In the barracks, 1,000 recruits have already begun basic training. This batch of recruits, Wu Yunlin organized into two battalions, and through individual competition, 90 people and the original 10 or so remaining soldiers were selected to serve as the squad leaders of the recruit company. There is no problem at all with the establishment of this later generation, anyway, Tuanding is not a regular army, there is no limit, and no one cares how he wants to make it. Zhao Kuo acted as the chief instructor.

In addition, he returned to the 100,000 mountains through Long Yi and others to recruit Miao warriors to form a 2,000-person Yelang Army, with Long Yi as the chief instructor.

The training of the regiment gradually became formal. Wu Yunlin ran the barracks, and at the same time, he had to work in the county office, and his busy feet did not touch the ground.

The unit was divided into two parts, trained by Zhao Kuo and Long Er and four experienced veterans, one of which was organized as the first battalion of 500 men stationed in Beiguan between Gong'anmen and Ningyongmen, and the other 500 second battalion was stationed in the open space near Tongguimen, and the two battalions were also responsible for patrolling the county seat of Zunyi.

On the other side, Long Yi took Wu Yunlin's letter and returned to the 100,000 mountains at the entrance of the 32nd cave of the Eighteen Mountains to carry out Wu Yunlin's plan.

Wu Yunlin didn't have any shelves, he ate and lived with the soldiers on weekdays, and he didn't have much of the posture of the county magistrates, so he sat in the middle of the group of soldiers and learned about their lives here. This group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old soldiers are all teenagers, and they also have a heartfelt respect for the county magistrate, and they regard Wu Yunlin, who has obtained the Jinshi and destroyed the Wei family, as a god-like existence. They usually see those talented old men in the countryside with their nostrils facing the sky.

Today they met a much, much higher level than Xiucai, Lord Jinshi and the county magistrate, although he stumbled when answering questions, he knew everything.

Such a cordial conversation without barriers is the easiest to shorten the distance between each other, and the soldiers quickly forget the initial crampedness and become lively.

In just four or five days of getting along, Wu Yunlin has already become one with the soldiers. Coming to a school field opened up near Tongguimen, Wu Yunlin asked Zhao Kuo: "Has the musket team been transferred?" ”

"They're coming, and they're not used to muskets, so they're delayed a little bit." Zhao Kuo said that the musket team he mentioned belonged to the second battalion and was the only firearms unit in Wu Yunlin's hands. There is no way, Wu Yunlin has a small number of muskets at hand, so he can only concentrate on equipping a company of the second battalion first, even so, there are only a hundred muskets in the whole battalion, and the remaining nine hundred people can only temporarily use spears and machetes, and wait until the firearms get new muskets to continue to expand the amount of equipment.

Soon a dazzling metal reflection appeared in the square, and a team of 100 muskets appeared, followed by a dozen or so older men, all of whom had been veterans of muskets before, led by Convenience.

The team quickly stopped on the edge of the school field, and the soldiers lined up in a little confusion at the sound of the password, and then the man with a machete on his back and a short gun on his waist ran over, and saluted Wu Yunlin with a non-standard military salute and said: "Report to your lord, Pan Guang, the commander of the seventh company of the second battalion, reported to you that the one hundred and twenty-two people of the whole company have been completed, please instruct." ”

"Good." Wu Yunlin nodded, he knew that the man named Pan Guang in front of him was the son of Shi Xianwei, who followed Wu Yunlin to serve together, because of his flexible mind, serious training and enough loyalty, he was promoted to the position of company commander, and now he is also a member of his side.

Looking at the group of soldiers standing in front of him, Wu Yunlin was quite surprised.

Originally, Wu Yunlin thought that the army he recruited temporarily should be of all ages, but now it seems that most of these soldiers are eighteen or nineteen years old, and they are all energetic and do not squint, but if you think about it, you can understand that the people who were left behind after the bandit just now were these young men, because they were caught by bandits because they were running slowly.

Wu Yunlin looked at Pan Guang and said: "Company Commander Pan, your soldiers are very young, even you are very young, train your brothers well, more people in peacetime, and less blood in wartime." ”

"Yes, sir." Pan Guang saluted.

"Hello, sir." This is Verand, who was in charge of training the second battalion

"What about these soldiers?" Wu Yunlin asked with a smile.

Wei Lang nodded: "Very smart and very hardworking, I am very surprised to be able to master the essentials of training in a few days, I believe that it will not be long before they will become real fighters." ”

"That's good, that's good." Wu Yunlin smiled and nodded, such an answer made him feel very satisfied.

"Are you starting the drill now?" Pan Guang asked

Wu Yunlin nodded: "Let's start." ”

Pan Guang saluted and quickly ran back, and soon a batch of targets made of wooden planks were lined up in front of him, and then the soldiers of the whole company quickly divided into three rows

However, the soldiers were a little disorganized by the training, but they were barely usable overall, and at least they had completed the formation in fifteen minutes.

"First Row" with Pan Guang's loud order

"Bang bang bang ~" The first row began to shoot at the target, and as the smoke of gunpowder rose, a small number of wooden plank targets were shattered.

The second row and the third row were ready, and Pan Guang ordered loudly

Immediately after that, the second platoon of musketeers stepped forward and continued to shoot at the target, then the third platoon.

After three rows of fire, the musketeers quickly stepped back and the first row continued to fire.

"Okay," Wu Yunlin clapped his hands when he saw this three-stage shooting

"Don't look at it." Wu Yunlin waved his hand and said: "I don't have much research on firearms, and the specific training still depends on you.

It's just that when I watched the musket shooting, I found that the soldiers used a horn pot to fill gunpowder, and every time they shot, they had to fill the horn pot with gunpowder, then stuff lead bullets and compact them with copper bars, and then open the fire rope and sprinkle gunpowder in the medicine pool before they could shoot.

This kind of loading is too cumbersome, the amount of charge is not easy to control, and the training is better in peacetime, if you load more gunpowder on the battlefield because of tension, wouldn't it be easy to blow up? ”

"That's what happened, so you have to train your soldiers hard and train them to work as they should." Zhao Kuo explained.

Wu Yunlin shook his head: "Don't expect to control the amount of gunpowder with the skill and calmness of the soldiers, everyone will be nervous in the face of death on the battlefield, even if the loading is skillful, whether it can be fully exerted is also between the two, we must try to avoid this situation with technology." ”

"What do you think you should do?" Zhao Kuo asked.

Wu Yunlin touched his chin and thought for a moment, a memory fragment flashed in his head, and said, "We use fixed ammunition." ”

"What is fixed ammunition?" Zhao Kuo had never heard of this word.

Wu Yunlin explained: "Our gunpowder and lead bullet should not be packed in bulk, they can be packed together in advance. For example, wrapped in paper, gunpowder on the back and buckshot in front. When loading, as long as you tear a hole in the back of the paper bag and stuff it into the barrel, compact it with a whole strip, and then sprinkle a small amount of gunpowder into the medicine pool to fire, so that the speed can be faster, and there will be no phenomenon of too much gunpowder. ”

"That's a good idea."

Zhao Kuo clapped his hands and continued: "What kind of paper do we use to wrap it instead?"

"Is straw paper okay?"

"No, no, although straw paper is cheap, it is brittle and fragile, if you want to be strong, it is better to use rice paper." The veteran next to him expressed a different opinion.

"Rice paper is too expensive, if you make tens of thousands of bullets, adults have to go bankrupt, I think it is better to use straw paper." Zhao Kuo shook his head and retorted.

"Papyrus is not available." The veteran next to him thinks that quality comes first.

"Just use straw paper." Wu Yunlin decided, but the veteran next to him was still reminding: "The straw paper is too brittle, what if it leaks on the way?" ”

"It doesn't matter if the straw paper is brittle, why don't we soak it in oil and wrap it in oiled paper?" Wu Yunlin proposed a solution. Oil-soaked straw paper is not only stronger, but also burns more completely, preventing the rapid accumulation of smoke and dirt in the chamber of the gun, a method that was used by musketeers for a long time.

"Good idea, I'll go back and study it and let the people in the workshop study it." Zhao Kuo attaches great importance to this technology.

Wu Yunlin said: "Zhao Kuo, this kid is leaving, I am also leaving, I still have many things, and I can't lack courtesy in the officialdom." Wu Yunlin shook his head and said, "In addition, I have an idea, and I still need to communicate with the two of you." ”