Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 54 Engineering Battalion

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly supported Liu Ruyu: "It doesn't have to be like this. Gentlemen are harmonious but different. I don't mean to blame you. Since Jiandou said that your advice is unrealistic, you might as well listen to his advice. If there is something wrong, you You can also learn from his attitude towards Tian Ergeng, just stand up and shout."

Liu Ruyu didn't even dare to say it, so he stepped back and listened to Lu Xiangsheng's words.

Zhu Youxiao also sat back, picked up the tea and took a sip, feeling a little cold, so he put it back, Liu Rushi understood, and hurriedly took the purple sand pot that was simmering by the stove, and replaced it with a cup of hot tea.

Here, Lu Xiangsheng has already cupped his hands and said: "Weichen recently learned from the "Daming Daily" that several rivers of the Yellow River have been short of water and congested, so the farmland along the river cannot be irrigated, and the saline-alkali land has exceeded [-] mu, which is in urgent need of dredging. , That being the case, why not use these officers and soldiers to participate in water conservancy matters, so as to save the recruitment of migrant workers and resettle them, wouldn’t it be both.”

"Very good, let these officers and soldiers participate in local production and construction, Jiandou can have such an idea, he is worthy of being a capable minister of mine."

Zhu Youjiao affirmed Lu Xiangsheng a few words.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyu stepped forward: "Your Majesty, although what Lu Sima said is a feasible method, the official army is different from the civilian workers. Most of the civilians are honest and honest, and they fear the government, so they are excellent at commanding, and the construction of the project is also fast. , but these officers and soldiers are all undisciplined people who have not observed military discipline in the barracks, and once they go to other places, they are afraid that they will disturb the people and harm the people."

At this time, Tian Ergeng also took over the words and said: "Your Majesty, what Eunuch Liu said is very true. These officers and soldiers are not ordinary people. They are all soldiers. Letting them out of the barracks will only cause trouble."

Hearing what these two people said, Zhu Youxiao was a little sullen, and asked in a cold voice: "According to what the two love ministers said, I shouldn't have abolished these Gyeonggi officers and soldiers?"

Tian Ergeng was surprised for a moment, and didn't know what to say, but Liu Ruyu gritted his teeth at this time, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, there is no right or wrong to abolish the officers and soldiers in Gyeonggi, and now I am not asking His Majesty to take back the order, but I think that A country has soldiers who fight wars, and it can also have soldiers who build bridges, pave roads, and transport food."

"What a soldier who builds bridges, paves roads, and transports grain. Your Majesty, what Eunuch Liu said is true. These officers and soldiers can't fight in battle. They are released to the people and they are worried about causing disaster. It is better to stay in the army and do these bridges and roads. There is no need to draw civilians when the army is conquering."

Lu Xiangsheng quickly agreed to Liu Ruyu's suggestion, and shook his hand at him.

Liu Ruyu also returned the gift, but felt a little uneasy, because what Lu Xiangsheng thinks is useful, the key is His Majesty.

But Zhu Youxiao was silent at this time, so that Liu Ruyu didn't know what his Majesty the emperor thought?
"Very good", Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and then patted Liu Ruyu on the shoulder. Liu Ruyu felt relieved, and immediately showed a look of joy.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao stood up and said: "Since this is the case, I will change my mind and organize them into the military camp as an engineering camp. The word "engineering" means building roads and bridges. There are currently more than 5 serving soldiers. Except for those who are really too old and too young, [-] people are temporarily selected as ten battalions. The chief officer will set up a commander, and the commander will assist him. The assistant, the horse supervisor supervises, the head of the Ministry of War allocates military pay, and the head of the five army governors trains and recruits, let's stay in the capital temporarily."

"Yes!"

Lu Xiangsheng and the other three responded, and Tian Ergeng was also secretly happy. The governor of the five armies recruited and trained, that is to say, he still has the final say on the number of soldiers in these engineering battalions in the future, and he can still eat empty wages and drink soldiers. Blood.

But how did he know that three days later, Zhu Youxiao transferred him to the Nanjing Fifth Army Commander's Mansion for retirement.

Now that the abolished officers and soldiers have been reorganized into an engineering battalion, it is natural to discuss the business of ban today, that is, the establishment of the Imperial Guard.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that future wars would be dominated by firearms, and the tactics would be different from before. He would not form a single cavalry unit, nor would he let soldiers form a spear battalion.

Since he became the emperor, he has been thinking about the reorganization of the Ming Dynasty's army, and has checked a lot of information. In his opinion, the Ming Dynasty can now form a more advanced composite army combination.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not wait for Lu Xiangsheng and others to speak first, so he expressed his idea.

"I decided to conduct intensive training for these 8000 people for a period of time to rebuild their discipline, combat awareness, and sense of unity. Then, according to various project tests, select 500 soldiers to form artillery battalions, [-] soldiers to form cavalry, and then form For the three infantry battalions mainly made of newly-made flintlocks, about [-] people will be formed into one battalion for the time being, and the rest will be organized into a supply battalion. In short, the original organizational system of more than [-] officers and soldiers will be disrupted and reorganized. Set up the imperial guards, which will be directly led by me."

Zhu Youxiao said and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and the others: "What do the three lovers think?"

Lu Xiangsheng and the others were slightly taken aback. In their minds, they were nothing more than forming elite cavalry and infantry, with the cavalry charging first and the infantry mopping up.

But why did His Majesty set up an artillery battalion? In their minds, the cannons were only siege weapons at this time, and they were not very effective in field battles. Their mobility was not as good as that of cavalry, and their power was not enough to block cavalry.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng stood up and expressed his doubts: "Your Majesty, if you have infantry, you can use them. Cannons can be used for infantry battalions. Why add artillery."

"You don't know, although Daming's artillery is not maneuverable and powerful, and its accuracy is not high, so it is not a big threat to the cavalry, but as long as I, Ming, break through these three technical problems, the artillery battalion, cavalry , Firearms Battalion, the tactics formed by the three arms will crush the strongest cavalry of the Hulu!"

When Zhu Youxiao said this, the three of them couldn't object. Anyway, the imperial guards were also His Majesty's pro-army, and His Majesty had his own reasons for doing so.

But how did they know that Zhu Youxiao was not satisfied with reorganizing his imperial guards into a mixed infantry and cavalry artillery. His goal was to change the chaotic way of using firearms in the entire Ming Dynasty army. The power was truly shown, and it was only in this way that Da Ming entered the era of hot weapons. No matter how powerful the cavalry was, they could only become lambs slaughtered by hot weapons.

The Ming Dynasty was not the Manchu Qing Dynasty of the later generations. All kinds of firearms were well developed. Although there was a big gap between some key technologies and the West, the conditions for combining hot weapons and mixed arms were already available.

And Zhu Youxiao happened to be the emperor of this ancient empire, and he was fully qualified to make changes from top to bottom.

Otherwise, he would not have spent a lot of time establishing the Royal Ordnance Division and establishing a series of national science and technology systems from the export of scientific and technological theory to the innovation of applied technology.

However, the establishment of mixed arms and the implementation of artillery, cavalry, and musketeer tactics are only Zhu Youxiao's idea.

Now his [-] imperial guards have neglected even the most basic queue training and physical training.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao can only temporarily divide the eight thousand imperial guards into five battalions, restore their discipline and sense of collective honor first, and most importantly, let them have the military spirit of daring to fight.

A team without a military spirit is just like a person without faith, like a walking dead.

　I am so touched, there is actually a book friend who taught me how to give a reward

　　
　
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