"I've forgotten the formation for a long time, right~~" Song Youliang sighed helplessly, "It's scattered~~It's all scattered~~" The last time I was able to destroy Bantianyue, most of them relied on the taste of the same enemy, but after all, it was only a group of horse thieves. Song Youliang clearly remembered that in September of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Qing army would cross the Great Wall and enter the customs, and then ravage Shandong for half a year, and retreat north after breaking through Jinan. In order to save the life of the family, it is necessary to train a strong army.

As soon as they heard that they could be disbanded, the veterans immediately dispersed in a hurry, and it seemed that these veterans could not count on it, so they could only train a new army. Speaking of military training, Pan Yuzhu and Shen Buqi were very excited, Pan Yuzhu took out a few books from Sun Heding's salute: "Actual Record of Military Training" and "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness"; But what Shen Buqi brought was a few albums.

"The Actual Record of Military Training" and "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" are both masterpieces of the famous general Qi Jiguang in the late Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youliang, who is a fan of the army, has long read them. As for Shen Buqi, he brought several picture albums, all of which he got from the Portuguese, and the military textbooks used by Europeans at that time. Song Youliang took the picture album brought by Shen Buqi and looked at it, it turned out to be a training album of the Spanish infantry phalanx and a training album of the European cavalry, and even a teaching album of how to control artillery.

For example, in the 40-year Battle of Huajie in Jiajing, the Qi family army killed more than 1,000 Japanese invaders, and only three casualties were inflicted. Throughout the 16th century and the middle of the 17th century, the Spanish phalanx was invincible throughout Europe.

After some discussion with Pan Yuzhu and Shen Buqi, Song Youliang finally decided to use the "Practical Record of Military Training" and "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" for military selection and training, and the Spanish infantry phalanx for tactics. It's just that the Spanish phalanx needs a large number of muskets, and the number of firearms in Haiyang is extremely limited at the moment.

Shen Buqi patted his chest, "Don't worry, Childe, the matter of making a fire gun will be wrapped in Shen~~ As long as there are enough materials and manpower~"

Pan Yuzhu shook his head, interrupted Shen Buqi, and said, "Bu Qi don't make a mistake, how can you build a firearm in large quantities if you want to?" The Ming Dynasty was relatively strict in the management of firearms in the army, and when Xuande was five years old, there was an edict: "The gods, the importance of the country, in the border fort, the amount of strong military might, do not give lightly." "In the sixth year of orthodoxy, the border generals Huang Zhen and Yang Hongli were placed in Xuanfu Dushi. The emperor made firearms externally, fearing that the transmission of habits would leak and stop it. It was not until the 36th year of Jiajing that Jizhen was allowed to manufacture fast guns, lead bullets and gunpowder for the main and guest officers and soldiers. In general, when producing firearms, the general capital guards must obtain the approval of the imperial court, and only make some "lower" hand-held guns. For example, the word "victory", "Tianwei", "column" and other gods can only be made by the military battle bureau.

In the end, Song Youliang still felt that Qi Jiguang's method was adopted, and the soldiers mainly practiced the Mandarin Duck Formation and the Sancai Formation, but the musket drill continued. Song Youliang felt that it was impossible to eat a fat man in one bite right now, and the elite soldiers were not all trained from recruits? However, soon Song Youliang discovered that in order to train elite soldiers, it is not only necessary to have good training methods, but also to use a large amount of silver as a foundation. For example, a large number of raw materials he entrusted Gu Yushan to buy were used to make weapons, armor, and military uniforms and banners.

Song Youliang's initial plan was to create a professional standing army that would be completely detached from agriculture or handicraft production. First of all, the issue of the establishment of the army, Song Youliang decided to adopt the method of the establishment of the Hunan army: with 26 military households surnamed Song, Jiang, Xu, Zhang, Ma, Li, Liu, Xu, Yu, Sun, Yang, Ju, Chang, Zhao, Wang, Zuo, Fu, Jia, Lu, Chen, Bao, Xie, etc., recruited candidates from clans, relatives and friends, and then after several screenings and additions, it took a month to finally form an army, divided into 50 small flags, 10 general flags, 5 team leaders, a total of 505 people. Song Youliang appointed himself as the commander, and among the officers at all levels, except for ***, who is a foreigner and Pan Yuzhu, who is slightly less qualified, the rest are the descendants of the old military families of Haiyang.

In addition to the combat unit, Song Youliang was also equipped with a hundred workers. The duty of the workers is to open roads and build bridges when encountering water in the mountains, bury pots and make meals, and set up camps, which is equivalent to the role of the current sappers. If you camp in the wilderness, there are soldiers on guard outside, and you will camp inside. At that time, for this kind of work in the army, one was to directly arrange soldiers to work, which would greatly consume the physical strength of soldiers and directly affect combat effectiveness. The second is to requisition the common people on the spot, and even demolish the houses of the common people to build military camps, and the people are very angry. In addition to their great strength, they generally have experience in civil engineering. According to the military regulations of the new army, even if you stay in a place for only one night, you must build a strong camp.

The second part is recruitment

Song Youliang also referred to Qi Jiguang's two criteria for selecting soldiers: one is to pay attention to the composition of soldiers, "do not use people who are slippery in the city", "do not use treacherous people", "can only be honest people in the countryside", "can be used to people who are used to fighting"; The second is to pay attention to the quality of soldiers, and select those who are physically imposing, physically strong, superb in martial arts, quick in response, and courageous. The so-called "boldness", that is, the "spirit" of people, is hidden in people's hearts. Courageous soldiers have the courage to endure hardships and be diligent in martial arts training in peacetime, and brave and not afraid of sacrifice in wartime. In ancient times, one of the criteria for judging a person's courage was whether the voice was loud enough, and the person with a loud voice was also bold.

The next step is to follow the example of the Hunan army in later generations, and officers at all levels recruit soldiers on their own, which can alleviate the contradictions between officers and soldiers to the greatest extent and achieve the unity of officers and soldiers. However, officers are responsible for the soldiers they recruit and act as their guarantors. If there is desertion or defection among these soldiers, the officers who recruited them will be jointly and severally liable. Therefore, the officers were also very careful when recruiting soldiers, and no one dared to joke about their future. Since these new troops were completely out of production, they had to be paid higher salaries in order to eliminate their worries about providing for their families. Ordinary soldiers have 2 stone of food per month, 3 stone of small flags, 4 stones of general flags, 4 stones of team leaders, and other clothes, hats, armor, weapons and ordnance, death and wound pensions, daily drills, and so on. When Sun Hejing, who was in charge of logistics, calculated a detailed account, the huge number made Song Youliang's hands tremble

Some of the soldiers claimed that they had never worn clothes without patches since they were children, and that when they put on the new uniforms, they walked writhingly, causing others to laugh.

Xu Erduo flew up and kicked the soldier's buttocks, kicked him to the ground, and scolded with a smile: "Boy, practice seriously, follow Song Gongzi, don't talk about wearing new clothes, even if you marry a new daughter-in-law~~"

The crowd burst into laughter