When the guards heard that there was a spear, their eyes lit up with excitement, and the boring queue training for days had wiped out their initial enthusiasm for joining the recruitment, and now they were waiting for this moment.

When the spears were issued, the effects of the training queue these days were quickly apparent. The five hundred-man team formed five columns, ran forward, came from Li Xin's left to the right, and when they reached Li Xin's side in the middle of the column, they could not stop, and the five loud "turn to the left" command was not neatly shouted, and although the five columns of columns did not turn very neatly, the good effect was still beyond Li Xin's expectations.

This is not a little faster than when he was in Gaoyang, and the progress is not half a point.

Suddenly, I heard a high-five, and someone shouted three good words in a row Li Xin turned his head and saw that it was the Xia Du Shi of the Dusi Mansion.

"Mr. Li is a good soldier who has been trained, and this method of moving forward is very fresh!"

Xia Dushi was telling the truth at this time, and he was indeed attracted by this way of training troops in a neat formation. The Jiazi military camp was the last stop for him to come to Zhenwei, and he originally planned to go through the motions and finish the matter, but who knew that Li Xin was also here, so he changed his mind again.

"The summer capital is just in time, look at how my town guards practice!" Li Xin suddenly had another thought in his mind, and shouted in front of the soldiers who had changed from a five-column column to a five-column horizontal formation: "Would you like to ask the master of the capital to say a few words to the big guys?" ”

The soldiers immediately echoed in unison and applauded. Li Xin turned his head and smiled at Xia Dushi: "Please also ask Xia Dushi to lecture the soldiers of the Zhenyu Guard!" ”

Xia Du Shi said, a group of Qiu Bajun Han have something to say, but it is difficult to be gracious, so they have to reluctantly make it difficult, loyal to the monarch to serve the country, this Xia Du is also very good at lip service, bar, la, ba, la, quote the scriptures and talk about it for half an hour.

After a pause, Li Xin took the lead in high-fives, and the guards also high-fived, after several days of training, they had adapted to this way of high-fiveing to show enthusiasm. Xia Dushi had never seen this posture, and he was taken aback at first, but he quickly realized that this was a response to his reprimand.

Looking at the eager eyes of the guards and listening to the endless applause, Xia Dushi unexpectedly surged with an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

The applause lasted for a long time, and finally stopped under Li Xin's repeated signals. The enthusiasm of the scene made people moved. This kind of army with an extremely full mental outlook is rare in Datong Mansion, although these people are dressed in the same shabby, even ragged, but the kind of blazing eyes set off by applause reveals their difference.

Li Xin gave an order, and everyone was converted into a column, leading spears one by one from front to back.

said that it was a long spear, but in fact, it did not grow to the outrageous Cheng dù, but it was only more than one zhang long, and it was about three meters three when converted into the metric system that Li Xin was familiar with. This kind of spear is not long, but it is not short, but it is enough to form a phalanx of spears.

Li Xin's plan was to form a phalanx infantry corps based on long weapons according to the Swiss phalanx, and the reason why he did not take into account the muskets of the Gaoyang Garrison was because the materials for the town guards were indeed too scarce. In a hurry, there was simply not enough musket and the necessary gunpowder. At this moment, Zhenyuwei is still facing many internal and external crises, so a compromise plan is released.

In his plan, such a corps resembling a phalanx of Swiss infantry would also consist of at least fifteen hundred men. Of these, every 500 people are a phalanx. When the enemy attacks either side, the other two phalanxes can support the attacked first phalanx in the fastest time and attack the enemy's flank.

With the current number of people on the school grounds, it is clear that there is only enough to form a phalanx. The five-column column was transformed into five horizontal columns, separated by several feet from the left and right, close to each other in front and back, and Li Xin personally demonstrated, holding the gun in his right hand, the head of the gun obliquely forward, and the barrel of the gun poked into the ground, stepping on it with his left foot.

The long iron spear, at the angle of oblique thorns, densely stabbed out of the phalanx and pointed forward, looking like a hedgehog full of iron thorns from a distance. For a whole afternoon, I practiced the action of collecting the gun and holding the gun.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west that Li Xin disbanded the guards of the town, and then saw that the Xia capital had actually survived until now, and did not leave, and stomped his feet on the side, obviously having been frozen.

Although Xia Du kept saying that he would go back before dark, looking at the situation, I am afraid that he will not be able to leave today. Qian Tai stretched out his hand with Xia Dushi, as if he was preoccupied, Li Xinxin said, what did this thing say, it can lead Governor Qian to the point of being overwhelmed. But how can he ask rashly, only when he finds an opportunity to say it in the future, he has a hunch that although Qian Tai is selfish, he is also a person who can be fought for.

Whoever asked him to come to the town guard to take up his post, but the only person in the bag who could be entrusted with the important task was Lu Jiu, and if Zhang Shi was here, he would save a lot of effort. I just don't know if he is dead or alive now, if he is alive, can he still be in Gaoyang? Or has he followed Sun Chengzong into Beijing? Thinking of Zhang Shi, another person also jumped into Li Xin's mind, that is, Gong Shun Wang Kong Youde.

This is a cunning opportunist, and when the catastrophe is imminent, he has an extremely strong ability to protect himself, so he can survive the previous incidents and military disasters, and I may not die this time. Li Xin really misses Kong Youde a little bit, if this person is here, the formation of the artillery team will be a lot more help, after all, Kong Youde is still the top artillery expert in this era, without him, training artillery is bound to be blackened and groped from scratch.

The guards can do without muskets at present, but they must not do without artillery, and one of the most important things in artillery is gunpowder, which is also the most lacking in the guards.

Xia Dushi saw that Li Xin seemed to have something on his mind, and stood for an afternoon, his body was already frozen and trembling.

"The chief soldier works hard, does everything himself, and can be a model for my generation!"

Half of this is a compliment, and the other half may be a sincere admiration. Although the spear phalanx was only in a static state, the dense iron spear heads pointing to the outside of the front still caused an extremely powerful visual shock to Xia Dushi. At least he had never seen such a soldier in the entire Shanxi Xingdusi, so he gradually put away his initial contempt.

The sun had completely set, and the earth was plunged into darkness, and the group walked back to the Weisi Yamen in the cold north wind. Li Xinyu's eyes never left Qian Tai in the dark, and this Qian Tai seemed to be deliberately or unintentionally alienating the Xia Capital. Li Xinxin was relieved, it seems that Qian Tai and Xia Du really have something to do with it, but both of them seem to be deliberately avoiding, but I don't know if the conversation is unpleasant, or it is intentional?

In the evening, it was another sumptuous meal, and the best sorghum wine drank up two jars. During the banquet, Xia Dushi finally revealed a big secret, it turned out that the capital division had decided to send a new commander to the town guard, and there should be a result in these two days. With the intention of wine, Xia Dushi waved his hand as if pointing out the country.

"After all, the town guard is the most important fortress within the border walls, and it should not be abandoned for a long time. Sending a new commander this time is a great thing for Yu Zhenwei and Datong Mansion, but they have not been willing to come because of the danger of this place for the past few months. Now I heard that there were so many treasures piled up on the acropolis of this town, and they all rushed to come one by one. "Xia Dushi seems to be more drunk, and his hands are gesturing up and down." It's not that someone in my Xia looks down on them, they are greedy for life and afraid of death, greedy for money and black-hearted, and it is also a scourge to come to the town guard! Maybe the tragedy of the Mongolian Tatars breaking through the customs the year before last will be repeated! ”

The more Xia Du talked about it, the more excited he became, and Qian Tai hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"I'm drunk, so let's rest early......"

Unexpectedly, Xia Du pulled Qian Tai away.

"You are also a coward who is not responsible, stay away from someone in Xia, Mr. Li, you listen to me, I will serve you in this town guard, you can collect money, you can train soldiers, ha, haha......"

Although Qian Tai was scolded by Xia Dushi, he still reached out to help him, preparing to drag him back to the room to rest. Who knows, just this moment of kung fu, this thing is getting more and more drunk, and he doesn't go with him, but laughs strangely: "It's a pity, it's a pity, you, you have offended a bunch of people by collecting money, do you know, these people are not cowards, they are all ruthless characters, you are now a thorn in their side, a thorn in the flesh, I heard that a few years ago, there were horse thieves who came to attack the city......"

Without finishing a sentence, Xia Dushi finally lay on the table and snored, and actually fell asleep. Although his words were drunken words, they fell on Li Xin's ears, but they couldn't be listened to as drunken words. Several things are strung together, the horse thief's attack on the city and the confiscation of the Jin merchants' goods should be related, if what Xia Du said is true, the merchants must have more than a few tricks to retaliate against him. But he will not be soft-hearted, as long as he sees a merchant going north in the territory of his town, he will clean up the family, and he will kill the Manchu poor and starve until he starves to death everywhere.

Li Xin suddenly had another feeling, these merchants must have colluded with the Dusi Mansion a long time ago, otherwise where did Xia Du Shi learn about these secret things?

After a while, Xia Dushi was lying on the table and snoring louder and louder, Li Xin waved his hand at Qian Tai, and Qian Tai willingly summoned two soap lily from outside, and even lifted and pulled the ball of drunken mud out. But no one saw it, and his closed eyelids blinked imperceptibly.

The next day, Li Xin went out early and arranged for more than a dozen carts, which were full of all kinds of goods, and asked the handymen to drive them down in front of the Wei Si Yamen. When the summer capital was cleaned up and went out, he was startled by the situation in front of him. He looked at Li Xin and hesitated: "Mr. Li, this is?" ”

Li Xin bowed.

"It's a small meaning, but it's not a tribute!"