The east side of the house is at the gate of the small school field.

After Zhu Daolin finished giving instructions to Xiao Zhe, the deputy captain of the pro-guard team, he stretched out his hand and patted Cui Jingzong's arm, and smiled slightly: "Let's go, let's go back and continue to communicate with the brothers, and see what you think and demand!" ”

"The brothers who are willing to stay and work hard with the Manchu Tartars are all good, since everyone is eating in the same pot, from now on they will be brothers and sisters, and comrades-in-arms who share life and death!"

"As the commander of the whole army, I, Zhu Daolin, cannot live up to the brothers."

Cui Jingzong couldn't bear the emotion in his heart, and asked Zhu Daolin curiously: "General, have you ever been to Liaodong?" Or do you have Liaodong people around you? ”

"Huh!? Why do you ask? At this moment, Zhu Daolin was also curious.

"Because the general's official dialect is a little different, many accents are very similar to our Liaodong dialect." Choi Kyung-jong replied respectfully.

Zhu Daolin shook his head and showed a rare smile: "Okay, I'll tell you the truth, I went to Jinzhou and Shenyang many years ago, and although I just walked around and left, I was extremely impressed. ”

"In addition, when I was young, I had a comrade-in-arms from Liaodong by my side, and they often chatted and farted together, and after a long time, they were also contaminated with his accent."

"Well, it seems that I still have some fate with Liaodong, otherwise I wouldn't have led the Jiangnan New Army and came all the way to Phi Island."

Cui Jingzong's senses for Zhu Daolin skyrocketed, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly: "The brothers are very curious about the general, and they are very surprised by the sophisticated equipment and strict military discipline of the new Dongjiang Army brothers, and they always feel that the general and the new army brothers under his command are different from all the armies of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Of course, not only is the military discipline and equipment different, but the spirit is also completely different, at first glance, it is a well-trained and forbidden army in the world!"

"And...... No one expected that the general and the brothers of the New Army would be so good to those of us who surrendered. They didn't treat us as outsiders at all, and the food and clothes were exactly the same as those of the New Army brethren, which was even better than the generals and colonels above us before! ”

The brothers were very grateful for this, and they all wanted to be trained as soon as possible, to return to Liaodong as soon as possible, and to carry the muskets and horse-drawn field cannons that they had never seen before. Find a good battle with the Tartar army, cut off hundreds of Tartar heads, and re-establish the prestige of our Dongjiang Army. ”

Zhu Daolin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Cui Jingzong to be so knowledgeable, he thought about it and asked politely: "Do you think we can go head-to-head with the Manchu army?" ”

Cui Jingzong was stunned for a moment, but soon regained his composure, and frankly expressed his thoughts: "My subordinates have never seen a Suifa musket with a range of more than 100 paces, so well-made and so powerful. Far above the muskets of all the armies of our Ming border army. ”

"There are also dozens of light steel cannons and 20 mortar cannons with thick barrels, which are extremely powerful at a glance, and as long as you can use these firearms well, you will definitely be able to fight the Tartar army."

"In fact, the Tartars are nothing remarkable, their biggest reliance is mounted archery, and they are very few equipped with firearms, even in the face of the three-eyed guns and tiger squat cannons of my Ming army, they dare not rush hard."

"So, the subordinates think. In the face of thousands of fire-starting muskets that could be fired once in ten breaths and so many artillery, no matter how strong the Tatar cavalry was, they could not make much money. It is estimated that as soon as he rushed fifty paces away, he was beaten into a blood gourd by a dense burst of lead bullets. ”

"That's right, I know so much ......"

Zhu Daolin was immediately impressed by the five big and three rough men in front of him, and couldn't help but continue to ask: "Among the brothers left, how many can write and count?" ”

Cui Jingzong recalled for a moment and told Zhu Daolin truthfully: "It's not much. At most, there are ten or eight left, and most of these brothers are the same as their subordinates, their families were relatively wealthy when they were young, and they were able to go to clan schools or private schools to read and write, and they all defected to the Dongjiang Army after their families were ruined and ready to take revenge. Quite a few people lost their lives in frequent battles with the Tartars a few years ago. ”

"General, please see, this scar on the face of his subordinates was left when he attacked Phoenix four years ago, and in that battle we encountered an ambush by thousands of Tartar cavalry, and more than 600 brothers died.

"After that, our Dongjiang Army never launched a decent attack again, and the officials did not want to continue to fight the Tartars, but instead started doing business with the merchants of the Tartars, and the combat effectiveness of the army continued to decline, alas!"

Zhu Daolin nodded thoughtfully: "Wait a while to find out the brothers who can write and calculate, I will have a good chat with everyone, after completing a month of basic training and military law and military order study, these brothers will all be transferred to the military order department and serve as a member of the army, including you!" ”

"I will also hold a military skills contest in the whole army, and I will send out brothers with a solid foundation and skills to form a pioneer battalion, equip them with the best weapons, enjoy the highest salary, and train hard for half a year according to the new training plan.

"After the training, I will personally lead the pioneer battalion into the hinterland of Liaodong and start the first battle against the Tartars!"

Cui Jingzong was taken aback: "General, you must not take risks!" ”

"As early as six years ago, General Mao drew 300 elites with good skills and riding skills from the army to form an assault battalion, and went into the rear of the Tartars to fight many victories, but after half a year, they were disbanded because of too many casualties, and most of the elites who survived became hundreds and thousands of households in the army."

"Of the more than 500 people escorted to Dengzhou last night, more than 100 of them came from the original assault battalion, and most of the others did not survive!"

Zhu Daolin grinned: "Don't worry, the pioneer battalion I want to set up and General Mao's assault battalion are different in many places, not only are they better equipped, but their combat methods are also very different, you will see it when the time comes." ”

"Okay, let's go talk to the brothers, I have too many things on hand to be with the brothers for a long time, so I have to cherish every opportunity to communicate."

Cui Jingzong hurriedly turned sideways and asked Zhu Daolin to go first, and then followed Zhu Daolin half a step behind, seeing that he was about to arrive at the edge of the school, he finally mustered up the courage to make a request: "General, can your subordinates sign up to enter the pioneer camp?" ”

Zhu Daolin shook his head as he walked: "No, the brothers in the whole army are treated equally, I can't accept you just because I have a friendship with you, this not only violates military law, but also is unfair to other brothers, maybe you will also exhaust other brothers because you can't practice kung fu at home." ”

"If you really have the ability, you will participate in the selection of the whole army in a month, and if you are selected, I will accept you without saying a word, and if you are not selected, you can only go to the military order office to hone for two years, and after two years, you will still have the opportunity to come out and lead the troops."

Cui Jingzong finally knew how different he was from the new army that he had surrendered to, and he couldn't help but clench his fists and secretly made up his mind to use a month of hard training to enter the vanguard camp personally taught and commanded by General Zhu.

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