golden scales

The first general in the Ming Dynasty who paid attention to firearms can be traced back to Mu Ying in the Taizu Dynasty. .His contribution is not only the invention of the low-content tactic of three-stage shooting, but the advanced military thought of concentrating the use of firearms and making up for the performance defects of muskets with high density.When Chengzu established the Shenji Camp, it created a precedent for the use of firearms in the large army.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, all kinds of Western firearms were introduced into the country. The domestic literati did not reject them.

A generation of military god Qi Jiguang also said that firearms are bound to prosper the world.When Li Rusong put down the Korean Japanese Insurgency, he used the three-eyed blunderbuss, the Franji, and the red cannon to sound the horn of the Gunpowder War.

Even if Zhu Cihong was a native of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he had some knowledge, he would know the importance of firearms.From the beginning of its establishment, the East Palace Guards Battalion set up a firearms bureau, hoping to find out a tactical route for the concentrated use of firearms, but technical defects prevented this idea from being implemented.

First of all, the operation of the blunderbuss is complicated, the training time is long, the safety of the gun is poor, and it cannot be used in strong winds or light rain; secondly, once the hand-to-hand combat occurs, the blunderbuss player must withdraw from the battle in time, otherwise it will be a one-sided massacre .

If there is one to two years of security development time, Zhu Cihong believes that he can overcome these problems, at least he will not let the degree of firearms be inferior to that of Qi's army.However, what he lacks the most now is time. In order to save time, maximize the defensive advantages of the Eastern Palace, and concentrate on melee combat, the biggest benefits will be obtained.

But today's battle also made Zhu Cihong clearly see Donggong's disadvantages in long-range strike and mobility.Moreover, the lethality caused by the Manchurian cavalry to the infantry also made Zhu Cihong feel a sense of crisis in recruiting troops.

"In this way, the main force will still be supplemented by the same battalion." Zhu Cihong finally gritted his teeth and said, "The non-main force can select those who pass the assessment from the auxiliary soldiers to become soldiers, but they can only enjoy [-]% of the treatment of soldiers, and only after completing all the recruit assessments Only after that can it be corrected.”

The recruitment of auxiliary soldiers by each battalion is relatively loose. Excellent civilians stay in the teaching team for 20 days, and they can be transferred to auxiliary soldiers after mastering various basic military orders. This is already a big opening.

"Your Highness, Lu Xi should also set up a reserve battalion to facilitate the replenishment of soldiers nearby." Li Changling said.

"The staff department should communicate with Min Zhanlian to see if he can allocate manpower." Zhu Cihong said: "The training of village bravery in various places must be routine and fixed. In addition, it must be voluntary, so as not to prevent the common people They said that we were exempted from corvee and autumn shifts before, and now we have cleverly set up a pretext to catch people."

"If you really want to catch Ding, they can catch them even if they are not heroes." Li Changling said: "Not all fools understand this truth, but I am afraid that someone will fan the flames in the dark."

Zhu Cihong smiled, and thought to himself: I'm not afraid of this.

Although on the surface, the East Palace restored the system of the three elders in Taizu's time, but in fact it was reviving the dead.

Emperor Taizu Gao established the Three Elders, one is to follow the old system of Qin and Han Dynasties, and the other is to prevent county officials from going to the countryside and causing harm to the countryside.This kind of "imperial power does not go to the countryside" thought, although during the recovery period, it was possible to rest with the people and the villagers to self-govern, but it also led to a decline in the country's mobilization ability and loss of control of resources.

The three elders appointed by the government are already regarded as the most basic political organization.Whether anyone realizes it or not, among the three elders in each village, the village elders and peasant elders report to the county government office and receive instructions.The instructor is directly under the order of the county lieutenant, and belongs to the line of the Ministry of War.The combination of these three brought imperial power into the countryside.

As for the resulting rejection of outsiders by the big clans in the village, it also objectively caused the urgency of demolishing villages and merging villages in various counties, which quickly broke the cornerstone of patriarchal society.If you want to blow the evil wind from the grassroots, it can be said that you hit the knife edge.

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"Run! Run! Run!" The instructor swung the willow whip and it crackled in the air.

Zhang Ergou ran panting like a cow, wishing he could lie down on the ground and die.However, whenever he took a step slower and wanted to take a breath secretly, the instructor's whip would always hit him immediately.When the willow whip is whipped, there will be a red mark, which hurts like a needle, but it won't hurt people, and there is no excuse for being lazy.

Wang Yi has already caught Zhang Ergou around.When he ran behind Zhang Ergou, he reached out and pushed Zhang Ergou's back: "One two three, exhale; one two three, inhale."

Zhang Ergou swallowed his uncontrollable saliva and tried his best to adjust his breathing rhythm. With the help of Wang Yi, he finally crossed the limit, and his steps became steady again.

Snapped!

The whip hit Wang Yi, and the instructor shouted, "Run! This is physical training! You don't need to help your comrades!"

Zhang Ergou glanced resentfully at the table in the middle of the running field, and the hourglass on it still had a half to leak.Run as much as possible within the specified time, and record the length of each run. Those who make progress will be rewarded, and those who regress will have to practice more.This is the long-distance running training that people hate.

When the hourglass finally ran out, everyone untied their belts and threw them on the ground to mark the distance they had run.

"Let's go! Let's move!" The instructor waved the willow whip, driving the recruits who had just finished running slowly to recover.The teaching soldiers on the side quickly stepped forward, turned over the belt, and recorded the number of feet run by each person according to the number on it.

"I can't do it anymore, I'm going to die..." Zhang Ergou leaned on Wang Yi's shoulder, tears and snot all over his face.He cried: "I want to go home, I won't be a soldier anymore."

"If you want to go back now, you have to pay 50 taels of silver. What can you do with your family?" Wang Yi quickly adjusted his breathing, looking at ease.Seeing that the big, stupid man in front of him was exhausted from running, he was still a little thankful.

In the first few runs after the recruits' flag team, no one knew that someone was secretly recording data, and they ran very recklessly.Anyone who likes to show off like a big fool and wants to be the corporal leader or even the captain is all rushing forward desperately.In the past few days, Wang Yi happened to be unaccustomed to eating oily diarrhea, so he performed extremely poorly.When the coaching team had collected enough data and started playing the game of "rewards, advances, punishments and retreats", all the people who ran with their lives cried.

"When you actually go to the camp, you won't be able to leave," Ergou panted heavily. "If you dare to retreat, you will be killed...I was wrong, Fuchen, Brother Yi, let's go."

"If you can't afford the money, you have to go to the hard labor camp. It's worse than here." Wang Yi took Ergou for a few steps to let him relax, and said, "I dare not go. Besides, I still You brought me here, what should I do if you want to leave?"

Ergou just wanted to talk, but couldn't help but twitch in his stomach, and ran to the side of the road to spit water again.

Wang Yi shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself that the two dogs were a little too inexperienced.

Soon, the instructor looked at the physical performance and blew the whistle to gather.Those who moved slowly, such as Zhang Ergou, were whipped again, and their bodies were in burning pain.

After the instructor announced the penalty run list, he also reported the people who met the reward standard, but after reading the name "Wang Yi", the instructor said: "Wang Yi deliberately conserves his energy and does not run when he has spare energy. The reward will be removed." !"

The reward is two very affordable egg tickets, each ticket can get a boiled egg.It even became a hard currency in the reserve battalion, and the recruits also used it as a bargaining chip during their breaks.

Zhang Ergou lowered his head, feeling that he had hurt Wang Yi.

Wang Yi, however, was generous and still stood up straight, without any complaints.

The instructor glanced at Wang Yi with satisfaction, and then announced: "The first stage of acceptance assessment will start the day after tomorrow, and those who pass the assessment will enter the second stage of training. Those who fail the assessment can only be sent to each battalion to become auxiliary soldiers. I don’t need to say more about what it is? Those of you who are poor in physical fitness, hurry up and make up for it. Otherwise, study hard, get a higher diploma and transfer to the staff team.” The instructor said, and glanced at the tail of the team. Of those guys, Zhang Ergou is naturally among them.

Zhang Ergou suddenly seemed to be beaten by Shuang.

What is an auxiliary soldier?It is said that they get up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, eat worse than pigs, work harder than cows, and get half the salary of soldiers.After entering the auxiliary barracks, the family land tax can only be exempted by [-]%, which is [-]% less than that of soldiers.Also injured, the medical team has the unspoken rule of rescuing soldiers first.Fortunately, the pension for death is the same, but at that time, I definitely won't need it.

"I don't want to go to the auxiliary barracks..." Zhang Ergou cried.

Wang Yi said helplessly: "Then come to practice more at night, it's a pity to lose those two eggs." (To be continued.)