There are two relatively easy roads to take from Huai'an to Runing. One is to go south along the canal, and then up the Yangtze River. After arriving in Wuchang, abandon the boat and land, and go north along the land to Runing. The other is to take the Yellow River
Go upstream to Kaifeng and then take the land route south to Runing. These two routes are easy because you can take a boat for a long distance, saving you the pain of walking.
However, Kanyuying did not choose these two roads. Instead, after starting from Huai'an, it went straight west along the land route, passing through Yongcheng and Zhecheng to the south of Kaifeng, and then turned south and followed the post road to Runing.
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The reason for choosing this way is that the Kanyu camp now has as many as 2,000 people and it is difficult to find so many large ships to ride on; the other reason is because of the need for military training. There is nothing better than long-distance marching to exercise the physical strength of soldiers.
, as well as cultivating the will and collectivism spirit of the troops.
Many armies of the Ming Dynasty had very poor combat effectiveness. During the war, the soldiers were greedy for life and feared death. They acted wisely and protected themselves, and obeyed and disobeyed the orders of the officers. The reason was that the relationship between officers and soldiers was tense. The officers withheld military pay and used the soldiers as tools to make money. Of course, the soldiers
In other words, you can just mix and mingle, and there is no need to work hard for the officer.
This situation does not exist in Kanyu Camp. Su Hao has regarded leading troops as a sacred duty since he first accepted the military commission. This is determined by his natural temperament. In the past two years, he has tried every means in other aspects
The only way to make money is to raise and train troops, regardless of the cost, and use your own money to subsidize the army, just to train an elite army and serve the country.
The soldiers are not short-sighted. They have a clear mind in their minds regarding what the master will do to them. Su Hao treats the soldiers as human beings and cares if they are well fed. Naturally, the soldiers are loyal to Su Hao.
What he said inside and outside was an oath that he was willing to die to defend Su.
Xu Guangzu, Deng Kui, Zhang Yunlong and other officers are all professional soldiers. They feel very lucky to meet a general like Su Hao. With Su Hao's strong support behind them, they naturally try their best to train troops and fight every day.
No complaints.
The most incredible thing about Su Hao is that he proposed the idea of equality between officers and soldiers. Compared with the equality in the army in later generations, Su Hao's idea has been greatly reduced. He only required that junior officers must eat and live with the soldiers, and at the same time
Corporal punishment in training is strictly restricted. But just being able to do this is enough to move the soldiers to tears.
As for Su Hao's free time in the camp to chat with ordinary soldiers and greet the male and female relatives and friends of the soldiers' families, this was remembered by the soldiers.
"Change it. When you're on the defensive, you have to act like you're on the defensive. Did you go to the camp to fight with the soldiers yesterday? How's that?" Veteran Xu Guangzu would come over and pick on Su Hao's faults when he had nothing to do.
Su Hao smiled and said: "Uncle Xu, don't you brag and fight with those soldiers every day? By the way, you told the soldiers how you seduced the landlord's daughter when you were a soldier. You can't talk about such things again.
, disrupting our military discipline, you know?"
"Bah!" Xu Guangzu smiled and spit, "I am a temporary commander, and I may be dismissed by you at some point. After I am dismissed, won't I just be a soldier? What's the point of chatting with the soldiers?
No?"
Su Hao said: "Uncle Xu, even if you are relieved of your duties as Chief Qian, you will still be the honorary advisor of this camp and you will be able to enjoy the benefits. However, getting along with the soldiers is a tradition that our survey camp must adhere to. The top and bottom have the same desire.
Only then can you be victorious in every battle."
Xu Guangzu sighed: "Oh, who doesn't know this truth? But how many of our officers in the Ming Dynasty treat soldiers like you Su Gaizhi? They can also treat their own small group of soldiers well and fight against them.
In other words, it means relying on those personal soldiers to charge and kill. When we say which general's subordinates can fight, it actually means that his personal soldiers can fight."
Su Hao said: "If that's the case, then why doesn't he dismiss all the other soldiers and just raise a group of personal soldiers?"
Xu Guangzu said: "You are stupid. The Ministry of War allocates military pay based on the number of soldiers. If other soldiers are dismissed, how much more money can the Ministry of War give? Let me tell you this, some generals only have 10,000 men under their command.
soldiers, and then deducted 5 taels of silver from each soldier to raise 50,000 taels to raise 500 soldiers.
The more soldiers there are, the more money can be withheld, and the more soldiers he can raise, the better he can fight, do you understand?"
Xu Guangzu's words were a bit convoluted, but Su Hao still understood. After all, the role of most soldiers in the Ming army was to earn military pay for the officers. They couldn't be counted on during the war. Since we didn't count on them
When fighting a war, officers naturally hope that these soldiers simply have a name and do not need to actually exist. In fact, many officers do this. This is the so-called situation of taking empty pay.
Officials in the Ministry of War are aware of this situation in the army, but they have no motivation to change it. Because empty pay is a very bad fraud, the Ministry of War often sends people to inspect to see if this is really the case in the army.
There were many people. In order to cope with the inspection, the officers temporarily found a few people to cover their head. Afterwards, each person was given a few cents as labor compensation.
There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. In fact, the officials at the top are not fools. They also know what the countermeasures at the bottom are. But since the bottom is doing things well on a large scale, why should the officials who go down to inspect it be too serious?
Wouldn't it be nice to open one eye, close one eye, and return to Beijing with a red envelope?
To use a fashionable phrase, this is a problem of the system. Fortunately, the family has a big business and can withstand the hardships. Although the Ming army has no combat effectiveness, it still has millions of people. When it comes to war, it can scare the enemy away.
, this is enough. As for saying that a peasant uprising army and an Eight Banners Army in the far north will be able to overthrow the Ming Dynasty in a few decades, except for time-travelers like Su Hao, who can foresee that?
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"Hey, Uncle Xu, the Ming Dynasty's institutional problems are caused by meat-eaters. I, Su Hao, am a small person. What I can do is to lead my battalion well, which is worthy of the divine grace." Su Hao pretended to be careless.
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"You still have to think about how to be worthy of me." Xu Guangzu said, "I was deceived by you to go to Huai'an before, and I just fell in love with that place. Why are you going to Runing? A place like Runing, where there is nothing to eat.
There’s nothing to do, why did you ask me to go there?”
Su Hao smiled and said: "Uncle Xu, I heard that Runing women are very enthusiastic. Uncle Xu doesn't want to welcome the second spring in Runing?"
"Fuck you kid!" Xu Guangzu made Su Hao laugh angrily, "You're just kidding the old man! Look, it's getting late. There's a town ahead. Let's camp in the town today. We've been walking for so many days.
On the way, I felt like I was talking. We agreed that when we get to the town, you will treat me to a drink."
"Dare you disobey me!" Su Hao responded respectfully.
The team marched to the town in front, and the scout came back and reported that the town was called Liudian Town, which was located on the official road from Kaifeng to Runing. There were more than 200 households in the town, which was very prosperous, with wine shops, inns, and brothels.
Everything.
"Inform the troops to set up camp outside the town. Each bureau will send two people to the town to purchase vegetables. They are not allowed to buy alcohol, buy or sell by force, and are not allowed to harass the people. Also, no officers and soldiers are allowed to set foot in brothels." Deng Kui coldly issued the order.
The soldiers issued the order. This was also the military regulation of the Kanyu camp, and no one dared to violate it.
If the army of more than 2,000 people went into the town to rest, it would definitely cause a scene, so they could only be stationed outside the town. But the ban on entering the town was only for grassroots officers and soldiers, like Su Hao and Xu Guangzu.
People of this level are not within this limit, which is why the equality of officers and soldiers in Kanyu Camp is discounted.
Su Hao explained to himself: Since this kind of compromised equality can already move the soldiers, why should he be too aggrieved and have to endure hardships with the soldiers?
With a group of soldiers, Su Hao and Xu Guangzu walked into Liudian Town. Dozens of soldiers from the Kanyu Camp had already poured into the town. They came to buy various vegetables. Food for the Kanyu Camp.
The standards have always been very high. Every time they went to a large town, the army had to purchase pork to feed the soldiers. When Su Hao entered the town, he heard at least four shrill pig noises in the town. It was the butcher's shop that was killing pigs urgently.
Supply the needs of the survey camp.
"Su Guard, you're here!" The soldiers purchasing supplies saluted Su Hao one after another.
Su Hao returned the gift to everyone, walked straight to the seller, raised his hands and asked, "This shopkeeper is so polite."
"General, you are polite." The shopkeeper quickly returned the salute. He did not recognize Su Hao's uniform, but from the attitude of the soldiers, he could guess that he must be a high-ranking official.
Su Hao said: "Let me ask, do we soldiers forcefully lower the prices when we buy things in your store?"
"No, no, the brothers are all fair and there is no such thing as forcing the price down," the shopkeeper said.
"So, is there any way to ask for filial piety and money?"
"No, no, I offered the brothers some money for tea, but they refused to accept it. Oh, whose guy doesn't want to pay for errands when he buys so many things?"
Su Hao smiled slightly and said: "If they want money for running errands, I will break their legs tomorrow so that they can no longer collect any money for running errands."
"The general's rigorous management of the army is really a blessing to our people." The shopkeeper complimented him repeatedly.
Su Hao quit the store and then visited some more stores. Everywhere he went, he heard the store owners praising the soldiers, which made him quite satisfied. The style of an army is reflected in every
In terms of details, if the soldiers are allowed to prey on the common people, the soldiers' sense of responsibility and honor will gradually disappear, and their combat effectiveness will be lost. This principle was first proposed by Su Hao, and was subsequently supported by Xu Guangzu, Deng Kui and others.
It was unanimously approved and has now become Kanyu Camp’s military philosophy.
After walking around for a long time, the sky became completely dark. The soldiers who purchased supplies all returned to the camp outside the town. The smoke from cooking stoves rose in the camp, and the aroma of rice and meat filled the air, even attracting many people to watch.
Su Hao, Xu Guangzu and his party happened to walk under a restaurant called Liuxian Pavilion. Xu Guangzu couldn't move any further and said to Su Hao with a smile: "Instead, I think we can stay here. You You have to treat me to a big meal." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)