Sun Yuan continued: "Actually, if you only train a few family soldiers, a single musketeer is enough. (Marshmallow provides Txt free download) Even if there is a big war, my Ningxiang army goes out with the Dahewei army, as a supplement to it, it is also good

。 It's a pity that my Sun Yuanzhi is not here. Therefore, a single branch of the army is unacceptable. ”

"In the future, the Ningxiang Army should have a musket unit, an artillery unit, a moderate amount of light cavalry, and light and heavy armored infantry, which account for the vast majority. In this way, the far, medium, and near, plus mobile raid troops are all fully equipped. I roughly calculated that in order to complete the army, the number of people should be between four thousand and five thousand. ”

"Ah, general......" Fei Hong didn't expect Sun Yuan's ambition to be so ambitious, four thousand to five thousand, this should be the strength of a battalion of the border army. () Plus the auxiliaries and the people, how can this be more than 20,000. With the combat effectiveness of the Ningxiang Army, this is already comparable to a small military town with little power.

Sun Yuan continued: "It's going to be an unprecedented battle soon, and since we're here, it's estimated that sooner or later we will be sent to the battlefield again." To be honest, with our current situation, I am not optimistic that the Ningxiang Army will have a good end. The battle of Qingliu Pass was a risk, and now that I think about it, I am still in a cold sweat. It only takes a difference, and we are the ones who are afraid that the whole army will be wiped out that day. Indeed, with the firepower of our musketeers, it was simply not enough to hold the enemy in front of the formation. And the infantry we encountered in the previous battle, think about it, during the battle of Qingliuguan, if the enemy did not fall into chaos at the beginning, but organized a cavalry to carry out a counter-raid on me, can we resist it? ”

The more Fei Hong listened, the more frightened he became, his face turned pale, and he muttered: "I can't resist it at all, it's a one-sided massacre." ”

Sun Yuan nodded: "Yes, it's definitely a one-sided massacre." If the estimate is correct, from now until the decisive battle, there will be about ten days, and it may be too late to reorganize the army now, but at least it can give our army a certain defensive capability. ”

"How to connect, ten days is too short."

"You come with me."

Sun Yuan entered the room with Fei Hong, and then took out a pen and paper and drew it: "This is a musketeer, it should be placed in the center of the phalanx, in fact, the cannon should be fired, but I don't have a cannon, so there is nothing to do." () A platoon of spearmen must be placed in front of the musketeers, as well as sword and shield men. When the enemy attacks our troops, shoot with muskets first. Wait until the enemy is close to our main formation, and then keep stabbing forward with spearmen. ”

While drawing, Sun Yuan explained several variations of this spear phalanx. In fact, this was already the prototype of the European spear phalanx of the same era.

Fei Hong listened carefully, looked at it for a long time, nodded and said: "This method is feasible, at least it can give our army the ability to protect itself."

。 The question, though, is the training of spearmen...... Is 10 days enough? And, if the captives were to be spearmen, would it be appropriate? ”

Sun Yuan thought for a while: "I'm afraid that one of the musketeers in my Ningxiang is going to put down the musket in his hand and become a spearman, doesn't each hundred-man team of our army have two general flags and twenty small flags." It should not be difficult to draw half of the middle and lower rank officers out to be spearmen, and then bring some of the backbone over, and form a spearmen army. ”

"In this way, more than 100 officers will have to be drawn over. The general wants to enrich a thousand spearmen, and they use all the recruits who have not been trained by our army, is it okay? ”

"It's done, the old brings the new, no problem. As soon as you go down, you will be able to draw a thousand available strong men from the captive camp, and then train them according to my method. Haven't you heard a saying? A veteran can bring seven new recruits, so that the combat effectiveness of the troops can be basically maintained and will not drop too much. Seeing the embarrassment on Fei Hong's face, Sun Yuan comforted him and said, "Old Fei, don't look at things so hard. In fact, spearmen are the best trained and least valuable class of troops in the army. We are not training martial arts masters, soldiers go into battle, they can form a formation, and then listen to the officer's orders to do it. ”

Sun Yuan: "Left and right are just stabbing forward, stabbing left, stabbing to the right, taking a step forward, taking a step back and a few moves, what's so difficult?" ”

Fei Hong laughed angrily at Sun Yuan's words: "General, do you really want to train spearmen like this?" ”

"It's too late, and that's the only way to go, otherwise what else can I do?" Sun Yuan spread his hands: "After this battle, let's slowly train after returning to Ningxiang!" How to make the recruits obey orders, we can sum up a whole set of experience, it doesn't seem difficult for you Fei Hong, right? ”

Fei Hong thought for a while: "It's not difficult, it's really not difficult." It is nothing more than starting from the queue and starting from daily housekeeping. If they are all recruits, it is indeed not easy to start from scratch. But after mixing in a certain number of veterans and a large number of officers, the problem is simple. When we first trained the Ningxiang Army, it took about two months. This time, ten days was a little shorter, but at least it would allow the spearmen to stand on the battlefield and not let the ducks go as soon as they saw the enemy. ”

Sun Yuan: "It is enough to be able to stand on the battlefield, have a spit in your mouth, not panic in your heart, and be able to stab the spear forward according to the officer's command." The spearmen only need to protect our army's large array, and leave the matter of killing and wounding the enemy to the musketeers behind the spearmen. ”

"Even if they can only pretend, it's still a human wall!" This is also a method that Sun Yuan has come up with day and night in the past few days.

In the battle of Qingliu Pass, on the surface, he won a big victory, but after thinking about it carefully, Sun Yuan was secretly frightened

。 In that war, my luck was too good. You can't rely on luck to hold on to such a thing as war.

I used to be too naïve to think that a single musketeer could fight all over the world, but now it's time to make a change.

Speaking of this, Sun Yuan asked again: "By the way, Fei Hong, is the army's guns and ammunition still enough?" ”

It's okay that he didn't ask, but when he asked, Fei Hong sighed: "The general finally wants to ask about this, but in fact, the situation is very bad." ”

Sun Yuan was shocked in his heart: "Tell me." ”

Fei Hong: "The guns made by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty are really bad, but my Ningxiang Army's is not much better, and this battle has made a lot of damage." Even if it doesn't break it, it probably won't last long. ”

Fei Hong explained for a long time, and Sun Yuan understood. The main problem with firearms is in the bolt and barrel.

The barrel is made of wrought iron, and after a long period of use, it will become red and soft, and finally deformed. As for the reeds on the bolt machine, they also lose their elasticity. The muskets of the Ningxiang Army are of a uniform size, and the parts can be interchanged. But the problem is that after that fierce battle, there are not enough parts. By now, there are people with empty hands.

Fei Hong: "Speaking of which, it's time for the general to form spearmen,"

Sun Yuan sighed: "I also ignored it at the time, but I didn't want this musket to be so careless." ”

Fei Hong: "By the way, what's the point about this spear?" ”

Sun Yuan: "It's not important, it doesn't matter if the material of the gun barrel, steel or iron is used for the gun head, it can stab people to death, but it has to be long." ”

"How long."

"Five meters."

"It's too long, you can't use it on the battlefield at all!" Fei Hong took another breath of cold air: "If you are approached by the enemy, it will be another massacre. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, you'll know when you get to the battlefield, just practice according to my method."

"Alright then, the last general will obey." Fei Hong reluctantly gave up his hand.

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