The New Year is approaching, but the training of the white-clothed army is even more intense. From the commander below the commander of each detachment to the most ordinary soldiers, they are training day and night. Each squad of the white-clothed army has been supplemented with a large number of recruits, and in order to let these recruits form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, the commanders of each detachment have racked their brains, as long as they can use the methods, they have all used. Xu Xingxia himself often personally supervised the training ground and paid close attention to the changes in the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The vicinity of the Montenegrin camp has been carved out and used as a training ground. Every day, there is the sound of horses' hooves and gunfire. The sound of the guns fired by the live ammunition of the moon gun and the explosion of the artillery battalion with live ammunition were mixed together and resounded in the sky. If you don't know the details, you will think that there is a big battle here!

After increasing the population by a large number of people, the selection of troops for the white-clothed army has been greatly expanded. In the past, in Weizhen Fort, one was counted as one, and as long as the basic conditions were met, they were allowed to join the White Army. Now, it's one out of ten, the best of the best. Out of a population of 20,000, a few hundred people were selected, and in the end, those who were finally screened out were of course the best people.

For ordinary recruits, it only takes one day to become proficient. If you want to disassemble a firearm and make simple repairs, it only takes three days to basically master its principle. As for whether practice makes perfect, and you can't be wrong with your eyes closed, it depends on everyone's creation. As long as you are not a person with too poor quality, or you are too lazy, after a long time of practice, you can basically do it.

At present, there are nine armies in total, each with more than 100 people. From one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty. According to Xu Xingxia's basic concept of army expansion, a veteran leads a new soldier to the formation of combat effectiveness. Obviously, such a model, in the early stage of army expansion, will inevitably lead to a plummeting decline in the overall combat effectiveness of the white-coated army. After falling to a certain level, it will slowly improve, and in a certain period of time, it will return to the peak again.

Fortunately, the training cycle of Yue Yue is still relatively short. The period of weakness of the white army will not be very long. It was only at this time that Xu Xingxia was secretly embarrassed. If he wasn't careful, he made a mistake that wasn't too big or small. After all, he is a person who has never been a soldier, and he obviously does not understand some details of military affairs. It seems that he has expanded the army in an all-round way, and the possible surname of the problem is still very large. Experienced people would not be as risky as he is.

The most correct training method should be to draw out four of the nine squads to expand the army, and the remaining five squads to maintain the original combat effectiveness. After the expansion of the four squads is completed and the troops have formed combat effectiveness, the remaining five squads will be expanded. This method of military expansion is the safest. It's a pity that Xu Xingxia doesn't understand. Thankfully, he understands now. Fortunately, in the process, the Tartars did not attack immediately. Otherwise, there may be some unimaginable consequences. This is also a typical example of gradually groping and feeling the stones to cross the river!

In the process, Xu Xingxia also realized another very serious problem: he did not have an experienced commander by his side! No one was able to give him helpful advice! This experienced commander refers to the kind of Ming army general who can lead troops to fight, who is born and raised, and can find mistakes. Whether it is Ming Hao or Zhang Quanfu, they lack experience. Not to mention Yu Lijun. It is precisely because they have no experience that when the white army expands, they do not find the drawbacks.

This question, at some point, is indeed very fatal. Xu Xingxia is not a professional after all. What he has is only the cheating knowledge of later generations, as well as the super archery skills that God has blessed him with. However, Xu Xingxia did not have a very deep understanding of the army and the war of this era. This is a big shortcoming. In the short term, he will not be able to make up for this shortcoming. Therefore, it is very important to find a person, or a group, who can give him advice and help him quickly grasp the war of this era.

Unfortunately, such people are not easy to find. The generals who are a little better are at least the staff generals and deputy commanders, and others will not listen to you at all. And below the guerrillas, who is capable and who is not, he cannot judge. How do you judge a person's abilities without prolonged exposure? Isn't that a blind man touching an elephant? originally thought that Cao Wenzhao was a good seedling, and wanted to abduct and sell him, but as a result, others were not willing to do it with you at all.

"Talent is the most important ......," Xu Xingxia muttered silently.

What is the most important thing in the 21st century? Talent, of course! What was the most important thing about the seventeenth century? Of course, it's still talent! In the seventeenth century, what kind of talents could be discovered and used by oneself? Xu Xingxia racked his brains to search for dry intestines, but in the end he regrettably found nothing.

After leaving the training ground, Xu Xingxia took time to come to the craftsman's workshop. Most of the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army is based on equipment. For the current white-clothed army, without a sufficient number of weapons and equipment, there is simply no combat effectiveness. The speed of expansion of the White Clothes Army was also carried out entirely in accordance with the weapons delivered by the craftsmen's workshops. The more and faster weapons the Craftsman delivers, the faster the White Army will expand and increase its troops.

After adding a large number of laborers, the production efficiency of the craftsman workshop has finally improved. At present, the production of 20 moon guns is basically not a problem. Zhao Mengji and the others were stunned to use the labor force of hundreds of people to beat pieces of wrought iron into the 100 steels needed to make the Yueyue gun. The strength of the people is great, and the flame is high when everyone gathers firewood, and so on, which is particularly evident in the craftsman's workshop. With the efforts of Zhao Mengji and others, the craftsman workshop is working towards the goal of producing 30 moon guns.

Every day, after the moon gun was produced, it was received by the white-clothed army and directly put into use. From this point of view, as long as the time for the Tartars to go south is delayed by one day, the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army can be increased by one point. If by January of next year, the Tartars have not marched south, then the number of white-clothed troops will be able to increase to about 2,000 people. In this way, there were more chances of victory against the Tatar cavalry.

Gugler's worries are absolutely not wrong. He knew very well where the advantages of the Han people were, and he also knew very well where the fatality of the nomads themselves was. As long as there are enough weapons, the Han army's explosive ability is absolutely unmatched. As long as they are willing, in a very short period of time, pull out a strong army, there is really no problem at all. Three or five thousand people, or thirty or fifty thousand people, is not a problem at all.

Moreover, even if the army of the Han people suffered continuous losses, their military resources would never be lacking. Every time the Tatars went south to Ningxia Town, they robbed the Han military households everywhere and killed the strong men of the Han people, in fact, they also wanted to cut off the source of the Han people's soldiers. It's a pity that their actions are like drawing a knife and cutting off water, which is of no use at all. Even if they killed all the military households in Ningxia Town, it would not have the slightest impact on the Ming Kingdom.

On the contrary, if the army of the nomads suffers a big loss, it will be a broken wound and the consequences will be serious. Now the Han army is not yet capable of taking the initiative to attack the nomads, and the nomads will live so chic and comfortable. If one day, the Han army has the strength to take the initiative and send cavalry to the steppe to burn and loot to exterminate the nomadic population, the end of the nomadic will come. Even the most powerful Tatar tribe, as long as tens of thousands of strong men are killed, it is estimated that they are not far from extinction. A Tatar tribe can have tens of thousands of strong men?

Of course, such a blast speed can only be used in special circumstances. Explosives need money, weapons and equipment. Without strong economic support, it is simply not possible. In Ningxia Town, and even in the entire Ming Kingdom, only Xu Xingxia, who made a windfall, had such capital and frantically expanded his armaments.

In fact, many freed slaves, out of hatred for the Tartars, were willing to fight with the Tartars, even if they did not want food. They have been abused by the Tartars for several years, and this deep hatred will not be forgotten by anyone. Their active participation in the army, to some extent, also reduced the pressure on Xu Xingxia.

Speaking of money, what Xu Xingxia is most counting on now is the glass workshop. At present, almost all the windfall in Ningxia Town has been taken away by him. In the next few days, if you want to continue to make a windfall, it is estimated that there is no such opportunity. Only a stable source of income can support his various needs. And glass sales are the most stable income.

The construction progress of the glass factory is also satisfactory. Xu Fuqing has been in the bag for decades, and under the stimulation of his son, he finally rose up once. Lao Tzu can't be much worse than his son, right? Therefore, he has been guarding that hidden valley, with a group of trustworthy military households, pondering the production of glass day and night.

The first piece of rough glass has been successfully fired. After Xu Xingxia read it, he felt that it was okay. Purely in terms of transparency, it is much better than glass. The biggest problem is that the surface of the glass is uneven, and further improvement is needed in the process. However, these are minor problems. As long as we continue to improve, there will be no problem in delivering a batch of glass in January next year.

Time passed, the moon was like a shuttle, and Xu Xingxia traveled to the first Chinese New Year's Eve after the Ming Dynasty, and soon came. At noon on Chinese New Year's Eve, Xu Xingxia came to the valley to find Xu Fuqing, and the father and son went home together for the New Year. A rich lunch has been prepared at home. Xu Xingxia definitely didn't have time at night, and he had to celebrate the New Year with the soldiers of the white-clothed army. Therefore, the Xu family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can only be eaten at noon.

(To be continued)