A good military song is no less important to the army than ten divisions.

So, the army of the Restoration Empire had ten songs, which was equivalent to a hundred divisions.

The composers are all Zhu Boge, and there are several lyricists.

The content of the ten military songs covers almost everything in the army.

For example, there is a training song for military training, a march song for marching, a song for eating, a spy song for spies, a combat song for combat, a charge song for charging, and a salary song for receiving salaries...

These songs are compiled into a unified compilation of the "Collection of Battle Songs of the King James Army," which requires all units to mainly focus on sentry posts (platoons) and must organize officers and men to learn to sing them.

Even the recitation of military songs is regarded as the same assessment method as military skills, and those who pass are rewarded and those who fail are punished.

Engaging in so many military songs and conducting assessments with great fanfare is not because Jia Liuren has any low-level taste, nor is it to increase the burden on the troops, but because of the practical needs of training and marching.

You must know that the illiteracy rate of the four integrated armies of the Restoration Imperial Court was as high as 95 percent.

Therefore, when officers teach and train soldiers in combat skills, they often exert 12 points of effort but only receive 3 points.

Not to mention understanding military textbooks, many soldiers can't even tell the difference between left and right, and even the southeast and northwest in the absence of the sun.

This was no problem in the old army, which used to be based on the Green Battalion, because soldiers were consumables, as long as they could follow the officers and rush forward, even if they fled.

If you die, you can call it again, and if you can't summon it, you can also call Lazhuangding.

Neither the imperial court nor the officers will take the initiative to teach the soldiers basic combat skills, and most of them let the soldiers grow up in actual combat.

Those who survived, and when they had more actual battles, they were promoted to pro-soldiers.

If you are lucky, you will accumulate military merits and remember your future, and you will slowly grow into a grassroots officer, and then become the backbone of the army.

It is roughly similar to the Jiading model in the late Ming Dynasty.

This is also why the Qianlong Dynasty fought against foreign countries, both large and small, and had the requirement of "Sauron has not arrived, and cannot be wasted".

With a total of only a few thousand people, Sauron was equivalent to the most elite family members of the Ming army.

In addition to Sauron, whether it is the Eight Banners or the Green Battalion, the norm is that "those who flee when they hear the enemy are brave, those who flee when they see the enemy are brave, and those who flee after receiving the enemy are brave." ”

At present, the strongest combat effectiveness of the Qing army, Sauron and Shaanxi, Gansu, and Green Battalions are in the hands of Jia Liu, relying on these two elite soldiers, he can already fight until the Beijing division changes the dynasty, but these two troops are not enough to support the peace movement launched by his new dynasty.

Therefore, the combat mode, which requires great courage and high-intensity training, has naturally become Jia Liu's basic requirement for the transformation of the army.

This requires the soldier to master the most basic queues and the corresponding tactical movements.

For the illiterate, it is probably more painful to let him learn than not to let him sleep.

Simply by fighting, it can also make soldiers form physical inertia.

But this inertia cannot be sustained, nor can it maintain resilience.

Therefore, Jia Liu had already carried out the "Three One Project" in the army, that is, to carry out a literacy campaign in the army, using "Hundred Family Names" as the basic teaching material, and striving for soldiers to be able to read 100 words a year. Once you have the foundation, you can study the "Thousand Character Text", or study his diary, etc.

The idea is right, but there is not enough time.

Not long ago, Jia Liu mentioned the idea of training troops with songs in a letter to Asiha, then minister of the whole army, and then all units of the army popularized the "Collection of Battle Songs of the King James Army" on a large scale, and instilled all military knowledge, tactical actions, and precautions in the form of songs in the form of songs, such as training, marching, fighting, camping, and facing the enemy.

Edutainment.

Not to mention, the effect is really first-class.

Under the subtlety of these songs, although the level of training of the four newly formed armies of the Restoration Dynasty could not reach the level of military training for college students, it could basically reach the level of serving the owners.

Great improvement!

Theoretically, it was possible to sweep away the Qing army entrenched in the provinces, as well as the armies of some countries in East Asia.

Annan and North Korea are not a problem.

Myanmar, the world's largest military power, may have to be trained again.

In the process of organizing and training the new army in Zhili, Wang Fu constantly supplemented and improved the various rules and regulations formulated by Jia Liu, and previously reported the "Rules for Drilling", "Shooting Method", "General Supervision and Exercise" and other regulations.

It also formulated a "daily schedule" for winter, spring, summer and autumn, and made clear regulations on when to practice, when to practice shooting targets, when to practice marching, and when to attack and defend in the field.

After reading this, Jia Liu was greatly admired, and ordered the Ministry of Military Affairs to combine these regulations of Wang Fu with the regulations he had formulated earlier in the Xiaozhai Military Preparedness School, and compile the "General Dictionary of Army Training" as a textbook for the Xingyuan Military Armament Academy.

Facts have proved that Wang Fu, who was recognized by Jia Liu as an excellent office director earlier, is indeed a talent in organizational construction, while Zu Yingyuan is not good at construction, only good at combat.

Both have their own merits and are indispensable.

After the formal establishment of the country, Wang Fu was given full responsibility for the organization of the whole army, and he was awarded the rank of general.

At this time, the "Admiral's Training Song" sounded in his ears was one of the ten war songs.

This military song is mainly to teach soldiers to be familiar with military orders and regulations, which is easy to understand, simple and clear, and the chorus is very good in terms of rhythm and emotion, as well as strength, which can be called the first war song.

Infected by the atmosphere of the scene, Jia Liu couldn't help but sing along: "The enemy detectives occupy the enemy's danger first, and our army will quickly outflank us from the side..."

His Majesty the Emperor sang it, and the accompanying civil and military officials and guards naturally sang along.

As the second-ranked prime minister and vice minister of the military department, Asiha must also sing along, but the bolt pillar standing next to him always feels that something is wrong.

Look closely, good guy, Ah Zhongtang just opened his mouth and didn't make a sound.

Typical indiscriminate filling.

Finding that Manager Yang was staring at him, Ah Zhongtang didn't blush, and said in a low voice: "What Your Majesty wants is attitude, as long as I open my mouth, it means that the form is there, and it doesn't matter if there is content or not... Mr. Yang should not think too much, this is also what His Majesty often says against dogmatism. ”

"Huh?"

Zhuzhu pondered for a moment and asked Ah Zhongtang if he also bought the diary copy of his young master, and if so, from whom.

"This..."

Lao Ah refused to say it at first, and he couldn't stand the fact that Manager Yang wanted to expose him and kept his mouth shut, but finally confessed that he bought it from Bo Zhongtang.

Zhuzhu's face turned dark: "How much does Lao Bo sell you for a second-way dealer?" ”

"Three hundred taels... It's not about money or money, it's mainly that everyone is learning, and if I don't learn, if I don't learn, I will fall behind and can't keep up with His Majesty's footsteps..."

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As he spoke, Lao Ah found that Mr. Yang's face was extremely unsightly, and he didn't say anything when he asked what was going on, feeling inexplicable.

The officers and men of the First Regiment over there had already learned that His Majesty the Emperor was coming, and they hurriedly lined up to wait for His Majesty the Emperor's review.

Jia Liu came to his old unit in high spirits surrounded by all the civil and military forces, and found that the officers and soldiers were eating, so he signaled the officers and soldiers to continue eating and leave him alone, but then the food of the officers and soldiers placed on the ground made him hang his face on the spot.

Without it, the food is too bad.

One person only has a flatbread and a bowl of vegetable soup with a little oil.

"What's the matter, why is the food so bad? The army food standard set by me requires that there must be two meats, one vegetable and one soup for lunch, so why do the soldiers eat dry cakes and drink vegetable soup! ”

Jia Liu was furious, believing that the officers of the first regiment must have withheld food, and raised his hand to order the guards to take people.

The officer of the frightened 1st Regiment hastened to explain that the food was not distributed according to the food standard.

"The last general and others also went to the coordination headquarters and division headquarters to ask, and the answer they got was that the local government did not send grain and grass as scheduled, so all the troops are now thrifty, and it is definitely not the last general and others who are deducting the food of the officers and soldiers..."

The pipe band of the first regiment was Wang Zheng, a student of the Han Army when Jia Liu founded the Xiaozhai Guerrilla School, who once participated in the battle of the large battalion to suppress the Manchu and Mongolian radicals, and was later transferred to the Chengdu Green Battalion.

After hearing what Wang Zheng said, Jia Liu immediately looked at Asiha unhappily: "What's the matter!" ”

Asiha is the secretary of the military department, and he is generally responsible for the allocation and distribution of grain and grass in the troops.

"The emperor is angry!"

Asiha, fearing that His Majesty would dismiss him in anger, quickly explained that since the emperor had decreed that Hubei should be exempted from paying taxes this year, the grain and grass that should have been levied and paid on time in the prefectures and counties of the Qing occupation area of Hubei this year had not been in place, and the household department had already sent a letter to Sichuan, Henan, Zhili, Shaanxi and other provinces to allocate grain and grass.

It's just that due to the hot weather, the inconvenience of transshipment, and the constant delay on the Shaanxi side, the food and grass of all troops are now very tight.

In particular, there are very few meat-eating vegetables.

It's not that there is no money to buy it, but because the production of local pigs, chickens and ducks in Hubei has dropped sharply due to years of war, and the supply is not available at all.

Specifically, the war led to a decline in people's livelihood and economy, and the economic downturn led to food shortages, market depression, and then the army's food could not keep up...

It's a problem of the industrial chain.

This problem is very complicated, and the big problem at the macro level of the country is not that Jia Liu said that I want the soldiers to have meat to eat and clothes to wear, and it just came out of thin air.

That's kind of what you probably have to write to be written.

The prerequisite for ensuring a strong army is a stable and peaceful production environment.

At present, although there is a truce in Hubei, the wounds caused by the war are too large, coupled with the inconvenience of transportation and the shortage of various resources, naturally the four armies of the Restoration Dynasty in Hubei cannot eat and drink enough to train their troops as Jia Liu imagined.

After realizing the problem, Jia Liuzi dissipated his anger, and at the same time realized that he had to pay close attention to the general mobilization of his direct provinces in order to ensure that resources were maximized.

The Northern Expedition is imminent, and if he can't effectively tap the money and grain resources in the control area, then he will get a worse mess than now.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly walked in front of the officers and soldiers, reluctantly raised his hand and slapped his two mouths fiercely, and said bitterly: "I used to be your Admiral, and now I am your emperor, I don't want the brothers to follow me, the emperor, and not even eat meat, this is my responsibility, I am here to compensate the brothers, first slap myself twice!" ”