Tuhuan took Guo Kang to the military headquarters first, and explained to the officials on duty there, and checked the progress of various preparations. After that, he left the city and went to the training ground outside.

The Ross recruited by Guo Kang, after more than half a month of screening, only a small half remained. These people have physical problems due to chronic malnutrition and overwork. Some of these young people with good talent have recovered relatively quickly. And most of them, even if they gradually improve their food according to Guo Kang's requirements, they can't keep up with the training volume of the legion, so they can only be arranged to logistics positions.

There are also some people who either can't get rid of the problem of petty theft, or often can't help but drink secretly, and always ignore discipline and rules, even if they beat them, it's useless. Among them, there are still very brave and good fighters, who have made meritorious contributions in the previous street battles, but there is no way, and they can only quit.

The remaining more than 300 people are still outside the city, on the camp set up by Zhu Wenkui and them, training with other recruits.

Captain Jeska has been absent for the past two days, and it is said that he has taken leave to discuss matters with the messenger from his hometown. Guo Ponu stared at Theodora every day, and went to her for trouble when he had nothing to do, and he didn't have the heart to train at all. Fortunately, there are all kinds of people here, and there is no shortage of leaders. According to the guards guarding the door, in the past few days, King Xiao Wu has arranged for Master Hans to take his place and is teaching them to practice basic skills.

Guo Kang felt that it was too early to teach swordsmanship now. However, there was no one on the training ground, and after half a circle, they realized that old Hans was pulling the recruits to practice wrestling on the soft mud outside the camp.

They made some straw, spread it on the ground, and began to practice. As a result, the Rus' were all disgraced, covered with mud and hay, and looked like Nurhachi who had snarled them.

"When people get close, just poke people with this, and the dagger will grow a little longer." Tuhuan probably understood: "Then is this thing easy to use?" ”

"It's meant to be an accessory." Guo Kang explained: "It is used for the musketeers to protect themselves, and it cannot be compared with those main weapons." ”

Seeing that a big man was coming, the onlookers greeted him for a while, and when they saw that they had nothing to do, they scattered away. Only Xiao Jeanna with a group of children came over and greeted Guo Kang.

"If you want to unload it." He pulled out a short stick from the metal seat again, and the tail of the dagger fell: "Here is a tenon with a slope, and when it is opened, it will be released automatically." Then the front can also be removed, so that the knife can be dismantled, so that it is easy to continue loading. ”

"Let's wait until the technology is mature in the future." Guo Kang said: "In the future, after a period of development, the musket should be more efficient, and these accessories will be better manufactured." ”

"The latter ones are all to help light the ignition and prevent the flameout, so I don't think it's a big problem." Li Xuanying introduced: "The dagger in front is mounted on the muzzle, so I don't think it's necessary." ”

"If you want to say it's a spear, it's too short, too heavy. If it is used as a two-handed combat weapon, the power is not good, and the center of gravity is also very poor. What is its positioning? I didn't figure it out......"

However, it seems that he is quite popular here. The gang of Wu Wangfu finally has a singing and playing music like a serious gang of begging for food......

Seeing that everyone had something to do, he didn't bother, and turned to Zhu Wenkui, ready to discuss the matter of carrying firearms. However, when he arrived at the center of the camp, he found that Zhu Wenkui was not there, but Li Xuanying was at the door of the temporary workshop, beating several swords of different lengths while singing to the onlookers. Tang Sayer and Jeanne Jr., both leading a group of children, mingled in the crowd and listened curiously.

"But, a lot of times, users don't have a choice. For example, in civil arms fighting and self-defense on weekdays, there are more restrictions on weapons, and sometimes they simply use what they pick up. At this time, those strange weapons can come in handy. Because the conditions for use are relatively harsh, and the experience of inheritance is also insufficient, unlike the weapon training in the army, there are systematic rules and inheritance. Therefore, if you can get a secret and learn some experience from your predecessors, the impact will be greater. ”

Seeing Guo Kang and Tuohuan coming over, Li Xuanying hurriedly stopped, stood up, and greeted the two.

"Yes...... It's cheaper, isn't it? Guo Kang has little confidence anymore.

"There's a secret to this?" Dehuan said in surprise.

"I don't need a helper, I can do it myself." Li Xuanying explained: "I stole the horse too. When the time comes, cut off some heads and show them military exploits, and it will be difficult for the family to say anything about me. ”

"...... like this"

"Uh...... I'm not sure myself. However, those are just theories, and I thought it would be better to try them, so I made one. Guo Kang hesitated and said.

"That's all of them." Li Xuanying pointed to the weapons and armor next to him: "To be honest, they have a lot of weapons, I don't think they are suitable for recruits." ”

"I'm too embarrassed to go back." Li Xuanying shook his head again and again: "I told Xiao Zhu that he will also take someone to set off with the team, and I will just follow his team." In the past few days, I have been helping him test all kinds of weapons. ”

"In the system of the Tang Dynasty back then, the crossbowmen were in the forward position, and if the enemy came, they would shoot first; When the enemy approaches, he will use a knife and a stick to hedge against others. Li Xuanying introduced: "Bows and crossbows are very delicate things, but you can't feel distressed at critical moments, you still have to throw them to the ground and change them into heavy weapons to fight." Your musket is an iron pipe, much stronger than other people's bows, what do you feel sorry for? ”

"It's definitely not going to work." Li Xuanying smiled: "But it's really fun." I feel that the knives we carry every day can do this, and it is estimated that we can play a lot of tricks. ”

"It's okay, he often designs such inexplicable things." Tuhuan didn't care, turned his head and asked Guo Kang: "Then you say, is there any advantage that has not been explored?" ”

"What are you doing with us nodding so much?" Tuhuan glanced at Guo Kang, decided to ignore him for now, and asked Li Xuanying: "Did you do anything wrong?" ”

"The speed at which armor develops is hardly comparable to the speed at which the power of muskets increases. If the musket is more useful, no one will use armor, and this spear will be somewhat useful. Guo Kang proposed.

"It's useless to pretend to be this." Li Xuanying said: "It's better to carry another weapon with it." Instead of using this nondescript thing, bring a real spear or a knife. ”

"Definitely not." Li Xuanying said confidently: "If you throw it on the ground, you won't get it." If you win, you can naturally come back and pick it up, and if you lose, you don't have to think about it......"

"No, I'm here to do them a favor." Li Xuanying explained: "Everyone rests at noon, and I will rest here for a while. ”

"You're really just living here?" Tuhuan was puzzled: "I'm about to go on an expedition, why don't you go home and ask your father if he wants someone to go." ”

"There are a lot of weird weapons, and they're pretty important." Li Xuanying told him: "Because the weapons in the army are generally relatively uniform. The more bizarre the thing, the worse it generally works. Therefore, when everyone has the conditions, they will not choose those things. ”

"Then ......" Tuhuan looked at Guo Kang, hesitated, and had to give in: "Then you can tell him okay, the people of Wu Wangfu also follow Guo Kang Anda's actions." Let's see if we can make a good seat for you, and try to gather some helpers. ”

"Then you ......" Tuhuan looked back and found that Guo Kang had been hugged by Xiao Jeanna, so he had to shout again: "Okay, stop playing, you have to do business." ”

"I read the book that in the pre-Qin period, there were weapons with short swords fixed to the long handle, and those with swords were called beryllium, and those without them were called beryllium. However, after the popularization of iron armor, these weapons were not used. And this thing is even worse, even against unarmored people, it is not a good offensive weapon. He patted the body of the gun: "The back part is too heavy, and people can adjust the length and weight of the handle, but you can't adjust it - the core of this weapon is the barrel, so you can't save it, right?" ”

"I'm holding it head forward like this." He put the iron trap on the muzzle of the gun, and the metal part of the tail of the dagger was aimed at the iron base under the barrel, and slapped it hard, and it just stuck in: "This is installed, and the buckle over there can jam it." ”

"Moreover, although this thing is heavy, the crossbow is not light, and it takes up more space than it. The Tang Army has formed a mature system, and of course we can learn from it. ”

"Now the regular spear is not very good at armor-piercing. There are a lot of veterans who don't like to use it very much, and they don't think it's easy to deal with armor. Either lengthen and increase the spearhead, make the pole hard, and make it something like a lance; Or simply use a big knife, a big axe, a gourd, a white gun, such heavy weapons used by both hands. The design of this barrel with a short sword is definitely even worse. ”

Guo Kang hurriedly rushed over, and Tuhuan had already picked up a musket, looked at the various accessories on it, and asked, "What is this for?" ”

"Won't that get in the way?" Guo Kang asked.

"Look at this thing." He took it back, and flipped the musket and the dagger on it: "This is obviously not a serious weapon. ”

"Then why do you think that?" Tuohuan also heard a little strange.

"Okay......" Tuhuan thought about it, and felt that this was also a helpless way, so he didn't object, and asked instead: "Then what did you try?" ”

"I don't know anyone has used it." Li Xuanying said truthfully: "If you know their experience in using it, or other people's secrets or something, just tell me about it, maybe you can use it—although I don't expect this." ”

"It's not cheap either." Li Xuanying said: "Don't look at the simple structure of this shelf, it is quite difficult to fight." The blacksmith told me that this buckle was a delicate thing, and it was a lot of trouble to make. This dagger is not expensive, but if this buckle wants to be mass-produced, the cost will definitely not be low. We researched it to the end and found that not only did it not work, but it was also a waste of money. ”

"For a soldier of the same level of training, one person takes this musket with a pointed tip, and one person changes a spear, and the one who takes the spear will definitely win." He concluded, "I don't think any general who has a little bit of research on weapons would approve of people using this thing. ”

During this time, although the Queen Mother, Peng Sai Khan and others went to persuade and nominally settle things, Li Xuanying still didn't dare to go home, wandering around during the day, and going to a friend's house at night to eat and live, and became a street slipper. Later, he simply joined Zhu Wenkui's team, and everyone ate together every day.

"To save trouble." Li Xuanying shook his head: "Anyway, the bracket under the muzzle is used to fix this dagger." ”

"Why do you want to install this?" Tuhuan asked curiously: "What is this for......"

"This thing can be mass-produced, why don't you send something better to the soldiers...... Li Xuanying didn't believe it: "Change the musket to be more useful, and change the armor to be lighter and more dexterous, and this thing will be even less usable." ”

He remembered that the people of Majiazhuang also liked wrestling very much, and it was estimated that these trainings were not only to exercise physical strength, but also to be useful.

"Look over here." He took the two of them to the edge of the venue. There were several training grass-target dummies, draped in iron armor. Li Xuanying held the musket in both hands, used the strength of his waist, and stabbed with all his strength, sparks sparked at the tip of the dagger and the armor, but it was still not surprising that he still failed to destroy the armor.

"I don't dare to push any harder." He showed the head of the musket to Guo Kang and Tuohuan: "The base used for this connection is already a little deformed, if you increase the strength, the dagger and the barrel are estimated to be fine, and there will definitely be a problem with this connection." I've tried a dagger with a blade before, but it doesn't work - of course, when dealing with iron armor, it really doesn't make a difference whether you can open the blade or not. ”

"I don't think it's likely." Li Xuanying said: "It is really difficult to defend against muskets in armor, but it is too simple to defend against this thing. You see, in recent years, armor has been improved to deal with large muskets and crossbows, not to deal with these ordinary weapons. If the musket is so strong that it is like a cannon and completely unable to resist it, the armor can be lightweight and flexible, which is conducive to saving physical strength, and it will be more advantageous when dealing with such light weapons. ”

As he spoke, he took the musket and dismantled the unedged experimental dagger for Tohuan to see. I saw that under the barrel, near the front, there was an iron seat that was hooped up with an iron hoop. There is also an iron ring on the gauntlet of the dagger.

"Teach this one to ......" Guo Kang scratched his head: "Forget it, let's practice......"

"No matter how strong the ranged weapons are, as long as there is still a need for melee combat, and the enemy is still using these weapons, light armor is useful, and it will not be eliminated; Unless, one day, the enemy himself will not use it. He judged: "Compared to the soldiers themselves, the armor is much cheaper, and it is not in the way to distribute some to everyone—of course, if anyone's soldiers are cheaper than the armor, then it is another ......matter."

"At this point, we have a greater advantage than we do now." "I don't think there are many people in Europe who can do civil engineering in the field, but if the power of firearms increases, only fortifications can be used to defend themselves," he said. And if you constantly fight around the fortifications, it depends on the quality of the soldiers. Everyone scattered and fought on their own, and we couldn't ask for it. ”

(End of chapter)