Lord of Ming Dynasty

The level has dropped, but their role has increased. In the past, they influenced soldiers in the army and helped them improve their combat skills. Now they are serving as deputy squad leaders and squad leaders to manage and train soldiers.

"How long does it take to train upgraded elite soldiers?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"If you start training from the common people, it takes three months; if you start training from the militia, it takes two months and four weeks; if you start training from recruits, it takes two months and three weeks; if you start training from skilled soldiers It takes two months and two weeks, if you start training from senior soldiers, it will take two months, if you start training from elite soldiers, it will take one month."

Zhang Qiang had to feel that this training was really tormenting.

Now that the family is big and the business is big, how can he have so much time to train soldiers.

However, in one month, there is still time to train [-] soldiers from the elite soldiers. Now the soldiers are all led by subordinates. He has a month to train these [-] soldiers, but he will train higher-level soldiers in the future. I feel embarrassed.It is expected that future soldier training will require longer and longer training.

No, it's officer training, it's my own grassroots officer training. Grassroots soldier training can be trained with elite soldiers and elite soldiers, and what I need to train now are these grassroots officers.

Zhang Qiang considered whether to bring back the senior soldiers and train them all to become elite soldiers.

But this time, you need a lot.

Forget it, train elite soldiers first, train them into elite soldiers.

Then your future troops can train countless militias and recruits by themselves, increasing the combat effectiveness of your troops.

"The elite soldier trains a unit that takes one week to become a militia, three weeks to become a skilled soldier, one month to become a senior soldier, and then stop there. They can't train soldiers to be soldiers beyond their own level."

"Then elite soldiers can train senior soldiers to become elite soldiers?" Hearing the system talk about the abilities of elite soldiers, Zhang Qiang suddenly remembered, couldn't elite soldiers train elite soldiers?

"No, elite soldiers can only recruit soldiers to become senior soldiers, because they do not have the ability to train officers. However, they can speed up the growth of soldiers. It can shorten the time by one day, shorten the time from recruit to skilled soldier by one day, shorten the time from skilled soldier to senior soldier by one day, and get a total of three days' time bonus."

Zhang Qiang felt that these three days were better than nothing for him.

"I found craftsmen who can repair firearms around, do you want to recruit?" The system suddenly asked Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang was startled by this news, and asked quickly, "Where?"

Chapter 87 Francis the Artisan

Francis is an entourage who followed Pires this time. He was a sailor and a shoe repairer. Later, he worked as a blacksmith who ordered horseshoes in the army, and later learned some mechanical manufacturing from a Swiss watchmaker. When the king recruited soldiers, he returned to the army, because the army can give him a good salary, at least it is more secure than wandering outside, but the army has one bad thing, that is, he has to fight, he doesn't like to fight, and he does it several times. After the struggle, he was assigned to the army's armory to repair damaged firearms.

He is very talented, he learns very quickly, and he is also very good at repairing. He even reformed some details of the matchlock gun, and was quickly favored by the officials above. Being favored by Pires, he was drawn to be his entourage. Francis quickly learned the language of Ming Dynasty on the land of Ming Dynasty and was able to communicate proficiently. This made Pires value him even more and kept him with him all the time.

But this time, he was very unlucky. Fan Shaozu's Qing army Han army banner soldiers and green battalion soldiers were defeated, and because of the chaos at the time, no one cared about them. The Portuguese were captured by Zhang Qiang's gunfire soldiers. There were fifteen people in the group, three died and one was seriously injured. This time, they found that even if they were people like them, the enemy did not want to let them go, so they were dragged to the riverside for execution.

"Prepare" Francis knelt by the river, trembling, he followed Pires and executed the Ming Dynasty people in this way, but today when he became the person kneeling here, he was not as numb as those Ming Dynasty people He was so stubborn, he lost all feces and urine, and his whole body stinks so badly that even the rebel recruits who followed him couldn't help but turn their heads away.

An elite soldier of the volunteer army gave him a disgusted look, and shouted loudly to a group of Linhai Qingzhuang who had just picked up their weapons and learned how to shoot firecrackers: "These damned red-haired devils have killed many of us, and they have slightly offended our borders!" , massacred my Ming people, today is the time for you to take up the weapons in your hands and take revenge." He took a step back, drew out his waist knife, and stretched forward, "Aim."

Another elite soldier had a red paint on his shoulder armor, and a slender blue line slanted across the red, which meant that he was a corporal leader and an elite soldier at the same time. Facing the five young men around him from behind, he said, "Second Corps is ready, load the ammunition."

In the distance, there are two senior soldiers standing beside them, holding firecrackers. The chief is wearing a chain mail, with a short firecracker hanging on one waist and a waist knife on the other. Wearing a long firecracker, there is also a color block of the flag of the Qiang Rebel Army on his shoulder, but there is a yellow border around this color block, which proves that he is more advanced than those elite soldiers, elite soldiers.

He looked up at the sky, did not speak, the corporal had already raised his hand high, he turned his head and glanced at Shi Chang, Shi Chang nodded to him.

"Let it go—" the corporal leader swung his arms forward in various ways.

"Bang bang bang" five consecutive firecrackers, Francis felt his body shake, and he fainted on the ground.

The other four people leaned forward in unison, a stream of blood gushed out of their bodies, and some even burst their brains, making one feel the urge to vomit.

The corporal took a look at the last soldier, with sparks in his eyes, five people shot, and you didn't hit your target, isn't that embarrassing yourself?

Corporal No.2 covered his mouth and laughed, then directed at the five recruits beside him, "Take ten steps forward, stand still, and raise your gun!"

A horse came galloping, and shouted loudly from a distance: "Stop the execution, Mr. Du Si is here—"

Smoke and dust were flying, and a group of cavalry wearing red cloaks with a blue diagonal line in the middle of the cloaks, guarding a huge carriage pulled by four horses, rolled in.

There were a total of 100 cavalrymen, and they surrounded the carriage tightly. No one could take the opportunity to attack the carriage.

Zhou Porridge wore the same cloak, wearing a royal blue robe, riding a horse, and led his five bodyguard cavalry. His cavalry did not wear a cloak, but all royal blue war robes and chain mail. He has a long spear, a firecracker on his back, and a saber on his waist.

Pires and Rafael were very excited. Just now, they saw four of the five subordinates being shot. One fainted from the fright and escaped death. When they were doomed, they couldn't help but burst into tears and felt disheartened. Seeing Zhang Qiang's convoy arriving, their desire for survival rose again. Zhang Qiang.

"Bang bang bang" the corporal leader of the second row didn't think about it, so he waved his hand and directed his subordinates to hit the two of them with the bullets they were about to fire.

The rebel infantry who came to execute this time rushed up one after another, using the back of their swords and guns to beat the remaining Portuguese soldiers who were waiting for execution. Because of Zhang Qiang's arrival, they did not dare to make a private decision to kill these people who were still under control. Rafael and Pires, they asked for it. Who made them tall and powerful, so that the sloppy soldiers were careless, and they broke free. Executed by the No.2 Corps Chief.

As soon as Francis woke up, he saw the second row of rebel gunfire soldiers killing Pires and Rafael. He couldn't help but go limp again, and passed out again.

Zhou Porridge rode on the horse and calmly looked at Pires and Lai Feier who were lying on the ground, jumped off the horse, ran to Zhang Qiang, and helped Zhang Qiang, who had not recovered from his injuries, and Zhang Qiang, with his support, walked towards the Portuguese past.

Finally stopped in front of Francis, "This is the man, a Portuguese gun repair soldier." The system told him.

"Wake him up." Zhang Qiang said to a volunteer infantry beside him.

The rebel infantry rushed to the river, poured a bamboo tube of water into the river, and sprayed it directly on Francis' face.

When Francis woke up, he felt a little dizzy, as if something had gotten into his head, and then he felt a lot more energetic, but he always felt obedient. When he looked up at Zhang Qiang, he found that Zhang Qiang was fine. The face was familiar, so kind, as if he was an acquaintance, and then a voice popped out of his mind, no, it was his mouth that made a voice involuntarily, "Your Majesty."

This surprised him, he didn't know why he would call this person His Majesty, but he was not a foolish person, anyone who could stay in the entourage of the governor's assistant was not stupid, he understood that his life and death were in his hands. in this person's hands.

He imitated those Ming Dynasty people, got up at once, knelt on the ground, and shouted in his Portuguese tone: "Caomin, Francis pays his respects to the general."

"Well, you're still smart, what did you do before?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Francis lowered his head, not daring to look up at Zhang Qiang. This is because he was imitating the rules of the Ming people. When the Ming people faced the big shots, they would never dare to look up at the big shots without their permission. For disrespect, the slightest would be gouging out the eyes, and the worst would be beheading. He had just died once, but he didn't dare to disrespect this big man who could decide his own life and death again.

He answered Zhang Qiang with fear and trepidation, "Caomin is a Portuguese soldier and a sailor, and now he serves as the entourage of Lord Pires."

Zhang Qiang glanced at the corpses of Pires and Lai Feier. The clothes of the officers and soldiers must be different, and one can tell who is an adult at a glance.

"But have you ever been a craftsman repairing firearms?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Francis said: "Yes, my lord. I used to be a soldier repairing guns on a warship. I am willing to serve you." He added one last sentence. He knew that this lord valued him and was willing to talk to him. The reason, otherwise, even Pires and Rafael were executed, how could he be kept?

Chapter 88 Selection

"Well, in view of the fact that you colluded with the Qing army Tartars, massacred our Ming people, and participated in the enemy's military operations against our army, you cannot be pardoned yet. Repair [-] firecrackers within three months. One thousand firecrackers, I will randomly select ten of them for testing, if the best effect is not achieved, I will have one of your toes chopped off, and you continue to serve me, if the second one thousand If I didn’t meet my requirements, I’ll have someone chop off your second toe, and when I run out of toes, I’ll start chopping off your legs, and I’ll see how many parts you have on your body for me to chop off.” Zhang Qiang said proudly to Francis.

Francis sat down on the ground. He was capable of repairing the damaged guns, but no one could be wrong. In case, he didn't dare to think about it. He shivered and lay there refusing to speak.

Zhang Qiang looked around and said to the soldiers: "Clean up this place, the corpses will still go into the river."

The four remaining Portuguese shouted loudly, and Francis saw some of his old friends about to be thrown into the river, and couldn't help but soften his heart, and said to Zhang Qiang: "Dear General, please forgive them Bar."

Zhang Qiang looked at the four Portuguese, then at Francis, "add ten thousand guns, and every time you make a mistake, I'll have someone kill one of them."

Francis' body trembled, and over there, there was also a Portuguese who knew Ming's language, shouting loudly: "Francis, please, save us."

Francis gritted his teeth, and for a long time, seeing that those people were about to be thrown into the river, he said: "Your Excellency, I am willing, and please be merciful, forgive them, and send them to me as my subordinates. We are willing to serve you. .”