Zhu Youjian was quite satisfied when he saw that the teachers had unified their thoughts and were willing to follow the path of Yun Wen and Yun Wu.
What a good vision! The most capable civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were selected at once.
"Since the four gentlemen are willing to train and lead troops for me and the Ming Dynasty...then I want to ask you, will you train and lead troops?" Zhu Youjian is really a good student! Don’t be ashamed to ask, one difficult question after another for the teacher!
"Although I am a scholar, I am familiar with military books and know the tactics of war, but I have no experience in leading troops in war."
The first person to answer Zhu Youjian's question was Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou's words didn't sound very modest, but Zhu Youjian knew that this man was really telling the truth.
This Hong Chengchou is really a self-taught military strategist! I remember that when I was serving as a grain supervisor and participating in politics under the good-guy Governor Yang He, I encountered a peasant uprising. As a civilian, I volunteered to lead a group of ragtag soldiers to suppress it. I actually managed to win consecutive battles and became famous. Because of this, I became the leader of the army. He became governor of Yansui - later history proved that Chongzhen's appointment was completely wrong. Chongzhen should have let him directly become the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi and let Yang He, the "good guy governor", get out as soon as possible. In that case, perhaps under Hong Chengchou's all-out killing policy, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would all be slaughtered before they became big!
"Your Majesty," Chen Qiyu said, "I have never led troops, but I am familiar with military books, but I lack the experience of leading troops."
You are still short-sighted! Zhu Youjian said in his heart: You are far worse than Hong Chengchou, but you are still useful.
"Your Majesty, although I am a scholar, I have a military background. I have been in the army for many years and have been in the frontier for a long time. I know some military matters and have also practiced martial arts."
Sun Chuanting's level is certainly not comparable to that of Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu. Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu only have handsome talents, not generals. In other words, these two people can command large armies in battle, but they cannot train the troops themselves. Although Sun Chuanting was a civil servant, his ability in training troops was no less than that of a military general. He trained troops twice and formed two Qin armies, both of which were the basic armed forces of Emperor Chongzhen. What's even more rare is that the Qin army has a large number of people, but they don't spend much money and do a lot of work. Sun Chuanting's ability is evident!
"Your Majesty, although I am not a member of the military, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I am familiar with military books." Lu Xiangsheng said.
Lu Xiangsheng, the youngest among the four, is tall and thin, with very fair skin. He looks like a frail scholar. Who would have thought that this man could not only train and lead troops, but also mount a horse and charge into battle himself? He was so brave!
Of course, Zhu Youjian's vision is now higher. He is a military scientist who is proficient in Eastern and Western military science! Although a military scientist is not the same thing as a military strategist, he knows a lot. He has read all the textbooks at the Nanjing Martial Arts School run by Nizi. He cannot say that he has memorized them all. However, he has fully mastered the knowledge in those textbooks. Now he can select some suitable knowledge and give it to a few teachers first. .
But students teaching teachers... still sounds a bit strange, and it doesn't quite fit in with the tradition of respecting teachers. Zhu Youjian looked at the four lecturers in front of him. They were all scholars with Jinshi background, and they were probably good-looking.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also nodded and said: "Like the four gentlemen, I have also practiced martial arts, and am familiar with military books. I also know how to use blunderbuss and artillery, but I have never actually led troops to fight. ..... It's just talking about war on paper! But talking about war on paper doesn't necessarily mean that you can't talk about good generals and famous generals. Not all generals from ancient times started in the army! Didn't Sun Wu, Xiang Han, etc. also serve as soldiers?
Besides, there are two experienced veterans, Mr. Yang and Counselor Sun, who can give us guidance! "
Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng were all a little confused after hearing this - aren't they officials? Why did he become a classmate?
Are you going to fight with Yang Hao and Sun Zushou together? But these two themselves don’t know how to fight! Would it be better to learn from them?
Zhu Youjian knew that Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng were not convinced by Yang Hao and Sun Zushou. In fact, he didn't think Yang Hao and Sun Zushou could teach anything.
But he still needs the names of these two people, otherwise he is a 17-year-old young emperor who has grown up in a deep palace since childhood and has not studied many books. In the end, he knows everything. Isn't it too strange?
Zhu Youjian paused, and then said: "Mr. Yang has studied the art of war hard in Jinyiwei Prison over the years, summed up the lessons, and has been very good at training soldiers for war. A few days ago, he presented me with a set of training methods and a set of cloth. The strategy of the formation... I will talk to a few gentlemen today about it."
And this thing?
Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Zushou all looked at Yang Hao. Yang Hao's old eyes were wide open, with a look of inexplicable surprise on his face.
As Zhu Youjian spoke, he had already unfolded a scroll on the desk in front of him, and then waved to Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Zushou and Yang Hao, asking them to come forward and take a look.
As soon as a few people went up, they saw a very strange battle formation drawn on the scroll spread out by Zhu Youjian.
This battle formation is made up of one large square, four small squares, and a dozen long strips. Inscriptions were written with a brush under all the large and small squares and strips.
Among them, "Lance Square" was written under the big square, "Firegun Formation" was written under the four small squares, and "Field Artillery Formation" and "Lancer Formation" were written under the long strips.
If Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Zushou, and Yang Hao knew something about Western military art, they would be able to see the clues at a glance.
This is a standard Spanish square formation!
The advanced aspect of this Spanish phalanx lies in the coordination of multiple arms.
Zhu Youjian said: "This military formation uses the spear formation as the city wall, uses the fire cannon formation to protect the spear formation, uses field artillery to shoot the enemy formation from a long distance, and then uses the cavalry to cover the left and right sides, and is used for surprise detours. In the actual battle, will Use a combination of multiple spear formations and small firecracker formations to form two brigades at the front and rear. Coupled with artillery and cavalry brigades that can maneuver on the battlefield, you should be able to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Gentlemen, Senator Sun, what do you think? "
These gentlemen are all talkative masters, and they can't figure it out at once. Sun Zushou was a general with both civil and military skills. Naturally, he was familiar with ancient and modern military books and could use them effectively. And he didn't have many servants, so he spent all his time on the battle formation on the infantry. Looking at the Spanish phalanx drawn by Zhu Youjian, I suddenly felt like my eyes were shining!
This square array looks simple, but it is very practical!
Unexpectedly, Yang Hao actually improved his skills after staying in Jinyiwei Prison for eight years...
"Your Majesty," Sun Zushou had already begun to comment, "This phalanx is great! It can completely restrain the Tatars' tactics... If the Tatars charge directly with cavalry, they can deal with it with a large formation of spears. If the Tatars use dismounting The dead soldiers cooperate with the shield chariot attack, the field artillery can smash the shield chariot, and the turtle-dove muskets can kill and injure their dead soldiers. If the Tatars want to use cavalry to outflank them, we can use cavalry to fight with them. But... ..."
At this point, Sun Zushou suddenly became speechless, but frowned, as if he was thinking hard.
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "However, this formation has extremely high requirements for soldiers, officers, and equipment! The current border army camp soldiers may not be able to set it up. Even if they are forced to set it up, they will not be able to use it freely. And ours The equipment is not good either, the cannons and muskets are still a bit lacking!"
"Your Majesty," Sun Zushou said again, "Although this phalanx can defeat cavalry with infantry, to truly exert its power, it still needs the cooperation of iron cavalry... The cavalry relies on the phalanx and cooperates with the artillery and infantry, repeatedly Only by attacking can you show your full power."
After all, a professional can see the key points at a glance.
The Spanish phalanx was designed to defeat the cavalry, but this phalanx still cannot do without the cooperation of the cavalry!
