"Open a big formation, against the great enemy. Compete in the field, capture the thief, thousands of people in different dignified formations line up, the brave are not allowed to go first, and the cowardly are not allowed to lag behind; The cluster of guns poked, the cluster of guns poked, the knives slashed, and the indiscriminate killing returned him, but they all rushed in together, and it was difficult to change hands, how could they tolerate moving left and right? One person turns back, and the public is suspicious; If one person moves an inch, the public must also win the heart, how can they tolerate advancing or retreating? ”。 Zhao Yu said.

"Your Majesty, there are warriors in the army who are known as ten thousand enemies, they are skilled in martial arts, and they can interact with the army at will, such as entering the realm of no one to take the head of the general, Your Majesty said that it was one-sided in the past!" Wang Yinglin had a different opinion after hearing this.

"Governor Wang, taking the rank of general in the army is more of a legend, even if there has been, it is by no means a dignified battle, or when the two armies are fighting, or when one side is defeated, or it can only be succeeded under a sudden attack, and this probability is extremely low, almost impossible!" At this time, Tan Fei answered.

What Commander Tan said is that the military formations on the battlefield are ever-changing, and it is nothing more than to expand the area of contact with the enemy as much as possible, so as to facilitate more people to participate in the battle at the same time, but also to maintain a certain depth, and maintain a uniform tactical movement on this basis, and it is better to stab and shoot together than to shoot indiscriminately. If you can do this, your killing efficiency will be greatly improved. And those who are good at striking are used to fighting alone, and they can't do this alone. Although they are all skilled in martial arts, there is always a sequence of movements, and the adventurous ones are faced with the stinging of countless spears of the enemy, and even if they have the ability to reach the sky, they will be poked into a sieve, and then the next one, and so on. Cao Cheng couldn't help nodding.

"It is precisely in this way, Governor Wang has also witnessed with his own eyes that when thousands of troops on the battlefield form a tight and strong military formation, squeezing and colliding with each other, what is most needed is to be able to keep repeating a single tactical action. Instead of Ren Xia, who is superior in swordsmanship and good at dodging and maneuvering, although they are agile and good at stabbing, they are not only useless in a uniform military formation, but can even be said to be harmful. Unless they can really say that they have the power to go to heaven and earth, and can fly above people's heads. Tian Zhong continued, his eyes revealing disdain for those heroes.

"Since there is no need for those who are skilled in martial arts in the army, why do you need to practice martial arts every day?" Wang Yinglin asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Master Yuan Miao once said: boxing seems to be unprecedented, but the hands and feet, habitual limbs, this is the door to beginners." Ni Liang, who had been silent, interjected.

Everyone knows that Master Yuan Miao was born in Southern Shaolin, not only excellent martial arts, but also not an idle figure in the martial arts, the little emperor Ni Liang also learned the art of striking with him, and it is rumored that the bayonet technique in the army was arranged and pointed out by him. And if he said such things, it was basically equivalent to saying that the art of striking was useless in the army, and that it was only reduced to a movement of hands and feet.

"We pay attention to making the best use of things, and this is also the principle of employing people." Zhao Yu got up and poured tea for everyone, and then scooped water with a spoon and put it on the fire, "The army is divided into many arms, those who are good at water can enter the water army, those who are good at riding can enter the cavalry, and even those who are stupid can enter the baggage." Although it is difficult for those who are skilled in fighting to use their strengths when the two armies are facing each other, they are good at maneuvering and climbing, lurking and attacking the enemy, and can not only serve as the main general's escort to prevent the enemy's assassination, but also serve as scouts to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and intercept and kill the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry. ”

Zhao Yu still has a deep understanding of this, there is nothing special about the daily drills in the army, in addition to the basic shooting, queue, physical fitness, the practice of fist and foot kung fu is similar to the current military physical boxing, push-ups and other sports, the main role is to exercise physical flexibility, on the battlefield is useless. Historically, civilian weapons control was relatively lax, and fist and foot kung fu may have only been useful when someone sneaked up on someone while taking a bath, or suddenly turned his face and moved his hands while eating, and the ancients certainly did not spend too much energy practicing this skill that may not be used in a lifetime.

In the final analysis, the human body is still very fragile compared to weapons, and no matter how high your martial arts are, your ability to withstand damage is not much different from that of ordinary people. The kitchen knife is ruthless, whether it is an ordinary person or a hero, you have to kneel, let alone on the battlefield where guns and arrows are raining. And in the face of firearms, even if it is a small-scale conflict, no matter how superb the heroes are, in front of ordinary people with firearms, their martial arts are difficult to display, but they are afraid that they will be blown into scum before the posture is opened.

Therefore, after ordinary people join the army, they just practice their basic combat skills, hone their tactical cooperation with each other, and exercise their physical fitness, and do not play any tricks, supplemented by military discipline that is so harsh that it becomes a nightmare for the enemy. However, if you fight with your bare hands, or with empty guns without bullets, and Ren Xia one by one, I am afraid that you will die very ugly. Therefore, ordinary soldiers do not need superb individual martial arts at all, they are just part of the entire combat system, but when they are combined in the right way, they will undergo earth-shaking changes.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the large-scale use of firearms in warfare, the first-class capture rate of hand-to-hand combat became even lower. In the famous Battle of Huajie, Qi Jiguang killed more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers with 1,500 Ming troops, but only 300 were killed. In the classic siege battle of Pyongyang in the Battle of Wanli Korea, the Ming army of 40,000 killed 15,000 Japanese troops in Pyongyang to "less than 5,000", but only 1,285 were killed.

Therefore, for soldiers on the battlefield, it is more difficult to obtain the first rank in the era of firearms, and it is obvious that the system of judging military merits by the first rank also shows the current 'unfair' phenomenon, and even Wang Yinglin, who has always adhered to this system, feels that it is too harsh, and it can no longer play a role in boosting morale and motivating the enemy, and may also cause negative emotions in the army.

"Since the military merit has reached the point of extinction in name only, why is it so difficult to change?" Wang Yinglin listened for a long time, and knew in his heart that the generals in the army, including the little emperor, had already realized the drawbacks, and he believed that there were people in the court who knew about it. In fact, although the courtiers had different opinions, the little emperor did not implement the changes as strongly as before, which made him a little puzzled.

"Cao Langzhong, you have been in charge of this matter, and you know the pros and cons best, so let you talk about it!" Zhao Yu pointed at Cao Chengdao.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cao Cheng got up and saluted His Majesty and several Shangguan and said, "In fact, the predecessors have already discovered the drawbacks in terms of military merit at the first level. It is to criticize the Qi people for fighting only to compete for the first rank in exchange for rewards, and the result is that if the enemy is weak, it can barely be used; If the enemy is strong, then the soldiers will scatter and flee. In Xunzi's view, the first-level system that only grabs people's heads is actually 'soldiers who have lost the country'. Only then did he say: Therefore, the skill of Qi cannot meet the warriors of the Wei family; The warriors of the Wei clan can't meet the sharp soldiers of Qin!"

"Oh, there's so much meaning in it?!" Wang Yinglin is also a Jinshi, especially a good researcher of scripture and history, of course he knows this sentence. However, in the past, Xunzi's words were only understood literally, and did not think deeply from a military point of view, and the result was that the military merit head system was simply understood as grabbing people's heads, and the war was understood as a rabble fighting in groups. Therefore, he did not see more clearly that the system of military merit had played a counterproductive role in the cultivation of the army's collective concept and discipline, and after careful consideration, it did make sense, so he stretched out his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"There are two main drawbacks to the system of judging military merits by the first rank: First, when two armies clash on the battlefield, everyone must know who the enemy in front of them killed them, and it is even more difficult to tell who the original owner of the obtained head is, so there will be a situation where 'one thief is the head, and dozens of people will repay the merits'; second, it is really a very dangerous thing to cut off the head on the battlefield. Because everyone is going to cut off the head and grab the head, it is easy to be killed by the enemy. ”

"In addition, the first-class system is also extremely unfair to long-range support units such as crossbowmen, as the army is a well-organized group that requires a high degree of discipline and coordination. Without a healer, wounded soldiers could not be treated; Without an army of fire, everyone would have to go hungry; Without baggage, everyone would have to sleep in the wilderness, ammunition could not be replenished, and so on. Therefore, although some people did not directly participate in the battle, they also contributed to it, but because they could not cut off the enemy's head, it was naturally difficult for them to share the reward. ”

"Yes, there is a division of labor in the army, and there is no master above the battle array, if everyone competes, or the reward cannot take care of everyone. It is not surprising that the morale of the army is disheartened, competing for credit, and even killing the good and risking the merits! Wang Yinglin nodded and admitted that what he said was true.

"Generally speaking, the standard of first-level meritorious service is itself based on the reward of individual bravery, so if the restraint is not good, in addition to making it difficult to achieve absolute fairness to all branches of the army, it will also give rise to the situation of killing good and risking merit in war. The soldiers' competition for the first rank on the battlefield also often leads to delays in the fighters, and in serious cases, sometimes the military formation is chaotic because the soldiers compete for the first rank, thus giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. ”

"But if you don't judge military merit by your head, the soldiers naturally don't have the strength to fight. I led the troops to fight against the Western Xia people in the direction of Xu Xi, but I suddenly canceled the system of judging military merits by the first rank, and as a result, the soldiers had no heart to fight, and they were also defeated and died. This is the reason why the ancients also knew that there were many drawbacks in the first system, but they did not abolish it. Therefore, the army that can really win the war must build a more reasonable system of military merit first-level to stimulate the combat effectiveness of the army and soldiers, and at the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to avoiding the situation that everyone is going to grab the head and no one is fighting. Cao Cheng said to everyone......