So Liu Haojia raised his hand and said, "Master Zhang, right? Then from what Master Zhang said, do you look down on these soldiers?"
Zhang Weiwei hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded and said, "Master Liu, I'm not asking you to find fault, these soldiers must be incompetent! On the one hand, these people are new recruits and have never seen blood. I'm afraid they will be killed as soon as they go into battle. I'm scared! There's another one. I saw that these soldiers were all holding firecrackers. Although the firecrackers can reach far, they are troublesome to load. Once someone gets close, they are worse than burning fire sticks! So these soldiers are just fancying them. Use it! If you want to train soldiers who can fight, you can’t just use fire and blunderbuss, you need to supplement them with sword, shield and spear soldiers!"
Liu Haojia smiled and said, "I think Master Zhang is wrong! It is true that reloading a fire gun is difficult, but it doesn't mean you can't do anything if someone gets close! Didn't you see that those soldiers have bayonets stuck on their waists? Put the bayonets out. When stuck under the mouth of the blunderbuss, the entire blunderbuss becomes a short gun. Soldiers can not only defend themselves when being approached, but also attack directly!"
Guard Zhang also received it with a look of disdain: "Master Liu, you need to know one thing. As the saying goes, a stick for a month, a sword for a lifetime! How can a soldier who has been trained for several months use this short spear well? How about using a short spear? But it’s much harder to use than a spear! And I see that these soldiers are walking neatly, I’m afraid they spent most of their time training to walk!”
When Guard Zhang said these words, although the guards behind him didn't laugh out loud, they all had smiles on their faces. He was very unhappy if he was direct, but he didn't know martial arts or training, so he could only stand there with a straight face!
However, Emperor Wanli showed an interested look, and when he was about to say something, Liu Haojia said first, "Master Zhou, how about this, how about you personally give instructions to these soldiers? What do you think of such new recruits?" How many can one person fight?"
Guard Zhang took another look at the recruits and hesitated. He himself doesn't want to end up, because there is no benefit to winning, but losing is really embarrassing! But now he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, so after the meeting he could only say: "Five or six people don't matter!"
Liu Haojia hit the palm of his left hand with his right hand and said loudly: "Okay, let's ask Mr. Zhou to train these new recruits! I will send one person to the battle first, and when he loses, I will gradually increase the number! Come here, bring the protective gear, There are also wooden swords and wooden guns!”
Immediately, an officer brought rattan armor, wooden swords and wooden guns. In particular, the wooden gun is basically made to imitate the look of a fire gun, and is specially used for daily training on bayonet fighting.
Guard Zhang stepped forward, grabbed the wooden knife, weighed it, and thought it was okay. He looked at the blade of the wooden sword again, touched the rattan armor, then raised his head and said, "These wooden swords and armors have been used. It seems that these soldiers have indeed practiced! To be able to do this, it shows that your Excellency is better than Jingying." Those officers are more attentive!"
Liu Haojia knew that he intended to ease the conflict at this time. Because they always followed Emperor Wanli, they naturally knew their status in Emperor Wanli's eyes, so they did not want to offend him too much.
Since it could be seen that he already regretted his sudden words, Liu Haojia naturally did not want to offend the people around Emperor Wanli, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Zhang! And Mr. Zhang is willing to train these new soldiers as a superior. , that is their blessing!"
The two of them talked in a tacit understanding, and Guard Zhang looked much better. He cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Liu, that's it for now. Please allow me to say one more thing! I'm not saying that your military training is not good, it's just that my father served under Marshal Qi!"
Liu Haojia understood as soon as he heard it. He was stimulated by Emperor Wanli's praise just now! So Liu Haojia completely relaxed his mind, as long as he didn't deliberately cause trouble, that would be fine! However, he still said: "Shuai Qi's troops are naturally the best in the world! But there is also a saying that civil servants are not the first, and military troops are not the second! So we warriors must have the spirit and vigor to surpass these seniors. Okay! As for whether I can surpass Marshal Qi’s troops, I dare not say, but at least I am working hard in this regard!"
As long as there is a lot of energy in the hearts of warriors, they will naturally not be far behind! Moreover, Liu Haojia also praised Marshal Qi, so the two sides could put aside their old grudges. Guard Zhang cupped his hands and said sincerely: "Master Liu is right, I have learned a lesson from you!"
Liu Haojia returned the courtesy and turned to Emperor Wanli and said:
"Long live Lord, I know which of these soldiers are highly capable. It would be a bit unfair to challenge Lord Zhang with such people! So I thought, it would be better to ask Lord Long live to randomly name five people. This way It best reflects the strength of these soldiers!" ap.
After hearing this, Emperor Wanli was overjoyed and said: "Okay, I will order the troops myself! Well, the second person from the left in the second row, and then..."
After Emperor Wanli selected five people, officers took them under the general platform, and others helped them put on protective gear and put on wooden guns. Liu Haojia took the protective gear and said to Guard Zhang: "Master Zhang, please put on the armor too!"
Guard Zhang said proudly to Yun Xiao, "No! There's no need to wear armor when dealing with a few new recruits!"
Liu Haojia smiled secretly in his heart, you will know how powerful he is soon! However, he still said: "Master Zhang, you don't know the rules of my army. The rules of the army are that you must wear armor when you are practicing between robes!"
After some thought, Guard Zhang put on his armor and walked down the platform with his wooden sword. After he stood facing the five soldiers standing in a row, Liu Haojia said loudly: "Come out and fight Master Zhang!"
As soon as the words fell, the five people took a step forward together! Their action made other soldiers cheer! Guard Zhang also sighed secretly: "If you don't say anything else, just because of this spirit of daring to fight, these people are the seeds of good soldiers!"
Liu Haojia smiled proudly when he saw this, and then said loudly: "Start from the first one on the left! Then go up one by one!"
After hearing the order, the other four soldiers took a few steps back, leaving the battlefield to the two guards Zhang. Without saying a word, the soldier bent his waist and bent his legs, holding a wooden gun in both hands in a stabbing posture! As for Guard Zhang, he turned his wrist and swung the wooden knife like a windmill!
After turning the wooden knife several times, he adjusted to the weight, and then waved to the soldier on the opposite side, signaling him to take action first. The soldier hesitated for a moment, then roared, took three quick steps, drew his gun and stabbed!
But as soon as he took action, Liu Haojia said to Emperor Wanli: "It's over, my soldier will definitely lose!"
