The sun is rising, the red light is shining, and it is another good day.

It seems that because of the unsatisfactory siege, the army of Su Mo Jing also stopped continuing the meaningless attack and was busy making siege equipment.

In Andong City, in addition to the Fifth Prefecture Army on duty in the city, more than 20,000 people who came with Zhao Xun from Youbei are also actively training. These 20,000 people were part of the original 50,000, and in the process of attacking the three eastern provinces, the 50,000 people were either damaged, or added to the second and fifth government armies, or returned to their hometowns with injuries, and finally 40,000 people remained.

It was divided into two, and was stationed in Andong City and Liao Tunnel City after the two government armies. Zhao Xun's plan was to organize them into a formal army.

Not enough military money? After defeating the Su Mo Yan Yabu and the Liaodong Kingdom, there is everything. Now, even the weapons on their bodies have been captured by the Tatar army. The Minfu is naturally composed of prisoners of the Yan army and Han people, and implements a joint sitting system, one person runs, kills ten people, ten people runs, and kills a hundred...... After letting them personally execute a group of Jin Ya nobles, Zhao Xun asked the Han people and some of the good Jing people to be officials and command these people, that is, the baggage camp.

Zhao Xun has always implemented military posture selection in his own army, and standing in a military posture is to temper the tenacious will of the soldiers, hone the indomitable perseverance of the soldiers, and refine the steely discipline. This is the only way to achieve no matter what the circumstances, will not lose the fighting spirit. This is also to train the non-commissioned officers to obey military discipline and obey themselves.

The North Campus of Andong City is the closest to the North City, and it is also the largest campus in the entire Andong City, and now it is the training ground for 20,000 people.

Throughout the school field, the soldiers were divided into countless small teams, and they were training, and various passwords were constantly sounded.

Today, Zhao Xun also came to take a look at the training of these recruits who are not recruits.

When Zhao Xun arrived, he saw that around the school field, a team of soldiers were desperately running around in circles, sweating like rain. One by one, they ran out of breath, and they almost stuck out their tongues like dogs to dissipate heat.

The Andong Mansion Yin, who came with Zhao Xun, and the former commander of the Andong Mansion Army, said puzzledly: "General, is this the training method of the Xiaoguo Army?" Let the soldiers run? ”

Zhao Xun smiled: "This is just a part of it, those who train physical fitness, the soldiers march in a hurry, don't they need to run?" Not all places can ride horses, and not all soldiers have war horses. Many times, time is the difference between winning a battle and winning it. ”

Ajili nodded thoughtfully, not saying more. There are also running exercises in the military, but most of them are not mandatory. But he also felt that Zhao Xun was reasonable, and being able to run was indeed the key to determining victory or defeat in many cases.

The physical training of the recruits of the Xiaoguo Army is not only long-distance running, but also a series of events such as frog jumping, weight-bearing running, and teamwork.

Zhao Xun's idea is very simple, the current era is the era of cold weapons, but the requirements for the physical quality of soldiers are no less than those of modern times, or even worse. The most important of these is the body. In addition to cavalry, the soldiers of this era have no means of transportation, armor, weapons, and even shields, longbows and quivers, you can imagine how heavy the weight of the body is. Lack of physical fitness, how to fight?

If a battle is fought for too long and there is no rest in between, then in the end, the weight of the body alone will be exhausted to death if you don't wait for the enemy to kill you.

Therefore, in the training of recruits, the first is naturally to be loyal to oneself, and the second is to obey orders and strictly abide by military discipline, both of which are not the subject of formal training. The main thing is to strengthen the body of the soldiers.

Therefore, Zhao Xun's recruit training starts every morning, and the training starts with basic physical training. This is followed by the mastery of various weapons, team training, military formations, etc.

Not only that, but it is also necessary to train the troops' rapid reaction capability when they gather for combat at night from time to time, and this is a training specially designed to deal with special situations such as ambushes, sneak attacks, and night attacks during war.

In addition to these trainings, there will also be a small amount of time for some special training, such as learning battlefield ambulance medicine. After all, in the era of cold weapons, most of the soldiers did not die directly at the hands of the enemy, but were injured and could not be treated in time. In particular, injuries such as excessive blood loss and wound infections are caused by which more than half of the wounded soldiers die. And learning simple battlefield treatment can reduce the number of casualties to the greatest extent in cooperation with the medical battalion in the army. Therefore, among the Xiaoguo army, there are still very powerful medical soldiers, of course, these can only be used for simple treatment of soldiers.

In addition, the soldiers were free to choose whether or not to attend the evening literacy course. This free choice, those who are willing to participate, are free to go to each battalion at night to designate a guide to study.

With Zhao Xun looking at the general training of the recruits of the Xiaoguo Army, Ajili thought that many of them were very targeted, but also said that he didn't know much about some of them, and the military posture was one of them. Ajili tried it himself, and it didn't take long for him to hold on, but he hadn't seen the effects of the training yet. He even joked that this training could be used to punish the soldiers.

"Report, general, there is news from the craftsman battalion, saying that the things that the general asked him to dry are complete." A soldier came to report for duty.

When Zhao Xun heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately said goodbye to everyone, and the craftsman of this mansion was the camp station, that is, in the big mansion next to the general's mansion.

After a few days of deployment, I finally figured out the most reasonable ratio. After mixing nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal in proportion, black powder appeared, and with the correct ratio, Zhao Xun made a lot at once.

Then he drenched the black powder with water and made it into small granules, which were made because the granular gunpowder was more powerful than the powder. In this kind of thing, the power of nature is a good thing. But he didn't dare to dry it directly, and he didn't need it urgently, so Zhao Xun ordered the people in the craftsman camp to spread him out and dry him slightly to increase safety.

By the time Zhao Xun rushed back to the craftsman's camp, the finished black powder had already come out.

"Okay?" Zhao Xun said in surprise.

The general in charge of the battalion with the military craftsmen nodded and said, "Okay, it's all done according to the general's orders." ”

"Where's the fuse? Is it made? ”

"This was made after the gunpowder was made, and it was made by wrapping black powder in a thin cotton thread mixed with wet gunpowder. We experimented and basically met the general's requirements. ”

"Bring a clay pot!" Zhao Xun was immediately overjoyed. Something truly powerful has finally come out, and when the time comes, it will be able to give the northern barbarians a good look.

Zhao Xun took the clay pot handed by the soldier, and carefully packed the black powder into a clay pot, although the black powder is also gunpowder, but the power is not very strong. In order to make up for this shortcoming, Zhao Xun was ready to make all the gunpowder products larger. Blowing through walls, throwing them at enemy crowds, or throwing them with trebuchets are all weapons that bring great lethality to enemy troops. No, it should be said that it is an artifact.

A few finished products have made ten catties of gunpowder cans, and it is time to test it next, but Zhao Xun is worried that it will cause panic if it explodes. In the end, Zhao Xun decided to go out of the West Gate and go to the outside of the city. Although the Jin army was besieging the city, it only besieged the north gate and the east gate, and the other two gates were not besieged.

Besides, Zhao Xun also believed that the soldiers of his personal guard battalion would definitely not be weaker than the cavalry of the Yan Army, and there was also an army of Yifu wandering outside the city.

"Wei Dong, gather the soldiers of the personal guard battalion, and we will go out of the city."

Twenty miles west of Andong City, there is a small valley, and this place is Zhao Xun's purpose. This time, the bomb made of black powder will be tested here, and an artifact of the Xiaoguo Army will be born.

Black powder is definitely a secret weapon, although the current "clay pot bomb" made of black powder is actually not very lethal, but the most powerful thing about this thing is this sound and light effect, which is absolutely shocking for people thousands of years ago.

In addition, if it is used for ambushes, night raids and other battles, the sudden earth-shattering sound can definitely break the morale of the enemy's army, and even the almost army may be directly dispersed.

Zhao Xun also planned to wrap it in a cloth and put iron nail fragments in it to make a real bomb and explode it in the crowd, which was definitely not a small deterrent.

The small valley is not big, but it is just right for a stealthy test explosion, so you don't have to worry about this secret weapon being known in advance.

Under the watchful eyes of the guards and some generals and lieutenants of the Fifth Mansion, Wei Dong personally walked to a place 300 meters away from everyone with a clay pot, placed it directly on the ground, and then inserted a two-meter-long fuse into the clay pot.

"Lord, are you ready, do you want to light the fire now?"

Zhao Xun didn't know the effect of this clay pot, and looked at the distance, three hundred meters away, there was nothing in the clay pot that could be shot, so there should be no problem.

"Wei Dong, after you lit the line of fire in a while, you immediately ran back to this side, did you hear it?" Zhao Xun said again. There are no dangerous goods with security checks, and Zhao Xun can't rest assured.

Wei Dong said casually: "My subordinates know!" But looking at his eyes, it seemed that he was also under some pressure from Zhao Xun's constant explanation along the way.

Along the way, Zhao Xun was saying that these clay pots could explode, making a thunderous sound, and they were also very powerful, making everyone suspicious. But no one dares to underestimate this clay pot, after all, there are ingredients added to it, and who knows what changes will occur.

Three hundred meters, this distance is already far away from the clay pot, and the clay pot is only a black spot in the eyes of everyone. Everyone also understood at this time that this clay pot was filled with the gunpowder that the lord said. Everyone is full of curiosity and expectation about this thing, wanting to see with their own eyes how this small clay pot can make thunder and be used to kill people.

According to Zhao Xun, this inconspicuous clay pot will bring extraordinary results.