Chapter 51 Acting Military Affairs
Through careful comparison, He Bai's military training methods in later generations are not much better than those of the Han Dynasty. The training method of later generations trained ordinary soldiers, and it was difficult to train elite dead soldiers who were in battle.
The primary gunpowder musket black technology, He Bai doesn't know anything. Advanced yellow explosives and glycerin explosives will not be used. When there were no muskets and other advanced weapons of later generations, they could only use the queue formation method to carry out cold weapon offensive and defensive operations. It is a bit of a local battle to overwhelm the outnumbered, in order to rectify the enemy's chaos.
However, the victory of the military training method in later generations was won in the organizational strength and ideological education of the middle and grass-roots units, and when there were not enough generals, such a large army could be defeated again and again after defeat, and it was tenacious and unyielding, but it was never able to achieve the momentum of aggression like fire, and it was inevitably somewhat deficient in attack power. If we can make up for the more than 50 middle and high-level generals and win by quality, we can truly be invincible in the world.
"Running a military school" is a good way that He Bai first thought of, but when there is no fixed territory, I am afraid that it will not be possible to run a military school. Moreover, in addition to having teachers, it is more important to have outstanding cadets in running military schools. This unified army battle is nothing else, but more attention is paid to talent.
He Bai did not have much family fame in the Han Dynasty, and without family fame, it was impossible to recruit excellent students. If there are no outstanding students, even if they are knowledgeable in military affairs, they talk a lot about it, and no matter how experienced they are, they are only a general, and it will be difficult to become a real famous general and a famous commander in the end.
The famous generals in the Three Kingdoms era were truly talented, and the generals trained by the military academy could only supplement the middle and grassroots generals at the beginning. When most of the world starts, you may be able to receive enough excellent students. However, by then, they may not be able to make it in time.
I only heard Fu Xing say again: "In terms of training, the soldiers of each tun and song are basically qualified in the queue, and they can be neat and consistent in terms of equipment, knives and spears. If you fight in formation, you should not be weaker than the state soldiers. In terms of the archers' projectiles, each team will basically be able to measure the wind speed and distance according to the master's teaching, and conduct an angle salvo. And the three-team three-stage salvo method of three hundred crossbowmen can also achieve the arrows that the lord said are raining down and endless. If you are a pawn, the light cavalry of each song almost has the combat power of the first martial arts and blood cavalry. ”
He Bai nodded again and again after hearing this, in the era of cold weapons without muskets, such a soldier was already good, especially the total training time was only two months. However, for the real elite, the army under his command may have many shortcomings.
When he was supposed to practice something, He Bai was also a little confused. According to the hot weapon tactics that He Bai learned in later generations, they were almost useless at this time. Only the queue shooting method of the musket era may be worth using.
In terms of bows and arrows, it's okay to say, but the crossbow has always been a forbidden weapon of the court, and only the royal guards of Luoyang City can be installed in large quantities. The state soldiers can only be equipped in small quantities, and there are almost no county and county soldiers.
The three hundred crossbows in He Bai's army were still in the first time he came to Jinyang, Taiyuan Taishou opened the arsenal of the state army in a panic, and was accidentally discovered by He Bai, and forcibly took them out for installation. Later, Taiyuan Taishou and He Bai became raccoon dogs, but they didn't report it to Ding Yuan to know, so they hid it.
This crossbow is just a general three-stone arm crossbow, which can shoot 220 steps, that is, 330 meters, and can pierce armor within 150 meters. This crossbow is easier to use than a bow and arrow, and the accuracy is also high, even an ordinary person who has just picked up a crossbow can easily kill an elite soldier.
It's just that the crossbow is very slow to reload, and with the strength of the arm alone, even a skilled crossbowman will take about fifteen to twenty seconds. He could only shoot about 20 times at a time, so He Bai had to use the three-stage shooting method of Mu Ying, a general of the Ming Dynasty, to train his troops.
When fighting, first use crossbows and bows and arrows to kill the enemy in front of the battle with a three-stage combination of flat fire and projectile shooting. Then using the large and dense battle formation phalanx of foot soldiers, like a tide-like tactic, the sword and shield hand in the front protection, the spearman in the back stabbing tactics, layer upon layer to advance towards the enemy. It is like a hammer, breaking the enemy army with one blow. This tactic is simple and brutal, and it can break most of the enemy's army.
However, if you meet a famous general who is wise and good at fighting, and when he commands elite soldiers and strong generals, He Baike will have no confidence. Especially at this time, the Huangfu Song army, the Xiliang soldiers when they were fighting for Dong, Sun Jian's soldiers, Cao Cao's army, Lu Bu's army, Gongsun Zhan's army, etc., He Bai was a little in awe of them and the soldiers under his command.
If the infantry of He Bai's army fights as a whole, it is not bad, but if it fights in small teams, most of the soldiers are not good at fighting alone for half a year, and they are afraid that they will be destroyed by the other party. However, if the large corps is fighting, He Bai is very unconfident in his own command ability, and it seems that more training is needed.
Thinking of this, He Bai couldn't help but pat his head violently, how could he forget the mandarin duck formation of Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, that mandarin duck formation is a famous formation for fighting in small teams. Even if they are inferior to the opponent in the battle of the large corps, with the ability of their own army to quickly form a formation, they can quickly form a small formation of mandarin ducks to fight with the enemy. With the strong organizational ability of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the other side to fight the opponent, they may be able to defeat the enemy. After having rich experience in the future, you may understand the mandarin duck formation of the large corps of combat.
Just do it, He Bai immediately told the people what he knew about the Mandarin Duck Formation. The Mandarin Duck formation is a team of 11 people, and there are no muskets at this time, so subtract one person, just 10 people. The Mandarin Duck Formation is best at fighting in the mountains and rivers with hills and ravines, rivers and canals, and narrow roads.
The first two people of the Mandarin Duck Formation are commanded by Shi Chang and the old pawn, one of whom holds a long shield and the other holds a round shield. The long shield hand holds a long shield to block the enemy's arrows and spears, and the round shield holds a small light shield with a javelin and ring knife, mainly covering the rear team to advance, and the round shield hand can also fight with the enemy in close combat in addition to covering.
The two of them are wolf wrestlers, and the wolf whirlwind uses the bamboo grown in the south to choose its old and solid ones as weapons, but this kind of bamboo is not available in the north, so the craftsman battalion can only use the spare spear to try to transform it into an elongated strange spear. Each spear is about 3 meters long, and the spear uses the sharp blade at the front to stab the enemy, covering the advance of the shield hand and the attack of the pikeman behind it.
Then there were four spearmen with spears, two on each side, to take care of the shield-bearers and spearmen on the left and right in front of them. The next follow-up was the captain and another old soldier, holding "boring palladium" to serve as vigilance, support and other tasks. It is best for them to be good at bows and crossbows, and if the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, they use arrows or short soldiers to rush forward and kill the enemy.
The division of labor of various weapons is clear, and each person only needs to be proficient in his own kind of operation, and the key to its effective killing of the enemy lies in the overall cooperation, and the order is prohibited. This point, through two months of cohort training, He Bai can still guarantee it.
Although the generals are generals, they are also relative to the famous generals. In this small battle of ten people, the generals could see the strength of it at a glance. If the soldiers cooperate perfectly, even if they are a fierce general with a hundred enemies with strong martial arts, they are afraid that they will be killed by these ten soldiers.
And this array is so powerful, and I'm not afraid of being stolen by others. Because of the cooperation between each other, if there is no tacit understanding cultivated by long-term queue training, even if you learn it, you will only learn the skin, and you will not be able to get the essence.
Che Jing smiled happily: "Lord, my subordinates will go to the craftsman camp and order the craftsmen to make two strange spears and come out, and first form a small array of mandarin ducks to see how powerful it really is." ”
Cheng Qi also shouted happily: "Go together, go together." ”
He Baisi and himself had not been to the craftsman barracks once, so they happened to inspect and inspect together. led by Cheng Zhang, who had been managing on his behalf, and a group of seven people went to the craftsman barracks together. Along the way Cheng Zhang said:
"My lord, there are a total of 320 craftsmen in the craftsman battalion, and according to the order of the lord, my subordinates will evaluate and classify them according to the skills they know. There are 134 blacksmiths, including 2 master craftsmen who can make iron armor, 15 middle craftsmen who can make weapons, and the others are craftsmen who only know how to make agricultural tools. There are 186 carpenters, including 1 master craftsman who can make crossbows, 24 middle craftsmen who can make longbows, and the others are craftsmen who only know ordinary household utensils. But...... Among them, there are more than a dozen craftsmen who are good at carving wood and stone, and their skills are good. ”
Most of the craftsmen in this artisan battalion were good people who were coerced by the white wave thief Li Le, and a small number of them were recruited from other counties, and all those with families were placed near Jinyang City. He Bai, who came from later generations, naturally knew that science and technology were the primary productive forces of society, and the importance of these craftsmen naturally went without saying.
He Bai only said, "Compare it with the ironwood master and the middle craftsman." "It's useless now, it doesn't mean it's useless in the future, anyway, you have your own money, and you can keep it.
Chengzhang didn't say much, but just responded. Cheng Qi on the side muttered: "The master has 36 stones of Lu rice for a year, 72 stones of Lu rice for a year of middle craftsmen, and 144 stones of Lu rice for a year of master craftsmen." This master craftsman is not inferior to the county magistrate of Xia County who eats 200 stones of Lu rice for a year. The 320-person artisan battalion spent as much as 500,000 yuan in a month on iron, charcoal, and other materials. With the addition of Lu rice, it doesn't cost 10 million dollars a year. are all comparable to the cost of a song of soldiers in our army. This...... This...... Your lord, you are also a little biased. Instead of spending huge sums of money on useless artisan barracks, it is better to summon more soldiers and horses to strengthen the strength of our army. ”
He Bai glanced at the generals, and saw that all the generals had the same feeling on their faces. He Bai couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "What are you waiting for?" There are too few good generals in our department who can lead the army to fight, and this army of more than 5,000 people is enough, no matter how much, I am afraid that you will not be able to manage it. Remember it for me, and if you hear that there are brave and virtuous people elsewhere in the future, tell me more. Only when there are more talents, can our department become stronger, and the lord and I can better make contributions. ”
Fu Xing and Cheng Zhang nodded yes again and again, and Fu Xing said: "The lord is trustworthy, and there are many subordinates and Cheng Zhang, and they are often difficult to take care of, and they often hate that one person can be divided into ten people. ”
He Bai said again: "Do you know that the famous craftsmen in the pre-Qin period lost the class and Ou Yezi?" ”
Most of the generals didn't know the book, only Che Jing and Lu Ping nodded again and again, and Che Jing said: "Although the two of them are craftsmen, the two of them have made the ladder used to attack the city and the hook used in the water battle, so that the combat power of the soldiers of the Chu State has increased by several points in a while, and they dominate for a while. And Ou Yezi's Zhan Lu, Juque, Shengxie, Yu Gu, Chun Jun, Seven Star Longyuan, Tai'a, and Gongbu are all famous swords in the world, and those who practice martial arts and good swords are proud to have a sword made by Ou Yezi. ”
He Bai said with a smile: "Yes, although the artisan battalion cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, it can make our army's combat power stronger, make the weapons in our hands sharper, and the armor more strong, why can't we be better for them?" The reason why I don't call the artisan battalion a craftsman battalion is that I treat them as if they were regular soldiers like you. You must not underestimate them. ”