The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 23: Archery skills

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"It seems that many of you have shed blood and made meritorious deeds to defend Daming. You are the pride of Daming, and more importantly, Daming's precious wealth." Zhu Youjian paused for a while to give the soldiers time to be proud of themselves, especially It is the soldiers who are not usually taken seriously. "As the staff of the battalion, I only hope that you will go to battle to kill the enemy and behead the generals. I don't want you to shed blood and sweat. This is the case with the commander, and the court is even more so.

"But on the battlefield, how can I do a good job while protecting myself from harm? I discussed with a few brothers the other day."

"Ability and military discipline." Zhu Youjian said very concisely. The soldiers in the Ming Dynasty generally had a low level of education. Only in their language can they understand and accept them.

In the queue of soldiers below the stage, soldiers nodded from time to time.

"You are soldiers, you are soldiers who defend Daming, and you may be on the battlefield at any time. Only by killing the enemy can you protect yourself. Training is to improve your ability to kill the enemy and protect yourself. General Qi Shaobao said, I sweat a lot today. Tomorrow there will be less bloodshed." Qi Jiguang is almost the god of war in the hearts of the soldiers of Daming, and is the pride of every soldier in Daming. Soldiers accept his words easily, but whether Qi Jiguang said it or not, Zhu Youzhen doesn’t remember. . However, it doesn’t matter, I’m just a white lie. Most people don’t care about these at all. Even if someone points out a mistake, he can say that Qi Jiguang has said something like this, or just to make it easier for the soldiers to accept. Who said it is not important, the point is This is the reason.

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"You are brothers. On the battlefield, you are not fighting alone. You are a complete collective. Only by trusting your teammates and keeping a teammate in the back can you face your enemy with a knife. The military discipline is strict. Military discipline can make you trust and cooperate with each other.

"Brothers of Fenziying, we are the Beijing army and the elite of the Ming army. We must be worthy of our Qinglong battle flag." Zhu Youjian has entered the state by himself, unknowingly, he has already regarded himself as Fenzi. A member of the battalion, not a temporary battalion staff.

"Sweat more today and bleed less tomorrow." A simple slogan can particularly condense the morale of soldiers and improve their collective identity.

"Sweat more today and bleed less tomorrow."

The audience thunderously cheered. In later generations, Zhu Youjian was not good at speeches, especially inflammatory speeches. Today, he was driving ducks to the shelves. Judging from the soldiers' on-site performance, the effect was good. He looked back at Qin Yongnian, the commander was watching Zhu Youjian, and he did not know how long he watched. He nodded gently, with a rare faint smile on his face.

In the morning training, none of the soldiers mentioned about being hungry, their voices thunderous and vigorous. Recognition, the battalion’s recognition, and the imperial court’s recognition, they temporarily restored the tiger-wolf aura of the Taizu and Chengzu years. They are the elite of Daming. They shed blood and made contributions to defending him. They will continue to defend the capital , Defend Daming sweat and blood, they will crush all the enemies of Daming to pieces.

Lunch is the happiest thing for the soldiers. Every soldier can eat. Everyone also has a small bowl of pork, which they haven't eaten in a long time. If you can't fulfill the promise and let the soldiers eat their meals, the soldiers will not believe you at all. If you don't continue to eat their meals, the enthusiasm and fighting spirit inspired by the soldiers will slowly fade. Zhu Youjian secretly decided that no matter how difficult it is, he must feed the soldiers.

"Counsellor Wang, who is the staff officer?" Seeing Wang Xin's arrival, some soldiers who were already full but still continuing to eat made a routine with him. Perhaps they could speed up their digestion by speaking, and they would be able to eat more. rice.

"It is to make suggestions for military warfare for the command and reference of adults." Zhu Youjian did not underestimate them at all. This kind of ragua is exactly what he needs. Only by walking beside them can it be possible to enter their hearts.

"Why did Staff Wang enter the barracks?" The full-fed soldiers gradually gathered around. Zhu Youjian's speech not only made them enthusiastic, but also allowed them to have enough food and meat to eat, and they had tangible benefits. Zhu Youjian was young and stable, and approachable, which made the soldiers feel good about Zhu Youjian.

"Because I like generals like Yue Fei and Qi Shaobao, and I admire those soldiers who are unknown, united and frightened by the enemy."

"Then can we be such soldiers?"

"Yes, sure. As long as you train hard, I believe that each of you can become a soldier like Qi Shaobao's subordinate."

The spirit of the soldiers is raised, and the next is training. For an excellent army, soldiers must first have a strong physique. In the era of cold weapons, this is the basis of combat effectiveness, and strict military discipline can maximize this combat effectiveness.

Zhu Youjian had never been in a military camp before, and he had no idea about the training of the army. But since the passion of the soldiers has been mobilized, plus he will invest a large sum of money to give the soldiers meals, then follow the Ming army. The original method of training obviously wastes one's own traversal identity.

Zhu Youzhen racked his brains and finished his sleep. Day and night, he even spent his time with Wan'er. He recalled the bits and pieces of soldier training he had learned in later generations, plus he had participated in a month of military training. After integration, he finally formulated a soldier's training plan and handed it over to Qin Yongnian for acceptance.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's plan, Qin Yongnian frowned. He didn't understand at all, nor did he understand the effects of every training Zhu Youjian had. "Wang Xin. This..."

Zhu Youjian had to patiently explain the purpose and possible effects of each training. Qin Yongnian still did not understand, but after Zhu Youjian’s speech, he took a different look at Zhu Youjian. Perhaps Zhu Youjian inherited the Taizu Chengzu Because of his military genes, there is no objection, so Zhu Youjian will practice first, and everything depends on the effect. Anyway, the current Fenwuying camp is half-dead, and no matter how training is done, it won't be bad. Just like later generations of parents giving their children supplementary lessons, most parents do not expect their children to learn how much extracurricular knowledge from the teacher. The key is that the children will not pick up girls, fight, take drugs with the teacher...

Zhu Youjian's training plan has four main items:

The first is the queue, stand at attention, take a break, turn left, right, and back... This is for the purpose of training soldiers' discipline. Soldiers take obedience as their bounden duty. There is no strict discipline. No matter what the art of warfare, if you encounter a fierce battle, you must Will be defeated.

The second is running and weightlifting, weight-bearing running for twenty miles and forty miles, weightlifting training... This is for the purpose of training the physical fitness of soldiers. Whether in collective combat or individual combat, good physique is the basis for army mobilization and fighting.

The third is fighting. Pikemen fighting, sword and shield fighting, and pikemen fighting with each other... This is for the purpose of training soldiers' actual combat capabilities. Discipline and physique are the basis of soldier warfare, but for an army to form a strong combat force, it must Experience fighting, even bleeding.

The fourth is archery. The target positions are 50 meters, 60 meters, and 80 meters... This is to train soldiers' long-range strike capabilities. Although the Ming Army has matchlocks and artillery, the quality of matchlocks cannot meet the requirements of the battlefield, and the range is also Inferior to bows and arrows, they are far from being able to replace bows and arrows. Artillery is powerful and has a much longer range than bows and arrows. However, the slow firing speed of artillery is too heavy and it is not conducive to transportation. It is mainly used for city defense. Matchlock guns and artillery must be developed and improved to replace bows and arrows.

Zhu Youjian made a simple adaptation of the Fenwu camp. He drew three hundred strong soldiers from each camp to form a special team, led by the loyal and clever Wang Mujiu, a thousand households. The special forces are mainly used for fortified battles, and can also be used as the direct guards of the battalion. Their training volume is much greater than other soldiers; the remaining 6,000 soldiers are divided into infantry guards and cavalry guards, under the command of the original guards Li Hongjun and Liu Yushuan; All soldiers learn horsemanship and will be equipped with war horses in the future. If there is no war horse, the infantry will not be able to keep up with the rhythm of the cavalry.

After ten days of training, the morale of the soldiers has improved and the training has gradually become regular. However, the soldiers felt very tired after heavy training, and a few soldiers even murmured behind their backs.

Without the threat of war, high-quality training cannot be maintained. At least in the minds of some soldiers. Since there is no threat of war, what Zhu Youjian said to better preserve oneself has no real meaning.

This is a bottleneck in military training. There is no war, and the past stimulus is not enough to maintain the fighting spirit of soldiers. Therefore, to maintain the strong fighting spirit and high morale of the army, there must be war. Only an appropriate scale of combat can maintain the fighting spirit and morale of the soldiers, and improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. An army that has not had any war or threat of war for ten, twenty, or even thirty years will definitely degenerate into a military soldier like Ming. . There is no combat mission in Fenwu Camp. Zhu Youjian must find new ways to maintain or even strengthen the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

The afternoon training session for Zhu Youjian ended a quarter of an hour earlier.

"Brothers from Fenwuying, are you tired from the ten-day training?" Zhu Youzhen asked loudly after the soldiers formed the queue, even using the imaginary power.

The soldiers were silent, indicating that there were not a few soldiers who complained. At least many soldiers could not understand the practical use of such hard training. The war was far away from the Fenwu Camp.

"Brothers, in the past few days, I made a military song and gave it to the brothers of the special forces. Now I ask the brothers of the special forces to sing it for you." His confidant, Zhu Youjian would not feel flustered.

"The special forces are out!"

Wang Mujiu led the 300 soldiers of the special forces to stand at the forefront of the team, facing the six thousand infantry guards and cavalry guards, and opened his voice:

Raging

Looking north

Dragon roll

Ma Changsi

Jian Qi Rushuang

Heart is like the Yellow River

Twenty years

Vertical and horizontal

Who can resist

Hatred

Long knife direction

How many hands, feet and loyal souls bury the bones in the town

He Xibai die to serve the country

Sigh

More speechless

Blood and tears

Horseshoe South

People looking north

People looking north

Grass green and yellow

Dusty

I am willing to defend the land and rebuild the frontier

Da Ming wants to let Quartet

Come to congratulate