Later, a certain prince followed Zhou Yuji to the original camp of the Beijing Camp outside the city. This place has become the base of the East Palace Guards, and all new recruits will receive training here in the future.
Tens of thousands of people can be stationed here, but currently there are less than 2,000, and they are all gathered together by instructors, making most places look deserted.
According to the instructions of a certain prince, the new recruits must undergo queue training to avoid confusion when going into battle to kill the enemy, especially when lining up to be shot, because many cannon fodder can't even tell the difference between left and right, not to mention counting.
This is by no means an exaggeration. In later generations, many college students could not tell the difference between left and right, and their reactions were even worse. They had no idea what they were thinking. Some of them were the classmates of a certain prince.
Military training queue exercises are very important for musketeers. The company is the basic combat unit. If even your own queue is in chaos and cannot be commanded, then let alone fight against the bandits or even braids.
More advanced tactics such as formation are even less suitable for this group of cannon fodder. The premise of formation is to change formation. If the team cannot even stand neatly, a sudden change of formation will be a disaster for them.
"To the left!"
The person in charge of shouting slogans was an eunuch who was formerly affiliated with the inner factory. However, after being trained by a certain prince, a group of eunuchs who had mastered the basic essentials became the instructors of the East Palace Guards.
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As a result, out of a team of thirty people, no less than ten people made the wrong turn, which was a relatively ideal result.
Some guys originally turned in the right direction, but then changed their minds when they saw the opposite direction of their partner next to them.
This really embarrassed Zhou Yuji and the generals. It was very difficult to train them to the level of the Beijing camp.
It is said that new recruits are difficult to lead and veterans are slippery, but this is not true at all.
When such recruits arrive on the battlefield, they can't even defeat rogue bandits, they just collapse at the first touch.
Considering that these guys were all illiterate, Yaoji didn't intend to blame them on the spot. He still had to solve the problem first. He called in the eunuch who was responsible for giving orders and asked them about it. He found that the queue turning was really a headache for the instructors.
The recruits didn't care whether the person giving the orders was a perfect person, because many of them didn't even know which side was left and which was right.
Knowing that the prince was about to come to inspect, the eunuchs specially marked the recruits and touched each one's left hand to let them know before turning. Even so, many of them turned in the wrong direction.
Yaoji had no choice but to explain it in public. If that didn't work, he would eliminate the people who always made mistakes: "The key to turning is to distinguish between left and right. There are several main methods. One of them can be determined based on the position of the heart. , whichever side the heart is on is the left! Secondly, judging by the flexibility of the hands, most people are more flexible with their right hands, and the most flexible hand is the right hand. Thirdly, if you still can’t remember, then Wear a glove on one of your hands and remember it beforehand so that you can remember it for a long time.”
Later, the recruits memorized and distinguished according to the method widely advertised by a certain prince. As expected, it had good results. The chance of making mistakes was reduced a lot. Basically, only one or two out of every ten people made mistakes.
The main reason was that everyone was afraid that they would always make mistakes and annoy the prince. In a rage, they all had their heads chopped off. The fact that the prince ordered the Yongwei camp to shoot three thousand prisoners of the Beijing camp spread quickly, and the recruits were all afraid of dying like this. .
Even if a certain prince knew what the animals were thinking, he would laugh it off. If that were the case, he would probably only have 3,000 guards left in his 30,000-strong bodyguards by the time the training was over.
"Start...go! Left! Right! Left!"
When the turning training was almost complete, they began to demonstrate the marching queue for His Highness the Crown Prince.
One eunuch shouted slogans from the side, while the other led the team at the front, lest the fool behind him would become nervous when he saw the prince coming, and even forget which leg to move first.
"hehe……"
This parade performance made anyone want to laugh out loud, but some people still did not distinguish between left and right, which was exactly the opposite of the instructions and slogans.
Some guys took it a step further and moved their legs in the right direction, directly turning into a shunt, stretching out their left hand to move their left leg.
It's a good thing to take a look today, otherwise after a month of training like this, I really don't know if I will become a "crab master"!
Seeing this, he still had to train a group of drummers to beat the drums as slogans on the battlefield according to the orders of the general.
If the roar of artillery could cover up the shouts of the officers, drummers were the perfect substitute.
Like the armies of Western countries at the same time, the musketeer phalanx must be equipped with drummers.
Let's wait until the second month. With this kind of progress, we can't count on them in the first month.
No matter in the past life or in this life, Yao Ji admires those guys who walk smoothly.
He walks like a gorilla, don't you feel the slightest bit awkward?
Maybe it would be better to hold a gun while marching, since the arms don't have to work hard with the thighs.
"What about the other teams?"
Yaoji felt that he needed to do a spot check to prevent his subordinates from using more "high-quality" recruits to deal with him.
"...Your Majesty, the other teams may not be as good as this!"
The eunuch in charge knew that he could not get away with it, so he had to bite the bullet and tell the truth.
This platoon is the platoon with a very low error rate so far, and other platoons are not as good as this.
When the eunuch heard that the prince was coming, he racked his brains to select such a "model platoon". The result surprised a certain prince.
These words left Yaoji speechless for a long time. It seems that the plan to train new recruits really has a long way to go~!
When the combat effectiveness cannot be improved quickly, if you want to prevent the troops from becoming a mob, you can only use discipline and orders to restrain them.
Queue training is to get the recruits into the state and obey orders. It is best to clean their brains.
"Are there any soldiers transferred from the Brave Guard Camp in this team?"
Yaoji suddenly thought of something. If the veterans were excluded, the chance of making mistakes would be simply jaw-dropping.
"Your Highness, there are two out of every ten people, and there are six out of the thirty!"
This is a rule of a certain prince. Veterans are placed in each class to serve as supervisors and leaders.
However, the eunuch's answer left Yaoji speechless. After excluding these people, are the rest just here to make a living?
If Jingying is considered to be "fighting the five scum", the group of people in front of them are not even considered to be "fighting the first scum".
It takes three months to train a "zero scum" into a "first scum", and at least a year to upgrade to a "five scum".
If you don't know it, looking at this situation, it has caused 2.5 million points of critical damage to a certain prince's little heart!
The reality is really cruel!
Even if you train for three months, if you are pulled out, you will be beaten by the bandits!
Yao Ji is really anxious, anxious and angry~!
Don't even think about expecting your own guards to stop Braid during the year.
People don't have to go into battle with pure braids. They only need to send out two Han flags. Once they pass by, all 30,000 of them will be gone!
When he thought of using millions of taels of silver to create such a mud-slinging army, Yaoji felt like he was about to get angina!
The platoon in front of me is the result of five days of training together with the eunuchs demonstrating it and the veterans from the Yongwei Battalion taking the lead.
If we take out the veterans and train thirty new recruits for five more days, the situation won't be much better.
A certain prince was very discouraged when he thought about wasting money in sacks.
There is no other way. In this case, we can only wait patiently.
At worst, go back and drink more sour plum soup!
If he had known that training "Zhan Lingzha" would be so strenuous, Yaoji would have really wanted to spend ten million taels of silver to summon Qi Jiguang...
After five days of training, I just learned to turn and walk in unison, and I was so good at it that a certain prince got angry just thinking about it!
"I decree that from now on, those who make three mistakes every day will be exempted from meat for one day. Those who make five mistakes will be exempted from meat for one day and will be detained for six hours. Those who make five or more mistakes will be exempted from meat for three days and will be detained for twelve hours. Hours of confinement. Those who make no mistakes for the whole day are rewarded with one tael of pork! Those who are at fault for two days are rewarded with three taels of pork. Those who are correct for three days are rewarded with half a kilogram of pork. Those who are without mistakes for five days are rewarded with one kilogram of pork. Those who are without mistakes for seven days are rewarded with one kilogram of pork. Those who do no mistakes for ten days will be rewarded with five kilograms of pork! Those who do no mistakes for twenty days will be rewarded with fifteen kilograms of pork. Those who do no mistakes for thirty days will be rewarded with two elbows and four pig trotters and will be given a holiday. Three days! This order is valid for both new recruits and veterans, and all rewards will be braised pork!"
If the semi-dead state continues, the training plan will have to be postponed for two months, and future combat effectiveness will be in question.
Yao Ji has to use basic rewards and punishments, otherwise this military training will become a big joke.
When outsiders mention the prince's East Palace Guards, Du Zhi curls his lips. This is not a good thing.
Madan!
I'm going to risk it all this time!
I want to see who can get the elbow!
Isn’t there no oil or water in the stomach?
That's just right. Pork, elbows, and pig's trotters are all in front of you. Whoever trains seriously can eat them!
Anyway, the budget of more than one million taels has been prepared, and there is no shortage of hundreds of pigs. If the pork is not enough, mutton will be used to make up for it.
In short, we must let the animals see that their efforts will eventually be rewarded, and the prince is true to his word.
"Long live! Long live! Long live! Long live..."
Yao Ji didn't bother to scream, so he asked the eunuch to announce to the recruits using a paper trumpet, and then posted a list on the bulletin board to announce that any officers or eunuchs who were taking advantage of them would be punished on the spot as soon as they were found out.
The recruits' eyes were almost glowing green. When it came to eating meat, each of them started eating meat at two pounds. Even though the prince's requirements were more stringent for them, it was not completely impossible. There were so many days in the team that The one who makes no mistakes.
For that small group of smart people, it is possible to do it without making a mistake for three days. The prize is a pound of pork, which you can eat to your heart's content. When I think of braised pork, my mouth is almost watering.
Hearing the shouts of the animals, Yao Ji wanted to say, you are shouting wrong, but it was too late to stop him, so let's just leave it at that, anyway, the blame dad won't wake up for a while.
Using this method, you might be able to quickly identify the elites in the team. If you can find one out of every thirty people, you can filter out a thousand people out of thirty thousand people, and form them into a guard battalion, specially trained and trained by Zhou Yuji. Command, the combat effectiveness should be much stronger.
A certain prince can be sure that among the 30,000 people, someone is guaranteed to come out on top and receive two elbows, four pig's trotters, and three days off as a reward. And not only veterans, there will definitely be such talents among the recruits. And not just a few people.
The Donggong Guards do not advocate beating military sticks. Regardless of whether they are new recruits or veterans, once they make a mistake, they will first be criticized and educated, and then put into solitary confinement. If they commit the crime again, the punishment will be increased. If the violation is serious, he will either be directly expelled or beheaded.
Anyone who has been in solitary confinement becomes a lot more honest after they come out. The dark room is no joke. It doesn't look like a good place, but it's not that easy to survive. People who have been in it will never want to "visit the old place again". "Yes.
While the animals were extremely excited, Yaoji also announced a measure. After the recruits passed the assessment, those with outstanding results could apply to become non-commissioned officers. After applying, they would be promoted if they passed the assessment. If they failed, they could continue to receive training.
At present, the non-commissioned officers and officers of the East Palace Guard are all veterans of the Yongwei Battalion, but these 500 people are far from enough. Yaoji hopes to build this unit into a trump card. Even ordinary soldiers have the abilities of non-commissioned officers of other units.
If there is an animal with outstanding abilities, a certain prince does not mind promoting him. Non-commissioned officers can serve as deputy squad leader, squad leader, deputy platoon leader and platoon leader.
If you go further up, if you want to become the deputy company commander, you need to take the assessment again, because the deputy company level belongs to the officer. In addition to being able to read and write, and do simple calculations, you must also understand the map.
For ordinary soldiers, reading is one level, arithmetic is another level, and reading a map is even more difficult.
However, even people from poor backgrounds can be literate. For example, if the family is a military household and the father has served as a captain or a bannerman, the son is likely to be literate.
It's just because the land was expropriated and the family was in ruins that they are where they are today. When such a person encounters an opportunity, of course he will give it a try.
According to the requirements of a certain prince, those who want to become a platoon leader must read 300 Chinese characters, and the deputy company rank must read 500 Chinese characters. This is a screening threshold that is not easy to pass.
If the company-level officers are semi-illiterate, even if they get a letter with an order from the top after failing to accompany the army, they can only do it blindly.
Yao Ji has three standards for the East Palace Guards. First, they must be absolutely loyal. Second, you must be able to fight tough battles. Third, you must master the necessary knowledge.
Yongweiying can do the first two, but for the third one, it takes time to learn.
Because if you want to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of your troops, the easiest way is to use high-tech weapons.
If the soldiers flying the airship can't even tell the direction, then the heaven-defying weapon that cost thousands of taels of silver to build will become a sightseeing aircraft.
The first one must be achieved within one year, the second one must be achieved within two years, and the third one must be achieved within three years.
As long as it is implemented step by step and without compromise, this timetable should not be difficult to achieve.
A tough battle is not the same as winning a battle. It is much easier to win when one hundred thousand people surround three or four thousand people.
You won't be able to show your ability in a smooth battle. A bloody battle like Hunhe River is when you can show your true qualities as a hero.
The ace troops must have the ability to fight tough battles. A team of 30,000 people like the Donggong Guards must reach the level of braiding two flags of hard steel.
If the Ming Dynasty's ace troops can't do anything, then there's no hope for the cannon fodder troops.
A certain prince's 500,000 people fight against the emperor's 150,000 chickens. The outcome is unknown...
