Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 62 Teaching
Qi to Qi, Zhu Youxiao now has no military power under his control, so he can only bear his anger and continue to support the military nobles in Liaodong.

It can be said that Zhu Youxiao is equivalent to buying peace with silver. If he stops the supply of money and food to the military nobles in Liaodong, these Guanning cavalry who raise thieves and self-respect will definitely do things that betray the Lord and seek glory. After all, it is still the main force defending Liaodong, and Zhu Youxiao cannot call out other troops to replace it.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the middle of the first month, and the training of officer cadets has already been halfway through, and the basic queue training and physical training have basically ended. According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, the officer cadets will be trained in the next month. Basic military theory knowledge training.

In the future, the commanders of the Ming Dynasty should not only have the qualities of an outstanding general in the cold weapon era, such as taking the lead and fighting bravely, but also should have basic military theories that are more advanced than this era, such as mastering infantry coordination and commanding mixed arms.

It's a pity that in the current Ming Dynasty, it is still impossible to find a qualified modern military strategist to talk to them about how to command firearms in the future. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao, a military enthusiast who has become a monk, can only explain to them.

According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, he wanted to sell his current idea of ​​building the Ming army and some classic tactics he knew well to these military officers. As for whether they understand clearly or not, he can't guarantee, but He believes that with their tempering on the battlefield and changes in the current situation, they will be able to understand it sooner or later.

Many outstanding military strategists famous at home and abroad in later generations were only born with mud legs, but the thirty military officers and students I have trained now can at least be literate, which can be regarded as family education, and they also understand basic traditional military knowledge. He even knew better than himself, so Zhu Youxiao didn't feel that he was doing useless work.

"The strength of building a slave lies in the cavalry, its mobility and overwhelming momentum, but it is not invincible in our Ming Dynasty. As early as in the reign of our ancestors, we used firecrackers to shoot in three stages. The method of cavalry, although Jiannu is better at cavalry and shooting now, if I first bombard them with artillery to disrupt their formation, then use cavalry to wipe out their main force, and finally shoot intensively with firecrackers to wipe out the remaining enemies, even if Jiannu There is nothing to be afraid of adding another hundred thousand."

Standing on the stage, Zhu Youxiao held a stick in his hand, pointed to the schematic diagram on the rice paper, and seriously explained his three-stage attack plan to the officers and students in the audience.

Since it was taught by His Majesty, the officers and students in the audience listened very carefully. Chang Yanling, who has always been taciturn, raised his hand to ask questions. Like this, His Majesty stands and raises his hand if he has any questions. It is similar to a private school. They are already used to the way of listening to lectures: "What your Majesty said, if it is realized, I am afraid that there will be no place for cavalry to survive in the future, but the firearms of my Ming Dynasty can't do it. The artillery is heavy and the bombardment effect is not obvious. , In addition, the shooting speed of the firecrackers is not as fast as that of Jiannu's archery, and the distance is also limited, so it is difficult to form intensive firepower strikes. My uncle once participated in the battle of Sarhu and suffered such a loss."

"Your name is Chang Yanling, isn't it?" Although Chang Yanling was questioning his own assumptions, Zhu Youxiao was very pleased that the professor who had worked so hard for so long finally started to talk to him, and he could see that this People already understand what they mean and think proactively, instead of pretending to understand and not being dogmatic, just copying directly. This is the basic quality that an excellent military commander should possess, so Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being unhappy.

The other officers and students looked at Chang Yanling worriedly, and they didn't understand why this usually taciturn guy was so ignorant of flattery at this time, and dared to insult His Majesty?Are you not afraid of being beheaded by His Majesty directly, or directly expelled from the Imperial Guard?
But Chang Yanling replied indifferently: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Very well, what you said is on point. The reason why our Ming army cannot form an absolute suppression of the Jiannu cavalry can be said to be difficult in these three places. First, the mobility of the artillery is not strong. Although there are cannons pulled by horse-drawn carriages, they are not powerful enough. Second, due to the technical blockade of Europa and other countries, my Ming Dynasty has not yet fully mastered related technologies such as blunderbuss gauges and blunderbuss torques. As a result, the accuracy of our artillery is not high. The key point, besides this, is the third point is that the firing rate and range of firecrackers are still lacking, and the fourth point is that the solid bullets are still mainly used now, and it is difficult to kill large areas.”

Zhu Youxiao then said: "Fortunately, for the third problem, Bi Shilang and others from the Royal Academy of Engineering have developed a flintlock gun with better performance and more suitable for intensive shooting. The fourth problem has also been solved by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Xu Shilang from the Academy of Sciences found a solution from ancient books. The most critical problem is the third problem. I have ordered Dongchang to arrest Tang Ruowang and other Westerners. Since they refuse to give us the technology, we will force them to Let them give it, if not, they will never even think about preaching in my Daming, and even their lives will be in danger!
Of course, I also encourage the Royal Academy of Sciences of Ming Dynasty to figure out the mystery inside, but these are not the issues you worry about. What you have to do is to be able to predict the direction of future wars and master the most advanced tactics in the world . "

The earnest teachings of Emperor Zhu made the military officers and students here a little confused. To them, these expressions, which are almost modern vernacular, are as boring and profound as we listen to foreign professors explaining theoretical knowledge. There is always something to be gained, and if you learn well, you can have a one-two point view.

In addition to His Majesty the emperor, a half-baked military theorist who peddled his military theories on forums and books in front of these military officers, Zhu Youxiao also specially asked Lu Xiangsheng, a learned scholar of the second rank, to give these military officers face-to-face lectures on the customs and customs of various places in Ming Dynasty. Let the scholars of the Hanlin Academy give them classic battle examples from the past dynasties, even Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, came to tell these military officers and students how to extract information from others through torture, and officials from the Qintianjian also came to teach them How do these cadets see weather changes.

Anyway, Zhu Youxiao has only one purpose. Since he is Zhu Youxiao's direct line general, he can neither be an ignorant reckless man nor a talented scholar who can write and write. He has to be versatile enough in terms of cultural and physical qualities. In the last ten days of just one month, these military cadets had lessons almost every day.

From the early queue training and physical training to the later theoretical training, as well as the ideological education that must be learned every night, Zhu Youxiao took great pains in training the officer students, and the benefits of these officer students are naturally not small, and The sense of identification with him as the emperor is also much higher than before. At least now, His Majesty the Emperor is not just a vague object of allegiance, but a real admirer and follower who is almost a teacher, almost a friend, and has charisma.

(End of this chapter)