After nearly a month of hard work, the tunnel of the White Sand Castle has begun to take shape and has conducted several exercises. As soon as the gong sounded, more than 300 men, women, young and old in the castle disappeared without a trace in an instant. Even the two big yellow dogs knew to get into the hole and hide.

To be honest, with such defensive means, even if thousands of troops attack, the White Sand Castle can be safe and sound.

But then again, although authenticity is good, it can only be used for defense. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must be both offensive and defensive. This requires an elite cavalry that comes and goes like the wind and invades fire!

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"Go!--Go!"

"Hurry, faster, pay attention to formation and don't run away!"

"Idiot, why are you down again?"

In the early morning, a total of 237 young men, including Xue Yu, were undergoing equestrian training in an open space outside the White Sand Castle. The scene was spectacular!

Some of them were awkward in their movements and accidentally fell off the horse's back. Their nose and face were swollen. However, as long as they did not hurt their muscles, they immediately climbed onto the horse's back and continued training. No one was complaining about pain.

These young people were carefully selected from ten fortresses, over twelve years old and under 16 years old. The selection criteria were: good health, boldness, strong discipline, and smart minds!

The one who was responsible for training them was Grandpa Tartar, who was holding a whip in his hand!

Some people must have thought, why should we train a group of teenagers if we don’t train those strong adults?

This is Xue Yu’s idea, for two reasons:

First, those adults, who spend twelve hours a day, either mining in the mountains or farming in the fields, have no time to train, and even if they gather together, they are absent-minded.

Second, adults have a certain mind and nature. No matter how much they are trained, they cannot get rid of the small peasant idea of ​​"being contented and living a life of food and clothing", that is, sheep nature!

On the contrary, the young people have plenty of time and are not determined. As long as they train them properly, they will be a group of screaming wild wolves!

Farming requires sheep, but fighting war requires wolf!

The young men not only trained hard, but also had excellent equipment. They rode all Mongolian horses, wearing double-layer cowhide soft armor, saddles, bridles, and whip, especially the saber in their hands.

It is not a common goose-feather sword in the Ming army, nor is it a scimitar used by the Mongolians. Compared with the previous two, this sword is slightly longer, with a narrow body, a thin back, an extremely sharp edge, and a steel hand guard ring is added to the handle!

This kind of saber was designed by Xue Yu himself and carefully made by Hu Dachui and others. It chops like the wind and is conducive to actual combat. It also has a resounding name: Xuefeng Saber!

Logically speaking, whoever designs the weapon should be named after whoever is called "Xue Yu Dao" or "Yulang Dao".

Now it is called "Xuefeng Knife". I don't know what it means?

Everyone asked, but Xue Yu smiled but refused to answer!

After training for a while, the next step is chopping training!

Next to the training ground, there were more than twenty scarecrows, exactly the same size as the real person. They were holding wooden swords, guns, shields, and white gray was painted on them.

These scarecrows are not arranged neatly, but are arranged in scattered positions. Some stand, some squat, and some even lie on the ground. Because during war, the enemy will not stand there stupidly, letting you chop with a knife, they will avoid it and launch a counterattack.

"The little bastards, I'll all prick up their ears and listen. When I really arrived on the battlefield, I met with swords and guns, and I couldn't tolerate any mercy, and there was no chance of luck!

If you want to survive, you must practice your skills: fast horses, fast swords, cruel hearts, and none of them are missing!

Drive!--Kill!"

Grandpa Tartar rushed over, as fast as the wind, and continued to hike in, catch the moon under the sea, and hide from the sea... all kinds of difficult actions were clean and neat, and people were like sticking to horses.

Looking at the saber in his hand, he accurately cut the vital parts of every scarecrow while galloping. Even the ones lying on the ground were not missed, and he and the horses had no white spots on them!

"Little bastards, it's your turn, come on!"

"Run!--Kill!"

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Next, the teenagers began to practice. Grandpa Tartars was responsible for supervising. Whoever had clumsy movements or was a little lazy, would just whip up and show no mercy!

Sweat more in normal times and bleeding less in wartime!

Among the crowd, Xue Yu was whipped the most, not laziness or clumsiness, but the requirements of the Tartar grandfather were too strict.

During the practice, if others hit three scarecrows, they will pass the exam. Cutting five is excellent, but Xue Yu would not do it. You must hit all of them. One less is a whip!

To be the commander, you must undergo more rigorous training, otherwise how can you convince the public?

In addition, doing so will also have the effect of spurring others!

"Xue Yu, you are too stupid. Do you have a pig's head?"

"Xue Yu, you are too lazy. If you go to the battlefield in the future, do you want someone else's saber to cut off your head?"

...

Among all the teenagers, Xue Yu is the one who practices the best and has the strongest understanding. He is still beaten and scolded by the Tartar grandfather all day long, so the others are naturally trembling and dare not relax at all.

The boss has become a pig, aren’t we even worse than pigs?

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At noon, the military training was over. The exhausted teenagers finished their lunch as fast as possible, then went to the edge of the Kuye River to clean the sweat and soil on their bodies, and bathed the horses!

"Boss, you have too many things to do. Let's leave it to us for small things like washing horses!"

"No need, you are responsible for feeding and cleaning your own mounts. No one is exceptional. You also need to maintain your armor and weapons. Who dares to be lazy? Do you hear that you are engaged in military law?"

"Yes, boss!"

To become a qualified cavalry, one must be united by a man and horse, which requires a lot of contact!

Therefore, the teenagers must do things like feeding horses, drinking horses, bathing horses, and cleaning horse circles. Even Xue Yu is no exception. He takes a shovel to clean the horse manure all day!

Xue Yu's mount is a jujube-red six-year-old stallion. He has a thick body, solid and powerful limbs, and runs very quickly. The Mongolian Mali he brought this time is also the top one.

However, compared with a good horse who travels a thousand a day and eight hundred a night, there is still a big gap!

If you have the chance in the future, you must get a thousand-mile horse. Not only will you ride it and attract the attention of the girls, but you can run faster when you encounter danger!

Xue Yu swears secretly!

After cleaning the war horses, the teenagers still couldn’t rest because there were cultural education classes!

A great man once said that an army without culture is a stupid army!

Xue Yu spent so much effort and wanted not a group of reckless men who only knew how to fight and kill, but brave and resourceful generals!

As the saying goes: It is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is difficult to find a general. How can a general be illiterate?

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Open your mouth ɑɑɑɑ, round mouth o         o

Flat mouth e         e, teeth alignment i         i

...

Just on the bank of Kuye River, a large wooden board was laid out and blackened with ink. Xue Yu used lime blocks as a pen to teach the young people to learn Chinese pinyin!

The teaching matter was originally asked to be responsible for Eunuch Lu, but the latter agreed happily, but after teaching for a while, the results were not ideal!

It’s not because of the carelessness of the teachings of Eunuch Lu, or the poor knowledge of his studies. On the contrary, Eunuch Lu was born in the imperial palace-inside study room, with a lot of knowledge and high calligraphy attainments, which is even better than those bachelors of the Hanlin Academy!

The problem is that these teenagers are all military families and have a poor cultural foundation, almost nothing. Not to mention their own names, they can't even write simple ones, two, three, four, and five.

Letting Eunuch Lu teach them to study is like letting a postdoctoral fellow teach a group of kindergarten children, which wastes the former's knowledge and delays the latter's learning, and both parties feel uncomfortable!

Finally, a compromise method was adopted, first, Eunuch Lu taught Xue Yu's knowledge, and after digesting the latter, it simplified it and then taught it to others.

Even so, the teenagers still struggled to learn, and there was no way out. Xue Yu had to take out the literacy artifact - Chinese Pinyin, which solved the problem.

In addition, there are 237 people practicing riding, including Xue Yu, but there are 238 people who know how to read by the river!
Chapter completed!