"If it is an expedition, how should the baggage be configured?"

During the discussion, Zhu Youjian asked about the baggage issue of the expeditionary marching.

This question seems simple, but in fact, there are no generals in the entire Ming Dynasty who can answer it.

Because since the death of Li Rusong, Li Hualong and others, few people in the Ming army were able to go out of the country to sweep the north.

And Qi Jin was one of the people who could answer this question, so he easily answered:

"The army's expedition and marching requires the number of days according to the distance, and then the main focus is on one person, one month, one stone of food. This is the most basic supply of food and food."

"In addition to this, before going to the battle, each person also has to carry two liters of fried yellow rice with him."

"Here there are two liters of yellow rice, one liter is crushed into powder, one liter is packed with another, and one liter of five-fold flour is also needed."

"Five of them are made into sesame oil steamed cakes, five-fold fried noodles are soaked in soy wine, and five-fold fried noodles are soaked in salt and vinegar. They are wrapped and carried with them for emergencies."

"If it is an expedition in the south, the army encounters obstacles from a large river, and if the water is deep and there are no ships, then send a good water person to swim to the other side with a thick rope from the army, and then the ropes are erected and fixed on both sides."

"After fixing, the soldiers cut down bamboo and wood, made rafts and placed them on ropes to make suspension bridges."

"If there are no woods nearby, then use a long spear as temporary material, tie it up and put it on the rope, and then lay armor on it for road emergency."

"In order to avoid being attacked by half or setting up an ambush from the enemy, the suspension bridge will not cross the river after it is built, but will send elite troops to cross the river first."

"After they cross the river, they will set up their formation to guard and protect the troops crossing the river behind them. Then, every time they pass by, they will occupy the favorable terrain and form a formation to cross the river in turn."

"Although I'm careful everywhere, I have to consider the way to deal with Zhongfu. After all, no matter how well the arrangement is, all events cannot be avoided."

"For example, when you pass through the dense valley and the narrow mountain road, the pond cavalry inside has completed searching, and it may be possible that the omissions are not found."

"So, in this case, once you encounter a hidden situation, the head and tail will inevitably be disconnected, and it will be broken into several parts and cannot be commanded in a unified manner."

"So when passing through this place, the formation must be changed into a continuous bead-turning method."

"For example, taking one thousand people as an example, divide this thousand people into ten sentries, with each sentry of hundreds of people."

"When crossing the mountain road, the first post is advanced. When you walk to the first pond, see what flags the pond soldiers raised. After there is no danger information, you will be alert to the mountain here."

"Then the second post passes over the first post and advances to the second pond position, just as the first post is warning to the mountain, and the other posts advance in this order."

"In this way, even if the enemy soldiers are in trouble, they can be prepared."

Qi Jin explained to Zhu Youjian. Perhaps in his opinion, this knowledge is not a blessing, but in the current Ming Dynasty, it is less than a pity to find a person who can tell the knowledge of marching so simply and simply.

It's a number.

Zhu Youjian asked someone to record it, and he thought about it himself, and then continued to ask:

"What should I do if a camp is attacked during the march? What should I do if it is in the dark?"

This issue is very important. Zhu Youjian remembered that the Later Jin army often attacked the Ming army at night, so he urgently needed to know what to do.

Qi Jin explained his question slowly:

"When you have something to do, you need to suspend for three or five days or a period of time. In addition to setting up camps and setting up fortifications, you must also build beacon piers within one or two miles outside the camp as an open post warning."

"When an enemy was attacking the camp, the beacon fire was lit according to the number of people. Generally, ten people lighted small torch fires, one hundred to two hundred torch fires, three to four hundred torch fires, five to one thousand torch fires, five to one thousand torch fires

Three torches and increase as this.”

"If the enemy comes to attack the camp and encounters strong wind and sand weather and has low visibility, the main general will repeatedly not allow each unit to go out to fight, mainly to avoid being blocked by wind and sand after leaving the camp, and being defeated by the enemy one by one with cavalry."

"At this time, each unit could only stick to the camp, shoot with crossbows and firearms, and then select elite cavalry, and quietly go out of the camp to find the enemy's back attack."

"When you reach the enemy's territory, if you are not familiar with the geography, you need to find local residents as guides. Sometimes, if you cannot find residents, you will also let the prisoners act as the leader."

"But in order to avoid these people providing false information, you cannot just listen to one person's words, and look for it more, and then ask these people separately to see if the information provided in the end is consistent."

"Well..." Hearing this explanation, Zhu Youjian thought about it, wrote it down and asked again:

"I still have some questions. As the saying goes, "One person exceeds ten thousand, and it is boundless." When marching, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops can even reach dozens of miles."

"If you lead tens of thousands of troops to fight, how can you ensure that the mobilization of each unit is correct and the information you get will not be wrong?"

Zhu Youjian’s question was asked after consideration.

Because the Ming Dynasty was in a century of public security war with northern Mongolia, although the generals had tens of thousands of troops nominally, they actually only carried thousands of troops to fight.

Such public security wars have led to the fact that in many cases, small wars in the Ming Dynasty were very exciting, and when a big battle of tens of thousands of people was a mess.

During the Wanli period, only a few people were able to command tens of thousands of people to fight in the field, namely Li Chengliang, Li Rusong, Qi Jiguang, Ma Gui, Li Hualong and others.

During the Apocalypse period, there was not even a general who could command tens of thousands of troops to fight in the field.

Although Xiong Tingbi is good, he mainly defends, and takes defense as an offense.

Qi Jin may not be able to do it, but when he was in Jizhen, he saw Qi Jiguang's command. Qi Jiguang fought with 30,000 chariots and soldiers, and defeated 30,000 Mongolian cavalry head-on, so he naturally had corps-level command.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Youjian asked, Qi Jin was silent for a few seconds, and then said:

"The last general has not achieved the record of leading tens of thousands of troops, and at most it is to lead tens of thousands of troops."

"But how to lead tens of thousands of troops without being confused, even advance or retreat, the uncle of the general told the general about this." He explained:

"Because the team is too long and the golden drums are not visible, the flags are not visible, so they can only rely on the words of the Tang cavalry or soldiers to convey information. The Tang soldiers have twenty-four layers, and it is easy to cause mistakes and omissions when passing them layer by layer."

"So, when I was in Jizhen in my early years, my uncle's rule was that the information should not be transmitted in nonsense and the key points should be simplified, and the content should not exceed three sentences, and then it should be passed on layer by layer."

"When passing, you need to repeat the confirmation, and then answer "I know" and continue to pass it backwards."

"Well..." Hearing this, Zhu Youjian nodded, not expecting that Qi Jiguang used such a simple means to deliver the message.

Such a transmission is far more clever and concise than the army's use of flags and phrases.

But this simplicity does not mean simplicity.

Some things seem simple, but they are difficult to fight in practice because they require a highly disciplined and willful army.

To put it bluntly, the ancient army could not meet the discipline and will of later armies. A slightly elite army would be considered elite soldiers when they were trained once every three days.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the army that was trained every three days was already good. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army that was trained every ten days was a loyal duty.

However, in such an era, the Qi family army could hold on to the daily exercise, which was comparable to the strength of later generations, so they could naturally hold on to the general order.
Chapter completed!