In the 14th year of Chongzhen, the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Basket, Se, Shu, Ba,

Li Yan, Li Zhong, Li Mou, Li You and Li Dong brothers came to the test booth.

Li Mou asked, "Fourth Brother, what are you going to do?" This is the twelfth time he asked this question. He had already agreed to let him report it after fifteen, but today he called them here early in the morning.

"Wait for a while and I'll find out soon." Li Yan said.

After a while, Sun Sifu came over and whispered a few words in Li Yan's ear.

Li Yan smiled and said to his brothers, "You wait, I'll go and go." He said and walked towards the distance.

Li Mou asked Li Zhong: "Second brother, what are you going to do?"

Li Zhong shook his head, pointed to the six straw men with armor and shields in front of him, and said, "He didn't tell me either, but looking at this arrangement, he should be trying to test the musket."

"Must gun," Li You said in confusion: "We have seen that long must gun, so there is no need to make it so mysterious."

As they were talking, they saw Li Yan wearing a chain mail, an eight-petal iron helmet, and the horse he was riding was wearing a vest.

"This is to be a cavalry charge," Li Mou looked at Li Yan in the distance and whispered.

Li Yan checked the top of the pistol inserted in front of the saddle to ensure that the iron of the pistol was in a safe position, and used a strip to tamp the ammunition again, and then inserted the pistol in its original position. The pistol was diagonally upward and the pistol was inserted into the cloth ring, so that the ammunition in the barrel could be loose when the horse ran. There was a small iron ring under the gun handle, with a rope more than two feet long tied to the saddle.

After he was ready, he waved to the brothers over there, and then knocked the horse's belly, causing the horse to slowly start running.

The war horse slowly accelerated its speed and got closer and closer to the straw man. When it approached forty steps, he pulled out a steel whip hanging on the left side of the saddle with his left hand and held it in his hand. His right hand pulled out the hand gun, pulled the thumb, and pulled the strike iron to the firing position, and then fired immediately.

A gunshot was heard, and a straw man with a shield twenty steps away from him came to his senses.

As soon as he let go, the pistol fell naturally and hung on the right side of the horse. Then he immediately took the steel whip in his left hand with his right hand and smashed it hard on the second straw man. The second straw man was also knocked down. Then he continued to charge and swung it back. The steel whip hit the back of the third straw man, and the third straw man also fell down.

These actions lasted for a long time, but they only happened between a few breaths. Li Zhong and the others in the distance heard the sound of muskets, and then saw the first straw man falling down. Then they saw Li Yan waving his weapons twice and knocking down two straw man again. Then the war horse rushed forward quickly and passed the three straw man placed in the opposite direction.

After Li Yan rushed out for a while, he slowed down the horse. Then he put away the pistol hanging on the side of the horse, took out the musket inserted a little below, and inserted the musket used in the cloth ring below. He began to check the newly-held musket and inserted it in the top position.

Afterwards, he made the war horse turn around and rushed towards the straw man again. The same move was the same, and within a few breaths, he cleanly defeated all the remaining three straw man.

Li Yan asked the horse to slow down slowly, and then slowly ran to Li Zhong and the others. He dismounted and asked, "How is this kind of cavalry OK?"

Li Zhong, Li You and Li Dong didn't say anything, and only Li Mou had the right to speak here.

Li Mou went over and circled around the war horses twice, looking carefully at the pistol and steel whip inserted on the war horses. He nodded constantly and praised: "No, not bad. He actually brought four pistols, and could fight two rounds and one round. As long as there are three thousand cavalry like this, they can defeat ten thousand cavalry of the enemy."

Li Zhongze pulled out a three-foot-long hexagonal steel whip, weighed it, and said, "This is good. No matter whether the enemy is wearing armor or not, as long as he is hit, he can't pick up the knife."

Li Yan smiled and said, "This is forged by fine steel, hard but not brittle. It is considered to be head-on with the enemy's weapons and armor, and it will not bend or break."

"Fourth brother," Li You asked, "Why don't you use double whips, you can ride and shoot?"

Li Yan explained: "We are training ordinary cavalry. If all cavalry can practice horse control with both legs, they will have to practice until the year of the monkey and horse. It is better to control horses with one hand and hold whips with the other hand to train."

Li Mou picked up a hand gun and looked at it. He found that in addition to an iron ring and rope under the gun handle, there was an iron guard ring outside the trigger. He asked, "Fourth brother, what is this for?"

"This guard ring was specially added to prevent the trigger hook from hanging somewhere and let the striker iron fall down and open the spring. If that happens, the gunpowder in the medicine pool will spill out and the gun will not be fired." Li Yan explained.

Li Mou nodded and said, "Oh. This is pretty good. Give me a few first."

Li Yan shook his head and said, "That's not OK. At most, one for you is given to you. The production of handguns is not high now, so let the cavalry train them." Although handguns can produce about forty one month, their lifespan is only 200 rounds of ammunition. When a cavalry is trained, one handgun will be basically useless.

"One is OK," Li Mou said happily: "This is a good thing. As long as you are ready, raise your hand to hit. This power is not necessarily blocked by wearing two layers of armor."

Li Yan smiled and said, "That's necessary to train hard in daily life, otherwise if the ammunition is not stolen, it will not be much power."

"Don't worry, Fourth Brother, we will naturally practice these life-saving things from time to time." Li Mou said immediately.

Li Zhong reminded: "There are only two hand guns on both sides, and a steel whip on the left. Is it less safe? If the steel whip is out of hand and it is a close fight again, it will be dangerous."

Li Yan nodded in agreement and asked, "How about adding a one-handed long knife?"

"Well, this is OK. A blunt weapon and a sharp blade are also easy to choose when dealing with different enemies." Li Zhong thought for a moment and agreed.

They now have more than 100 cavalrymen, but only more than 30 war horses, and three or four people trained with one horse. The most important thing for them now is to find enough war horses first so that at least everyone of their cavalry has horses.

Only Chen Yongfu is the most powerful around Qi County, but they have had a fuss with Chen Yongfu. If it weren't for the chaotic situation in Henan and the arduous task of Chen Yongfu in guarding Kaifeng, not to mention trading war horses with them, maybe they were trying their best to deal with them now.
Chapter completed!