Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

In the first row, fire, aim, release, and retreat.

Second row, take one step forward, light the gun, aim, release, and stand back.

Third row...

Following the officer's command, rows of soldiers aimed their guns, then lit the fuses with match ropes, and fired the guns with a bang. The entire large martial arts arena was filled with choking smoke.

Thanks to the assembly line production model and the stimulation of various rewards, the musket production capacity of the Royal Arsenal has been greatly improved. After rigorous testing, the fine muskets produced are not only equipped to the soldiers of the Royal First Regiment. , the rest were sealed.

After a period of queue training, the soldiers of the Royal First Regiment switched to tactical training. They loaded gunpowder and projectiles every day. After they became proficient in their movements, they then conducted live-fire shooting training, and then performed live-fire shooting training of three, four, and five sections.

This tactic of volley fire was invented by Qi Jiguang. It is very effective against enemies with cold weapons. However, for some unknown reason, the Ming army did not use this tactic again after Qi Jiguang. Zhu Youjian only carried forward this volley of gun tactics.

All soldiers are qualified only after they are proficient in a series of tactical actions such as loading gunpowder and projectiles, igniting match ropes, and aiming guns. Otherwise, they can only continue training until they are qualified.

On one side of the martial arts arena, rows of soldiers stood upright and stood still under the orders of the officers.

Far across from them were a thousand cavalry with bright armor, galloping horses, and murderous intent. The steel swords, spears and other weapons in their hands shone with a dazzling cold light under the sunlight.

The strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty is the Qing Empire in the north. This is the strategic tone set by Zhu Youjian. The Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Empire is invincible in the field. Any army in the late Ming Dynasty will encounter the Eight Banners Cavalry in the field, even if it has a huge advantage in military strength. , and could only end up being surrounded and annihilated.

To deal with the Eight Banners cavalry in a field battle, there is no good strategy other than setting up a dense formation of spears, using a large number of archers to guard the formation, and adding powerful battle accidents.

Zhu Youjian admired muskets and used multi-stage gun volley tactics to deal with the charge of the Eight Banners cavalry. This cold weapon tactic was naturally eliminated.

When thousands of war horses charge at the same time, the rumble of hoofs is earth-shattering, sweeping away any creature that dares to block it like an overwhelming force. If the soldiers do not have strong willpower, no matter how sophisticated the muskets are, they will be frightened. Weakened or frightened, they abandoned their guns and ran away. The entire platoon's gun formation collapsed instantly, and all the soldiers became little white rabbits that were slaughtered.

In order to strengthen the willpower of the soldiers, Zhu Youjian mobilized a thousand cavalry with decent riding skills and asked them to launch a group charge, so that the soldiers of the Royal First Regiment could truly witness and feel the terrifying power of the cavalry charge.

Each soldier of the Royal First Regiment has to withstand the test of a thousand cavalry charges continuously, and can still smoothly complete the tactical actions of loading gunpowder and projectiles and raising a gun to aim.

Soldiers who failed the test were given three chances to take the test. If they failed again, they had no choice but to take off their military uniforms, return to Huangzhuang to farm, and live amidst the ridicule of relatives and friends.

The welfare benefits of the soldiers of the Royal First Regiment were so good that people would envy and envy them, and there were also big rewards such as getting rid of their slave status. All the servants of the farmers in the imperial village desperately wanted to become soldiers, and no one wanted to quit. Facing the overwhelming charge of a thousand cavalry, even though I was scared, I gritted my teeth and forced myself to be calm, mechanically completing the boring tactical actions during normal training.

All the soldiers of the First Royal Regiment did not disappoint Zhu Youjian. The soldiers who failed the first round of the test all passed after the first and second rounds of assessment.

Of course, in this kind of assessment that is close to actual combat, due to the rider's riding skills, slow reaction, or nervousness, some soldiers were still knocked away by the war horses, trampled and injured. All injured soldiers were rushed to the field military hospital. Get timely treatment and return to the army after recovering from your injuries.

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied. After this rigorous training and assessment close to actual combat, the First Royal Regiment had truly become an army. All that was missing was the test of actual combat.