Li Yan and they continued to train in Qilizhai. This time, the division of labor was made, and Li Yan came to train the first soldiers to join, and he had already begun to add weapons training. Li Mou was in charge of the training of the eleven new soldiers, and Li Zhong was in charge of the management of military logistics.

"Ready, put!" Li Yan ordered loudly.

"Boom", "boom" sounded, the bowstring tightened, and the feather arrow was shot. Of the arrows at fifty paces, only a few had arrows on them, and the others flew behind them.

Li Yan yelled dissatisfiedly: "Don't you let you practice more when you're fine?!" Why is it still like this?! I can't even shoot fifty paces, how can I go into battle and kill the enemy?! ”

"We practice," Huang Desheng complained, "but this bow and arrow is really not easy to get, the strength has an effect, and when the bowstring is released, it is also affected, and it is not easy to master." ”

Li Yan frowned and asked, "You have been a border soldier for four years, and you have never practiced bows and arrows?" ”

"I'm a knife player, a shield in my left hand, a knife in my right hand, just practice this, I don't need to shoot arrows." Huang Degong explained.

Li Yan pointed to a few border soldiers and asked, "You guys, who has practiced bows and arrows before?" ”

The result was very disappointing to Li Yan, among the twelve who had practiced bows and arrows, there were only three people.

Li Yan asked the other soldiers, "What about you?" Have anyone ever practiced archery before? Don't dodge, there's a target in front of me, I can see it. ”

After waiting for a while, Wang Renfu and Sun Tianyang stood up.

Li Yan looked at it, there were only five people, too few, even if they added the three brothers, they could not form an effective long-range strike force. You can still deal with small groups of bandits, but if you meet large ones, it will not be enough.

He looked around among the border soldiers and said, "Huang Desheng, Shi Jincai, you two come out." ”

Huang Desheng didn't say anything, and came out immediately. But Shi Jincai was honestly unwilling, and stood up slowly, saying: "Leader, I used to use a three-eyed gun, that thing is easy to use, it can break armor in twenty steps, and it can be used as a mace after it is finished." When it comes to archery, I can shoot at the target, but that's also blind. ”

"What so much nonsense?!" Li Yan scolded: "From now on, you will give me a good practice of archery!" If you don't get six out of ten arrows to the target tomorrow, you won't have anything to eat! ”

Shi Jincai said with a hippie smile: "Don't, this archery is a hard work, if you don't have food, you can't even pull the bow, how can you practice?" ”

Li Yan glared at him and roared, "So take advantage of the fact that you still have food to eat today, and practice hard!" ”

Then he said loudly: "You are all the same, without the six arrows on target, there will be no food!" Qian Er, you are responsible for supervision. "Qian Er is the best archery among the border soldiers, and he can open the bow left and right. Although the archery skills are not as high as Li Yan and his three brothers, they are much stronger than other border soldiers.

"Yes!" Qian Er agreed indifferently and accepted the order.

Li Yan no longer cared about them, but went to train those soldiers who couldn't shoot arrows. Since these soldiers had not practiced bows and arrows before, it was impossible for them to practice them for a while, so it was better to let them practice other simple skills than to waste time.

The so-called three arrows are not as good as a knife, three knives are not as good as a gun, although the knife player is very strong, can attack and defend, but in terms of lethality is still weaker than the spear. Moreover, the spear can defend against the charging of the cavalry, which is even more useful in the battle formation. If the enemy's cavalry is allowed to charge, and the army is scattered, it will be useless. So Li Yan decided to train the soldiers to practice spears first.

However, the spear was held in both hands, and the soldiers could not hold shields, and the defense against bows and arrows was very poor, which was another problem. If they can wear armor with good protection, they can still have a fairly strong ability to survive on the battlefield, but the worst thing is that they don't have a pair of armor in the stockade.

"Lunge straight stab!" After Li Yan taught the soldiers the essentials of movement, he began to shout the password for them to practice, and he guided them from the side and corrected them one by one.

"Kill!" The soldiers let out a loud shout and lunged with their left foot, as they thrust their spears out.

"If the stab is a little higher, aim it at the enemy's chest. The heart and lungs are here, and if you let the enemy take a hit, there will be no chance to stand up again. ”

"Thou, stab quickly, with strength! Can you pierce the enemy's armor with such a softness?! ”

"Step first, then stab straight, and only when you stand firm can you stab out forcefully and accurately!"

……

Li Yan corrected the soldiers one by one, so that the soldiers could grasp the essentials as soon as possible.

Qian Er: They are still shooting arrows in place.

"Shi Jincai, why are you always lazy @Niang@?" Qian Er came to Shi Jincai and scolded: "Everyone else has shot four arrows, but you only shot three arrows, don't you want to eat tomorrow?!" ”

Shi Jincai said nonchalantly: "I have three arrows on target, as long as the seven arrows in the back can go up and three arrows, we will pass the test." ”

"The test will only start tomorrow, if you don't have the luck you have now, don't blame me for not reminding you." Qian Er said lightly, then turned around and left.

Shi Jincai hurriedly grabbed Qian Er and asked, "Second brother, weren't you beaten by that turtle grandson?" Why has he become obedient to him now? ”

Qian Er broke away from Shi Jincai's hand, and said without looking back: "Li Gongzi has the ability, and he is a good person, I will obey him." ”

"If you meet someone more powerful, will you also convince others?" Shi Jincai asked a little discordant.

"Think of your brethren." Qian Er left this sentence and went to supervise the others to shoot arrows.

Shi Jincai whispered to himself in disdain: "Pretending to be quite similar, don't look at calling you a second brother, you won't be able to be the second master in your life!" ”

In the evening, the three brothers discussed in the room.

"Fourth brother, this can't be done," Li Mu said worriedly: "Even if you add the three of us, there are only forty people, and there are too few people." If we encounter a large group of bandits with a few hundred people, we have no other way but to surrender. ”

Li Zhong said: "If only a few pieces of armor were fine, it would be even better to have some crossbows. It's simple, just pull the string and put the arrow on it, take aim, and pull the sling. It only takes two days of training to make the soldiers proficient in the use of arrows, which is much easier than bows and arrows. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Second brother is right, I have already asked Blacksmith Zhou to start building the receiver, everything else is ready, as long as the receiver is ready, you can get the crossbow out." ”

"That's good, with crossbow arrows, we can take advantage of it." Li Mu said happily and loudly.