Baoling trained a team of soldiers with great enthusiasm. It took his sixty recruits five days to clear out the overgrown waste ground behind the barracks under his command. Following the standards for infantry training, Baoling spent another two days turning the area into a rudimentary training ground. Although basic - the land was leveled and wooden targets were erected - Baoling was confident that this ground would produce the first qualified infantry soldiers of Caucasus.