Three days later, Yongning County.

The rain is sprinkled in late autumn, the waves are melancholy and rippling, and there is a scene of slaughter.

The Guanyin Temple on the outskirts of Yongning City, the training ground of the Yongning regimental training camp has been drawn out by Wu Dalie, and now the half-collapsed temple has long been gone, and the scattered broken bricks and stones have also been completely emptied, replaced by a flat loess earth, surrounded by wooden villages, flags cover the sky, and the police are strict.

Because today...... It is the oath ceremony of "Yongning First Town".

On the high platform in the village, a large banner soaked in rain shook in the cold wind. Liang Zheng stood like an iron cast, staring at the audience for a moment, letting the rain on his forehead roll down like a bead.

Under the stage were neatly arranged sergeants, neatly lined up in a phalanx, all of which were spun from brocade in orange straight uniforms, decorated with shiny brass buckles, pure white armed belts, white boots, and beautiful three-cornered hats...... Of course, the front-loading smoothbore flintlock pistol, with its shiny bayonet, stood like a nail in the pouring rain.

Although his number was small, only five hundred, he stood up like a thousand troops.

This can be said to be the first modern army in the true sense of the Ming Dynasty.

Just as the silk uniform is made of brocade, the color of this military uniform is also chosen by Liang Zheng - because orange is the closest color to bright yellow.

Ming Huang represents the Son of Heaven, and only the Son of Heaven guards can use it, which Liang Zheng naturally knows, so he chose orange.

This is to silently tell his soldiers that entering the first town of Yongning is equivalent to becoming a guard of the Son of Heaven!

This is also for the sake of a sense of honor, just like the name of this military town......

"Yongning First Town" is to tell everyone that the regiment is full of Yongning people and increase the sense of teamwork of the soldiers.

Time back to a day ago, Liangfu Flower Hall.

"I know that other regimental exercises are advocating 'loyalty' and 'martial arts', which is of course excellent, but everyone will say this kind of big truth, but don't you think these things are too far away from the common people?" Liang Zheng looked at his two battalions faintly, "Our regimental training is all Yongning people, I tell everyone, the war is to defend Yongning, to defend their home, this is visible and tangible to them, it is a real thing, it is the most important thing for everyone, compared to those big truths, don't you think this kind of thing is more worthy of their hard work?" ”

"Young Master......"

"I've said many times that our team is about honor and discipline. To make everyone feel that the team is above life, they will work hard, and they will take the initiative to accept our almost rigorous training. Liang Zheng continued.

He also could not help but admit that the training he had formulated was almost devilish.

But it can't be helped......

Because what he wants to build is a modern army, and he adopts the most advanced linear tactics in the world today, which requires all soldiers to be able to see death as if they were at home, to be able to collapse in front of Mount Tai without moving, to be able to slash at the head with a saber but shoot calmly, and to be able to fall down one by one without moving their companions......

So he had to make his regiment drill and have a goal worthy of the soldiers' sacrifice.

"I see!" Su Qinghe and Xu Hu glanced at each other, and then suddenly realized.

I never thought that the young master's name for the group would include such deep considerations.

Time comes back to the present.

"I'm just going to tell you one thing." Liang Zheng spoke loudly, and his voice echoed in the empty field with a shocking force, "You are all Yongning people, and behind you is Yongning County!" Your parents, your wives, your children, hang from the muzzles of your guns...... There are still countless hopes of the people of Yongning! So even if you will face an enemy that is many times stronger than yours, no enemy, no matter how cruel, violent, and crazy it is, will be completely crushed in front of you! ”

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"I know I may not be able to name every single one of you, but I know you all have a common name, which is Soldier! All have a common belief called Yongning! ”

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"Some of you may fall and may never come back. But I want to tell you what every warrior has known since the beginning of the world – if you conquer fear, you will surely conquer death! ”

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The soldiers in the audience stood motionless like iron pillars.

However, with Liang Zheng's every loud shout, those eyes shot out with excitement and perseverance.

"Next, please Su Yingzheng announce military discipline!"

As soon as Liang Zheng's words fell, Su Qinghe strode towards the entrance of Jiangtai, and the huge school field was even more silent, so quiet that even the heartbeats of the soldiers could vibrate with exaggerated throbbing.

"Now declare the military order of the commander: those who do not wait for the order to advance and retreat before the battle and do not return to the army after the battle shall be beheaded; Those who retreat and whisper to each other in the face of review will be beheaded; If the report is untrue, and those who cheat and impostor will be beheaded; Those who flee on errands and are sick in battle will be beheaded; The first to scare away, slash! Those who disobey orders will be beheaded! Those who fail to rescue are killed, slash! ……”

Every word "chop" rolled through the hearts of every soldier like a thunderclap.

This was also arranged by Liang Zheng in advance.

Ci is not in charge of the soldiers!

After all, the most important test of the line tactical mode is discipline - discipline is higher than life, once people's survival instinct overrides discipline, the line will collapse immediately.

This is also the essence of the modern army that distinguishes it from the feudal army, because of the existence of the hierarchy, the feudal army has countless priorities that are much higher than the rules. But in Liang Zheng's army, honor and rules are supreme.

Therefore, in addition to using the spirit of defending the homeland to inspire everyone, Liang Zheng also formulated this almost cruel military rule, in addition to the eighteen prohibitions and eighteen beheadings, there are also whipping and stick punishment...... And all in front of everyone, to have a shocking effect.

"A soldier who has not been whipped is simply a blasphemous existence."

This is what Liang Zheng said to Su Qinghe personally.

Of course, in addition to the sense of honor, teamwork, and discipline, Liang Zheng also prepared a military salary that was far more generous than that of ordinary officers and soldiers in the guards: all soldiers who joined the army could receive 3 stone per month per person.

Don't underestimate these 3 stones, in the Chongzhen period, even the regular horse army of the imperial court, the annual salary is only 24 stones, and they are often empty.

This is also why the Ming army, which once beat the Mongolian iron horsemen, often did not fight so unbeatenly in the Chongzhen period, and could not bear the Manchu Eight Banners at all, and sometimes even collapsed at the touch of a button.

The soldiers don't have enough to eat, they have an empty stomach, but how can they fight?

And all of this is so that the soldiers can withstand the cruel training that follows, and on the battlefield where artillery is full of fire, they can truly be as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as immobile as a mountain, and forbidden words and deeds.

Secondly, Liang Zheng also referred to the Beiyang military system, selected 20 of the most elite soldiers to establish his own personal guard platoon, and assigned the remaining 480 people into two battalions, each battalion of four teams, with Su Qinghe and Xu Hu serving as the battalion leaders respectively, and formulated the basic infantry drill code:

Offensive Rules:

1. Obey the order to load the smoothbore gun;

2. Maintain the current formation and march close to the enemy formation;

3. Slow down the march at a distance of about 200 meters from the enemy's formation;

4. Stop at a distance of about 100 meters from the enemy formation;

5. Obey the order to aim the smoothbore gun at the enemy;

6. Each column shoots at the enemy formation, reloads, and fires again (repeatedly);

7. When the enemy formation is very chaotic and the formation is chaotic, obey the order and equip the bayonet;

8. Assault of the whole army.

Defence Code:

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This sounds a little simple, but for a soldier, it is not difficult to achieve. But it's hard to keep a queue on the battlefield of flesh and blood, making neat and uniform movements, and not being affected by the death music playing next to you.

"Listen up!"

On the high platform, dense raindrops had already wet Liang Zheng's military uniform, and the beautiful triangular hat was constantly dripping water......

However, he didn't realize it, his eyes swept down coldly, and the soldiers under his command held their heads high one by one, their eyes were not evil, and the huge school field was actually coughing and not listening.

For in every young body there is a solemn soul burning at this moment, and though their faces are different, they all write the same—

Fortitude!

"I'm a scholar, I shouldn't be standing here." Liang Zheng said loudly, "But since the imperial court has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, I have been given the title of thrift, and I am in charge of fighting thieves and thieves, so I can't help but do my best." Although the military regulations are cool, this general is willing to abide with you! Today, I put my words in this place - in this town army, starting from Liang Zheng, down to every soldier, without exception! ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the audience suddenly exploded, and everyone couldn't help but shoot a shocked look on their faces.

In ancient times, the more senior the general, the greater the privilege, and everyone was equal before military law, which was almost unimaginable, but since Liang Zheng made the concept of the supremacy of military regulations deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, he naturally had to start with "me", otherwise once there was an exception, then there would be a second and third ...... This "military regulation supremacy" is child's play.

So......

"Someone! Erect a monument! ”

In the thunderous roar, the iron plaque more than five meters high was pulled up and stood on the side of the gate, engraved with the eight characters of "below the military regulations, one crime is the same", like a silent giant beast, staring at the school field and staring into the soul of every soldier.

But Liang Zheng knew......

Today's work is just the beginning......

In order to make them truly have combat effectiveness, they can line up in a neat formation, even if the bow and arrow that covers the sky and the sun are shot from the opposite side, even if the people around them fall one by one, they are still not afraid, and they have become a well-equipped, well-trained, and high-quality army......

The next almost brutal training is the point.

Liang Zheng raised his head, looked at the hazy sky in the distance, listened to the thunderous cannon sound in the distance, and the pupils of his deep and secluded eyes bloomed with a brilliant light.