The next day, still around the barnyard, Xu Xingxia once again selected the recruits of the white-clothed army. Due to the relatively large number of people in this army expansion, there are a full 100 quotas, so basically, as long as the military surplus knows a little bit of cavalry archery, they are all selected. The military households were naturally happy, feeling that their children had finally found a good home and could rest assured, but Xu Xingxia's mood was not very good. He even felt too depressed.

In this expansion of the army, Xu Xingxia regretted to find that the level of cavalry and archery of some military remnants was indeed quite bad. At a distance of fifteen zhang, they were given twenty arrows, but none of them could hit the target. Even in the back, Xu Xingxia asked them to stand in place and release arrows, but some people didn't shoot a single arrow. Such a result is simply speechless.

It sucks, it really sucks. Xu Xingxia sadly estimated that these super-bad military remnants, even after a year of brutal training, would not be able to go into battle and fight in the Tartar field. The level of them and the Tatar cavalry is really too far apart. Once encountering the Tatar cavalry, it must be the result of being easily slaughtered. Unless they are equipped with long-range rifled guns, and then they are required with iron discipline to play in line and shoot, maybe they can play a little role. But the problem is that there is no clue about the research of rifled guns.

For the time being, the only role of these remnants is to act as their own façade. Although they can't fight the Tartars in the field and can't cause damage to the Tartars, they are still very effective in scaring their own people. A hundred cavalrymen with bright armor and majestic style can indeed shock many people. Xu Xingxia believes that after a period of training, they should be able to do not squint and not flinch in front of Peng Feng, Deng Rubai and others, and even in front of all the soldiers.

I have to say that this is a kind of sadness, a deep sadness. The army is not used against foreign enemies, but against its own people, and its function has become completely disordered. However, this is a cruel reality, Xu Xingxia must admit this reality, and consider the problem on the basis of this reality. If you want to gain a firm foothold, if you want to survive and develop, and if you want to change the status quo, the premise is that you must live. If you die, then nothing exists.

After the expansion, Xu Xingxia was divided into three squads. Among them, the squad commanded by Zhang Quanfu temporarily has about 30 people, responsible for garrisoning Niujiaodun and providing alarms for Weizhen Fort. Considering that their main task is to serve as a simple alarm, they do not need to fight the Tartar cavalry. Therefore, Xu Xingxia transferred those recruits with weak combat effectiveness to Zhang Quanfu's disposal. The equipment they use is also relatively weak.

The other two squads were commanded by Mao 13 and Chi Hu respectively. Both of them are good at riding and shooting. It is said that the training of regular riding and archery is mainly carried out by two people. These two squads are the main force of the white-clothed army, and they are also the focus of Xu Xingxia's high hopes. Therefore, the quality of the soldiers of these two squads is the best. Except for Zhang Quanfu, all the white cloaks are concentrated in these two teams.

With good soldiers, we must also have good weapons and equipment. The weapons produced by the craftsman's workshop were personally selected by Xu Xingxia before they were distributed to the hands of these two teams. As the main force of the battle, each soldier of these two squads is equipped with bows and arrows, scimitars, and armor, all of which are high-quality products. Some of the soldiers were also armed with a spear. The main purpose of arming the spears, of course, was to fight the Tatar cavalry.

Underneath the squad is the formation of the gang and the team. The gang is ten people, and the gang is five, and there are gang leaders and gang chiefs respectively. In the establishment of the Ming army, when counting the number of people, it has always been only counting soldiers, not officers. For example, a squad of 50 people means that this squad has 50 soldiers. If you add the officers, there are probably sixty or seventy people. For example, if a battalion has 4,000 people, it is also 4,000 soldiers. If you add the officers, there are probably five or six thousand people.

Generally speaking, the establishment of the white-clothed army is set with reference to the establishment of the Qi family's army. The establishment of the Qi family's army, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, was the most scientific. Even in the late Wanli period, most of the Ming army's combat personnel were copied from the Qi family's army. In fact, in the era of cold weapons, the establishment of the three-three system is not very suitable. Even if it is equipped with rifled guns, the establishment of the three-three system does not quite meet the needs of the battle. The Five-Five System is about the same.

Fort Weizhen has hundreds of white-clothed troops, and in many ways, it needs to be transformed. The white-clothed army must have its own separate barracks, its own separate kitchen and canteen, and a special training place, which must be separated from the outside world. Although the white-clothed sergeant's house was close at hand, and he could hear it with a casual call, Xu Xingxia couldn't let them go home. An army without a collective life, is it still called an army?

Fortunately, Fort Weizhen originally had a military camp, but it was abandoned. For a little money now, you can renovate it and use it. As for the kitchen and dining hall, it was converted from an abandoned private house. In the past few decades, many military families have fled one after another, and the location of their houses has been temporarily requisitioned.

After the expansion, the white-clothed army still needs to be trained. Xu Xingxia used local materials and turned the barn of Weizhenbao into a training place for the white-clothed army. As for mounted archery training, it is more appropriate to do it outside the fort. Outside Fort Weizhen, there is also a large number of open spaces for training mounted archery.

Every morning, the White Coats undergo a cohort training to train the recruits in discipline and at the same time strengthen their sense of collectivity. In the afternoon, it's time for mounted archery training. Every time the White Shirt Army trains, it can attract a lot of onlookers. Especially during queue training, there are always a lot of people watching the excitement around the barnyard.

For the people at that time, the queue training of the white army was still very fresh. At that time, the Ming army, when walking in the queue, was far worse than the white-clothed army. They rarely train once a year, where do they have time to walk in the queue? It would be nice to have them all. Even the Qi family army did not have such strict requirements for the queue. It's just that the requirements of the white army for the queue are very perverted, and a team of people must walk in a straight line.

Even, Xu Xingxia also made it clear that when the two white-clothed soldiers walked together, they must walk back and forth, or side by side, and they must not walk crookedly. If the three white-clothed soldiers walked together, they had to go back and forth, and they had to be in a straight line, and they couldn't go crookedly. These specific requirements soon made the soldiers of the white-clothed army the most beautiful scenery in Weizhen Fort. A lot of small children are imitating their movements.

Ever since the White Shirts trained in the barnyard, it has become the focus of everyone's daily attention. Whether it is simply to see the excitement or have other purposes, the barn is destined to become the focus of attention. For all this, Xu Xingxia is calm. That's what he wants. He just wants to let the white-clothed army show his own unique style and attract the attention of some well-intentioned people.

In fact, every time he trained, Xu Xingxia could indeed feel that there were many people silently observing everything in the barnyard. Among them, there is Wang Qinian, a mysterious businessman, and Tang Chen, an old man in the teahouse. He can sometimes see that Zhu Zhizhi is also at the door of the teahouse, silently watching the grain drying field. She stood there quietly, like a lonely blooming orchid in a deep valley, which could only be viewed from a distance and not played with it...... What are the identities of these people, Xu Xingxia has never figured it out. However, Xu Xingxia believes that they should have no ill will towards themselves. At least, there is no malice for the time being. If they are really Dongchang, or Jinyiwei's people, if they have malicious intentions towards themselves, they can easily deal with themselves. Compared with the two behemoths of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, the governor of Ningxia and the chief military officer of Ningxia Town are not enough to see at all.

Based on this understanding, Xu Xingxia naturally couldn't help but have some weird thoughts. In fact, it can't be said to be very weird, it's just out of various considerations. Xu Xingxia's consideration was that if he had the opportunity, he would still have to take the line of Dongchang or Jinyiwei. As a traverser, it is impossible not to know the tremendous energy of these two behemoths in the Ming Dynasty. As long as you have the protection of these two behemoths, your future will be bright. Any governor, any chief officer, can all be easily crushed to death.

Relatively speaking, Jinyiwei's choice is a little better. After all, only eunuchs can serve as eunuchs in Dongchang, and he is not willing to be a eunuch. And the commander of the Jinyi Guard can be a normal person. In the understanding of ordinary people, Dongchang is better than Jinyiwei, but in fact, the key lies in Jinyiwei himself. In the era of Ji Gang and Lu Bing, who knew about the existence of Dongchang? It's just that the other Jinyi guards are not angry.

Xu Xingxia believes that if he has the opportunity to enter Jinyiwei and have the opportunity to become the commander of Jinyiwei, he will definitely be able to change the status quo of Jinyiwei being subject to the East Factory. Of course, to do this, through normal channels, is simply impossible. A different approach had to be found. For example, with the border town of the heavy general, concurrently served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard?

What the? No way? Too ridiculous? Indeed, this seems to be completely impossible, so absurd, too absurd. But who can guarantee that it won't? Rules are dead, people are alive, things are man-made, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, Xu Xingxia believes that he can do it. When Wei Zhongxian called Li Jinzhong, who knew which green onion he was? But his name, four hundred years later, will be mentioned more frequently than countless historical celebrities, and countless people will overturn the case for him.

"Da Da Da!"

That afternoon, Xu Xingxia was outside Weizhen Fort, supervising the cavalry training of the white-clothed army. Suddenly, from the direction of Pingyu City, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves. Xu Xingxia took a closer look, and it was actually Zhang Qiuqing who came with more than a dozen family members. The blood on his body suddenly boiled, and his eyes became extremely sharp.

(To be continued)