In a military camp outside Anlu City, Yuwen Wen watched the three hundred soldiers in front of him with satisfaction, and behind him stood Yuwen Fifteen, Zhang Yu, Chen Wudi and other cronies, as well as Yang Ji, a 'hot-blooded good boy' with glowing eyes.

Yang Ji was born in the 45th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty as a person from Yizhou, Shandong, and in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Jiannu broke through Yizhou, and at that time, Yang Ji, who was in the bloody battle at the head of the city, was 25 years old, and then inexplicably possessed to a little beggar in the Northern Zhou Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, he was the same as Yuwenwen "Millennium Old Demon".

Yang Ji, who was bent on serving the imperial court and pacifying Jiannu, looked at the drill scene and was excited, in addition to almost zero actual combat experience, these soldiers in front of him were not inferior to the elite family members of the generals of the Ming Border Army.

Yu Wenwen, who had bad intentions and vainly tried to win the world 'for the sake of disaster', decided to let him assist in training the troops and teach Xin You knife techniques, which made Yang Ji, who had been hated in his previous life, boil his blood.

"The "Military Training Documentary" that you memorized by heart is going to come in handy."

"Obey the order!" Yang Ji solemnly saluted.

Before Yuwen Wen went to Chang'an to be a hostage in late July, he handed over his 300 pro-army to Chen Wudi and other five 'stupid and bold' to practice according to the plan, and now five months have passed, these 300 people have been reborn, and Yuwen Wen plans to use these 300 people as the backbone to expand the army after the year.

A few days ago, his father Yu Wenliang promised to let him expand the army to the scale of thousands of people, and all the food and salary were taken care of by the governor's office.

No matter how reliable the henchman is, outsiders can't compare to his son, Yuwenliang saw that the second son was eager to try to train the army, so he naturally supported it, but Yuwenwen said that he had to worry about how many people to recruit.

There are not many soldiers, and Jingyu Wenwen has no bottom on his command ability, and there is no walkie-talkie and loudspeaker on the ancient battlefield, and any accident may cause the collapse of the whole army, and if he can command 10,000 troops as his arm commands, then he is qualified to be called a famous general.

Seeing the completion of the drill, Yu Wenwen stood in front of the school and spoke: "My father knows that everyone has been practicing hard in the past few months, and the New Year is about to start tomorrow, and everyone will receive the same money to go home for the New Year!" ”

After the cheers subsided, he continued: "Lord Chen and the captains have already reported the list of outstanding personnel, and these people will be rewarded with five hundred yuan!" ”

"Remember the date of return, don't fall asleep, and don't sprain your waist when you go home and sleep with your mother-in-law!"

"Hahaha!" The soldiers laughed when they heard this, and the county magistrate was a little stricter, but he could be generous and generous, and he could finally have a good year when he went home this time.

After Yu Wenwen finished speaking, he set up a table in a corner of the school yard and turned into a good wealth boy, and personally handed out a hanging money to the soldiers who lined up to receive the reward, and he remembered the names and appearances of the three hundred soldiers, and he could chat a few words when he sent the money to the other party, which made the soldiers very moved.

The spirit of the army cannot be cohesive just by talking big, and Yu Wenwen insists on contacting the soldiers from all aspects to unite people's hearts.

Of course, there is also money and food to base up, which is no less than nearly four hundred yuan to be spent, and the governor's office is only responsible for daily consumption of food and salary, and Yu Wenwen can only pay for this kind of reward out of his own pocket.

In this year, after the generals made meritorious contributions to foreign battles, the emperor was overjoyed to give out rewards, most of which were 100,000 yuan, that is, 100 yuan.

Thanks to Liu Caiyun selling two glass mirrors a few days ago, he returned 6,000 yuan of funds (of which 3,000 yuan were silk cloth and silk equivalents), otherwise Xiyang County would have no choice but to give out eggs if he was shy in his pocket.

When it comes to the next training of recruits, the question is, how many soldiers to train, what kind of soldiers, and how much time does it take to become an army? Yu Wenwen thought about these issues for a long time when he was in Chang'an, and discussed them with Yang Ji countless times.

The first is the amount of training, that is, the size of the troops, which involves several questions: how many junior officers are there as the skeleton of the new army? How much can be provided and sustained in the long term?

Yu Wenwen had already prepared to cultivate the three hundred pro-army as seeds, and according to one person with one or even ten people, it would be counted as three thousand people, and the food and salary required for this number would be no problem with the support of the governor's office.

As for the military salary, Yu Wenwen intends to raise a high standard of not less than 750 wen per person per month (about three stone of leather grain in terms of rice), and increase it according to the different skills mastered, and the average monthly amount of money per soldier should be more than 3,000, and if it is calculated according to the scale of 3,000 people, it should be at least 3,000 yuan per month.

According to the army in 12 months a year, the military salary alone is at least 36,000 yuan, which is converted into a glass mirror with 12 faces, Yu Wenwen thinks that he can afford it in full at least next year, not to mention that the governor's office will bear part of the military salary at the average level.

If the price of goods soars during the period (mainly the price of rice), it will have to be discounted into grain, which does not matter, Yu Wenwen decided to take the family to the door of the governor's mansion to set up a stall to beg for food.

Secondly, what kind of soldiers are trained, is it a naval army, infantry, and cavalry? If you are a foot soldier, you can divide it into sword soldiers, archers, spearmen, and cavalrymen.

Yuwen Wen decided to train the infantry, because now the situation is dominated by the north, and the Chen State in the south Unless there is a strong naval army, the Yangtze River moat can play the dead, and Anzhou wants to gain a firm foothold, so it is imperative to defeat the imperial army from the north.

The most ideal for the cavalry of the Northern Dynasties is, of course, to play hedging against the cavalry, but now the horses in Anzhou are nervous, Yu Wenwen obviously can't afford to play, so he can only ride on foot sadly, so he has to train the infantry of the phalanx, and his goal is the Swiss phalanx,

The small number of cavalry on hand can be used to assist, for example, to patrol the perimeter when scouting or marching, and to grab heads when defeating the enemy.

The firearm can't be equipped on a large scale for the time being, so the 'Spanish phalanx' will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey, and the Swiss phalanx with a large number of pikemen as the mainstay, supplemented by a small number of crossbowmen and halberders, is the first choice.

There is also a wider range of questions about how long it takes to become an army: what is the standard for becoming an army, what is the intensity of training, what are the technical requirements of soldiers, and so on.

Since the army was built according to the model of the Swiss phalanx, the requirements for such military skills were much simpler: spear assassination, a few strong soldiers then practiced the chopping, stabbing, and hooking of halberds, and the crossbow was much easier to practice than archery.

Speaking of the intensity of the exercise, although Yang Ji didn't know what the 'Ruishi' phalanx was, according to the experience of his era, it would be good for the Ming border army to practice every five days, and the Qi family army would practice every three days.

It takes about a year for a new army to become an army, and as for the Qi family's army, this kind of training is pulled out in half a year to cut down the Japanese and win every battle, which is a miracle.

Yu Wenwen decided to train strictly for three days, take one day off and half a year to become an army, which will lead to a problem: the training is too frequent, the food must keep up, and a farmer who can't eat meat once a year will have to multiply the amount of food after daily drills.

If the number of soldiers is 3,000, there are probably 3,000 large rice buckets queuing up to eat, and doubling the amount of food per person is equivalent to providing food for 6,000 people.

The biggest problem is not this, but discipline, which is easier said than practiced, and even more difficult to do, like the Swiss phalanxes, who braved the rain of arrows without armor to keep the formation of the phalanx unchanged, and fought bloody battles with heavy casualties, and finally won in the end.

But Yuwenwen is going to take this thorny road, his command ability is unknown, and he does not expect to be able to take on the responsibility of independently commanding the army to fight, so if the big war comes, Yuwenwen's new army is likely to be an auxiliary army on the flank of the main army.

According to the tactical characteristics of the cavalry accustomed to attacking the enemy's flank and causing the opponent to collapse, the only way to play with the thousands of cavalry rushing over can only rely on the human and flesh spear formation, as long as the formation is completed and the disciplined spear formation can completely resist.

The 'Ruishi' phalanx, this is Yuwenwen's seemingly unrealistic ambition, this thing is really a walk-all before the Spanish phalanx comes out, as for the new army, I don't know how many achievements the combat effectiveness of the original Swiss phalanx can reach.

With a clear goal of building the army, everything is clear, according to a phalanx of 300 people, at least three phalanxes to go into battle, and the finished glyph combat is calculated as 900 square soldiers alone, and if possible, there will be an additional phalanx of the Chinese army/reserve army.

There are also archers who are indispensable for assisting phalanx battles, cavalry who respond, and melee hand-to-hand combat soldiers who Yang Ji is eager to try and practice-two-handed long sword soldiers, as well as auxiliary soldiers such as baggage soldiers and gang leader soldiers.

Yu Wenwen, who had no actual military experience, scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks for a long time before agreeing on the number of recruits with Yang Ji, Chen Wudi and others: 2,200 recruits plus the existing 300 pro-army, a total of 2,500 people.

In the first month, all the recruits were led by 300 'veterans' in the unified training queue, physical fitness and other basic subjects, and 100 people were selected from the new and veteran soldiers according to their performance to teach Yang Ji the "Xinyou Sword Method" of Qi Jiguang, the anti-Japanese hero of the Ming Dynasty, and 600 people were selected as archers and 300 people were selected as cavalry.

About 300 people who performed poorly were transferred to auxiliary troops such as baggage soldiers and gang leaders, so that 1,200 people were left as candidates for phalanx soldiers.

In the next five months, training courage, physical fitness, looking at the color of the flag, and listening to the military horn are compulsory training items for the whole army, and the long swordmen, archers, and cavalrymen will specialize in their professional skills in addition to the basic queue drills.

The phalanx soldiers practiced queue and spear assassination to the death, and the auxiliary soldiers still had to practice queue drill and spear assassination, but the intensity was not so high.

The intensity of the drill is too great, the soldiers can't stand it, but the intensity is low, and Yuwenwen can't stand it, so he wants to add salary, meat, and rice to take out rewards to force these recruits to play with their lives, as for the equipment, in addition to the auxiliary soldiers, all members are equipped with two armor as standard.

The plan looks good, but the manager Yu Wenliang has something to say!

"All of them are worthy of two armors?" Yu Wenliang almost pulled off his beard after hearing this, he looked at the list of supplies handed over by his second son and cried and laughed, what spears, sabers, rattan cards, more than 600 bows, and thousands of feather arrows on it were considered after all, they were due armaments.

But more than 2,000 people are all armored, so it's really a bit of a big deal, although it's only the most common two-dang armor, and what's going on with the unheard of 'super long spear' with a length of about two zhang?

More than 2,000 pieces of armor are not impossible to take out, if it is a cavalry, it must be matched, but Yu Wenliang feels that most of his son's training is a foot soldier, his life is like a mustard, there is no need to waste it so much, just have clothes to wear, and the officers above the team can be equipped with armor.

He felt that what Yu Wenwen said about the 'Ruishi' phalanx was a good thing, and it was true that the battlefield fought to resist the impact of the cavalry and needed a spear array, but his son was whimsical, and it was whimsical to rely on the phalanx holding the 'super long spear' to ride and kill in one step.

Not to mention anything else, the enemy sent sword players to push off their spears and crash into the battle to fight in close combat, how can you resist these new recruits with two-foot spears? The training is about to become an army in half a year, and when the battlefield comes, thousands of cavalry on the other side are roaring and rushing into battle, are you sure that these rice buckets can stand firmly?

If a horse collides with it, at least one or two spears will be broken in the phalanx, and when it encounters the kind of elite troops, the leader will lead and let two or three hundred dead soldiers crash into the formation, what kind of phalanx do you have, how many spears can be left?

What else is there to practice, three days off and one day off, it's just nonsense, even the elite under the governor's office is also practiced every five days, you toss the recruits so much, do you think that the other party doesn't dare to make trouble?

It's no problem for everyone to be full, but the absurd thing is that the monthly military salary per person is not less than 750 yuan, and the average military salary issued by the generals of various departments to the big head soldiers in these years is less than 500 yuan.

In addition, the reward is consistent on average per person per month, even if the governor's office pays a part, where do you get so much money to make up for the rest?

According to the monthly routine of nearly 3,000 guan per person, nearly 40,000 guan a year, with so much money, why don't you go and train cavalry!

"Isn't there not enough horses" Yuwen Wen greeted people with a smile, his three hundred pro-army was equipped with more than three hundred war horses, so he didn't ask for any more, after all, the generals of the three governors of An, Xiang, and Huang were also waiting for more horses, and he would not mix.

He had a hippie smile and grinded with his father for a long time, so that the old man nodded and agreed to accept his list of supplies.

There is also a basis for being so cheeky: who made me be your son pinch!

Yu Wenliang mainly didn't want to dampen his son's enthusiasm, and after the training was discussed, he asked interestingly: "What did you say, 'cement' and 'wheel kiln bricks', where did they come from?" ”