The group of rookies can't eat, Yang Reform is not worried, he got into Sun Chengzong's "office", there is a big sand table in it, which is used to deduce the situation in Liaodong, last time here, Yang Reform also saw Sun Chengzong abuse Yuan Chonghuan.

"Hehe, Master Sun, how are my training methods?" Yang Reform looked at Sun Chengzong with some pride.

"Your Majesty, it's true and cruel, and it's enough to be cruel, so you can proceed to the next step of training." Sun Chengzong thought for a while, and then said slowly.

Yang Gengai asked, "Then what kind of training is next?" ”

"Your Majesty, according to the training manual, the next step is 'grenade training', after the completion is 'civil engineering', then 'live ammunition shooting', then riding, and at the same time is 'physical training', grinding muscles and bones, and finally 'drill', after everything is completed, it will be necessary to fight." Sun Chengzong roughly explained the steps of this training. These are all things in the recruit training manual, of course, it is just an outline, and the specifics are still done by Sun Chengzong himself.

The grenade is the grenade prepared by Yang Reform, the kind of grenade that is thrown by pulling the ring because there is no invention of matches, so it is still ignited with a fire rope, and the medicine inside the grenade is also black powder. The power is limited, and the size is a little larger than that of later generations, but it is barely quite powerful, a little heavier, and it is not too much of a defect if thrown closer. Especially when defending the city, there is a miraculous effect, a group of people are standing under the city, specially throwing at the place where there are many people, the effect, there is no need to say, and I don't want to kill or injure people, in fact, it is even more terrible. Then the enemy will need additional troops to protect the wounded soldiers, and too many wounded soldiers will scream in the wounded and sick camp, which will also have a great impact on morale.

"Grenade training is relatively simple, what is needed is long-term practice, increased arm strength, civil work? This ......" Yang Reform and Sun Chengzong discussed the training plan for the recruit cadets. Civil engineering, which was written based on the digging of trenches in later generations. However, now that there is no steel shovel, there is no way to dig up the mud at all, Yang reformed and thought, can he still invent a steel shovel? In this way, isn't he too tired as an emperor?

Sun Chengzong also said: "Your Majesty, there is still a shortage of suitable tools for civil engineering operations. "In ancient times, many places still used plows made of wood, and iron plows were considered high-grade production materials. Steel shovel...... Maybe.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Reform had an idea. I am the emperor, why do I have to work so hard, this thing, I have the institution of the inner court, I can completely hand it over to them to do, put forward specific requirements by myself, and give me some guidance. Thinking of this, Yang Reform was relaxed for a while.

"I already have an idea about the tools for civil engineering operations, so don't worry about this Master Sun."

"I understand."

"And riding training, this?" Yang Gengai himself has never ridden a horse, if the kind is in the park, charge a few yuan, and be led around for a while. Then ride it.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about riding training, these students, their families are all from Sheren, they have learned to ride horses since they were young, and riding training takes the shortest time, and they can directly fight on horseback." Sun Chengzong explained that this group of students is very special, they are all sacrificers, and they will inherit their position in the future, riding a horse is the most basic requirement, if you say you can't read, then there are some people, if you can't ride a horse, you can only say that this is impossible.

Hearing Sun Chengzong say this, Yang Gengai remembered that he didn't have to worry about this matter at all. Others have been conducting military training since childhood, and horseback riding is one of the contents, so naturally there is no need to worry about it.

In fact, the quality of these students is excellent, in this era of cold weapons, as a thousand households, can not come a few hands, basic physical fitness is insufficient, that is not able to suppress the scene. Therefore, this group of Sheren, since childhood, has good nutrition, physical fitness is not lacking, some ancient combat skills, such as muskets, most of the thousands of households can afford to buy, since childhood, bows and arrows, knives and guns, horseback riding, almost no shortage, but also perennial training, some have experience in actual combat. It can be seen that the quality of this group of people is extremely high.

What is lacking is also in the discipline surname, and what is lacking is unfamiliarity with the new organization and combat methods, such as the unfamiliarity with the new passwords, which still needs more practice, and it is best to form a conditioned reflex.

After thinking it through, Yang reformed and said: "In this way, this batch of students is very likely to graduate early?" "Yang's plan for reform is to train recruits for six months. It's only been a month now, and I'm talking about graduation, and it seems that the quality of this group of people is indeed relatively high.

"Your Majesty, yes, this group of students is still young, and they still need to be tempered, so they can't be let go back so quickly, in this way, they will return to the old road, since Your Majesty has pointed out a new path for them, they should be allowed to go on this road all the time."

"This, that's right, they must not be allowed to go back, so what kind of training should they be?" Yang Reform and Sun Chengzong discussed, for this group of new soldiers, the seeds of the future, Yang Reform is laborious.

"Your Majesty, the next step is to shoot more live ammunition, train more physical strength, boil your muscles and bones, strengthen discipline, and then conduct exercises, which can be regarded as the completion of basic training, and in the end, it is best to go through actual combat before you can be regarded as 'graduation' as Your Majesty said."

"Well, that's right, Master Sun, then let's do what Master Sun wants." Yang Gai felt that Sun Chengzong was right, so he did what Sun Chengzong said.

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"Master Sun, how many people in this new army of mine are literate and how many are illiterate?" Yang Reform suddenly thought of a problem, that is, the problem of illiteracy, illiterate people are illiterate, and they can't even do the most basic written communication, let alone what combat maps, independent analysis or something, so Yang Reform feels that it is necessary to pay attention to this matter. Earlier, I was in such a hurry that I forgot about it.

“…… Your Majesty, among these more than 200 people, about seventy or eighty percent are literate, and those who are illiterate are about twenty or three percent, which is good. Sun Chengzong thought about it for a while and gave the answer.

Seventy or eighty percent literacy? Yang Reform originally felt that this proportion was not low, but when he thought about it, these are all people, and the thousands of households in the future will all be officials, and there are still so many people who are illiterate, so the literacy rate of ordinary soldiers can be imagined. This literacy eradication is imperative! Yang Gengai hopes that all of his new troops will be literate. Able to read the most basic written text, be able to communicate in writing, understand maps, understand operational manuals, understand combat orders, and write messages.

In the future, there are still two or three percent of the thousands of households, officers, and Yang Gai felt depressed and said, "Master Sun, this is not a good thing!" I hope that all of my new army can read and understand my orders, and I don't want to be blind to my new army! ”

"This ......" Sun Chengzong was also speechless, this question is really a problem, if this group of new soldiers must be literate, it will be easy to do, if the new army in the future must be literate, it will be difficult to do. There has never been an army in the world that is fully literate.

"Your Majesty, from ancient times to the present, there has not been an army that can do what Your Majesty requires, all of them are literate......" Sun Chengzong also said bluntly, the emperor's requirements are too high.

"Since we haven't had it before, let's start with me, I remember discussing this with Master Sun. What does Master Sun think? Yang Gengai remembered that he seemed to have discussed this issue with Sun Chengzong before, but he couldn't remember the specifics, maybe he took it for granted.

Sun Chengzong thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, this is all good to be literate, but it is really difficult, if a soldier still needs to be literate, then every day, at least one or two hours must be taken out to study, if it is at night, the cost of lighting the lamp is a lot, and you have to ask a special gentleman to teach them, in this way, Your Majesty's new army costs are huge, and the personnel are inevitably too mixed!" ”

Sun Chengzong's worries are not unreasonable, there are problems with lighting in ancient times, not everyone can afford to use candles at night, can afford to light lamps, (even after the reform and opening up, there are still many places in the township that can't afford to light lamps, can't afford candles, quite economical, one or two hours a day are reluctant, ancient times can be imagined.) If you take time out to read and write, it must be at night, and then you need to light the lamp, which is an additional cost, and it is very expensive all year round. Back then, in order to save, Zhang Juzheng was the lighting candle of the provincial emperor, and it can be seen that lighting the lamp at night is indeed quite expensive.

And then there is, Mr. Teaching enters the barracks, this thing is really a bit difficult, Mr. Teaching, generally old, forty or fifty years old to come out to teach, it is a relatively normal age, let these people mix with the new army, it is not good for the growth of the new army, the twilight is too heavy.

As for those who came out to teach at the age of twenty or thirty, please, at the age of twenty or thirty, they were selected as Xiucai and raised their sons, they were prodigies, thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi, and that's what they said. are all at home preparing to take the exam, take the jinshi, who is interested in going to the barracks to mingle with those stinky soldiers?

Yang Gai smiled: "Hehe, Master Sun don't worry, do you remember what happened last time?" At that time, I was going to recruit instructors in this new army, specifically to guide the cultural issues of the new army, and to give those talents and lifters, to give them an eighth-rank or ninth-grade rank, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to recruit people? Hehe, when you come to the new army, you have to train with the new army, and if you want to quit, you have to get rid of your reputation, hehe, Master Sun doesn't have to be afraid of this, if you want to be it, the courtiers have agreed......"

What Yang Reform said was the previous paragraph, using the sand table to calculate the wild boar skin detour to Mongolia, and then using the real seal letter to deceive the Ming Dynasty city gate. At that time, it was set that because the generals defending the city were illiterate, they were deceived by the Dongyu with the real seal of the Ming Dynasty that were seized to open the city gate. At that time, the ministers were bluffed by Yang Reform, and agreed to many of Yang Reform's requests, such as literacy for the city gate guards and the entry of literati into the army.

Sun Chengzong suddenly realized, patted his forehead, and said: "Your Majesty is really far-sighted, and he has already planned for this new army early, and this matter is the negligence of the old minister." It seems that the march of this literati is a foregone conclusion, and Your Majesty's fully literate army must be the first time in the past and present that it has opened the world! Hehe......" Sun Chengzong also laughed. It is worth rejoicing to build an army in your own hands that has never been done before.

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