In ancient times, forced labor was another burden on the common people in addition to the regular tax, and sometimes it was even large enough to affect the fate of a family, such as Wu Dengke's case. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since the liberation of Zhejiang, Chen Wen has routinely reduced or exempted taxes in the disaster-stricken areas, and has also tried not to consume people's labor as much as possible, especially during the busy agricultural season. However, infrastructure construction still requires a lot of manpower, and coolie camps emerged in such an environment.

The coolies in the coolie battalion were all prisoners after previous wars, and there is even an unwritten saying that the uniforms of the Green Battalion soldiers were only worthy of the work clothes of coolies. From this, it can be seen that the coolie camp was originally a high-pressure place, and the troops monitored by the Ming army, the middle-level overseers, and the lower level of the overseers who used coolies to act as a cage formed a cage for the coolies.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance, and coolie camps are no exception. In the later period of Cao Conglong's rebellion, Cao Conglong, He Decheng and others released coolies to form an army to resist stubbornly. The outcome of the battle was still a crushing defeat, but the slaughter of the people who passed through them unleashed their bestiality under the pressure.

And with the gradual strengthening of the methods of the coolie battalion officers, under the combination of soft and hard, although the number of coolies increased, they were far more honest than at the beginning.

The renovation of official roads is being carried out in many places in Jiangxi. When the report on the completion of the official road between Guangxin Fucheng and Yushan County, which had been started first, was handed to Chen Wen's case, he still gave a special instruction to the Department of Missions.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first, have more children, and have more land."

On the official road of Linjiang Mansion in Jiangxi, Huang Chengming and a group of prospective recruits who were passing through here to report to the recruit training camp in Nanchang as soon as possible also paid attention to the banners on the side of the road while traveling.

This group of recruits who rushed to be trained were all recruited from western Jiangxi, and only after passing the primary election in their prefectures were they able to go to Nanchang under the leadership of the Ming army to receive recruit training. Recruited from Ganxi, most of them are also children of Ganxi, only Huang Chengming is an exception.

Different from these robes, Huang Chengming is a person from Baling County, the capital of Huguang Yuezhou, since the Qing army went south, Huguang wars are still frequent, not to mention the Qing army, the Ming army is also scattered military discipline. Huang Chengming and his family were forced to live in the mountainous areas of western Jiangxi and form a village to protect themselves with some fellow villagers who also avoided disasters from Huguang.

The days in the mountains are not easy, the land is barren, and there are many people who go into the mountains to avoid disasters, among which there are many scattered defeated soldiers who fall into the grass, which can be described as a mixture of fish and dragons. But compared with those important areas fought by the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is still safer, especially hiding in the mountains to keep clothes, which is something that can no longer be done in my hometown.

A few days ago, the Ming army regained Yuanzhou Mansion, and got the news from time to time, pondering that this was about to become the focus of the Ming and Qing armies' contention, Huang Chengming persuaded those fellow villagers to respond to the call of the Ming army. As for the reason, he had made a special trip to Yuanzhou Mansion before making a decision, and he had seen with his own eyes that the military discipline of this Ming army was strict, and it was by no means the same as those Ming and Qing armies in Huguang. Moreover, since this Ming army was able to enter Jiangxi from Zhejiang, it was also extremely strong, coupled with the system of awarding fields for military merits, it did not impress him at all.

Relying on the physical fitness that he has practiced in the mountains over the years, the primary selection is not difficult, although he was not a scholar in his hometown, but he also opened Mongolia and knew some words, so he was able to go to Nanchang for training in the first batch.

"There are many sons and many blessings, and more land can be harvested, and after the road is repaired, the grain can be sold for silver, which makes sense."

Huang Chengming nodded, but he didn't rub under his feet, and still followed in the queue. As a matter of fact, the policy of calling on the people to come out of the mountains and forests to the areas actually ruled by the government has long been implemented, and many people in Jiangxi's prefectures and counties have also come out of the mountainous areas where they were hiding and returned to their hometowns to resume farming. This trend is even more obvious when the policy of exempting taxes from the summer and autumn of this year spreads.

After Huang Chengming's team of recruits arrived at the recruit training camp in Nanchang, they were re-dispersed, and the first thing they received was the basic training of the recruits.

According to Qi Jiguang's views on military training: first, training, the first horse, the second step, the second car, and the second baggage; The first selection is the team, the second is the art, in short, the joint venture. Second, it is said to practice courage, so that it is clear to stop advancing and retreating, and to subordinate and help each other. The third is to train the ears and eyes, so that the command is clear. Fourth, practice hands and feet, so that you can master the skills. Fifth, the camp formation is practiced, and the positive changes of the formation's departure, camp and confrontation are arranged in detail. Finally practice. Follow it more.

The basic training of the boot camp is, first of all, to give clear orders and know the class, and these are contained in the basic parade division and march. Of course, at the beginning, they still have to figure out those basic things, such as left and right, and at the same time accept the concept that military merit can be obtained by joining the army, and military merit can be divided into land.

At the end of the ten-day basic training, many things can be obtained the most basic understanding, after the division of the troops, the soldiers were once again dispersed to different recruit teams, two rounds, Huang Chengming's team is no longer the same as the original Nanchang robe, and he was also assigned to the firearms team.

"Hold steady!"

With the light sound of a whip on his buttocks, Huang Chengming shook slightly, and quickly moved his sore arms slightly with this action, and then returned to the posture of the trainer professor.

This training officer is a veteran of the Dongyang battalion, and he was injured when he was defending Jinhua Mansion last year, and he was unable to go into battle, so he was arranged to be a training officer in the recruit training camp. The training officer himself has been in battle, and the requirements for recruits are also very strict, Huang Chengming and they also gave a nickname behind their backs, especially this Lord Yama and the military judge in charge of this area stand together, in their eyes, they are the two major kings of the ten halls of Hades.

"How many times have you said it, firecracker, first of all, you have to stabilize the firecracker. The arm is unstable, and as soon as the recoil at the time of firing comes, the projectile hits the sky, where does it come from. ”

As he spoke, the trainer whipped the other soldier again.

By now, the recruit had taken on a third of the team's whip, and the trainer seemed to be particularly fond of getting him into trouble.

is familiar with each other, and Huang Chengming also knows that behind this silent endurance, this recruit is indeed different from them. The difference is that they are recruits recruited from ordinary people, but this recruit is a green battalion soldier anyway, originally from the Ningbo Green Battalion, and their chief soldier Zhang Hongde surrendered to the king of Huiji County, and they were rearranged to the recruit training camp for training. In the name of beauty, back to the furnace.

The process of returning to the furnace is not good, although those green battalion soldiers are all veterans, but there are many problems with the green battalion and the veterans' oil, and the training officers do not like this kind of Qing army very much anyway, one is that it was originally hostile, but now it has to be included in it, and on the other hand, it is trouble.

In between training, the recruits can drink saliva and relieve their breath, which can be regarded as a combination of work and rest. In the past few days, my arm is not as sore as the first day, but looking at the distance where someone has already started to put a gun, I said in my heart that it would be false if it is not itchy.

"Report."

"Say."

"Training officer, may I ask you, when can we start the live-fire training?"

As soon as these words came out, the recruits in the same team immediately put their ears up. Unexpectedly, the training officer plugged the stopper of the kettle, but said with a cold smile: "Look at the live ammunition over there, the eyes are greedy?" ”

"It's a little, hehe."

Huang Chengming knows some words, this is an advantage, compared to other recruits, the training officer also looks up to him on weekdays. Seeing that he was a little embarrassed at this moment, the trainer did not speak with a whip, and stretched out his finger to the live firing training ground in the distance.

"This batch of recruits, who have not yet started their live-fire training, are all practicing their guns, and some of them who came earlier than you are at most practicing the loading steps. As for them, they are all veterans, who have come to be trained in new firearms. ”

"New firearms?"

"That's right! It is heavier than the Lumi gun in the column, and the projectile is also heavier, and the new gun has a longer range. With that, the training officer picked up the whip, pointed at the recruits and shouted, "At your current level, I'm afraid that the recoil will knock you into the air." I didn't learn how to walk, so I wanted to run. It's time to rest, so don't grind and keep training! ”

In the distance of the training field, the distance between the shooter and the target is very long, far beyond the effective range of the Rummy Gun or Bird Gun. The weapon they trained was the Turtledove Foot Gun, which had been developed last year and entered mass production this year. And this time the expansion was also carried out by the way.

It's just that although the range of heavy arquebuses is longer, compared with light arquebuses, not only do they need brackets to assist in shooting, but they are also more laborious to reload, and the rate of fire will inevitably be affected, so the Ming army is only equipped with firearms according to a certain proportion, rather than completely replacing Lu Mi guns.

At the same time, the establishment of archers was also about to be withdrawn from the barracks of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang. In the final analysis, the effect of projectile is good for unarmored soldiers, and the killing effect of enemy armor is much worse, and it is even better to let the firecracker practice rat warfare.

The number of archers was abolished, and in addition to the problem of lethality, training was also a big problem. If you want to train a qualified archer, it will take two or three years, and the archers before the army basically have archery experience at home, especially those hunters, and farmers who have made cameo appearances in the field of hunters, they themselves have experience in using bows and arrows, and it doesn't take too long to form combat effectiveness, otherwise it will take a long time except for a few exceptions.

The training time of this weapon is surprisingly short, and the mechanical operation is as long as the brain and muscles adapt to the sequence of each step, and a musketeer is born.

It was not only Huang Chengming and these firecrackers who were sweating like rain on the training ground, due to the expansion and change of the original establishment, the establishment of the Mandarin Duck Array was reduced, and although the original battle bureau composed of the Mandarin Duck Array killer team could be directly transferred to the new battalion, the training pressure of the spear formation was still very great.

Fortunately, the weapons of the spear formation are relatively simple, and they do not emphasize cooperation as much as the Mandarin Duck Formation, and the time for weapon training is relatively short, more time can be used in the queue, and the speed of forming combat effectiveness is also faster.

This is true for infantry, and sappers are not very time-consuming even for farmers with experience in hunting, but the training of cavalry and artillery is much more difficult.

In the First Battle of Yushan, the cavalry of the Qing army played little role in the process of hand-to-hand combat, and the reason for this result was that the terrain problems such as mountains, forests, rivers, and paddy fields in the south still limited the play of the cavalry of the Qing army.

However, this situation could not be the case forever, and even the Manchus in Zhejiang and Jiangnan had to reduce the cavalry in the local green battalion to a pitiful proportion of one-tenth, but the situation in other provinces was very different. Especially after the great plain of Chang**** Pingchuan, the water system is far less than that of the south, and the cavalry advantage of the Qing army can be more perfectly played, so Chen Wen has always paid great attention to the training of cavalry.

However, he knew very little about the cavalry of the Middle Ages, and for the time being, he could only let those experienced subordinates explore on their own.

The same happened with artillerymen. At the beginning of the army in Dalanshan, the Nantang battalion did not have an artillery establishment at all, but the Qing army did, not only that, but it was encountered in the first field battle. That one was overcome, but it also made Chen Wen realize his own shortcomings. So from then on, he was trying his best to strengthen the combat effectiveness of artillery.

Since the beginning of using captured gunners to bring their own gunners, to later with Yu Shizhong, who had a preliminary understanding of artillery, went south, the artillery of the Ming army began to catch up with those peers of the Qing army in aiming technology, and then Chen Wen acquired and translated Western military and mechanical books, and further strengthened the artillery aiming technology from books such as "Western Law Divine Machine" and "Fire Attack Essentials", the gunners of the Ming army became more and more accurate in shooting, and almost every time the Qing army engaged the Ming army, they would find that they had been improved again.

In addition to aiming technology, the use of fixed charge packs increased the firing speed of the Ming army, and granulated gunpowder increased the power and range of artillery bombardment, and now there are mortars as a means of siege. Along the way, it can be said that from scratch, from there to fine!

It's just that the more specialized each branch of the military is, the lower Chen Wen's understanding of each type of military is. However, after thinking about it, specialization will inevitably lead to the refinement of the division of labor, and he does not need to pay attention to everything, and besides, the current size of the army, it is unrealistic to do everything personally, as long as the general direction is controlled.

Chen Wen, who is in Jiangxi, as long as he is in Nanchang and does not go to the neighboring prefectures and counties to inspect, he will inevitably go to the new barracks to inspect every morning. It's just that today, but a sudden visit has put the scheduled itinerary on hold.