One general is useless and the three armies are exhausted. This is the best explanation of the management role of generals. Cao Yi talked about the role of generals on the battlefield, but he did not talk about how to achieve what he said.
But Ye An himself understood that this is the management of the army. How to manage these thousands of troops is what the general must do.
However, compared to this era, the military management of later generations was more scientific and rigorous, but Ye An still had to admire the wisdom of the ancients. The limitations of transportation in the cold weapon era and the backwardness of communications were all problems faced by the general.
Moreover, the wars of the Han family often involve tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, huge logistics troops, and bloated management systems. In the face of these difficulties, those all-powerful famous generals have to say that they are all
Management talents.
After recording what Cao Yi said in a small book, and comparing it with the management methods of later generations, Ye An discovered that in fact, the ancients still managed the army by using people to rule people.
However, compared with the subdivided combat units of later generations, the construction of grassroots units in this era was quite insufficient. On the contrary, the Song people were quite good at developing and popularizing weapons and equipment.
The Han people were still too polite. Although the weapons and equipment of the Song Dynasty had reached the pinnacle of this era, they still did not break the traditional thinking and regarded the development of more efficient killing machines as a means of winning on the battlefield.
So Ye An was thinking about how to manage the current team of 3,000 people. Fortunately, it was not far from Qingzhou, and Zhou Guozuo was continuously providing food and grass to the army. This guy was enlightened, and finally knew that he and this war were also involved.
It cannot be separated from the relationship. Only with a big victory from Ye An and others can he make up for his mistakes and get a chance to go further.
Ye An is not a fool. What he needs is to accumulate experience in this war. At present, Cao Yi has shown the "quality" that a general should possess.
The army of 3,000 men was under his command, and even the night patrols were planned by him personally, not to mention that there were scouts constantly extending outwards, reporting to him on the military situation.
The current army is at the foot of Maling Mountain, and the surrounding terrain has been fully controlled. The advantage of having a large number of Gyeongju soldiers is the advantage of fighting at home. Cao Yi has all the information about the terrain, climate and even water patterns under his control.
The military camp was quiet at night, with only the snoring of the soldiers after a tiring day. Ye An was leaning on a wooden post, with a warm fire pit in front of him and a blanket covering him. Chen Lin was resting on a tree like a bat in the dark night.
This made Ye An admire him very much.
Cao Yi went to his tent, but Ye An still insisted on staying outside. No one can predict the war. Being able to react faster when encountering an enemy attack on the camp is better than anything else.
As for sleeping in the wild... this is really a small thing that Ye An can't get used to anymore.
However, when the morning light first appeared, nothing happened. Cao Yi came out of the tent and saw that Ye An had started to move up and down the branches, and suddenly sighed: "Young people are so energetic!
But why are you trying to compete with this branch so early in the morning?"
Ye An smiled: "This is a body-training method passed down from my family. It's called pull-ups. Do you want to try it? I won't tell ordinary people."
Cao Yi curled her lips and jumped up to grab the branch. After writing it down easily, it became difficult for her to write it down. After more than ten times in a row, she was already sweating.
"This method exercises a person's arm strength. Why do you already feel sore in your arms? If you are someone who can shoot a strong bow, I'm afraid it can be around fifty, right?"
Chen Lin had tried it herself, and ordinary people really couldn't do it much. Even if she went up and down thirty times, she still felt sore in her arms. She looked at Ye An curiously and said, "Is this your body-training method? If you can do it for five times,
Can you launch a strong attack if you are above ten?"
Ye An nodded lightly: "But don't think about promoting it in the army now. After the first exercise, my arm is sore and it won't last long. If I encounter the enemy in battle, I'm afraid my combat effectiveness will be reduced!"
"You guys still have a way to train soldiers?!"
Cao Yi let go and jumped down, looking at Ye An with sparkling eyes. Military training has always been a secret among generals. Compared with commanding the army well on the battlefield, the real strength is when the soldiers under the command are trained to be strong.
knowledge.
"There are many ways to train soldiers, but these are all immortal family traditions! As long as soldiers are trained according to the best method, their tacit understanding will be doubled, their hearts will be generous, their love for the soldiers will be close to their robes, their courage will be strengthened, and they will be able to achieve the goals of their family and country.
I mean, the soldiers we get are all tigers and leopards, with courage that is invincible to ten thousand men!"
Both Cao Yi and Chen Lin were filled with excitement when they heard this, but they soon came to their senses and looked at Ye An with disdain and smiled: "Hu Qin, all the great soldiers in the world have fought for hundreds of battles. If you really want to
Is there any way you can solve it?! You don’t understand things on the battlefield. Only those who have made military achievements through many battles can be soldiers in hundreds of battles!"
Ye An did not object to this. He nodded and took the sweat towel handed over by Tieniu to wipe the sweat on his body: "This is natural. The most important thing in military training is actual combat. Without actual combat, no matter how good the training is, it is useless.
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"Hey! Boy, my country, Song Dynasty, has a stable border state, so how can we have so many opportunities for actual combat? At present, even around Huanzhou, why do you plan to start training now? Is it too late?"
"Do you think I am a fool? Have there ever been fewer wars in Bianzhou? Although it is not as big as Huanzhou, it is still a lot, right? Besides, there are also many places where bandits are rampant in the Song Dynasty...
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"It's getting late, let's get up, eat and drink enough, then we can march!"
Neither Cao Yi nor Chen Lin wanted to quarrel with Ye An any longer. For them, Ye An's military training methods were too exaggerated. Apart from anything else, it was extremely difficult for the lieutenants to follow orders and prohibitions.
Things are simple for a hundred or so people, but what if there are tens of thousands?
They still believe in blood and fire, knives and swords. The elites are accumulated with human lives. If it is as simple as Ye An said to train soldiers, Chen Lin is willing to twist off his head!
It's just that only Ye An himself knows that the construction of the army's grassroots level, scientific management methods, and training methods can really create an iron army.
The successful experience is unprecedented, but there are those who have come later, and they have been one of them. Of course they know how to train the army, but it is still a little difficult to change the army of this era.
Ye An was very optimistic about Longxi's army. Although they did not observe military discipline, they had to say that their hard-working and brave character was perfectly reflected in these northwest men.
Under Chen Lin's instructions, Ye An recruited ten soldiers, all of whom were honest and honest farm men. In Chen Lin's words, they were "sound and good-natured men."
Although he is not a military commander, because of Ye An's special status, he is still the deputy envoy of physical comfort and has the power to mobilize troops. Naturally, he has some personal soldiers to show his appearance.
Originally, Cao Yi planned to ask Ye An to choose some smart servants, but Ye An refused. First of all, it was unnecessary, and these honest soldiers were too capable.
It can be regarded as being able to go to the battlefield and get to the firewood shed......