"Practice the regiment to protect yourself, protect the village and protect the people! Practice the regiment to protect yourself, protect the village and protect the people!" Following the high-pitched slogans of the regiment soldiers, the neatly arranged team marched forward on the field road, which also attracted many people.
Few passers-by stopped to watch.
"Stand firm!"
On the empty threshing floor outside Qingshui Village, the regimental troops stopped together following Shang Yi's order. This was originally a place for threshing and drying grain outside the village. It was very spacious and had several warehouses.
Because the autumn harvest is now over, the threshing and drying of the grains have also ended, and the warehouses have been idle, so they are temporarily used as a training place for the regiments.
Shang Yi looked at the neatly arranged troops in front of him with satisfaction. Although it was not comparable to the military parade formations of later generations, it was beginning to take shape and looked like a militia. And in half a month, it was possible to have such a formation.
The effect has been quite good in the past.
It turned out that after repeated consultations and discussions among the three villages, it was finally decided that the headquarters of the Three Villages United Vigilante Group would be located in Qingshui Village, and it would be roughly divided into three parts: the main group, the auxiliary group and the youth group.
The main force was composed of more than 1,700 young and middle-aged people from the three villages. After strict testing and repeated selection by Shang Yi, 316 strong villagers were finally selected. They were basically separated from agricultural production and implemented
Unified training around the clock. Shang Yi originally planned to separate the main regiments from each village, build another military building, and conduct fully closed management. However, the current conditions are not mature yet, so they can only live in their own villages for the time being.
Assemble and conduct unified training. Each regiment soldier is given a monthly salary of five coins of silver and five pecks of rice. At the same time, he is also responsible for one meal.
In the late Ming Dynasty, an ordinary soldier's monthly military salary was only about two taels of silver, and a few elite troops could earn three to four taels. In normal times, this income was slightly better than that of ordinary civilians.
However, the price of grain increased in the late Ming Dynasty. The price of one stone of rice was basically no less than three taels of silver, and sometimes it was as high as six or seven taels of silver per stone. Coupled with layers of deductions, there was not much left for the soldiers. Compared with
It was not enough to support themselves and their families, so they had to rely on plundering the people. Therefore, the military discipline of the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty was corrupted, which was also an important reason.
Although the monthly income of the regiment soldiers is not high, five buckets of rice weighs more than 30 kilograms, which is basically enough to support the life of the family. In addition, the regiment soldiers also have their own fields. Although they cannot cultivate it themselves, they can be cultivated by their family members.
You can rent it to others and collect land rent. Therefore, overall, after joining the main group, the family income will still be slightly higher than before.
The auxiliary group is all young and middle-aged villagers except the main group. They are divided into three groups according to the area of the three villages. They practice half farming and half farming. They are engaged in agricultural production during busy farming periods. During slack farming periods, they train for an hour each morning and afternoon and take care of lunch.
.At other times, I only train for one hour every day, regardless of meals.
The youth corps is composed of young people aged 14 to 18 from each village. Registration is voluntary and there is no force. The training time is also the same as that of the auxiliary corps. However, most of the young people like to train for war, so most of the three villages
A total of 277 young people signed up to participate.
As a result, the total number of people in the three villages' joint militia groups exceeded 2,000.
In terms of organization, Shang Yi broke up the soldiers of the main regiment and distributed them freely. He divided the regiment into five teams, each with 60 people and a captain. The captain of the first team was concurrently served by Shang Yi himself, and the captain of the first team was concurrently appointed by Shang Yi himself.
The captain of the second team is Huang Zhen, the son of Huang Dongshan, the head of Bajiaotai Village, the captain of the third team is Zhao Yingjie from Shilitun Village, the captain of the fourth team is Jiang Yiqu, and the captain of the fifth team is Bao Tonggang. This way
Although the distinction between regiment soldiers and villages was disrupted, all three villages had candidates for captains, and the interests of all parties were basically taken into consideration.
First of all, Shang Yi described the whole process of the village fight. There was no water in it, and it was basically a matter of fact. After listening, the soldiers in each village suddenly realized that this was what it was like.
After finishing speaking, Shang Yi said: "Can you please tell me, in this village fight, the number of people in Qingshui Village and Wangjiadatun was almost the same. Why did our Qingshui Village win a big victory?"
Zhao Yingjie immediately spoke: "Because there are bows and arrows in Qingshui Village, the first burst of arrows scared the people in Wangjiadatun, so they did not dare to continue shooting, and Qingshui Village was defeated."
His speech represented the views of many people, so they all agreed with his speech.
Shang Yi said: "Although Yingjie's words are reasonable, they don't hit the point. Our Qingshui Village can defeat Wangjia Datun because of Guan Jian's two points. The first is team rules and the second is discipline."
After a pause, Shang Yi continued: "First of all, when we in Qingshui Village rushed to Baishatan Beach, we lined up in a queue, and the archers were at the front of the team. This is the key to our victory. If we in Qingshui Village There was no formation, and everyone was moving forward haphazardly, with archers mixed in with the formation. So how could the archers shoot arrows at the opponent first before the fight started? Therefore, the battle was won, first of all because we had a formation. Do you think that’s right? "
Zhao Yingjie thought for a moment and said, "That's the same reason."
Shang Yi added: "The second thing is discipline. When the people from Wangjia Datun rushed towards us, we did not move randomly. Instead, the archers attacked first, and then others attacked. If the rest of us didn't attack at that time, Wait for the archers to shoot arrows, then rush forward to fight, then our archers will not dare to shoot arrows randomly. It will be impossible to win. The failure of Wangjia Datun is that they have no formation at all, they are simply a mess. They also had no discipline. In fact, we only shot a dozen people to death at the beginning, but the people in front were frightened and ran backwards, while the people behind were still moving forward. As a result, before we could take action, they themselves became chaotic. .If they obey the rules and take one more step forward, they can reach our team. In this way, our bows and arrows will be useless and they will not be in chaos. It is difficult to say who will win in this village fight."
The regiment soldiers listened with their ears pricked up one by one. Village fighting was not new to them. Most of them had participated in it. Anyway, it was just a big fight. There was no need to talk about tactics and techniques. If you lose, you win. , they were all confused. But no one had thought that there was so much emphasis on village fighting and that there could be so much technical content in it.
Although not everyone understood it, the fact was right in front of them. Qingshui Village was attacked and killed more than thirty people on the other side, but not one of them died, so they all listened attentively.
Finally, Shang Yi said: "In the future, the enemies we face will no longer be the mob in Wangjia Datun, but the bandits who murder and set fire, rob homes and houses, and the Tatars from outside the customs. If we want to protect our village, we must first Observe discipline, and the second is to practice formation well. So when you go back, you must tell your regiment soldiers that discipline and formation are important, and you must not be careless during training."