On the official road from Liuyang to Pingjiang, an army of tens of thousands of people was marching north, and several red flags fluttering in the wind showed that they were the official soldiers of the imperial court.

The momentum of tens of thousands of troops was astonishing, the ranks were stretched out for more than ten miles, the cavalry and horses were staggered, the infantry footsteps were stacked, the baggage vehicles creaked and creaked into a string, and the dust on the official road was flying, like an earth dragon slowly moving forward.

The people who passed by had long been far away, and hid in the shadows to look curiously, since the Qing army went south to Huguang, the officers and soldiers have always run south, and suddenly a team going north appeared, which surprised them very much.

As I got closer, I gradually saw that this army was a little different from other officers and soldiers, most of them were in rags, with mixed weapons and equipment, and the soldiers all had wide faces and large skeletons, and they seemed to be men from the north, and their weather-beaten faces revealed a fierce spirit, which showed that they were all veterans of a hundred battles.

This team is the once famous Dashun Army, the peasant army that has just broken away from He Tengjiao, including Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tichun, Zhang Nai, and other departments.

This was the result of Wang Kefan's single-handedness, and after he arrived in Liuyang, he used Cheng Jiubo's head as a stepping stone, and repeatedly lobbied the main generals of the Dashun army, trying to prevent them from surrendering to the Manchus. After heated discussions, the generals of the Dashun army finally reached an agreement, except for Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai, everyone else went north together to join Li Guo and fight against the Qing army.

This peasant army is the old foundation of the Dashun army, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Ming army, although it is missing Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai, and there are still 50,000 or 60,000 horses. Wang Kefan's strength is not enough now, his official position is not high, and his territory is not large, so he is not able to absorb this army for the time being, but in order to protect Liliang, who resisted the Qing Dynasty, he still did his best to provide them with necessary help.

In real history, there was a split after this army broke away from He Tengjiao, and most of the generals surrendered to Tong Yanghe, because the Qing side insisted that they shave their heads, and then anyway, they went to join forces with Li Guo, and suffered great losses. Liu Tichun, who had the strongest troops, was unwilling to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he led more than 30,000 people to pull the flag and go alone, all the way back to Shaanxi, failed to attack Xi'an, and the remnants returned to Hubei, becoming one of the thirteen families in Kuidong.

According to the point of view of later generations, Tian Jianxiu and others belong to the backward comrades who need to be pulled, pushing him will slide to the enemy, and pulling him will return to the revolutionary ranks, the enemy is too strong, we must unite all the liliang who can be united, and helping him is to help Wang Kefan himself.

Thanks to his efforts, this peasant army avoided splitting and unnecessary losses, and the development of history gradually deviated from its original trajectory......

After marching all the way through the Pingjiang River, Wang Kefan took the peasant army to Tongcheng to rest, and the army camped outside the city, and several major generals and their personal soldiers entered the city to rest. This is to show sincerity, and secondly, after several wars ravaged the city, the city is dilapidated, the population is not large, and the peasant army of tens of thousands of horses occupies this place and cannot gain a foothold.

Although the number of peasant troops was large, Wang Kefan had already prepared for it, and there was no problem in treating them with a full meal, so he sent a batch of grain, grass, pigs and sheep to reward the army that night, and set up wine to entertain the peasant army generals, and did not disperse to rest until the excitement was exhausted.

Early the next morning, Wang Kefan got up early and went out to exercise with his own soldiers according to his usual habits. first ran to warm up, and then spear assassination training, Wang Kefan was also like an ordinary soldier, holding a spear and repeatedly stabbing him.

At this time, a few people walked by from afar, led by Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun, and a few personal soldiers watched the Gongyi battalion drill with great interest.

Wang Kefan greeted him: "Mianhou (Yuan Zongdi), General Liu, you are all generals of a hundred battles, can you give me some guidance on the marksmanship of the officers and men in my battalion." ”

This is not a polite remark, the spear tricks of the Gongyi battalion were born from the PLA's stabbing jishu, because the weapon and the battlefield environment are completely different, the action is somewhat deformed, and the actual effect is also discounted a lot. Since I have met Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun, who are experts in cold weapons, I just asked them to do a favor and see if there is anything that can be improved.

"Okay, you let them practice again, and we'll take a closer look."

Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun had straightforward personalities, and they didn't prevaricate, so they concentrated on watching the spear assassination of the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion, and gradually, Yuan Zongdi's brows furrowed, his expression became more and more serious, and he seemed to have encountered something puzzled.

"Yuntai, who taught this marksmanship used by the sergeant of your battalion?"

"What's wrong?" Wang Kefan didn't want to show his bottom and asked directly.

"Although there are only a few moves, this marksmanship is concise and practical, fast, liliang big, just seeking to kill with one hit, it is by no means a flower frame in the rivers and lakes and green forests, but a marksmanship used to fight on the battlefield." Yuan Zongdi said: "This marksmanship is a great achievement, it should be a family heirloom after a famous general, and it took several generations of hard work to temper it, with my vision and skills, I can't find anything wrong." ”

He hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "However, this marksmanship seems to be more suitable for chaotic battles, not for battle formations, if there are three or five people covering each other and cooperating, the most powerful......"

Wang Kefan nodded, and secretly praised Yuan Zongdi's vision in his heart, of course the PLA would not fight in formation, and they would also form a stabbing team in a white-knuckle battle to cover each other.

"This is strange, all the strong armies in the world are fighting in formation, if the formation is chaotic, no matter how strong the marksmanship is, it is useless, why spend effort to create such a set of marksmanship?" Yuan Zongdi frowned, looking like he couldn't figure it out even if he wanted to.

"Mianhou, is there really no way to improve?" Wang Kefan was more concerned about how to increase the power of the spear array.

"This ...... Saw the barrel of the gun two feet shorter. Yuan Zongdi finally came up with an idea: "The power of this marksmanship is all in the forward stabbing, the barrel of the gun is too long, the hair of the gun is floating, the power is naturally insufficient, and it is ......much more suitable for sawing two feet short."

"No!" Liu Tichun suddenly spoke: "This marksmanship should be used in the battle formation, sawing two feet short, the soldiers in the back row will not be able to stab the enemy, at most half a foot short." ”

"By the way, I should have heard what Erhu said, he is a great expert in making guns." Yuan Zongdi is good at using bamboo whips, marksmanship is average, and the two tigers in his mouth are Liu Tichun's nickname in the Dashun army, in order to distinguish him from Li Guo's "one tiger".

"This marksmanship needs to be improved, and only footwork can be added." Liu Tichun replied.

"With footwork, isn't that a mess of the gun formation?" Yuan Zongdi shook his head again and again.

"I haven't thought about it yet, let them practice two more times, and I'll think about it again." Liu Tichun took the spear in Wang Kefan's hand and followed the soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion to assassinate him, but the movements under his feet gradually changed.

His right foot remained still, but his left foot was sideways, and he stepped forward and backward, and the spear followed the left, down, and up, and the direction of the stab changed several times...... Suddenly the action stopped, and Liu Tichun shook his head.

"This marksmanship is not easy to change, the footwork of the feet changes, the way to exert force on the waist and abdomen is not right, the gimbal gives me a few days, I will think about it again."

"Please, Brother Erhu!"

Wang Kefan couldn't help but be overjoyed, although Liu Tichun did not succeed, but the direction was obviously right, as long as he ensured that one fixed foot did not move, he could ensure that the spear array was not chaotic, if his improvement could be successful, the front and rear rows of the spear array would not block each other, and the gun could be fired at the same time, and the power would be doubled!