"Fifth master, wait!"

Hearing the voice from behind, Guo Xing's dashing back trembled.

"It's endless! Heroes spare their lives! Guo Xing'a shouted silently in his heart, and turned back with difficulty.

"Fifth Master, what do you think this thing is?" It was not Mu Shun who stopped Guo Xing'a, but Xishou. Heeju was crouching next to Blue Silk's corpse, picking something out of the small baggage behind him.

"What's that?" It wasn't that Mu Shun was rampage, Guo Xing'a was a lot more relieved, but he still didn't want to get close to Lan Silk's corpse.

"Fifth master, look!" Xishou took out a handcuff-shaped thing from the small baggage, ran to Guo Xing'a, and bowed down to hand it to Guo Xing'a.

"What kind of magic weapon with long hair! Before he started, this man held this thing and gestured to me for a long time. At first, I thought it was a handcuff! It doesn't work at all. Xishou looked like a treasure, which attracted everyone's attention. Mu Shun saw clearly what Xishou handed to Guo Xing'a, and said disdainfully.

"It looks like a musket, can't it go off?" Changlu was also curious.

"If you can't beat it, this man has been gesturing for a while!" Mu Shun was even more disdainful.

Taking the pistol handed to him by Xishou, Guo Xing'a was very happy, and he was no longer afraid of Mu Shun in an instant. What Xishou handed to Goxinga was a * or revolver, the body of which was jet black and somewhat mottled. The main difference from modern revolvers is the thick barrel and the stout pressure lever at the link between the revolver and the barrel. The runner is slightly different from the modern *, probably because of the caliber, there are only five rounds. If you are not able to use fixed ammunition, you need to add * to the runner hole first, then add the projectile, and compact it with a pressure lever under the muzzle, just like the front gun. Then seal the muzzle with grease and install five more * behind the wheel before it can be used.

Guo Xinga carefully examined one pistol, and there were a bunch of unintelligible letters engraved on the gun. It's a pity that it's not English, it's a language that Goxinga doesn't understand. It's not the famous Colt, but I don't know which country imitates the product, and the quality is passable. The bullets are full, but they are not on *, and it seems that Blue Silk is also a person who can't play with guns.

"Good stuff!" Guo Xing'a praised while digging.

"I know that you like this, Fifth Master!" Heeju smiled flatteringly.

Greedy for life and afraid of death, good at running away, careful flattery, good flattery. After Guo Xing'a re-acquainted himself with Changlu, he began to re-acquaint himself with Xishou.

"Smack! Syllable! "Guo Xing'a gave the revolver *, and there were two shots at Mu Shun's feet.

Mu Shun did not move at all with a heroic demeanor, but the people around him retreated with a "ho".

"It's called *, and it can shoot five times in a row!" For the use of modern weapons to educate Mu Daxia, Guo Xing'a felt very cool.

"Ahh It's amazing! Mu Shun still didn't react, but the people around him were amazed.

"He doesn't know how to use a gun, or you'd be dead! Singles and martial arts competitions, hum! Guo Xing'a seemed to be taking revenge on Mu Shun's snort when he asked him to say goodbye.

Mu Shun was silent for a long time and let out a long sigh.

"Now the whole team and clean up the battlefield. Get ready to return to camp! Guo Xing'a raised his eyebrows and exhaled.

"Huh!" Mu Shun was a little depressed.

When Guo Xing'a and Mu Shun were fighting, Xishou didn't watch the excitement on the side, but searched the body of the blue silk again. Found a few small rings and other gold and silver jewelry, Xishou quietly stuffed into his arms. He also held the accessories of the pistol such as the holster, the medicine pot, and the oil box, and went to offer treasures to Guoxinga.

Seeing the loot sent by Xishou, Guo Xing'a was even more happy. Excitedly, he took off his belt in public and put his holster on it. But as soon as the armed belt was untied, Guo Xing'a, who was not wearing a belt, even his pants fell off, and Guo Xing'a, who was holding a pistol and smirking, was unaware. Changlu and Xishou hurriedly squatted in front of Guo Xing'a, helped Guo Xing'a lift his pants, and helped Guo Xing'a tie his armed belt.

"Fifth master, your pants are wet!" Changlu looked at Guo Xing'a with a confused expression, and Mu Shun, who was a little distracted on the side, also looked at it with bright eyes.

"Huh?" There is a wild goose knife hanging on the left, and * is inserted on the right, and the beautiful and bubbling Guoxinga instantly froze on the spot.

"The fifth master is busy killing the enemy and has no time!" Xishou is much more clever than Changlu, and there is no word to make Guo Xing'a uncomfortable.

"Oh! Oh! Right, right! When the fifth master killed the leader of the long-haired bandit just now, he was too ......," Changlu's reaction was half a beat slower.

There was a faint strange smile on the faces of the Qing soldiers around them. People are like this, although they may pee their pants for the first time on the battlefield, and they will be even more unbearable in the face of death. But in the face of people who pee their pants, everyone still has to laugh and despise them.

"Mu Er, the whole team! Return to camp! "Saishana came out very appropriately and gave Goxinga a shame.

Acton and Fengsheng Ah also cleaned up the battlefield and gathered the wounded, and after Mu Shun finished his team, the brigade returned to the Zuoling station one after another.

The garrison of the leader of the army was in a small lonely village, the terrain was not dangerous, and it was just a high ground protruding from a small plain. In the center is a small temple around which there are scattered dwellings. A winding path leads to the village, with a slope of less than five degrees as the terrain undulates. There are some low trees in the roadless wasteland around it, and there are some antlers to resist horses, and many thorn traps are placed. It is thought that the camp was robbed by the Taiping army before, so that the main general was killed, and the Qing army had to strengthen the fortifications.

There is a lot of farmland around the village, but most of it has been deserted. There are not many houses in the village, only less than 30 houses around the small temple, which occupy the center of the highlands. Most of the houses are brick houses, which are scattered, which shows the wealth of the past. An earthen wall more than one meter high was built around the edge of the plateau, but I don't know whether it was built by the original villagers or by the military in the past.

Guo Xing'a was surrounded by everyone and entered the small temple, and he didn't even have time to check the loot, so he was escorted into the main hall by everyone. first met with the left-behind Xiande, Guiwu and others, and then visited the coffins of the cheap father and several brothers. Several of my father's subordinates were crying spirits and old salutes of flag bearers, and they didn't end until midnight. Guo Xing, who completely bid farewell to modern society, also cried in front of the spirit. Missing his parents, mourning his departure from modern life, while crying to escape the fear of an unknown future.

Early the next morning, no one came to disturb Guo Xing'a, and Guo Xing'a was given time to sort out the situation of his subordinates. The people available to the subordinates are not only those who are already familiar with the search team. The only available people added are martial arts master Mu Daxia, and two vests Duosan and Xilab. Xiande and Guiwu are too old, they are all in their sixties, and they should go home to retire.

What surprised Guo Xing'a was the age of the team, except for the two uncles Xiande and Guiwu, who were actually between twenty and thirty years old. Saishan, who has always been called Uncle Sai by Goxinga, is only thirty-three years old, but his red face and beard add to his appearance.

After breakfast, Guo Xing'a, who didn't want to continue to be mediocre after the crossing, summoned all the management in his mind. Saishana and Fengshenga are the cornerstones of the team left by their father, and the two masters of Xiande and Guiwu should also be respected, and Actun, as the upstart in front of Guoxinga, is also honored to attend. Although he looked down on Mu Daxia a little, he still gave Mu Shun a place. As for Changlu, Xishou, Hatan and others, they are not within the scope of the management circle.

The chief butler Sai Shang'a first reported to Guo Xing'a, and Guo Xing'a is currently most concerned about the outcome of the battle. Yesterday, he led his team to participate in the battle with 200 people, plus 32 search teams, a total of 232 people. Forty-seven were killed and fifty-one were wounded. At present, there are 284 surviving soldiers. He was beheaded at the 78th level, captured 29 foreign guns, a bandit flag, and the rest of the knives, guns and equipment were not counted.

At this point, the management meeting was out of Goshinga's control. The old man Xiande took the lead, and everyone praised each other, and laughter and laughter gathered together. Before Guo Xing'a understood, he decided to report to the Jiangnan camp and a series of actions. Guo Xing'a, who was already speechless, could only announce the dissolution of the meeting after asking Fengsheng'a to arrange the victory. After the meeting, he left Cezanne alone to clarify the current situation.

"Uncle Sai, what is the current situation of our leader, what are we doing guarding this village? I don't know yet, so please tell me about it! "Guoxinga gets straight to the point.

"The fifth master is polite! Our leader belongs to the Eight Banners of the Gyeonggi Garrison, and this time we are going south to support the Jiangnan battalion. The military orders currently accepted are nominally to patrol and be on guard, and at the same time to test the reality of the Taiping army. Sezanne replied in a very general way.

"Temptation of the Void and the Truth!" Guo Xinga muttered to himself.

"Huh! The subordinates privately pondered that our leader was thrown out of the Jiangnan camp, I am afraid that it is because of the favor of the old leader. offended the leading figures, so he was driven out to fend for himself. At present, except for going to the Jiangnan camp every month to fool around some equipment supplies, almost no one cares! Sezanne smiled wryly and shook his head.

"The Taiping Army suffered a lot of damage yesterday, what should they do if they come back to retaliate?" Guo Xing'a planned to return to the camp in Jiangnan.

"I don't think so, there is only one brigade of people in the vicinity, only about five hundred. However, they are also wandering around, and the actual battle with us is only about one to two soldiers, but about two hundred people. Yesterday's first-class war was a long hairy loss of soldiers, and they will definitely be powerless to retaliate in the short term. "Seishan's analysis is well-founded.

Goxinga wanted to ask about something else, and Saishana also had limited knowledge. Goxinga had no choice but to send Saishana away, and summoned Acton and Fengshenga to discuss the gains and losses of yesterday's battle.

"Say hello to the fifth master!" After the two entered the door, they saluted Guoxing A.

"Sit down! Let's stop making these false courtesies! "Guo Xinga is still not used to the courtesy of the ancients.

"Fifth Master Xie!" The two of them still have a clear eye.

"Come to you, I want to talk about yesterday's war, let's summarize the gains and losses, and make a post-war summary!" Goxinga spread the paper on the table.

"Fifth Master?" Neither of them understood the meaning of the post-war summary.

"Oh! Let's talk about yesterday's battle and see what was good and what was bad. Lessons learned! Fuquan grinded Guo Xing'a, and Guo Xing'a, who had learned calligraphy in elementary school, drew crookedly on the paper.

"Yesterday's battle was all thanks to the courage of the fifth master, who injured the enemy chief in one fell swoop, and then our army can win a big victory!" Feng Sheng's reaction was quick.

"Yes, yes! The two battles before and after were won by the fifth master's marksmanship! Acton's response was only a glimmer of delay.

"Don't praise me, let's talk like this, we don't have to talk! Said the dry one! Let's summarize these things for the sake of winning the battle in the future, not to praise me. It's about the head, don't be sloppy! Guo Xing'a, who was struggling to control the brush, only waved his hand to the two of them.

"Don't mention the small battle, pick up the big battle and say! Let's do the same! Let's start with the arrival of reinforcements! Goxinga drew progressive arrows on the paper.

"When reinforcements arrived, we took advantage of it. Second Master Mu led everyone to disrupt the long-haired formation at once. Acton was younger, and more in line with Goxinga's wishes, and was the first to calm down and analyze the war.

"But I took advantage of it but didn't keep it, and I almost let the long hair get it back!" Feng Sheng'a also saw that Guo Xing'a was different from others, and hurried to behave in front of Guo Xing'a. Although Fengsheng Ah also has a grade, but within the leader, the leader is the sky. If you don't have a higher backer, you can't have the mind of the leader, but he doesn't have any good fruit to eat.

"What do we rely on to disrupt the enemy's position? Horses? Goxinga has his own answer, but he still wants to hear the views of real soldiers.

"Yes, the fifth master hit the nail on the head! We have more than 300 mules and horses in total, and although the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are not suitable for galloping on horseback, we are still much faster on horseback than on two legs. Mu Erye took everyone to come to the aid on horseback, but Changmao couldn't react, so he was disrupted! "Feng Sheng'a knows a lot about the situation of Zuo Ling.

"I almost lost the victory, and why?" Goxinga made a note of the horses and continued to ask.

"Second Master Mu is in a hurry to save the fifth master, and the formation is also chaotic when he rushes into battle!" Acton was more concerned about the array, and at the same time didn't dare to say that Mu Shun was not.

"Hmmm! Not entirely true! With chaos and chaos, we have the advantage in numbers, but we are still defeated! Goxinga groaned.

"Fifth master, my subordinates have a saying, I don't know if I should say it or not!" Feng Sheng'a was a little hesitant.

"Just say! Let's chat privately, there's nothing we can't say! To put it bluntly, it's to protect our own heads, there's nothing we can't say! Goxinga encouraged.

"Then the subordinate said something that should not be said. Our Eight Banners children are pampered on weekdays, eat hardcore crops, and are used to being idle. The biggest battle on weekdays is to grab a pigeon and fight in a group. Although he is tall, he is just a shell. Mu Erye is so brave and hard-working, and he is the only one out of 10,000. Hartan is just a brute force. To put it bluntly, we flag people are a little sorry for our ancestors. On the side of the long-haired bandits, they are either miners or coolies, and all of them are powerful men. On weekdays, there are a lot of guns and sticks, and some martial arts. A group of young master lambs beat a group of coolies, and it's normal that they can't beat it. "Feng Shenga blushed a little, he is also an expert at pigeons.

"Then what do we rely on to win?" Guo Xinga didn't bother to say much about the incompetence of the banner people.

"Naturally, it's the Fifth Master's Divine Shot!" Acton finally had a chance.

"Yes! The five masters killed the enemy chieftain in a row! It can be regarded as the pride of our flag people! "Fengshen A's ass craftsmanship is much higher than Acton.

"You can rely on me in the future!" Goxing Ah is not confident.

"In the future, when you meet Changmao, the fifth master, you will take down the leader of the bandits, and we will win!" The more Acton spoke, the more excited he became.

"I can't go back to have such good luck!" Goxing muttered.

The two wanted to make sycophants again, but Guo Xing'a shook his hand to stop them. The analysis of the battle between the two is similar to his own, and Guo Xing'a doesn't want to be praised anymore. arranged for Acton to check the current equipment, and asked Feng Sheng'a to send him the foreign guns he had captured yesterday, so he sent the two out.

Writing on paper understood, the current problems of the army, Guo Xing'a fell into deep thought. The chaotic situation is due to the lack of effective management and command structure, and after a few days of familiarization, the reorganization of the contingent is. The physical strength of the troops can also be changed through systematic military training. But what to do if the combat skills of the troops are lacking! If Mu Daxia wants to train martial arts masters, it will definitely not be effective without a year and a half. Goxinga knows some martial arts skills, but he is mostly limited to theory and can't teach others. Military boxing is simple and easy to learn, but unfortunately one Guoxinga does not understand the application of military boxing, and the other weapon combat practice is not suitable for hand-to-hand combat.

The battles I've seen so far are mainly hand-to-hand combat. White-knuckle fighting will inevitably be the mainstream for a period of time in the future, and Guo Xing'a, who has nothing to do, doesn't know what to do.

"Fifth master, the slave will go and sharpen your knife!" Fuquan asked after giving Guoxing Ah the ink again.

"Knives!" A flash of inspiration flashed through Goxinga's mind.

"Fuquan, in the war yesterday, our people used more guns or knives, do you remember?" Goxinga can't remember a little.

"Back to the master, there are many people who use spears!" Fu Quan bowed and replied.

"Fuquan, you go and call Zhang Yi and Han Yu, and find a few people you know well, be smarter!"

"Huh! Master, find as many as you like! ”

"A dozen!" Guo Xinga thought about it.

"Huh!" Fu Quan bowed and retreated.

Not long after Fuquan went out, Feng Shen'a sent the foreign gun he seized yesterday to Guo Xing'a. The bayonets and ammunition were complete, but they greatly disappointed Goxinga. With the precedent of capturing the sleepy insect Enfield, Guo Xing'a has always hoped to seize more advanced firearms, and at the same time, he also thinks that the Taiping army is equipped with advanced weapons of the same kind. The twenty-nine rifles sent by Ke Fengsheng A can be called varied. Twenty flintlock guns, half of them for smoothbore and half rifled guns, and some may have even participated in the Napoleonic Wars, and Goxinga didn't bother to look at them. Of the nine firing guns, there is still one good one. It's similar to Goxinga's rifle, but it may be French, and I can't see the specific brand. The other eight shots, although they are also rifled guns, are all old guns of ten or twenty years.

Guo Xing'a left these cultural relic-level "treasures" and sent Fengsheng'a away, and at the same time asked Fengsheng'a to help him find a blacksmith. The smoothbore gun can only be reprocessed by itself, find a way to create a broach and engrave the rifling yourself!

Fuquan also brought more than a dozen Baoyi to the courtyard, asked Zhang Yi and Han Yu to lead them to stand in the courtyard and wait, and went into the house to talk back to Guo Xing'a. Guo Xing'a had to organize his spirit again, let Fuquan give everyone a broken hair pistol and a bayonet, and stand in the courtyard to do military training for his first wave of students.

"Say hello to the fifth master!" Everyone in the courtyard saluted Guoxing A thousand times together, and it was neat!

"Excuse me!" Guo Xing'a was still not used to the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty.

"Fifth Master Xie!" The neatness of the crowd, some of the soldiers looked.

"These fifteen of you are my guard squad, Fuquan will be your squad leader from today onwards, and Zhang Yi and Han Yu will be the deputy squad leaders." Goxinga took a rough count of the number of people.

"Huh!" Everyone has the deference that is unique to the flag people.

"Fifth Master Xie!" The three of them saluted and thanked Guo Xing'a alone.

"I'm going to teach you a lot of things from now on, so that you can learn to be a soldier. Start with the first item today! "Guo Xing'a, who gave a lecture for the first time, was very uncomfortable and a little nervous.

"Fifth Master Xie!" The guard squad is like a robot puppet.

"The first item of the day! Spike! Goxinga roared hard.