At the very beginning of the meeting, when Wu Shigong had just put forward his idea that when he arrived in Henan to Guide, he would strictly train the army, and that he should focus on strengthening the army's firearms training and platoon training, Xue Yongli immediately raised his objections.

First of all, Xue Yongli introduced the geographical environment of Henan Guide. The ancient place names that Xue Yongli said were a lot, and Wu Shigong was in a fog when he heard it. When he arrived at Zuihou, Wu Shigong just knew: Henan Guide was in the eastern part of Henan Province.

Thinking about it, even if Xue Yongli is talking about modern place names, maybe Wu Shigong is not very clear about the location of Henan's Guide to Germany. In modern times, if we go to a certain place, all we have to do is buy a ticket, who cares, where is that place? Unless it's one of those freight drivers who run long distances.

In order to let readers know, it is explained here: Henan Guide in the Ming Dynasty is basically Shangqiu City, Henan Province.

When Xue Yongli said Zuihou, he summed it up: that is, Henan Guide is a very safe place. There is no need to train the troops hard and prepare for war.

Xue Yongli said: Henan is located in the Central Plains, and it is originally said that there are eight vassal kings in Henan Province. Therefore, the whole of Henan is also densely packed with cities and large armies.

Moreover, to the north of Henan is Beizhili, with a Jingying guarding the capital, and a Yellow River to separate it, so there is no need to worry at all.

To the south of Henan, there is Nanzhili, with the heavy troops of Nanjing City, and the land of fish and rice in Huguang to protect. In addition, there is a central capital, Fengyang, which is heavily guarded as a barrier. So, there's no need to worry.

To the east of Henan is Shandong Province. Although Shandong Province has been in turmoil since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has basically never threatened Henan Province. Because, if you want to hit from Shandong Province to Henan Province, you must cross the Grand Canal. And the Grand Canal was the lifeline of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Around the Grand Canal, there are not only large armies and many guards, but also a special transport force to defend the Grand Canal. Therefore, there is no need to worry at all.

Zuihou is the western part of Henan. At the junction between it and Shaanxi Province, there is Tongguan, which is almost the most dangerous pass in the country. Hardly any troops could come in from here. Besides, even if there are troops who capture Tongguan, cross the entire Henan Province, and fight to Henan Guide, I don't know if it is the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse. So, there's no need to worry.

(China's famous passes are extremely important transportation arteries.) However, some are very dangerous. Such as Tongguan. Some are important, but they are not dangerous. Such as Shanhaiguan. ）

Second, Xue Yongli raised objections to Wu Shigong's proposal for military training. In particular, Wu Shigong's fire gun training and queue training were almost completely rejected.

Xue Yongli first said his opinion on the firecracker: the firecracker can indeed play a very important role in the defensive battle under the protection of the city wall, that is, the city. However, in the field, the firecracker hardly played a great role.

The effective firing distance of the firearm is only about 100 paces. However, when the opponent's cavalry starts a charge, it will fire a maximum of one or two rounds depending on the reloading speed of the firebolt, after which the opponent's cavalry will rush in front of the firecracker. At that time, the firecracker with the firearm in his hand was holding only a burning stick, almost the same as his bare hands. Facing the opponent's cavalry, it was only facing a massacre. In this respect, the firecrackers are inferior to the archers.

When Wu Shigong put forward the idea of "three-stage shooting". Xue Yongli told Wu Shigong that in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the "three-stage shot" had already been invented. This time, the ten three-eyed guns that Hou Ye Xue Lian gave Wu Shigong are actually a form of transformation of "three-stage shooting".

However, when it comes to fighting, the enemy is not stupid enough to rush towards your array of musketeers. They will be tempting, they will be detouring, they will harass, they will ambush. When the time comes, how will these firecrackers deal with it? Do you want these musketeers to keep silly lining up on the battlefield and not moving? Even if the enemy doesn't dare to provoke you, won't they still bypass you?

In addition, Wu Shigong is just a thousand households and is in charge of a thousand households. Coupled with the guards around him, there are only more than 1,000 people at full duty. Even if all the people are equipped with firearms, what role can they play on the battlefield of more than 10,000 people?

When it was mentioned that Wu Shigong proposed the queue training, Xue Yongli simply said directly: This is nonsense.

Xue Yongli said very clearly: he had never heard that soldiers needed such strict queue training. At most, train the soldiers to line up, and they can march together in a queue. He asked Wu Shigong a question and asked Wu Shigong to explain the reason, what if Weishenme wanted to train soldiers to master such queue training?

When Xue Yongli said this, Wu Shigong found that except for a few people like Yang Goudan who didn't understand military affairs at all and didn't want to understand military affairs, everyone else agreed with Xue Yongli. In particular, Hefei and them, who have personally participated in queue training.

When they were in the capital, although those old military leaders were at Wu Shigong's insistence, they still trained He Fei and them. However, during the training, these veteran military leaders inevitably said, intentionally or unintentionally: This queue training is useless.

On one side are experienced veterans; On one side is Wu Shigong, a rich son from a wealthy family, who do you say He Fei will believe? In addition, today, Xue Yongli's statement coincides with those old military leaders. At most, He Fei didn't dare to raise objections with Wu Shigong.

Besides, queue training is so boring, and He Fei and the others have a great aversion to queue training from the bottom of their hearts. Their mood is just like that of military training in modern times, if the content of military training is shooting, then the training will be interesting all year round; But if the content of military training is a queue, you will get bored for three days.

In Zuihou, Xue Yongli took care of Wu Shigong: When my uncle arrived in Henan to return to Germany, as long as his wife enjoyed it peacefully. If there is anything military, whether it is training or fighting, Xue Yongli will be in charge. Hou Ye Xue Lian sent Xue Yongli to Wu Shigong's side to play this role. Of course, Xue Yongli will also protect the safety of his uncle Wu Shigong at all costs.

After listening to Xue Yongli's words, Wu Shigong reluctantly realized that what Xue Yongli said was indeed reasonable. What made Wu Shigong even more helpless was that he found that he seemed to be persuaded by Xue Yongli's reasoning. Although, Wu Shigong also knows that the role of firearms and queues is very large, and it is also the direction of future military development. However, Wu Shigong couldn't find the slightest reason to refute it.

In addition, Wu Shigong looked at the expressions of those who participated in the meeting and found that they all completely agreed with Xue Yongli's views. also vaguely regarded Xue Yongli as their military leader. That is, nominally, these people all recognized Wu Shigong's leadership position. However, when it comes to war, they will definitely listen to Xue Yongli's command, and they will not listen to themselves. Although, Xue Yongli's purpose is to protect their own safety.

Actually, this is not surprising. For a soldier, the most fearful thing is that an unreliable boss will come to command blindly. Because, soldiers can understand and accept their own meaningful sacrifices. However, if he dies inexplicably under blind command, it will be too unjust!

Here's an example: Let's talk about our Taizu. We found that there was a gap in Taizu's experience. That is what Taizu was doing during the period between the Autumn Harvest Uprising and the five anti-encirclement and suppression?

I don't want to say more about the reasons for this history, intentionally or unintentionally. But I can tell you unambiguously that Taizu has encountered a very serious crisis of trust.

Taizu was born as a scholar, when he led the troops of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and Lao Zhu's troops, after meeting in Jinggangshan. Later, after joining Lao Peng's Third Army. As Lao Zhu and Lao Peng, who were originally famous generals, as well as the generals under them, who would rest assured that Taizu, a scholar, would be in command?

Therefore, after repeated setbacks and tempering. By the time of the Zunyi Conference, Weishenme's entire army was expected to command Taizu? This is exactly Taizu's outstanding command and brilliant victories again and again, which led to Taizu's high prestige in the army. Therefore, Taizu deserves the title of military genius.

And Wu Shigong is now also encountering the problem of a crisis of trust. What makes Wu Shigong even more bitter is that he knows that there will be a large-scale war in the Ming Dynasty, but even if Wu Shigong says it now, everyone will not believe him.

What makes Wu Shigong even more sad is that Wu Shigong actually has no confidence in whether he has the ability to train the army and whether he has the ability to command a war.