In the afternoon, Shunxiangbao was on the teaching field.

Looking at the wooden ball on the tip of the gun, Wu Zhengchun was full of emotion. Nine thorns and seven middle schools, this is already considered a top-class skill in the future sergeant skills examination, right?

Thinking of my own efforts during these times, in the middle of winter, I still refuse to give up every day, and I have practiced hard day and night, and finally have this result.

However, he must not slack off, I heard that his old opponent Shen Shiqi also has the skills of nine thorns and seven middles, and he has to work hard to suppress him!

Thinking of this, a trace of perseverance flashed in Wu Zhengchun's eyes, and the shrunken cowardice of the past seemed to be completely gone!

"That's good!"

A thin and soft voice sounded next to him, and the owner who spoke was a young Ming soldier in his early twenties, wearing a leather jacket, a round face, a white appearance, and a waist tag on his waist, indicating his identity: Zhong Xiancai, the leader of the first squad of the left sentry team of the Shunxiang Army.

Wu Zhengchun screamed, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Thank you Zhong Jiachang for your praise!" ”

The Zhong Jiachang in front of him looks very young and gentle, but in the entire Shunxiang Army, no one dares to look at this year's light army leader! He is the ace fire fighter of the Shunxiang Army, and he has a very high talent in shooting, and once set an excellent record of eight out of ten hits!

Zhong Xiancai is now the leader of Team A. At the same time, he is also the deputy of Team A, and if the captain dies or is transferred, he will take over as the captain.

Zhong Xiancai said: "Sergeant Wu, work hard, I am optimistic about you!" ”

Wu Zhengchun nodded gratefully, now everyone in the team knows the news that Wu Zhengchun is going to compete with Shen Shiqi, and they also know Wang Dou's encouragement to Wu Zhengchun that day. Originally, with Wu Zhengchun's past temperament, no one looked down on him, but his recent efforts have won unanimous praise from the brothers in the team.

Regarding the honor of the Left Sentinel A team, everyone expressed concern about the future competition between Wu Zhengchun and Shen Shiqi.

According to the regulations of the Shunxiang Army, the sergeants can eat rice with grains in the morning and evening, or steamed bread cakes, plus vegetable soup, but they must not be wasted. At noon, there are two taels of meat per person.

Tonight is to eat black flour dumplings, everyone practiced all afternoon, they were all hungry, all of them lined up tightly, each person got a few curtains, and a bowl of vegetable soup, they all hurriedly found a table to sit down, and ate in a big gulp.

After a quiet chewing sound, the room was rejuvenated, and everyone began to laugh. Talking about the training on the teaching ground, talking about the sergeant martial arts assessment in a few days, how many people in the team can get the treatment of senior sergeant.

Wu Zhengchun sat with his brother A, and next to him were also sergeants of Team A. Suddenly, his eyes were cold, and several sergeants came on the opposite side, all of them were tall, with a face full of meat, one person, with big shoulders and a round waist, it was his old opponent Shen Shiqi.

The eye contact between the two sparked sparks, Shen Shiqi snorted, in just two pieces, Wu Zhengchun's change was not unexpected by him. However, from childhood to adulthood, his disdain for Wu Zhengchun is deep-rooted, no matter how big Wu Zhengchun changes, what is he afraid of?

But today he heard a piece of news, which made him pay attention to Wu Zhengchun, when he was teaching shooting spear skills on the field in the afternoon, Wu Zhengchun practiced good results in nine thorns and seven middle schools, and he was on par with himself, it seems that he has to work hard! If he loses in the future under a person he despises, he cannot afford to lose this person.

Shen Shiqi took Shi Datai and Zeng Zhiyi to sit in the position of Team B, while eating black noodles and slowing down, while glaring at Wu Zhengchun from time to time, Wu Zhengchun, who dodged his eyes when he saw him in the past, was unwilling to look at him weakly, which made Shen Shiqi even more annoyed, he secretly swore that he must press Wu Zhengchun down in the future, so that he will never be able to raise his head!

The first day of the third month of the ninth year of Chongzhen was two days after the Qingming Festival. Spring ploughing is the end.

Shunxiang Fort Sect, the wet and cold wind whistled by, rolling up everyone's clothes, Wu Zhengchun clenched the spear in his hand, allowing himself to stand straighter, he knew that today was the decisive peace beside him, there were dense soldiers with spears in their hands, and there was no armor in the state.

Wang Dou now has dozens of pairs of iron armor and leather armor, and there are less than a hundred new fire systems and bird mirrors.

Standing in this array, the front and back are the brothers in his team, and feeling the power, Wu Zhengchun is also enthusiastic. He subconsciously looked in the direction of Team B, separated by one. head, but now Shen Shiqi also walked towards him.

The two looked at each other, and when they came into contact with Shen Shiqi's vicious eyes, Wu Zhengchun snorted coldly, turned around, and let himself stand straighter!

The clammy wind was still blowing, and I don't know how long it took. Suddenly, the sound of hooves sounded, and suddenly a shrill voice on the left sounded to the extreme: "Wan Sheng!" ”

It was the shout of Zhong Xiancai, the first chief, and the voice reached Wu Zhengchun, and he shouted loudly without thinking.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

Like spring thunder rolling, the overwhelming sound of victory wave after wave.

All the Shunxiangbao sergeants raised their arms and shouted, whether it was Zhong Xiancai and Wu Zhengchun of Team A, or Shen Shiqi of Team B, they were all hoarse.

Sentinel Han Zhong even drew his blade and waved it with the shout.

In the midst of a whistling sound, Wang Dou rode his horse slowly, and four standard-bearers and four drummers opened the way and rode horses. Behind Wang Dou, there were eight more guards, all wearing iron armor, also riding war horses, and the sound of hooves sounded.

Wang Dou was wearing the silver-white iron helmet that had been seized from the back gold and white armor, and he was on his horse, looking at the simple faces in front of him, and they were all cheering at him at this time, and their thick black faces were full of fanaticism and worship. Wang Dou's eyes suddenly moistened, these good boys, I don't know how many people will die in the national war in the future, he suddenly drew his heavy sword and pointed straight to the sky!

The teaching field was even more boiling, everyone was shouting hoarsely, and everyone who looked at Wang Dou had reverence in their eyes!

The defense is young and mighty, and he killed ten shoes with the strength of nine people, and he himself cut five shoes, and his strength has always been admired by the army, and I don't know how many people take him as their target example.

Nine thorns and eight in the middle, for the superior rules. Nine thorns and seven middles, for the superior and inferior rules.

These are all considered high-grade sergeants, and the assessment results are personally assessed by Wang Dou, and the sergeants who have been recognized by the high-grade martial arts assessment are all awarded by him personally.

It was a rare honor, and all the pikemen puffed out their breath, hoping that they would be able to obtain the skills of a superior sergeant.

The pikemen beside him stepped forward one by one to assess, some were jubilant, some were depressed, Wu Zhengchun suddenly became nervous, and he tried his best to calm down.

Suddenly, there was a cheer, Wu Zhengchun looked over, but it was Shen Shiqi, the spear sergeant of the left sentry B team, who won a good score in the nine stabs and seven middle schools, and became the first skilled sergeant of the B team.

Shen Shiqi roared loudly, opening his arms to meet everyone's cheers, especially the sergeants of Team B, who shouted loudly. The pikemen in their team have assessed many people, and for the first time, there is a high-level sergeant with high skills, and the strong in the army are respected, even if Shen Shiqi is usually domineering, but he has achieved good results today, and won honor for the left sentry B team, everyone still sincerely cheers for him!

Wang Dou and Lin Daofu both nodded, and this Shen Shiqi either raised his gun or sprinted to attack. It's all posture standards, decisive and brave, and it's a good seedling. In time, his skills can be taken to the next level. Han Zhong also laughed, for the first time a high-level sergeant appeared at his left post, and as the sentry commander, he was also not proud.

Wang Dou glanced at Shen Shiqi with a smile, and then glanced at Wu Zhengchun in the formation, that day he had proposed that Wu Zhengchun and Shen Shiqi should test their sergeant skills to decide the dispute between each other, now that Shen Shiqi has achieved such good results, can Wu Zhengchun win?

Wang Dou shouted: "What a good man, come here, I will personally take the iron armor for Sergeant Shen!" ”

Under the envious gaze of the sergeants, Shen Shiqi strode forward, he knelt down to Wang Dou on one knee, and received the iron armor and waist card.

The iron armor is the best iron armor, the whole body is made of fine iron, the color of the waist card is red, only the superior skill sergeant is unique, indicating his status in the army, no matter where Shen Shiqi goes in the future, he will be greeted by the eyes of all the sergeants!

"Kill!"

Wu Zhengchun rushed to the humanoid wooden handle twenty steps away, and stabbed out the spear in his hand, "poof". With a bang, the spear stabbed the wooden handle in the eye.

Wu Zhengchun took out the handle of the gun, and a wooden ball appeared on the tip of his gun.

"Good!"

The audience roared with joy!

Wang Dou also smiled and nodded, only Shen Shiqi in the audience still had a nonchalant expression, so he shot it. The result is still far away!

"Kill!"

Wu Zhengchun sprinted with a gun again, and in the next five shots, he still stabbed the target on the wooden handle, and each time the tip of the gun was picked out of the wooden ball.

The cheers off the field were like thunder, especially the shouts of the left sentry team were even louder, and Shen Shiqi's face was full of solemn expressions, one more shot, Wu Zhengchun would be able to compete with himself! What is the power that makes this. The usually cowardly and incompetent black skinny boy has changed so much?

At this time, Wu Zhengchun had already changed to the front of the third wooden handle, he was a little panting, but his eyes were still firm, and his hand holding the gun was still steady!

The drums beat again.

"Kill!"

Wu Zhengchun rushed to the humanoid wooden handle twenty paces away with a spear again, "Poof! With a bang, the spear in his hand stabbed the wooden handle in the throat. The handle of the gun was brought out, and another ball of wood appeared on the tip of his gun.

"Good!"

The audience cheered. Han Zhong also cracked his mouth and smiled, and another high-grade skill sergeant appeared in his sentry. And this person is still Wu Zhengchun, who everyone looked down on in the past, it's incredible! ”

Wang Dou personally awarded him the iron armor waist card and encouraged: "Keep fighting!" ”

Han Chao, Han Zhong and others next to him also nodded and smiled at Wu Zhengchun.

Wu Zhengchun took the iron armor and waist cards one by one like a dream, he walked to his queue, looking at everyone's reverent eyes, as well as Shen Shiqi's dodging eyes in Team B, and Shen Shiqi next to Shi Datai and Zeng Zhiyi were so surprised that their mouths couldn't close.

Wu Zhengchun suddenly laughed, for the first time, he felt his eyebrows raised, this is all his own hard work.

When Wu Zhengchun came over, all the spearmen consciously got out of the way, although Wu Zhengchun was thin, no one dared to underestimate him, he was the first sergeant in the army to be a superior sergeant, no matter how unbearable Wu Zhengchun was in the past, the current Wu Zhengchun will be the idol in the army and the target of the worship of the sergeants.

Not to mention how Wu Zhengchun raised his eyebrows, the skill assessment in the Shunxiang Fort Army lasted for a total of three days, and the final results came out.

The company commander spearmen and fire lock soldiers are included. There are ten sergeants on the left who have received the treatment of superior sergeants, eleven on the right post, and there are four in the original two teams led by Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie. In this way, twenty-five people in the Shunxiang Army received the treatment of senior sergeants.

Among these twenty-five people, except for Wu Zhengchun, the rest were all sergeants of the upper and lower ranks. These people, Wang Dou personally awarded them iron armor and red waist cards one by one.

In the whole army, there are more than 100 sergeants who have obtained the treatment of medium skills, and the rest are all sergeants of inferior skills.

After all, the Shunxiang Army has not been established for a long time, and it has to strengthen its training.

After the sergeant's skill assessment, the Shunxiang army has become a formal strong army, their combat power has matured, if there is good equipment, even if the sergeant with inferior skills in the army, get it to other armies, but also have more combat power than Meijiading. If you want to train a few hundred cavalry, it will cost a lot! ”

According to what he said, it is difficult to find good horse breeds, and the proportion of horses that can become war horses is very high, and I am afraid that there are not many horses qualified in Shunxiang Fort.

Secondly, cavalry is difficult to train, and it pays attention to height and arm length, and the infantry of the new army of the Shunxiang Army has been trained at the same time, but a qualified cavalry must be trained for at least one year, not to mention a qualified cavalry officer.

The cost of raising horses is large, the cost of a cavalry is about equal to the cost of five elite infantry, and the cavalry must also be equipped with blacksmiths, carpenters and veterinarians, etc., the cost of these is also not for this, Wang Dou also understands, Sun Chuanting once said in the compromise: "One thousand three hundred and twenty-eight horses, each horse has eight cents of grass and silver per day, and fifty-four mules, and each head has five cents of grass and silver." ”

A horse costs eight cents of silver a day, and nearly thirty taels of silver a year, which is still the garrison period. When the war began, there would be more need for horse fodder such as wheat beans and hay. Those horses in Shunxiang Fort cost Wang Dou a lot of money on weekdays.

Han Chao said: "Immediately fighting, lock rakes, sticks and line guns are the most advantageous, but this kind of weapon is not easy to make." Even if you ride a knife immediately, it is different from the waist knife used by the infantry army on weekdays, and it needs to be made by a special craftsman! ”

The knives used by the cavalry are not bladed, but the blade is longer and more curved, which is very different from the ordinary waist knife.

Han Chao said so much that he hoped that Wang Dou would cancel the idea of raising 200 cavalry.

According to what he said, it's okay to practice some nights, but large-scale cavalry training is still exempt, anyway, for them, the guards, as long as they defend the city and protect their own territory, there are few opportunities for cavalry to be dispatched, and it is a waste of money and food to raise them, especially now when the economy of Shunxiangbao is tight.

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