The emperor's twelve personal guards, each with a formal establishment of 5,600 people.
The twelve personal guards are naturally full, but there are only more than 18,000 people who meet Zhu Ying's requirements, and the rest are all over thirty-five years old.
It can be seen from this that among the personal guards, they are basically veterans. Even the younger ones have been fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang since they were more than ten years old.
As the emperor's personal guard, he is naturally the most elite and loyal soldier among all the guards.
Daming Palace, behind Chunhe Palace, next to the former site of Fengtian Palace.
There is enough open space here for nearly 20,000 people to be here without feeling crowded.
Forty-five square formations had been arranged neatly here. In front of all the soldiers, there was a temporary high platform, which was enough for even the soldiers at the back to see the high platform clearly.
Zhu Ying just stood on the high platform, looking down at the nearly 20,000 soldiers below.
There is no sun-shading canopy on the high platform, but it is completely exposed.
At this time, the sun has risen high and is approaching noon.
Zhu Yun arrived at the square early in the morning. He was quickly picked up by a coach and then assigned to a square formation at the front to start arranging.
Zhu Yunxuan noticed that besides himself, there were many acquaintances. These people were all princes, princes and grandsons, including many county princes in their teens.
Like Zhu Yun, all these princes and grandsons received orders from Zhu Yuanzhang and came here to participate in training.
They know nothing except drill.
When they arrived, they were quickly greeted by instructors. They were not wearing royal clothes, but ordinary military uniforms.
There are 352 people in a square group, arranged according to their height, and within half a meter of each other.
Each formation has two instructors, a main and a deputy.
These coaches were selected by Zhu Ying as the best among the Xuanjia Guards, and they were responsible for leading the training of the formation.
The first lesson today is to stand in a military posture.
All the instructors began to teach them one by one how to stand, the requirements for standing, and the standards for standing.
It wasn't until more than an hour passed that all the formations were rehearsed and began to stand in military posture.
"It's just standing. What's the big deal? Who can't stand?"
This is the thought of most of the soldiers, as well as the thoughts of the princes and grandsons, including Zhu Yun.
They thought it was some kind of scary drill, but in the end, they came over to teach them how to stand.
How difficult is this.
Zhu Ying stood on the high platform and watched the movements of the army in front of him, standing just like them.
He knew that, especially for the elites of the Ming Dynasty, their endurance should not be underestimated.
This is not the military training of later generations. The students with thin skin and tender flesh are completely incomparable in terms of physical fitness. Even a common man selling vegetables.
They can carry a heavy load and walk dozens of miles.
Not to mention elite soldiers.
Therefore, in order to ensure the effect of the military posture, Zhu Ying did not fix the time, and kept standing like this until he couldn't stand it anymore.
Even a scholar like Zhu Yun could hold on for half an hour.
However, after an hour passed, most people's legs and feet began to feel weak.
Soon, the princes and grandsons standing in the front row could not bear it.
"I don't want to do such boring exercises."
A prince muttered and sat down directly on the ground. Perhaps because of the decree, he did not leave.
Someone took the lead, and soon the second and third ones came out.
The people appearing now are all princes and grandsons, and the personal guards are not so weak.
Zhu Ying saw it clearly, but did not speak, nor did the instructor lift them up. He just continued to stand quietly.
Two hours, that is, four hours in later generations, have passed. More than 99% of the soldiers are basically still standing, but it can be seen that most of them can no longer maintain their position.
As for the princes and grandsons, their entire army was nearly wiped out, but only two of them were still gritting their teeth and persisting.
One of them is Zhu Quan, the seventeenth prince who has not yet been crowned king.
Zhu Ying was not surprised that Zhu Quan was able to persist. What surprised him was another person, Zhu Yunxuan.
After watching it several times, Zhu Ying was sure that he was not dazzled.
The emperor who only reigned for four years in history, and the only emperor who was successfully rebelled against by his vassal kings, was Zhu Yunxie.
He actually persisted for four hours.
It's really hard to believe.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Ying waved his right hand, and immediately the flag bearer next to him began to play flags.
Now that there are no loudspeakers, don't expect that shouting and admonishing can be heard by nearly 20,000 people. Even if you shout to break your throat, it will be useless.
Semaphore is the best choice.
When they saw the flag bearer playing the flag and the instructors standing next to the formation in a military posture, they immediately shouted: "Sit down and rest."
Resting does not mean that you can walk around at will, but that you can sit in place and slowly regain your strength.
Anyone who whispers or whispers will immediately receive a loud reprimand from the instructor.
As for the princes and grandsons, most of them had no one to communicate with.
Zhu Ying did not line them up together, but inserted himself into each formation.
There were less than forty princes and grandsons in total, and basically only one person per square team, cutting off their opportunity to communicate.
That's why it can easily lead to shame when one person sits down and everyone around them is standing.
The princes and grandsons who had sat down before did not sit down for long before they stood up again.
For them, the coaches pretended not to see them.
Most of the guards here are of course very familiar with the princes and grandsons who have lived in Ouchi for a long time, so they just pretend they haven't seen them.
A quarter of an hour later, as the flag bearers waved flags, the instructors began to order all the soldiers to stand up and start free training.
The square formation was arranged by Zhu Ying according to the military parades of later generations.
There are twenty-five people in the front, fourteen rows in depth, and two teachers and assistants.
In addition to the coach, there is a junior coach in each row.
These young coaches were also selected from the Xuanjia Guards to lead the guards in training.
Basic training such as distinguishing left and right, walking in forward steps, and how to maintain formation.
This kind of basic training will be the content of everyone's training throughout the day, except for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This time, Zhu Ying did not introduce herself.
Basically all the guards knew about his existence, not to mention the Xuanjia guards.
Except for Zhu Quan and Zhu Yun, the other princes and grandsons basically looked confused.
When the morning training was completed and lunch started, Zhu Ying had already left.
He no longer needs to lead the training himself. The coaches from the Xuanjia Guard will train the new recruits severely according to the previous training methods.
"How is Grandpa? After watching it all morning, have you realized anything?"
Standing at the left door behind the palace, Zhu Ying asked the old man with a smile.
"The great truth is the most simple. Only today have we truly understood this truth. Dasun's training method is very simple for anyone.
"It is such a simple method, repeated constantly, so that the soldiers can truly remember that if they cooperate with each other, they can achieve great results."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said that after the morning court, Zhu Yuanzhang did not review the memorials, but came directly to watch Da Sun train his soldiers, blatantly stealing lessons.
It was not until he saw the soldiers having their meal after being dismissed that he returned to the house.
"Grandpa is right. In the eyes of my grandson, individual bravery in war is really worthless in the face of united fighting."
"How to bring out everyone's strength and develop a higher fighting spirit is the foundation of this training method."
"Either my grandson is talking big words, or even if King Kaiping is still alive, one person is only as brave as ten men. There is no possibility of stopping him in front of the soldiers who absolutely obey military discipline."
Zhu Yingying felt very proud.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised when he heard that Dasun was not a proud person. On the contrary, he was even a little too modest.
Why are you so proud of training your soldiers?
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang did not know that this pride did not come from Zhu Ying himself, but from later generations' understanding of soldiers.
While the grandfather and grandson were talking, they seemed to have forgotten the princes and grandsons who were complaining endlessly.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying both fought their way out with their hands. In their opinion, this kind of training was not worth mentioning, so they didn't bother to care about it.
Unlike other periods, when Zhu Yuanzhang was here, except for some of the descendants of the royal family who were really weak, the rest were pretty good.
At least he won't disobey the orders of his masters in his royal capacity.
"I don't think these exercises are difficult for Da Sun. How long will it take for the soldiers to take shape?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with some anticipation.
The Xuanjia Guards I saw at the military camp on the outskirts of the city had only been trained for twelve days, and they were already so powerful.
In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little impatient.
"Grandpa, don't worry. These soldiers are more elite. According to my grandson, the preliminary training should be completed in just seven days."
Zhu Ying made an estimate and said.
"Okay, let's wait seven days to see the might of the Ming Dynasty's military that our eldest grandson has developed.
"At that time, we will gather all civil and military officials to enjoy it together from Fengtian Square."
Zhu Yuanzhang said excitedly.
Of course, when these soldiers are trained, they must be shown to others, not only to the ministers, but also to everyone in the world.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang warned: "We will issue an edict at that time and ask all the tribute envoys who are in Tianjie Temple to come over."
"We hope that the soldiers trained by Da Sun will spread the power of the Ming Dynasty to China and abroad."
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