At this time, there were 76 young men in Dapanbao. Liu Yan asked Wang Wenzhen to formally promote Wang Bo and Zhang Yi to small flag officers. Although the two men had no military exploits, given the interests between Liu Yan and Wang Wenzhen, Wang Wenzhen still gave him some face, and the appointments of Wang Bo and Zhang Yi were quickly issued.
After solving the identity problem of Wang Bo and Zhang Yi, Liu Yan concentrated on training the more than 70 people under his command. Considering that none of the four military teams had learned martial arts, practicing complicated moves would only confuse them, and when it came to the battle formation, those complicated things would be useless.
Therefore, Liu Yan decided to select the most appropriate moves from his own spear skills, and only taught his men some simple and effective techniques for killing enemies. The simpler the moves on the battlefield, the more effective they were. Those fancy moves could only kill people. As long as you practice it repeatedly, simple moves can also exert great power.
In the end, Liu Yan thought over and over again and decided that his spearmen would only learn one move, and that was the thrust!
Moreover, this move is broken down into two steps. The first step is to hold the gun sideways, and the second step is to thrust hard.
Liu Yan decided to let his spearmen practice these two movements repeatedly every day from now on until their movements are standard, fast, and conditioned reflexes.
As for practicing the sword, it is the same move, divided into two steps, the first step is to lift the sword, and the second step is to slash diagonally. The action of raising the knife also requires standards, and the angle of the knife's slashing action is also strictly regulated!
From then on, every night, these four young teams practiced swords and guns outside the fort every day. Without exception, Liu Yan also went out to practice with Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Wang Yue and Zhang Yi every day, rain or shine.
It was already the beginning of June in the tenth year of Chongzhen's reign. The sun was like fire in the sky, as if there were ten suns, constantly scorching the earth. Even at night it was extremely hot and muggy, making people sweat profusely and sticky at the slightest movement.
At present, all the Dunjun troops are tired and hot after returning from the military camp. They drink water to cool off in their respective houses. There are even some frail elderly men who have symptoms of heatstroke after returning from work. Liu Yan has to send people to I bought a lot of summer-relieving medicines.
In addition, Liu Yan also asked Chen Xun to buy some herbal tea and give it to everyone to drink every night. These herbal teas are very expensive. If Liu Yan hadn't earned another thousand or several hundred taels this month and accumulated more than two thousand taels of silver in his hand, he would have been reluctant to buy these herbal teas.
However, since Liu Yan provided these "luxury" summer cooling products to the Dunjun army, the training every night naturally could not stop. Liu Yan once made it clear that he could quit if he couldn't bear it, but after that, even his family would be expelled from Dapanbao.
At this time, everyone has divided their farmland, and they see that life is about to get better and better. No one wants to be kicked out because they can't bear the hardships. Seeing that others are gritting their teeth and persevering, why can't they themselves? It's better to practice to death than to be kicked out as a coward. Fort strong. Therefore, no matter how hard it was, every Dunjun gritted his teeth and persevered.
After everyone came back that night, they rested for a while and then went out to practice again.
The sky is getting dark and the heat is still sultry.
Everyone's face was covered with big beads of sweat. In order to cool down, everyone could be said to have tried their best to keep cool. The clothes they wore were all kinds of clothes. Some people were wearing a worn-out short jacket, and some were just shirtless.
Liu Yan also went shirtless, revealing his bulging muscles, which made people fearful at first sight.
After practicing the formation for a while, everyone began to practice swords and guns again. The spear wielders stood in several rows, each holding a spear, and the sword wielders also held their own sabers.
The spear that Liu Yan bought from Wangjiazhuang that day was not properly maintained, but it was still usable. After Tan Xiaoda and others re-polished and forged it, it became sharp again.
Seeing everyone lined up, Liu Yan shouted: "Get ready!"
With a sound of "Wow!", everyone stood up straight!
Liu Yan shouted: "Raise the gun!"
"kill."
Dozens of spears thrust together, the scene was very spectacular.
"Raise the knife!"
"kill!"
There was a roar, and sixteen swordsmen slashed hard, and a flash of sword light rose up. Although there were only sixteen people wielding swords in front of them, they slashed down neatly and diagonally, and they were quite powerful in the firelight.
"Kill, kill with all your strength. The thieves are right in front of you. There is no need to play tricks or show off. All you need to do is thrust, harder and faster. If you stab faster than them, you can survive. And those bandits are the leaders of your military merits."
Liu Yan yelled, and he walked back and forth with his stick. When he saw someone whose posture was not strong enough, he would step forward and hit him with a stick, which made everyone even more energetic.
Seeing the uniform movements of everyone in the field, which seemed to have the momentum of going into battle to kill the enemy, Liu Yan felt very happy, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously. These are the men and horses he has trained with his own hands, and this is the capital of his own business. !
After more than a month of rigorous training by Liu Yan on these military households, they can now be said to be ready to go into battle. If they can train for another three months and see some blood in the battle, at least among the guardsmen of the Ming Dynasty, they will It can be regarded as a combatable army.
However, there are only eight people in their team, including Qi Tianliang, who are all old and weak men in the fort. There is no way, this is the manpower in the fort. Fortunately, they don't need to practice much, so even if they are in poor health, they are still competent.
At this time, although the four groups of Dunjun looked a bit like soldiers, their clothing and flags were far from formal. They were all dressed in a variety of ways, and the original mandarin ducks and jackets were not matched. Most of them were wearing their own clothes. There is so much clutter.
The four flag officers, Wang Yue, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, and Zhang Yi, each held a long spear and hung a tattered flag on it, which was regarded as the team flag. Fortunately, everyone had a waist badge indicating their identity, so they could identify them. It turns out that they are the Dunjun of Dapanbao.
Now there is only one walking drum in Liu Yan's army. It was originally placed in the warehouse of Dapanbao. Although it is dilapidated, it can still be used. The rest of the golden drums for command are not available yet, and can only be purchased in the future. Anyway, there are few people now, so let's just use our voices to roar first. When there is enough time after the autumn harvest, Liu Yan will ask people to purchase them. Then he will increase the training time and intensity.
On this day, Liu Yan selected half of the sixteen swordsmen to practice shields. Those shields were bought and maintained by Liu Yan who asked Chen Xun to go to Wangjiazhuang and spent money from Wang Wenzhen. Not bad, but the eight shields had different shapes, which made Liu Yan a little depressed, so he had a plan to unify the equipment standard.
However, it is too late to unify the standard, so Liu Yan still focuses on training first. I saw that I was holding a shield. Although he had been practicing spear skills since childhood, he had also practiced swords, sticks and shields. Although he was not as good as his own spear skills, it was more than enough to teach the rookies below.
Liu Yan held a shield in his left hand and a waist knife in his right hand, signaling Chen Xun opposite to get a spear. He loudly said to everyone: "The shield is the shield of an army. It can't block blunderbuss, arrows, stones, spears, and knives." It is a shield, and the player is a short-range soldier in the battle. It is a support for the enemy armies. In addition, it can advance and retreat freely. It is a sharp weapon! If you get used to the shield, you will have the courage to strengthen the army."
After Liu Yan finished speaking, he shouted loudly: "You all are watching!"
After saying that, Liu Yan signaled Chen Xun on the opposite side to attack.
Chen Xun roared. Even though it was a drill, he was still merciless. The spear in his hand stabbed Liu Yan from the side like lightning.
Liu Yan shouted loudly: "Well done!"
I saw the shield in Liu Yan's hand blocking one block after another, and immediately blocked Chen Xun's spear. Liu Yan's body was not exposed. While blocking the spear, Liu Yan bullied Chen Xun and suddenly The flash of his sword flashed, and the sword from his waist was slashed at Chen Xun's head. Chen Xun hurriedly parried, but no matter how Chen Xun tried to parry, Liu Yan kept slashing one after another. The sword was so powerful that it seemed to split Chen Xun in half. Similar.
The onlookers were horrified to watch. Chen Xun suddenly jumped away. He stopped again and again and said breathlessly: "The commander is so brave that my subordinates feel ashamed. Just admit defeat."
Liu Yan nodded, turned to the earth-colored soldiers and said: "You have all seen, this is the advantage of a poker player! After practicing well, in addition to sophisticated firearms and cannons, the rest are invincible with swords, guns, bows and arrows. Cover, of course, and this..."
This time Liu Yan signaled Chen Xun to hold the shield, and then he took a big stick, about eight feet long, two inches thick, shaped like a duck's bill. This kind of weapon is often seen on the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. It can be used to stab when mounted and to attack when dismounted. There are many cavalry users. There was no one available in the fort at this time, so he was always gathering dust in the arsenal.
At this time, Chen Xun was holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. His shield tightly covered his body, moving his steps from time to time, but looking cautiously at Liu Yan opposite him. Liu Yan's body rotated with Chen Xun's body. He held a big stick in both hands, just to spy on his weaknesses. Suddenly Liu Yan shouted and the big stick hit Chen Xun's shield.
Chen Xun raised his card to block, Liu Yan's force was so strong, you could feel Chen Xun's body stagnant for a moment, Liu Yan hit a few more sticks, the sticks all hit the same position, you can see that Chen Xun His figure was scattered, and his body was exposed from the shield. Liu Yan suddenly smashed it into a thorn, and the tip of the stick stopped at Chen Xun's heart.
Liu Yan put away his stick and said to the stunned people below: "As you can see, shields are not afraid of swords, guns, bows and arrows, but they are afraid of firearms and sticks. In the future, when you encounter these two kinds of thieves, you need to be careful, and greet those who have firearms in their hands. Here comes the brother of the bow and arrow!"
The soldiers below had not yet recovered from the drill. Everyone was talking in amazement, obviously overwhelmed by Liu Yan's bravery. And Wang Yue was dumbfounded. Even with the incident at Huangshan Dun, Wang Yue could not have imagined that Liu Yan would be so brave, and he was also frightened in his heart.
Next, Liu Yan asked several swordsmen to practice shields, which was also broken down into several movements. In fact, each shield player should also have two javelins with the card. However, Liu Yan does not have a javelin in his hand now, so he can only talk about it in the future, and Let a few players practice their shield sword skills first.
