Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

At the beginning of the meeting, when Wu Shigong had just put forward his own idea: when he arrived in Guide, Henan, he would train the army strictly, and focus on strengthening the army's firecracker training and queue training, Xue Yongli immediately raised his objections.

First, Xue Yongli introduced the geographical environment where Henan Guide is located.There are a lot of ancient place names that Xue Yongli mentioned, and Wu Shigong is confused.In the end, Wu Shigong just knew: Henan Guide is in the east of Henan Province.

Thinking about it, even if Xue Yongli was talking about modern place names, Wu Shigong might not be very clear about the location of Henan Guide.In modern times, if we go somewhere, we just buy a ticket and who cares, where is that place?Unless it's those long-distance freight drivers.

In order for readers to understand, I will explain here: Henan Guide in the Ming Dynasty is basically the modern city of Shangqiu in Henan Province.

At the end of Xue Yongli's speech, he summed up: Henan Guide is a very safe place.There is no need to train soldiers hard to prepare for war.

Xue Yongli said: Henan is located in the Central Plains, and it was originally said that eight vassal kings fell in Henan Province.Therefore, the whole of Henan is densely covered with cities and full of armies.

Moreover, the north of Henan is Beizhili, with the Jingying guarding the capital, and separated by the Yellow River, so there is no need to worry at all.

To the south of Henan is Nanzhili, which has the heavy troops of Nanjing City and the land of fish and rice in Huguang to protect.In addition, there is Fengyang, the central capital, which is guarded by heavy soldiers as a barrier.So, there is no need to worry.

To the east of Henan is Shandong Province.Although Shandong Province has been in constant chaos since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has basically never threatened Henan Province.Because, if you want to go from Shandong Province to Henan Province, you must cross the Grand Canal.The Grand Canal was the lifeline of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Around the Grand Canal, there are not only large armies and guards, but also water transport troops dedicated to defending the Grand Canal.Therefore, there is no need to worry at all.

Finally, there is the western part of Henan.The connection between it and Shaanxi Province, such as Tongguan, is almost the most dangerous pass in the country.Almost no troops can enter from here.Besides, even if some troops captured Tongguan, crossed the entire Henan Province, and reached Guide, Henan, it would not be a matter of the Year of the Monkey.So, there is no need to worry.

(The famous passes in China are all extremely important traffic arteries. However, some are very dangerous. Such as Tongguan. Some are only important, but not dangerous. Such as Shanhaiguan.)

Secondly, Xue Yongli raised objections to Wu Shigong's military training plan.In particular, the firecracker training and queue training proposed by Wu Shigong were almost completely rejected.

Xue Yongli first talked about his views on the firecracker: the firecracker can indeed play a very important role under the protection of the city wall, that is, in the defensive battle of the city.However, firecrackers hardly played a big role in field battles.

The effective shooting distance of the firecracker is only about a hundred steps.However, when the opponent's cavalry starts to sprint, according to the loading speed of the firecracker, at most one or two bullets will be shot, and then the opponent's cavalry will rush to the firecracker.At that time, the gunner holding a firecracker, holding only a stick of fire in his hand, is almost the same as bare-handed.Facing the opponent's cavalry, they are only facing a massacre.In this respect, the gunner is not as good as the archer.

When Wu Shigong put forward the idea of ​​"three paragraphs".Xue Yongli told Wu Shigong that in fact, the "three-stage she" was invented long ago in the Ming Dynasty.This time, the ten three-eyed guns that Hou Ye Xue Lian gave Wu Shigong were actually a modified form of the "three-stage gun".

However, when it comes to war, the enemy is not a fool, and he will not foolishly rush towards the line of gunners you have lined up.They will test, detour, harass, and ambush.When the time comes, how will these gunners deal with it?Could it be that these musketeers have been lining up on the battlefield foolishly, not moving a step?Even if the enemy doesn't dare to provoke you, won't they bypass you?

In addition, Wu Shigong is only a thousand households and in charge of a thousand households.Coupled with the guards around, there are only more than 1000 people at full strength.Even if everyone is equipped with guns, what effect can they play on a battlefield with more than [-] people?

When mentioning the queue training proposed by Wu Shigong, Xue Yongli simply said: This is nonsense.

Xue Yongli said very clearly: He has never heard that soldiers need such strict queue training.At most, it is enough to train soldiers to line up and march together in a line.He questioned Wu Shigong and asked Wu Shigong to explain the reason why he should train soldiers to master such queue training?

When Xue Yongli mentioned this point, Wu Shigong found that, except for a few people like Yang Goudan who didn't understand military affairs at all and didn't want to understand military affairs, everyone else seemed to agree with Xue Yongli.Especially He Fei and the others who have personally participated in the queue training.

When they were in the capital, despite Wu Shigong's insistence, those old army leaders still trained He Fei and the others.However, during the training, these old military leaders would inevitably say intentionally or unintentionally: the training in this formation is useless.

On one side is an experienced veteran soldier; on the other side is Wu Shigong, a wealthy son from a wealthy family. Who do you think He Fei and the others will trust?In addition, today, Xue Yongli's statement coincided with those of those old military leaders.At most, He Fei and the others dare not raise objections with Wu Shigong.

Besides, queue training is so boring, He Fei and the others have a great aversion to queue training from the bottom of their hearts.Their mood is the same as our military training in modern times. If the content of the military training is shooting guns, they will enjoy the training for one year; but if the content of the military training is queues, they will feel bored after three days.

In the end, Xue Yongli took care of Wu Shigong: My uncle is in Guide, Henan, as long as his wife enjoys it peacefully.If there is any military matter, whether it is training or fighting, Xue Yongli will be in charge.Hou Ye Xue Lian sent Xue Yongli to Wu Shigong's side to play this role.Of course, Xue Yongli will do whatever it takes to protect Uncle Wu Shigong's safety.

After listening to Xue Yongli's words, Wu Shigong found helplessly that what Xue Yongli said was indeed reasonable.What made Wu Shigong even more helpless was that he found that he seemed to be convinced by Xue Yongli's reasons.Although, Wu Shigong also knows that firecrackers and queues are very important, and they are also the direction of future military development.However, Wu Shigong couldn't find any reason to refute.

In addition, Wu Shigong looked at the expressions of those who attended the meeting and found that they all fully agreed with Xue Yongli's point of view.They also vaguely regard Xue Yongli as their military leader.That is to say, in name, these people all recognize Wu Shigong's leadership.However, when it comes to war, they will definitely listen to Xue Yongli's command, not their own.Although, Xue Yongli's purpose is to protect their own safety.

In fact, this is not surprising.For a soldier, the most fearful thing is that an unreliable boss comes to command blindly.Because soldiers can understand and accept meaningful sacrifices for themselves.However, if he died inexplicably under the blind command, it would be a great injustice!

Here is an example: just talk about our Taizu.We found no, there was a gap in Taejo's experience.That is, what did Taizu do during the period between the Autumn Harvest Uprising and the five anti-encirclement campaigns?

I don't want to talk about the reasons for concealing this period of history intentionally or unintentionally.But I can tell you clearly that Taizu encountered a serious crisis of trust.

Taizu was born as a scholar. When the troops of the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by him and Lao Zhu's troops joined forces in Jinggangshan.Later, after joining forces with Lao Peng's Three Army Corps.As Lao Zhu and Lao Peng, who were originally famous generals, and their generals, who would rest assured that Taizu, a scholar, would command them?

Therefore, after setbacks and trials again and again.When it came to the Zunyi meeting, why did the entire army expect Taizu's command?It was Taizu's outstanding command and brilliant victories, which led to Taizu's high prestige in the army.Therefore, Taizu is worthy of the title of military genius.

And now Wu Shigong also encountered the problem of a crisis of trust.What made Wu Shigong even more distressed was that he knew that there would be a large-scale war in the Ming Dynasty, but even if Wu Shigong said it now, no one would believe him.

What makes Wu Shigong even more sad is that Wu Shigong actually doesn't have the slightest confidence in whether he has the ability to train the army or command the war.