The camp has been set up and firewood has been set up. Gao pragmatically finished his simple meal in a hurry and summoned his generals to discuss the several encounters that occurred this afternoon.
Since they only brought cavalry, and after the military reform of the Ming Dynasty, most of the cavalry, except for the main general Zhili, was mostly in the hands of guerrilla generals, so the participants at this time were all guerrillas.
These guerrillas include: Jizhen leader guerrilla general Ye Bangrong, Changping guerrilla general Zhao Menglin, Xuanfu camp (guerrilla title) Po Gui, Jizhen general soldier Zuoying guerrilla general Xu Long, Hejian leader guerrilla general Jin Bingyue, Baoding Che Battalion guerrilla general Tong Yangzhong, Dingzhou leading guerrilla general Wu Sixun, and Tianjin coastal defense guerrilla general Chen Can.
There are a total of eight guerrilla generals, who are in charge of the 28,000 cavalry under Gao Pingshi's command at the moment. Each has about 3,000 to 4,000 troops, which fully shows that the military reform of the Ming Dynasty is far from complete at this time - Ye Bangrong, who leads the most troops here, has four men. There are about 1,500 people, and the least Chen Can only has 2,000 in his hands, but both of them still have full soldiers.
In other words, these current establishments are all "adapted to local conditions." That is to say, first consider the approximate number of people needed for your position and station, and then the court will give you the number of personnel. It is not a standardized combat unit at all. This situation is even more confusing than the idea of "Type A Divisions" and "Type B Divisions" in Japan in later generations.
For Gao Qingjing, who has a little bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, this is a very painful thing for him, because it sometimes makes it inconvenient to even mobilize troops.
You first have to figure out how many soldiers you want to mobilize, what the configuration of weapons and equipment is, and sometimes you even have to find out whether the opponent is at full strength, whether it has gone through the first round of army reorganization and has undergone such things as immediate military reorganization. Various trainings include firing volleys, turning and reloading on horseback (similar to the Mongolian army's diagonal cut, loading during the large circle after shooting), dismounting and firing volleys.
It should be said that if the person commanding them is their respective commander-in-chief, then the commander-in-chief should know the general situation of their troops.
However, what was popular in the Ming Dynasty was that civilian officials led troops. Civil servants like Gao Pragmatic, who had studied history and personally led troops, at least knew that these things needed to be done. But if some self-righteous civilian officials are replaced to lead the troops, you can imagine what kind of tricks will be done - anyway, it is a blind command. I don't know myself or the enemy, so I just rely on my feelings! Hey, it’s so awesome.
The guerrillas were naturally very honest in front of Gao Pingshi, a dignified general. Even the Mongolian general Qinggui, who was always known for his unruliness in the army, was sitting still at this moment, looking at his nose and heart. It seems that as long as Gao Pragmatic doesn't open his mouth, everyone is obviously planning to pretend to be a clay puppet to the end.
"Ji Zhen Ye will not accept today's small battle. You all know how the battle went. What do you think?" Gao Pingshi had something on his mind, but his face was as usual and his tone was calm, showing no emotion or anger.
No one among the guerrillas spoke first. They glanced at each other quickly and then bowed their heads. They seemed to feel that Mr. Jinglue did not reveal his attitude and it was difficult for him to know how to speak. So he might as well pretend to be stupid first and wait and see what happened.
Gao pragmatic seemed to have guessed that this would be the case, and did not get angry. He turned his eyes slightly and looked at Xu Long, the guerrilla general of the left camp under the general banner of Jizhen. He nodded directly and said: "Xu Yourong, since he is your soldier, then Just say it first. Don't be restrained, just say whatever comes to mind...
You all know the style of conduct of our headquarters. Pre-war military discussions and post-war summaries are always about the situation and not the person. It doesn't matter whether it is good or bad, right or wrong. "
That being said, no one in Gao Situ's military conference and summary meeting was ever "guilty of what he said", but it is definitely impossible to say that it doesn't matter at all.
At the very least, if what you say is meaningful and every sentence makes sense, Gao Situ will definitely look at you favorably, right? On the other hand, you rambled for a long time but didn't get to the point. Although Gao Situ might not blame you, he certainly wouldn't think so highly of you, right?
But since Xu Long has been ordered to general, it is impossible not to speak up, let alone shirk responsibility - Gao Situ is famous for not being afraid of his subordinates making mistakes, so he will be annoyed that his subordinates will not report what they know.
In the hearts of these guerrillas, they all knew how many people Gao Situ had blocked knives in the court. Although he comes from a famous literary and cultural background, he knows very well that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.
Many people who were impeached for trivial matters were stopped by Gao Situ himself, or by instructing other officials from the Practical School to come forward, and then some of the officials from the Supervisor of Ceremonies were asked to speak in front of the emperor. Just turn big things into small things. It's just that I won't receive a private letter from his old man afterwards, and he will be harassed and warned.
As for those who refuse to change despite repeated admonitions, there are naturally some, but such people obviously have no chance to appear here and now.
"At the end of today, General Ye Bushou fought against Chahar Khan's Baiying bodyguard. Judging from the reports afterwards by Yang Liandun and his men, the battle damage ratio with the other party was about two against us. Considering that Ye Bu They are the elites of our army who have been carefully trained by our army, and we have suffered some losses.
Especially in the end, Ye Bushou wanted to break away from the battle, but unexpectedly he was entangled by the opponent for a long time. Although no more deaths were caused, seven people were lucky, which shows the problem. "
Gao pragmatic nodded, as an affirmation of his opening remarks, and then said: "Explain."
"Yes, Jingtai." Xu Long is a general who was transferred to the east of Shaanxi Province. He is not a direct descendant of Gao Jingshi, the core member of the Xuan Dynasty in the army, so he dare not call Gao Jingshi "Entang" shamelessly.
He cleared his throat and said: "Ye Bu Sui suffered a loss. First of all, the general is responsible as the chief officer. This shows that Ji Zhen Ye Bu Sui is still better at riding out of fortresses and concealing exploration. For the previous military reforms, Some of the final requirements are not good enough.”
Gao pragmatic lowered his eyelids slightly, but did not speak, still looking like he was listening.
Xu Long originally hoped that when he said this, he would receive a comment or two from Gao Xiangjing. No matter whether the comment was good or bad, it would always help him grasp the next step. It's a pity that Gao Pragmatic didn't say anything. He Xu Yourong obviously didn't dare to urge him explicitly, so he had to bite the bullet and continue. His mood was probably similar to that of a person who was forced to walk through a minefield with his flesh and blood on the battlefield a few hundred years later.
"Taipei Mingjian shows that in the past two years of military reforms, the cavalry has undergone the most frequent changes. Horses, armor, and weapons have been added, and all tactics have also changed accordingly.
To be honest, I have been in Jizhen for only one year and three months. The general did not dare to neglect the items they had practiced before because he was not sure about it. After he took office, he practiced them again and tested them twice before starting the follow-up training.
However, not long after, I received repeated instructions from the Ministry of War, Zhijun, Fujun, Zongrong and other yamen, and some of the instructions even conflicted..."
"What kind of conflict? Let me give you an example." Gao Pingshi finally spoke this time. Although he was interrupting him, Xu Long not only wasn't angry, but he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, Jingtai." Xu Long immediately replied: "For example, in September last year, the Ministry of War first issued a notice to the guerrillas in Ji Town, saying that after discussion, it was believed that the cavalry still needed to be equipped with sabers, so a sufficient number of new sabers were issued. , still ordered me to 'still practice'.
In the middle of the month, the Zhijun Yamen issued an order requiring the saber sword technique to be practiced using the method taught by Qi Zongrong when he was in office in the past. All soldiers in Jizhen only practiced the Xinyou sword technique.
After the order was issued, I don’t know how other departments reacted, but our department immediately went into an uproar after hearing the news. why? The Xinyou Sword Technique taught by Qi Zongrong in the past years is a long sword technique for foot combat, which requires both hands to hold one sword.
This knife is five feet long, with a copper blade guard of one foot, and a handle one foot and five inches long, making a total of six feet and five inches, but it weighs only two kilograms and eight taels. It is completely different in shape from the sabers issued before, and the sword technique is naturally incompatible with it.
So half a month later, another new order came from the General Rong Yamen. Although it did not say that we would not practice the Xinyou Sword Technique, we were asked to learn another set of sword techniques. It was said that it was the late famous Tumote general Tuotuo (Qiatai Sword Technique). Ji) passed on. This knife technique is extremely simple, with only three styles, namely 'drag knife', 'spatula', and 'grid knife'..."
"The Sword Technique Headquarters has seen this with my own eyes, so you don't need to elaborate." Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said, "What happened next?"
Gao Xiangpang has indeed seen this set of swordsmanship, and it was Qatai Ji who was invited by him to demonstrate it to him in person. This set of knife skills is as simple as it gets, but rather than a "sword technique," it's actually more of a technique and idea for how to use a knife.
In short, the first two of these "three moves" are offensive, and the last one is defensive and counterattack. No matter which style, the basic idea is to use the horse's power as one's own strength in order to "kill people easily".
Among these three movements, the most typical one that uses force to kill is the "drag knife type", which is completely different from the Mongolian cavalry that slashed left and right after rushing into the enemy's formation in later TV and movies. It is a backhand knife [Note: When the blade is facing forward and the little finger side extends out, it is backhand. ], the entire back of the knife is completely supported by the elbow and forearm, the back arm is raised flat and slightly adducted - and then almost kept still.
In other words, this posture only requires adjusting the height of the raised arm during combat. The strength of the blade depends entirely on the speed of the horse. The cavalry on horseback hardly exerts any force forward. And because the elbow of the arm is pressed against the back of the knife, it can not only avoid the tiger's mouth shock injury, but also ensure that the movement is always deformed.
This sword technique is obviously not a move used by generals in single combat, but is used by teams of cavalry to rush into battle. The advantage is that after one charge breaks through the enemy's formation, one's own side suffers almost no physical loss, but the lethality is astonishingly high - the force of your sword will be as strong as the charge of the war horse. The whole cavalry rushed over, like a harvester driving through a wheat field.
Although the other two styles have their own differences, in principle they all use the horse's power to their own advantage, either by leveraging force to unload force, or by leveraging force to kill people. In short, try to avoid fighting hard and causing the opponent to hit your knife edge. This is to ensure that your own cavalry will always have a significant advantage in "endurance". As for the specific actions, I won’t go into details here.
Seeing that Gao Jingshi had even seen specific sword techniques, Xu Long was a little surprised and thought to himself, "Gao Situ really knows soldiers, and he even knows how to train soldiers in detail." Fortunately, despite being surprised, he didn't feel guilty about this matter, and after a few compliments, he got back to business.
"It is clear from the experience that the two yamen have been at odds with each other several times in just six months. In addition to the disputes over swordsmanship, there are many other aspects as well, and there are some even here in Ye Bu Shu. For example, Ye Bu Shuo. They were originally mainly used to collect intelligence during peacetime, but how they should be used in wartime and how to equip them with equipment is also controversial."
Gao Pangshi was a little curious this time and asked: "What are the controversies?"
Xu Long gave way this time, turned around and glanced at Pogui, and said: "Jingtai, Poyourong personally participated in this controversy. Should I invite him to elaborate on this matter?"
Gao pragmatic looked at Pogui and said, "Poyourong, then you can tell me."
Pogui was very dissatisfied when he saw Xu Long blaming this unfortunate job on himself, but he didn't dare to show it in front of Gao Pragmatic, so he had to pinch his nose and admit it, and said with a wry smile: "Entang, Xu Yourong is this At the end of the day, he made a bad idea."
Gao Pingshi didn't know what the story was between them, and asked curiously: "How can I tell you this?"
"Before, Ye Bu Shu basically did not wear armor. Horses were completely unarmored, and humans only wore leather armor. As for weapons, Ye Bu Shu did not use firearms in the past because they were too noisy. In line with their usual errands.
The three treasures that Ye Bushua carried with him were a riding bow, a saber and a dagger. Moreover, this saber was not the one issued last year, but a Mongolian sword, which was relatively shorter and more curved.
Last year, the cavalry weapons and equipment changed significantly. Although the general was a Mongolian, the general tried it on himself and found that although the new saber may not be suitable for charging into the battle, it was obviously more advantageous if a small group of cavalry got into hand-to-hand combat with each other, so the general Will advocate the replacement of new sabers.
Another issue is the equipment. The military yamen said that things have been distributed, but each department should consider whether to change the equipment according to the situation of each department. The General Rong Yamen said that since it was an order from the Ministry of War, it would naturally have to be changed, and there would be no exceptions.
Generally speaking, our army has a range advantage, but the Tatar army's bows and arrows are difficult to penetrate armor at long distances. Therefore, the general believed that fighting in armor can effectively reduce casualties. Therefore, the general insisted that all cavalry be redressed at that time, including staying at night. .
As for why it is included, the reason is because the general feels that Ye Bushou is usually used for detecting horses, and it is easiest for the detecting horses to get into small-scale encounters with the enemy's detecting horses. In this way, the armor has a better chance of surviving the conflict and passing useful information back to the army.
At that time, many colleagues were opposed, such as Xu Yourong. He believes that Ye Bushou must first be concealed, and secondly, run fast and far enough. Wearing armor has an impact on these, so he is opposed to wearing armor. "
Gao Jingshi rolled his eyes and glanced at Xu Long. Xu Long just nodded, bowed slightly to Gao Jingshi, and simply answered "yes".
Today's Ye Bu Sheng is wearing armor, which shows that this dispute was won quite expensively. Gao Pingshi also had some doubts in his heart. Was it because he was expensive and had other reasons, or was he suppressing Xu Long's opinions by relying on his direct lineage from Xuanda?
So he asked Pogui: "Then what do you think of these?"
Pogui sighed and said: "The general himself is a Mongolian. There are some things that the general... just can't say clearly."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "You are born in Mongolia, and you are Mongolian, but you are not Mongolian - you are a Mingren. So, there is nothing inconvenient to say openly, just say it, I am all ears."
"All ears" are here, Pugui naturally dare not not say it, so he sighed again and said with a wry smile: "Even if Ye Buzai is an elite of our army, but even if Ye Buzai is not wearing armor... is it really possible?" When you have to compete with the Mongols to see who can run faster, is there any chance of winning if you stay awake all night?
At the age of three, Entang was still unable to walk steadily, so his family put him on the back of a pony and played with him every day. "
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