At the beginning of the meeting, when Wu Shigong put forward his idea: when arriving in Guide, Henan, the army should be strictly trained, and emphasis should be placed on strengthening the army's gun training and formation training, Xue Yongli immediately raised objections.
First of all, Xue Yongli introduced the geographical environment of Guide, Henan. The ancient place names that Xue Yongli mentioned were so numerous that Wu Shigong was confused. In the end, Wu Shigong just knew: Guide, Henan is located
Eastern part of Henan Province.
Think about it, even if Xue Yongli mentioned the modern place name, Wu Shigong may not be very clear about the location of Guide, Henan. In modern times, if we go to a certain place, we only need to buy a ticket. Who cares about that?
Where is the place? Unless it's a truck driver who travels long distances.
In order to let readers understand, let me explain here: Guide, Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty, is basically the modern Shangqiu City, Henan Province.
At the end of his speech, Xue Yongli concluded: Henan Guide is a very safe place. There is no need to train troops so hard to prepare for war.
Xue Yongli said: Henan is located in the Central Plains, and it was originally said that eight vassal kings settled in Henan Province. Therefore, the entire Henan Province was also densely populated with cities and armies.
Moreover, to the north of Henan is Beizhili, which has the Beijing Camp to protect the capital, and is separated by the Yellow River, so there is no need to worry at all.
To the south of Henan is Nanzhili, which has the heavy troops of Nanjing City and the land of plenty in Huguang to protect. In addition, there is Fengyang, the central capital, which is heavily guarded as a barrier. Therefore, there is no need to worry.
To the east of Henan is Shandong Province. Although Shandong Province has been experiencing constant chaos and chaos since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has basically never threatened Henan Province. Because if you want to fight from Shandong Province to Henan Province, you must cross the mainland.
Canal. The Grand Canal was the lifeline of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Around the Grand Canal, not only are there numerous armies and guard posts, but there are also water transport troops dedicated to protecting the Grand Canal. Therefore, there is no need to worry at all.
Finally, there is the western part of Henan. Its connection with Shaanxi Province is Tongguan, which is almost the most dangerous pass in the country. Almost no troops can enter from here. Besides, even if some troops capture Tongguan and pass through the entire Henan
Province, we don’t know whether it will be the Year of the Monkey or the Year of the Horse until we reach Guide, Henan. So, there is no need to worry.
(China's famous passes are all extremely important transportation arteries. However, some are very dangerous, such as Tongguan. Some are only important, but not dangerous, such as Shanhaiguan.)
Secondly, Xue Yongli raised objections to the military training plan proposed by Wu Shigong. In particular, he almost completely rejected the gun training and formation training proposed by Wu Shigong.
Xue Yongli first expressed his views on firecrackers: Firecrackers can indeed play a very important role under the protection of city walls, that is, in the defense of the city. However, firecrackers have almost no effect in field battles.
It won't have much effect.
The effective shooting distance of the fire gun is only about a hundred steps. However, when the opponent's cavalry launches a sprint, according to the loading speed of the fire gun, it can fire at most one to two bullets. After that, the opponent's cavalry will rush to the fire gun.
In front of the hand. At that time, the fire gun hand holding the fire gun held only a fire stick in his hand, which was almost the same as his bare hands. Facing the opponent's cavalry, they were just facing a massacre. In
In this regard, firecrackers are not as good as archers.
When Wu Shigong proposed the idea of "three-stage shooting", Xue Yongli told Wu Shigong that in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, "three-stage shooting" had been invented long ago. This time, the Marquis Xue Lian gave Wu Shigong the ten three-eye
Gun is actually a transformed form of "three-stage shooting".
However, when fighting, the enemy is not a fool, and will not stupidly rush towards your array of firecrackers. They will test, detour, harass, and ambush. When the time comes, these firecrackers will
How to deal with it? Should these gunmen be allowed to line up stupidly on the battlefield without moving a step? Even if the enemy dares not mess with you, won't they still avoid you?
In addition, Wu Shigong was only a member of a thousand households and in charge of a thousand households. In addition to the guards around him, there were only more than a thousand people in full force. Even if all of them were equipped with fire guns, they could still fight on a battlefield with more than ten thousand people.
What role does it play?
When it came to the queue training proposed by Wu Shigong, Xue Yongli simply said: This is nonsense.
Xue Yongli said clearly: He had never heard that soldiers needed such strict formation training. At most, the soldiers could be trained to line up and march together in formation. He asked Wu Shigong a question and asked Wu Shigong to explain the reason.
Why should soldiers be trained to master such formation training?
When Xue Yongli mentioned this, Wu Shigong found that except for a few people like Yang Goudan who did not understand military affairs at all and did not want to understand military affairs, everyone else looked in agreement with Xue Yongli. Especially this.
Yes, He Fei and the others have personally participated in the formation training.
When they were in the capital, although the old military leaders, under Wu Shigong's insistence, still trained the formation for He Fei and the others. However, during the training, these old military leaders would inevitably say intentionally or unintentionally: This formation training is useless.
On one side are experienced old soldiers; on the other side is Wu Shigong, a wealthy son from a wealthy family. Who do you think He Fei and the others will believe? In addition, today, Xue Yongli's statement coincides with those of those old military leaders. At most
, He Fei and the others did not dare to raise objections to Wu Shigong.
Besides, queue training is so boring. He Fei and the others have a strong dislike for queue training from the bottom of their hearts. Their mood is just like when we participate in military training in modern times. If the content of military training is shooting, then the training will last a year.
It's enjoyable; but if the content of military training is queueing, you will feel bored after three days.
At the end, Xue Yongli told Wu Shigong: When my uncle arrives in Guide, Henan, he just needs to enjoy peace and quiet. If there is any military matter, whether it is training or fighting, Xue Yongli will be in charge. Marquis Xue Lian sent Xue Yongli
Being by Wu Shigong's side is to play this role. Of course, Xue Yongli will protect his uncle Wu Shigong's safety at all costs.
After listening to Xue Yongli's words, Wu Shigong helplessly found that what Xue Yongli said did make sense. What made Wu Shigong even more helpless was that he found that he seemed to be convinced by Xue Yongli's reasons. Although Wu Shigong also knew that Huo Gun
The role of formations and queues is very important, and it is also the direction of future military development. However, Wu Shigong could not find a single reason to refute it.
In addition, Wu Shigong looked at the expressions of those who attended the meeting and found that they all completely agreed with Xue Yongli's views and vaguely regarded Xue Yongli as their military leader. In other words, in name, these people all
Acknowledge Wu Shigong's leadership. However, when it comes to war, they will definitely listen to Xue Yongli's command and not their own. Although, Xue Yongli and others' purpose is to protect their own safety.
In fact, this is not surprising. For a soldier, the most fearful thing is to have an unreliable boss to give random orders. This is because soldiers can understand and accept their own meaningful sacrifices. However, if they are
If someone dies inexplicably under blind command, that would be an injustice!
Here is an example: let’s talk about our Taizu. We found that there is a gap in Taizu’s experience. That is, during the period between Taizu’s Autumn Harvest Uprising and the five counter-campaigns, he
What to do?
I don’t want to say more about the reasons for concealing this period of history intentionally or unintentionally. But I can tell you clearly that Taizu encountered a serious crisis of trust.
Taizu was a scholar. When the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops he led joined forces with Lao Zhu's troops in Jinggangshan, and later joined forces with Lao Peng's Third Army Corps, Lao Zhu and Lao Peng, who were originally famous generals, and
Among the generals and generals under their command, who would trust Taizu, a scholar, to take command?
Therefore, after many setbacks and trials, by the time of the Zunyi Conference, why did the entire army have high expectations for Taizu's command? This was exactly Taizu's excellent command and brilliant victory again and again, which led to
Taizu gained a very high prestige in the army. Therefore, Taizu deserves the title of military genius.
And Wu Shigong is now also encountering the problem of crisis of trust. What makes Wu Shigong even more miserable is that he knows that a large-scale war will occur in the Ming Dynasty. However, even if Wu Shigong says it now, everyone will
Won't believe him.
What makes Wu Shigong even more sad is that Wu Shigong actually has no confidence in his ability to train the army or command the war.