Fortunately, although Xiao Xuan's preparation for such a thing was not sufficient, it could not be said that he was completely unprepared. At least ten of the cronies who had followed were not only armoured, but each of them was carrying five short-fire guns loaded with ammunition. Each of the short fire door guns was filled with forty selected and polished iron sand particles of about one gram. This kind of shotgun test is specifically designed to deal with medium and close encounters.

Under the heavy fire, more than 20 people who came to make trouble were knocked to the ground in a short period of time, and these large iron sands, with the blessing of the close speed of twice the speed of the bow and crossbow, often had a miraculous effect on the "unarmored people" who had no protection. It seemed that the hundreds of people who had been prepared for a long time were completely repulsed in a short time under this fierce fire.

At this time, more and more people rushed over. In particular, more than 20 horsemen led by Tian Xiuying held a meeting to outflank them from both flanks. Of course, these cavalry were nothing in front of tens of thousands of people, but most of the young men who came to enlist were not smashing into battle, and they were unarmed, and most of them knew a little about the unusual status of this yamen, so except for some commotion at the beginning. Under the siege of these cavalry from the flank and a few street corners, there was no rout for the time being, and there was no big mess.

It didn't take too long, and the entire recruit battalion that had been alerted to the warning, except for the three squads left behind by each squadron, more than 300 officers and men rushed over in full armor. The team of the Imperial Horse Supervisor who rushed over to suppress the formation also increased to more than 200 people.

It is difficult for a few dozen heavily armed people to control tens of thousands of people, even in the face of people who are not hostile and do not intend to confront them. But five or six hundred heavily armed men faced twenty or thirty thousand men, and as long as the latter were not generally hostile and armed, they would have the ability to control and maintain order relatively tightly.

Xiao Xuan's thoughts also regained their calm at this time, and he suddenly thought that this kind of scene was probably an opportunity to test the psychological quality of these young recruits. Under normal circumstances, such opportunities are hard to come by.

Therefore, at this time, he did not have much concern and ordered: "These traitors who tried to kill the king, all of them who have ink on their faces or bodies, are all arrested one by one, except for some people who left them as clues, the rest are all executed on the spot!" ”

For a while, the recruiting place near the Imperial Horse Prison became a Shura field, and about every minute, three or five people were caught from the crowd by heavily armed officers and soldiers, and they were executed on the spot with knives and guns in the crowd. Even according to Xiao Xuan's requirements, it is not enough to just look dead on the surface, and further corpses must be broken.

Under this purge, many teenagers felt great fear and nervousness. Of course, the mentality of these teenagers is still slightly better than that of ordinary adults on the whole, and a considerable number of them feel that they have no ink on them, and these things have nothing to do with them.

Such people were also questioned by the officers and men. Under the pressure of asking in person and even planning to take them away, most of these people also seemed to be afraid.

According to the rough estimate of the standard of choosing one out of ten, a total of more than 2,700 teenagers who seemed to have decent mental quality were quickly selected, which was also much faster than Xiao Xuan's previous prediction.

Only two or three thousand people were selected instead of the two thousand people originally planned, and the reason was that Xiao Xuan thought that the "interview" was likely not to solve all the problems, and it would be more reasonable for some people to be eliminated in the trial. Moreover, the eliminated people can also be used as the necessary combat personnel for a complete ancient combat unit.

If the expanded team were to rely on only 2,500 instead of 3,000, it would obviously look a little thin.

The accidents and turmoil encountered during the expansion of the army and the conscription also made Xiao Xuan feel that some things could not be delayed any longer, and the sooner the better. It is necessary to get the maximum amount of military resources into their own hands before certain forces in Beijing react.

"How many general cannons in the entire Imperial Horse Prison can be used according to the charge standards of the previous training and test at least two hundred and fifty catties and less than five hundred catties? What about the whole capital? Seeing that the sky had not completely darkened at this time, Xiao Xuan asked Pang Tianshou. This is also just a matter of urgency, and Xiao Xuan did not expect to get a positive answer right now.

However, unexpectedly, perhaps the significance of artillery of this nature in the army in this era is underestimated, even if it is a few hundred pounds of body tube, about one-tenth of the specifications of the Hongyi cannon field artillery are only a handful and very important in most places. Therefore, Pang Tianshou was very lucky and not a layman: "There are still two doors in the Imperial Horse Prison, but the quality is not as good as before, so the slave maid was not taken out at the beginning." Among the battalions in Beijing, there should be more than a dozen guards who can still fight. . . There are more than a dozen, but I don't know how the maintenance of those guns is... ”

Seeing that Xiao Xuan seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied, Pang Tianshou continued: However, the gunpowder that is still acceptable for safekeeping, there should be some here in the Imperial Horse Prison. It should be enough to launch scatters. If there are ten doors that can be used, 500 rounds should still be guaranteed...

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan's heart calmed down a little. In fact, artillery is the only way to support such an army that has not been too well trained to form combat effectiveness at the fastest speed. However, having learned the previous lesson, this time Xiao Xuan did not expect to send a few people with his temporary will to get things done, but launched the operation in three ways as quickly as possible. All the way to the Shenji Battalion with the hundreds of elites drawn out by the Imperial Horse Supervisor as the core, all the way to the Shenshu Battalion with the 300 officers and soldiers who fought outside the remaining troops of the new battalion as the core, and Xiao Xuan personally led the team to the decent guards in the Beijing camp to "grab artillery" and "grab ordnance". There is also a route where Wang Chengen personally led another group of people and horses in the Imperial Horse Prison to the Fifth Army Camp as the core. Under the uncompromising and decisive action, he finally approached the Shenshu Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the Fifth Army Camp before it got dark.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Jingying has been declining many times, and people of insight have also had many rectifications in extraordinary periods, and the most recent rectification is in the middle and late stages of Wanli. However, by this time, it seems that the normal state has returned. It's just that the state seems to be better than Xiao Xuan expected. I have heard before that the Beijing army is often the most unbearable team, and it may not be possible to avoid vulgarity when I think of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the late Ming Dynasty. However, there are a few decent guards in the pivotal camp that he led the men and horses to assault. Even if I saw some people stationed and drilled, it seems that it may not be in line with the facts to say that the Beijing battalion at this time has no combat effectiveness at all. However, for Xiao Xuan at this time, this may not be a good thing.