In the Yaqian Square of Whitewater City, one hundred and fifty recruits were lining up, waiting to receive the newly distributed weapons. These 150 recruits were rookies who only joined Zhu Yuanzhang after he was stationed in Baishui City, and in the martial arts assessment when he joined the army, these 150 people belonged to the worst and most inconspicuous stupid soldiers.

They were gathered together, and then brought here to distribute weapons, they didn't have any high expectations in their hearts, rookie soldiers like them, bows and arrows must not be considered, and most of the Pu Dao could not receive them, maybe they could only send them a bamboo spear to practice the military formation. Therefore, the expressions of these 150 people were a little depressed, and they couldn't lift their energy.

Next to the square, there was a group of veterans whistling at them and telling jokes, which made the group of recruits even more embarrassed.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang walked out of the yamen, moved a chair, and sat next to these recruits, as if he was watching the excitement, this small action suddenly made them nervous.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang's power at this time is already quite small, at least the Shen Yikui of the Western Road Righteous Army is no longer as powerful as Yuan Zhang, so the lowest level soldiers have begun to look at him with awe. The feeling is similar to that of an office worker who has just joined a large company and is still on probation, looking at the group president of his company.

"Why is Bugling Zhu here?"

"Oh my God, we have to ask the old man about the new soldier who gave him a bamboo spear?"

"No, I'm starting to get nervous, if I can't even use the bamboo spear well, will I be kicked home by Zhu Buggy."

The recruits were nervous.

At this time, another leader came over, and the recruits took a closer look, and the eyes of the people who came were calm, showing a bit of stability and majesty, and they were followed by a large number of personal soldiers, driving several large cars. They immediately recognized that it was Brother Leng Feng. It is said that Brother Leng Feng once served as a thousand households in the army of the imperial court, and he was a big official of the fifth grade, and these recruits were even more nervous.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Yang Hong coming, and beckoned with a smile: "This batch of recruits will be given to you, according to what I said, give them those weapons." ”

Yang Hong nodded and said loudly: "You recruits, listen up!" Zhu Bugs was merciful and decided to train you into an elite soldier, so he plans to distribute the best weapons in our cottage to you......"

"What?" The recruits almost thought they had misheard: "Give us the best weapon?" Won't it......"

"Are you really going to give us the best weapons?"

"Are you going to give me the best big bow? But...... I'm afraid I won't be able to pull it open! ”

"I don't know how to use knives either, and if I don't get a treasure knife, I'll spoil it......"

The recruits were a little unconfident and lowered their heads.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, and Yang Hong said to his family soldiers: "Take out the guys in the car and distribute them to them." ”

"Yes!" The soldiers lifted the cloth covering the cart, revealing its contents.

"Wow!" The recruits were in an uproar, and the veterans who were watching the excitement from a distance also shouted in disbelief: "Fire guns? That's a firearm captured from the Divine Machine Battalion, right? Oh, my God! You want to give these things to the recruits......"

That's right, there are more than a hundred bird's beak guns neatly piled up on several carts, which are not long ago, during the defensive battle of Huanglong Cottage, desperately Saburo led people to snatch it from the hands of the Shenji Battalion, this is the treasure of Huanglong Cottage, and it is indeed the best weapon.

"Wow, isn't it? Are you really going to give the firecrackers to a bunch of recruits? ”

"We're not convinced!" The veteran of the scene shouted: "Such a good thing, we want it too!" ”

The recruits were yelled at by the veterans, and they felt uncomfortable: "Brother Zhu...... This...... Such a good weapon, we don't dare to take ......"

In fact, not to mention the veterans and recruits, even the leaders in the village were a little incomprehensible, Wang Er and Miao Mei squeezed in from the outside almost at the same time, and the two walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's side together, and said curiously: "Brother Zhu, it's not appropriate to send this batch of firecrackers to recruits, isn't it better to send them to veterans who are good at fighting Xiaoyong?" It's a waste for these newcomers to hold them. ”

"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "It's a waste to send them to veterans......"

"Wow!" The veterans were not convinced, although they admired Zhu Yuanzhang very much, but the sentence "sending it to the veterans is a waste" made them feel very hurt, even if the big brother in front of them admired the most, they couldn't acquiesce that they were a soft egg, right? Several men with five big and three rough men jumped out of the crowd and shouted, "Brother Zhu, we don't accept what you say...... We're going to have a fight with these recruits to see who is better, if we're better, please send us the firecrackers, and if these recruits are better than us, we're willing to kneel down and kowtow to them. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Don't blindly understand what I said!" When I say that it is a waste to send it to you, I don't mean that these firearms are wasted, but that you are a waste of your martial arts! ”

"Huh?" The veterans froze.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Let me ask you a question, if you fight empty-handed with a ten-year-old child who is also empty-handed, will you lose?" ”

"Hah, how can you lose?" The veterans shouted, "We have no chance of losing!" ”

"Well, that's what I thought, too." Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Now I give you a sharp knife and let you fight with the child who also holds the knife, will you lose?" ”

"Well...... the veterans laughed: "I still won't lose, but I may miss and be stabbed by that kid and get a little bit of a small injury......"

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "If I give you and the child a firecracker, and let you fight each other fifty paces apart, will you lose or win?" ”

"This ......" The veterans were stunned, they thought for a long time, and then said depressedly: "This is not for sure...... I didn't know I was able to hit it right, but the kid did, and I was shot and destroyed. ”

"Then when you are holding a firecracker, can your martial arts come in handy?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked seriously.

"Uh...... Can't ......"

"Well, I think you should get the idea." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "When the weapon is used, it has nothing to do with whether the person using it has strong martial arts, and the martial arts that you have trained on the battlefield before are completely useless when you hold the firecracker?" I don't want to use you as a firecracker. ”

"I see...... the veterans heard Zhu Yuanzhang praise them for their good martial arts, and they immediately smiled crookedly, and at the same time they also understood that the fire gun was indeed not suitable for them.

Zhu Yuanzhang just said that those things are actually some basic knowledge of modern military reform after the birth of firearms.

In fact, at the beginning of the birth of firearms, their power did not have much advantage compared with bows and arrows, but because of the high cost, it has not been able to really occupy a place.

But after the mass production of firearms, they slowly replaced bows and arrows, and finally knocked bows and arrows into the dust of history to be buried, why? Because firecrackers are so easy to train! You must know that in ancient times, it was very difficult to train an archer, or a powerful sword and shield soldier, and it required a long period of training, many years of polishing, and the test of blood and fire on the battlefield.

But the training of musketeers is extremely easy, any new recruit, give him a musket, let him practice for a few months, he can have an average level of combat effectiveness.

As mentioned earlier, a well-skilled veteran with a musket and a child with a musket bombarded each other may not win the child! Under this premise, it is undoubtedly a waste of their martial arts to distribute firecrackers to skilled veterans and turn them into musketeers to participate in the war.

"Yang Hong, I'll hand over this firecracker unit to you to train and command!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Do you know how to train and command firecrackers?" ”

"Uh...... Not really! Yang Hong said honestly: "There are very few military attachés in the mainland like me who are proficient in firearms, but there are more people in the border soldiers who know firearms, can Zhu Bugge teach me?" ”

"Well, then I'll have to teach you along with these recruits!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, he is a busy man now, and he wants to personally bring a firearm army, which is actually a bit lacking in skills, but this is also a matter of no choice, and he can't let a group of laymen toss around.

When he was a little depressed, a man named Huazi suddenly squeezed out of the crowd of onlookers, this person was about forty years old, dressed very sloppily, with a yellow face and thin muscles, he looked like a poor ghost, and he was blind in one eye, and looked quite ugly, he walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Hong, suddenly slammed to the ground, and then said seriously: "The villain knows how to train and command the firecrackers, if Brother Zhu and Brother Leng Feng don't dislike it, please reward the villain with a bowl of rice to eat, and let the villain be a leader." ”

"Oh?" Yang Hong was a little displeased when he saw his image, but Zhu Yuanzhang was different, he had seen too many capable people in his previous life, and he already had the cultivation of not judging people by their appearance: "Who are you?" What does it take to be the head of the firecracker? ”

The call Hanako hurriedly said: "The villain's name is Jun Sanwu, he used to be a border soldier of Liaole, he loves firearms, and he once killed three Tartar soldiers with a bird's beak...... I also participated in the Battle of Sarhu, in which I was blinded by a Tartar, so I left the border army and returned to my hometown to become a post man, and after the post station was abolished in the next year, I could only beg for food to survive......"

"Oh, veteran of the Battle of Sarhu?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart: The battle of Salhu took place in the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618 AD), thirteen years from now, with the age of this man, he was in the prime of life at the time of the battle of Salhu, it is indeed reasonable, the age is right, I don't know if the strength is right, I have to test him: "Jun Sanwu, what are your skills?" ”

When Jun Sanwu heard this, he immediately replied: "The villain has developed a unique skill in the border army because he loves firearms, and he only needs to glance at it to know how far away the enemy army is from him!" ”

(To be continued)