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Chapter 552 Military Law
The military uniform reform mentioned by Chen Mu did not directly choose modern or modern military uniforms. They are indeed good-looking, but they are not suitable for the time. and practical.

What's more, Daming's Yijia is very good-looking.

The new military uniform is also composed of armor. The outerwear is a smock from the half body to the thigh. The waist is slim, the shoulders are angular, and the large sleeves are eliminated; Comes with cuff and line wrap.The Yellow River and the Yangtze River are divided into three categories. The fabrics north of the Yellow River are thick and cold-proof, and the fabrics south of the Yangtze River are light and breathable.

Chen Mu didn't point fingers at the armor of the Northern Army, he only cared about the armor of the Southern Army. The armor skirt also had two petals and a lower leg, and was made up of locks, armor and cotton armor with built-in iron pieces. The locks and the armor skirt were lined with floral cloth Bottom, while the cotton armor is covered with floral cloth, the only thing that changes is the way it is worn on the body.

Now it is in the shape of a back strap, the front and rear straps are divided into four straps on the left and right chest and the back, and are hung on the shoulders with thick cloth pads.

Qi Jiguang pointed to the picture and asked, "What does this mean?"

Sometimes the battle armor of the Ming Dynasty has metaphors. Literati liked this set of things, and military generals also liked it. For example, the useless bare-shouldered battle robes imply both civil and military skills. Chen Lin, who is obviously a big and rough man, likes that kind of battle robes the most.

"In the past, armor skirts were worn with two cloth belts, one on the right shoulder and the other on the left rib, and then the waist and belly were used to bear the weight of the armor skirt. The chain armor was five or six catties, and the armor was seven or eight catties. This is not light. It takes about one day to wear it. The shoulders are very heavy, and after a few days in the camp, the sergeant's shoulders can no longer hold a weapon." Chen Mu explained to Qi Jiguang with a smile, found another one from the pile of papers on the table, gently pushed it to Qi Jiguang, and put his hands on it. He gestured with his shoulders and said: "Now change to this, the weight is shared by the two shoulders, three or four catties on each side, which can be much lighter."

Qi Jiguang stared, laughed dumbfounded, and said in surprise: "Can you still count like this?"

"Really, I'm a lazy person. I just think of a way from this aspect. Qi Shuai can try it. The feeling of lifting a weapon with one hand is definitely different from that of two hands. The same is true for shoulders!"

On the second picture he pushed over, there was a slightly shorter armor skirt, barely three inches above the knee, two inches shorter than most armor skirts, but for the sake of beauty, the sarong under the armor skirt was still halfway down the calf, he Said: "Of course I prefer this kind of armor skirt. The iron neck guard on the calves of the flag army does not need the protection of the armor skirt. It is a little shorter and can be a catty and a half lighter. The two shoulders share only three catties, which can make the sergeant much more comfortable. .”

Qi Jiguang nodded slowly. He had formulated military laws, military uniforms, military salutes, and banners for the Qi family army. He was familiar with these things with Chen Mu, and it really sounded like what Chen Mu said. It is not difficult to understand. Look at the past one by one.

The upper body armor is still the old configuration of the Nanyang Army Banner Army, the inner chain armor and the outer breastplate, and the forearm end of the armband is directly wrapped by the cuff belt. The round neck breastplate just exposed the traditional standing collar of the Ming Dynasty.

The helmet has undergone major changes. As Tan Lun said, if the flag army’s hair becomes shorter, the buns that appeared for the high bun in the past will no longer be suitable. Shao Tingda still complained about wearing several pairs of net scarves after being burned into a bald head Douhou's brain hurts from grinding.

What Chen Mu chose was to modify the helmet to be even lower, instead of using the tall bullet-shaped pointed round helmet in the past, and to cover the back of the head and neck with armor curtains from the ear side.

The biggest change may be the belt. The same wider belt is divided into two at the chin to wrap around the chin, which is stronger than a simple belt. In the past, such a belt could not be used, because the Ming army had a strong It's not like ordinary people don't grow beards, but ordinary people to middle-aged sergeants and officers have big beards, which can't be restrained at all.

Only there is a slot in the middle of the breastplate on the nape plate that protects the neck, and the attached picture means where the sergeant belongs, what battalion, official position, and name.

Qi Jiguang has nothing to say, he thinks these things are good except for the money, the elite banner army is more important than silver, and those who can conquer the people who are accustomed to war, as long as the country can afford it, no matter how much they spend on armor, it is not too much.

Chen Mu didn't need to have these worries at all. The Nanyang Military Mansion raised its own expenses. As long as he dared to think about it, he would definitely be able to afford it. As long as you don't cause trouble to the household department, who cares what you let your subordinates wear?

These things are used in the Nanyang Army, that is Chen Mu's own power, unless he lets his subordinates go to the battlefield naked, the shape of the armor does not matter, and some of his sergeants in Jizhen still wear the armor of the barbarian Wanqichang——Chen Mu This person is too weird, some useless things, he is extremely cautious; but some big things, he is daring and terrifying.

Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, didn't look at the armor patterns at all. He knew that Qi Jiguang was better than him in terms of equipment savvy. After slowly nodding his head, the old Shangshu said to Chen Mu: "Chen Shuai's hairstyles look like dragons and tigers. This old man thinks that he should be able to pass through the court, but..."

Those pictures must be dignified, that’s what Chen Mu told Xu Wei, who just came to Beijing after successfully negotiating peace in Nanjing. The request was to let him find a handsome man who best suits the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty to make a sergeant’s facial makeup, and the hair style was also required to be done. to aesthetics.

Design is a great job. A simple and beautiful design can save people a lot of work. Just like now, Chen Mu can guess what Tan Lun is thinking.

'It's not as ugly as the old man thought! '

Hearing what Tan Lun said, Chen Mu listened attentively, and said, "Please show me, my lord."

"This is brought to the court, with the permission of the Ministry of War, and it is for the sake of the war that the flag army will not get sick. It is also legitimate. It is not difficult to pass the ticket, but the old man still recommends not to force it. It cannot be made into a decree. Only the flag army is voluntary. Is this what Chen Shuai said earlier that he would discuss military law with me?"

"No, it's not this. It's so hot to go abroad, and Chen is also thinking about the flag army. If they don't want to cut their hair, I won't force it." Chen Mu waved his hands and said to the two: "The military law I want to talk about is the best. Guan Qiao, didn't the two of you discover that my Ming Dynasty has no military law?"

"Chen knows that there are military orders in the Ming Order, military laws in the Ming Law, Tan Gong's military law in Tan Gong's soldiers, Chen's Nanyang Army has Nanyang Military Law, Qi Shuai's Qi Family Army has Qi's military law, and even children Hachiro also followed Qi Shuai's military law and created a set of methods for restraining troops."

Chen Mu spread his hands, and then raised his left hand to gesture above his head, saying: "But those are not the military laws that have been established by the entire Ming Dynasty. I suggest that the ministers think about this matter. The soldiers who have laws in the world are strong. A helpless army is weak. In recent years, scholars in the government and the field have been seeking for ancient formations, and they hoped that Zhuge Liang's eight formations would be invincible in the world, but fundamentally ignored the status quo of exhausted guards and expensive recruitment."

"Today's car formations are flourishing, and there are car training camps everywhere in northern Xinjiang. I am not arrogant to say that the car camps are not good, but the car camps are good. Many generals found that the soldiers ran away when they encountered the enemy, and even collapsed. The car camp came into being. Enclose the soldiers inside, if you can't escape, you can only fight, not to mention that my chariot formation today is not like the ancient mobile city walls, carrying artillery and bird guns, but now the chariot formation is a mobile fort, and you can hit wherever you go."

"However, Mr. Tan and Qi Shuai have thought about it. Today, we have great artillery, dense car arrays, and good defense against the enemy. What if the enemy also has artillery in the future? The army formation may not necessarily follow the weather. Like General Zhenshuo, there are many heavy artillery in Baizhang. Outside, the fire poured out, the iron bullet bounced a hundred steps, and the dense army formation was killed or injured, and the army formation was wiped out with only a burst of artillery."

"Shu Wuqiang's original intention is to strengthen the military. The best strategy is to promote the whole country with military training records, but there are many obstacles; the middle strategy is to teach the marching method in the martial arts hall from the north to the south, and wait for them to go to various places to use it as generals." It is military law; the worst policy is to go up to Ji Township and go down to Nanyang in order to change things slowly."

　Good morning!

　　
　
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