Chapter 83: Training
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At the foot of Lao Ya Mountain, more than 3,000 sturdy Han people** were exposed to the sun on their upper bodies.
Zhai Zhe stood at the forefront, and the same was true, sweat slipped down his tense muscles.
Zuo Ruo shuttled through the crowd with a long whip in his hand, shouting and scolding: "Welcome to the Han Department." Lord Qianhu is merciful enough to leave you, in my eyes, you are useless, and you are looking for death when you come to the grassland. One Mongol can strike two of you, and one Mongol on horseback and bow can kill ten of you, and you can't even touch the horns of his clothes. ”
These words were not an exaggeration, and in his opinion, it would take at least a year to train these people into soldiers who could go to war.
"From today on, I will always be with you until you want to swallow me in your stomach." A cruel smile appeared on Zuo Ruo's face, "If you can't hold on, I will throw you into the Yellow River." ”
"Today, here is the sun, no movement, no tickling, no wiping sweat!" Zuo Ruo crackled with the long whip in his hand.
Among these people, there are also horse thieves from the Han Department, who were dumbfounded when they heard this, why should they deserve these rookies to suffer, but none of them dared to speak out, because Zhai Zhe was standing at the forefront.
"Fortunately, I used to practice martial arts and stood on horses."
After more than an hour, Zhai Zhe was a little tired, and the sweat ran down his cheeks like a caterpillar crawling, but his immovable body was a demonstration of determination to those horse thieves.
Bao Guang stood behind him, and because of his strong martial arts and flexible reactions, he was elected as the captain of the personal guard. When he was recruited into the Han Department, he saw Zhai Zhe, but he didn't expect the biggest leader in training to stand in front of him.
The sun is blazing, the green grass is also under the sun, and some people have reached the limit of what they can bear.
A few old horse thieves sneaked a handful of sweat from their faces, turned their heads to peek around, and the wolf-like soldiers who patrolled around quickly pulled out three people from the queue.
Zuo Ruo was selfless and ordered: "Execution!" ”
Behind him stepped three soldiers, each armed with a short whip. The soldiers pressed the three horse thieves to their knees, and under the scorching sun, the executing soldiers whipped hard, and the sound of "snapping" whips accompanied the blood grooves in their backs.
After seven or eight whips, Zuo Ruo snorted coldly and said, "Okay!" Let them be listed. ”
During the execution process, thousands of people looked at each other, and Zuo Ruo was just going to kill chickens and monkeys.
The back of the horse thief was drained of blood, and the sweat was even more uncomfortable.
"This is your first offense, and if you commit another offense, you won't be so polite." Zuo Ruo's eyes swept like poisonous snakes.
Half a morning has passed, there has been no order to rest, and two more border troops were originally Zuo Ruo's subordinates, relying on their old qualifications, a little movement of their muscles and bones, the same was pulled out, this time they were beaten even harder, and no one dared to disobey the order.
He didn't eat or drink, and at the end of the day, someone couldn't support it, and fell to the ground and fainted.
The patrolling soldiers dragged them out of the queue and poured cold water on their faces.
Zuo Ruo counted the number of people until the number of people who fell to the ground reached one-tenth, and then he gave the order to disband and rest.
Righteousness is not in charge of wealth, and compassion is not in charge of soldiers.
Zuo Ruo and Zhai Zhe had a secret discussion, Zuo Ruo pretended to be blackfaced, and Zhai Zhe occasionally set an example, using both grace and power, and gradually trained these people into tigers and wolves.
Since August, more than 3,000 Han people recruited by the Han Ministry seem to have become playthings in Zuo Ruo's hands, and he has come up with various ways to toss this group of soldiers. Borrowing from Qi Jiguang's "Minutes of Military Training", training in the army, courage, strength, and skills must not stop for a day. The grassland has plenty of meat, and the soldiers can replenish their daily consumption.
At the end of September, Liu Quan purchased a batch of knives, guns, bows and arrows from the border army of the Ming Dynasty and smuggled them to the outside of the fortress, and finally gave them to these soldiers
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5352 is equipped with weapons.
They are different in height and strength, and they hold different weapons, some with spears and some with long knives, but few are proficient in bows and arrows. Zhai Zhe borrowed more than 2,000 war horses on credit from the Tumut Department and equipped them with everyone, and finally equipped these people with basic equipment.
"In the grassland, without a war horse is like losing your feet, I heard that there are still some of you who can't ride a horse? In ten days, whatever you may do, eat and drink and Lazar on horseback, and every man will learn to ride a horse, and I will let a skilled knight teach you, and the horses you receive will henceforth be your daughters-in-law, and you shall sleep with them in your arms to familiarize yourself with their nature. Zuo Ruo was roaring, he knew how difficult it was for Zhai Zhe to get these war horses.
The exhausted soldiers did not reply, but listened quietly, and lined up in a neat line to receive their equipment.
There is only one day of rest on the day of the salary, one or two pieces of silver per month, and the Hanbu talks and counts.
Once fully equipped, the men's frenzied intensity of training decreased, and skilled samurai began to teach the techniques of various weapons. Every few days, Zuo Ruo would always find a way to drain all the bodies of those soldiers.
"How do you have so many ideas to toss them?" Zhai Zhe asked Zuo Ruo with a smile.
"These soldiers only need to know obedience, and I toss them like this to prevent them from having the time and spirit to think, and gradually they become accustomed to only obeying orders. For such a long time, not only will they not disobey orders, but they will rely more on the Han Department psychologically. ”
Zuo Ruo's words made Zhai Zhe shudder.
"Isn't that a puppet?"
"Of course not! Do you know what the purpose of the non-stop training in the army is in the final analysis? ”
"What?" Zhai Zhe had never thought about this problem, and he had no experience in the army.
"Training is about building habits. When the two armies fought, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the blood flowed like a river, unless the warriors who had been in battle for a long time, the more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, and most of the martial arts and skills they practiced on weekdays were completely forgotten, and they fought by instinct and habit, so they should be taught the simplest way to fight. Zhai Zhe closed his eyes and recalled the several battles he had experienced, knowing that this was true, no matter how strong his personal martial arts were, it was indeed of little use when the two armies were fighting, but he did not agree with Zuo Ruo's opinion.
"You train them to be soldiers who can only listen to orders, and if they encounter a special situation, I am afraid that they will not be able to change their minds."
Zuo Ruo shook his head and said: "Soldiers don't need to change, if each soldier has his own ideas, the army must be a plate of scattered sand, only under one order, move forward bravely, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of him, there is no fear, such an army is an invincible army." ”
He was afraid that Zhai Zhe still didn't understand, so he added: "The soldier is a knife, and the handle of the knife is in the hands of adults. Do you still want this knife to have its own ideas? ”
Zhai Zhe closed his eyes, he understood what Zuo Ruo meant.
"I first teach them to obey, then teach them skills, and finally teach them to cooperate, so that in a year, this army can be completed, and then after the tempering of the battle array, it will definitely live up to the trust of the adults and train a strong army." Zuo Ruo is full of ambition.
That's talent! Zhai Zhejing listened to Zuo Ruo's words, and realized that he had really looked down on him before!
Daming has never lacked talent. Zhai Zhe touched, from Fan Yongdou, Liu Quan, Xiao Zhiyan to Zuo Ruo, all of them are handsome people, but no one can be used by the imperial court. But is there a lack of talent above the court? If there is no shortage of talents, why would the Jurchens be allowed to fight in Beijing?
Zhai Zhe's heart was foggy and he couldn't find an answer.
When the sky was white, the horns sounded at the foot of the Old Crow Mountain, and the soldiers hurriedly climbed out of the tent and dressed in the shortest possible time. As Zuo Ruo said, habits are the fastest, and the limbs know every step without going through the brain.
Zhai Zhe was very satisfied with the soldier's appearance, and ordered loudly: "In the past, you learned all kinds of skills. What I want you to remember today is cooperation, and those who stand on the left and right are brothers, and they run from here to the foot of Montenegro in a hundred-man team. No one can be left behind in each centurion, and the last three centuriens to arrive will be punished. ”
From July, the foot of Lao Ya Mountain has become the most lively place in the Mo Nan grassland. At the end of September, the soldiers of the Han tribe began to learn to hold shields and swords, and their greatest strength now is obedience. But the panicked footsteps, the chaotic queue that will form when the formation is changed, all indicate that it is still early.
No matter how difficult it was, Zhai Zhe was walking on the road, and the horse thieves recruited by Xiao Zhiyan were not the army in his heart.