"I obey the decree!"
Li Banghua left, and Chongzhen sat behind the dragon case and pondered for a while: "My dear friend, the doctor of the Camp and Maintenance Department of the Ministry of Public Works has come to see me!"
After Wang Chengen left, Chongzhen began to write and draw on paper.
After half an hour, Chongzhen stopped and drew more than a dozen drawings, which were densely covered with handwriting and numbers.
Seeing that Chongzhen had stopped, Wang Chengen stepped forward and poured a cup of hot tea and placed it on the dragon table. He gently tapped Chongzhen's shoulders and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Wu Yunqing, the doctor of the camp and repair department, is already waiting outside the door! "
"pass!"
After Chongzhen took a sip of tea, Wu Yunqing, the doctor of the camp and repair department, entered Dongnuan Pavilion and immediately knelt down to salute Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, Wu Yunqing, comes to see you!"
"Get up and talk!"
Chongzhen stood up and handed over the drawings on the table: "Look, can these things be made? How long will it take?"
Hearing Chongzhen's words, Wu Yunqing's heart suddenly relaxed. The Camping and Repairing Department was responsible for making things. As long as it was making things, his Camping and Repairing Department had plenty of confidence.
He took the drawings handed over by Chongzhen with both hands and began to read them slowly.
Drawings of various strange tools, with dimensions and requirements marked.
A quarter of an hour later, Wu Yunqing finished reading and immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you follow the drawings, it will take up to an hour."
"Okay, then go to Tengxiang Siwei Camp to find a place to make a set according to what is drawn on the drawing!"
"I accept the decree!"
Wu Yunqing left after receiving the order.
Chongzhen asked Wu Yunqing to do two sets, one was the uneven bars, and the other was the 400-meter obstacle course equipment used in later generations of the army.
Obstacle races in later generations include five-step stakes, jumping deep pits, flying on short boards, climbing high and low platforms, climbing ladders, climbing single-plank bridges, climbing high board walls, and drilling through barbed wire.
He removed the razor wire and then replaced the high board wall with a three-meter-high net.
This set was used for physical training in later generations. He couldn't tell whether it could be used now or how effective it would be, but at least it was much more effective than lifting stone locks and driving wooden stakes now.
If it proves to be effective, he is also prepared to introduce formation training to the 26 guards.
The next day, after retreating from the court, Chongzhen was escorted by Li Ruolian to the camp of Tengxiang's four guards, where the commanders of the twenty-sixth guards were running around the obstacles and looking at the place.
When Wu Yunqing and others were doing it yesterday, they knew that this was the emperor's request.
After saluting, Chongzhen stood in front of the obstacle course equipment, touched it, and pushed it, and was very satisfied.
"Do you, dear friends, know what this is for?"
"Your Majesty, it seems to be used for training, but I haven't figured out how to use it yet. Please ask Your Majesty to clarify my doubts!"
Chongzhen did not answer directly, but said: "I ask you, how is physical training done in the military?"
"Your Majesty, there are four main types of physical training in the army: running, lifting stone locks, driving stakes, and wrestling in armor."
"Then why do you need to practice physical fitness?"
"Your Majesty, physical strength is divided into two parts: endurance and strength. Long-distance marches, attacks, pursuits, escapes, etc. mainly focus on endurance.
Hand-to-hand combat focuses on strength, but apart from bows and arrows, due to the special nature of swords and guns, the strength requirements are not that high.
Generally speaking, endurance is much more important than strength, because a march may last for more than a few months, or a battle may last for several hours. Strong endurance represents combat power. "
Huang Degong answered quickly, then reacted and said in an uncertain tone: "Your Majesty, do you mean this is used to train endurance and strength?"
Others were also startled, and they all reacted. The emperor asked how to practice physical fitness, and if he did these things, he must be practicing physical fitness.
But everyone is full of doubts, how to train this thing?
Chongzhen smiled mysteriously: "These things were told to me by a strange man before I ascended the throne. He said that he could train an iron army. I have never had the chance to try it.
Yesterday, Li Aiqing said that he would change his training methods. I suddenly remembered it and asked you to try it out. "
There are some things that cannot be explained to these people. Does he want to tell these people that endurance is mainly divided into muscular endurance and cardiovascular endurance?
Endurance is formed under long-term working conditions of multiple muscle groups and multiple systems (central nervous system, cardiopulmonary system), combined with aerobic and anaerobic exercise?
He only knew a rough idea of this thing, and he couldn't really explain the specific principles, but in later generations, armies all over the world would train them, so it must make sense.
No matter how much you say, it’s better to let them experience it for themselves.
"I'll show you how!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
"Your Majesty, be careful of injuring the dragon's body!"
As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, he was stopped by the commanders. Some of these things were elevated. If they fell and were injured, they would die.
Being blocked by everyone, Chongzhen was speechless. He was the only one who knew how to do this. How could he teach them if he didn't demonstrate?
Fang Zhenghua stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I am a martial arts practitioner and I accept it quickly. If you say it, I will do it and see the effect first. If it doesn't work, it won't be too late for you to demonstrate again!"
"Okay! Then I will be a military instructor today."
Chongzhen nodded in agreement, and then walked to the five-step pile: "You follow the route I took here. This will test the flexibility of the sergeant!"
"Here we have to jump directly over this big pit. The test is the reaction speed and courage during the attack!"
"Climbing over this wooden wall here will test your jumping and climbing abilities."
…
For a full quarter of an hour, Chongzhen said, and Fang Zhenghua obeyed. The commanders followed and watched, remembering Chongzhen's words.
"how do you feel?"
"Your Majesty...I feel nothing!"
Listening to Fang Zhenghua's response, Chongzhen chuckled: "You can say this again after you have completed what I asked."
"Two sticks of incense will make five trips without stopping. Let's get started!"
"Two incense sticks make five trips?"
Fang Zhenghua was instantly aroused to be competitive, and he started to move after a little movement.
PS: In ancient times, there were three opinions on how long an incense stick lasted. One thought it was 30 minutes; the second thought it was one hour; and the third thought it was only 5 minutes. Take five points here, two sticks of incense take ten minutes, and one trip takes two minutes on average. This time is excellent in the current military. Don’t get too entangled, just know the general meaning. After all, this thing depends on the length, thickness, and burning environment of the incense. Very important.
The first trip was a bit rusty, the second trip was better, the third trip picked up speed, and the fourth...
"It took two and a half pillars!"
After Fang Zhenghua finished running seven times, Wang Chengen looked at the third half-burned incense and reported that it had been used up.
Chongzhen looked at Fang Zhenghua who was a little uncomfortable walking: "How about it, do you still think it's easy?"
It was his first time to play this thing, and he played it seven times at once. It would be strange if his legs didn't feel sore, even if he was a person with the highest level of Ming's personal strength.
Ordinary people have to lie down on the ground for two trips, let alone seven trips.
Although Fang Zhenghua was panting slightly, his eyes were full of excitement: "Your Majesty, I can feel that this set of things is definitely useful. If you train for a long time, it will definitely be much more effective than simply lifting stone locks and driving wooden stakes."
Chongzhen smiled and looked at the others: "Come on, you guys should try it too and tell us what you think!"
