"If it's an expedition, how should the baggage be arranged?"

During the discussion, Zhu Youzhen asked about the weight of the expeditionary march.

This question seems simple, but in fact, the entire Ming Dynasty can't find a few generals who can answer it.

Because since the death of Li Rusong, Li Hualong and others, few people in the Ming army have been able to go out of the customs and sweep the north.

And Qi Jin was one of the people who could answer this question, so he replied easily:

"The expedition of the army needs to calculate the number of days according to the distance, and then one person and one stone of grain per month are the mainstay, which is the most basic heavy grain and grass."

"In addition to this, before the expedition, each person must carry two liters of fried yellow rice with them."

"Here you need two liters of yellow rice, one liter of ground powder, one liter of other packages, and you also need to bring a liter of five-fold flour."

"Among them, Wuhe is made into sesame oil steamed cakes, Wuhe is made into fried noodles and soaked in soju, and Wuhe is made into fried noodles with salt and vinegar, and they are each wrapped and carried with them in case of emergency."

"If there is an expedition to the south, and the army is blocked by a large river, if the water is deep and there is no boat, then send a good water man to swim to the opposite bank with the thick rope of the army, and then the rope will be erected and fixed on both banks."

"After fixing, the soldiers cut down the bamboo and made it into a raft and placed it on the rope to make a drawbridge."

"If there is no forest nearby, then use a spear as a makeshift material, tie it up and put it on a rope, and then lay armor on it as a road emergency."

"In order to avoid being attacked by the half-crossing or the enemy setting up an ambush, after the drawbridge is built, it will not all cross the river, but will first send the elite troops to cross the river."

"After they have crossed the river, set up a formation to guard and protect the troops crossing the river behind, and then each team crosses, occupy the favorable terrain and set up a formation to cross the river in turn."

"Although I am so careful everywhere, I also have to consider the response to the middle ambush, after all, no matter how well it is arranged, all incidents cannot be avoided."

"For example, when passing through deep valleys, dense forests, and narrow mountain roads, it is possible that there is no omission and no discovery after the search is completed."

"Therefore, in this case, once an ambush is encountered, it will inevitably be disconnected from end to end, broken into several parts, and unable to unify command."

"Therefore, when passing through such a place, it is necessary to change the formation to the continuous bead rewinding method."

"For example, take 1,000 people as an example, divide the 1,000 people into 10 sentinels, and 100 people per sentinel."

"When crossing the mountain road, the first post is advanced, go to the first pond position, see what flag the pond soldiers raise, and after there is no danger information, they will be on guard against the mountain here."

"Then the second post crosses the first post and advances to the second pond position, just as the first post is on guard against the mountain, and the rest of the posts advance in this order."

"In this way, you can be prepared even if the enemy soldiers are ambushed."

Qi Jin explained to Zhu Youzhen, perhaps in his opinion, this knowledge is not a secret, but in the current Ming Dynasty, it is not enough to find such a simple and popular person who can explain the knowledge of marching.

Zhu Youzhen asked someone to write it down, and he thought about it himself, and then continued to ask:

"What should I do if I camp on the march and are attacked? What if it's night? ”

This question is very important, Zhu Youzhen has the impression that the Later Jin army often attacked the Ming army at night, so he urgently needs to know what to do.

Regarding his question, Qi Jin also explained unhurriedly:

"During the march, if something needs to be suspended for three or five days or a period of time, in addition to setting up camp and arranging fortifications, it is also necessary to build beacon piers within a distance of one or two miles outside the camp as a warning post."

"When they see an enemy army coming to attack the village, they light beacon fires according to the number of people, generally ten people light small torches, 100 to 200 people light large torches, 300 to 400 people light two torches, 500 to 1,000 people light three torches and increase accordingly."

"If the enemy comes to attack the village, encountering strong wind and sand weather and low visibility, then the main general will repeatedly order that all units should not go out of the village to fight, mainly to avoid that after leaving the camp, all units will be hindered by wind and sand and cannot cooperate, and will be broken by the enemy with cavalry one by one."

"At this time, each department can only stick to the camp, shoot with bows and crossbows, firearms, and then select elite cavalry and quietly go out of the camp to find the enemy's back to attack."

"When you arrive at enemy territory, if you are not familiar with the geography, you need to find local residents as guides, and sometimes if you can't find residents, you will let the captives act as them."

"But in order to prevent these people from providing false information, you can't just listen to what one person says, you have to look for a lot, and then ask these people separately to see if the information provided is consistent."

"Hmm......" Hearing this explanation, Zhu Youzhen thought about it, wrote it down and asked again:

"I still have some questions, as the saying goes, "one person over 10,000 is boundless", when marching, tens of thousands or even 100,000 troops can even be tens of miles long. ”

"If you lead tens of thousands of troops to go on the expedition, how can you ensure that the various departments are mobilized correctly and the information obtained will not be wrong?"

Zhu Youzhen's question was asked after consideration.

The Ming Dynasty was locked in a centuries-old war with the northern Mongols, so although the generals nominally had tens of thousands of troops, in reality they often only carried a few thousand troops into the battle.

This kind of law and order war has led to many times, the small battles of the Ming Dynasty are impressive, and the big battles of tens of thousands of people are a mess.

During the entire Wanli period, there were only a few people who were capable of commanding tens of thousands of people in field battles, namely Li Chengliang, Li Rusong, Qi Jiguang, Ma Gui, Li Hualong and others.

During the Apocalypse, there was not even a general who could command tens of thousands of troops in the field.

Although Xiong Tingbi is good, he is mainly defensive and defensive.

Qi Jin may not be able to, but when he was in the army in Jizhen, he saw Qi Jiguang's command, and Qi Jiguang fought with 30,000 chariots and defeated 30,000 Mongolian cavalry head-on, so he would naturally be a corps-level commander.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth to ask, Qi Jin was silent for a few seconds, and then said:

"The last general does not have the record of leading tens of thousands of troops, at most he leads 10,000 troops."

"But how to lead tens of thousands of troops without chaos, and even be able to advance and retreat, this is what the last general's uncle told the last general." He explains:

"Due to the long distance between the teams, the golden drums are not heard, and the flags are not visible, so they can only rely on the Tang cavalry or the soldiers to transmit information verbally, and the Tang soldiers have 24 layers, and it is easy to make mistakes and omissions in the transmission at all levels."

"Therefore, in the early years in Jizhen, my uncle's rule was that the message should not be conveyed nonsense, and the key points should be condensed, and the content should not exceed three sentences, and then passed on layer by layer."

When passing, you have to repeat it to confirm it, and then answer "Got it" to continue passing backwards. ”

"Hmm......" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen nodded, he didn't expect Qi Jiguang to use such a simple means to deliver the news.

This kind of transmission is far more clever and concise than the use of flags and flags by the army.

But simplicity doesn't mean simplicity.

Some things seem simple, but they are difficult to fight in real combat, because he needs an army with high discipline and will.

To put it bluntly, the ancient army could not reach the discipline and will of the army of later generations, and a slightly elite army was already considered an elite soldier if it was drilled once every three days.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the army that practiced every three days was already good, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the ten-day drills belonged to loyal duty.

However, in such an era, the Qi family army can insist on exercising every day, which is comparable to the strength of later generations, and it is natural to stick to the military orders.

"Everything still depends on training...... Zhu Youzhen sighed, and then continued to look at the army training under the school ground, silent for a long time......