Li Guo and Huang Xiu haven't been together for a while, yesterday Qi Laohan took Li Taiping away, and Li Guo was not worried that Qi Laohan would find out that he and Huang Xiu were husband and wife, so Li Guo went to live with Huang Xiu. This night is a mandarin duck neck, mouth and sideburns grinding. One is a hero in troubled times, the other is a female lady in the pile of women, and there is no need to say how the two of them are.

But the next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Li Taiping's giggling laughter came from outside the window. Li Taiping is young, although his physique is good, it is impossible for him to come back by himself, and only Qi Laohan can enter and leave Li Guo's inner house. Li Guo and others like Liu Tichun, Nie Xin and others also allowed them to stay out of sight, but these loyal people gave death orders to the guards, and no one was allowed to enter and leave Li's house casually, including themselves. Qi Laohan is an exception.

Li Guo and Huang Xiu hurriedly got dressed, Li Taiping arrived, and Qi Laohan naturally arrived.

The two of them packed up and went out, and sure enough, Qi Laohan was walking in the yard with Li Taiping in his arms.

"Master!" "Father-in-law!" Li Guo and Huang Xiu called Qi Laohan.

Qi Laohan sighed, "The conditions here are simple, and it is really difficult to train soldiers. ”

It turned out that Li Guo only occupied two county seats, and now it is just that the people of the whole county can eat enough, and there is some surplus grain. The business has just begun, not to mention making a little money, but the money should be used as the principal to expand the scale.

Now Li Guo's situation is not poverty alleviation, let alone getting rich. Therefore, although the morale of Li Guo's soldiers and horses is very high, the equipment is extremely poor. Except for Wang Si's 200 firecrackers, which were neatly lined up, which was not bad, the rest of the soldiers and horses were mostly using knives.

Riding a horse and holding a knife, it's basically okay to be a fast column, whistling and whistling, but also majestic. But if you encounter a strong enemy that you can defend, it will be difficult to attack it. And if such a team is defensive, it is not easy to defend because of the equipment.

"It's better to have a three-eyed firebolt." Qi Laohan said.

Li Guo lowered his head, no. Li had heard that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were actually very powerful, and he really hoped to have a strong firearms army, but in the past few years, life has been tight, and if it wasn't for the indiscriminate robbery and robbery of some money, he would be even poorer.

Therefore, it was almost a dream for Li Guo to be equipped with these high-precision weapons at that time.

"Then I'll have to settle first." There was nothing, and Qi Laohan had no choice but to find another way.

Qi Laohan took out a piece of paper, wrote it last night, handed it to Huang Xiu and Li Guo, and said, "Prepare all the things on this list, if you don't have these, then there is really no way." After speaking, Qi Laohan hugged Li Taiping and played.

Li Guo and Huang Xiu took the paper sheet and looked at it, only to see that it read, 'There are more than 10,000 ash trunks of two meters and five meters, the longer the better, there are many thorn trees, 2,000 cowhides, and the more bows and arrows, the better.' ’

This bow and arrow is still a serious thing, and it is inevitable that the core of the trunk of the ash tree will be made into an ash gun, because Qi Laohan has already ordered Li Guo to make 10,000 gun heads. It's just that what are these wattles and cowhide for? Li Guo and Huang Xiu didn't know.

But since Qi Laohan said so, Li Guo did as he asked. But Li Guo is very suspicious, there are many people who deceive the world and steal fame and talk exaggeratedly, this old man Qi is not a Xibei goods.

So, the two thousand elite soldiers and one thousand children stationed in the old camp began to get busy, the drought in the past two years, many trees have died, fortunately here by the Luliang Mountains, but also found a large ash forest, according to the regulations of Qi Laohan, made 8,000 2 meters and 5 long ash rods, and made 2,000 3 meters and 5 long ash rods. It's finally done.

The cowhide also received 2,000 pieces from Zhangjiakou, and by the way, he also bought some bows and arrows. The bow and arrow were insufficient, and he went to send some silver to the master Zhao Youting on the three sides, and Zhao Youting went through the rounds, and the bow was also replenished by five thousand, and the arrows were also sufficient.

There are a lot of thorns here, and there are a lot of them.

Qi Laohan ordered: "Weave rattan cards!" ”

So, under the demonstration of Qi Laohan, everyone began to weave rattan cards. The specifications of the rattan cards woven by Qi Laohan are the same, the two pieces are connected together, and the cowhide is tightened and placed in the middle of the rattan card. The rattan with cowhide is very strong, not only can it be cut through with a knife, but it is also impenetrable even if it is forty or fifty paces away with a bird's gun.

Li Guo nodded, the old man has some way.

But how to train the troops, Li Guo really didn't know. So, Huang Xiu asked, "Father-in-law, did you make so many spears to prepare for the formation?" ”

Qi Laohan nodded: "Of course it's a formation!" After speaking, Qi Laohan took out another book and handed it to Huang Xiu.

Huang Xiu and Li looked at it, and the title of the book was.

Qi Laohan said angrily, "There is another book called, which was taken away!" ”

Li Guo's face flushed, and he quickly took it out of his arms and handed it to Qi Laohan, "Master, the apprentice has been keeping it for you." ”

Qi Laohan didn't answer, and scolded "Criminal!" ”

When Li Guo heard this, he relieved himself, the criminals are also apprentices.

Qi Laohan was talking to Huang Xiu about these two military books, and Li Guo was listening to them.

It turned out that the new book of Ji Xiao and the actual record of military training were the military books compiled by Qi Jiguang to summarize his life. In the south.

The difference between the two books is that they are written according to the enemy's situation and topography along the southeast coast, and summarize the experience of training Yiwu soldiers and fighting against the Japanese invaders; What stands out is the training with the mandarin duck formation as the core, and the coordinated operation of long and short weapons and individual soldiers. It is about large-scale battles, small-scale fights, mainly military training.

It was written according to the enemy situation and our situation in North China at that time, especially the border guards of the Great Wall in Jibei, and summarized the training of the large corps and the coordinated operation and training of the three armies of chariots, cavalry and infantry. It mainly emphasizes the coordinated operation of the chariot battalion, cavalry battalion, and infantry battalion, and the coordinated attack and defense of the chariot soldiers, cavalry, infantry, gunners, and gunners. It is suitable for large-scale fighting, focusing on training.

In fact, these two books complement each other, talking about how generals command the entire campaign, and how soldiers can have an advantage in the battle, in fact, the two are indispensable.

After listening to Qi Laohan's introduction, Li Guo was itching, if he learned such a military technique, he would be able to train an undefeated strong army.

Qi Laohan glared at Li Guo, "Criminal, you still want to rebel!" Sue you, now you can't practice this art of war! ”

"Master, why can't you practice?" Li Guo's heart suddenly cooled down.

"Can you make firearms or anything like that? Can you raise a car and a horse cannon? "What Qi Laohan said is the truth.

Li Guo lowered his head and thought, as long as he learns it, can't he achieve it in the future?

Seeing Li Guo bowing his head and eating deflated, Qi Laohan became happy, "Are you still rebelling now?" ”

"Master, let's not talk about the rebellion, I don't know if you have seen the Houjin soldiers, the momentum, the soldiers and horses, are much stronger than us! At least I'm going to deal with them! Li Guo has always remembered the military might of Houjin.

Qi Laohan's face also became solemn, "I've seen it too, so I came up with this method under very limited conditions!" ”