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[Today's second update is delivered! ] 】

Those who are qualified to wear white cloaks, while being proud and proud, certainly do not dare to be complacent. The white cape, while marking their merits, also gave them a lot of pressure. As a role model for the soldiers, you must be better than others. In any case, you are a man in a white cloak, and if you do worse than others, others will definitely suspect that your combat exploits are due to luck. No one can stand such suspicions!

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the day when I wore a white cloak, there was a scene of you chasing me on the training ground. The Thirteenth Taibao is naturally the one who should fully show his strength and maintain the honor of the white cloak. The other soldiers were bent on overpowering the white cloaks to show that their strength was definitely no worse than the white cloaks. Chi Hu, in particular, specifically targeted the white cloaks and secretly competed with them. Almost every time it's on par with the white cloaks.

"It's a good momentum."

Xu Xingxia watched from the side and nodded with satisfaction.

The biggest purpose of making these white cloaks is to stimulate the competitive psychology of his subordinates and stimulate the potential of everyone as much as possible. You must know that people love face, and for the sake of their own face, they can do many things that others can't imagine. This white cloak is their face.

The biggest problem of the Ming army is that the internal competition mechanism has become completely rigid and ineffective. A unit that lacks an internal competition mechanism will certainly have no combat effectiveness. The capable go up, the mediocre go down, this is the most basic requirement. Other Ming troops can't do it, but Xu Xingxia must do it, and he must do his best.

The Ming Dynasty has gone to the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and many things have completely rotted to the core, and there is no need for existence at all. Tinkering will certainly not solve the problem, and only drastic reforms may be able to make a slight improvement. It would be even better if we could do it all over again.

"I still have seventeen white cloaks here, I hope they can be sent out as soon as possible!" That night, at the end of the training, Xu Xingxia said loudly. The competition within the soldiers is not fierce enough, and he must continue to add some oil to it, so that the fire of competition burns more violently. The more intense this fire burns, the more the potential of the soldiers can burst out.

"My lord, leave one for me!" Suddenly, one of the soldiers shouted. The soldier who spoke was Chi Hu, who was very unconvinced. What Chi Hu is looking forward to most now is the sudden arrival of the Tartars. In this way, he is qualified to wear the white cape.

"Good! I'll wait for you! Xu Xingxia responded with a smile.

The soldiers, who were stimulated, immediately turned around their horses and went back to continue training. At this time, it was the last few days of early April, and there was still a faint moonlight at night. Of course, the visibility is not very good, and looking at the scarecrow from twenty feet away is like seeing flowers in a fog, hazy. However, it was precisely because the visibility was not very good that the soldiers had to practice day and night. If you can shoot the target in the dark, then the battle during the day will be more certain.

In fact, the difficulty of riding and archery training is not high, nor is it low, the key lies in understanding and perseverance. Smart people do things with the surname Wu, and quickly improve their level by discovering the skills in it. Stupid people use perseverance to do things, through repeated practice, to find the tricks, and finally find the key to open that door. The soldiers of Niujiaodun are not smart, and they can only increase the intensity of training with extraordinary perseverance.

Generally speaking, after the archer has opened the bow twelve times in a row, he must rest for a period of time to recover fatigue and rebuild his strength, otherwise, the quality of the bow and arrow behind will not be the same. Even if you shoot it, it's a complete waste of arrows. Of course, perverts like Xu Xingxia are exceptions. Therefore, the training syllabus for archers and mounted archers in the Ming army was based on a cycle of twelve arrowheads. At the end of a cycle, you have to rest for about half an hour.

In order to improve their riding and archery skills, the soldiers of Niujiaodun are training day and night. Xu Xingxia's original training syllabus was to shoot 36 arrows every morning, noon and evening, that is, three rounds of mounted archery, which is basically the limit of the human body. However, the soldiers who were stimulated actually took the initiative to increase the number of riding and shooting to four or even five rounds. With such training momentum, the speed of improving the level of riding and archery is of course very fast.

Chi Hu is a pervert who has increased the intensity of his daily riding and archery training to more than 20 rounds. is as crazy as him, as well as Mao 13 and others. Born as rangers, they all have the strength to refuse to admit defeat, and they don't look down on others to be stronger than themselves. Especially under Xu Xingxia's intentional stimulation, they couldn't hold it back.

There are perverts like Chi Hu and Mao Thirty, and other soldiers, even if they don't want to be so perverted, it's impossible. In such an atmosphere, if you don't change your mind, you will become a backward element. Wherever they are, backward elements are to be ridiculed and even bullied. Therefore, as long as you still have some strength, you must use it.

Fortunately, during this time, the food of Niujiaodun can definitely fill everyone's stomach. In addition to a rich and sufficient amount of food, Xu Xingxia also asked people to prepare some medicinal soup to strengthen the body and recover fatigue, if you really can't support it, you can drink some medicinal soup, or even get some medicinal soup to go back and wash your feet. This kind of treatment is estimated to be available only in the entire Ningxia Town.

Of course, the consequence of this is naturally that the silver in Xu Xingxia's pocket will be lost faster. Now, he feels more and more that he can't simply rely on his military exploits to make a living, and he must find a way to open up new financial paths. If there is no new way to make money, you must find a way to make some windfalls. If you blindly wait for it, it will definitely be doomed.

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This morning, Xu Xingxia was crawling around in the training ground, and suddenly received a report from his subordinates, saying that Liu Guangliang and Zhao Mengji were coming. Xu Xingxia rode back to Niujiaodun, and sure enough, he saw Liu Guangliang and Zhao Mengji, waiting for him with joy on their faces. It seems that the two of them have good things to tell themselves. He smiled and asked, "What's the good news for the two of you?" ”

Liu Guangliang said happily: "My lord, the errand you handed over to us has been successfully completed. ”

Xu Xingxia was overjoyed. The thing that I delivered to them was the research problem of the flintlock pistol, and I didn't expect it to be solved so quickly. This Zhao Mengji seems to be a little expected, worthy of someone who has a relationship with Zhao Shizhen. However, he is still very careful and does not get carried away. He tried hard to suppress the joy in his heart, and said slowly: "Is there a real thing?" ”

Zhao Mengji hurriedly took out the flintlock pistol, handed it to Xu Xingxia with both hands, and said, "My lord, please take a look." ”

After Xu Xingxia saw it, he was convinced that the firing problem of the flintlock pistol had indeed been solved. What is surprising is that the sample that Zhao Mengji took out was not the gear-type ignition device he mentioned, but the impact type. Technically speaking, such a design is more advanced and practical than its own proposal.

The main structure of the flintlock gun is a spring, a hammer, and a flint. Pulling the trigger, the spring loosens, and the hammer hits the top of the flint, triggering a spark that ignites the propellant. Such a device is simple and practical, low in cost, and not prone to failure. It is said that the wisdom of the ancients is infinite, and Xu Xingxia has truly seen it.

I thought that they could design the flintlock gun machine according to their own ideas, which was already very good, but I didn't expect that they did a better job than their own design ideas. Talent is really talent, no matter where you go, you have to shine! The Weisuo Army does not have such a talent, it is simply too tyrannical. Xu Xingxia secretly swore that such a talent must be firmly grasped in his own hands.

As soon as the original arquebus bolt was replaced with a flintlock gun, a new type of firebolt was created. In terms of the success rate of ammunition firing, it can be greatly improved, and the accuracy of shooting can also be improved. The only problem is that on rainy days, the flintlock pistol will also get damp, so it will not be able to fire. Due to various conditions, there are still some problems with the use of flintlock guns on rainy days. Of course, if you want to use it reluctantly, you can.

It's not a big problem, though. Because, as the opponent's Tartars, the bows and arrows they use are also unusable on rainy days. In fact, the bowstring of a bow and arrow is more afraid of water than a firebolt. Once the bowstring is wet, it can easily be pulled off and cannot be used at all. In China's history, there seems to be no precedent for large-scale fighting in heavy rain. Even if there were battles in the rain, it was skirmishes.

Xu Xingxia asked with concern: "Can the flint be found in large quantities?" ”

Zhao Mengji said affirmatively: "My lord, Helan Mountain is full of flints, just dig it." ”

Xu Xingxia was completely relieved. After the technical difficulty of the flintlock pistol is solved, the biggest problem is the source of the flint. As long as the source of flint is secured, flintlock pistols can be produced in large quantities. Helan Mountain is really a cornucopia, containing a large number of flints. Of course, the flintlock pistol is not Xu Xingxia's final request, he has higher requirements.

Zhao Mengji was mistaken, and said with anticipation: "Is Lord Baihu going to mass-produce this new type of firecracker?" ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head and said, "No." ”

The technical improvement between the flintlock pistol and the arquebus is not particularly obvious, and in actual combat, the effect is not particularly good. There is no substantial difference between the use of flintlock pistols in large quantities and the use of arquebuses in large quantities. Of course, this is for the traverser. If it weren't for the traverser, such a technological innovation would already be very remarkable.

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