After a few days, the recruitment plan in Ganzhou Town did not go well. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoZhang Yunli and others, who went to other prefectures and counties to recruit troops, have not yet returned, and do not know their situation, but Pang Yue, who stayed around Ganzhou to recruit troops, has gained very little, and three days have passed, and only less than 700 young men have been recruited, which is still under the premise of Qian Lu's strong cooperation. In the face of such a situation, Pang Yue also felt a little helpless, he knew that although the loss of young and middle-aged people in the south was not as serious as in the north, the official army in this era had a somewhat bad reputation, and he did not have enough capital to attract people to join the army, so it was reasonable that he could not recruit many people. However, Pang Yue still did not give up, and with the idea of recruiting one more person, he continued to send several groups of people to the nearby countryside and mountainous areas to recruit troops.

In the past few days, Pang Yue took advantage of his free time to think about the question of recruit training. For an army to grow from a rabble to a division of tigers and wolves, then the harsh training in peacetime is indispensable, especially the training of new recruits is particularly important. Although Pang Yue had never been a soldier in his previous life, he also knew that the purpose of recruit training was to allow the newly recruited soldiers to initially complete the transformation from a civilian to a soldier.

But now that time is pressing, Pang Yue will not have the time to organize the recruits separately for training like the people's army in later generations, but is ready to adopt the method of mixing new and old soldiers, except for leaving a team of veterans to form a separate group to deal with emergencies, and all the rest of the veterans will be mixed with the new soldiers, and the veterans will serve as the captains and chiefs.

In fact, it is not only the recruits who need to be trained, but the training of veterans also needs to be strengthened. Soon after coming to this world, Pang Yue found that most of the current Ming army was still far from a real standing army. Even the Huang Degong Division, which has strong combat effectiveness, cannot practice every day when there is no war, and the intensity of the drill is too light, and most of them are based on "performances" such as queues and formations, and there are very few physical training such as cross-country training. In this way, the soldiers can only learn in actual combat. But then again, how many recruits who haven't gone through solid basic training will come back alive from the battlefield? In such a scenario, how many recruits would have to be sacrificed to get an experienced veteran?

Therefore, Pang Yue used his spare time to draft a training plan with reference to the people's army of later generations. Of course, this plan only determined the physical fitness and discipline, as for the various formations, Pang Yue didn't know much about them, so he didn't pretend to be smart, and decided to wait for Zhang Yunli and them to come back and listen to their opinions.

The training plan is roughly as follows:

The whole army gets up at 6 o'clock in the morning, washes their faces and rinses their mouths and then conducts morning exercises, including a five-kilometer run and push-ups, frog jumps and other physical fitness events, which lasts for about half an hour, and eats breakfast after a short rest.

At 8 a.m., the morning training begins. On odd-numbered days, queue training such as standing, squatting, and marching in unison is the mainstay, and physical training is carried out moderately, aiming to cultivate soldiers' sense of discipline and willpower.

At noon (12 noon), have lunch and then take a lunch break.

At 2 p.m., the afternoon training begins, and the training during this time is mainly physical. Public subjects include a one-mile obstacle run (Pang Yue changed 400 meters to a mile without authorization), push-ups, sit-ups, squats and stand-ups, and stone locks. In addition, each branch of the army will carry out different tactical action training according to its own actual situation, such as pikemen mainly train assassination, sword and shield soldiers mainly train chopping, crossbowmen mainly train string control, etc., if the firearms are developed in the future, Pang Yue will increase firearms drills. Do another five kilometre run before you wrap up. …,

At half past six o'clock in the afternoon, we will have dinner and dinner. After dinner, the soldiers were free to move around the camp after a half-hour rest and about two quarters of an hour of light physical training. In addition, Pang Yue is also preparing to conduct emergency assembly training and night training from time to time to improve the soldiers' ability to respond to emergencies at night.

At around 10 p.m., go to bed and end the day.

The usual training is carried out according to this plan, and the half-day rest is stipulated every seven days.

When Pang Yue showed this plan to Shi Youliang and Shi Lang, who were at home, both of them were taken aback.

"My lord, what kind of plan do you have, I don't think many soldiers will be able to stand it." Shi Youliang shook his head again and again.

Shi Lang also frowned slightly: "The idea of the adults is very good, if the soldiers persist for a long time, they will become a strong army." It's just that at present, almost none of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have undergone this kind of training, especially the one-mile obstacle run that the adults said, and the lowly position is even more unheard of. If it were to be implemented suddenly, it would be difficult for the soldiers to adapt. Can adults consider taking it step by step? ”

Pang Yue said categorically: "No! I also want to go step by step, but Jiannu won't give us that time. At present, the situation is turbulent, and our army must build up its combat strength as soon as possible so that it can calmly cope with all kinds of crises. Without rigorous training, how can a group of recruits who have just laid down their farming tools take on the murderous Jiannu? ”

Shi Lang smiled bitterly: "I still think adults are a little anxious." However, what you just said is not unreasonable, and the current situation is in crisis, so it has to be like this. I hope that when the soldiers train in the future, they will not complain too much. ”

"I usually don't endure hardship, but when I get to the battlefield, I can only die." Pang Yue said, "Without further ado, you guys should familiarize yourself with it first, and when Deputy General Zhang and they come back, no matter how many recruits they recruit, they will start to implement it according to the plan." ”

"Yes!" Although Shi Youliang and Shi Lang had some opinions on this plan, they still chose to obey the order.

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On the fifth day, Zhang Yunli and others, who had gone out to recruit troops, came back one after another, but the harvest of each team was not very good, almost five or six hundred people, forty or fifty horses. When everyone returned to Ganzhou, Pang Yue ordered people to count them, only to know that this time a total of more than 3,200 recruits had been recruited and more than 200 horses had been purchased. The subsidy for the recruits, plus the money for buying horses, cost a total of more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Although a lot of silver was scattered, Pang Yue didn't pay too much attention to it, money, it always had to be spent to reflect its value, and the quality of this batch of recruits he cared about. But fortunately, Zhang Yunli and others have adhered to the principle of preferring shortage to excess, and most of the recruits recruited are young and strong, which is very rare. The more than 200 horses are also good, with good teeth and strong physical strength, and about half of them can barely be used as war horses after training, and the rest are also good means of transportation when they are incorporated into the baggage battalion.

"My lord, if it weren't for the high standards you set, we wouldn't have recruited just such a few people." After accompanying Pang Yue to inspect the food and lodging of the recruits, Lu Qiwu said a little unwillingly.

Pang Yue smiled: "Lianggong, you guys are doing a good job." At present, although our town lacks soldiers, it is still necessary to be hasty in recruiting soldiers, otherwise, recruiting a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people will not only not help to improve the combat strength, but will become a burden to the whole army. If you want to train a strong army as soon as possible, you must be like Qi Shaobao back then, and when recruiting soldiers, you must do what is lacking rather than abundant! ”

In fact, Pang Yue didn't have much hope of recruiting full soldiers, after all, his financial resources were limited, and the fact that Ganzhou Town had not been established long ago, his influence among the people was almost negligible, so it was naturally difficult to have the kind of situation in which a large number of young people rushed to join the Qi family's army. Now, three thousand recruits have been recruited, and Pang Yue is already very satisfied. …,

At this time, Cui Shoucheng next to him also raised his own question: "My lord is reasonable, but what if there are so many vacancies in my town's establishment?" If you can't recruit soldiers, it will still affect your combat power! ”

"Chengye doesn't have to worry too much. Now that my town has just been built, there is almost no prestige in the hearts of the people, and it has been greatly unexpected to be able to recruit these 3,000 young people. Pang Yue said calmly, "The establishment is not in order, don't worry about it for the time being, and train the existing soldiers well." When we fight a few beautiful battles in the future and make a name for Ganzhou Town, we will naturally not worry about recruiting soldiers. Just imagine, will the famous Qi family army be worried because it can't recruit soldiers? Naturally not! Why? Because they have told the world with countless outstanding achievements that this is an army worthy of all hot-blooded men to join! ”

Hearing Pang Yue's words, Cui Shoucheng and Lu Qiwu couldn't help but nod, and said in their hearts that adults still have a long-term view.

Pang Yue paused, and then ordered: "The matter of military training, sooner rather than later, you should seize the time today to assign the recruits to each battalion, and strive to start formal training from tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

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There were about 3,000 soldiers and auxiliaries in Ganzhou Town, and the total strength of the recruits reached more than 6,000, but it was still only half of the full number. Since Pang Yue and the others had already decided on the framework of the troops, it did not take much effort to allocate new troops, and the initial distribution was completed in less than half a day, and they could be adjusted according to the actual situation in the future.

Among them, the Flying Tiger Battalion had the smallest number of soldiers, but the heaviest proportion of veterans, which originally had more than 500 soldiers and more than 300 auxiliary soldiers, but this time Pang Yue directly selected 200 people from the more than 300 auxiliary soldiers to serve as combat soldiers, and drew more than 400 people from the new recruits to supplement the auxiliary team. In this way, the Flying Tiger Battalion has a team of formed veterans and 500 auxiliary soldiers, which can be said to be the most important mobile force in Pang Yue's hands. As for the war horses, there were originally about 600 horses, and before coming to Ganzhou this time, the military department allocated another 200 horses, plus the recently bought batch, which was enough to use. The other two infantry battalions, the Trap Camp and the Gangfeng Battalion, had a much larger proportion of recruits, but the total number was only about 1,700. The lowest proportion of veterans is the Taishan battalion, with only 400 veterans, half of each of the war soldiers and auxiliaries, and the number of new recruits is about 1,500.

After the new recruits were formed, the school field in the city seemed a little cramped for these 6,000 people, and the training must not be effective. Fortunately, when he was free a few days ago, Pang Yue had already thought of this problem, personally went out of the city to explore, and selected an open wasteland ten miles southeast of the city as a new training ground. The reason why he chose such a remote place, Pang Yue also had his own considerations: first, because the nearby terrain was relatively open, which was very convenient for training, and second, because the army set off from the camp in the city to the new school field every morning, and came back in the evening, just running two five-kilometer runs. Of course, the task of leveling the wasteland and manufacturing training equipment was handed over to Huang Wenyuan. Huang Wenyuan, who was not clean, naturally did not dare to brush Pang Yue's meaning, and had honestly gathered a group of military households two days ago to do it. Hearing that Ganzhou Town was going to renovate the new school field, Qian Lu was also very enthusiastic to gather a group of servants to help. As the saying goes, there are many people and great strength, and the terrain is relatively flat, and the workload of renovation is not very heavy, so it is estimated that it will be completed in two or three days.

All the recruits have been put in place, and the site is about to be completed, and the large-scale military training in Ganzhou Town can be said to be ready to go. But how effective will Pang Yue's training plan be? How will the soldiers react to this? Everything is still unknown.