Chapter 352: Training the Horses
Liu Xian is in Liulin Village, he doesn't have to worry about the construction of the city, as for finding talents, among the current so much news and intelligence, many people are not currently available to Liu Xian, and it is a great blessing to be able to recruit Tian Feng to Liulin Village.
Although Liu Xian is indeed thirsty for talent, he is really unable to find it at this time.
And some talents, now that the time has not come, Liu Xian is unlikely to bring them to Liulin Village before they grow up.
Like Tian Yu, a talent who can make Liu Bei often regret his loss, he is only a few years old now.
For this reason, Liu Xian also had to stop his eagerness to find talents.
Some people and things are indeed hard to come by. Even if Liu Xian is a traverser, compared to others, he has a little prescient advantage. However, what Liu Xian foresaw was actually just a summary of the overall history, not a personal biography, and at this moment, it was unlikely that Liu Xian would know where every famous figure of the Three Kingdoms was and what they were doing.
Between people, there is also a process of meeting and knowing each other, and it is impossible to say that every time you meet a talent, you can take him under your account.
At present, with Cai Yong and Tian Feng, the two great literati strategists, and Shan Yong, a half-strategist, to help, it is barely enough.
What Liu Xian is anxious about is actually how to build his elite military horses.
Liu Xian is indeed not a talent who is good at military training.
Although Huang Zhong is strong, he is not good at training. In other words, Huang Zhong could teach archery to those archers, so that the archers' individual archery skills could be greatly improved. However, how to make these archers fight in the form of military formations, Huang Zhong is not very good at it.
Having said that, advanced archery skills are not something that everyone can master. Even if Huang Zhong taught the people below to practice archery, how many archers could he train in the end?
If the sharpshooter is so easy to train, then the sharpshooter is worthless.
There is a specialization in the art industry, and this is the truth.
Liu Xian knew that the wars in this ancient era were very cruel, and many people died in every war.
What Liu Xian wants to create is a real strong army, not every time he fights, his military horses will be greatly damaged and their strength will decline.
In this, you must require your own sergeants, each of whom is an elite. But it's not enough to be elite, every soldier has to be equipped with the skills of how to kill the enemy and save himself on the battlefield.
At the very least, when ambushing the enemy, we can no longer be like the 1,000 men and horses who ambushed the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Vanguard Army in Liulin Village earlier, as soon as the men and horses of these two sides fought, their own army suffered heavy casualties, and they were not the opponents of the other side at all.
You know, it was an ambush war, the enemy army was surrounded by their absolute strength, and at that time, the morale of the enemy army suffered a heavy blow, and in that case, there were so many casualties on their own side as soon as they engaged.
In Liu Xian's ideal, fighting the enemy's ambush warfare, even if it can't do the same attack warfare as the world's hot weapons, you can just use machine guns and other weapons to form a one-sided slaughter of the enemy when the battlefield terrain is located, and you can do it on the part of the self-army without having to engage with the enemy in a short battle to completely annihilate the opponent, and you can do it to defeat the opponent with zero casualties.
However, Liu Xian believed that in this ancient war, to ambush the enemy army with a relatively superior force, it was necessary to at least achieve the final victory with overwhelming superiority, and to achieve victory at the lowest possible cost of casualties.
In this, it may be necessary to talk about the role of a military formation.
It's a pity that among Liu Xian's subordinates, there is no general who really knows how to train the military formation.
But speaking of which, there are really not many people who really know how to fight in military formations and can train to be truly invincible and strong.
In some records, during the period of these three kingdoms, there were actually only a few really strong armies. One is Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong, and the other is Yuan Shao's first death who defeated Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong. In addition, the most famous should be the trap camp trained by Gao Shun.
Of course, there are Liu Bei's later Bai'er soldiers, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, and Sun Ce's Danyang soldiers.
All of the above are special elite soldiers who are famous.
However, the above types of troops all have their own characteristics and specialties, and not everyone can train them.
Liu Xian took advantage of this time to seriously consider what kind of military horses he wanted to train, and when the time came to fight the world, how to let his military horses set the world with a sweeping momentum, end this troubled era of the Three Kingdoms as soon as possible, and start a new prosperous era.
Since he failed to harvest generals who really knew how to train military horses at this time, Liu Xian simply figured out a way by himself. After all, I am a descendant, and I really have a lot of memories of the afterlife in my head.
Liu Xian really didn't believe that with his knowledge of the combination of Chinese and ancient times and the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, he could not train a real strong soldier.
In order to sum up a plan suitable for his own training of military horses, Liu Xian called Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, father and son, and Zhang Ning, Wang Bao, Yu Jin and others.
The main reason for calling them here is to ask them about what they have seen in this era and some of the conditions in the army.
In this way, the soldiers and horses of this era, the combat characteristics of different soldiers and horses, and so on are listed. At the same time, it is also to involve them and learn together.
In fact, there are some things that are clear at a glance.
For example, in the general army, there will be cavalry, spearmen, swordsmen, shields, archers, etc., and among these troops, there will also be some subdivisions, such as general light cavalry, heavy cavalry, etc. Each class of troops will have their own characteristics and specialties, and many times, on the battlefield, they will adjust their tactics in time according to the various situations of the opponent, and try to avoid using the arms that are defeated to face the enemy.
These are very simple truths, for example, in the face of the enemy's cavalry, if you only use ordinary swords and shields to fight them, then it is equivalent to using your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. The cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and the impact is strong, and if you encounter cavalry who are good at riding and archery like aliens, these ordinary sword soldiers are equivalent to delivering food.
But fortunately, Liu Xian seriously asked Wang Leopard, who had fought many times with the alien cavalry, and found that the aliens had not yet mastered the tactics of flying kites. In other words, in large-scale legion warfare, there is no legion-style cavalry kite flying tactics.
Liu Xian also combined some memories in his mind and found that there were really none, and it was estimated that they would not exist until the later Tang Dynasty.
But no matter what, now Liu Xian's people here, the personal combat effectiveness is indeed extremely urgent to be improved, not to mention the training of strong soldiers, even ordinary soldiers are not yet called.
In the end, Liu Xian also found that in fact, no matter what, in this ancient era, it was very important to improve the physical fitness of sergeants. Only when the physical fitness of the sergeants is good can it be possible to strengthen training, improve their strength and various battlefield skills, and learn various move skills.
There is also the most important thing, which is the same as the people's army of later generations. That's discipline.
Liu Xian has always felt that there is no era or country in ancient and modern times that can be as disciplined as the Chinese people's army.
These are all worthy of Liu Xian's reference.
Since ancient times, China has always emphasized the prohibition of military orders, and military orders are like mountains.
Liu Xian believes that the three major disciplines and eight points of attention in later generations are all worthy of reference.
Of course, Liu Xian feels that unifying thinking is also extremely important.
What is the purpose of forming your own army? How can the soldiers have a sense of belonging and identity with the army they have established?
According to all this, Liu Xian formulated the military discipline and military regulations of the Liufu caravan escort team in Liulin City, as well as the military training code.
The new city of Liulin Village has been built soon, as long as the main city wall is built, then everything else is easy to say, everything in the city can develop slowly, but the city wall is built, which shows that Liu Xian has a solid power territory of his own in this era. So many things can be promoted.
When a city is built, it must be defended by an army. Liu Xian's Liufu Caravan Escort is still called the Liufu Caravan Escort to the outside world, but internally, it can be called the Liufu Caravan Escort.
Thinking must be unified and clear.
In this way, Liu Xian can also start from the current actual situation and put forward a theme idea for the military horses in Liulin Village and Yangshi County. That is the purpose of the establishment of the Liufu Caravan Guard, which is to protect the fruits of the labor of the people here and guard the hard-won homes of the people of Liulin City and Yangshi County.
The imaginary enemy is the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army, those bandits and robbers. But Liu Xian also proposed that no matter who comes to occupy our city and destroy my homeland, it is the enemy, and the soldiers and civilians of Liulin City and Yangshi County must defend it to the death.
No matter who it is, this already includes the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.
Liu Xian is a leader here, but he did not oppress and exploit any of these people, it was Liu Xian who gave them food to eat and a way to live, and now basically every household will have a certain amount of money and income.
In fact, Yangshi County and Liulin Village have been transformed into light handicraft industries. Most people, they don't have to go to the fields to farm, and they have better jobs to make their lives better.
It was Liu Xian who gave them hope for a better life. Therefore, Liu Xian proposed that the establishment of the Liu Mansion Guard Army in Liulin City was also logical and supported by the people.
Even if Yang Jie and them, the landlords and tyrants of Yang's County, Yang Jie once served as the county magistrate of Yang's County. However, Liu Xian did not treat them well, could still tolerate them, and did not treat them differently in some policies. Because of this, the people naturally respect and love Liu Xian very much, and those former landlords and tyrants are now also respectful and awe-inspiring to Liu Xian, and they no longer dare to make any small moves behind their backs.
Liu Xian also believes that these ideas put forward by him are actually in line with the interests of all people in Liulin Village and Yangshi County today, and they will definitely be able to achieve reunification.
In terms of military regulations and military discipline, all actions are subject to orders.
This is a top priority, and for this reason, Liu Xian has also formulated relevant penalties for disobeying orders. This military discipline is applicable to any soldier of the Liufu Caravan Escort Army in Liulin City at any time. As long as they become part of the Guard, they must keep in mind that everything is ordered.
An army cannot succeed without iron discipline.
Then, the guards were not allowed to oppress the good people, and all the soldiers who committed adultery were to be beheaded. This point is not negotiable, as a member of the Liu Mansion caravan guard, who dares to rob the people, commit adultery and plunder, then there is only a dead end.
In addition, the Liu Mansion Caravan Escort Army is equivalent to Liu Xian's private army, as the name suggests, it is the military horse recruited by Liu Xian to protect the caravan, so these sergeants, they all have a fixed salary. This is the same as the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and even, Liu Xian gave them more. After all, Liu Xian is not short of money, and when necessary, he can use the wealth left by Zhang Bao to Zhang Ning or the wealth of the Plains Palace. Therefore, the salary that will be given to the caravan escort will definitely satisfy the soldiers.
It can be said that if ordinary people are young and strong and choose to join the imperial court officers and soldiers or join the Liu Mansion Caravan Guard, this is basically no choice, and they will join the Liu Mansion Caravan Guard. Therefore, the harvest of the army in peacetime is naturally all owned by Liu Xian, not to say that it is returned to the public, but to Liu Xian. Then, Liu Xiancai took out another part of the loot to reward them personally.
This is also to prevent some guys from making mistakes when they see money. After these ordinances are issued, there will be some detailed regulations explaining some of the details.
These military disciplines and military regulations are also equivalent to standardizing and unifying the ideology and code of conduct of the Liu Fu caravan escort.
Then it was time for the official military training.
For the time being, the whole army is mainly to train their physical fitness, and through parade training, to enhance the collective sense of the officers and men of the Liufu caravan escort, at the same time, it can also implement the military order of obeying orders in all actions, starting from their every word and deed, so that the soldiers can get used to adapting to this strict order.
A soldier must have the appearance of a soldier.
Liu Xian didn't know the ancient military formation training, but Liu Xian could make the soldiers of the Liufu Caravan Escort Army train their formations more scientifically according to the methods and experience of the people's army in later generations.
Stand upright, rest, go left and right, walk in unison, walk in steps. These will be the basic training of every Liu Mansion caravan escort soldier.
At the same time, Liu Xian formulated some training movements for them, such as running, push-ups, pull-ups and so on.
Every day, have the caravan guards train these, and then take time for them to practice their battlefield combat skills.
Liu Xian's heart paid special attention to the role of archers in this ancient war, so he had already ordered someone to make or buy good bows, and decided to train a group of elite archers first.