The flickering candlelight dragged Ding Yi's shadow for a long time, and Zhu Dong told Ding Yi about the various situations of the Ming Second Division with some worry, because he had just assigned people to go over in the afternoon and began to screen the soldiers. Among the 20,000 people, there are not only one or two fifty-year-old soldiers, and there are even more in their forties, and those who are of the right age and strong have been selected by the palace once as early as Yunnan, so Zhu Dong said with a bitter face: "The disciple has a rough look, after a thousand people in the afternoon, only a dozen or so people are in line with the regulations set by Mr., if it is according to the rules, I am afraid that out of 20,000 people, less than a thousand people will be selected." ”

Ding Yi rubbed his temples, but called the guard on duty outside and said to him, "Add a few more candles." For example, for Zhu Dong, the arm-thick butter candle here is enough to be bright, but for Ding Yi, even if he lights up four, it still feels like the power is out and the lights are not turned on - the fact is that there is no electricity, and there are no incandescent lamps, so many years, he still can't get used to it.

In any case, after lighting five or six large candles, he finally taught Ding Yi to feel a little brighter, he thought about it and put down the hand on his forehead, and said to Zhu Dong: "Don't get stuck too tightly, don't learn from Gongju, the old governor was completely stealing teachers at that time, and he didn't understand why he chose soldiers of this age...... You look at it, those who are receptive, physically strong, and obedient can also relax their age, but if they are over thirty-five, forget it, even if they practice. How many years can you be a soldier? ”

Zhu Dong responded, but said to Ding Yiyu: "Sir, let's teach Yun Cong to go out with you." The disciple is not by your side, although Zhang Mao is smart, he is not a person who can endure hardships, let alone take care of you, don't drag it down, thank God. What he said was true, Zhang Mao was born in a public mansion, and his skills and understanding are not bad. But if he wants to saddle the horse before and after, Zhu Dong is really not confident.

Ding Yi didn't have the heart to discuss this topic with him, thought about it and said to Zhu Dong: "First according to what I just said." After all, one battalion of 300 men will be built, and two battalions of 600 men will be built, and it doesn't matter how many of these people there are. Listed as the 1st Brigade. If there is not enough manpower, we will make up for it later, and send the brothers and sisters of the security yamen to be instructors to train the first brigade well; Then I have seen statistics in Yunnan, there are about six or seven thousand people, and now I am afraid that there are more, this group of people is classified as the second brigade, and it is best to follow the number of each stormtrooper team. Set it up as a platoon or company, and remove members who are too old and militarily poor. It should be about the same, these people are formed into six to ten battalions, and they are trained by more than 200 officers and men of the Blade Brigade; other personnel, forming a supplementary regiment...... You remember, after Yang Shou comes over tomorrow, you will explain these things to him, the first brigade and the second brigade, as long as the training is qualified, they are guaranteed to have three meals a day; As long as the training of the supplementary regiment reaches the training standard, the two meals are full; Soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Brigades, who failed to meet the training standards for two consecutive decades, were demoted to the supplementary regiment; Replenish the soldiers of the regiment, the training of the second year is not up to standard, and the reform ......"

After Zhu Dong wrote them down one by one, he repeated it again, Ding Yi confirmed that it was correct, but he couldn't help but say: "Sir, you still have Yun Cong by your side, no, no, the disciple didn't mean that, he was afraid that he and Yang Shou would have a dispute when he arrived!" "Li Yuncong, who was originally on the battlefield of Miyun's avant-garde, has no flesh on his face, but now he is a little stronger, but his official addiction is getting heavier and heavier, just like the sharp blade brigade, the reason why Ding Yi brought them over is because Li Yuncong, except for Ding Yi, is very disgusted with others making irresponsible remarks about his subordinates, whether it is Huang Xiaoyang or Wang Yue.

And Yang Shousui is also similar to this temperament, when the two get together, one is the chief instructor, and the other is the chief training manager arranged by Ding Yi of the second division - it can only be given in this name, and the imperial court appointed Qian Chujiu as the division commander. Who will be in charge of this meeting, who will have the final say, I'm afraid these two people will have to quarrel, if it is in Guangxi, at this moment, who is racing against time, how can they have time to make noise for them?

"Okay, then that's it, you go directly to the camp of the second division with my handbook, and ask Li Yuncong to come over immediately; After Yang Shou arrives, you will hand over all kinds of affairs to him, and then you will leave it alone, the brothers of the security yamen, you must be ready to break the whole into parts and maintain the intelligence network at any time......" Ding Yi would rather do things in front, despite the assurances of Emperor Jing and Yu Qian, he still did not let go because of this.

Looking at the figure of Zhu Dong who was about to go out in a hurry after responding, Ding Yi's heart moved, but he stopped him: "Tomorrow at noon, you go to the Yuhe Bridgehead, look at the picker who sells soup cakes, you find a stall with beef as a condiment, and ask him, 'I see that your soup base is good, but you have cooked it for seven days, seven nights and seven hours with grass carp head, carp throat, and lamb bones?" If he replied, "The old customer knows the goods, and he dares the old customer to know, and arsenic, crane top red, and oleander are added to it, not the ambition of the prime minister, but I am afraid that I will die if I drink it!" Then you buy a bowl of soup cakes, eat a bite, and then ask him how much it is, and he says he wants a tael of silver, and you say it is better to give him five taels? He said that as long as it was half a tael, you would slap him, kick over the burden and leave. ”

"Don't say anything?" Zhu Dong asked cautiously. Seeing that Ding Yi shook his head, Zhu Dong repeated it again, and then went to the camp of the second division of the Ming Dynasty and replaced Li Yuncong without mentioning it.

At this hour, the city gate has already been closed, but in the Beijing division these years, Zhu Dong is the identity of the deputy envoy of the security yamen, if there is no snake road and rat road, it is really a waste of food, it is impossible to open the city gate, but it is not too difficult to put down the basket from the city or pull up one or two people, for the soldiers guarding the city, it is really not too difficult.

Li Yuncong did not have any dissatisfaction because Ding Yi called him over, but because he was able to follow Ding Yi out of the customs, he was full of hope, and some people were extraordinarily enthusiastic, but they were teenagers. In fact, Li Yuncong also knows very well that if he can go out and kill the enemy, he will be able to accumulate combat exploits, and for soldiers, combat exploits are undoubtedly the capital for promotion.

So he quickly entered the role, after reporting to Ding Yi, when Ding Yi asked him to go down to count the equipment, about a cup of tea came back: "Mr. Report, the command platoon of thirty-seven people, all ready, Zhang Mao arranged in the communication class, the security yamen, has handed over ten hundred and two war horses to the command platoon, after tomorrow's joint training, there should be no problem." ”

The Blade Brigade was born in Gongju to train the new army, and the new army was selected from the second division of the Ming Dynasty, the second division of the Ming Dynasty was originally a border town soldier, and horseback riding was the foundation that was originally there, but the newly assigned war horses were not yet familiar, but a number of horses was considered extremely luxurious.

Seeing that Ding nodded, Li Yuncong began to report on weapons and equipment: "When he took the West Sea Fleet to Beijing, when he stopped at Fangchenggang, the quartermaster station of the First Division transferred supplies, including fifty revolvers, 2,000 pistol bullets, 500 Jingtai three-year rifles, 500 rifle bullets, 30 grenadiers, 1,000 grenades, and first-aid kits...... "Although he remembered it, at this time, he didn't look at the notebook in his hand, and he obviously knew it by heart.

"Wait." Ding Yi suddenly stopped Li Yuncong and asked him, "There is another batch of Jingtai one-year modifications, how many are there?" ”

Jingtai's one-year modification refers to the rebuilt rifle according to the Manryde rifle. The bolt of Manerryde is a cartridge-shell container, although it is still a primer, a firing * charge, and a bullet is loaded, but after all, it is also a rear-loading gun, and like the several battalions in the first division, the eliminated rifles are much better than those arquebuses of the 1st Marine Brigade, although they are also breech guns, but at least they were originally fired, and even the guns that have been withdrawn from several battalions are still rifled;

Due to the iron ore allocated by Emperor Jingdi and the mining of iron ore in Guangxi, the steel output of the Wuzhou factory has risen slowly but steadily, and with the expansion of Dingyi's territory, the mining of several copper mines has also made the copper shell for making bullets no longer as tense as before. Therefore, the entire First Division of the Ming Dynasty also began to slowly change into Jingtai three-year rifles one by one, one by one, that is, a rifle that imitated 98K and added a magazine. These old-fashioned breech guns, for Li Jiangtou, who is accustomed to a hard life, and Du Mu, the current factory manager, are naturally reluctant to return to the furnace like this, so changing to a Manryde rifle is a good choice.

"Two thousand, all of which are rifled at the factory, each with a hundred rounds of fixed ammunition, and lead bullet clamps."

Ding nodded: "All members of the command platoon are equipped with revolvers, each pistol squad is equipped with two, except for the pistol squad, the rest of the personnel carry thirty rounds of ammunition; Don't bring a Jingtai three-year rifle, all equipped with Jingtai one-year modification, carrying two hundred rounds of fixed-loading ammunition...... "He doesn't know what the situation is at this time, and the Jingtai three-year style with only 500 rounds of ammunition has ten bullets per gun, and it becomes a burning stick after the shot, what's the use?" Even if you kill one enemy per shot, it's only 500 people.

Without the support of the rear base, the Manerryde rifle is a good choice, even if the fixed ammunition is finished, as long as you get gunpowder and lead blocks, or even dig up the lead bullet from the corpse, melt it and pour the juice into the mold pliers, you can make new bullets. Of course, there is no problem with the use of the Manryde rifle, and there is no need for copper, a full 200,000 rounds of fixed ammunition, the barrel of this year, but there is no chrome plating, a platoon of men to run out of these bullets, it is estimated that the barrel has long been scrapped.

"Turn off the lights and go to bed immediately, tonight all the defense posts will be handed over to the comrades of the security yamen, and after the fifth watch is gathered, we will set off for dinner."

Ding Yi didn't plan to wait for Empress Dowager Sun to make a move slowly, he had never been a character who was used to letting people take prey, never be. (To be continued......)