Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 86
The new army camp was on the right track, and many people came to visit one after another.

Some are civil servants who have some relationship with Feng Yibo.

Some just listened to what people said, and came to watch the excitement.

For whatever purpose.

Anyone who came was intimidated by the uniform and prohibited military appearance.

Praising on the spot is normal, and there are quite a few who directly write poems to praise.

One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.

Feng Yibo's "Jiaxuan" name is even more popular.

And won the praise of so many officials and lords.

Invisibly, it also gave the new army soldiers a sense of pride.

Each of them practiced more vigorously.

Proud to be a member of the new army.

This sense of pride gradually formed a sense of honor from the inside out.

The entire new army is also more thriving.

Every time someone visits, it is rarely empty-handed.

More or less, you have to bring some supplies and labor.

Especially in Feng Yibo's same year, most of them had heard about the "fifteen pigs".

In the beginning, they were just bringing pigs.

Later, it gradually spread, and the entire Jiangnan officialdom heard about it.

It was even passed around that the new army had to eat at least fifteen pigs every day.

Anyone who heard it would sigh with emotion, elite soldiers still need to be intensively raised.

For this food, ordinary military officers would not be willing to spend such money!

This also led to the fact that the civil servants of the labor army later came only after buying pigs.

For a while, Xiangshan Zhugui was actually expensive.

Some people even began to take advantage of the opportunity to resell live pigs from other places.

Just waiting to be sold to the new army and the civil servants who came to work in the army.

On the side of the new army, although it is not so extravagant to eat fifteen pigs a day.

But there are still some in every three days, and it is almost oily every day.

In this day and age, this is considered extremely luxurious!

The extra pigs were raised by Gouzi.

Gradually become an important part of the new army ecology.

In the blink of an eye, more than three months have passed, and the time has come to autumn.

The soldiers of the new army are completely new inside and out.

Originally they were all lean, but now most of them have become strong and strong men.

The skin is still dark, but it is black and shiny.

In the third month of military training, the formation of mandarin ducks has also taken shape.

This is not a simplified version of the dung fork, pot lid, and hatchet.

It is an upgraded version of the spear, rattan card, and steel knife.

Even the moso bamboo has been upgraded with iron tips.

The formation is still the same as before.

After all, they were all brought out by Zhuang Ding of Fengjiazhuang.

The top two pick the strongest of the team.

Holding a rattan plate and a steel knife hanging from his waist.

As a sword and shield hand, the top is at the forefront.

Defend your squad from arrows and keep enemies from charging.

Afterwards, the two held bows and crossbows and carried quiver bags.

A steel knife is also hung on the waist for self-defense.

These are the captains and vice-captains of each team.

While commanding, he also shoulders the responsibility of shooting and killing the opponent's leader.

After all, those who can shoot arrows are a minority.

Therefore, Feng Yibo asked for five hundred hard bows from the Ministry of War.

Still grinding to five hundred crossbows.

The last two held wolf whisks.

That is, the old moso bamboo of Zhang Er, the kind with iron tips.

The main purpose is to prevent the enemy from getting close.

It also has the effect of hurting the enemy.

The last four pikemen, armed with spears, lances, and palladiums.

They are all the main attackers in the team.

The weapons are upgraded, and the equipment on the body cannot be left behind.

The rattan hand in front wears two layers of armor.

The inside is cotton armor, and the outside is covered with chain mail.

The soldiers behind are all armored.

Mostly cotton armor, or light armor like leather armor.

Three thousand regular soldiers changed their shotguns to cannons, and they were armed to the teeth.

Daily training also forms a fixed regulation.

In addition to running, military posture, queue.

There is also the transformation and coordination of mandarin duck formations.

Different arms have different training content.

Crossbowmen have to practice shooting and swinging knives.

Rattan players should practice their card posture and swing their knives.

Pikemen have to practice stabbing even more.

The wolf-whip hand also wields the wolf-whip.

All in all one day.

Even if you are hard-working, you have to practice until you are exhausted.

Even so, the soldiers never tire of it.

In addition to the excellent food, they also received two months' salary.

It is the easiest for them to be a little bit hard and a little bit tired.

Nearly half of the start-up funds had been consumed, and Feng Yibo was about to lose his patience.

He has discussed with Liu Zhao and is ready to take the initiative.

Before the end of the month, a group of Japanese pirates stationed on Big Nose Island will be attacked.

There are about 1000 Japanese pirates in this group, which is considered to be a relatively large group in the Jiangnan area.

In fact, fishermen have already informed the government of the news.

But several guards were arguing, and they couldn't make it for a long time.

And the reason why Feng Yibo made it his first goal.

Mainly because he heard Liu Zhao talk about it.

The Japanese pirates on this island have plundered several times, and they must have hoarded a lot of property.

Just right as a first choice.

But what Feng Yibo didn't expect was that he hadn't waited for his departure yet.

But there was a group of Japanese pirates who came to the door first.

On this day, the night is dark and windy.

Bamboo whistles of "dudu" came from all over the camp.

The soldiers of the new army have long been used to it, and they got up one by one.

Put on your equipment quickly.

It is said that this is Master Feng's idea, a way to torment people.

Called Emergency Collection.

Come every few days, from time to time.

Unqualified, no meat for three days.

It was not enough time for a cup of tea, and three thousand soldiers had already assembled in the school grounds.

It's even counted.

There are clever ones who have discovered anomalies.

Because not a single torch was lit today, the school grounds were pitch-black.

Sure enough, Feng Yibo, who seldom showed up, said in a deep voice:

"Attention everyone, this is not a drill!"

"The secret sentry by the sea sent back a message that the Japanese pirates are landing and are preparing to attack our new army camp at night."

Hearing here, the soldiers had different ideas.

But the same thing is, they are all motionless.

This is the habit formed in the past three months.

It is the power of habit that keeps them from moving around without orders.

Especially in front of Feng Yibo, the biggest official in the battalion.

"You have been trained and are already elite in the army! Everyone already knows this."

"Tonight is the time to test the results!"

Feng Yibo's deep voice struck the hearts of every soldier.

Some people were so stimulated that they trembled, wishing they could go to war right away.

Some people were afraid and wanted to run, but the comrades around them gave him enough strength.

There are also some whose minds are blank and only wait for orders before they can move.

"Wait for everyone, don't make a sound without an order."

"After the Japanese pirates go deep, we will close the door and beat the dog!"

Feng Yibo didn't yell and beat them up.

But he also roared: "This battle must be won, and it must be won beautifully!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Mengzi next to him, and said, "Meng Qianhu, come and assign combat missions according to the plan!"

"Yes!"

Mengzi straightened up unconsciously when he heard the words, then growled and said:
"There are all of them! Follow the No. [-] Plan!"

"Every platoon goes to the designated location and waits for orders!"

The soldiers of the new army began to leave the school field quickly but in an orderly manner.

Under the leadership of the platoon leader, arrive at the designated position and wait.

It didn't take long.

Under the silent night sky, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps.

(End of this chapter)