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Chapter 94: Martial Arts in the Army (please subscribe)

In fact, the military training methods of later generations were not completely suitable for ancient times.

After all, ancient arms are different from those of later generations. In the cold weapon era, what was more important was battle formation coordination.

Capturing and fighting, such as those trained in later generations, were of little use in the ancient army.

But Yuan Wenshao doesn't know those things. He only knows some physical training methods and military posture formations.

And these are enough. The so-called military formation, to put it bluntly, means that a certain number of soldiers combine to defend or attack, causing effective damage to the enemy.

To put it simply, it means cooperation. To cooperate well, the discipline and execution ability of the soldiers are particularly important.

Training military posture is a test of willpower, while formation tests cooperation, execution and coordination.

Of course, an army cannot be invincible just by training alone.

Soldiers who have never seen blood, no matter how well-trained they are, will still be timid on the battlefield.

When he was at Minshan Fort, those soldiers were trained by him for more than a month. At first glance, the momentum of the army was no worse than that of Sun Qi's soldiers.

But when the fight actually started, the gap was revealed.

At that time, there were nearly 100 people in Minshan Fort, and Sun Qi's soldiers only had 100 people.

In the end, the number of survivors on both sides was about the same, which was the reason why Sun Qi's personal soldiers followed him to rob the camp, otherwise the survival rate would be higher.

When it comes to killing enemies, the gap is even greater.

But this is based on the fact that the two parties are not equal in the first place.

If the overall level of the soldiers on both sides was similar, the soldiers trained by his method would definitely be much stronger.

In ancient times, conditions were backward, and in order to save food, soldiers usually trained once every three days during non-war times, but after he took charge of the Heroic Camp, he changed it to training once a day.

The western suburbs camp is a veteran. After two months of training, the difference can be seen at a glance. Yuan Wenshao is very confident.

Yuan Weichang didn't know what Yuan Wenshao was thinking, so he said: "But this can be considered a good thing. After the official's inspection, they will at most give you a few instructions to resume your previous training methods, so that he will not embarrass you."

"Dad, I understand. If nothing happens, I will go back first." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Well, go ahead." Yuan Weichang said.

Yuan Wenshao stopped the carriage and got out, saluted, and after the carriage left, he took the horse from Zhang An's hand, got on it and headed home.

After returning home, I finished my meal, put on my armor and went out.

However, he did not go to the military camp, but to Bianjing Pier.

Bianjing Pier
Sheng Changbai looked at the sky and said, "Erlang, it's getting late. My eldest brother-in-law must have been delayed due to the morning meeting. Why don't you set off first?"

"Well, I'm leaving. When I come back, we can take part in the imperial examination together and see who ranks higher."

Gu Tingye regretted not being able to see Yuan Wenshao before leaving.

After all, they were just two friends.

But he was not pretentious. He cupped his hands and said, "Stone, let's go."

"Hey."

Shitou responded and followed Gu Tingye with a salute.

After the two boarded the boat, they waved to Sheng Changbai on the shore.

At this moment, bursts of exclamations came from the distance.

Gu Tingye looked for his reputation and saw a group of armored sergeants heading this way.

The first person was wearing bright silver armor and riding a tall black horse. He was very mighty. It was someone other than Yuan Wenshao.

Yuan Wenshao came forward and dismounted, walked to Sheng Changbai's side, looked at Gu Tingye on the boat and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

"Haha, it's okay, as long as you can come." Gu Tingye laughed and said, "But you don't need to dress up like this to see me off, right?"

Yuan Wenshao rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't think too much, I'm going to go to the military camp after seeing you off."

"Haha, I thought you were dressed like this just to see me off."

"Take care!" Yuan Wenshao said solemnly.

Gu Tingye also put away the smile on his face and said, "Take care!"

Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Changbai stood at the pier, watching the ship set sail, and did not look back until it disappeared.

"I've been busy with military affairs these days, and Zhuang Xuexue hasn't arrived yet. If you have nothing to do, you can take Ru Lan and the others to the house to accompany your sister." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Okay, I'll go back when I have time." Changbai nodded.

"Well, I'm leaving!"

Yuan Wenshao nodded, got on his horse, and led his guards to the western suburbs camp.

When I arrived at the camp, I went to meet the British Duke as usual, and then came to the brave camp.

When Yuan Wenshao arrived, the soldiers were training in full swing.

He didn't bother, and asked people to find Zhou Yue and Wu Tong, and went directly to the camp.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Yue and Wu Tong arrived at the camp, bowed and said, "I will see you at last, general."

Yuan Wenshao waved his hand, asked the two of them to sit down, and said, "Thank you for your hard work during my absence."

"General, you're welcome. These are what a general should do." The two men said quickly.

"I wonder how the soldiers were trained during the general's absence?" Yuan Wenshao said.

"The general's training method is very easy to use. Although it has only been two months, the overall strength of the soldiers has improved a lot, and they are much faster than before in forming and changing formations. How much the combat power has improved is not known without actual combat. It’s clear.” Zhou Yue said.

Yuan Wenshao nodded and said, "The opportunity will come soon."

"General, but the officials want to mobilize the brave battalion to go to the border?" Wu Tong said excitedly.

Even though Yuan Wenshao is the commander-in-chief, if the heroic battalion is really mobilized, it is impossible for him to command the troops.

In wartime, the officials would appoint a general to lead the army, and their two lieutenants would naturally go out with the army.

The assigned generals were not familiar with the Heroic Battalion, so they had to rely on them.

On the battlefield, they also had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Yuan Wenshao shook his head and said, "The official family wants to bring all the civil and military officials here to see the effect of the training of the heroic guards during this period."

Zhou Yue and Wu Tong were both a little disappointed when they heard this.

"Now the whole Bianjing capital is waiting to see our joke. If we can make a splash in front of the officials, rewards will be indispensable. If we are embarrassed, not only will the previous training methods be restored, but you and I will not be able to escape punishment." Yuan Wenshao said.

Zhou Yue and Wu Tong felt nervous. They were originally loyal to the officials, and they had reported Yuan Wenshao's military training methods and effects to the officials.

Maybe the official came to watch the martial arts performance this time because of his two reports.

The two of them praised Yuan Wenshao's military training methods a lot. If the officials failed to meet their expectations, the officials would definitely blame them.

Thinking of this, the two of them also paid attention to it.

"The official said that after three days, we must not slack off in these days. Now you go back to train the soldiers. I will go and see the results of this period later." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Yes!"

The two stood up, bowed, and left.

Yuan Wenshao waited for a while and then came to the high platform of the school field. He looked at the neatly dressed soldiers and nodded with satisfaction.

Although the western suburbs camp had assembled nearly half of the troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was not particularly elite overall.

After all, there has been no large-scale war in the Great Zhou Dynasty for nearly 20 years. In addition, the commanders of the various camps in the western suburbs have lost their enterprising spirit, so their usual training is mostly perfunctory.Generally speaking, military discipline is far inferior to that of the border troops.

But now the spirit of the soldiers, in Yuan Wenshao's opinion, is not much worse than that of the border troops.

Of course, this is just spirit. If they really fight, they will definitely not be the opponent of the border army.

But it's enough for martial arts.

Even so, Yuan Wenshao did not relax. For the past three days, he supervised the training in the barracks every day, and only left the barracks when it got dark.

Three days passed by in a flash. Early that morning, Yuan Wenshao came to the military camp early, summoned the generals to check carefully, and found that there were no omissions. He quietly waited for the officials and officials to arrive.

Towards the end of the day, a messenger came to deliver the order, asking him to go to the gate of the camp to meet the officials.

Yuan Wenshao asked Zhou Yue and Wu Tong to gather the soldiers to go to the school field to stand by, and hurriedly came outside the camp.

Soon the British Duke and the camp leaders will arrive.

"General Yuan has just made a meritorious service, and today he can show his face in front of officials. It is really enviable."

"Haha, General Yuan has been training every day since he took charge of the heroic camp. This time he will definitely surprise the officials and the princes in the court."

The commanders of each camp spoke one after another.

Even though they all seemed to support Yuan Wenshao very much, the expressions on their faces betrayed them.

As the saying goes, the higher the praise, the worse the fall.

Yuan Wenshao was knighted as a young man. How many generals were not jealous?
You must know that many of them do not have titles.

"That's enough!" the British Duke shouted: "The official family is coming soon, how can you act appropriately?"

As soon as the British Duke spoke, these people instantly became honest.

Yuan Wenshao curled his lips. He knew that these people were waiting to see his joke, and hoped that they would laugh again after a while.

After waiting for a while, I saw dust and smoke rising from a distance, and a large group of people were rushing towards here. The British Duke quickly led everyone forward.

After a while, the official's chariot came close and stopped.

"I respectfully welcome Your Majesty!" Everyone saluted.

After a while, a eunuch came out of the royal chariot and said loudly: "The official's order: all the ministers, without courtesy, go directly to the Xiaoyong Camp."

"I will obey your orders!"

The large army set off again and arrived in front of the stands of the Yongyong Camp.

The Imperial Guard protected the area around the stands. The officials got off the carriage and led the officials up to the stands.

For this martial arts performance, a large grandstand was built in advance, which could fully accommodate the official family and hundreds of officials.

The official came to the main seat, looked at the soldiers below, and nodded slightly.

In fact, the official was not very knowledgeable about military affairs, but he saw that the momentum of the soldiers below was not much worse than that of the imperial guards in the palace, so he was very satisfied.

After the official sat down, he waved his hand and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Baiguan thanked him and sat down.

The official said to the eunuch beside him: "Let's get started."

The eunuch responded, stepped forward and said loudly: "The official has an order, the martial arts performance begins!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Yuan Wenshao responded loudly and went down to give instructions.

"Boom boom boom!"

Thunderous drums sounded, and the soldiers below began to move.

Among them, 8000 people retreated some distance uniformly, leaving 2000 people behind.

Under the command of Ling Qi, these 2000 people began to form military formations and change formations.

The civil officials in the stands were not aware of the situation, but the generals were different. They couldn't help but gasped when they saw the speed at which the soldiers formed and changed formations.

The official looked at the expressions of the generals and asked the British Duke: "Fu Ren, how is the heroic camp?"

The British Duke took a deep breath, stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, if you just look at the military appearance and the speed of forming and changing formations, the Heroic Battalion is actually the elite of the elite. Of course, this is just training, and it is still unknown how it will be in actual combat. But to be able to train him to this point in two months is amazing.”

Normally during a war, one party will collapse if its battle losses reach [-]%. Those who can exceed [-]% without collapse can be called elites.

If the battle damage reaches [-]% and there is no collapse, then you are the best among the best.

There are so many examples in the history books where a small number of people defeated a large number of battles. Most of them were victories achieved by quickly defeating the enemy.

There is an idiom called "The army cannot be defeated."

Once they broke out, more people would be trampled to death than those actually killed in battle.

Therefore, the strength of an army cannot be completely defined by the speed of its formation and formation changes.

However, it is very rare for Yuan Wenshao to be able to train his soldiers to this point in two months.

"Can this method be promoted to the entire army?" the official asked.

Although he did not know much about military affairs, the fact that he was praised by the British public shows that Yuan Wenshao's training methods are still effective.

In this case, he naturally wanted to extend it to the entire army.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty became stronger in combat power, and with the control of Lingzhou City, the source of the war horses was solved.

There may not be a chance in the future to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun and complete what Taizu Taizong set out to accomplish.

The British Duke thought about it carefully, shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Your Majesty, I have also heard about Uncle Zhongyong's training method. This method consumes too much energy. If you train according to this method, it will cost too much. Only a small number of troops are trained. It can be supported, but if it is promoted to the entire army, the military expenditure will be too high and the national treasury cannot support it."

The fact that Yuan Wenshao was able to train his soldiers to this extent in such a short period of time certainly had something to do with the method, but the daily training also had a lot to do with it.

Soldiers usually train in groups of three, and only train for ten days a month.Yuan Wenshao had his soldiers train every day, and two months was worth half a year.

The physical exertion of soldiers training every day is too great, and the daily consumption of food and grass will also increase.

The army of the Great Zhou Dynasty had more than 100 million. If the entire army was to be promoted, the amount of food and grass needed would undoubtedly be an astronomical amount.

The official thought about it carefully and knew that this was not feasible, so he said, "What if we just train the Imperial Army?"

"It would be feasible if we just train the Imperial Guards," said the British Duke.

The official nodded and said nothing more.

Many civil servants have been paying attention to the official's face. When they saw the official smiling and looking very satisfied, many people became a little anxious.

They originally wanted to suppress the generals by attacking Yuan Wenshao.

If Yuan Wenshao is allowed to shine, wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?

After more than half an hour, the martial arts performance ended and the soldiers stopped.

"What do you think of Xiaoyong Camp?" the official said with a smile.

"This…"

Everyone was quiet for a while. The military commander wanted to throw Yuan Wenshao out as an abandoned son in order to show weakness to the civilian officials.

But the effect of Yuan Wenshao's training far exceeded their expectations. What should they say?
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