The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 31: Brave generals and strategic generals

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The training content page of the barracks is gradually enriched, especially for the soldiers of the special forces. In addition to the normal training every day, Zhu Youjian also personally teaches the virtual knives. At the end of the training, some soldiers are too tired to even take a bath. Since the launch of military skill competitions, there has gradually been competition among the battalions. The Cavalry Guards has three thousand households under its jurisdiction. The thousand chiefs are Zhang Heng, Wang Qiang, and Qian Limin. They are not allowed to give up in training. Some training programs are higher than the standards set by Zhu Youjian. There are also three thousand infantry soldiers. Although the chiefs of the army, Li Xing, Wu Bing, and Jiang Gen have good personal relationships, they are also unambiguous under the driving of the entire training environment. Often take the lead.

After another three days, in order to increase the fun of the training, test the training results, and improve the soldiers' actual combat capabilities, Fenwu Camp held a military actual combat exercise.

Military exercises were originally a routine training activity of the Ming army, but in the late Ming Dynasty, political corruption gradually spread to the army. Exercise activities are often limited by form, and some troops have even stopped actual combat exercises.

Before the exercise, Zhu Youjian gave simple remarks and emphasized the rules of the exercise: There is a soil slope ten miles away from the barracks, called Langling, and Wu Bing and Li Xing will lead the soldiers from the north and south to seize the wolf. ridge.

Both sides are ten miles away from Langling, Li Xing from the north and Wu Bing from the south, both set off at the same time. In the morning, the two sides surveyed the terrain, and the exercise began at mid-afternoon.

In order to reduce casualties, all the equipment is made of wood. There are lime pools along the way and in Langling. Lime is applied to the top of the equipment. As a basis for attacking the enemy, soldiers must wear mysterious clothes.

Anyone with one white spot on the head, body, or two white spots on the limbs must withdraw from the exercise and deal with serious injuries or death.

In order to observe the various troops nearby, the battalion has sent supervising troops to the troops on both sides of the exercise. The supervising army puts a red cloth on its arms. The supervising army is not allowed to make any suggestions to both sides of the exercise, and soldiers from both sides are not allowed to attack the supervising army.

Before that time, the soldiers from both sides of the exercise entered their respective predetermined areas, and the leaders of both sides began to speak, boost morale, and explain strategies and tactics.

Li Xing is a native of Shandong. He is tall and mighty, with dense hair and thick beard. He is famous in Fenwuying for his great strength. "Boys, you must reach Langling in half an hour, and you must win Langling in a stick of incense." Li Xing's lung capacity should be good, and the sound shook the whole camp.

"Yes." The voices of the soldiers were also stunned, it was true that there were no weak soldiers under the strong commanders.

"Leave two hundred people behind, as reinforcements, and the rest will set off in time." Li Xing glanced at the soldiers and was very satisfied with the neat queue. Since entering the barracks, he has never seen such a neat team.

Wu Bing is of moderate build. Compared with Li Xing, he is not as good as his opponent in terms of height, strength, and lung capacity. However, Wu Bing does not think that his soldiers will lose to Li Xing.

"Five hundred people as the front team, rush to Langling as quickly as possible; 300 people on the flanks. When the battle between the enemy and us is in full swing, they will attack from the enemy's flanks. Regardless of casualties, they must rush into the enemy force. In the middle, let the enemy’s leading troops be attacked back and forth; the other two hundred people were used as reinforcements, and when they saw the fireworks, they rushed to respond." Wu Bing’s voice is also good and his voice is strong. After arranging the strategy, his sight is from the soldiers Sweeping his face one by one, "Brothers, are you afraid of Li Xinggong's throat?"

"Don't be afraid." The soldiers replied categorically.

Langling is a small soil slope with a top of less than ten acres and steep slopes on all sides. Due to rain washing and children's play, there are small roads on both the north and south sides. A small number of people can pass slowly, but it is not suitable for large troops. The storm.

Soldiers from both sides soon met in Langling. Li Xing personally started the head, touched the ground with a wooden stick, and went up with a drum. The soldiers followed Li Xing closely. Wu Bing's soldiers lined up, pushing one by one, filed up, and the flat ground at the top of the slope was the main battlefield for both sides.

Although it was an exercise, it was supervised by the supervising army and Zhu Youjian led the soldiers to watch the battle. The fighting between the two sides was still very tragic. Soldiers continued to "dead" and withdraw from the battlefield.

Li Xing's number of soldiers is dominant, and the loud-sounding Li Xing personally commands, gradually gaining an advantage in momentum.

"Brothers, as long as you work harder, you can beat Wu Bing to the ground! Go on, brothers."

Soldiers on both sides shouted and screamed, and even the "dead" soldiers yelled with regret. Although they can't participate in the battle, it is okay to cheer on their own soldiers.

Suddenly, a small group of soldiers, bypassing the Langling soil slope, entered from behind Li Xing, defying death, directly inserted into the middle of Li Xingjun, and might cut Li Xing's army into two at any time.

"Damn, Wu Bing is not abiding by the rules. Brothers, stand up. The exercise is over and I will sue him." The wooden stick in Li Xing's hand was not affected at all, and two soldiers from each other "falled" on his side. Stick down.

However, Li Xing, who had already rushed to Langling, was worried that his back path would be broken, and the momentum of the charge gradually slowed down.

"Brothers, Li Xing's ex-army has already been made dumplings, rush, catch Li Xing alive!" Wu Bing also played a not weak voice. When his soldiers saw the enemy's initial chaos and the attack slowed down, their morale immediately rose and they immediately turned to counterattack.

This is an exercise in the Cold Weapon Era, and injuries are inevitable. Soldiers screamed and unwillingly leave the battlefield in full swing. Some soldiers didn't even know that they were injured. Only when the supervisors reminded them, did they have to leave the battle and join the ranks of the shouters.

The battle was indeed fierce. Some soldiers bleeded, but no one flinched. The melee continued from above Wolf Ridge to below Wolf Ridge. If anyone passed by here accidentally, they must think that this was a real war, a fight against the United States, aiding Korea and defending the country. Of war. This is exactly what Zhu Youjian wanted. Fenwuying has no chance to go to the battlefield now. Only through practice similar to actual combat can the soldiers cultivate their courage and murderous aura. The tiger and wolf division is never trained, but in blood and death. Cast in front of...

"Brothers, our reinforcements will come soon." Facing the unfavorable situation, Li Xing remembered the two hundred soldiers left behind. It was time for them to make merit.

Wu Bing also thought of reinforcements. Li Xing was already in a disadvantageous situation. If his rear army arrived at this time, it would happen to be the last straw to crush Li Xing. "Fire." Wu Bing decisively issued the order, and the reinforcements who were waiting for the order five miles away saw the fireworks and immediately rushed to the main battlefield.

The reinforcements from both sides arrived at Langling almost at the same time, and the two forces were shoveling together under Langling, and no one could support their main force.

On Langling, Li Xing’s front army was broken and routed under a two-sided attack. After Li Xing broke himself, he knocked down several Wu Bing’s soldiers in succession, stabilized his position, and retreated in battle. But the army was defeated like a mountain, and Wu Bing made a big push and finally drove all Li Xing's soldiers out of Langling.

"Dang." A shrill gong overwhelmed the shouts of the soldiers. Although the fighting under Langling continued, the exercise was over. Li Xing glared at Wu Bing, and was stunned in the breeze in front of Langling. The golden wild chrysanthemums were endlessly enlarged in his pupils, overwhelming the sky, shielding all other senses, and even the cheers of the opposing soldiers were also stunned. Block it up.

Zhu Youjian immediately arranged for the wounded soldiers to return to the barracks for medical treatment. Although most of the soldiers were not seriously injured, in this era of lack of disinfectants, any small wound can cause the death of a soldier. The death of a soldier is a matter of insignificance in Daming. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line of Liaodong have died, but they have not caused much spray. However, Zhu Youjian could not bear to let the soldiers of the Fenwu Camp die due to man-made reasons. They are his painstaking efforts and treasures.

After returning to the barracks, Zhu Youjian immediately organized the officers to exchange experience summaries. An exercise, whether it is a winner or a loser, will have some experience and lessons worth learning from.

"Staff, I am not convinced. Wu Bing violated the rules of the exercise." Li Xing, who had recovered from his absence, immediately protested to Zhu Youjian.

"Tell me, what rules Wu Bing violated." Zhu Youjian looked at Li Xing with a grin. Although Li Xing was the loser, he was still satisfied with Li Xing. Soldiers must have the spirit of not admitting defeat. If you admit that you are not an opponent of others, what kind of battle will you fight? However, if you fail, you have to find the reasons for yourself, and you can't attribute the reasons for the failure to others. The thought of "not incompetent, but too cunning" is still undesirable.

"Wu Bing's soldiers launched an attack from below Langling." Li Xing also felt that his reason was not very sufficient, but he still had to find a reason for his failure.

"Is it stipulated that no offense is allowed from under Wolfling? If you can, you can even intercept it halfway. Didn't your soldiers also have a fierce battle with each other under Wolfling? Is that also a violation?" Yes, yes, right, Wrong is wrong. The reason is not vague at all. There will be many actual combat exercises in the future. If it fails, it will find reasons other than the war. Then the generals will not find the reasons from the strategy and tactics. "Soldiers, tricks, too. According to the specific terrain, the condition of the soldiers, the personality of the opponent's generals, etc., an excellent commander is the one who can decisively adopt flexible tactics. Let's discuss the gains of this actual combat exercise."

"Wu Bing attacked from the flanks with three hundred men, which is the key to victory." Cavalry Qiang Wang Qiang is also a person who likes to use his brain, and he highly respects Wu Bing's tactics.

"Yes, Wu Bing can judge the situation and use his troops in an eclectic manner. He is indeed a strategic general. If he can read more military books and participate in more real battles, he will definitely become a general who can command ten thousand people. What about Li Xing? Isn’t he good enough?” Zhu Youjian hopes to discover more of the strengths of the officers. He believes that good generals are exaggerated, because the Han people especially value the praise and encouragement of the leaders. This is almost as blood and fire on the battlefield. The test is just as important. Those words that "the heavens will descend to the people, must first..." are only suitable for wizards. For ordinary people, not only has no promotion effect, but even has a counterproductive effect, they will oppress the originally excellent talents into fearful idiots, and true wizards. , Not only Daming, but all over the world are phoenix water chestnuts.