King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 163 Can you stop being ordinary? King Lu is a prodigal!
At this time, on the training ground, the 5,000-strong Lu Wangwei were conducting orderly training in different areas.

The air is filled with the smell of soil and sweat, mixed with the rough breath of the soldiers, forming a unique training ground atmosphere.

In the endurance and strength training area, the chants from the crowd were deafening, as if they were about to tear the sky apart. The soldiers were all shirtless, showing their strong muscles, and their faces were full of toughness and perseverance. The equipment in their hands was unprecedented for Guo Ying, who came to the training ground for the first time.

Some soldiers held huge stone locks and raised and lowered them again and again, exercising their amazing arm strength. The veins on their arms popped out, as if they were about to crush the stone locks. Whenever a set of actions is completed, the surrounding soldiers will burst into warm applause and cheers.

Some soldiers were pulling a strange instrument - several thick ropes connected together, with one end fixed on a wooden stake, and the other end being pulled hard by the soldiers. This is training their endurance and overall body strength. The soldiers gritted their teeth, dug their feet into the dirt, and fought against the rope with all their strength.

In addition, some soldiers are undergoing flexibility training. They roll and jump with agility like apes, which is dazzling.

The surrounding soldiers laughed.

"Come on, hold on one more time, come on one more time!"

Seeing Guo Ying, Zhao Quan and other officers arriving, these soldiers did not have the slightest fear and continued their training. They only saluted respectfully when they saw everyone.

Zhu Tan did not make any requirements or changes regarding the ritual.

Although he likes modern military etiquette very much, which is simple, neat and equal between officers and soldiers.

However, in this era of strict hierarchy, it is still not suitable to be too equal.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for the superior to control his subordinates.

Therefore, it is unlikely that everyone will perform modern military salutes.

After all, every era has its own etiquette.

People in this era regard etiquette as the most important thing. If the rules of salute are changed easily, on the one hand, the soldiers will be confused, and on the other hand, many officers such as Zhao Quan and others will probably be confused.

Even if they have adjusted their condition, outsiders will not understand it.

Zhu Tan doesn't mind shocking the world many times.

Anyway, my character is ridiculous.

But if he makes changes in these virtual rituals, he may feel that he is going too far and not doing enough.

Everyone behaves normally, but if you suddenly create a new etiquette of your own, something will go wrong.

Guo Ying couldn't help but shook his head when he saw many soldiers enjoying themselves.

Only these rich old soldiers can play like this.

They all looked like they were full and had nowhere to vent their energy.

That tendon meat is proof!
Unlike the guardsmen in other places, those who stutter on weekdays are considered good.

At this time of the Ming Dynasty, most people only had two meals.

Most of the time, guards soldiers have to carry out agricultural production and other labor affairs, and they are busy with all kinds of things. Even if they have the opportunity to train, they mainly focus on performing formations and exercising their ability to use ordnance.

More often than not, they were simply dragged out to fight bandits and put down rebellions. They would either die on the battlefield or become elite soldiers.

Military training like this game is simply unthinkable.

Guo Ying couldn't help but sigh.

Everyone looked at Guo Ying with curiosity on their faces.

Guo Ying sighed: "These soldiers look so full of muscles, it can be seen that they eat well every day!
It's a waste of energy to practice these things like now. Why don't you just throw them into the fields and plow them? "

Everyone:.
Good guy.

Marquis Wu Ding wants to treat people like cattle.
But to be honest, everyone came from the Weisuo era.

Before His Royal Highness King Lu established the new King Lu Guards, the land in the military camp did need people to plow it.

Not everyone in the guard station can be a farm ox. In fact, there are only a few who can be a farm ox.

Most of the time, the work of the cows has to be done by humans.

Guo Ying frowned and said: "I also have a general understanding of Lu Wangwei's situation. Soldiers need money for everything they do! Whether it's salary, food, or military equipment, it all costs money.

I'm a little curious, how much food do these soldiers need to eat per day?
This figure can be achieved by more than just practicing strength every day! "

Until now, Guo Ying still does not think these soldiers have combat effectiveness.

It's just that the place where I live is tidier, the food is better on weekdays, and my body is stronger.

But just having good food and housing cannot produce elite soldiers who can fight in a hundred battles.

Of course Guo Ying also noticed something.

These soldiers are relatively tall in stature.

During the Hongwu period, many soldiers were still a little over 1.5 meters tall, or a little over 1.6 meters tall.

But here, the average per capita is almost 1.8 meters!
Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the place where soldiers were recruited was Shandong.

It's not difficult to find tall soldiers here.

But since everyone is so tall and strong, it's not just a matter of having a good supply of soldiers.

But these soldiers are the result of being carefully selected.

Zhao Quan heard Guo Ying's question and said with a smile: "Originally, everyone only ate two meals a day, but His Royal Highness King Lu said that three meals a day was more reasonable, so now the entire military camp eats three meals a day!
The staple food is millet porridge or white rice porridge. Three meals a day include white flour steamed buns and rice. Sometimes they make steamed buns and noodles. Every meal includes meat, eggs, and vegetables, so the soldiers really spend a lot of money on eating. , about six cents of silver per person a day! "

Guo Ying couldn't help but take a breath.

Each person has to eat six cents of silver a day!
Five thousand people would eat three hundred taels of silver a day!

That’s one hundred thousand taels of silver a year!

This number is really terrifying.

You know, today an ordinary person with a family of three only spends six or seven taels of silver a year.

The soldiers here need to eat twenty taels of silver in food a year!
luxury!

What a luxury!

The food consumption of these soldiers is comparable to the fodder consumption of cavalry and horses for a year!

The more Guo Ying thought about it, the more he felt that his nephew was trying to trick him, right?

He handed over such an expensive army to himself and only gave him 120,000 taels of gold. How many days would this be enough for these men?

You must know that the expenses of the military camp are not just food.

Equipment, horses, training, and even salaries from general officers to soldiers all cost money!

Nowadays, raising one cavalry is roughly equivalent to raising ten infantrymen.

The annual consumption of cavalry is only about sixty taels of silver.

As for the soldiers raised by Zhu Tan's King Lu's guard, calculated as a whole, the consumption of each person is almost the same as that of a cavalry.
The more Guo Ying calculated, the more frightened he became.

In the end, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"You're rich, you're really rich."

When the officers heard this, they felt the same way.

Zhao Quan said with a smile: "What the Marquis said is that I was shocked by the consumption at first, and these bastards were even more excited to come here! For them, this is the most comfortable place in the world! Many people say that the landlords in their families are not as good as they are now! Haha.”

Guo Ying sighed after hearing this.

"With such good treatment, if my combat power does not increase, I'm afraid I will be ashamed of the imperial court, and even more so, His Highness Prince Lu!

Why don't you train them well? Regardless of the battle formation or the use of ordnance, if you don't practice it, should you just let them play here? Just playing, what else can you accomplish? "

When the generals heard Guo Ying's words, they couldn't help but look at each other.

They looked a little nervous.

If anyone else asked this question, they would definitely pull out the soldiers to practice on the spot and let him see the combat power of King Lu's guards!
These soldiers had rested and practiced in King Lu's Guard for more than two months, and their strength improved rapidly. The generals were originally confident.

But, who is Guo Ying?
That is the dignified Marquis Wu Ding!
A famous general who has followed His Majesty in the South and North for many years and made great achievements!
In the Battle of Poyang Lake, the capture of Wuchang and Haozhou, and even the Northern Expedition to Yuanting, Guo Ying's achievements are among the best among military generals.

It can be said to be one of the top three in combat power among the princes!
Such a character.

What kind of soldiers have you never seen?

He may not like these guardsmen!
Even if you become stronger, you may not be able to catch the eye of Wu Dinghou!

For a while.

All the generals present fell silent.

Zhao Quan laughed dryly and said: "Actually, Lord Marquis, I think these sergeants are quite well trained, but of course, they may not be able to catch the eye of Lord Marquis!

After all, the Marquis is a famous general in hundreds of battles, and he has seen many powerful soldiers in the world! hehe"

Guo Ying smiled.

He shook his head and said: "Let's go! The sergeants can't all be playing, right?"

The generals shook their heads. The training grounds are all divided into zones.

Each of the five thousand-household institutes has its own focus and each trains in rotation.

Soldiers who left these training forces.

soon.

Guo Ying and others saw the second batch of soldiers.

These guys are running with weights.

Everyone wore uniforms and lined up in uniform, with sonorous and powerful steps. .

As the slogans sounded, they acted as one person, and every movement was precise, without any deviation from me! .

The uniform steps seemed to beat on the earth, reverberating like war drums and stirring people's hearts!
Guo Ying was stunned when he looked at the thousands of running sergeants in front of him.

I couldn't help but lost my voice: "Is this a soldier from Qianhu Station running?"

Zhao Quan smiled and said: "Back to the Marquis! That's right! Every thousand-household unit must lead soldiers to run every day! This is also what His Highness King Lu requested!"

Under normal circumstances, you have to run twenty miles in the morning, and during the day, you have to wear armor and carry a weight of thirty kilograms and run twenty miles! "

Guo Ying couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this!
"How did you practice this? The pace is so consistent! How far have they run now?"

Zhao Quan smiled and said: "No matter how far you run, your pace must be consistent."

Hearing this, Guo Ying was shocked.

I have to run forty miles every day, and for twenty miles I have to carry thirty kilograms of weight!

This physical strength is really good!
This training intensity is indeed strong enough.

No wonder these soldiers eat so much money of food every day!
How can you withstand the consumption if you don’t eat it!
Although, as a thorough combatant, Guo Ying has determined in his mind that only soldiers who have been on the battlefield and fought in battles are the real elite troops.

But now, I was really shocked to see the soldiers walking so uniformly, even able to carry thirty kilograms of weight and run twenty miles without being scattered in formation.

Even Guo Ying himself was a little shaken.

Such soldiers should be considered elite.
This training method does seem to be effective!
I just heard Zhao Quan say that Tan'er taught him again!
I originally thought that this Lu Wangwei would have to wait for me to train him.

Now it seems that although the consumption is much greater, the soldiers are already elite.

Guo Ying couldn't help but start to wonder what the next training would be like.

soon.

Guo Ying saw the battle formation attack he had been looking forward to seeing!

In the dust of the training area, the soldiers cooperated seamlessly like machines. The shields in their hands are heavy and the spears are unstoppable. The collaboration between the team is as smooth as dance steps that have been practiced countless times, and every move is precise!

The deep echo of the collision of shields and the whistling of spears piercing the air intertwined to form a unique melody on the field.

The shouts and shouts are endless.

The hundreds of households, general banners and small banners commanded in the battle formation each have their own division of labor.

The entire battle formation drill looks pleasing to the eye!
Guo Ying saw this.

The whole person was not only shocked, but also shocked!

this.
I have seen many elite warriors in a hundred battles, but this is the only one I have seen in my life who can coordinate their battle formations so neatly and neatly!

Just as Guo Ying was lost in thought, someone appeared next to him.

Zhao Quangan smiled and said: "These soldiers are averagely trained. The battle formation changes are still too simple. Don't be dissatisfied, Lord Marquis!"

Guo Ying glanced at Zhao Quan awkwardly.

I don’t know if this guy is really being polite, or if he is just pretending to be teasing himself!

Can such a soldier be called averagely trained?
How many can be found in the entire Ming Dynasty?

Guo Ying coughed lightly and said, "What are you doing at the other training grounds?"

Zhao Quan smiled and said: "There is also a cavalry training ground and a gun training ground!"

soon.

Guo Ying and others saw the cavalry training ground.

Nearly a thousand cavalry are undergoing charge training.

They rode war horses, held long knives in their hands, and rushed to the other end of the training ground at an alarming speed.

Guo Ying saw that these cavalrymen maintained an amazing balance on the galloping horses, and every swing of their swords was precise and powerful. Their movements blended perfectly with the pace of the war horses, making them one man and one horse.

Guo Ying couldn't help but take a breath.

"The riding skills of these people cannot be mastered in a short period of time, right? Even compared with the Mongols, they are not inferior at all!"

Zhao Quan smiled and said: "Back to the Marquis! Most of these thousand cavalry are Mongolians! Even if they are not Mongolians, they have all been cavalry before!"

Guo Ying nodded.

No wonder!

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the court did reuse many Mongolians.

Talk about it.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, not only the Han people were anti-Yuan, but the Mongolians on the grasslands were also severely exploited, and their anti-Yuan enthusiasm was even higher than that of most Han people.

Countless Mongolian people joined the Red Turban Army, which later became the Ming Army.

This also made the cavalry in the early Ming Dynasty very powerful.

On the contrary, many Han landowners, because they lived too comfortably under the Yuanting tax farming system, firmly supported the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and mobilized spontaneously to help the Yuan Dynasty quell rebellions and defend the city.

It can only be said that in the face of class contradictions, national contradictions are not worth mentioning.

Zhao Quan continued to smile modestly: "Master Marquis, these cavalry are only at this level! Don't dislike it. The training you have done in raiding Mobei several times is not worth mentioning. You will have to mention us more in the future!"

Originally, Guo Ying was very excited when he saw such an elite warrior.

However, as soon as I heard Zhao Quan's words, I felt itching with hatred!
Didn't I just have some doubts about King Lu Wei's combat prowess?

Why don't you keep talking nonsense here!
Even the Dukes of Wei, Ying and Song would regard such elite cavalry as their treasures when they see them.

Who are you trying to bully here?

The more Guo Ying thought about it, the more unhappy he became. Otherwise, let's take down Zhao Quan's commander!
So awesome!

The deputy commanding officer Chen Qin was pretty good, he kept silent, and even looked angry when he saw Zhao Quan talking.

He was probably angry that he kept running against me, the Marquis of Wu Ding!
After all, the people around Tan'er are loyal!
Even he is so close to his uncle!
Simply, just turn around and let him take command.

the other side.

Chen Qin stared at Zhao Quan with an angry look on his face.

You bastard!

Are you a fool to still be so happy after falling from the position of first-in-command to second-in-command?
The soldiers we have trained so well are not even worth mentioning in your mouth. Do you have to be so fawning over Marquis Wu Ding?

villain!

Walked through the cavalry training area.

suddenly.

Bang bang bang bang bang-!
There was an explosion.

Even though Guo Ying had experienced hundreds of battles, he was also frightened to his wits.

Subsequently.

Guo Ying reacted.

After calming down, he looked at Zhao Quan and asked, "Is this a soldier practicing a firecracker?"

Zhao Quan smiled and said: "Master Hou is wise! He is just practicing his fire gun!"

Guo Ying sighed.

Luxurious!
Rich!
In fact, the Ming army had already begun to equip firearms on a large scale.

The power of this thing is indeed quite impressive. In many cases, fire guns are more useful than bows and arrows!

Such as artillery, rockets, spray trains, etc., they are also very sharp when dealing with Yuanting cavalry!
But, gunpowder is too expensive!

There is no one that is usually used for training!

Zhu Tan, this prodigal! .
(End of this chapter)