Chapter 81: Military Training Begins (5)
It was not known at first that Yang Feng did not know the hard work of training soldiers until he was training. The hardships it took to train a military household and refugee who had just put down his hoe to become a qualified soldier can be imagined. It took a week for the soldiers to learn to distinguish the left and right, let them know how to line up, and then let the soldiers keep the military rules in mind.
What are military rules? In Yang Feng's view, the so-called military rules are a set of regulations formulated by the commander of the army that restricts officers and soldiers at all levels of the army.
In this set of regulations, the commander will add his will to it. There are various regulations on what should be done and what should not be done. If someone violates this set of rules, he will be severely punished. Military rules have begun to exist since the military profession emerged in human society. Although these rules and regulations seem to be a bit redundant, it is precisely these things that guarantee the combat effectiveness of the army.
However, it was the first time that Yang Feng made military rules. He crossed the river by feeling the stones, so he simply planned to learn from the current military rules of the Ming Dynasty. At first, Yang Feng originally thought that military rules in such a feudal society must be rare and rough, but when he opened the famous anti-Japanese generals of the Ming Dynasty and the national hero Qi Jiguang personally wrote "Ji Xiao New Book" and "Strange Military Training Records" that he realized that he was wrong, and it was very outrageous.
In the "Ji Xiaoxin Book", Qi Jiguang clearly emphasized the need to strictly govern the army, proposed the trilogy of establishing barracks, selecting soldiers, and training troops, and formulated six measures to rectify the army: "One is to correct the title, and to command thousands of households of flag soldiers, orderly, and the orders of the ward station must be carried out to the top and bottom; the second is to punish corrupt officials of the army and use Su to trap the soldiers who were trapped for a long time to make morale gradually increase; the third is to remand the ward to govern the ward station, so that the officials of the ward station dare to take responsibility; the fourth is to prohibit the ward station and the written texts of the ward station, and there is no seal to report to the military and political affairs; the fifth is to instruct the ward to loyalty and righteousness, to be generous in war, and to encourage the elders to be encouraging the elders; the sixth is to clear the household registration, and all the officers are organized to support the power of the Hegemon."
In the "State Training Document", it also explains in detail how to train troops, and summarizes them in detail into nine points: the first method of training the army, the second method of training courage, the third method of training ears, the fourth method of training hands and feet, the fifth method of training camp formation (field exercise), the sixth method of training camp formation (camping), the seventh method of training camp formation (camping), the eighth method of training camp formation (battle agreement), and the ninth method of training generals.
Yang Feng spent more than a month reading these books in detail and then summoned the officers of the Thousand Household Institute. It took several days for everyone to formulate a set of military rules.
For example, Han women who steal other people's property were killed, and the above were offended, but those who were accomplices of the same flag had their heads raised in one go, and the rest were exempted from being punished. If the heads were rewarded, if they were mutually entrusted, the troops of the same flag would all be held in conjunction with military laws.
For example, if two soldiers fight each other, they will beat each other regardless of whether they are tied up or tied up, and then check the reason for the treatment. If the soldiers fight against the officers of another hundred households, they will tie up the soldiers first and then punish the crime of not following their duties, and then discuss the crime of not following their duties. If the soldiers fight against the Shangguan in the same hundred households, or the small flag, the general flag fights against the hundred households, regardless of whether they are fighting their parents, they will be engaged in the military law.
Then, when the drums advance and the gold roars, the troops immediately follow the flags, and the whistle will be heard, and the whistle will open fire. For example, if a soldier escapes, the entire small flag will be held, half will be sent to the prison and half will be kept, and the monthly grain will be removed. If there is no harvest for a year, the small flag leader in the banner will be tied up and beaten, etc.
The reason why Yang Feng formulated such cumbersome military rules was to establish a strict discipline of hierarchy and hierarchy in the army. In his opinion, the army was originally a place with strict hierarchy. If it was forcibly to do equality between officers and soldiers, it would only mean that this person was brainless. Where did so many equality come from in this world? Yang Feng, who had worked hard in society for so many years, knew very well whether it was the prince who committed the same crime as the people in the feudal society, or the equality and freedom promoted by modern society, which were just lies used by rulers to deceive the people.
If everyone in the world is really equal, then the world will have no motivation to move forward. If the rights and living environment of an emperor or president are really exactly the same as those civilians on the street who work hard to survive, then what's the point of his hard struggle?
After some efforts, the military rules were formulated. But if anyone thought that everything would be fine after the military rules was formulated, he would be wrong. Later, Yang Feng discovered that the most difficult thing was not to formulate military rules, but how to make the soldiers remember these military rules, because the proportion of illiterate among these sergeants reached an astonishing 99%, and this terrifying proportion could simply collapse.
When the military regulations were compiled into a book, everyone found that there were so many military regulations that could be compiled into a booklet. With so many military regulations and regulations, even Yang Feng himself was a little dizzy. In order to memorize these military regulations, Yang Feng took five or six days to chew them down, let alone those sergeants who could not read them. However, memorizing military regulations is a necessary means of leading the army in the army. In this era, if the soldiers can't even recite military regulations, what's the point of making these military regulations?
Seeing the soldiers carrying them all in pain, Yang Feng finally made a ruthless move. It was stipulated that if a soldier cannot recite the rules of the army within the prescribed time, he will deduct food and salary for one month and get ten military sticks if he cannot carry it within the deadline, he will deduct food and salary for half a year and get twenty military sticks if he cannot carry it for the third time. If he still cannot carry it out, he will be dismissed from the army. There is absolutely no favor to tell.
There will naturally be rewards when there is punishment. If the soldiers can memorize the military rules within the specified time, they will receive three months of military pay. The difference between rewards and punishments is so great that the soldiers gritted their teeth and spent the rest of their time every day to recite the military rules except for training. Under the stimulation of money, the soldiers exerted amazing perseverance. Half a month later, except for a few soldiers in the Thousand Household Institute, most of the soldiers actually memorized the brochures of military rules, which also forced Yang Feng to amazed the power of money.
The training is very difficult, and even those soldiers from military and peasant families who have been hard since childhood are very tired after training every day.
Every day, all sergeants except for sick leave must enter the teaching ground on time. If they are not yet beaten after the drum is finished, they must be strictly investigated. After the drum stops, the school ground will be blocked, and no idlers and soldiers are allowed to stroll in the school ground, otherwise they will be arrested by people from the Military Law Department to beat the board. Qi Yan, a cold-hearted and even polite, will not show mercy to anyone.
After more than half a month of training, the soldiers finally looked like soldiers. However, they were not very decent in line, roaring drums, roaring gold, retreating, and watching flags. Sometimes some soldiers would turn the wrong direction when they lined up. At this time, the military law team led by Qi Yan would rush into the queue, pulling out the sergeants who made mistakes and just beat the sergeants who made mistakes and crying for their parents. Qi Yan and the others did not only beat ordinary soldiers. Even if the small flag, the general flag and even the hundreds of households did it, they would still fight. So now many people are privately hating Qi Yan and the others.
Chapter completed!