Regarding Joanna's problem, Guo Kang was actually not very easy to explain.
To be honest, he was not optimistic about the new recruits brought by Cao Jian. Apart from anything else, he and Joanna talked for a while, but there was no response from the other side, which meant that it was difficult for these people to even march in formation, and Cao Jian was probably having a big headache right now.
However, he was embarrassed to say this. If Theodora was next to him, he might not be able to help but complain that even if these people were taken to Egypt, they would only be used as army labor. But after all, the people here are not that familiar. It would not be a good idea to turn around and let Cao Jian hear...
And this sentence is indeed very long. Even for a Serisian, it may not be easy to understand intuitively.
For example, why did the soldiers of the Purple Horde undergo training of this length?
Because according to custom, legionnaires are mobilized from various places, and the requirements are quite strict.
When a male citizen reaches adulthood, he will be registered by the local military region according to his household registration. He will engage in non-off-the-job militia training every year, master the basic use of weapons, and understand simple battle formation rules. Of course, the most important thing is to get used to the discipline and strict rules of collective life that Rome has been vigorously promoting.
After two more years, these young people will engage in one year of off-the-job training, and then join the local battle group and serve as military district guards for one year. Since the borders of the Purple Horde Khanate are long and full of enemies, almost everyone can actually fight a few battles during this year.
After this year's garrison is over, ordinary soldiers are eligible to join the regular legion. Before officially joining the army, they must undergo additional training for half a year to ensure that they can possess the various skills required for large-scale combat.
After passing the six months of training, he will be considered a qualified "legionary recruit" and can serve in the main force of each military region for another three years. If a war breaks out during this period and a legion needs to be formed, they will be ordered to organize it and go out to fight.
This is why it is so troublesome for Seros people to join the legion. Zhuguo has to step in and open up all the links to give a special case - because even ordinary citizens have to put in some effort to join the legion. Legion soldiers do look down on outsiders, but unfortunately, they do have the qualifications and confidence...
In Guo Gai's time, the difference between legionnaires and local garrison troops was not very obvious, because the Purple Horde Khanate basically fought defensive wars. Sometimes it took the initiative to attack, but usually everyone fought shoulder to shoulder, and there was not so much emphasis on it. But now that the family's financial resources are stronger, they can pick and choose people and improve their average quality. Therefore, since the establishment of the military zone system, this has generally been the method.
There are many theories as to where this training time comes from. However, what Guo Kang believed more was his family's own ancestral statement - Guo Gai and others actually didn't understand it very well at the time. They copied the two-year training rule directly from ancient history books...
It is said that during the Han Dynasty, this was how the ancients recruited soldiers. After two years of training, he can already act as a regular soldier and the main body of the army. Under this model, the Han Dynasty could maintain the ratio of one hundred households supporting one soldier for a long time. The farming technology of the Purple Horde Khanate was no matter how advanced it was then, and it was still affordable.
However, as the war became increasingly fierce, these two-year-trained soldiers were not enough to meet the requirements, so later the Han Dynasty established recruiting soldiers with longer service times. But these are actually not practical for today's situation.
Because in Europe, "training" is a luxury. For a long time, everyone has not had this concept.
Mercenary leaders usually recruit random people and impose some basic disciplines. Various skills are mostly taught and taught by the veterans in the team, and there are no unified standards. Everyone also believes that instead of wasting time and money on training, it is better to directly bring new recruits to the front line. Anyway, as long as they survive a few games, they will become veterans. This is much easier than training.
Moreover, not only the past and present, but also the future will be the same.
About two hundred years later, Prince Maurice of the Netherlands formulated a set of drills to standardize the training of soldiers. From then on, the Western European army had unified regulatory requirements. But the actual effect of this incident was not as great as what later European military scientists said.
First of all, Cao Dian is not an unfamiliar concept. Not to mention the East, the Eastern Roman Empire next door also had Cao Dian; the Mamluks across the sea also had such a thing. This is nothing new in the whole world, and it’s only Europeans who don’t understand it that’s why they make a fuss about it all day long.
Moreover, the focus of the drill regulations is only "how soldiers should fight", not "how long and how long it will take to make all soldiers achieve this level." Not that the latter is unimportant. In fact, Morris and others also had many training techniques, and there were also a number of related books from that era. But under the real conditions in Europe at that time, it was impossible to spread them out in a standardized way.
Europeans have long adopted the system of employment and contracting. Prince Maurice's own soldiers can be found everywhere in the world. In this case, it is already very good to drive them to obey orders and act in more efficient arrays and combat methods. The other requirements cannot be too high at all.
In actual combat, although the Spanish enemies were defeated many times, judging from the results, it was more likely that it was a political victory and Morris's own command level that played a role.
His soldiers were obviously inferior to the Spanish in training. Morris knew this well and carefully avoided a decisive battle with the main army led by the famous Spanish general. However, in his later years, Morris was forced to fight against the elite Flanders Army in order to rescue the important city of Breda.
Even with the support of the British, the two rescue operations organized by Morris still ended in disastrous failure. Under the intense fire, Maurice vomited blood and died, and the city of Breda surrendered to Spain more than a month later.
And what about the Spaniards? In fact, they have no special training rules. However, Spain has a very smart rotation system.
After new recruits join the legion, they will first go to places like Italy and stay for about a year. Local battles are relatively simple and allow new recruits to become familiar with warfare in an environment with relatively little danger. Wait for a year to get some experience, and then transfer to a tricky place like the Netherlands. In this way, a relatively reliable supply of soldiers can be continuously provided.
Although it looks very simple, the Spanish army organized in this way was already the ceiling of Europe at that time - the quality of the soldiers was even higher than that of the era after them.
Contrary to traditional impressions, the quality of European soldiers has not improved linearly since the late Middle Ages. After the Spaniards, for a long time, the armies of European countries were closer to the "garbage sea" tactics, relying on large numbers of people. In terms of quality and training, it continues to decline.
For example, many people feel that infantrymen in the musket era could not just lie down and dodge bullets. And many officers at the time did think so. Because as long as they lie down, the soldiers will not be willing to get up, so don't expect this unit to function normally.
But the Spanish army often used this method, and there were records of "kneeling down to avoid bullets" more than once. Even so, they could still maintain their formation and stand up to fight again.
In 1634, the Spanish army fought with the Swedish army in Nördlingen. They once again used this method to avoid fire. In the end, when their allies were defeated one after another, they reversed the situation and defeated the opponent. The Swedish army suffered heavy casualties, and the most elite "Yellow Legion" was almost wiped out.
——This army is the Guards formed by Gustav, and it is also the most important of these Swedish armies named after colors. It is probably equivalent to the Swedish Zhenghuangqi being annihilated, which shows the huge impact. After that, Sweden basically withdrew from the competition.
So let alone the East, even Europe itself is by no means as simple as "linear evolution of different formations".
(End of chapter)
