The training system of the Xiang Forbidden Army was formulated by Ye An himself. He was surprised to find that although the quality of these Xiang Forbidden Army was a bit poor, they improved rapidly after the rules were established. They were not as good as the Western Lie Army, but they were also worse than the Forbidden Army.
Not going anywhere.
It's not like Ye An has never seen the Imperial Guards in Tokyo City. In his eyes, military rules and regulations are simply free and undisciplined.
Physical fitness and military literacy cannot be caught up in one day. It requires long-term training. So when Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu arrived at the military camp outside the city, they saw a scene they would never forget.
Physical training is the first step. Scientific exercise is always faster than endless drills. The two watched Ye An personally lead the soldiers to leave the military camp for morning exercises and ran for nearly an hour before returning.
A group of soldiers were as tired as fish just fished out of the water. They rolled their eyes and collapsed on the ground gasping for air. However, Ye An ordered the entire army not to rest. They must get up and walk around, and they could not sit down until their breathing was even.
So these thousands of soldiers wandered around the military camp like zombies, and the training that followed was even more bizarre. All kinds of weird wooden instruments were trained by Ye An himself. Some of the soldiers had to climb high wooden boards.
Some have to grab a wooden pole with both arms and swing from one end to the other, while others have to cross guardrails or various obstacles while running.
What they don't know is that this is a method for accurately training human muscles in later generations. It can train arm strength, waist strength, and leg strength. It has been popularized by the Xi Lie Army and the Huaiyuan Army.
Such training can also happen to achieve the "soldier look" originally set by Emperor Taizu, with a tiger's back, a wasp's waist, and a mantis' legs... This is not a soldier's look at all, it is actually the look of a bodybuilder in later generations!
Of course, these soldiers who have been trained through physical training are not bodybuilders. The muscles on their bodies are not obvious, but they are really full of explosive power.
Although Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu could not understand it, they looked greatly shocked. At least they had seen obvious changes in the spirits of these soldiers.
The temperament of an army is actually not difficult to detect. An ordinary soldier will immediately show up where he stands.
There are soldiers patrolling the camp day and night, as well as inspectors responsible for inspecting health and military appearance. The soldiers at the gate are more suitable for standing tall and heroic. Just by looking at them, no one dares to violate the majesty of this army.
The name of the Xiang Forbidden Army contains the word "Forbidden Army", but it can also be understood that it is essentially still the Xiang Army. The Song people's contempt for the Xiang Army was engraved in their bones. The two understood that Ye An wanted the world to redefine this army.
Training often needs to be combined with actual combat. Because the Jianghuai River experienced a drought and locust disaster, the number of bandits and bandits increased dramatically. Some of them hid in the mountains and became refugees to continue cultivating the land, while others became bandits and became bandits.
The business of killing and selling goods.
These bandits are the best targets for the Xiang Forbidden Army to make a name for themselves. Of course, the benefits of suppressing bandits are often greater than the costs, otherwise Ye An would not do this loss-making business.
As early as when he was in Huanzhou, Ye An used bandits and bandits to train his army. This was even more true when he arrived in Ganliang. The pockets of those bandits were even fatter than those of the local government offices. In addition to part of the proceeds from the suppression of bandits, they were handed over to the court.
, the rest can be reserved for military use, which is one of the few good rules in the Song Dynasty army.
Fan Zhongyan and Wu Zunlu were very curious about Ye An's training, but after watching it for a few days, they realized that such training was boring and boring, but Ye An never tired of it.
After they left, Ye An curled his lips helplessly, knowing that these scholars looked down on his own training methods.
This training method has unlimited appeal to the real generals of the Song Dynasty. The seemingly boring training actually has new content added every day.
However, these two people could not see the changes. The current training was no longer simple physical training, but a training method divided into groups, in order to exercise the tacit understanding between the soldiers and increase their proficiency in cooperation.
In this era, it was not difficult to deal with bandits without heavy equipment and cavalry, not to mention that the armed forces of the Xiang Forbidden Army received strong support from the imperial court.
In the understanding of these Song Dynasty officials, drills are important, but weapons and equipment are even more important.
Compared with the Forbidden Army, the thing that the Xiang Army lacks most on paper is weapons and equipment, because they have no military mission. It is different now. Ye An's Xiang Forbidden Army is no longer an ordinary Xiang Army, but an existence comparable to the Forbidden Army.
In this case, wouldn't it be good to fill the gap in their weapons and equipment?
Little did the civil servants know that war was much more complicated than imagined, and the management of the army was even more difficult.
This is an era of cold weapon warfare that lacks a large number of technical means. To coordinate and command an army well requires a lot of time, energy, patience, technical equipment, logistical supplies, and military literacy training. It also requires the commander to have very smart skills.
Strategic vision and ability to adapt to situations.
The planning of battle formations, the cooperation between soldiers, and logistical supplies are only the most basic aspects of leading an army.
If he wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of the Xiang Forbidden Army, training was the top priority. Ye An did not dare to relax in the training of this group of people, but the result was beyond his expectation.
The combat effectiveness of the Xiang army is not determined by physical quality, but by attitude.
From the moment they were included in the Xiang army, this group of people had no ambition to make progress. They were different from Tieniu. Tieniu's family background was there. After all, his father was also an officer in the Song Dynasty. He knew that if he wanted to get ahead, he had to do something.
From the Xiang Army, he was promoted to the Forbidden Army.
But other Xiang soldiers are different. Most of them are victims of disasters or criminal prisoners. The treatment of Xiang soldiers cannot be said to be bad at all, but not at all.
It's good if these people can barely maintain food and clothing. Some of them have to do hard labor, and the better ones can guard the city gates.
The current Xiang Forbidden Army is completely different from the past Xiang Army, which gives them hope. Those who can take the initiative to join the Xiang Forbidden Army are more or less unsatisfied with the status quo and want to fight. Of course, some of them are directed at Ye An.
It comes from the name.
In the Song Dynasty, he was synonymous with the military god. No general could have such military exploits as him, and no general could train an army that defeated the party members.
This is the source of their confidence. The reason why they became Xiang Forbidden Army is to make achievements, so the training of these people is not without hardship, and they are very enthusiastic about their future.
The veterans around Ye An became their best instructors, the Du Commander, the Deputy Du Commander, the Du Yuhou, the Du Head, and the Deputy Du Head were temporarily replaced by them. This was approved by Zhao Zhen and reported to the Privy Council.
On the day when the army is formed, they will be relieved of their duties and replaced by outstanding members of the army.
At that time, everything will be based on true ability, and only in this way can one serve the public in the army. Therefore, the soldiers did not have any doubts or dissatisfaction with this decision, and they trained even harder.
People are so simple. As long as you can give them a better life than before and give them a hope, they will be full of energy. Everyone hopes to live a better life.
People's expectations for a better future are also the biggest driving force for human progress. Although these imperial guards do not understand it, Ye An is very pleased and full of hope.
He was full of pressure from the moment he accepted the adaptation of the Jianghuai Xiang Army. After all, the Xiang Army had a good reputation and was simply a muddy existence in Ye An's perception. It was not that he had never seen the Xiang Army in Tokyo City, let alone the local Xiang Army.
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He was also disappointed at first, but gradually he discovered that these people were not scum, but completely disappointed with their lives and future. When an opportunity to change their lives anew appeared, they wanted to seize this opportunity more than anyone else.