The situation in Shaanxi is collapsing, and news has come from the southwest.

As in history, He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang led their troops all the way through Fengxiang Mansion to Gongchang Mansion, pursued the enemy in Zhangjiachuan, strangled thousands of people, and sent the good news to the battalions, and the morale of the Ming army, which was originally somewhat sluggish.

It was only not long after that another military newspaper was transmitted to the battalions, and this time the military newspaper only learned the inside information of the officers of the general rank, and the ordinary military schools were kept in the dark.

After He Renlong defeated the Liukou, he marched again but was ambushed, Du Sitian Yinglong was killed in battle, and more than 500 soldiers were killed and wounded, and he retreated all the way to Anrong Pass, more than 40 miles east of Zhangjiachuan, to stabilize his foothold.

Then, when guarding the Anrong Pass, I saw the mountains and fields in the distance on the wall of the pass, full of people and flags.

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other departments have more than 100,000 people from Zhangjiachuan and all the way to the east.

He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang only had nearly 6,000 remnants after the loss of troops and the defeat of generals.

The two sides fought fiercely with Anjung Pass for three days, and the Ming army lost 300 men again.

He Renlong ordered the soldiers to burn the checkpoint and retreated overnight while taking advantage of the chaos, and at the same time quickly sent the news of Liukou's eastward advance back to Guanzhong.

Chen Wang's expression was slightly gloomy, and he looked at the hot school field beside him.

The food is sufficient and the station is stable, so that Chen Wang has enough time to train the soldiers under his command, and also allows the soldiers to have enough physical strength to bear heavy training, which is really not much.

The rogue raided the place and broke the city, and they could grab the supply of grain and grass on the spot, and they did not have to carry the rations.

However, officers and soldiers could not do this, and all the food, grass, and salaries needed to be allocated by the central government, or supported by officials from the surrounding cities.

Sometimes, however, local officials refused to supply food and grass for less than three days.

In fact, in many cases, when the Ming army entered to suppress the Liukou, the Liukou were full of wine and food, but the Ming army was hungry and tired.

The food and grass sent in were rarely sufficient, and sometimes the sergeants were required to chop wood and cook by themselves, and almost all the soldiers who entered and suppressed them were hungry and full, and even did not receive any replenishment for several days.

The law was harsh, the soldiers were poor, and the number of soldiers and horses of all walks of life increased day by day.

When Chongzhen was eight years old, the prestige of the Ming court was still there, except for the arrogant and arrogant soldiers and horses in Liaozhen, all the soldiers and horses did not dare to mess around, and they were all honest and obedient.

Although there are things such as killing good people and taking meritorious deeds, burning, killing and looting, they don't dare to come openly, and they don't dare to mess around in the county town and other cities.

The real beginning of the Ming army's degeneration was actually thirteen years after Chongzhen, when the prestige of the Ming court was lost, and the salary was in arrears for a long time.

Since then, the soldiers and horses of all walks of life have gradually lost control, and then the real thieves are like combs, and soldiers are like grates.

It was also from that time that the rogues began to transition to the rebel army, while the officers and soldiers transitioned to the bandits.

"Raise the gun!"

On the school ground, Hu Zhili, who was wearing a red arrow suit, shouted loudly.

Beside him, twelve soldiers lined up in narrow sleeves and green clothes immediately raised their bird guns when they heard the order.

The twelve Birdsmen didn't stand shoulder to shoulder, they had about one person between them.

The arquebus is an arquebus, which ignites the gunpowder with an arquebus that burns continuously and slowly, and then fires the projectiles contained in the chamber.

Because of the nature of the arquebus, it is not possible to stand shoulder to shoulder with each other like soldiers with flintlock pistols, forming a close queue like flintlock musketeers, and at least about one person should be left between the same platoon.

In a panic, the arquebus on the arquebus, as well as the igniter, can easily accidentally ignite the gunpowder carried by the musketeer, and its trigger probability and damage rate are much higher than that of the bore.

Combined with the arquebus's poor rate of fire, the arquebus could not form the same density of fire as a flintlock pistol at the same formation width.

"Put!"

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The twelve guns were fired almost simultaneously, and with the sound of the guns, clouds of gunpowder smoke suddenly rose from the arquebus.

"The front team retreats, and the squadron steps forward!"

The order came again, and the twelve birdmen walked briskly to the rear with the bird's guns in their hands, and then another group of bird's guns standing behind them walked to the front row with the bird's guns that had been lit with the arquebus.

"Raise the gun!"

"Put!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!! ”

Chen Wang's gaze did not stay on the body of the soldier who shot at the front, but stayed at the rear.

The bird gunners who had just finished the first row of bird guns had retreated to the position of the third row at this time, and were in full swing to load the bird guns in their hands.

The Bird Soldier who retreated to the last row held the Bird Gun in his left hand, and with his right hand, he skillfully took out a paper tube from the bag above his belt, put the corner of it in his mouth, and bit it directly.

In their hands, they held paper tubes for gunpowder, which were not available in the first place, and the officials who distributed the quartermasters were equipped with bamboo tubes for the charges, and the gunpowder was transported directly in large barrels.

The carton tube is filled with gunpowder, which is to wrap the amount of gunpowder and projectiles in a long paper tube.

The amount of gunpowder loaded can greatly affect the power of the gun, if the charge is less, the lethality of the bird gun will be reduced a lot, and the charge of the bird gun will have the threat of exploding, and it will not be able to hit a few rounds at all.

On the battlefield, even veterans will inevitably be frightened, let alone new recruits, because it is common for fear and panic to charge more and less.

It is not difficult to make gunpowder in a paper tube, and the quantitative writing in the "New Book of Ji Xiao" is clear.

Pizhou is on the near side, the paper shell is not valuable, Chen Wang only spent a little money to order a lot of paper shells from the city of Pizhou.

The carton filling gunpowder can not only ensure the power of each shot, but also omit many steps, greatly reducing the loading time of the bird

The shooting steps of the bird gun are cumbersome, and each shot needs to be repeated to pour, charge, press, reload, and load the fire rope, and it is also necessary to clean the ignition hole and primer pot to prevent the residue from clogging.

If gunpowder is not ordered in a paper tube, a skilled shooter can generally only fire one shot in a minute, which is already a very fast speed.

The average shooter may only be able to fire two shots in three minutes, and if he is in a hurry on the battlefield, he is afraid that it will be difficult to shoot one shot in two minutes, and as for whether the charge is more or less, it is estimated that only God knows.

Chen Wang stood on the side of the school field and observed the training, during which time he also remembered the time when the bird gun was reloaded.

With the use of paper tubes for gunpowder, a more skilled shooter can fire two shots a minute, although it is still far below the rate of fire of a crossbow, but such a speed is extremely fast on the body of a bird.

Looking at the rising gunsmoke, Chen Wang's brows furrowed slightly.

There is not much gunpowder mixed into the camp at all, and the quality is also worrying, and there are even some problems with the ratio, and these gunpowders have long been almost beaten in training.

The gunpowder used in the camp now is all configured by Chen Wang according to the ratio of the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", and the materials are basically purchased from the hands of the trading houses, plus the purchase of paper shells, etc., more than 20 taels before and after.

Chen Wang didn't have much money in his pocket, and most of the money he had won the first-level merit was placed in Liaodong, and now he only had fifty taels of money left, which was already a little stretched.

Chen Wang turned his head to look at the other side of the school field.

On the school field on the other side, Tang Shiping and Hu Zhiyi were leading the new army to form a formation, fight and cooperate with each other, and practice changing formations.

After more than half a month of training, these newly recruited recruits have taken off a little rustic spirit, with a trace of capable and decisive momentum, and have become more and more like an army.

There is an assessment method in the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", and the skills of the generals are subdivided into nine grades, and the treatment that each class can enjoy is different, and the higher the treatment, the better.

However, now Chen Wang is only divided into four categories: upper, middle, lower, and unqualified.

The reason for not using the ninth-grade system is that there is not enough manpower now, and it is complicated and difficult to count, and the role played is not proportional to the effort.

The most important thing in military training is to adapt measures to local conditions, not to adopt rigid routines.

The assessment is conducted every three days, and the food at each level is different.

The superior class is the best, the inferior is the worst, and those who fail to pass not only need to be trained, but also will be deducted from their monthly salary and beaten with a military whip.

The rating of each person in the team is also linked to the treatment of the captain and the deputy team, and there is more than one unqualified person, and the captain and the deputy are seated together.

The most significant impact after the implementation of the evaluation is that none of the recruits dare to be lazy and slippery, and no one wants to be assessed as unqualified, after all, the whipping of the army hurts to the bones.

A few more ordnance were transferred from front to back, more than 100 waist knives, more than 30 sets of cloth armor, and more than 40 pieces of arm covering, which could barely allow the officers to have one.

According to the comprehensive evaluation, Chen Wang selected the flag chief among the recruits of the three bureaus, promoted the new captain and team vice-president, and the officers in the bureau were already full.

At present, the officers of the third bureau of the new recruits are wearing arms coverings, chain mail inside, riveted cloth face armor for officers, high bowl helmets, and waist knives.

The officers of the first rank of the team also wore arms coverings and red tasseled helmets, although there was no chain mail, but the cloth armor was still complete.

However, most of the ordinary soldiers still did not receive armor, only a helmet and spear that did not even have a red tassel, and there was no waist knife.

The shield finally took down more than sixty sides, and Chen Wang also selected twenty people from each of the three rounds to practice the sword and shield.

Swords and shields are far more useful than pikemen when they are in close combat and melee battles.

Now at a glance, there are many flags, the army is in strict order, and the clothes and armor are distinct, but there is a bit of the appearance and momentum of a strong army.

But of course, this is only what it seems, in fact, the gap is still very large.

"Last month, if someone told me that I could train those homeless people outside the city into an army, I wouldn't believe it."

Chen Gong had been following behind Chen Wang, and although he had seen these soldiers change these days, he was still a little incredulous.

Because of the grain and grass transported by Pizhou, everyone had a full meal every day during this time, plus the meat sent, they were all fishy.

After entering the camp and the food improved, the recruits quickly recovered from the weight loss caused by hunger, and many of them were even much stronger than before.

As farmers, they are able to improve their food during the good season.

Although prices were extremely low during the Wanli period, as long as you were willing to make a living, there was hope, but that was more than ten years ago.

Since the apocalypse, it has not been as good as before, and life has become more and more difficult.

How can you eat three full meals a day like now, and you can still see meat.

What kind of running training and weight-bearing training, where is the hard work of working long and short in a rich family, and there is no military salary of one or two halves a month to get.

Although some things are really difficult to learn, it is really painful to beat people with sticks and whips, and the military pay is not as much as that of other battalion soldiers.

But all this is bearable, at least 10,000 times better than having no food.

"But big brother, aren't you going to recruit some family members?"

"I'm afraid I can't do it with only these soldiers when I'm fighting."

Chen Gong frowned slightly, Chen Wang now only had nine family members by his side, and these people were still the family members under the original commander of the fallen general.

"None of these soldiers have seen blood, and they look good now, but it is not necessary to engage in a battle with a thief."

There are only five family members under Tang Shiping, as well as the eight family members under the original Bai Zong, plus the nine people next to Chen Wang, there are only twenty-two people in total.

The general 100 general manager will raise about 13 or 4 people, and the deputy hundred total will have seven or eight people, and the general manager needs to have thirty or forty family members who dare to fight, which is about a ratio of ten to one.

The wind in the west is loud, the movement of the thieves is unknown, and the night of the investigation of Pingliang Mansion has gradually changed from one report every two days to one report a day, and now it has become three reports a day, and the thief brigade seems to have left Pingliang and is coming to the east.

"Enough is enough."

"The rogues of Pingliang Mansion are just a group of rabble."

Chen Wang shook his head, Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong are now in the southwest, and Pingliang Mansion is just a partial division.

If the soldiers who have been strictly trained for almost a month according to the military training method written by Qi Jiguang will be defeated in battle with a group of rabble, then it is better to flee abroad directly across the ocean as soon as possible.

Although it is estimated that there are 130,000 or 40,000 rogues in Pingliang Mansion, there are only a few of the 1340,000 who can fight, and even fewer elites.

Moreover, the two armies are fighting, how can more than 100,000 troops all engage at the same time, there are not many who are really engaged in battle, and others are just pretending to be pretending.

Zuo Liangyu now has a total of 5,500 troops with them, more than 1,200 elite cavalry alone, and the infantry is fully clothed and armored.

Cao Wenzhao is not dead, the current situation is not the same as in history, and the morale of the Ming army is acceptable.

Pizhou is difficult to defend, and it is difficult to defeat these more than 100,000 rogues, but there is no problem in retreating, and most of them will definitely not be defeated like in history.

"Woo——————"

A low horn sounded from the direction of the Chinese army.

Chen Wang stopped and turned his head to follow the prestige.

In the field of vision, in the distance of the silhouette of the tall military tent of the Chinese army, several black smoke was already rising into the sky.