Just like firearms, Qi Jiguang pointed out the fact that the bird gun is superior to the three-eyed and fast gun, but the southern soldiers use it more, but the northern soldiers do not accept it much.

In addition to the financial problems of the imperial court and the quality of the gun, its complicated loading and shooting process is also a very important reason. The so-called "Northern soldiers are too annoying" means that the northern soldiers are not that patient.

Is victory more important, or is patience more important?

The two armies clashed, suffered many casualties, and even gave up advanced weapons because of impatience, and were willing to suffer defeats and many deaths? It's really weird.

The northern and southern soldiers are all Ming people, and their temperaments may be different, but they are not unchangeable.

What kind of harsh punishment and strict law are not close to human feelings, there is no iron-like discipline, and there is no chilling strictness, how can we create a strong and victorious army?

Based on this concept, Zhu Youxiao had already selected a group of correctional officers. Just after the sacrifice of the prisoners, the officers and soldiers of the towns fell into hell before they could wake up from their excitement.

In the early hours of the morning, as soon as the sky was exposed to the white of the fish's belly, the drums sounded.

From officers to soldiers, they must be dressed in the shortest possible time, gather and run drills. Half an hour later, I washed up and went to the cafeteria to eat.

After a short break after dinner, there is a rotation of spear assassination and musket casting; Lunch, rest, sword and shield practice, musket casting; Dinner, rest, drill study, tactical discussion, sleep.

When the day was full of arrangements and there was a slight slack in training, the correctional officers' sticks were swept over, which made these officers and men suffer enough.

But one thing, eat well, eat well. You can eat a meal of meat in two days, and there are oil stars floating in the usual vegetable soup, and there are enough flatbreads and rice.

Besides, enduring hardships and suffering does not cost you your life, and running away is the end of immediate beheading.

After a few days, the soldiers became accustomed to training, and they were beaten less often, so they no longer complained about hardship.

Six days of training and one day off, tomorrow is a day off.

As soon as the afternoon training was over, each person was given three taels of silver, and they all happily bathed and changed their clothes, preparing to go to the capital to eat, drink and hang out, and have a good look at the prosperity under the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Kong Youde took a shower, changed into a clean military uniform, and happily returned to the dormitory. The officer had preferential treatment, and he and Zhang Pan lived in the same room, so they didn't have to sleep in the bunk like the big-headed soldiers.

Zhang Pan was still wearing dirty clothes and was sitting at the small table writing something.

"Brother Zhang, what are you writing?" Kong Youde lay down on the bed, tilted his head and asked, "Hurry up and wash up, Meimei sleep, Ming'er will go to the capital, I invite you to drink." ”

Zhang Pan smiled and said without raising his head: "Don't worry, write down the training experience of the past few days." Some suggestions for improvement were submitted to the Ministry of War. ”

Kong Youde was born as a miner and was illiterate, so he smiled and said: "It's better to be literate and hyphenated, I can understand some of the classics now, but I can't read a word." ”

Zhang Pan looked up at Kong Youde and said with a smile: "It's not easy to be literate, I'll teach you!" In the future, this leader will have to read some military books to fight. ”

Kong Youde put away his smile, thought about it, and said, "You have a point. In the past few days, I've been thinking about these methods of the Holy Master's training of the new army, as well as this drill or something, and I've also figured out some ways. ”

Zhang Pan nodded, with encouragement on his face.

"Although the speed of fire is slow, the advantage of armor piercing is terrifying." Kong Youde was encouraged, so he continued: "In a certain opinion, it is most appropriate to rely on strong defense; If it is a field battle, it depends on whether the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers can block the impact of the enemy cavalry. Well, the hand-to-hand combat of the Dongyu is the most vigilant and has to be blocked. ”

"Where's the eagle?" Zhang Pan raised his eyebrows.

Kong Youde grinned and said, "That play is too fierce, it's enough to choke on it." It's just a little bulky, not as flexible as Wansheng. Well, that's why it's less equipped! ”

Zhang Pan pondered for a long time and said: "What Brother Mao saw was not much different from that of a certain person, and a certain person also thought that if he was defeated in hand-to-hand combat, it would be difficult for the fire gun to restrain the slaves. If you rely on the city to defend, under the bullets, Jiannu is afraid that there will be heavy casualties. ”

"And the armor." Kong Youde turned over, sat up, and said, "The pikemen must have heavy armor to resist the arrows of Jiannu. ”

Zhang Pan smiled and said, "Then so-and-so will write Brother Mao's suggestion together and sign the names of the two of us." ”

"This-" Kong Youde scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Not very good?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Pan said with a smile: "This is indeed Brother Kong's suggestion, so-and-so is just a truthful record." ”

Kong Youde knew that Zhang Pan was helping him, because at the beginning of the training, Master Sun of the Ministry of War personally gave them a lecture, which also showed that the training of the new army was a grass creation, and there were many shortcomings.

Being able to go to the Ministry of War to make a suggestion is equivalent to registering a number with Lord Sun, and maybe he will also mention it at the Holy Lord, and his future future will naturally be much brighter.

Zhang Pan brushed a little bit, wrote the suggestion after a while, cleaned it up, and then got up and said: "So-and-so will also go and wash it, tomorrow it will be loose and loose." ”

Walking to the door, Zhang Pan stopped again, turned his head and said, "Do you want to talk to those colleagues or not, it doesn't matter if you are traveling together." ”

Kong Youde blinked his eyes, jumped out of bed, and said: "It's not strange that there are many people, you go to invite, you take care of yourself." ”

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In the vicinity of the recruit training camps in Liaozhen, Jinzhen, Dengzhen, and Dongjiang Town, there are several large battalions, but the training is more than 10,000 horses and horses of Tengxiang Siwei established during Zhengde, which was later renamed the Warrior Battalion and the Siwei Battalion.

Tengxiang Siwei is "the old and strong people of the world's guards and men who walk back from captivity", at first there were only a few thousand, and then gradually expanded to four guards, and the number of people and horses gradually increased.

Later, after rectification in the Jiajing period, this forbidden army was organized into a warrior battalion and a four-guard battalion, and the management agency was the imperial horse supervisor.

From the management structure, it can be seen that the warrior battalion and the four guard battalions are forbidden troops under the command of the inner court and belong directly to the emperor.

Therefore, since Zhu Youxiao was possessed and reborn, he began to rectify this once brave direct subordinate army.

If according to the selection criteria of the Tengxiang Four Guards, the strength of the officers and soldiers of the Tianxia Guards is concentrated, there will definitely be no problem in terms of physical fitness.

However, from the establishment to Zhu Youxiao's takeover, under the erosion of the years, Tengxiang Siwei also began to corrupt, and its combat effectiveness decreased significantly.

In history, it was not until Chongzhi succeeded to the throne that he began to vigorously rectify, and finally revived this army and became a strong army in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao naturally will not let go, this is a directly subordinate unit that he directly leads and can personally command, and he must not be sloppy.

So, he used the famous father-in-law Cao Huachun in history.

is the "god man" who was supposed to retire in Tianjin, but when Li Zicheng hit Beijing, he teleported to the capital and opened the city gate to meet the king.