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It is impossible to satisfy the human heart. No matter how fair you are, you can still pick out thorns. However, this time, the memorials were announced together with the final results, which highlighted areas of doubt, and then supplemented the information again. From this, we can see how carefully the emperor checked. In this case, no one dares to cause trouble unless there is a very serious injustice.

Thus, the announcement of the list of officers ended calmly. In the list of officers, there is no doubt that Cao Bianjiao's name is there.

The next step is to deploy according to the types of arms, such as spearmen, sword and shield bearers, archers, riders, etc. These are the elites of each frontier army. Personal combat skills are the first condition for selection into the new army, and no further training is required. , thus saving a lot of time.

Spearmen are all tall, long-armed and powerful soldiers, which allows them to use longer spears, palladium and other long weapons to keep the enemy at bay; while sword and shield hands can skillfully use swords. Shield coordination. The strength of the cavalry is also selected, and they are all those with the best riding skills among the armies on each frontier. Fighting against the enemy on the battlefield is not far behind even the Mongolians who have been on horses all their lives. In fact, some of these cavalry troops were of Mongolian origin and had been serving as servants of various generals in the Ming Dynasty's border army.

The training of the battle formation is carried out according to Qi Jiguang's Yuanyang Formation. The minimum unit is a class of ten people. After the battle formations are trained as squad units, more large mandarin duck formations will be trained as units such as platoons and companies. The purpose of the training is that when the first division faces the enemy, it can be as large as almost the entire division as a big mandarin duck formation, or as small as a squad-based mandarin duck formation. Of course, the main purpose of these small mandarin duck formations in squad platoons is to chase the enemy.

All archers and artillerymen formed separate regiments, that is, long-range firepower was assigned separately and carried in sidecars. Being on the battlefield can not only block the opponent's cavalry attack, but also protect one's own artillery from the opponent's long-range firepower. Archers are attached because the shooting speed is fast enough, everyone has a strong bow, and the shooting range is far enough.

For others, training an archer, especially one who can draw a hard bow, takes too much time and costs too much. But for the new army, these archers who can draw strong bows are all ready-made, they are just drawn from the border armies. There is no need for additional training in personal bow and arrow skills. At this time in the Ming Dynasty, even if muskets could be improved into flintlocks, their power in battle was far less than that of archers using strong bows.

Of course, after this new batch of troops, it will be more difficult to recruit such strong bow archers to form an army. After all, archers like this who can draw strong bows are rare in number. At that time, the advantages of muskets can be reflected. As long as the capital can be spent and the training time is short enough, combat effectiveness can be quickly formed. If the new army's long-range firepower is increased in the future, they will have to be equipped with flintlock guns and the like.

This battle formation trained by the new army was a new formation developed on the basis of the original "Yuanyang Formation" after Qi Jiguang was transferred to Ji Town. It has initially reached the scale of coordinated operations of various arms. It is mainly used to deal with Enemies with large cavalry like the Mongols.

It's just a pity in the original history. After Qi Jiguang's army was trained, the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Ada Khan had reached a reconciliation, and there were no major wars between the two sides. Therefore, this army with the new formation did not show its full potential. It works as it should.

Emperor Chongzhen did not need to worry about formations, because the chief instructor he appointed, Mao Yuanyi, was an expert. Being trained by Mao Yuanyi, he felt at ease.

Relatively speaking, Emperor Chongzhen was more concerned about the course arrangements of the eunuch political commissars, the effectiveness of the teachings, etc. He was even more concerned about the reports and summaries of the eunuch political commissars' grasp of the soldiers' thoughts, and checked them personally without being lazy.

There was one thing about the new army's equipment that surprised him. Originally he wanted to talk about the idea of ​​a flintlock gun. But what he didn't expect was that before he said anything, the new Director of the Ordnance Bureau, Bi Maokang, enthusiastically told him that the Ordnance Bureau's flagship product was the flintlock gun that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to announce.

"Your Majesty, this is a self-generated fire blunderbuss! Compared with the previous bird blunderbuss, it is much better."

Seeing Bi Maokang showing off his flintlock invention, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled and nodded, listening patiently to his demonstration.

"I think back to the Battle of Saarhu, when our Ming army retreated to Jilin Cliff, the fog was thick and it was difficult to see people. But our army's artillery and matchlock blunderbuss must be ignited in advance to trigger the artillery fire. In this way, the fire Together, when the captives saw him, he became a target." Bi Maokang talked eloquently in front of the emperor, "I have been thinking carefully for many years and finally came up with this self-made fire gun. There is no need to light the match rope in advance, and there is no need to worry about the match rope burning out. You don’t have to worry about the match rope hitting the gunpowder of the surrounding comrades, and it can also be used in battles on windy days. I can guarantee that after I build the fire blunderbuss and equip my Ming army, I will be able to destroy the Jianlu and regain Liaodong!"

The Battle of Saerhu that year has always been a pain in the heart of the Ming Dynasty. Bi Maokang was also one of the officials of that era, so he also cared about it. Because of this, when he talked about this self-made firecracker, he even used the example of Saarhu.

After listening to Bi Maokang's words, Emperor Chongzhen was actually a little dissatisfied. It was always people, not weapons, that could decide a war, unless it was an epoch-making weapon that was so advanced that it could make up for the human factor. The difference between the matchlock gun and the self-generated fire gun alone has not reached this level.

In Bi Maokang's expectant eyes, Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile and said: "This self-made fire gun is indeed good. Bi Qing obviously put his thought into it. I am very relieved!"

Hearing the emperor's praise, Bi Maokang felt happy. Just when he was about to say a few words of humility, he heard Emperor Chongzhen change the subject and ask him: "But everything has its advantages and disadvantages. I want to hear it. This makes me angry." What are the shortcomings of the gun?”

"..." Bi Maokang was stunned before he could be humble. He had not had much contact with the emperor before. He did not expect that the emperor was so young but had such mature thoughts and knew that everything must have its advantages and disadvantages. After listening to my own description, I can still keep my own thoughts and talk about the shortcomings of self-made firecrackers.

To be honest, Bi Maokang was a little shocked. However, when he saw Emperor Chongzhen looking at him, he quickly came back to his senses. He felt that the emperor's gaze was very discerning, so he did not dare to hide anything, and quickly reported: "What your Majesty said is true, everything has its benefits." , must have its drawbacks. The key to this self-generating fire gun lies in this self-generating system."

The second update is at noon.