On this day, Chen Xin and his staff officers and officers of the troops directly under him stood on a newly built tower inside the fortress and observed the exercises below. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this exercise, the two sides of the duel were divided into two camps, red and blue, with the defender being the "Red Army" and the attacker being the "Blue Army".

A company of "Red Army" relied on the fortress to defend against the heavy attack of the "Blue Army".

The defenders inside the fort were busy.

"Shoot." Under the orders of the officers, a firearms squad hid behind the breastwork, loaded only with gunpowder, and muskets without lead bullets fired thick puffs of smoke in a neat explosion.

On the high battery, an infantry gun, which was also unloaded, was also aimed at the "Blue Army" that had entered the firing range in the distance.

Nearby, a group of Blues slowly moved to safety as they dodged the muzzles of the black hole, when suddenly a bazooka player appeared around the corner.

The bazooka was put on the shoulder, and after aiming at the enemy, he shouted "yes", and the soldier behind him who was in charge of the point lit the fuse with a fire breaker, and then put his hand on the left shoulder of the person in front of him, indicating that the ignition was successful.

The bazookas, which were not loaded with arrows and were wrapped in rags in the front section, were fired one after another.

In an instant, the "blue army" not far away was all hit by arrows, and none of them missed the net, and according to the regulations, they were already "killed," so they had to cover the partially bruised parts that had been shot, and withdrew from the exercise with a scolding attitude.

For more than a month, countless soldiers who were beaten with military sticks deeply remembered the discipline of Chen Xin's department.

More than a dozen falcons scattered in the sky, constantly circling, and a high-pitched eagle cry attracted the attention of some recruits below.

These Condors were domesticated by the generals, and they were simply incredibly smart. They glanced at the sky, then cast a reverent gaze on the distant tower.

One of the falcons stared closely at a firearms squad of the "Red Army", recording the direction of each musket salvo and the distance of the enemy in a straight line of the muzzle.

Then fly to the tower, stop in front of the ground crew, and draw simple lines with your paws on the map.

The ground crew immediately re-mapped the scratches and sent them to the lower command headquarters.

In the headquarters, Chen Xin, who was standing at the window, tightened his body, looked back at the busy figures behind him, and smiled with satisfaction, the students who had been training since the beginning of the year had finally grown up.

Chen Xin turned to Kan Shu's side, Kan Shu just nodded, and then took the drawings sent down by a guard from the roof of the building and began to work.

According to the rules, there is no need to stand up and salute when you are working.

According to the situation marked on the drawings and according to the charts of the lethality rate of various firearms at various distances specified in the exercise, Kan Shu first calculated the enemy's casualties, and then ordered the heralds waiting behind him to go to the battlefield outside to convey the order, asking the "dead" teams or personnel to withdraw from the exercise.

Cavalry kept coming and going on the battlefield with command flags, and groups of soldiers were ordered to withdraw from the exercise.

The fighters all complied with the rules and did not dare to hesitate in the slightest.

In many cases, not all members withdrew, and after the herald announced the number of "killed" soldiers, the "Blue Army" team did not hesitate at all.

More than a month of recruit training, countless times of military sticks have developed a good habit of everyone obeying orders.

If there is a problem, you can complain, but you must wait until the end of the battle, and no matter who you are on the battlefield, you can only follow orders.

The battle went on very quickly, after all, it was an exercise, and it was impossible to simulate the bloody and tragic kind of real battlefield, and the attacking troops only had to follow the orders of the officers to constantly find ways to find the weak point of the fire of the fortress and charge at the same time.

Less than 2 hours after the battle began, the perimeter of the fortress was broken through by a platoon of "Blues".

Although according to the real battle scene, at this time, the inside of the fortress can still condescendingly continue to counterattack and drive the enemy out, but today is not to fight for victory.

Chen Xin ordered: "I announce the end of the exercise, all squadrons will bring it back, rest in the afternoon, sum up the lessons and lessons of today's exercise, and have dinner in the evening." ”

Then he turned to the staff officers and said, "The following is your job, count the various data of the shooting of each squad and platoon company during today's exercise, and clearly mark them on the map, I want to know where the enemy is approaching the fortress from and where there are blind spots and loopholes." ”

"Yes," the crowd saluted.

Chen Xin turned around and walked out of the tower, and before leaving the door, he glanced at the drawings that had been piled up in the corner of the staff officers' desks, and lamented again in his heart, "The army is really a gold-swallowing beast." ”

Good paper in this era is too expensive, and the medium paper used by dozens of staff officers in the headquarters today is enough for 200 families of three to eat and wear for a year.

Although the paper in the headquarters did not cost any money, and it was all looted from all over North Korea by the punishment battalion, the stock was not much anymore, and as the northern region of Korea gradually stabilized, there was no place to rob it in the future.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs wanted to open a paper workshop, but because there were not enough workers and there was a serious shortage of output, the disadvantages of the lack of labor were already beginning to appear.

In desperation, Chen Xin could only choose to spend a lot of money to buy, and both North Korea and Houjin could not buy materials because of the war, so they could only go all the way to Daming to buy them, which would be another big expense.

Fortunately, since this month, Chen Xin has enough time and energy to collect materials and improve people's livelihood.

Since May, with Yuan Chonghuan's initiative to rebuild the defense line in western Liaoning, Huang Taiji, who has just completed spring ploughing, has been attracted to the Jinzhou area.

After the Jin soldiers came to Jinzhou, Zhao led the sect to defend the fortified city, Mangui was stationed in Qiantun, Yuan Chonghuan was stationed in Ningyuan, there were tens of thousands of horses near Shanhaiguan to defend, and there were tens of thousands of Ming troops in the pass to assemble towards Shanhaiguan.

At this time, a big war was about to break out between the two sides, and Huang Taiji would not have the ability to crusade against Chen Xin if he did not pull out the nails in the western Liaoxi region, after all, it was their doorstep in the eyes of Hou Jin, how could he allow Yuan Chonghuan to build a fortress at his own door.

At the end of last month, Amin captured the Joseon king-kyung, and the Joseon king Yi Liang fled to Ganghwa Island with his ministers, and sent envoys to sue for peace, expressing his willingness to surrender.

But Amin wasn't happy for long, and before the army was cleared, he had to embark on the journey again.

Under the orders of Chen Xin, the guerrilla detachment was based in Chungju, where it supported the eldest son of Li Liang, who was only 14 years old this year, and Li Wei, the son of Zhaoxian, as the supervisor of the state, and constantly sent troops to counterattack Wang Jing.

The two sides fought more than a dozen battles on the north bank of the Han River, and the guerrilla detachment was defeated and fled every time, but the guerrilla detachment's fighting style of the late Ming Dynasty was extremely cruel and cunning.

As long as the elite forces of the guerrilla detachment are not wiped out all at once, they will soon be able to raise a large army again.

Moreover, under the supervision and elimination of wars at all levels, as more and more of the starving Korean people died, the Korean veterans led by the guerrilla detachment also accumulated more and more.

Finally, the 50,000 old Korean soldiers who survived the frenzied elimination and killing, relying on the geographical advantage of the Han River, firmly blocked Amin's army on the south bank.

The cost was that 10 prefectures and counties were swept away, and countless North Koreans left their bones on the north bank of the Han River.

In this kind of situation, Huang Taiji and Amin are beyond their reach.

Chen Xin decided to personally lead the fleet out for a big purchase.