The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After repelling the besieged Qing army, Sun Chuanting did not order to take advantage of the victory to pursue and continue northward.

There is a limit to one's physical strength. After ten days of rushing all the way from Shanxi, the mountain road is already rugged and difficult to navigate. However, after a big battle at the foot of Zhending City, the people and horses are already exhausted.

And now that they have just walked out of the Taihang Mountains, they don't know what the current situation is like.

Which places have been captured by the Qing army, and which places are still holding on.

It is basically unknown where there are soldiers and where there are no soldiers.

In the writing ten days ago, Lu Xiangsheng led the troops from Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi. A total of more than [-] troops were stationed in Baoding to fight fiercely with the Qing army.

Sun Chuanting has always been cautious, so naturally he would not continue to go north in this situation.

Sun Chuanting sent people to go northward, trying to get in touch with Lu Xiangsheng.

On the other hand, he ordered the temporary rest of the troops stationed in Zhending, and dispatched Cao Bianjiao to lead the cavalry to scout the surrounding situation and find out the reality of the Qing army.

Sun Chuanting did not order to enter Zhending City, but expanded the camp set up by Jiannu in the eastern suburbs, and directly regarded it as a temporary camp.

There are many troubles in entering a prefectural city like Zhending. King Qin is going to Beijing this time, Zhending is just a city on the way, it is better to be directly in the outskirts of the city.

The camps were set up according to the usual orientation. Sun Chuanting led the superintendent camp in the middle, He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao guarded the west and south camps, Cao Wenzhao guarded the north camp, and the east camp was arranged for the Hanzhong army under Chen Wang's command.

At the same time, the four outer battalions were under the command of Cao Wenzhao. Once the camp was attacked, the four battalions would all act under the banner of Cao Wenzhao.

In the Eastern Camp, Sun Chuanting wore a pointed iron helmet with fluff on his head, a light silver-white fish-scale armor on the outside, and a crimson round-neck shirt with narrow sleeves on the inside. Usually, when you are in battle, you walk slowly between the aisles of the tents.

Beside Sun Chuanting, Chen Wang was also wearing armor and a high-topped helmet. He was fully armed and led a group of armored soldiers to follow behind Chen Wang.

The snow fell more and more in the past few days, and the snow on the ground had reached the thickness of two fingers, which already affected normal walking.

The patrolling soldiers encountered along the way all saluted from a distance, and then waited respectfully by the side of the road, waiting for Chen Wang to pass by before patrolling again.

The sun was three poles high, and although the sun in the sky was bright, it didn't make people feel much warmth.

Even if you are wearing winter clothes, you will still feel cold.

The north wind howled, blowing on people's faces like sharp knives for bone removal, which caused endless pain.

But Chen Wang didn't feel so uncomfortable, Liaodong was much colder than Zhending, his body was already used to the severe cold.

On the contrary, the cold calmed Chen Wang's originally chaotic mood a lot, because this feeling was similar to the feeling deep in his memory.

It's like... It's like returning to my hometown again, Guangning in Liaodong...

It was time for lunch, and the camp was filled with the aroma of rice porridge and stewed meat.

The Qing army retreated in a hurry, and many gold and silver treasures seized in the camp, as well as food, grass, wine and meat, as well as the people plundered from various places, were not taken away in time.

These gold, silver and treasures were all confiscated by Sun Chuanting's order. As for the food, grass, wine and meat, they were directly distributed to the troops as rewards.

Moreover, the battle on the outskirts of the city was really successful, and many horses in the Qing army were killed and wounded.

When the Qing army retreated, they took away the corpses of many soldiers, but the corpses of war horses were too heavy to take away. It was impossible to sell them, and it was impossible to throw them away. Naturally, they were also distributed among the armies.

So in the past few days, everyone can see meat and meat in their daily meals.

In the camp, the soldiers sat around the fire, drinking hot broth and eating large pieces of horse meat.

Most of the people had smiles on their faces, and they were talking together from time to time. Hanzhong dialect and Shaanxi dialect were mixed together, and bursts of laughter came from time to time.

Although Hanzhong belongs to Shaanxi, it is a kind of southwestern dialect, but the problem of ordinary communication is still not big.

It is extremely difficult for sergeants to be able to eat such meals.

Even though Chen Wang's treatment of the soldiers under his command had been raised as high as possible, there was no way to guarantee that the soldiers under his command would have meat to eat.

Moreover, during this march, the military rations were basically supplied from various places, and naturally it was impossible to reach the food in Hanzhong Mansion.

Sun Chuanting pressed the sword on his waist and looked at the soldiers who were chatting and laughing around the fire not far away.

Sun Chuanting turned to look at Chen Wang who was following him, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

For some reason, Sun Chuanting felt that he could not see through Chen Wang more and more.

The feeling of the Hanzhong army led by Chen Wang is completely different from that of other army town soldiers.

Along the way, the soldiers I saw were all ordered and prohibited, respectful and orderly.

Sun Chuanting has never seen such an army. The army under Cao Wenzhao's command is like this, and the same is true for the supervising battalion under his command.

But neither the Supervising Biao Battalion under his command nor the Datong soldiers under Cao Wenzhao's command had the same atmosphere as the Hanzhong Army under Chen Wang's command.

The relationship between the generals and soldiers of the Hanzhong Army led by Chen Wang seems to be quite harmonious.

"There must be laws and regulations in the military camp. If you can't march in the army, you can't control the army."

"There is a difference between the superior and inferior, the superior and the inferior are orderly, and the generals lead the army. No prestige is not enough to control the subordinates."

Sun Chuanting turned his head to look at Chen Wang, and after pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said.

"If the general has no prestige, the soldiers will be punished lightly. The soldiers will be punished lightly, and the army will lose the army."

"If the army loses its ranks, the soldiers will flee, and the enemy will take advantage of it. If the enemy takes advantage of it, the army will be lost."

Sun Chuanting narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes swept across the group of soldiers in a friendly atmosphere not far away.

The army is the place where respect is most respected. The sergeant at the lower level must salute when he sees the officer at the higher level, and it must not be avoided. The biggest reason is to maintain the dignity of the general.

In the Hanzhong army led by Chen Wang, the boundaries between the upper and lower seemed to be somewhat blurred, which is not a good thing in the army.

Chen Wang was slightly taken aback, Sun Chuanting came to patrol the camp suddenly, and as a camp officer, he naturally wanted to accompany him.

He thought that Sun Chuanting might ask him many questions and make many arrangements, but he didn't expect that Sun Chuanting would talk about military law and the relationship between generals.

Chen Wang's gaze followed Sun Chuanting's line of sight to a group of soldiers who were eating not far away, and soon understood Sun Chuanting's implication.

Sun Chuanting believed in the strictness of the army, and everyone in the superintendent battalion feared the law, so when the military orders were issued, no one dared to disobey them.

"What the military gate said..."

Chen Wang cupped his hands and was about to cater, but he changed his mind at the end of the conversation.

Before in Heishui Valley, he had a little relationship with Sun Chuanting, borrowing from Sun Chuanting's determination to rectify the guards in Shaanxi Province.

Because of this, he was able to become the commander of the Hanzhong Guard and control the guard of the Hanzhong Mansion.

At that time, the impression he left in Sun Chuanting's mind was that he was brave and good at fighting, well trained, and full of ambition.

Later, the reform of Hanzhongwei was done pretty well, and Sun Chuanting's impression on Sun Chuanting's side also improved a lot.

As a result, Sun Chuanting opened a lot of convenient doors, transported a lot of farm tools, and even supported a group of craftsmen and livestock.

Originally, Chen Wang was going to agree, so he exposed this matter.

But Chen Wang thought of one thing, an extremely important thing.

In history, Sun Chuanting was left in Baoding as the governor of Baoding after King Qin went north, and was convicted and imprisoned for more than two years.

But when he was released from prison, that is, in the first month of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting released him from prison and restored him as the right servant of the Ministry of War. Then, one month later, he appointed Sun Chuanting as the three-sided governor of Shaanxi.

Later, Sun Chuanting was promoted step by step, successively supervised the military affairs of Henan and Sichuan, added the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and supervised the military affairs of Jiangxi, Huguang, Guizhou, Jiangnan and North, and led the army and horses from all walks of life, with great power.

Although it is now the end of the 11th year of Chongzhen, and there are still more than three years before this time, there is always nothing wrong with planning for a rainy day.

The deeper the impression left in Sun Chuanting's heart at this time, the more power he can get when Sun Chuanting recovers...

"The generals are leading the army, but no prestige is really not enough to control the subordinates."

Chen Wang looked solemn, clasped his fists in his hands, and had already made up his mind after thinking about it, and said solemnly.

"But the generals lead the army, and their prestige alone is not enough to control them."

Sun Chuanting originally thought that Chen Wang would go along with him, and acted the same way as before.

He didn't expect that Chen Wang changed the topic, but expressed another opinion.

The way Sun Chuanting looked at Chen Wang changed slightly.

"Only under the prestige, if the coercion is too much, you may even encounter backlash."

Sun Chuanting's expression was slightly cold, he thought of the old things in the past.

In the tenth year of Chongzhen, Xu Zhong and Liu Yingjie, the pacesetters under his command, rebelled and cooperated with the bandits inside and outside, so he was almost defeated and died.

After defeating the rebels, I learned from the captives the reason for their defection, all because the military discipline he made was too harsh and depressing.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting also relaxed some regulations in the army after that, and they were no longer as strict as before.

Now, part of the reason why he brought up the issue of using authority to Chen Wang was also because he was curious about Chen Wang's method of governing the army.

The Hanzhong army is not a weak army. In a real battle, the armored soldiers of the Hanzhong army did not retreat even half a step during the battle with the Qing army's armored soldiers.

The capture and killing of the enemy are the highest among the soldiers of each battalion, so it is not a weak brigade.

Sun Chuanting could see that the soldiers of the Hanzhong Army showed more respect than fear for their generals.

However, the Datong soldiers under Cao Wenzhao and the supervising battalion under his rule have more fear than respect in their eyes, and the relationship between the generals and the soldiers is very clear.

"The last general thinks that the strategy of governing the army can be summed up in eight characters."

"Rewarding the good and punishing the evil, grace and power go hand in hand."

Chen Wang lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice.

"Moreover, you can train elite soldiers only with prestige, but you can't get a strong army."

The military discipline of most battalions of the Ming army can be said to be very strict. Of course, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because of the inaction and indulgence of the generals, the military discipline of many battalions had been corrupted.

The orthodox military law covers almost all aspects, from marching to combat, from camping to entering the city.

In many cases, soldiers who violated military laws were punished by beheading and corporal punishment.

Chen Wang made a lot of modifications based on the actual situation. Most of the corporal punishments were replaced by caning, stick punishment, nose cutting, and arrow-piercing parade. These tortures have basically been abolished.

In fact, these corporal punishments often not only fail to deter, but also have a counterproductive effect, making the soldiers in the camp even more alienated.

However, most of the death penalty and beheading were retained.

The way of fighting in the era of cold weapons and the way of fighting in the era of hot weapons are two completely different sides.

Death penalty and beheading are necessary in the era of cold weapons, and they must not be lenient.

Naturally, Chen Wang did not rule the army with prestige. When he was in Dingjun Mountain, he set up a supervisory office in the army, and set up military judges in each department, division, and bureau to be in charge of military law preaching.

The job of a military judge is not only to restrain military law, but more importantly, to preach.

Among many armies in this era, ordinary soldiers are often regarded as slaves by generals and schools, insulting, whipping, and driving at will,
These situations are completely prohibited in the Hanzhong Army, and once discovered, they will be severely punished and severely punished.

From the very beginning when the army was established, Chen Wang selected soldiers according to Qi Jiguang's military training method, and the military law was also aligned with Qi's army, so naturally he would not miss the relationship between the army.

"Reward the good and punish the evil, grace and power go hand in hand..."

Sun Chuanting's eyes moved slightly. He remembered this sentence, which came from Wu Zhi's biography of Zhou Dory in "Three Kingdoms".

However, he didn't dwell too much on this sentence, but turned his attention to Chen Wang's last sentence.

"What's the difference between an elite soldier and a strong army?"

Chen Wang's mind turned, and after pondering for a moment, he replied.

"Elite soldiers, as the name suggests, refer to elite soldiers who are well-trained, well-equipped, and excellent in combat power."

"White pole soldiers, nine-sided fine cavalry, and Guangdong and Guangxi wolf soldiers are all listed here."

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly. The soldiers Chen Wang mentioned could indeed be called elite soldiers.

The elite soldiers recognized by the white soldiers.

The white pole soldiers have always made great achievements in battle, and have successively participated in the battles of Pingbo, Pingshe, Aiding Liao, Resisting the Qing Dynasty, Qin Wang, and suppressing bandits.

The Jingqi on Nine Sides made it clear that they were private soldiers under the command of the generals and schools.

The wolf soldiers of Guangdong and Guangxi are the soldiers of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The term "Wolf Bing" actually belongs to the transliteration, and it was originally called "Cu Bing".

The wolf soldiers in Guangdong and Guangxi are chieftain soldiers like the white pole soldiers, and their combat power is not bad. Every year there are police in the local area, they listen to the call and suppress them.

However, compared with the white soldiers, the wolf soldiers in Guangdong and Guangxi are much more difficult to restrain, and they often do things like burning, killing and looting.

"Aren't Zhejiang soldiers elite soldiers?"

Sun Chuanting raised his eyebrows slightly and said in doubt.

"Calculate."

Chen Wang nodded.

"The Zhejiang soldiers in the Battle of Hunhe were elite soldiers."

"However, the Zhejiang soldiers under Qi Wuyi's command belonged to the example of a strong army, so the last general did not mention the Zhejiang soldiers when he mentioned elite soldiers."

Qi Wuyi was Qi Jiguang, who was posthumously named Wu Yi after his death, so he was called Qi Wuyi.

Sun Chuanting was not surprised. Chen Wang's method of Qi Jiguang, who was often used in the selection and training of troops, was not a secret.

"What's the difference between a strong army and an elite soldier?"

Chen Wang raised his head slowly, he had prepared so much, and what he was waiting for was Sun Chuanting's last question.

"There is only one difference."

Looking at it poorly, Chen Wang knew that his last words were extremely important.

He wants to leave an impression in Sun Chuanting's heart, an impression of being loyal to the country.

As long as he can impress Sun Chuanting, after Sun Chuanting recovers, he will also be able to take advantage of the situation to ascend to a high position, and truly begin to have the power to change the world...

"It's in the heart."

"The white pole soldiers and the wolf soldiers in Guangdong and Guangxi obey the orders of the chieftain, the fine cavalry on the nine sides, and the battalions in various places obey the orders of the generals."

"The chieftain general wins over with kindness and prestige, and drives the soldiers to fight with benefit and prestige."

"Whether it's white soldiers, nine-sided elite cavalry, or wolf soldiers from Guangdong and Guangxi, battalions from all over the world are fighting for selfishness."

"But Qi Jun is different. When the army was first established, Qi Wuyi set up his heart for Qi Jun, and this heart is for the public."

Chen Wang looked dignified, cupped his hands to the north, and said in a dignified voice.

"With the heart of the public, defend the family and the country, save the people from the fire and water, and relieve the people from the upside down, like a triumphant song."

……

When all people are united, the mountains can be shaken.

But loyalty and righteousness are full of anger.

The Lord will kiss me better than parents.

If you violate the military law, you will not be free.

The order is clear, the letter of reward and punishment.

Go to the water and fire, dare to stay late!

Report to the emperor Xi, and rescue the head of Guizhou.

Kill all the Japanese slaves and find a prince.