Chapter 6: The Long Gunner, Kill

  Musketman, kill

  The number of people in the mountain stronghold is very limited, and Zhao Yun and Wang Feng have already made it possible to call out the name of each brother in the mountain stronghold. It only took five minutes for the sixty brothers to be divided into two groups and stand up. And they stood very neatly in front of Wei Zheng, ten people in a row.

  At this time, Wei Zheng's face finally showed a very faint smile.

  Under the gaze of sixty-two pairs of eyes, Wei Zheng directly opened his mouth and shouted: "Brothers, from now on, remember that every time we gather, stand together in this way. In order not to stand in the wrong team, all of you must remember the brothers around you."

  "Also, everyone has seen that you are now in rows of ten, with three rows per team. This means that each row will elect a squad leader when the time comes. Leading a row of ten brothers. I'm putting my words down here, from now on, whoever performs the best in training, the six squad leaders of the entire team will have his share."

  The company commander is the lowest rank in the army, but no matter how low the officer position is, he is in charge of nine people.

  As soon as Wei Zheng's order was spoken, the sixty pairs of eyes looking at him began to burn with fervor. And standing in front of everyone, Wei Zheng wanted to see this kind of mutual competition among his subordinates, full of energy and motivation.

  After the goal was achieved, Wei Zheng finally ordered: "Alright, I've finished what I needed to hand over. Now I order, everyone go eat breakfast immediately, I give you half a time unit. Half a time unit later, under the leadership of each team leader, come to the training ground for training. This morning, I will mainly teach you all to practice long spear stabbing."

  A bowl of steaming hot rice porridge may not be enough to fill everyone's belly, but it can certainly dispel the chill that the harsh cold weather has brought upon us.

  At this moment, including Wang Feng, thirty long gunners stood like sculptures, three meters apart from each other, motionless in front of Wei Zheng. The two-meter-long guns were also tightly held in everyone's hands, standing like flags beside these men.

  Wei Zheng, holding a long spear in the same way, walked past each department and stood in front of everyone with a very standard military posture, tightly gripping the long spear.

  Suddenly, Wei Zheng's left foot took a big step forward, quickly leveling the long gun in his hand. Both hands gripped the end of the gun stock at the same time, staring straight ahead without blinking.

  Just as everyone's gaze was focused on Wei Zheng due to this series of actions, a loud and murderous roar suddenly came out of his mouth.

  "Kill..."

  In an instant, Wei Zheng, who had been motionless until then, seemed to have used up all his strength. He tightly gripped the long spear in his hand and stabbed it forward with a loud shout, then quickly withdrew the spear and readied himself for another thrust.

  Under the gaze of 31 pairs of eyes, Wei Zheng only stopped after completing five consecutive forward thrusts with his bayonet.

  "After that, he explained to everyone: 'I believe many of you have already seen it, the shooting technique I just practiced is a single action, concentrating all one's strength and energy, aiming at the target, and thrusting out with full force.'"

  "On the surface, this move looks very simple. But I want to tell everyone that a seemingly simple shot, without a month of training, absolutely cannot achieve the power I just displayed."

  Seeing that no one responded, Wei Zheng smiled and continued: "Those who went hunting with me yesterday know that I used this very ordinary-looking spear to hit a mad wild boar, and even opened a big hole in the boar's head, killing it instantly."

  "It seems that even a madly firing ordinary gun can't scare the wild boar, let alone the Houjin cavalry. I don't believe the Houjin cavalry is more ferocious than the wild boar; their armor is thicker than the boar's hide."

  "I can tell you one thing for sure: as long as everyone's skills and strength reach half of mine, next time we meet the Jin soldiers, we can use our spears to poke them full of holes and never have to run from a dozen or so Jin soldiers again."

  "Also, I want to tell everyone that: the long spear formation must be deployed in a formation, with over ten long spears simultaneously thrusting forward, in order to exert the greatest power of the long spear formation."

  "When the time comes, facing ten gun muzzles swiftly pointing at oneself, Hou Jinbao would not be able to dodge even with three heads and six arms."

  Wang Feng's expression on his face changed from doubt to excitement, and he hastily asked Wei Zheng: "Master, what you said is true. We only need to practice this thrusting motion well, and we can go to the battlefield to kill the Tartars."

  "Still what I just said, with one shot of my gun I can kill a wild boar, let alone those gold-armored Tartars who are also human."

  Wang Feng's already flushed face was quickly covered with excitement, and he loudly shouted to the thirty subordinates behind him: "Brothers, the eldest master is sent by heaven to save us. Since the eldest master says we can kill the Tartars, then we must be able to kill the Tartars."

  "From now on, everyone must practice the movements that Big Brother just taught you with all your might. Once we master the thrusting technique, we'll go out and kill the Tartars, seize food, and avenge our fallen brothers."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Feng directly followed Wei Zheng's movements and started moving.

  Take a step forward with the left leg, hold the long spear horizontally, concentrate all energy and strength to thrust forward fiercely. At the same time, the mouth also uses its full force to let out a roar filled with vengeance.

  "Kill..."

  Quickly holster the gun and return to the next thrusting state.

  Wang Feng finished a set of piercing movements, and the thirty subordinates standing behind him also repeated the movements in unison, shouting loudly.

  "Kill...... Kill...... Kill......"

  Including Wang Feng, thirty-one departments, under the personal supervision and guidance of Wei Zheng, repeated the same action tirelessly. The deafening shouts also rang out at ten-second intervals on the training ground.

  As time passed minute by minute, in the biting cold wind, everyone's face began to sweat big drops of sweat. Wei Zheng ordered everyone to stop training.

  To know, in the next two days there may be action against the Houjin tribe, Wei Zheng dare not let everyone train to exhaustion at this time. Otherwise, in the upcoming battle that they may face, even if everyone has eaten their fill, their arms will have no strength to fight the Houjin tribe due to soreness.

  After glancing at his panting subordinates in front of him, Wei Zheng said with a satisfied expression: "Today's training will stop here for the time being. Next, I'll take everyone to experience the powerful might of the long spear formation personally."

  "Come on, brothers of the Long Gun Squad, follow me into the mountains and see if there are any wild boars that have fallen into our trap. If there are wild boars, then those wild boars will be your first real combat targets."

  The hunting skills that Wei Zheng learned in his past life were not covered. Before approaching the first pit, the wild boar's howling sound had already reached everyone's ears. Wang Feng, who had experienced it once before, exclaimed excitedly: "Great master, it's a wild boar! I didn't expect the first pit to have a wild boar fall into the trap, you're even more amazing than a god in the world!"

  He waved his hand to stop Wang Feng from continuing to flatter him.

  Wei Zheng turned around and shouted at his subordinates behind him: "The brothers of the first squad, get ready! You will be the first to go up. If you can't even make a bloody hole on the wild boar's body, continue to attack when you encounter the second one. When we return, whoever's gun barrel doesn't have bloodstains, their pork for lunch will be cancelled."

  When one head is bigger than yesterday, a long and sharp fang directly protrudes from its mouth...

  At least on the surface, a more ferocious wild boar appeared in front of everyone than yesterday.

  The faces of the crowd below turned pale, and some people who were holding long guns with both hands also started trembling unconsciously after hearing the wild boar's cry.

  Upon seeing this, Wei Zheng directly sank his breath and loudly rallied the troops: "What are you all still stunned for? The first squad's brothers quickly fall in line, hold your long spears level, and prepare to charge. Can it be that with so many of you, you're still afraid of a wild boar?"

  Wei Zheng's sudden and loud shout shocked everyone out of their terrified state.

  Under Wei Zheng's command, ten subordinates quickly stepped out with their guns at the ready.

  He held his long spear horizontally and slowly approached the pitfall.

  With the iron spearheads emitting a chilling aura, all aimed at the wild boar that had gone mad in the pit, he took a step forward with his left foot and quietly waited for Wei Zheng to give the order to strike.

  "The first five brothers are all here, kill..." After scanning his subordinates with different expressions around him, Wei Zheng gave a decisive order.

  "Kill..."

  The ten troops surrounding the pit simultaneously let out a loud roar and thrust their long spears forward.

  "Hmph... Hmph..."

  A faint sound of a long gun piercing flesh echoed in the pit, and the wild boar that had just let out a scream suddenly fell silent, limp and motionless at the bottom of the pit.

  Not only that, the ten long spears left ten bloody holes on the wild boar's body, and a large amount of bright red blood gushed out like a fountain from the wild boar's belly, quickly dyeing the ground of the pit red.

  Wei Zheng saw that several of his subordinates had closed their eyes when firing, but in order to better motivate everyone, he directly praised them with a satisfied expression: "Brothers of the first squad, whether you are blind cats hitting dead mice by closing your eyes and firing, or truly following my training requirements to fire. You all successfully inserted the gun head into the wild boar's belly, from this point on, for the long gun this soldier type, you have already entered the door."

  Out of ten people who really drew their guns according to training, after hearing Wei Zheng's praise, one face immediately turned bright red with excitement.

  As for shooting with eyes closed, it's purely a blind cat hitting a dead mouse, and then a hint of shame from the heart appears on his face.

  However, this expression was soon covered by determination, as they all secretly vowed in their hearts that next time they had the opportunity to engage in actual combat, they would definitely follow the training of the great master and steadily thrust the long spear into the target's body.

  After seeing everyone's reaction, Wei Zheng continued with a satisfied face: "The first squad's brothers all passed the actual combat test, congratulations, you will all get half a catty of pork at noon."

  "Now I order, the first squad of ten brothers to stay behind and carry back the wild boar you killed. Also, deepen the pit by half a foot and throw away the mud stained with pig blood. The remaining two squads follow me to the next pit."