Chapter 533: The Benefits of Being Strictly Ranked
It's April, and spring has finally arrived in the grassland.
The ice and snow melted, and the green grass grew vigorously, creating a vibrant scene.
Under the clear sky, cattle and sheep are everywhere, and thousands of horses are galloping. It is a beautiful scene.
Under the sun, there is a large group of cavalry.
The bright armor indicates the excellence of this cavalry. In the middle position is Zhu Di, who is leading the army.
Since arriving at the border, Zhu Di finally regained the feeling he had before.
In his prime, he still has a desire for war and merit.
When the ice and snow began to melt, Zhu Di led the army and began to conquer the grasslands.
At this time, the army was followed by a large number of captured herdsmen, as well as tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and thousands of horses.
"Your Majesty, this battle was a victory. All the Taka tribe were captured. Although some escaped, the threat is still no longer there. From now on, there will be no Taka tribe in this grassland tribe."
Zhu Neng said flatteringly.
The Taka tribe has 10,000 households, which can be considered a medium-sized tribe on the grassland. There are more than 4,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 tribesmen.
Now Zhu Di led a surprise attack with five thousand cavalry. In just one day, he not only defeated the Taka cavalry, but also made many gains.
These cattle, sheep and horses, as well as a large number of high-quality war horses, are in short supply at the border today.
It is a great contribution to the entire border.
There was a bit of exhaustion on Zhu Di's face, after all, he had been running for many days in a row, but it was covered up by his expression of joy.
"Move all these cattle, sheep, horses, and herdsmen to the grassland military base, and I'll see how rampant that kid Liu Buyi can be."
"Don't think that just because you have your eldest nephew's order, you just want to dominate the entire military base. Even if he is the nominal leader, everything must be done according to my wishes."
Zhu Di said with a cold snort.
He originally thought that he would be confronting Liang Guogong Lan Yu at this grassland military base, but he didn't expect that Liu Buyilai would suddenly appear.
Or in the name of the director of the grassland military base.
This made Zhu Di very unhappy.
Although in terms of status and status, Dean Liu Buyi is not that high, in terms of power, he is still ranked, and his status is far behind him.
But in terms of actual power, a three-legged trend has already formed.
At this point, Zhu Di complained very much about Zhu Yingzhen.
When we first went to fight against the Japanese country, we let Feng Sheng take the lead, and then we had two brothers to control him.
Now I ran to the border grassland and did this again.
It's true that war never tires of deceit.
However, at this time, Zhu Di had no choice. He understood that even if Zhu Ying trusted him, he would not be able to release the military power.
All I can do is continue to make contributions.
Winning the Taka Division today is what Zhu Di is extremely proud of recently.
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Grassland military base.
This place is not at the border of Ming Dynasty, but directly on the grassland of Liaodong.
From a distance, the huge camp is incompatible with the grassland yurts, which is completely in the style of the Ming Dynasty.
How could a nomadic grassland tribe spend so much effort building it?
The surrounding fortifications alone make this grassland military base extremely strong. Even if tens of thousands of light cavalry come to attack, it will be no different from attacking a city.
However, as far as the grassland military base is concerned, it is not like the cities in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, it also has a huge shortcoming.
That's material.
The reason why the cities in the Central Plains are said to be impregnable is because they have extremely strong material reserves. You can attack the city for a year and a half without any problems.
When this military base is different.
Water can only be obtained from nearby rivers, and rations need to be transported from the border every three months.
The transportation of supplies can be said to be the weak point of this military base.
However, in Zhu Ying's imagination, this grassland military base was not used for defense at all, nor was it meant to build a city on the grassland.
There are absolutely no civilians in this military base.
Except for some herdsmen and workers, almost all of them were soldiers.
This is a huge training ground, all for the purpose of better training the cavalry belonging to the Ming Dynasty.
Not only does it teach riding, tactics, and personal martial arts, but it also provides a complete set of detailed brainwashing courses on literacy, loyalty to the emperor, etc.
It can be said that it is completely an assembly line development.
This performance is mainly due to the abundant treasury of the Ming Dynasty, which can support such a large consumption.
The current military base is almost the same as other tribes in the grassland, with almost all cavalry lineups.
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The latest light armor, crossbows, long knives, meat, and rations they wore were all provided by the Ming Dynasty.
The entire military base already has more than 30,000 cavalry.
They belong to Zhu Di, Lan Yu, and Liu Buyi respectively.
The number of each person is also similar, more than 10,000.
Don't underestimate these more than 10,000 people. These are all serious cavalry and fighting soldiers, not auxiliary troops.
Among them, Liu Buyi's cavalry rarely went out and basically stayed in the military base, while Lan Yu and Zhu Di's cavalry often went out to fight the autumn wind.
The goal is to expand the size of your cavalry and capture more cattle, sheep, and horses for the military base.
The news of Zhu Di's victorious return was naturally reported by the detective.
When Zhu Di and his party arrived at the military base, the two knights came straight towards the Chinese army excitedly.
Zhu Neng, the leader, saw this and smiled, waving his hands to the surrounding cavalry to get out of the way, and the two cavalry went straight towards Zhu Di's army.
Zhu Di saw his two sons from afar.
Those who came were Zhu Di's second son Zhu Gaoxu and third son Zhu Gaosui.
"You two little bastards, why are you so impatient?"
After the two people arrived, Zhu Di smiled and cursed.
Zhu Gaoxu dismounted from his horse, bowed in salute, and then said: "My father has returned victoriously. As his sons and ministers, we should be the first to welcome him."
With his elder brother in front of him, Zhu Gaosui bowed and bowed his head to call his father.
The two of them are young, thirteen or fourteen years old.
However, in today's era, at this age, children in many families have already begun to take on the responsibility of family affairs.
It is not uncommon for people to get married and have children at the age of fourteen.
When Zhu Di was only ten years old, he was already living with Zhu Yuanzhang in the army.
"Okay, let's go to the city with my father."
Zhu Di laughed, dismounted and patted his two sons on the shoulders. He liked these two sons very much and was not as indifferent as he was to Zhu Gaochi.
Then he mounted his horse and entered the city.
There were already soldiers lined up at the city gate. When Zhu Di's army entered, drummers beat drums and military music sounded.
Although it is relatively simple and not like the Ming Dynasty City, it is already very rare in a place like this.
This time Zhu Di can be said to have made a big addition to the military base.
The current cavalry in military bases are not mobilized from the Ming Dynasty, but are completely trained and trained by themselves.
This time Zhu Di captured more than 2,000 cavalrymen, as well as horses and young men, all of whom were reserve forces for the cavalry.
Herdsmen, young and old, including women, will be sent to Ming Dynasty for resettlement and cannot stay in military bases.
This is also a kind of restraint on these cavalry.
Their parents, relatives, and children feel like hostages.
Of course, there was no such practice in Ming Dynasty.
After these herdsmen are resettled in the Ming Dynasty, they will be taught a series of work training such as farming, textiles, etc. If they perform well within three years, they will be directly granted Ming household registration, and they will be regarded as Ming people.
Only outstanding herdsmen will stay here to graze cattle and sheep for the military base to increase their meat supply.
More than 30,000 people consume meat every day, which is a huge number in a military base.
Naturally, there are also vegetables, fruits, rice, wheat, sweet potatoes and potatoes.
As a soldier, you can eat a sufficient portion of food every day in the canteen of this military base, and there are such rich choices. This is why the grassland base can grow rapidly.
Nearly half of the more than 30,000 cavalry were not transferred from the Ming Dynasty, but Zhang Wen, the son of Zhang Bo, to persuade many Jurchen tribes to migrate.
Because of Zhu Ying's embargo on the grasslands, there are too many hungry tribes on the grasslands now.
When a grassland military base is established, a large number of cavalry can be recruited easily.
Having a full meal is already considered a fairy-like enjoyment in today's grassland.
There is no such thing as loyalty in this world. Whoever can give you food and who you give your life to is not selling.
"His Royal Highness King Yan is indeed invincible. In just half a month, he has already completely defeated the Taka tribe. In addition, our army suffered very few casualties, and there were so many gains and prisoners."
"I will definitely report it to the capital, and I will definitely write a big note on His Highness King Yan's merit book."
When Liu Buyi was welcomed, he got off his horse and bowed, and then began to flatter King Zhu Di of Yan.
Zhu Di just glanced at it.
At first, he was deceived by Liu Buyi, a cunning boy, and he knew that this guy was just a smiling tiger.
I thought it was just a weakling at first, but after I secretly suffered from being dumb a few times, I finally understood it completely.
All the logistics of the military base were arranged by Liu Buyi, and even his gains had to be turned over.
At that moment, he said without any shame: "I don't care about credit or lack of credit."
"When you need to divide your troops, just give me more."
"It's best to give my king's soldiers a higher priority in terms of food. If the credit is given to you, there's no harm in it."
Whether they are surrendered or captured.
These soldiers cannot be directly assigned to the army, but must be trained in a grassland military base for three months before being assigned.
It's equivalent to a new recruit training.
The trained recruits do not belong to whomever they capture, they must be distributed as a whole.
Basically follow the four three three principle.
For example, among the young men and prisoners captured by Zhu Di this time, after intensive training, 3,000 riders passed the test.
In principle, Zhu Di can be allocated 1,200 cavalry.
The rest was divided between Lan Yu and Liu Buyi.
The same principle applies to the capture of Liu Buyi and Lan Yu.
This is a rule set by Zhu Ying, and it is also to better allow the three parties to carry out checks and balances.
There are also strict level restrictions on food rations.
There are nine levels in total.
The first gear is the lowest and the ninth gear is the highest.
Like the prisoners, it belongs to the ninth category. It is basically white rice porridge with sweet potatoes added to it. You will never starve to death. There are also certain restrictions on the portion size.
Only when you reach the fifth gear can you enjoy meat.
Recruits can enjoy the sixth level for three months. After three months, the recruits will start from the third level after passing the qualification.
Among them, outstanding soldiers can move up a level, and a very small number of soldiers who get a ranking in the military exercise competition can be directly promoted to the fifth level and have meat every meal.
As for the ninth level, it is exclusive to Liu Buyi, Lan Yu, and Zhu Di.
Generals are in gears seven and eight.
When you reach the seventh level, there are no restrictions on meals, you just have to eat as much as you want.
Zhu Ying is very clear.
In a place like the army, if you want to stimulate the soldiers, it is absolutely impossible to make a big pot of rice. Only by strict hierarchy can military discipline be strict.
And the nine-level meal made all the soldiers extremely passionate.
Good comparison and competition can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the entire army.
In fact, this is indeed the case with the current grassland military bases.
Even Lan Yu and Zhu Di were extremely shocked by this rule.
They have seen Zhu Ying leading troops and leading troops.
But when it comes to Zhibing, I can completely feel the huge gap.
It can be said that this is completely out of the scope of the Central Plains Military Art.
What is stated in the Military Book is that generals and soldiers eat, live and train together in order to win over the soldiers and build up their morale.
But Zhu Ying's method is more effective on the current grassland.
As the commander-in-chief, Zhu Di could feel the vigorous fighting power of the soldiers every time he led his troops out.
They do it for no other reason than to achieve military success and improve their food quality.
In the large dining hall, lower-ranking soldiers are often extremely envious of higher-ranking soldiers, especially when they hear the wonderful sounds of eating delicious food next to them, which makes them laugh out loud.
If you have this opportunity, how can you say you won't seize it?
The military discipline in military bases is extremely strict, and soldiers who make mistakes will not be said to receive harsh corporal punishment.
What scares the soldiers the most is the decline in the quality of their meals.
This is much crueler than beating them with a whip.
Zhu Ying is the cruelest.
Different grades of meals require completely different chefs and seasonings.
The food in the sixth stall has an extremely rich aroma.
Just smelling it can make people salivate.
What you can't get is always in turmoil.
In such an environment, it is really enough to stimulate the soldiers.
The power to allocate soldiers and adjust food levels was in Liu Buyi's hands.
This is also the reason why Zhu Di would rather not take any credit.
When Liu Buyi heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me. These are the rules set by His Highness the Grand Sun. I will never dare to take a step beyond the limit."
"Today the prince wins. According to the rules in the base, all the brothers who go on the expedition today can enjoy the lowest sixth-grade meal treatment."
"I have prepared meals for the brothers. Please invite the prince into the city."
This is the glory of victory.
Before King Yan could say anything, the soldiers who heard behind him had already started cheering.
An imperceptible fluctuation flashed deep in Zhu Di's eyes.
Zhu Ying, with just some simple means, was able to make the soldiers' hearts disobey the commander-in-chief.
Although these current cavalry are extremely useful, when Zhu Di leads the troops in battle, he can still feel the difference from before.
In the past, when leading troops, it was easy to regain their hearts.
But now, although these cavalrymen are under his command, if he leads them to rebel, I am afraid that he will be the first to be tied up.