Wang Yuan is a dabbler. Since he is ordered to train troops, he must read military books.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is too old, and it is mainly based on military theory. The contents of these ancient military books are similar, and they have no substantial help for Wang Yuan's military training.
There are many books in Wenyuan Pavilion. Wang Yuan searched for two or three days and only found Jiao Yu's "Fire Dragon Artifact Formation".
As for Liu Bowen's "A Hundred Battles" and "The Essentials of the Art of War", they had not yet been published, and they were forgeries written by later generations under his name.
A series of Ming Dynasty military books such as "Martial Arts", "Strategy", "New Book of Records", "Records of Military Training", "Restraint of Military Symbols", "Coastal Defense Map Theory", etc. were mainly written during the Jiajing period, and a few were written during the Wanli period.
, which are all summed up from actual combat.
Wang Yuan went to the Ministry of War to inquire again. There were only various military systems and formation diagrams of the Ming Dynasty, but he could not find any relevant books as a reference for military training.
This thing is a secret that is not passed down. It is in the hands of hereditary generals, and different general families have different secrets of military training. The method of military training when Wang Yangming built Wang Yue's tomb was made by Uncle Wang by referring to ancient military books.
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The great Ming Dynasty still lacked an infantry drill code that could be used throughout the country!
Wang Yuan first found Zhu Zhi, who was fighting with him, and asked: "How does the Ming army fight in a majestic formation?"
Zhu Zhi has been living in the border town for more than ten years and is very familiar with it. He recounted in detail:
"The crossbowmen are at the back, and they will shoot at them from a hundred paces away. The fire gunmen are at the side, and they will fire out the medicine at sixty paces."
"The sword player is in the front, holding two javelins and wearing a waist sword. First, he raises his shield to defend against the enemy's crossbows, then takes thirty steps with his javelin to choke the enemy's sharp edge. In close combat, he draws his sword to meet the enemy."
"The spearmen are behind, walking next to the card players. There are ten people in a team. They are also equipped with waist knives and a javelin. Those who are far away have javelins, and those who are close are holding spears and stabbing. If the spear is stuck, immediately draw the sword and kill
enemy."
"Crossbowmen and firecrackers often hide behind the gunmen. When facing the enemy, they can abandon their crossbows and firecrackers and draw their sabers to follow the players while the gunmen kill the enemy."
"The cavalry mainly focuses on raiding formations, covering up kills, and pursuing pursuits. They rarely participate in charging formations. Our two hundred heavy cavalry are a special case."
"There is also a vehicle formation specifically designed to defend against enemy cavalry..."
Zhu Zhi talked about a lot, all of which were the most basic frontier army tactics and the most commonly used compound formations in the Ming Dynasty army.
Generally speaking, those who can make good use of this kind of composite formation are already good generals and elite soldiers. They should not dare to use it without changing the formation when facing the enemy, because if they change it, they may collapse on their own.
Wang Yuan asked again about the method of training troops, and Zhu Zhi told the truth truthfully without any reservations.
Two days later, Zhang Yong threw 6,000 soldiers to Wang Yuan. He picked the rest himself, but at last they were not among the weakest.
Wang Yuan did not train his troops immediately, but first went to observe Zhang Yong's training.
Zhang Yong attaches great importance to this military training and goes to the school grounds every day, but the actual training is left to the specific generals.
The training content is roughly as follows: first, make a roster and distribute waist badges to facilitate ordering of troops. Secondly, learn military salutes, recognize the military flags, practice simple formations, and learn to recognize the military flags and act. Secondly, the arms are divided into different types, and actual practice of swordsmanship, marksmanship, and archery is carried out.
, card skills, etc.
Zhang Yong's 6,000 regular soldiers are trained rigorously. They also practice running, with sandbags wrapped around their calves. They also do weight-bearing training, hang various heavy objects on their bodies, and conduct daily formation drills. They also practice arm strength and lift competitions.
Weapons that are actually heavier require professional training every day.
These six thousand regular soldiers train for half a day every day. In ancient times, they were considered very diligent. Who knows how long they can last.
The remaining 30,000 elite soldiers were trained for a small amount of time every three days and a large amount of training for ten days. They just fooled around and could only make up the numbers for the war.
After watching for several days, Wang Yuan still did not immediately practice military training. Instead, he stayed in his room to formulate corresponding punishment regulations based on various cheating and cheating phenomena, and also compiled a military regulation for the drill.
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Before the military regulations were compiled, Song Ling'er came, took Wang Yuan's hand and said, "Who do you think is here?"
Wang Yuan looked outside the door and saw Li Ying standing with a smile, holding a cat cage in his hand.
"Haha, Li Sanlang!" Wang Yuan laughed and greeted him out.
Li Ying also rushed in, put down the three leopard cats, and gave Wang Yuan a bear hug: "Ruoxu, you are really amazing. Not only did you get the first prize in the exam for the first time, but you also killed the enemy and made contributions to gain such a great reputation. I was halfway through
I heard the news that you killed Liu Liu and Liu Qi."
"It's just a fluke," Wang Yuan asked, "Have you gone to see sir?"
Li Ying said with a smile: "You are coming from your husband's side. If Ling'er hadn't led the way, I wouldn't have been able to find where you live."
The two reminisced about old times, and Wang Yuan opened the cat cage. The three civil servants immediately rushed to Wang Yuan's feet and licked them wildly. They roared at Li Ying again, seeming to blame him for keeping him locked up for too long.
Song Ling'er picked up the wood and rubbed her neck hair, and said: "I will have dinner at my husband's house tonight. I asked the blacksmith to make a copper pot, which will be used exclusively for hot pot."
Li Sanlang immediately agreed: "That's good. I still remember the hot pot meal we had on Longgang Mountain."
Wang Yuan asked Zhou Chong to follow him and took the three leopard cats to Wang Yangming's house.
Halfway through, Wang Yuan asked casually: "How is the situation in Guizhou?"
Li Ying replied: "When I left Guizhou, the army under the command of Governor Wei won consecutive battles. Moreover, you originally planned to publicize that the rebels were supported by An Guirong. This was actually true. The Miao chief took the initiative
Write a letter to the court, saying that they were instigated by An Guirong, hoping to be recruited by the court."
"Fat An is so bad!" Song Ling'er gritted her teeth.
"An Guirong is not dead yet?" Wang Yuan asked in surprise.
Li Ying smiled bitterly: "After lying in bed for two years, he actually recovered. After the incident was exposed, he personally led his troops to cooperate with the army to kill the thieves. At the same time, he requested to become an official and let his eldest son inherit his position as chieftain."
Wang Yuan asked again: "Where is the Song family?"
Li Ying glanced at Song Ling'er: "Everything is as before."
Wang Yuan asked: "Did you go to Jinyiwei to report?"
Li Ying shook his head and said: "Not yet."
Wang Yuan said: "Tomorrow I will ask your Majesty to lend you to be my military judge."
"Military judge?" Li Ying didn't understand.
Wang Yuan explained: "Your Majesty asked me to train troops."
Li Ying could only sigh with emotion. The boy from the village last year has become the emperor's favorite this year. He can meet the emperor casually, and can even ask the emperor to borrow people from the Jinyi Guards to train soldiers. In the past, Li Ying would never have had a friend in his dreams.
To be so majestic.
When they arrived at Wang Yangming's house, Wang Xiang was already cooking hot pot and bought a lot of condiments for dipping dishes.
Wang Yangming was very happy to see the students from Guizhou again. He took out a few earthen bowls and said with a smile: "These are bowls made in Guizhou. I carry them with me all the way and I am reluctant to take them out."
"Sir, you are so nostalgic for the past." Wang Yuan said.
Wang Yangming said with emotion: "I only stayed in Guizhou for nine months, but I will never forget it. You students are all my family."
Uncle Wang asked about his old friends and students in Guizhou again, and Li Ying answered the current situation one by one, feeling sad when he recalled the past.
After a hot pot meal, Wang Yuan took out the military regulations he had not finished writing: "Sir, please correct me."
Wang Yangming glanced at it and reminded: "Military training is not only about discipline, martial arts and physical fitness, but more importantly, the military spirit. The content of your military regulations is too harsh, and the rewards are particularly insufficient. Maybe you can train strong soldiers.
But it is also easy to train a resentful army. When you are there, you are brave and good at fighting, but when you are not there, the army is distracted. Remember, there are rewards and punishments, and training the mind is the best!"
"Thank you sir for your teaching!" Wang Yuan came to his senses.
Wang Yuan was too wary of those Beijing oilmen and wanted to train soldiers as machines, ignoring people's subjective initiative.
Then we should make corrections, slightly reduce the intensity of daily punishments, increase various incentive measures, and introduce an incentive and elimination system.