Thieves have very little baggage, they will grab wherever they kill, and many times they can't eat, and starvation is commonplace.

However, after surrendering to Wang Li Zhi of Tianjin, truckloads of grain were transported out of Susong County. It's all white rice noodles, and when made into noodles, it's 12 points sweet. The soldiers of the Yizi Battalion are no longer hungry, and they can even eat a meal of meat every week.

It's a very good day for the thieves. The thieves' leaning bodies quickly rounded, and their bodies looked much stronger than before.

Li Zhi rode on a horse and saw a sturdy army.

Not only were they well fed, but the soldiers of this unit were also equipped with sophisticated chain mail, which Li Zhi had captured from the Manchu army, and there were originally hundreds of thousands of pieces, which had been piled up in the warehouse in Fanjiazhuang. Although the chain mail originally had a notch caused by a rifle, it has been repaired and is now complete.

These chain mails are very lightweight, weighing only 15 kilograms on average, but they are very effective against slashing. Li Zhi experimented with a Japanese katana, and the average adult slashed with a katana sword, only cutting a small gap in the chain mail.

Only a straight stab could completely break through the chain mail of these Manchu soldiers. However, stabbing is relatively easy to dodge compared to slashing, which greatly increases the soldier's chances of survival.

Along with the chain mail, there are excellent steel forging knives produced by Fanjiazhuang. These forged knives were made of the finest steel, forged by a steam engine, and were of much better quality than the motley swords in the hands of the thieves. Even if it can't be said to be sharpened like clay, it is extremely sharp.

Li Zhi could see from the expressions of the soldiers that the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion had trust in Li Zhi because of these armors and forged knives.

The soldiers of the Yizi Battalion are also human beings, and they will also ponder Li Zhi's thoughts. They understood that the Yizi Battalion, as a desperate thief army, had done many evil things before, and it was impossible for them to receive the same treatment as Li Zhi's Tiger Army. What the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion were most afraid of was that Li Zhi would sacrifice them all as cannon fodder.

Li Zhi can do that.

But the armor and forging knives that Li Zhi sent down gave these soldiers something to look forward to. Since Li Zhi gave such good equipment to the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion, he was not prepared to let these original thieves die easily.

The soldiers looked at Li Zhi with a little more gratitude.

No one wants to be a thief running around and living in a fixed place! Most of Li Dingguo's 60,000 thieves were desperate peasants, and some were soldiers who had been bullied by corrupt officers and had no food or clothing. But they also serve as thieves to survive. Now that Li Zhi has given them the opportunity to be an official soldier, they are naturally excited.

Even if you are sent to the most dangerous place to fight, you will not die easily with these equipment, and it is better than being a thief.

Li Dingguo walked behind Li Zhi's horse, and said to Li Zhi: "Your Highness's chain mail and forging knife have greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Yizi Battalion. ”

Li Zhi smiled when he heard Li Dingguo's words.

Li Zhi said: "You tell your soldiers! Not only will I give them chain mail and forged knives, but I will also give them two handcuffs each, and I will equip them with mortars. I promise you, when you go into the mountains, you will have weapons that will be able to defeat your enemies. ”

Li Dingguo was stunned and asked, "What is a handcuff?" ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Dingguo, smiled, and pulled out a handcuff from the waist of the guard next to him with a flick of his hand. He aimed at a large flagpole three meters away and fired a shot.

Li Zhi is also a veteran of using a gun, and this bullet hit the target accurately. With a "snap", the bullet broke the flagpole, and the banner with the word "righteousness" fell down.

Li Zhi blew the muzzle of the handcuff, inserted the handcuff back into the waist of the guard, and said, "Yizi Camp is the capital, how about this handcuff?" When you meet the enemy in the mountains and forests, shoot them one at a time! ”

Li Dingguo saw the power of the handcuffs, his face turned red, and he knelt on the ground excitedly. He shouted loudly: "Great King Shengming! The king attaches so much importance to my righteous word camp, and allows me a sharp weapon, and my 60,000 soldiers are willing to charge into battle for the adults, go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, and smear the liver and brain. ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Dingguo and said with a smile: "Do you know what a mortar is?" ”

Li Dingguo knelt on the ground and replied: "The last general doesn't know!" ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "You will know when the weapon is sent, it is a sharp weapon for attacking fortifications in the mountains." ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Dingguo was silent for a while. After a few seconds, he exclaimed, "King! Now that the Yizi Battalion has surrendered to the king, the king looks at the rebel battalion so much, and wants to build the Yizi battalion into an immortal strong army, and the last general will not dare to specialize! ”

"May the king send generals to take charge of the brigades of the Yizi battalion! The last general is willing to be a pawn before the battle and charge for the king. ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Dingguo, who was kneeling on the ground, and laughed.

"Li Dingguo, you are an interesting person!"

Patting the scabbard of the long sword on his waist, Li Zhi said, "But I'm not going to disrupt the establishment of the Yizi Battalion. Because I need your Yizi Battalion to exert its strongest combat effectiveness to attack for me! ”

"You will continue to be the commander of the Yizi battalion, continue to be the general of this army of soldiers and horses, and you must train these 60,000 people into a strong army for me."

Li Dingguo knelt down and shouted: "As long as the king gives an order, my Yizi battalion will enter Annam Burma, and I will definitely kill those barbarians!" ”

Li Zhi nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Before leaving for the Indochina Peninsula, I need you to take the Yizi Battalion to Japan. The samurai guerrillas in the mountains of Koshin-Etsu have me in my throat, so go and help me pull out this thorn! ”