Kunming, Yunnan.

After more than half a month of selection training, Li Shitou and Zhao Xu successfully stayed in the new army.

This is naturally a blessing for them, at least they don’t have to worry about three meals a day in the future.

However, the training content and training volume have also doubled, from simple standing postures and queue training to fighting drills and the use of firearms such as muskets and cannons.

The instructors who trained them were all veterans in the Ming army. Many of them had participated in the Battle of Kunming and killed Qing soldiers.

They instilled the most practical combat skills in these recruits, rather than those flashy and fancy postures.

These techniques may not look so gorgeous, but they can save their lives at critical moments.

"Brother Xuzi, do you think we will really go into battle to kill the enemy?"

During the training interval, Li Shitou approached Zhao Xu and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Xu gave him annoyed and said, "It's really nonsense. What kind of soldier is he considered to be without going into battle? Do you really think that one tael of silver a month is used to support idle people? If you want to talk about the guard of honor, the Jinyiwei is enough. What else can you recruit people?"

"That's right."

Li Shitou nodded in disappointment and stopped saying a word.

After a long time, he said mysteriously: "Brother Xuzi, I heard that the court wanted to attack Chongqing, and then I would probably have to allocate most of the troops to Sichuan. I have never left Kunming after growing up so old. I don't know if I have the chance to see the prosperity of Shu."

Zhao Xu glanced at him and said, "Where did you hear the news? Don't talk nonsense outside, be careful to cause trouble. I don't know where the court is going to fight, but as a soldier, I just need to obey. You kid are quite thoughtful. But I advise you not to think so much. Even if it is prosperous in Shu, it will not be much better in this chaotic world."

Li Shitou shrugged and smiled awkwardly, "I just said it casually."

“College training!”

At this moment, the officer shouted softly and scared Li Shitou and jumped up.

Zhao Xu stood up slowly and walked into the queue.

"Now I'm teaching you how to use the new type of musket. You have read it carefully."

The instructor took a gun and showed it to everyone: You are lucky, and you are assigned to the musket camp. The people here are all gun soldiers. There are three main types of guns used, one is the bird gun that our Ming army uses the most. The second is the smooth bore flintlock gun that His Majesty has newly purchased from Taixi. The third is the most sharp Delais wrestling gun in Taixi."

After swallowing a little, the instructor continued, "I won't say much about the bird gun. Basically, people in the army will use it. You can learn from veterans for a while before you can get proficient in it. Today I will mainly talk about the smoothbore flintlock gun and the Dresse wrestling gun."

"The rod in my hand is the smoothbore flintlock gun. This is how he uses it..."

The instructor patiently introduced the article while cooperating with the introduction to conduct a live demonstration.

Li Shitou and Zhao Xu listened very seriously. After all, this thing is a new Thai musket, and the name is much more powerful than the Ming Dynasty bird gun.

If they were lucky enough to get the smoothbore flintlock gun, they would naturally not be able to pull the span and had to perform well.

The instructor said it very carefully, and when encountering important parts, he would stop and ask the recruits to start practicing.

Zhao Xu was lucky enough to be called to his name, and although he was a little nervous, he still had the courage to step forward.

"Pick up the gun, like this."

The instructor taught Zhao Xu step by step.

"You must hold the gun like this, hold the butt stock... Don't use brute force, use clever force..."

After all, Zhao Xu is young and learns very quickly, and it doesn't take long to get started.

Due to limited ammunition, new recruits cannot be allowed to shoot at will.

Zhao Xu and others could only familiarize themselves with the process over and over again, but they could not fire the gun even though they touched the gun. This feeling really made people feel panicked.

"This is the Dresse wrestler."

After explaining the smoothbore flintlock gun, the instructor was not idle and immediately began to explain the more advanced needle gun.

Compared with smoothbore flintlock rifles, the needle-shock rifle is simpler, and the instructor is naturally more handy when explaining it.

Li Shitou thought to himself: "This is much simpler than an ordinary bird gun, and it is also simpler than that flintlock gun. It would be too beautiful if he could get this gun."

Of course, not everyone can be divided into smoothbore flintlock guns and Dresse needle strike guns.

The two types of guns combined have only more than 1,000 poles, while the new army has a total of 10,000 people, and even the elite warriors have 5,000 people.

In other words, only one out of the five people can get this easy-to-use new Thaisy musket. As for the others, most of them can only continue to use old bird guns.

The stability of the bird gun is really not very good.

Not only is it very easy to explode, but it will also cause silence.

On rainy days, the bird gun ignited by a fuse will be completely stopped.

But even such things can give new soldiers a hand, which is the result of His Majesty's great efforts.

You should know that firearms are scarce objects in the Qing army formation that almost captured the entire world, not to mention the Ming army, which is missing everything.

As for those recruits who could get in touch with the new Prussian artillery, they were even more amused.

Compared with the vanguard army that charges and breaks the enemy, the safety of guns and artillery soldiers is obviously more guaranteed.

After a whole day of training, Zhao Xu and Li Shitou felt that they benefited a lot.

Although you may not be able to get started immediately, you can always see progress if you persist.

"Brother Xuzi, do you think Donglu also uses such advanced muskets?"

Back at the barracks, Li Shitou took off his sweaty clothes and asked casually.

"Then there must be no. Otherwise, how could they have been defeated in the battle of Kunming?"

Zhao Xu had a clear understanding of the Ming army and the Qing army, and had no blind confidence.

"But firearms are only one aspect, and courage is also very important."

Zhao Xu leaned his neck and poured a bowl of water, wiped his mouth and said, "I heard that the new recruits focus on practicing courage. If we want to go into battle and kill the enemy, we must practice courage."

"But how to train your courage?"

Li Shitou said curiously.

Isn’t this a contradiction between them?

"You can kill prisoners. I heard that recruits start practicing courage by killing prisoners."

Zhao Xu said slowly: "Anyway, these people are all evil people who are still alive. Instead of leaving them to the executioner to kill, it is better for us to practice courage."

"Ah, I really want to kill someone."

Li Shitou instinctively shrank his neck when he heard this.

He has never even killed a chicken when he grows up so old, let alone killing people.

Although I knew that the person who was going to kill was a death row prisoner, I still felt a little different.

"What are you afraid of? You have joined the army. Will you kill less people in the future? As long as you kill someone who deserves the crime, you should have a clear conscience."

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