People who are qualified to wear white cloaks are not afraid to be complacent while being proud. While the white cloaks are marked by their contributions, they also put huge pressure on them. As a role model for the soldiers, you must do better than others. No matter what, you are a person wearing white cloaks. If you do worse than others, others will definitely doubt your military achievements, which are obtained by luck. No one can stand such suspicion!

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the day when he was wearing the white cloak, there was a scene of chasing each other on the training ground. The Thirteenth Taibao naturally took the initiative and wanted to fully demonstrate his strength and maintain the honor of the white cloak. Other soldiers were determined to overwhelm the white cloak to show that their strength was definitely not worse than the white cloak. Especially Chi Hu, he specifically focused on the white cloak and secretly competed with them. Almost every time he was comparable to the white cloak.

“This is a good momentum.”

Xu Xingxia watched from the side and nodded with satisfaction.

The biggest purpose of his creation of these white cloaks is to stimulate the competitive mentality of the soldiers under his command and to stimulate everyone's potential as much as possible. It must be known that people love face, and for their own face, they can do many things that others can unimaginable. This white cloak is their face.

The biggest problem of the Ming army is that the internal competition mechanism is completely corrupt and rigid and has lost its effectiveness. A unit that lacks internal competition mechanisms will definitely have no combat effectiveness. The ability is superior to the mediocre, which is the most basic requirement. Other Ming army cannot do it, but Xu Xingxia must do it, and do the best.

When the Ming Dynasty reached the 44th year of Wanli, many things were completely decayed and there was no need to exist at all. Repairing and repairing certainly cannot solve the problem. Only by carrying out drastic reforms may there be a little improvement. If we can push it back, it would be even better.

"I still have seventeen white cloaks here, I hope they can be sent out as soon as possible!" That night, at the end of the training, Xu Xingxia said in a short voice. The competition among the soldiers was not fierce enough. He had to continue to add some fuel to make the competitive fire burn more violently. The more violent the fire burned, the more the potential of the soldiers could burst out.

"Sir, leave one for me!" Suddenly, someone shouted loudly by the stroke. The soldier who was talking was Chi Hu who was very dissatisfied. What Chi Hu hopes most about now is the sudden arrival of the Tartars. In this way, he is qualified to wear a white cloak.

"Okay! I'll wait for you!" Xu Xingxia responded with a smile.

The soldiers who were stimulated immediately turned to their war horses and went back to continue training. It was already the last few days in early April, and there was still a vague moonlight at night. Of course, the visibility was not very good. Looking at the scarecrow twenty feet away was like watching flowers in the fog, hazy. However, it was precisely because the visibility was not very good that the soldiers had to practice day and night. If they could shoot the target in the dark, the daytime battle would be more sure.

In fact, the difficulty of riding and shooting training is not high or low, and the key lies in understanding and perseverance. Smart people use insight to do things and quickly improve their level by discovering the skills. Stupid people use perseverance to do things and explore the tricks through repeated practice, and finally find the key to open the door. The soldiers of Niujiaodun are not smart, and they can only increase the intensity of training with extraordinary perseverance.

Generally speaking, after archers are twelve consecutive bows, they have to rest for a while to recover their fatigue and accumulate physical strength again. Otherwise, the quality of the bows and arrows behind will be different. Even if they are shot out, it will be a waste of arrowheads. Of course, there are abnormal exceptions like Xu Xingxia. Therefore, the training outline of the Ming army's archers and riding archers is all about a cycle of twelve arrowheads. After one cycle, one needs to rest for about half an hour.

In order to improve his riding and shooting level, the soldiers of Niujiaodun were training day and night. The training outline originally formulated by Xu Xingxia was to shoot thirty-six arrows every day in the afternoon and evening, that is, three-wheeled archery, which is basically the limit of the human body. However, the soldiers who were stimulated actually actively increased the number of riding and shooting times to four or even five wheels. With such training momentum, the speed of riding and shooting level improvement is of course very fast.

A pervert like Chi Hu has increased the intensity of his daily riding and shooting training to more than twenty rounds. As crazy as him, there are Mao Shisan and others. They are from the family of Xiaer, and they all have the spirit of refusing to admit defeat, and they are most unwilling to be stronger than themselves. Especially under Xu Xingxia's intentional stimulation, they can't help but be unable to hold back.

With perverts like Chi Hu and Mao Sanshi, there is no possibility for other soldiers to not want to be so perverted. In such an atmosphere, if you are not perverted, you will become backward elements. No matter where you are, backward elements will be ridiculed or even bullied. Therefore, as long as you still have some strength, you must use them.

Fortunately, during this period, Niujiaoduan's food can definitely fill everyone's stomach. In addition to the abundant and sufficient food, Xu Xingxia also made some medicine soups to strengthen the body and recover from fatigue. If you really can't hold on, you can drink some medicine soup or even get some medicine soup to wash your feet. Such treatment is probably only Niujiaoduan in the entire Ningxia Town.

Of course, the consequence of doing this is naturally that the money in Xu Xingxia's pocket is lost faster. Now he is increasingly feeling that he cannot simply rely on military merits to live, and must find ways to open up new ways of wealth. If there is no new ways of wealth, he must find ways to make some fortune. If he just waits for it, he will definitely be done.

That morning, Xu Xingxia was struggling in the training ground and suddenly received a report from his subordinates, saying that Liu Guangliang and Zhao Mengji were coming. Xu Xingxia rode his horse back to Niujiaoduan, and indeed saw Liu Guangliang and Zhao Mengji waiting for him with joy. It seemed that they had something good to tell him. He asked with a smile: "What are the good news for you guys?"

Liu Guangliang said happily: "Sir, the errand you handed us over has been completed smoothly."

Xu Xingxia was overjoyed. The thing he gave to them was the research problem of the flintlock rifle. Unexpectedly, it would be solved so quickly. Zhao Mengji seems to be a little bit informed, and he is worthy of being a person who has something to do with Zhao Shizhen. However, he is still very cautious and will not be complacent. He tried hard to suppress his inner joy and said slowly: "Is there any real thing?"

Zhao Mengji hurriedly took out the flintlock gun, handed it to Xu Xingxia with both hands, and said, "Please look, sir."

After reading it, Xu Xingxia was convinced that the firing problem of the flintlock rifle had indeed been solved. Surprisingly, the sample Zhao Mengji took out was not the gear-type fire device he mentioned, but the impact type. Technically speaking, such a design is more advanced and practical than his proposal.

The main structure of the flintlock bolt is a spring, a hammer, and a flint. When the trigger is pulled, the spring is loose. The hammer hits the flint and can trigger sparks and ignite the launching medicine. Such a device is simple and practical, has low cost, and is not easy to cause failure. It is said that the wisdom of the ancients was infinite, and Xu Xingxia truly witnessed it.

I thought it would be very good to design the flintlock gun according to their own ideas, but I didn't expect that they would do better than their own design ideas. Talents are indeed talents, and they will shine wherever they go! It would be a waste of talent for the Wei Army without such talents. Xu Xingxia secretly vowed that such talents must be firmly grasped in his own hands.

As long as the original flintlock gun is replaced with a flintlock gun, a new type of fire gun will be produced. The success rate of ammunition firing can be greatly improved, and the accuracy of shooting will also be improved. The only problem is that when it rains, the flintlock gun will be damp and cannot be fired. Due to various conditions, there are still some problems when using the flintlock gun on rainy days. Of course, it is okay to use it barely.

However, this problem is not big. Because the bows and arrows they use as opponents cannot be used on rainy days. In fact, the bow strings of bows and arrows are more afraid of water than muskets. Once the bow strings are wet, they can easily be pulled off and cannot be used at all. In Chinese history, there seems to be no precedent for large-scale fighting in heavy rain. Even if there is a battle in the rain, it is a small-scale conflict.

Xu Xingxia asked with concern: "Can flint be found in large quantities?"

Zhao Mengji said affirmatively: "Sir, there are many flints in Helan Mountains, just dig them."

Xu Xingxia was completely relieved. After the technical difficulty of flintlock rifle was solved, the biggest problem was the source of flint. As long as the source of flint was guaranteed, flintlock rifle could be produced in large quantities. Helan Mountain is really a treasure pot, containing a large amount of flint. Of course, flintlock rifle was not Xu Xingxia's final requirement, he had higher requirements.

Zhao Mengji was wrong and said with anticipation: "Does the Baihuo want to mass-produce this new type of musket?"

Xu Xingxia shook her head and said, "No."
Chapter completed!