A few days later, Han Cheng, Ma Xiong, Feng Kezong and others led six or seven thousand high-quality soldiers recruited from Jiangbei and Yiwu to Nanjing successively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Zhaoji, the teacher of the imperial camp, slowly passed in front of the recruits, more than 10,000 recruits, all from different backgrounds, including miners, village farmers, slender men, village warriors, and even some rich gentry and daughters, they didn't care about the amount of food, but they were optimistic about the future of the imperial camp guards, so they joined the recruitment.

Liu Zhaoji, the former commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was a fierce general who dared to fight with the Tartars, and once trained the battalions of Ningyuan's battalions for Hong Chengchou, and it was rare that he was quite loyal and brave. Donglin opposed Zhu Youhua's meddling in the appointment of the court's officials, civil and military, and Zhu Youhua did not have enough power to suppress the Donglin Party for the time being, so he could only take a roundabout road, pulling Liu Zhaoji into the pro-army system of the Son of Heaven, and appointed a position of imperial camp instructor and counselor in military affairs with the rank of Zhenger, mainly responsible for formulating regulations, training pro-army, teaching the art of war and tactics and other military affairs.

After taking a closer look, Liu Zhaoji was generally satisfied in his heart, some of these people were strong, some were yellow and thin, and some were even unclothed and unkempt, but they were full of energy, and there was no oil on their faces, and they looked very pleasing to the eye, which met Qi Dashuai's selection standards.

"Doctor Sun."

Sun Yimin, who was accompanying Liu Zhaoji, was originally a medical officer with good medical skills in the Tai Hospital, but this time he was specially sent by Zhu Youhua to serve as the chief military medical officer, and when he was called, he immediately stepped forward and said: "The lower official is here!" ”

"First take them to the doctors for a physical examination, and if they pass the physical examination, they will be taken to the mixed hall for a bath, and then they will be assigned to the barracks, and their heads must be washed so that there are no fleas and lice." Liu Zhaoji commanded in a deep voice.

After Sun Yimin received the order, he commanded the guards to lead them one by one to check the health of the doctors, and found out that there were hidden diseases and infectious diseases, and after the physical examination, he took them into the open-air bathhouse that was temporarily erected to take a bath, and after taking a bath, each of them was given a set of brand-new cotton clothes and pants, flat shoes, and a boxed lunch.

As soon as everyone got the lunch box, they couldn't wait to open the lid of the box, and the thick rice porridge in the lunch box was covered with a fragrant fried egg and a few pieces of braised pork.

When everyone had finished eating, it was getting dark, and the guards drove them all into the barracks, and told them to sleep well, and everything would be said tomorrow morning.

The recruits didn't expect that they would be able to eat so well on the first day of entering the barracks, and they were very happy in their hearts, thinking that they might become a pro-army of the Son of Heaven in the near future, which was both decent and well-treated, and many people were so excited that they couldn't sleep, pinching their legs to see if they were dreaming, until the night guard came over with a whip, he reluctantly closed his eyes, and then gradually fell asleep with infinite longing for the future.

After hastily placing the recruits, the generals of the imperial camp held a centralized meeting of the Imperial Camp Pro-Military Division (the former pro-army guard town yamen has been changed to the Imperial Camp Pro-Military Division).

On the second day, Zhang Tanggong, the commander-in-chief, asked for His Majesty to see him on behalf of the generals of the Imperial Battalion, and Zhu Youhua immediately summoned him into the palace.

Quickly stepping into the main hall, Zhang Tanggong knelt down the mountain and shouted long live, full of energy, quite energetic, Zhu Youhua admired his vitality, waved his hand and retreated the eunuch palace maid who was attendant, and then asked him to get up and reply, waiting for Zhang Tanggong to get up, chuckled and said: "How is it, is the recruitment of the imperial camp pro-army still going well?" ”

Zhang Tang said: "Back to the Holy Lord, 10,000 Praetorian guards have been successfully recruited, and there are one or two thousand more men and horses as a supplement to the eliminated sergeants. ”

Zhu Youhua nodded and chuckled: "Aiqing is really thoughtful. ”

Zhang Tanggong continued: "At present, there are two school fields in Nanjing, one is by the Qinhuai River and the Xiangshui River, with more than 900 acres of land, and the other is in the northwest of the city, which was set up at the beginning of the country, and is only more than 300 acres of land. ”

"There are not many guards, the big one is left to the capital camp, the small school field is very close to the palace, and it is convenient to guard the palace while training the guards."

"The minister still has something to do."

"Say."

"How should the training regulations of the Imperial Camp and the Pro-Army be drawn up?"

"The drafting of the training charter, as well as military matters, if you don't understand, you can consult General Liu (Liu Zhaoji), you will participate together, the time is urgent, three days later, the charter will be drawn up, give me a look, I will delete and improve it as appropriate."

"Obey."

After three or four days of intensive deliberation and improvement, the imperial camp generals formulated a training charter and handed it over to Emperor Zhu Youhua for review, and Zhu Youhua deleted some of the contents of the charter as appropriate according to his own understanding. In the end, it was decided and promulgated.

The specific courses of military training are six subjects: etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Xueli is actually a brainwashing process, mainly to teach them some ways to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and the purpose of this is naturally to better control this future Su Wei pro-army, and become Zhu Youhua's crusade against the subordinates and the sharp blade of the Tartars.

Xuele is to teach them some military songs and military salutes, one is to enhance the cohesion of the army, but also as a kind of relaxation, and the class time is relatively small.

Learning archery and imperial this piece is the focus, on the surface is to learn archery and horseback riding, in fact, it is to teach the imperial camp pro-army martial arts and military tactical tactics, in view of the fact that there are more Zhejiang soldiers in the army, it is rare that there are no bad habits of the old army, and the prestige of the Qi family army is also known all over the world. Liu Zhaoji strongly suggested that Qi Jiguang's military training method should be used to train the imperial camp and pro-army, and Zhu Youhua adopted it after careful consideration.

Zhu Youhua, a history lover and pseudo-military fan in his previous life, devoted himself to studying Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", "Actual Record of Military Training", "Miscellaneous Collection of Military Training Records" and other military techniques, and there is no lack of theoretical knowledge.

In fact, according to Zhu Youhua's view, in the current era, as long as Qi Jiguang's military training methods are strictly followed, the discipline is strict, the grain and grass are sufficient, and the weapons are excellent, in this oriental world, it is enough to be invincible in the world.

Of course, some good things in the army in modern times and later generations can be slowly improved and integrated into the war after they are familiar with military affairs. At present, he decided to follow Liu Zhaoji's suggestion and strictly follow Qi Dashuai's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "Practical Record of Military Training" and other military books for training, and what is practical is the best.

From Qi Dashuai's military book, Zhu Youhua gradually understood the complexity and profundity of the cold weapon tactics, from sentinel to engagement, it is a very huge project, from the exploration of horses to the formation of the team, in the absence of modern means of communication, it is necessary for the generals to understand and analyze the enemy's situation, and then according to the terrain, as well as the mastery of their own side's maneuverability, through the flag to give orders, slowly spread out, and when the battle, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people have all been deployed, this alone, it will take a lot of effort to learn. Coupled with the usual training, battalion management, military weapons, grain and grass, and then there are golden drums and flags, it is really not easy to think about it!

Fortunately, with a battlefield veteran like Liu Zhaoji, Zhu Youhua doesn't have to worry too much about the training quality of the new army, as the emperor, he just needs to control the overall situation.