Chapter 193: Five Major Principles: A Strong Army Will Become
Among the four essentials of training contained in ancient military books, Mi Yang regarded admonishment and punishment as the most important. This does not mean that Mi Yang did not attach importance to the other three essentials.
The use of rewards and punishments through threats is complementary to the use of punishments through commandments.
As for the other two points: teaching them etiquette and righteousness, and teaching them loyalty, this is not something that can be accomplished in a day.
The time for Liu Bei's massive Northern Expedition is not far away, so the top priority is to build up the combat effectiveness of his army first.
After establishing the military discipline and order of the army, the next step is to arrange the specific training process.
In today's world, the criterion for judging a strong army is "unity of orders and execution of orders and prohibitions".
To achieve this standard, you must start by completing six aspects of training essentials. These six aspects are:
Divide them when they are present, stand up when they sit down, stop when they walk, stop when they go, separate when they join, and gather when they disperse.
Once these six aspects can be completed, a large army will initially possess combat capabilities.
Otherwise, if the army under his command cannot even unify their orders, how can they defend themselves against the enemy?
In order for the army to fulfill the requirements in the above six aspects, it must carry out a training program in five aspects.
The army of the Han Dynasty was very particular about killing people without teaching them, which meant abandoning them. Therefore, they had detailed and strict requirements on how to teach and order their armies.
Of course, because each general is different, each person's teaching method is also different. Mi Yang summarized his own five-point training program based on the actual situation.
The first point is to make the soldiers learn the changes of various flags and commands, and the vertical and horizontal techniques;
The second point is to make the soldiers accustomed to hearing the sound of the golden drum, moving and stilling;
Since there were no high-tech communication tools in this world, the first element in order to successfully command an army was to establish a strict military organizational structure.
In addition, another very important point is to teach your soldiers to understand the art of commanding flags in the army, and to make them familiar with the sounds of various golden drums.
These two points are respectively command measures for day battles and night battles.
Look at the flags in day battles, hear the golden drums in night battles.
Mi Yang, who had experienced day and night battles, incorporated these two points into his training regulations based on his experience.
He previously emphasized "one meat every seven days". On the one hand, he wanted to improve the food of his soldiers and make them more loyal to him.
On the other hand, it is nothing more than improving the night blindness of his soldiers and laying a solid foundation for possible night battles in the future.
Once these two points are completed, Mi Yang's army can initially achieve unified orders and prohibitions.
The third point: Make the soldiers familiar with the severity of punishment and the benefits of rewards;
As the saying goes, the government of rewards and punishments is the heart and lungs of the army.
Rewards are used to promote meritorious service, and punishments are used to prohibit adultery; rewards must not be unfair, and punishments must not be unequal. If rewards are known to be given, then the brave will know that they will die; if punishments are known to be imposed, then evil will know what they are afraid of.
The seven-cut order just formulated can already fully exert its punishment effect.
Therefore, in the specific training regulations, Mi Yang asked the three generals, Deng Ai, to inform their subordinates in detail about the benefits of gold and silver rewards.
The purpose of this is to fully mobilize the subjective initiative of the soldiers under his command.
In this way, when the army fights in the future, under strict military orders and clear regulations on rewards and punishments, the soldiers under his command will be able to fight without regard for their own safety.
When Mi Yang was in the Public Security City, he accomplished this by demonstrating his interests to the public security soldiers in terms of "protecting their homeland."
However, this is only a temporary measure and cannot be regarded as a long-term and effective way to motivate the army.
To ensure that your soldiers dare to fight, are good at fighting, and are not afraid of fighting, the most fundamental way is to establish a specific reward and punishment system.
The fourth point: Let the soldiers learn the skills of the five soldiers and prepare for battle;
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Five Weapons refer to the five combat weapons: spear, halberd, bow, sword, and gun.
However, with the development of the times, these three weapons, halberd, sword and Ge, have gradually withdrawn from the standing weapons of the army.
Therefore, Wubing was usually used in the current world to refer to various weapons commonly used in the army at that time.
Therefore, the fourth requirement is to make the army under your command proficient in using various weapons, such as knives, bows, and guns, the three most commonly used military weapons in the world.
This is to ensure that the soldiers under his command have good combat qualities.
In critical situations, the pikemen in the army can also assume the role of crossbowmen, so that they will not be at a loss when the army is in danger.
The fifth point: Make the soldiers familiar with the complex terrain in the wild and the appropriate advance and retreat;
Mi Yang formulated this in order to train his army's combat capabilities and marching ability when fighting in the wild.
Today's world is not like later generations, where there are concrete roads everywhere.
Although there were official roads in the world, the official roads in enemy territory were strictly controlled as strategic places and were often heavily guarded by enemy troops.
Under such circumstances, many armies in today's world march through complex terrain.
In view of this actual situation, it is very important to train the troops under your command to be familiar with field operations and marching capabilities.
An army that can only fight and march on flat roads can only be used to defend cities and cannot engage in real field battles.
This is also the real reason why Mi Yang chose to train in the river valley in the first place.
The five major training programs were formulated by Mi Yang himself.
As for the detailed regulations to assist in the completion of these five general training programs, Mi Yang and General Deng Ai previously drew on the training details of the current army, added their personal opinions, and finally took the essence and eliminated the dross.
So when Mi Yang handed over the Seven Cut Order to the three generals, it was already announced that the training of the army had officially begun.
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Time always flies by.
After Mi Yang decided on the general training measures of the Seven Cuts Order and the Five Outlines that day, the army under Mi Yang had been training in the river valley for more than a month.
During this period of more than a month, the three generals Deng Ai under Mi Yang's tent were well aware of Mi Yang's eagerness to build a strong army.
Therefore, under their command, excluding non-essential rest time, the three battalions were training basically all the time.
This kind of training intensity is undoubtedly huge, but correspondingly, under this training intensity, the training progress of the army has also been greatly increased.
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Now that the army training has made such progress, there is another great contributor, and that is Lu Yi, who has been in Shangyong City some time ago.
Mi Yang did not bring much food and grass from Chengdu. When he arrived in Hanxing County, the food, grass and meat he brought could only be enough to feed his army for about a month.
However, as the training progressed, the physical exertion of Mi Yang's army increased, which also caused the food and grass consumption in Mi Yang's tent to be consumed three times faster than previously expected.
In this case, it was Lu Yi who went back and forth between the two Shen brothers in Shangyong City and Xicheng, causing them to send tens of thousands of grain and grass to Mi Yang's camp from time to time.
Perhaps there was not much food and grass shipped each time, but thanks to Lu Yi's efforts, Mi Yang no longer had to worry about food and grass to this day, and could safely train his soldiers.
Facing Lu Yi's talent, Mi Yang once lamented in front of Guan Yan: "Although Ji Yang does not have the talent to lead an army, he is clear and capable. He transports food and grass to support the army, so that I never have to worry about food shortage. This is a long history."
What a talent."
The position of chief historian originally came from the nickname of "juncheng" in border counties.
Later, with the development of the times, more and more generals were established in the world, so that the post of chief historian gradually became a position in the shogunate under the generals who opened the generals.
For example, at that time, Zhang Zhao held the position of long history, and his two brothers, Sun Ce and Sun Quan, were in charge of the civil affairs of Jiangdong.
When Mi Yang praised Lu Yi in front of Guan Yan, he was actually revealing his intention to slowly train Lu Yi into a confidant in the internal affairs.
Facing Mi Yang's praise, Guan Yan smiled on her face. She was also happy that her husband had acquired a great talent.
Today, in the Chinese army's tent in the river valley, Mi Yang was looking at the bamboo slips in his hand.
This bamboo slip was reported by Wang An, his military commander.
Reward and punishment measures are one of the most important powers of the commander-in-chief.
Therefore, Mi Yang did not let Deng Ai and Deng Ai be responsible for the supervision of military discipline in their respective camps.
He separated this function separately and set up a military commander, who was under his direct control.
This will help Mi Yang better control this army, and also help monitor the fairness of military discipline.
Wang An is an old member of the police force who has been with Mi Yang since the beginning of the police service. His loyalty goes without saying.
Originally, Mi Yang had the intention to train Wang An well, but unfortunately Wang An was not good at writing, which resulted in Wang An's upper limit not being too high.
But for such a loyal person, Mi Yang felt it was a pity not to have him anymore.
Therefore, after Mi Yang promulgated the Seven Cuts Order, he established the post of Army Sima in the army.
Although Wang An is not literate, his loyalty can fulfill this duty for Mi Yang very well.
For example, after Mi Yang formulated the Seven Cut Orders, although Wang An was illiterate, he became one of Mi Yang's soldiers who memorized the Seven Cut Orders by heart the fastest.
Originally, according to the strictness of the Seven-Beheading Order, many sergeants would be executed for violating the order in a short period of time.
But something happened before that prevented this from happening.
After Wang An was appointed by Mi Yang as the military commander, he soon arrested several military commanders for Mi Yang who violated the Seven Cuts Order.
After catching these military commanders, Wang An could not make a decision, so he reported the matter to Mi Yang.
The reason why Wang An was unable to make a decision was not because he was afraid of the military commander's high military rank.
Although these army commanders are nominally at the same level as Wang An, Wang An is responsible for running the army, and he has the right to supervise and punish these army commanders.
What really makes Wang An hesitant is that these military commanders are generally his old troops who followed Mi Yang all the way from the public security city.
Since they were both from the former Ministry of Public Security, Wang An could not make a decision on the matter, so he suppressed the matter for the time being and handed it over to Mi Yang.
After Wang An's report, Mi Yang learned that those former police officers were guilty of the crime of missing the army in the Seven Cuts Order.
What is a military mistake?
When the camp is stopped, go to the village, stay close to each other, share food and protect each other, do not go overboard, forcibly join other troops, do wrong orders, do not stop, go in and out of the camp, do not follow the door... This is called misleading the army.
Because these army commanders were both former members of the Public Security Department, after a daytime training session, they felt that the daytime training was too hard, so they secretly crossed each camp at night to meet each other and chat about the past.
Undoubtedly, this is a clear crime of misleading the army.
After Mi Yang learned the news, he did not show mercy to them because they were former members of the public security department.
He immediately ordered Wang An to arrest all these military commanders, and then read out the crimes in public and beheaded them in public.
After those army commanders from the former Ministry of Public Security were beheaded by Wang An in public for violating the Seven-Behead Order, all the army sergeants were shocked.
The Army Sima is the highest commanding general under the commander-in-chief of a battalion.
Moreover, the identities of these military commanders are unusual. They are former members of the public security department and direct troops of the general Mi Yang.
How much Mi Yang values and trusts the former Ministry of Public Security, the army sergeants can see it from his previous arrangements.
At present, the most famous middle- and lower-level officers in the entire army are all former members of the public security department.
But even with such two unusual identities, Mi Yang still did not hesitate to behead them in public after they violated military law.
This move had a great deterrent effect in the hearts of nearly 10,000 troops.
The Seven Cuts Order is really intolerable!
Under such a shock, the military discipline of the nearly 10,000 troops has improved significantly, and the hearts of these nearly 10,000 troops have begun to show fear of the Seven Cuts Order.
There is nothing wrong with strict military discipline. As long as it is fair and strict, the soldiers will naturally be convinced.
After reading the bamboo slips in his hand, Mi Yang did not find any more soldiers who had seriously violated military discipline.
Therefore, he said to Wang Anyan: "If you have not violated the Seven Cut Order, you can deal with the corresponding punishment yourself in the future, and there is no need to report it to me."
The Seven-Death Order is the most serious military disciplinary punishment measure set by Mi Yang.
But if you want to maintain the normal operation of a large army, it is not enough to rely on the Seven Cut Orders alone. Running an army is like running a country, and there are many corresponding military disciplines.
Most of those military disciplines were only established for small mistakes, and the punishment measures were not serious, so Mi Yang could rest assured and leave it to Wang An to handle it on his own.
After Wang An heard Mi Yang's words, he left with a respectful expression.
After Wang An left, Mi Yang looked at Ding Feng inside the tent.
Ding Feng is Ding Feng's younger brother. They were captured by Mi Yang outside Gong'an City, and later surrendered to Mi Yang with Ding Feng.
Mi Yang couldn't say she had much trust in brother Ding Feng's surrender, but she didn't have much doubt either.
In fact, the reason why Brother Ding Feng chose to serve him was because he valued his reputation and wanted to build a career with him.
Therefore, brother Ding Feng's loyalty to him is closely related to his future achievements.
If they can continue to build their achievements, then the Ding brothers will be devoted to them. On the contrary, good birds will choose trees to roost.
This is the common practice of most talented people in the world. There are truly loyal people, but they are very few.
Because Mi Yang is well aware of this, although Mi Yang does not have much trust in the Ding brothers, he will still use them accordingly.
After sending Ding Feng to assist Deng Ai, Mi Yang incorporated Ding Feng into his own army.
At this time, outside the big tent, the shouts of the soldiers being trained in the valley came into the big tent.
The bursts of shouts fell on Ding Feng's face, filling his face with yearning.
Seeing Ding Feng's yearning look, Mi Yang had a task in her heart that she wanted to give him.