Chapter 198: The military power of the Ming Dynasty spread far and wide at home and abroad
The emperor's twelve personal guards, each with a formal establishment of 5,600 people.
The twelve personal guards are naturally full, but there are only more than 18,000 people who meet Zhu Ying's requirements, and the rest are all over thirty-five years old.
It can be seen from this that among the personal guards, they are basically all veterans. Even the younger ones have been fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang since they were in their teens.
As the emperor's personal guard, he is naturally the most elite and loyal soldier among all the guards.
Daming Palace, behind Chunhe Palace, next to the former site of Fengtian Palace.
There is enough open space here for nearly 20,000 people to be here without feeling crowded.
Forty-five square formations were arranged neatly here. In front of all the soldiers, there was a temporary high platform, which was enough for even the soldiers at the back to see the high platform clearly.
Zhu Ying just stood on the high platform, looking down at the nearly 20,000 soldiers below.
There is no sunshade canopy on the high platform, but it is completely exposed.
At this time, the sun has risen high and is approaching noon.
Zhu Yun arrived at the square early in the morning and was quickly picked up by an instructor, who was then assigned to a square formation at the front and began to line up.
Zhu Yunxuan noticed that besides himself, he had many acquaintances, all of whom were princes, princes, and grandsons, including many county princes in their teens.
Like Zhu Yun, all these princes and grandsons received orders from Zhu Yuanzhang and came here to participate in training.
They know nothing except drill.
When they arrived, they were quickly greeted by instructors. They were not wearing royal clothes, but ordinary military uniforms.
There are 352 people in a square group, arranged according to height, and within half a meter of each other.
Each formation has two instructors, a chief and a deputy.
These coaches were selected by Zhu Ying as the best among the Xuanjia Guards, and they were responsible for leading the training of the formation.
The first lesson today is to stand in a military posture.
All the instructors began to teach them one by one how to stand, the requirements for standing, and the standards for standing.
Until more than an hour passed,
Only then did all the formations rehearse and began to stand in military posture.
"It's just standing. What's the big deal? Who can't stand?"
This is the thought of most of the soldiers, as well as the thoughts of the princes and grandsons, including Zhu Yun.
They thought it was some kind of scary drill, but in the end they were taught how to stand.
How difficult is this?
Zhu Ying stood on the high platform, watching the movements of the army in front of him, and he was standing like them.
He knew that, especially for the elites of the Ming Dynasty, their endurance should not be underestimated.
This is not the military training of later generations. The physical quality of the students with thin skin and tender flesh is completely incomparable. Even a common man selling vegetables.
They can carry a heavy load and travel dozens of miles.
Not to mention elite soldiers.
Therefore, in order to ensure the effect of the military posture, Zhu Ying made the mistake of not fixing the time, and just kept standing like this until he couldn't stand it anymore.
Even a scholar like Zhu Yun could hold on for half an hour.
However, after an hour passed, most people's legs and feet began to feel weak.
Soon, the princes and grandsons standing in the front row could not bear it.
"I don't want to do such boring exercises."
A prince muttered and sat down directly on the ground. Perhaps because of the decree, he did not leave.
Someone took the lead, and soon the second and third ones came out.
The people appearing now are all princes and grandsons, and the personal guards are not so weak.
Zhu Ying saw it clearly, but did not speak, nor did the instructor lift them up. He just continued to stand quietly.
Two hours, that is, four hours in later generations, have passed. More than 99% of the soldiers are basically still standing, but it can be seen that most of them can no longer maintain their position.
As for the princes and grandsons, their entire army was almost wiped out, but only two of them were still gritting their teeth and persisting.
One of them is Zhu Quan, the seventeenth prince who has not yet been crowned king.
Zhu Ying was not surprised that Zhu Quan was able to persist. What surprised him was another person, Zhu Yunxuan.
After watching it several times, Zhu Ying was sure that he was not dazzled.
The emperor who only reigned for four years in history, and the only emperor who was successfully rebelled against by his vassal kings, was Zhu Yunzhi.
He actually persisted for four hours.
It's really hard to believe.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Ying waved his right hand, and immediately the flag bearer next to him began to play flags.
Now that there are no loudspeakers, don't expect that shouting and lecturing can be heard by nearly 20,000 people. Even if you shout and break your throat, it will be useless.
Semaphore is the best choice.
When they saw the flag bearer playing the flag and the instructors standing next to the formation in a military posture, they immediately shouted: "Sit down and rest."
Resting does not mean that you can walk around at will, but that you can sit down and slowly regain your strength.
Anyone who whispers or whispers will immediately receive a loud reprimand from the instructor.
And most of the princes and grandsons have no one with whom they can communicate.
Zhu Ying did not line them up together, but inserted himself into each formation.
In total, there were less than forty princes and grandsons who came over. Basically, there was only one person in each square, which cut off the opportunity for them to communicate.
That's why, when a person sits down and everyone around him is standing, it can easily lead to shame.
The princes and grandsons who had sat down before did not sit down for long before they stood up again.
For them, the coaches pretended not to see them.
Most of the guards here are of course very familiar with the princes and grandsons who have lived in Ouchi for a long time, so they just pretend they haven't seen them.
A quarter of an hour later, as the flag bearer waved flags, the instructors began to order all the soldiers to stand up and start free training.
The square formation was arranged by Zhu Ying according to the military parades of later generations.
There are twenty-five people in the front, fourteen rows in depth, and two teachers and assistants.
In addition to the coach, there is one junior coach in each row.
These young instructors were also selected from the Xuanjia Guards to lead the guards in training.
Basic training such as distinguishing left and right, walking forward, and how to maintain formation.
It is this kind of basic training that will be the content of everyone's training throughout the day, except after breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This time, Zhu Ying did not introduce herself.
Basically all the imperial guards knew of his existence, not to mention the Xuanjia guards.
Except for Zhu Quan and Zhu Yun, the other princes and grandsons basically looked confused.
When the morning training was completed and lunch started, Zhu Ying had already left.
He no longer needs to personally lead the training. The coaches from the Xuanjia Guard will train the new recruits severely according to the previous training methods.
"How is Grandpa? After watching it all morning, have you realized anything?"
Standing at the left door behind the palace, Zhu Ying asked the old man with a smile.
"The Tao is the most simple. Only today have we truly understood this truth. Da Sun's training method is very simple for anyone.
"It is such a simple method, repeated repeatedly, so that the soldiers can truly remember that by cooperating with each other, great achievements can be achieved."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said that after the morning court, Zhu Yuanzhang did not review the memorials, but came directly to watch Sun Dasun train his soldiers, blatantly stealing lessons.
After seeing the soldiers being dismissed and having their meal, they returned to the house.
"Grandpa is right. In the eyes of my grandson, individual bravery in war is really not worth mentioning in the face of united fighting."
"How to bring out everyone's strength and develop a higher fighting spirit is the foundation of this training method."
"Either my grandson is talking big words, or even if King Kaiping is still alive, one person is only as brave as ten men. There is no way he can stop him in front of the soldiers who absolutely obey military discipline."
Zhu Yingying felt very proud.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised when he heard that Dasun was not a proud person, on the contrary, he was even a little too modest.
Why are you so proud of training your soldiers?
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that this pride did not come from Zhu Ying himself, but from later generations' understanding of soldiers.
While the grandfather and grandson were talking, they seemed to have forgotten the princes and grandsons who were complaining endlessly.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying both fought their way out with their hands. In their opinion, this kind of training was not worth mentioning, so they didn't bother to care about it.
Unlike other periods, when Zhu Yuanzhang was here, except for some of the descendants of the royal family who were really weak, the rest were pretty good.
At least he won't disobey the orders of the leaders in his royal capacity.
"Da Sun, these exercises are not difficult at all. How long will it take for the soldiers to take shape?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with some anticipation.
The Xuanjia Guards I saw at the military camp on the outskirts of the city had only been trained for twelve days, and they were already so powerful.
In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little impatient.
"Grandpa, don't worry. These soldiers are more elite. According to my grandson, they should be able to complete the preliminary training in just seven days."
Zhu Ying made an estimate and said.
"Okay, let's wait for seven days to see the might of the Ming army that our eldest grandson has developed.
"At that time, we will gather all civil and military officials to enjoy it together from Fengtian Square."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some excitement.
Of course, when these soldiers are trained, they must be shown to others, not only to the ministers, but also to everyone in the world.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang warned: "When the time comes, we will issue an edict and ask all the tribute envoys who are in Tianjie Temple to come over."
"We hope that the soldiers trained by Da Sun will spread the power of the Ming Dynasty to China and foreign countries."