Wanli Xinming

Chapter 171 Teaching
On the [-]th day of the fifth month of the fifth month of Wanli, the new army, led by Ling Yunyi and Liu Xian, who had been renovated in Zhaoqing for a few days, set out for Xinyi.

Along with the new army, there were also nine thousand soldiers led by Chen Lin, the sergeant of Gaozhou.

The so-called Zhu soldiers, also known as "wolf soldiers", refer to the Tusi soldiers distributed in northwestern Guangxi and parts of southern Guizhou.But for the soldiers born and raised in Sri Lanka, the ethnic categories are imposed by outsiders, and they don't care about them.

The first use of 儍 soldiers in the Ming court was during the reign of Emperor Yingzong.In October of the second year of the Orthodox year, the then chief military officer of Guangxi and the governor of Shanyun Shangyun played the court's statement, "The local officials in the left and right rivers have a large number of people and few fields, and their soldiers are brave and feared by thieves." The leader of the committee, raised his lead and came to the deserted fields near the mountains and fields in the area of ​​​​Tunchong, and broke the road of thieves."

The soldiers fought bravely. History records that "the wolf soldiers were in the three prefectures of Dongguan, Nandan and Nadi in Guangxi. They were able to defeat the crowd with a few, and nine out of ten. He Ye, the native officials of the three prefectures, roughly resembled Qin. The law, the first prisoner is the highest merit, the military order is strict, the reward is also heavy, and the soldiers are more willing to die." The combat capability far surpassed that of the guards, and in the late Ming Dynasty, there was even a saying that "Guangxi's soldiers are the best in the world".

The name of Guangxi soldiers who dare to fight and can fight has been passed down to later generations. Marshal Peng Dehuai even commented on the enemy of the Red Army during the Long March: "The Guizhou Army and the Yunnan Army have two sheep, the Hunan Army is a wolf, and the Guangxi monkey is the Gui Army, fierce as a tiger. Evil as a wolf."

Therefore, after Emperor Yingzong, the Ming court, who had tasted the sweetness, became more and more reliant on the use of soldiers, and even dispatched soldiers to fight against Japanese pirates in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in the later period.During the Jiajing period, "Mrs. Wa" led her soldiers to fight against Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, and was called "the heroine of women" by later generations.

However, there are also great drawbacks to the use of yamen.The soldiers were essentially the mercenaries of the imperial court, and their command was in the hands of the chieftains. The imperial court lacked effective means of control, which led to chaos in military discipline, and there were many acts of burning and killing people. The thief's argument.

In the Ming Dynasty, there are many records of "calling wolf soldiers, plundering, looting and killing, leaving chickens and dogs, and not hiding them." There are many records.During the Zhengde period, the rebels Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled, and the imperial court mobilized Yongshun and Baojing to mobilize soldiers to suppress them.The thieves once said to the plundered people: My generation is like a comb, and the chieftain soldiers are like a grate—this shows the military discipline of the soldiers.

However, for this group of soldiers who followed the new army, there was really someone who could calm them down. This person was Chen Lin, the General of Gaozhou.

Chen Lin, courtesy name Chaojue.Born in Jiajing in the 11th year, from Shaozhou, he is 45 years old at this time.In the 41st year of Jiajing, Chen Linyin quelled the civil unrest in Chaozhou, Yingde and other places, and was promoted to command the affairs of the army, and later to the defense of Guangdong.

During Yin Zhengmao's stay in Guangdong and Guangxi, he vigorously promoted Chen Lin, a brave and resourceful general.In the first year of Wanli, Chen Lin pacified the rebels of Gaoyao Deng Shenglong and the Jieyang mountain thief Zhong Yuequan successively; in March of the second year of Wanli, because Zhang Yuanxun's subordinate Li Chengli was defeated in the attack on the Chaozhou thief Zhu Liangbao, Yin Zhengmao temporarily granted Chen Lin the post of general. Let Chen Lin command a troop of soldiers, and after pacifying Zhu Liangbao, Chen Lin was awarded the guerrilla general of Zhaoqing, and transferred to Gaozhou.

Chen Lin was born to lead troops.Stout build and amazing physical strength.His eyes are small but slender, always flashing with a fierce light, his nose is wide and his mouth is wide, and his voice is low and hoarse. As soon as others meet him, they will know that this person is not easy to deal with.

The soldiers and chieftains under his rule saw him like a mouse sees a cat, and none of them were not afraid of him, because this person was relatively cruel.When Chen Lin first served as a general, because the soldiers refused to accept it, Chen Lin used the sword to single out the soldiers and warriors in the school field.

Due to the fighting, many wolf soldiers were shot down by him in a row, and then cut off their forearms. Chen Lin smeared his face with blood and continued to shout and challenge, but none of the soldiers dared to answer.

Chen Lin's extraordinary courage is on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is also wise and greedy.Since the day of the army, he has been plundering, killing prisoners and taking credit, and bribing his superiors to do everything—just in line with Yin Zhengmao's temper.

Zhang Juzheng's henchmen like Yin Zhengmao have similar temperaments, they only seek merit in doing things, and do not talk about the rest, and their reputations are not very good in Daming officialdom.They are greedy for power and money, and they are not stingy with their subordinates. Chen Lin looted and looted the big head for the boss and the small head for the soldiers, and he just kept some soup for himself.After such a few years, Chen Lin used the uniform that led his soldiers to throw their bodies on the ground like an arm and a finger.

This march, from Zhaoqing to Xinyi 480 miles, plans to march for [-] days.As soon as the two armies walked on the road, the difference was directly compared: the new army was trained like a wooden man, and even after thousands of miles of trekking, the formation was not scattered.However, most of the soldiers led by Chen Lin did not even have military uniforms. Most of them had black cloth and black shoes, black cloth toecaps, some weapons were carried on their shoulders, and some were carried on their shoulders. , there is no queue neatness requirement.

Liu Xian and Deng Zilong, the second and deputy commanders, both fought in Guangdong and knew that the combat effectiveness of these thin and thin soldiers could not be judged from their appearance.However, the middle and lower-level officers of the new army have been brainwashed by the concept of "discipline is combat effectiveness" in martial arts.

The new army moved to Guangdong, and training was also an important purpose.Every day after the two armies were stationed, seminars were held, and Chen Lin was the teacher to teach the new army officers.

Chen Lin has never been to martial arts, but in the past six months, he has met a few officers from Guangdong and Guangxi who graduated from martial arts, and he has also communicated with them.In Chen Lin's opinion, these officers who returned from martial arts to Guangdong and Guangxi were basically stupid.

After these people came back, they copied cats and tigers, copied the methods of martial arts training to their own guards, and copied all the methods of formation, stationing, and marching.However, how can the soldiers of the guards have the provisions of the new army in the Beijing camp?After practicing for less than half a month, there were only two who provoked mutiny, making all these graduates disgraced.

Therefore, Chen Lin, a general who was killed in a sea of ​​blood, did not look down on martial arts officers, but he was ordered by Ling Yunyi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, to teach this class.

On the first day, the two armies were stationed on the north bank of the Xijiang River. Before dinner, Chen Lin taught in the tent.Taking Luopan Mountain as an example, he gave an overview of the impact of the location of the dense forest on the march, and then emphasized: "Luopang Mountain is high and dense with dense forests.

In Chen Lin's view, the vigilance of mountain warfare should be sent to the front, middle, and rear outposts, and should be deployed in groups - at least a thousand people should be released to be responsible for vigilance, and the protection of food routes should be given top priority.Judging from the past experience of dealing with the Yao people, what they are best at is to break up the whole into parts, and then turn the parts into whole, sneak attack on the back road of the army, and cut off my food supply.

The new army officers listened and looked at each other in dismay, thinking that this is all annoying to the teacher, and the protection of food supply is also the top priority in the plains - who can ignore it?Seeing that they were not satisfied, Chen Lin picked up a wooden crossbow that was two feet wide and said: "There is poisonous arrow wood in Luopan Mountain. It's not iron but bone, but you don't have to pierce it deeply, just scratch your skin a little, and see blood seal your throat."

Chen Lin continued: "He is hiding in the dense forest on both sides of the mountain road. When your army passes by, the crossbows are like rain, and they leave in one wave. Kill five people in your army at one time. After two days, one or two hundred people are not seen. Their faces are gone—how should I respond?”

"If you stop and strangle, he will run away without a trace through the woods, and you will not be able to transport food and grass; if you ignore the casualties, the number of poisonous arrows will become more and more dense, and how many people do you have? Enough to kill him?"

Zhang Qianyu, General Manager of the New Army, raised his hand, and when he saw Chen Lin nod, he stood up and said: "The New Army has a squad of elite soldiers who will not accept at night, and they can use scouts to fight scouts, and both sides can strangle him - he is not as far as me, so we can respond. ."

Chen Lin listened, nodded and said: "This method is also the method I use, so I have the elite soldiers in the front, middle and back, and I have to protect the main force and the way of food from a distance - it is fundamentally different from the plains, entering the mountains and forests, Strangulation is everywhere, and there is no distinction between battles!"

When the new army officers heard this, they all took a breath of the humid and hot air in Guangdong.Seeing that Chen Lin had calmed them down, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth—because of his viciousness, he might as well not smile.Seeing him, he called a soldier next to him and said, "Everyone, you can see how different his attire is from our army?"

The new army officers took a closer look and saw that the soldier had black cloth wrapped around his head, black clothes and black shoes, no different from the daytime.

Chen Lin gave the answer: "I didn't know it at first, but after I took them to the woods, I realized the benefits of this outfit. Please see, this baotou is used to prevent sweating. After entering the woods, it is extremely hot inside and out There are ten times more sweat than we are now! When you are fighting, sweat flows in your eyes, where is your bird gun going?"

When the new army officers heard this, they all suddenly realized.Chen Lin pointed at the soldier's leg and said, "Look at his trousers, from the ankle up to the entire calf, they are covered with cloth. This is also a poison-proof insect. In the dense forest, have you seen it? The poisonous insects are densely packed, if there is no such leggings, the poisonous insects alone can kill half of us!"

Seeing that the new army officers sitting below wanted to speak, Chen Lin smiled and said, "Although the new army also has leggings, they use straps. I think it should be to prevent the legs from rising when walking - straps may not work, I think the most It is wrapped with cloth like a wolf soldier! If there is a little space left, the poisonous insects can penetrate everything. After entering Luopan, our collars and cuffs must be tied tightly, and even if it is hot, it cannot be loosened - Governor Ling has given the new When the army is ready with leggings and headbands, I will send soldiers to teach you how to tie your legs and head."

Liu Xian knew about this long ago, and after listening to Chen Lin's words, he gestured to Ling Yunyi to express his gratitude.After listening to this lesson, the officers of the new army immediately drew a picture of the battle in the mountain forest. It turns out that the battle in the southern mountain forest is not the difficulty of attacking and killing the enemy, but the ubiquitous murderous intention in the dense forest!
(End of this chapter)