Xinshun 1730

Chapter 179 The System That Can't Be Copied From Anywhere

As soon as the ship docked at the port, Liu Yu and others disembarked and returned to Weihai by land, and Lin Yunwen went to the south.

Liu Yu inspected the situation of this year's winter wheat along the way, and asked a few old farmers, and it seemed to be okay.

The famine in Jiaodong should be regarded as over. I haven't heard of another catastrophe this year. It should not delay the time for the North Korea to send troops to the Western Regions.

Back at the barracks, Kang Bushao found him and told him news from the capital.

This autumn, Li Jiusi, the Duke of E, will come to inspect the preparation and training of the new army.

Kang Buxiu was very anxious, because he felt that Liu Yu didn't pay much attention to the army's drills, and basically assigned most of the drills to the formed staff department.

After talking about the fact that Li Jiusi, the Duke of E, was coming to inspect, Liu Yu only said lightly that he knew about it, and finally Kang Buxiu couldn't help it anymore.

"My lord, there is something I think I should remind you of. Just as your majesty trusts you and lets you train soldiers, it is because you are good at fighting the Rakshasa. I also know that you care about the navy, but whether your majesty can continue to invest money? It depends on how well the new army that you have trained will fight in the battle of Pingzhun."

"Besides, if the balance is not going well, the imperial court must continue to expand the army, and there is no money to invest in the navy. Buying a warship costs 8 to [-] taels of silver. My son also said that at least eight warships are needed. Even in the future, I will If it is cheaper to build, it will also cost a lot of money, and after all, it needs His Majesty's support."

Kang Bushi looked at the problem from a deep perspective and understood the key point.

The matter of leveling seems to have nothing to do with the navy at all, and all warships sail to the Western Regions, but in fact it is closely related to the fate of the navy.

Liu Yu praised with a smile: "What Zhongxian said is very true. It's just that I am training soldiers? I will train step by step. When Duke E arrives in autumn, the army will form itself. What are you worried about?"

Kang Bulao frowned and said, "My lord, although I don't know much about military affairs, I have read military books."

""Six Secret Teachings" says: Generals who do not wear fur in winter, do not operate fans in summer, and do not cover up in rain are called generals of ceremonies; generals who do not wear salutes have no way of knowing the cold and heat of soldiers. Take the first step, and you are called a powerful general. If you don't obey your strength, you can't know the hard work of soldiers. The army has a set order, and the general will leave it. Those who cook are cooked. The general will eat. The army does not raise fire. The general will not raise the fire. , The name is called the general who stops desire. The general does not obey the body and stops the desire, so he has no way to know the hunger and fullness of the soldiers. The general will share the cold and heat with the soldiers, work hard, and be hungry. Therefore, the three armies will be happy when they hear the sound of drums, and angry when they hear the sound of gold. In a high city and a deep pond, arrows and stones are descending, and scholars vie to be the first to climb; when sharp blades are joined, scholars vie to go first. Scholars are not happy to die, but also because they will know the judgment of cold and heat, hunger and fullness, and see the clarity of hard work..."

"My son trains soldiers, but he doesn't ask at all. The military pay is distributed by special people, without the hands of the chief general. As for sharing joys and sorrows with soldiers, I have never seen it before. In this way, it is a violation of the taboo of military strategists and indecent Generals, generals with strength, and generals who stop their desires. How can soldiers like this be happy when the drums sound, and angry when they hear the sound of gold. In a high city and deep pools, arrows and stones are descending, and the soldiers scramble to climb first;

Speaking of the chapter about the selection of generals in "Six Secret Teachings", Kang Buxiu murmured a lot in his heart.

He has known Liu Yu for a long time, and he is also Liu Yu's confidant, knowing about Liu Yu's time in Heilongjiang.At that time, I really shared joys and sorrows with the soldiers, marched all the way, and finally made great achievements in Heilongjiang.

Now let's not talk about sharing joys and sorrows, but even such things as military pay are not paid in person.Even though when the money was distributed, the soldiers would of course shout to thank the emperor for the payment, but this did not affect Liu Yu's presence in the army.

If it is as it is now, at least this new army is simply ignorant of the generals.

Knowing that Kang Buxio was kind, Liu Yu smiled and said, "Zhongxian only knows one of the words in "Six Secret Teachings", but not the other."

"I have always said that if the training is consistent, the army that knows why to fight is the real strong army."

"Now this new army, how can I tell them what to fight for? To fight for the whole family to starve to death? To fight for those landlords who took the opportunity to annex the land during the famine? For those who raised the price of food during the famine? Eight liang of silver and one stone of merchants to fight?"

"It doesn't make sense, then fight for the military pay, and fight not to be beaten by the officer's stick and whip."

"As for what the "Six Secret Teachings" said, it's definitely right or wrong, it's just that...a farmer raises livestock, and the animals can't talk, so how do farmers know how to feed the animals? How do you teach soldiers how to feed themselves in military books? Co-authoring military books without teaching them, the generals don’t know that soldiers have to eat?”

"My army pays the full amount. I don't eat empty pay. I even give them some money to buy fish. If they are well fed and trained strictly, this is a strong army. You can rest assured."

"Moreover……"

Liu Yu laughed, and asked back: "Zhongxian thinks that it is a good thing for this new army to have everyone only obey me? This soldier is trained for His Majesty, as Zhongxian said, in exchange for His Majesty's recognition of my knowledge. , thus attaching importance to the navy. I just took them to the Western Regions for a tour. Small battles, small battles, fighting Junggar, and there is no need to be a general, a general, or a general. What I want to practice is A group of useless generals, as long as they pay enough military salary, they can suppress the soldiers of the surrounding tribes and chieftains."

Seeing Liu Yu's self-confidence, Kang Buxiu felt even more worried. He felt that Liu Yu underestimated the enemy, and he was afraid that something would go wrong at that time, and everything after that would be over.

The capital wanted to send the Duke of E, Li Jiusi, probably not because he was worried that Liu Yu would fail in training.

But after all, the matter is of great importance, and it is necessary to come and see how the soldiers are trained.

It should be in the past few years to start the war.

Some news cannot be concealed. The imperial court is constantly hoarding military rations and building post stations and military roads in Mongolia. Once it is ready, it will definitely be fought.

Kang Bushao probably knew that Liu Yu didn't regard this army as the Liu family's army at all, but regarded the new army as a personal affair.

But to do things in Dashun, no matter how you say it, you need the emperor's trust.

Aiming at the First World War is an opportunity to deepen this kind of trust. Although it is possible to be suspicious because you are too much loved by soldiers, if you don't care about it and your performance is not amazing enough, the follow-up will definitely be difficult.

"My lord, there are still about half a year until autumn, so you really don't need to worry too much?"

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "It doesn't cost much. There is no time or energy. The staff can just train troops step by step, and I don't care. The French are coming soon, warships, craftsmen, these things have to be done."

"To build a ship, the wood can't be cut down and used immediately. It needs to be dried in the shade for two or three years. I also have to worry about transporting high-quality oak from the northeast and teak to Nanyang."

"It is important to open a school, to open an ordnance workshop, and to open up the immigration channel from Vladivostok to the Songhua River. These are trivial matters such as military training, which are not worth mentioning."

"You don't have to worry about this matter, I know it well. By the way, that Bai Yunhang is going to try out the young crop method in Wendeng. I will lend you some of the money and you can handle it. There is a right way to do things in the military, and there is a specialization in the art field ,You do not have to worry about."

"Calculate about how much it will cost, including seed purchase, storage, management, etc. of young crops. How much money will be needed in total? Calculate the account and come to me to get it."

Kang Buxio responded, and finally reminded: "Since the young master said so, then I can rest assured. Even if there is a specialization in the arts, since the young master trusts me, then there will be doubts and worries in the future, even if it is something I am not familiar with." , I will still mention it.”

Thinking of Liu Yu's trust in the past few years, Kang Bushi used his own way to express his loyalty a little arrogantly.Liu Yu cupped his hands at him, and said with a smile: "Dashan, Zhongxian, let's go and get busy, and call Wu Fangrui and the staff from the staff squad by the way."

After Kang Buxiu went out, a "report" came not long after.

After getting permission, Wu Fangrui and others entered in a file, and sat down after waiting for Liu Yu to signal.

"How is the recruit training?"

"My lord, I have already completed the training outline formulated earlier."

Wu Fangrui handed Liu Yu a record notebook.

The staff department doesn't care about personnel and military pay.

Before Liu Yu left, they had already formulated a training outline. After submitting it to Liu Yu, after editing and discussing, they strictly followed the outline for training.

All the officers had the battalion and company manuals printed and distributed by Liu Yu. In addition to the manuals given by Hannibal, a large number of revisions were made mainly on how to change formations.

There is a huge difference between the tactical thinking and the existing ones that can be copied.

What Liu Yu wants to train is a new army that emphasizes mobility by marching in columns, quickly changing formations, and quickly forming hollow formations.

It is not a system at all with the French and Russian drills given by Hannibal at this time.

Many places need to be modified, and many places are considered behind closed doors. Whether it is feasible or not, we need to continue to find out the faults in the follow-up training and continue to rectify.

The task of the staff department in the past few months is to observe the training and find the right direction for rectification from practice.

For this reason, another group of staff members was added to the 80 staff squad, and there was a staff department of more than [-] people.

Looking at the training diary of the staff department, half of the contents are suggestions for corrections to some drills.

Liu Yu didn't even look at the specific content. She flipped to the back and threw it aside, feeling very happy.

Understand the tactical system, and then carry out self-correction within this tactical system. The revision suggestions in the second half of this training diary are signs that the staff department has begun to operate normally.

As for whether it is right or not... practice brings true knowledge, and you will only know after fighting.

The Qingzhou Army now has a total of nine thousand and five.

Among them, there are [-] infantry, [-] artillery, [-] light cavalry and skirmishers, [-] engineers, and eight companies specially selected big and strong grenadiers. Shandong is not short.

Each company has 96 people, and five companies form a battalion.In theory, each battalion is equipped with two four-pound light guns, but the number of guns is not enough.There is no such thing as a gun in everyone's hands.

Eight-jin cannons and those heavier than eight catties were organized together.

Qing cavalry and skirmishers were all selected. It would be best if we could train some soldiers from the Songhua River, but it is very difficult now. In the future, the imperial court may use them after they really know that they are effective after fighting the battle.

(End of this chapter)