The next step is for the soldiers to start the real person training, take off the head of the short gun, wrap the white ash in cloth, and conduct the sparring, after the practice, according to the position of the white ash and how much to judge the victory or defeat, of course, the instructor can stop at any time during the practice, such as the head and neck shot is judged to be negative, stop directly, and if the leg is shot, you can fight again, each battle results will be counted, and those with excellent results will let them train one person to two or even more people.

As Zhu Youxiao expected, the soldiers' learning speed became faster and faster, and Wang Tiqian first asked every literate eunuch to tell the soldiers that those with poor literacy scores could not become officers, which also made the enthusiasm of the soldiers in Beijing to learn culture extremely high.

After three months of training and study, the day finally came for the selection of officers. In the early morning of that day, all the soldiers stood in the school yard, crowding the huge school yard, but it was as quiet as no one, which made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

Zhu Youxiao personally took the stage to speak, and he took a big horn made of iron sheets, which can play a role in amplifying sound to a certain extent.

He first turned his right hand upwards towards the soldiers, turned his body left and right, and then shouted: "All for the sake of Da Ming!" ”

The soldiers also raised their hands and saluted, and replied violently: "All for the Ming Dynasty, all for the emperor!" ”

"What we are doing today in the camp is something that no one has ever done before, and I believe that when you are old, when you gossip with your children and grandchildren, you will definitely tell them that you have experienced a grand event of selecting officers entirely by ability, and I need an army that can fight, not a waste who lives in a high position in the shadow of your fathers and ancestors, and you will witness this historical moment, the great moment when our Ming Dynasty is back to glory. Now begins the selection of officers. ”

The generals led the soldiers to start applauding, and the thunderous applause echoed across the school field, startling the birds in the trees next to them. Ming officers are generally hereditary, your father mentioned ordinary military households, if there are no extremely special circumstances, or if you have made meritorious service in wartime and the officials have not been greedy for your merits, you will be an ordinary military household for the rest of your life. And now as long as you train well, it is possible to become an officer, such a good thing is really groundbreaking in the Ming Dynasty.

After the applause of the soldiers gradually subsided, Zhu Youxiao retreated, and Lu Qin stepped forward and shouted: "All of them, sit down in place." There was some commotion as the soldiers sat down, but it quickly fell silent.

Lu Qin continued: "In accordance with the decree of the Holy Lord, today the Beijing camp will conduct an open selection of officers at all levels. There is only one criterion for selection, results! After more than three months of training and study, we counted the results and selected them according to their grades. The total score is 60 percent of the training results, and the 40 percent of the academic performance, which is the great grace of the saints, and you do not need to be excluded because of the problem of family background, as long as you are willing to train hard, study hard, train well, and know more words, you can become an officer. “

"Please all the elected officers and all the soldiers to understand that only our Holy God can give everyone such an opportunity, we are the Holy New Army, and we must always be loyal to the Holy One and fight for the Holy One! Everything is for the Ming Dynasty, everything is for the emperor. ”

After the soldiers below shouted another slogan, the selection officially began. The first thing to do was the selection of battalion commanders and battalion deputies, and 12 battalion commanders and 12 battalion deputies were selected according to the overall results from high to low. Let them choose freely and build into twelve pairs. According to their interests and specialties, they were divided into six infantry battalions, four cavalry battalions, and two artillery battalions.

Then Lu Qin said: "Let's start to choose the director and the deputy of the bureau, pay attention, I will read your name, after you hear the name, choose one of the twelve battalion commanders and deputy battalion in the back, stand in a row behind them, pay attention to the words on the sign, what kind of soldier do you want to be, you have to choose the same word on the sign, don't make a mistake, you can't change it if it's wrong." ”

Zhu Youxiao felt that in this era, the relationship between fellow villagers and even relatives should be very useful in the army, so he came up with such a method. People will always choose people they know relatively well to huddle together, and this will be more united in battle.

Lu Qin read slowly, and the person who heard his name stood up, with a look of disbelief on his face, and then began to look for the battalion commander or battalion deputy he knew well, and the result was generally satisfactory. A few special circumstances, such as too many or too few bureau chiefs in a battalion, were all adjusted by Zhou Yuji and others, and they were quickly resolved.

In this way, after the officers at the divisional, flag, and team levels were selected, the time was close to noon. From the emperor to the soldiers, not a single person quit halfway. The selection of soldiers in the last step is relatively simple, because when they line up first, they are divided according to their origins, so although this is the largest number of people, it is the fastest step in grouping.

After the camp was arranged according to the new structure, it was once again inspected by the emperor in the school grounds. Zhu Youxiao personally handed over a battalion flag to the battalion commander, the battalion flag is very simple, it is written on the first battalion of infantry, the first battalion of cavalry, the second battalion of artillery or something, Zhu Youxiao was originally going to paint bayonets, cannons, horses or something on it, and then he wanted to embroider it in the harem when he got married, so it became as simple as it is now. The battalion commander took the battalion flag and saluted, and the soldiers of the entire battalion shouted together: "All for the Ming Dynasty, all for the emperor." Then he walked in unison in front of the emperor, and throughout the process, Zhu Youxiao maintained a saluting posture.

At noon, Zhu Youxiao ate in the Beijing camp, and the soldiers felt that they were simply dreaming when they saw the emperor and the officers eating the same food as themselves.

After dinner, Colonel Zhu You convened a meeting of officers above the battalion level, and decided that Yang Guangkui would take overall responsibility, and that Yang Guanggao would lead two artillery battalions, Lu Qin would lead four cavalry battalions, and Zhou Yuji would lead six infantry battalions. There are three main training tasks for the Beijing battalion in the future: First, it is necessary to continue to carry out cultural study, especially to raise the number of literate officers to 500 characters, and second, to start platoon training; in the era of cold weapons, platoon training is very important, and on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of soldiers who have left the organization can be regarded as zero. Thirdly, in addition to continuing to train all regular soldiers in short-shot assassination, cavalry and artillery should also be trained in horsemanship and artillery maneuvering, and infantry should be trained in flintfire guns.