Daming kill

Chapter 34 The boring training

Standing outside the small courtyard in front of Li Ping House, you can have a good view of the flat land at the foot of the mountain, which is the size of a football field.

This flat land was purposely leveled and used exclusively for intensive training and proofreading.

At this time, on this flat ground, hundreds of officers and soldiers were training in a neat line as usual.

Although it was mid-July (middle-to-late August in the Gregorian calendar), the sun was still a bit vicious, but no one in the team under the sun moved or fainted.

Rows of tanned soldiers walked up and down neatly under the guidance of the "one two one" command and whistle.

If it weren't for the high buns on their heads, the uniform sleeveless jacket-style uniforms on their upper bodies, the straw sandals under their feet, and their still thin bodies, they would have looked like a group of high school students in military training.

Because of the hot weather, everyone wore no other clothes on their upper bodies except livery.

Making a uniform uniform for the soldiers was not because Li Ping had any preference for the vest-style clothing that was put on the outside, nor was it to try to maintain the same dressing style as other officers and soldiers.

In fact, it is poor.

Uniform full-body uniforms never come cheap.

The cost advantage of livery is very obvious at this time.

Just like these uniforms are unified with earth red on the side and blue on the inside, it is also because of the cheapness. These two colors are the most easily available dyeing in nature at this time.

Countries with uniform military uniforms in history mostly use red or blue. In addition to the eye-catching and oppressive colors, low cost is also one of the important reasons.

As for the straw sandals, it is not that Li Ping has not yet resolved to provide at least one pair of cloth shoes for each soldier, but that the ordinary cloth shoes of this era cannot withstand the wear and tear of queue training.

Not to mention that Li Ping couldn't bear it, even the soldiers felt distressed.

Changing straw sandals during training also quickly became a rule.

The queue training is the most important training for Li Ping at the moment, and it takes up most of the training time in his battalion.

The spear training that is directly related to combat is only organized for about half an hour every afternoon, and the training of knives and bows is only for a small number of soldiers with knives and bows, as well as officers above very long. More than half an hour.

Due to the serious lack of high-calorie food, the physical training that is not very intense is only organized in the morning.

Many people do not understand such an arrangement, and there are many complaints and discussions among the officers and soldiers in the battalion.Li Shengcai, who came to play, laughed at Li Ping's knowledge of such things. Of course, he did not forget to ridicule Zhao Jin, who occupied about one-third of the military training in queue training.

Li Ping didn't want to explain, and he didn't need the understanding of the officers and soldiers in the battalion. What he needed was their execution.

He intends to keep the high percentage of cohort training for about a month, then cut it in half for another month, that's his plan.

It's a plan, because Li Ping doesn't know whether he can achieve the training effect he wants at each time point.

After all, this is not an era when most people in later generations have received a lot of discipline concepts and common sense of formation before joining the army.

Here, Li Pingguang spent countless efforts to distinguish the left and right of most of the uninformed rural soldiers, so that in the first ten days of training, the soldiers had to wear shoes on their left feet and bare their right feet to strengthen their consciousness. Know.

Recalling an anecdote about a warlord in the early years of the Republic of China, a certain warlord was good at training troops, and every squad leader in his army could shout commands very well, and then shocked many surrounding warlords. Everyone called this warlord The army is regarded as the strongest.

It was a joke at the time, but now I see it as too superficial.

Today, Li Ping did not rush to the training ground to train with everyone, but stood outside the small courtyard where he lived to watch the overall training from a height together with Ma Yong, the supervisor on duty these days.

They have been watching for a while.

After the unified training was implemented, Li Ping set up the position of duty chief, which was held by three post chiefs in rotation every five days. During the duty period, he was responsible for the overall planning and supervision of all aspects of camp training, life and other aspects, as well as the deployment of ordinary tasks. .

The purpose of setting up a duty officer is to enhance his subordinates' ability to grasp and control the overall situation. This is actually copying the practice of later generations of the army.

Li Ping's understanding is that the term "chief officer" is more likely to be understood by ordinary soldiers and civilians with low education. This word was derogatory because of the specific historical conditions at that time, but the word itself is actually very popular. .

However, there is also a big difference. It is impossible for the grassroots commanders of later generations to take the position of duty officer. This kind of position is held by the regiment leaders in rotation at the lowest level with rotation requirements, that is, the regiment level. and so on.

This is because the army of later generations has a complete set of mature organs, the command is initiated by the chief, and the specific execution is carried out by the organs.

Putting a grassroots commander in charge of the shift will cause a reversal of command, causing enormous trouble and confusion to the troops.

However, Li Ping's troops do not have an organization right now. What he needs is to develop comprehensive officers as soon as possible to share his pressure and strengthen the control of the troops, so he temporarily adopted this method.

In particular, its troops have not yet adopted the flag-recognition-style command and control methods commonly used by Ming officials and troops, which requires higher and more comprehensive comprehensive capabilities of individual commanders.

The main reason for not building banner troops is that Li Ping is not familiar with them.

It is impossible for him to adopt a set of command methods that are completely different from his habits and he basically does not understand. After all, he himself does not know a few flags until now, and he does not agree with this type of army model.

Looking at the slightly busy captains, chiefs and even corporals in the field, and listening to their command commands one after another, Li Ping knew that the basic training of this army was on the right track.

Although they are still immature, they have basically taken shape, and all they need is the precipitation of time.

At this time, his thoughts inevitably drifted to deeper troubles again.

The cultivation of discipline and the establishment of organization are not unfamiliar and complicated to Li Ping, who has been in the army for more than 20 years, has conducted recruit training, led a company, and has been focusing on troop management training for many years.

The real challenge is how to cultivate the belief of this army and how to keep them loyal, which makes Li Ping's head hurt like hell.

An army without faith, serving as a soldier is to eat food, to get promoted and make a fortune, and it is bound to be ungrateful for profit. It can defect at any time, and the king's flag can be changed at any time on the top of the city. The countless warlords in history and the following crimes are typical examples.

The soul of an army is belief, and organization and discipline are only its bones.

An army with faith can have countless legends, while an army without faith can only be a vulnerable mob.

The reason why Li Zicheng's peasant army suddenly became stronger is that they put forward the political slogan "Chuang Wang will not pay food" and used strict military discipline to publicize his political ideas.

"Protect the environment and protect the people, eradicate violence and protect the good" is a slogan used by many armies in history, and it is also an idea that Li Ping can think of temporarily instilling in the soldiers after repeated weighing, but it is also a very unreliable idea.

"Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism", when the Ming Dynasty was about to end, and the Nanming regime established later was hardly trustworthy, Li Ping did not dare to mention it randomly. Control.

And now is not the time to "restore China and expel the Tartars".

The Manchus haven't called in yet!At this time, no one believed that Manqing could win the world.

How to shape the belief of this army or how to grasp this army is exactly the trouble that Li Ping has been thinking hard about.But he still has no formed ideas, and grasping organization and discipline has become his main means of controlling the troops at the moment.

Ma Yong couldn't imagine Li Ping's troubles. Looking at Li Ping's furrowed brows from time to time, he only had unfathomable respect for Li Ping, and then stood behind Li Ping more solemnly to accompany him.

For everything in front of him, Ma Yong has a sense of pride.

This is the most orderly army he has seen in the past few years, and it is also the most disciplined army, and it is a rare army that does not do anything wrong.

Although their combat skills training is still very little, Ma Yong still believes that such uniformity and strict discipline are enough to make many enemies daunting.

Those who have been on the battlefield understand the importance of discipline better.

But the scene in front of him still didn't meet the young general's expectation, Ma Yong was a little puzzled.

Finally, he couldn't help but asked: "Sir, from above, our formation is extraordinary! I'm afraid that the soldiers trained by Grandpa Qi before are no more than this. How long do we need to practice in this formation? Is it almost done? A lot of the boys are suffocating."

Li Ping got out of his thoughts and turned his head slightly to look at Mayong.

This is the whistle chief he admires the most at present. He is obedient, studious, steady and upright.

"They are not good enough. They have to train for another ten days. After ten days, we will wait for half of the formation training and the training of spears, bows and arrows. Yesterday Song Yingguan said that the expansion training ground has been completed. Starting tomorrow, the sentries can go there in turn. Let's do some training. Let's take it easy according to the one-day schedule for each call, and let the rest remain unchanged for the time being." Li Ping said after thinking about it.

"Yes, sir." Ma Yong's answer was very straightforward.

After a while, he thought of something again, and hurriedly asked: "Sir, do I need to arrange for the officers to gather, and you will explain to everyone in advance the training method and precautions you mentioned called outward bound training?"

Li Ping nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed necessary. After dinner today, you gather the officers above the rank, and I will briefly explain it to everyone, and I will talk about it in detail tomorrow combined with the scene."

"Yes, sir" Ma Yong straightened his chest again and replied.

After days of training, Ma Yong not only formed the conditioned reflex to answer, but also paid special attention to leading by example.

Li Ping didn't say anything for a long time, and Ma Yong didn't ask any more questions after hesitating for a long time. He had already discovered that Li Ping was different from the past.

This was the first time that Li Ping did not go down early in the morning to supervise the training.

"Go down to organize training first! I'll stay alone later." Li Ping said suddenly.

Ma Yong was stunned for a moment, but left decisively after answering the order loudly.

Don't ask what shouldn't be asked, this is Ma Yong's consistent style.

After watching the horse leave forever and disappear into the trees, Li Ping, who was standing, suddenly knelt down on the ground and retched.

nausea!

Severe nausea with bouts of cold sweat!

There is no doubt that there is something wrong with Li Ping's body.

In fact, Li Ping has felt extraordinarily weak and lethargic since waking up this morning.

He thought it might be better if he slowed down for a while, because he had experienced milder symptoms several times before, and he used excuses such as going to the toilet to find a place to close his eyes and rest his mind, and he got better soon .

But today seems a little serious.

Soon, he sat down on his ass, buried his head in the arms resting on his bent legs, closed his eyes and squinted.

But before long, he stood up again, and then paced around, looking very fidgety.

Li Ping knew that he was in a bad state recently, his eyes were dark, his face was haggard, irritable and hysterical.

These days after arriving in Xiangyang, he is like a tireless machine, and he arranges every moment and every moment of himself to the full.He didn't want to stop, not because of anything else, just because he couldn't control his emotions.

Many people advised him to take a good rest. He also forced himself to lie down, but it didn't work. He couldn't lie down at all.

He was afraid of being quiet, of being idle.

As soon as his mind stopped, the past life began to hit him like a movie.

He misses his wife and children, his relatives, his house, his friends, his life, the civilized world, and everything in the past.Every morning when he wakes up, he hopes that everything is just a dream, but he is always extremely disappointed.

Maybe it's because the depression brought about by the huge change finally began to erupt violently after a period of stability, just like the waves hitting the shore have to recede slowly for a while to gather.

Entering Xiangyang and stopping the constant daily hustle and bustle further intensified the intensity of the slapping, making the repression all the more clear and painful.

But fortunately, at the beginning of the chaos, there are always endless troubles that you can't wait to solve. Li Ping opened his arms to gather them all in, and filled his whole life with these messy, trivial and headaches. time.

He hoped that through this overwork, he could fall asleep and escape quietness and anxiety, but it always backfired.

Li Ping was tossed and rolled in bed almost every night, and he could only fall asleep very late, and woke up quickly when the sky was light.

After walking around the yard for a while, he felt better.

The sun continued to stimulate his slightly pale face, and the sounds of birds and insects suddenly became clear in his ears, which he hadn't noticed for a long time.

He continued to look around. In the bushes next to him, the sun shone through the leaves and shone on the grass in the forest. It looked mottled and full of vitality everywhere.

Li Ping suddenly had the urge to go away, he didn't want to train as usual, he just wanted to be quiet for a while.

So, without a goal, he walked slowly along a small path on the hillside.

(End of this chapter)