On the north bank of Yingtian Prefecture, the newly built "Wu'anying" schoolyard, there are slogans that are shaking. The recruits are conducting running exercises training based on flag teams.

Zhuang Lidong is now selected as the captain of the flag, and is running while shouting slogans. This is not the first time such a group running exercise, but on the new school ground, more than 2,000 people in the camp have been running exercises together, which is the first time for them.

After more than a month of training, almost everyone was beaten by dozens of military sticks, everyone's steps were very neat. The square queues of twelve people in one team and three teams in one flag team were not dispersed at all. They were strict and square, and the excellent organization of the boatmen was once again reflected.

Now, the various systems of Wu'an Camp have been basically completed, and some cold weapons have been issued, even armored muskets, many new recruits have already obtained them, but they have to be used together during training.

All the weapons of the entire army were issued and the army completed its thorough equipment. Zhou Shixian expected that it would be until November, which was the time when Shunqing fought in Tongguan, Yulin and Yan'an Prefecture in Shaanxi in history.

Zhuang Lidong was chosen as the captain of the flag, which was completely within his expectations. In fact, even if it was not the boatmen under his command, but the chief elected, he felt that it must be him. However, he had half the right to decide the soldier and half the right to decide the soldier, and the chief elected the other half, so he still felt that it was unnecessary.

What else can you do if you know this thing that everyone knows clearly? In the end, the superior will definitely have the final say.

As for the distribution of those troops, who are spearmen, who are swords and shields, and which are musketeers, it comes based on certain physical fitness.

The spearman must be the strongest, which is the core force of the military confrontation. He must be strong and fearless and full of strength. The sword and shield hands require flexibility and agility, and their physique and strength are also required.

As for musketeers, musketeers in this era were still dull, and Zhou Shixian had to retain 40% of musketeers in the army, so the remaining ones in the army were not strong enough in physique and strength, and were not very agile, so they became musketeers.

Zhou Shixian wanted to form an army quickly, so he made some innovations in Qi Jiguang's military strategy. In the infantry army, he only retained three major arms: spearman, swordsman, and musketeer, and supplemented with some small arms to reduce the complexity of training.

Judging from the historical evolution, this direction is correct, because the emergence of the military formation has almost become useless for personal martial arts.

The so-called "recommendation" was established by Zhou Shixian in order to discover the talents of grassroots officers and soldiers. He also sent people to the army to strictly supervise the entire process of recommendation to ensure that the soldiers' wishes are implemented.

You should know that many armies in later generations, especially the revolutionary army, and the great marshals who had great military achievements, were basically promoted from the lower-level soldiers.

This is the most important reason why Zhou Shixian is promoting this method.

Of course, he also understood that the soldiers of this era had not been baptized by revolutionary ideas, nor had they accepted the concepts of freedom, democracy, justice, etc., and law. However, Zhou Shixian believed that a reasonable system would eventually enable talents to be discovered, and the emerging military talents were one of the most important reasons for the prosperity of an army.

But this is all about the recommendation and will not be expanded to a more profound place. The army must maintain the absolute authority of superior officers and the absolute obedience of soldiers. This is the place where hierarchy and order are the most important. Any violation of superiors and military orders will be severely punished, even including beheading.

Therefore, the degree and scale of it depends on Zhou Shixian's ability. If you are too stuck and too loose, you will not be able to become a strong army.

After the exercises, the flag teams of each square formation immediately began their own training. First, the flag teams lined up to the designated position, and then the formation queue training, which is crucial and requires training for one morning.

In the afternoon, it is the training of personal martial arts and weapons. There is no training at night. Those who make mistakes during the day will be punished collectively, while others will rest freely, but cannot leave the military camp, and there will often be assault drills.

Chen Yu was neither a spearman nor a swordsman, nor a musketeer. He was a little timid and chose to be a soldier, as the name suggests, that is, he was in charge of the entire team for food.

His good brother Zhang Dong became a spearman and was an old acquaintance with his team. The yellow hair of the family, who is a sword and shield, is a sword and shield. He thinks it is safer to have a shield in his hand.

Chen Yu originally thought that a soldier was also good. Although his monthly salary was only one or two taels, five cents less than the combat soldiers, the army was responsible for food and clothing, and there was no need to go into battle to fight directly. As long as he was responsible for cutting his head in the back, the safest position was the location.

Moreover, since you don’t have to fight, there should be less training. At least you have to cook every day. You will definitely not be the same as those soldiers. You will definitely be very comfortable when practicing all day long.

But after he got it, he realized that the soldiers had to practice various weapons. In addition to his iron-tip pole that carries things, he had to practice spears and swords and shields, and he would add the military formation if necessary.

This made Chen Yu feel a little regretful. As a soldier, he had no other benefits except for being able to steal some meat. The training intensity was also high, and he had to cook and serve others.

In particular, the monthly salary is still small, a full five cents are missing.

He had inquired about it. He built a large tiled house here and married a wife. It was only about 30 taels. If he was a warrior and got a monthly salary of one tael or five cents, he would be able to get married and have children in less than two years.

This was something he never dared to think about before.

"stand at attention!"

Zhuang Lidong suddenly shouted, scaring Chen Yu so much that he was shocked. He had been beaten more than twenty military sticks in more than a month, and now he had a conditioned reflex and could react immediately as soon as he heard the command. However, his good brother Zhang Dong was relatively stupid. He was often half a beat slower than others, and even the five drum horns could not be distinguished. For this reason, he was beaten seven or eight more times.

Chen Yu raised his head and held an iron-tip shoulder pole in his hand. He quickly looked around with his light, and then took advantage of Zhuang Lidong and the Tianshen military soldier Wang Di, who had not checked him, stood up quickly and did not dare to relax at all.

Zhuang Lidong and Wang Di inspected each other and found no problems. The former nodded with satisfaction, while the latter seemed a little unhappy, which meant that he could not hit people today.

You know, he has been waving his stick every day to hit people for more than a month. Now he is so nervous that he doesn't fight. Every time he sees someone making a mistake, he is so excited and will immediately smile on his face.

"Bring your backpack, start running with a weight, and circle the military camp three times." Zhuang Lidong shouted and ordered.

The flag team members looked embarrassed, but they did not dare to speak or complain. Otherwise, what was waiting for them would be a military stick. Now these soldiers are not afraid of anything, but they are afraid of the military stick of the military judge. It hurts too much and will not be injured after being beaten and cannot rest.

However, this is exactly what Zhou Shixian wants to achieve. He wants such military discipline and such an army.
Chapter completed!