After half a year of hard work, the wind and rain were smooth this summer, and the fields were full of heavy rice, and after the autumn harvest, the food shortage since the end of Chongzhen could finally be alleviated.

While the farmer was plowing in the autumn, the officials had a heated discussion and had polar opinions.

On this day, Qian Bangqi suggested: "My lord, since ancient times, the four (Sichuan) have been divided into the upper Sichuan and the lower Sichuan.

In the defeat of Haogro Luohun, the barbarian Qing Dorobelenikan, Mandahai and others packed up the remnants of the defeated army and garrisoned Hanzhong, and now Dolgon has ordered Wu Sangui to lead his troops into Guanzhong, if I don't occupy Hanzhong before Wu Sangui arrives, then I am afraid that the Tartars will pose a threat to my four (Sichuan) with the advantage of the terrain. ”

Many people have their own melancholy, although the war is important, but the internal governance is more important, thinking of the destruction of the people's livelihood by the war, Yin Chengqi shook his head again and again: "My lord, don't do this."

Now the situation in Yunnan is far from being calm, not to mention the internal contradictions of our Ming army, just say that Sun Kewang retreats into southern Yunnan, Shadingzhou retreats to Mengzi, and they can make a comeback at any time.

Let's talk about our four (Sichuan), Zhu Rongfan of the Chu royal family, Cheng Yuan arrived in eastern Sichuan from Shizhouwei in the middle of the military department, and claimed to be the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, not only to ask the adults to obey his orders, but also to collude with Yu Dahai, Li Zhanchun and others many times, and the situation in the whole four (Sichuan) is also quite unclear. ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Brother Yin, our enemy is the Tartars, not the Liukou, and not the other Ming army departments.

I became the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu with military merits, and it is normal for some people to have pink eye and not get used to it, if they are willing to fight the Tartars with me, I will raise my hands and drink with joy.

As for those who are sabotaging behind their backs and sabotaging the great cause of fighting against the Tartars, I think people of insight in the world will oppose it. ”

The troops were immediately ordered to prepare and start the Northern Expedition after the autumn ploughing.

As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, the last year of Chongzhen four (Sichuan) in a year after year, the grain shortage in various places, although now basically calmed down, the military and civilians, the displaced people in various places reclaimed a large number of wasteland for tuntian, but just like a very weak patient, the foundation is very weak, and it takes many times to plan to collect grain and grass to transport to the front.

In order to gather the grain and grass needed for the Northern Expedition, Yang Lin was anxious to calculate all day, sent officials to various places to investigate grain production and grain conditions, and relied on river and land transportation to transport grain to major granaries.

In addition to collecting food, the more important military training, after several years of training, especially through the initial training of middle and lower-ranking officers in the Zhongyong Hall, the Volunteer Army took on the prototype of a modern army.

When I came to the third town on this day, I heard a burst of passwords from the station from a distance.

In the past, although generals would also manage troops through various military orders, most of the people who gave orders were the commanders of the army, and the others were just obedient.

After four years of training and campaigning, the Volunteers have established a relatively complete training mechanism.

In the morning and evening, the battalion officers are mostly dispatched, and at other times, the sentry officers (brigade leaders), sentry commanders (squadron leaders), and sergeants (squad leaders) below lead their officers and men to train.

The command was loud and loud, and Yang Lin felt a burst of relief, and quickly led the escort team to the camp gate.

In front of the hill is a huge military camp, which is separated by a fence to avoid disturbing the people, so as to facilitate management.

Long Zhijiao, the deputy general of the 3rd town, led a group of people to wait outside the gate, and hurriedly greeted Yang Lin when he saw him coming.

Turned over and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to the guards beside him, pressed the handle of the knife with one hand and shook his head with the whip in the other, and said: "Vice General Long, since the establishment of the Volunteer Army, I have repeatedly emphasized the honor of soldiers, everyone's training is important, don't delay everyone's training." ”

Long Zhijiao sorted out his military appearance and bowed upright: "My lord's requirements are so strict, how dare I delay the training in the army?"

Most of these brothers who came to greet them were old brothers from the past, and most of them were generals in the army, thousands of generals, guerrillas, and so on.

The daily training is mostly carried out by the team leader, squadron leader, and squad leader, who are mainly responsible for the supervision of the army, and there is no major delay at this moment. ”

Looking at the generals waiting next to him, Yang Lin's face slowed down slightly and said: "Brothers, after this great victory over the Tartars, all the ministries have been expanded, and the brothers have either given birth to officials or will be promoted in the future."

Brothers, promotion is not a good thing, promotion is often to promote a person from a suitable, excellent position to an unsuitable position, brothers have a great responsibility, brothers don't slack off. ”

Qian Bangxin, the overseer next to him, shook his head and said, "My lord, this, this is also a bit unbelievable, right?" ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Prison Army, let me tell you if this is the case?"

Just like that Liu Sanwa, although she was tall and powerful, she didn't know anything when she first joined the army, she didn't know anything, and many people complained to me at that time that Sanwa didn't know how to use brute strength.

The three children are diligent and willing to learn, and he often practices for two hours and three hours when others practice for one hour, so that after three months, not only are the skills among the best in the team, but also have killed the enemy many times on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions.

So promoted to squad leader, squadron leader, he should have been promoted to captain last year because of merit, but some people thought that the other party did not have limited reading and literacy, but Vice General Long recommended him to enter Zhongyong Hall to study.

Half a year later, although he can only write a few dozen words at present, and can recognize more than 100 words, most of what the coach said can be understood, and he can lead the team more heartily, and at the beginning of the year, he fought bravely and killed many enemies in the battle with the Tartars, and was promoted to deputy general after the expansion of the army. ”

Looking at the honest and sturdy man in front of him, Qian Bangqi smiled and said: "What the adults said is right for the generals below, in just four or five years, Liu Sanwa has been trained from a simple and honest peasant boy to a brave and resourceful deputy general of the volunteer army, which is indeed gratifying." ”

patted Liu Sanwa's shoulder heavily, and Yang Lin smiled: "Now that the Tatars have invaded the Central Plains, our volunteer army needs to thrive in order to resist and protect the armed forces of the people."

Not only myself, but also everyone here and all of your men.

In the process of growth and maturity, everyone will not be at first, very unfamiliar, you need to use your brains, you need to study hard, you will never come to the meeting, step by step, thrive. ”

Who in the world complains about being promoted and getting rich? Hearing Yang Lin say this, everyone said yes one after another.

Entering the barracks and coming to the training ground, seeing that everyone was training in squads, squadrons, and brigades, Yang Lin looked at it carefully, and asked the surrounding generals by the way.

Seeing Yang Lin's face turn from sunny to gloomy, Long Zhijiao explained: "My lord, although this brigade has been formed for two months, in the past few months, everyone has mainly carried out tun farming, and there is less training, so the queue is not neat. ”

Yang Lin beckoned, called several squad leaders and squadron leaders over, and asked: "Brothers, you may feel quite strange, other departments have not paid much attention to the training of military posture and grooming, why do our volunteers pay so much attention to the training of military posture and grooming in the queue?" ”

Yang Biao saluted and replied: "My lord, let the team look neat and tidy, so that the people have confidence in us." ”

Yang Lin shook his head and replied: "Captain Yang, not only that, it looks neat, the people have confidence in us, this is superficial kung fu, and we volunteers don't play superficial kung fu."

Everyone came from all over the world, and before joining the Volunteer Army, the situation was different, some were farmers, some were apprentices, some were homeless, and the situation was completely different.

Since we are now volunteers, we must look like volunteers, we must twist people with different ideas into a rope, and in training, on the battlefield, we must achieve the same desire and hatred of the enemy, only in this way can we defeat the large number of soldiers and horses of the green battalion, and only then can we hold our position in the flood of enemy cavalry, and not collapse at the touch of a button, as in the past.

As long as we see the outfit of the volunteers, we will admit in our hearts that although we have no flesh and blood kinship, in training, we are brothers shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield.

In the queue training, I have to be consistent with my brothers in front of and behind me, and in the release I have to be consistent with my brothers in the same column, and in the process of hand-to-hand combat, the brothers around me will be my most trusted partners.

Brothers, you must firmly remember that this military appearance and this queue training are not superficial efforts, not to have face in front of the big girl, but to represent the honor of our soldiers, on behalf of our belonging, on behalf of our determination to be able to unite and hate the same enemy. ”

Hearing this, everyone was ashamed, and the one on the side always came out to admit their mistakes and promised to correct them.

I looked at the training facilities in the army, such as horizontal bars, parallel bars, stone bells, single-plank bridges, trenches, sandbags, shooting ranges, etc., although there were in the past, but there were many more in the past.

Yang Lin stopped from time to time to communicate with the training team leader, although some of the soldiers were nervous, they were still very willing to talk.

After turning around like this and returning to the platform, Long Zhijiao leaned in and said: "My lord, every time you go to the barracks, you have to name two brigades to conduct hand-to-hand combat drills, do you still watch it this time?" ”

Returning to his seat, he looked at the generals who were waiting beside him and said: "Of course, this needs to be seen, in the face of a weak brigade, the release of the gun may scare the other party away, but if you really face a first-class strong enemy, in addition to disrupting the opponent's formation, it is close hand-to-hand combat."

The biggest difference from other Ming armies is the courage to kill the enemy, other Ming armies may also be able to contend with strong enemies from a long distance, but when the opponent kills hand-to-hand combat, it is often crushed at the touch of a button.

The real powerhouse is not only able to kill the enemy, but the most important thing is to defeat the strong enemy through hand-to-hand combat.

From now on, everyone must firmly remember this sentence, that is, the use of guns is a trick, the bayonet is a kung fu, and the real hero of the enemy is killed. ”

When the surrounding generals heard this, they all hugged their fists and replied: "Letting go is a trick, bayonet is kung fu, and slashing and killing the enemy is a true hero."

During the preparation of the two brigades, Qian Bangxin next to him smiled, as if he was mocking Yang Lin's mediocre kung fu, and he was only good at accurate marksmanship.

Yang Lin's face did not change his color and his heart did not beat, standing in front to watch the two teams fight in close quarters, although the scene was very warm, and everyone was also carrying out assassination drills, but there was always a feeling that the skills were not refined and there was a lack of cooperation between each other.

Since the biggest enemy is the Manchurian Tatar cavalry, in addition to the infantry hand-to-hand combat drills, the most important thing is to be able to withstand the impact of the Tatar cavalry.

In the past, people could easily face the Tartar cavalry in hilly areas by relying on the slopes and terrain, but now the tactics of practicing on the plains are nothing more than firing guns, throwing stumbling nails, throwing thunderstorms, and digging horse pits, while hand-to-hand combat can only rely on courage, determination, and mutual coordination.

Everyone also admits this, but as Long Zhijiao said, everyone has different backgrounds, and some of them are very good at kung fu, and they often fight alone on the battlefield, and they are unwilling to cooperate with others.

There are many hand-to-hand combat tactics of the volunteers, such as the frontal three-talent formation, the four-talent formation blocking, and the triangular attack during the counterattack, although it seems simple, but how flexible it is really ever-changing, it takes months of effort.

Actual combat is a real good teacher in life, in the past, we were stationed in the hills of northern Sichuan, there were many wild beasts in the forests, and everyone experienced it through hunting, and now we are stationed in the plains.

After the infantry and cavalry confrontation drill, the last is to release the gun, although Yang Lin shouted the bird gun to take the trick, bayonet kung fu, kill the enemy cavalry real hero, but unlike the past strong army, the biggest feature of the volunteer army is the sharpness of firearms.

A squad stepped forward and fired at the target in front of 100 paces, and the one who hit all three shots was a sharpshooter, which was a rule set by Qi Jiguang a hundred years ago.

Just like the world shooting champions in China in the previous life, many people are not good-looking, but they are particularly accurate in shooting, and each squad is happy to have sharpshooters who hit all three shots, which is really not easy in the era of black powder with smoothbore guns (40-50 meters to break heavy armor, 80 meters to hurt soldiers without armor).

Today's inspection bumped and bumped, but there were no major mistakes, and after seeing the dragon frame on his side, Yang Lin thought about it and decided to give it another try, that is, let these sharpshooters have a competition.

Everyone aimed at the moving target and began to release the guns at the same time to see who could finish the three guns in one hundred shots.

The dragon's frame was shocked and arched; "My lord, this, this has not been reviewed like this in the past."

Glaring at the other party, Yang Lin shook his head and said, "Long Zhijiao, you are the governor or I am the governor of the governor, how to review it is my business."

How do you want to be reviewed, wait until you become a governor in the future, what are you doing this time? ”

Sticking out their tongues, everyone lined up, and after the barrel was inspected by the school officer, with the wave of the command flag, a dozen soldiers desperately loaded ammunition, lit the arquebus, and then aimed and fired.

Surprisingly, one of the soldiers was very fast, and he started to aim and shoot when the others had just reloaded the gunpowder, so that he had already shot the third gun when the others had just finished firing the second gun.

Compared with everyone, the only fly in the ointment is that the third gun is slightly weaker and misses the target.

Yang Lin rewarded the soldiers who took the lead in completing the three targets, and when he returned to the Chinese army's big tent, he asked Long Zhijiao to find the fastest person to miss the target.

Looking at the middle-sized and honest man in front of him, after first asking his name, place of origin, enlistment time, and the unit he belonged to, Yang Lin smiled and said: "He Jiushao, I see that you are quite unconvinced in the daytime competition, tell me where you lost?" ”

He Jiushao arched his hand and said: "Lord Constitution, the villain is mainly deliberately seeking performance, and the second one is released without building the lead, so it misses the target." ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "The most important thing for musketeers is to aim and shoot, that is, the speed of loading ammunition, which is a bit like what everyone often says, you can't have both, you tell me, how do you do it." ”

He Jiushao said with a smile on his face when he heard this: "My lord, since we joined the army, in addition to queue training, we have wiped the guns and memorized the mantra.

One washes the gun, two medicines, three medicines, four leads, five leads, six papers, seven papers, eight open doors, nine medicines, ten press the fire rope, and eleven listen to the order to open the fire door.

Two of them, four lead, and six paper need to be built with a cane, and each time this is not only troublesome, but also often rushed.

The lowly duty is wondering if the three actions can be completed together, that is, after putting down the gunpowder, lead, and paper respectively, and then building it with a wooden staff. ”

Shocked in his heart, Yang Lin ordered him to demonstrate in public, only to see him take out the paper bag containing gunpowder from the bamboo tube and bite it through it, pour the gunpowder into it, then take out the lead from the lead bag and put it in, and finally stuff the bitten paper bag into the barrel, tamp it and launch it.

Feeling a tightness in his heart, he felt that this He Jiushao's firing method was consistent with his own firing method when he first joined the army, looked up at the other party, and saw that the other party's whole person looked very honest, looked at the barrel of the gun and asked: "My lord, in the past, it was enough to build it back and forth five times, and the villain built it ten times, and he was often in a hurry and didn't build it." ”

Seeing the other party like this, Yang Lin's eyes lit up, it was okay to build solid three times in the past, so it should be okay to put gunpowder, lead, and projectiles in one time.

If that's the case, it's a paper bullet, and you can wrap gunpowder and lead together with kraft paper, and when you fire it, you just need to bite through the kraft paper, and then load the gunpowder, lead, and paper together and tamp it together.

If this is improved, the Musketeer's firing speed will be increased by at least 2 times, and if so, there is no need to fear the opposing cavalry.

Feeling that his face was flushed, Yang Lin almost wanted to study this aspect immediately, but he still shook his head again and again after thinking about it, if the Tartars peeked into such a tactic, I am afraid it would not be a blessing for the volunteers.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin decided to transfer He Jiushao to the guard town, and under the guidance of Wang Gao, the general manager, he studied how to avoid the dampness of gunpowder and studied quickly