The first general of the Ming Dynasty to attach importance to firearms can be traced back to Mu Ying of the Taizu Dynasty. His contribution was not only the invention of the low-content tactic of three-stage shooting, but also the advanced military idea of concentrating the use of firearms to compensate for the performance defects of muskets with high density. When Chengzu set up the Shenji Battalion, he created a precedent for the use of firearms in the Great Army.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, all kinds of Western firearms were introduced into China, and the domestic scholars did not reject them, but carried out full study and imitation, and finally made the missionaries praise convincingly: this counterfeit is much stronger than the original.

Qi Jiguang, a generation of military gods, also said that firearms will inevitably flourish in the world. When Li Rusong quelled the Korean rebellion, he even sounded the horn of the gunpowder war with the three-eyed gun, the Franco, and the Hongyi cannon.

Even if Zhu Cihong was a native of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he has some knowledge, he will know the importance of firearms. From the very beginning of its establishment, the Donggong Guard Battalion set up a firearms bureau in the hope of finding a tactical route for the centralized use of firearms, but the shortcomings of Jishu made this idea impossible to implement.

First of all, the operation of the bird gun is complicated, the training time is long, the safety of the gun is poor, and it cannot be used in the event of strong winds and light rain; The second is that once in hand-to-hand combat, the firecracker must withdraw from the fight in time, otherwise it will be a one-sided torture.

If there is one to two years of safe development, Zhu Cihong believes that he can overcome these problems, at least he will not let the degree of firearms be inferior to that of Qi Jiajun. However, what he lacks most now is time, in order to save time, maximize the advantages of Donggong's defense, and concentrate Liliang on melee hand-to-hand combat, the gains obtained are the greatest.

However, today's battle also made Zhu Cihong clearly see the disadvantages of the East Palace in long-range strikes and mobility. Moreover, the lethality caused by the Manchurian cavalry to the infantry also made Zhu Cihong have a sense of crisis about the replenishment of soldiers.

"In this way, the main force is still supplemented by the same battalion." Zhu Cihong finally gritted his teeth and said: "Non-main forces can select those who pass the assessment from the auxiliary soldiers to become soldiers, but they can only enjoy eighty percent of the treatment of soldiers. Only after completing all the recruits can they become regulars. ”

The recruitment of auxiliary soldiers in all battalions is relatively lenient, and excellent civilian servants can be turned into auxiliary soldiers after staying in the training team for 20 days and mastering various basic military orders.

"Your Highness, Lu Xi should also set up a reserve battalion to facilitate the replenishment of troops nearby." Li Changling said.

"The staff department will communicate with Min Zhanlian. Let's see if he can divide the manpower. Zhu Cihong said: "The drills of the villagers in various places must be routine and fixed. In addition, it is necessary to implement the principle of voluntariness, lest the people say that we were exempted from forced labor and autumn shifts in the past, and now we are cleverly setting up a name to arrest Ding. ”

"If you really want to arrest Ding, they can arrest them even if they are not a villager." Li Changling said: "Not all fools understand this truth, I'm afraid that someone will fan the flames in the dark." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled, and said secretly in his heart: I'm not afraid of this.

Although the East Palace restored the three-elder system of Taizu's time on the surface, it was actually borrowing the corpse to return the soul.

Emperor Taizu Gao built three elders, one was to follow the old system of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the other was to avoid county officials from going to the countryside. Scourge the township. This kind of thinking that "the imperial power does not go to the countryside" has certainly achieved a rest with the people and the villagers have become self-reliant and self-reliant during the recovery period, but it has also led to a decline in the country's mobilization capacity and the loss of control of resources.

Now the three elders appointed by the government are already the most basic government organizations. Whether anyone realizes it or not, among the three elders in each village, the village elders and the peasant elders are the ones who report to the county yamen. Receive instructions. The instructor is directly under the orders of the county lieutenant and belongs to the line of the military department. These three are combined. It was the imperial power that was brought into the countryside.

As for the rejection of outsiders by the big clans in the villages, it also objectively caused the urgency of the counties to demolish the villages and merge them, and broke the cornerstone of the patriarchal society more quickly. If you want to blow the evil wind from the grassroots level, it can be said that you have hit the knife edge.

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"Run! Run! Run! The instructor waved his wicker whip and crackled in the air.

Zhang Ergou ran panting like a cow, and he wanted to lie on the ground and die. Yet every time he slowed down. If you want to take a breath secretly, the instructor's whip can always be drawn on him at the first time. The wicker whip is a red mark, and it hurts like a needle, but it won't break people, and you can't find an excuse to be lazy.

Wang Yi has already caught Zhang Ergou around. When he ran behind Zhang Ergou. Stretched out his hand and pushed Zhang Ergou's back: "One, two, three, phew; One, two, three, suck. ”

Zhang Ergou swallowed his uncontrollable saliva, struggled to mobilize the rhythm of his breathing, and finally crossed the limit with the help of Wang Yi, and his steps were steady again.

Syllable!

The whip was whipped on Wang Yi, and the instructor shouted: "Run!" It's workout! I don't need you to help my comrades! ”

Zhang Ergou glanced at the platform in the middle of the running field resentfully, and there was still a small half of the hourglass on it before it could be finished. Run as much as you can within the allotted time, record the length of each run, and those who progress will be rewarded, and those who regress will be trained. This is the hated long-distance running training.

When the hourglass finally ran out, everyone untied their belts and threw them on the ground, marking the distance they had run.

"Let's go! Get moving! The instructor brandished a wicker whip and drove the recruits who had just finished running to recover slowly. The instructor on the side quickly stepped forward, turned over the belt, and recorded the number of zhang each person ran according to the number on it.

"I can't do it, I'm going to die......" Zhang Ergou leaned on Wang Yi's shoulder, tears and snot all over his face. He cried, "I'm going home, I'm not going to be a soldier anymore." ”

"If you want to go back now, you have to pay fifty taels of silver, what will your family do?" Wang Yi quickly adjusted his breathing and seemed to be at ease. He saw that the stupid big guy in front of him was tired of running like a dog, and he was still a little happy in his heart.

In the first few runs after the new recruit flag team, no one knew that someone was secretly recording data, and they ran very arbitrarily. People who love to be in the limelight like a stupid big man and want to be a captain or even a captain are all desperately rushing forward. Wang Yi happened to have diarrhea because he was not used to eating oily and fishy in those days, and his performance was very poor. When the teaching team collected enough data and began to play the set of "rewarding and punishing", all the people who ran with their lives cried.

"When you actually go to the camp, you won't be able to leave," Ergou gasped heavily, "If you dare to retreat, you will be killed...... I was wrong, Fuchen, Brother Yi, let's go. ”

"If you can't afford to lose the money, you can only go to the hard labor camp, which is even more bitter than here." Wang Yi took Ergou and walked a few steps, relieved him, and said, "I don't dare to go." Besides, you still brought me here, what should I do if you leave? ”

Ergou just wanted to speak, but he couldn't help churning in his abdomen, and ran to the side of the road to spit out water.

Wang Yi shook his head helplessly, and secretly said that these two dogs were also a little too unpracticed.

Soon, the instructor looked at the physical results and whistled to assemble. Those who moved slowly, such as Zhang Ergou, were whipped again, and their bodies hurt hotly.

After the instructor announced the list of punishments, he reported the people who met the reward standard, but after reading the name "Wang Yi", the instructor said: "Wang Yi deliberately conserves physical strength, and does not run when he has spare strength, and the reward is removed!" ”

The reward is a very affordable two egg tickets, each ticket can receive one boiled egg. This has even become hard currency in the reserve camp, and the recruits use it as a bargaining chip when they are resting.

Zhang Ergou lowered his head, feeling that he had pitted Wang Yi.

Wang Yi was generous and still stood up straight, without the slightest resentment.

The instructor glanced at Wang Yi with satisfaction, and announced: "The day after tomorrow, the first stage of acceptance assessment will begin, and those who pass the assessment will enter the second stage of training." Those who fail to pass the assessment can only be sent to each battalion to become auxiliaries. Why don't I say more about the auxiliaries? Those of you who are in poor physical fitness, hurry up and make up for it. Otherwise, study hard, take a high-level diploma and transfer to the staff team. The instructor said, and glanced at the guys in the team who were hanging their tails, and there was naturally Zhang Ergou among them.

Zhang Ergou suddenly felt as if he had been beaten by frost.

What are auxiliaries? I heard that they got up earlier than the chickens, slept later than the dogs, ate worse than the pigs, worked harder than the oxen, and received only half the money of the soldiers. After entering the auxiliary barracks, the family land tax can only be exempted by 30%, which is 20% less than that of the soldiers. For the same injuries, the medical team has an unspoken rule of rescuing the soldiers first. Fortunately, the funeral pension is the same, but I definitely won't need it at that time.

"I don't want to go to the auxiliary barracks......" Zhang Ergou cried.

Wang Yi said helplessly: "Then come and practice at night, it's a pity that those two eggs are gone." (To be continued......)

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