On the north bank of Yingtianfu, the newly built "Wu'an Battalion" school field, the earth-shattering slogans came and went, and the recruits were training in running drills with the flag team as a unit.

Zhuang Lidong is now elected as the flag captain, and he is running while shouting slogans, this is not the first time that such a collective running exercise, but on the brand new school field, more than 2,000 people in the whole camp are running together, but it is the first time for them.

After more than a month of training, almost everyone suffered dozens of military sticks, everyone's footsteps were very neat, twelve people for a team, three teams for a flag team of square queues are not scattered at all, strict and square, the excellent organization of the slender men is once again reflected.

Today, the various formations of the Wu'an battalion have been basically completed, and some cold weapons have also been issued, that is, armor and muskets, and many recruits have already gotten them, but when training, two or three people will use them together.

The weapons of the whole army were all distributed, and the army was completely equipped, and Zhou Shixian expected that it would be until November, that is, when the Shunqing Dynasty fought a decisive battle in Tongguan, Yulin and Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi.

Zhuang Lidong was selected as the captain of the flag, which was completely within his expectations, in fact, even if it was not chosen by his slender men, but by the chief, he felt that it must be him. However, he still felt redundant about what it was called, the soldiers had half of the decision, and the commander had the other half of the decision.

This kind of thing that everyone knows well, what else is it like, in the end, it must be the chief who has the final say.

As for the distribution of those classes, who is a pikeman, who is a sword and shield bearer, and which is a musketeer, it is based on a certain physical fitness.

The pikemen must be the strongest and strongest, which is the core strength of the military duel, and they must be strong and fearless, full of strength. Knife and shield hands, on the other hand, require flexibility and strength, as well as physique and strength.

As for the musketeers, the use of muskets in this era was still relatively dull, and Zhou Shixian had to keep / forty percent of the musketeers in the army, so the remaining ones in the army, who were not strong enough in physique and strength, and were not very agile, became musketeers.

Zhou Shixian wanted to quickly form an army, so he made a certain innovation to Qi Jiguang's art of war, and in the infantry army, only the three major arms of pikemen, sword and shield men, and musketeers were retained, supplemented by some small arms, so as to reduce the complexity of training.

Judging from the historical evolution, this direction is correct, because the emergence of military formations has made individual martial arts almost chicken ribs.

The so-called "promotion" was set up by Zhou Shixian in order to discover the talents of grassroots officers and soldiers, and he also sent people in the army to strictly supervise the entire process of promotion and ensure that the wishes of the soldiers were implemented.

You must know that many armies in later generations, especially the revolutionary/ordered armies, and generalissimos with great military achievements, basically rose all the way up from the bottom soldiers.

This is the most important reason why Zhou Shixian wants to implement this method.

Of course, he also understood that the soldiers of this era had not been baptized by the idea of revolution and order, nor had they accepted the concepts of freedom, democracy, equality, and law, but Zhou Shixian believed that a reasonable system would eventually enable talents to be discovered, and the continuous emergence of military talents was one of the most important reasons for an army to become strong.

But that's all there is to the election, and it will not be extended to more far-reaching places. The army must maintain the absolute authority of the superior officers and the absolute obedience of the soldiers, this is the place where rank and order are most important, and any disobedience to the orders of the superiors and the military will be severely punished, including the beheading.

Therefore, the proportion and scale of it depend on Zhou Shixian's ability. If the card is too dead and too loose, then it will not be possible to become a strong army.

After the exercise, each phalanx flag team immediately began their own training, first of all, each flag team to the designated position to line up, followed by the formation of the formation of the training, which is very important, to train for a morning.

In the afternoon, it is time for personal martial arts and weapons training. There is no training at night, those who make mistakes during the day are collectively punished, others are free to rest, but they are not allowed to leave the barracks, and there are often surprise drills.

Chen Yu is neither a pikeman, nor a sword and shield hand, nor a musketeer, he is a little timid and chooses to be a gangster, as the name suggests, that is, to manage the whole team to eat.

His good brother Zhang Dong became a pikeman, and another old acquaintance of his team, and the yellow-haired man with his family was a sword and shield hand, and he felt that it was safer to have a shield in his hand.

Chen Yu originally thought that the soldiers were also very good, although the monthly salary was only one or two, five dollars less than that of the soldiers, but the food and clothing were all in the hands of the army, and there was no need to fight directly, as long as he was responsible for cutting his head in the back, this position was the safest.

Moreover, since there is no need to go into battle to fight, then the training should be less, at least you have to cook every day, and you must not be the same as those soldiers, you practice all day and night, and you are absolutely comfortable.

But after he became a soldier, he found that the soldiers had to practice all kinds of weapons, in addition to his iron-tipped flat pole, he had to practice spears and swords and shields, and when necessary, he had to make up for the military formation.

This made Chen Yu regret a little, being a soldier, except for being able to steal some meat, there was no other benefit, the training intensity was also high, and he had to cook and serve others.

In particular, the monthly salary is still small, a full five dollars less.

He has inquired, build a big tiled house here, marry a daughter-in-law, before and after only more than 30 taels, if he is a soldier, with a monthly salary of one or two or five yuan, he will be able to marry a wife and have children in less than two years.

It was something he had never dared to think of before.

"Stand upright!"

Zhuang Lidong suddenly shouted, frightened Chen Yu a spirit, he has been beaten more than 20 times in more than a month, and now he has formed a conditioned reflex, and he can react immediately when he hears the password, but his good brother Zhang Dong is relatively stupid, often half a beat slower than others, and even the five kinds of drums and trumpets can't be distinguished, so he has been beaten seven or eight times more.

Chen Yu raised his head and chested, held an iron-tipped flat pole, and quickly looked around with his peripheral vision, and then took advantage of the fact that Zhuang Lidong and the military law soldier Wang Di did not check themselves, and quickly stood up, not daring to relax at all.

Zhuang Lidong and Wang Di inspected together and found no problems. The former nodded in satisfaction, while the latter seemed to be a little unhappy, which meant that he couldn't hit anyone today.

You know, he has maintained the habit of waving a stick and beating people every day for more than a month, and now it is a day when he doesn't fight and panic, every time he sees someone make a mistake, he is so excited that he can't do it, and he will immediately put a smile on his face.

"Put on your backpack, start running with weights, and circle the barracks three times." Zhuang Lidong immediately shouted and ordered.

Everyone in the flag team looked embarrassed, but they didn't dare to speak or complain, otherwise what was waiting for them would be a military stick. Now these soldiers are not afraid of anything, but they are afraid of the military judge's military stick, it really hurts, and they are not injured after the fight, and they cannot rest.

However, this is also what Zhou Shixian wants to achieve, he wants this kind of military discipline, he wants such an army.

In this way, on the battlefield, no one will dare to retreat.