Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 118 Holidays
After the flag was presented by the three armies, Zhu Youjian gave another speech on the significance of the military flag on an army.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian hoped that the first, second and third armies of his Guards would be an army with a soul, and let every officer and soldier know what their purpose of joining the Guards was through a series of methods such as slogans and military flags.

Of course, spiritual encouragement is not enough, although Zhu Youjian said that he joined the Guards not to get rich for promotion, regardless of personal life and death.

But as long as it is human, it has to be profitable.

The inspector Zhu carried up the boxes of silver dollars, and he, the commanders-in-chief and governors of each army, and officials from the Grand Marshal's Office distributed ring silver to the officers and soldiers.

Being a soldier also requires material security, especially in this era, the morale of many times depends on how much money you pay.

Zhu Youjian will not be stingy in this regard, and only when the soldiers are rich in money can they be better able to strictly observe discipline and do nothing to the people's property and public property.

This time, the ring silver is richer than ever before. According to Zhu Youjian, this is called the year-end bonus, and it is the earnest expectation and New Year blessing of the people all over the world for the Guards.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youjian should distribute it in person, so as to win the hearts of the three armies.

Every member came to lead the ring, and when Zhu Youjian stuffed the silver dollar wrapped in red paper into his hand, he would pat him on the shoulder as a signal.

None of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards thought that the aloof king was so approachable, so they naturally admired him even more.

Looking at these officers and soldiers holding Chongzhen [-]-style firearms, scimitars, spears, or blunderbusses, all of them are full of energy and their faces are extremely excited.

Zhu Youjian was very relieved. He didn't believe that he would let the Qing army easily capture Jiangnan with this 45 army.

"Chinese New Year is coming soon. I decided to give you a holiday. From the 27th of the twelfth lunar month to the seventh day of the first lunar month, you can go home and visit your parents. After all, I don’t know if we will see you again next year. If you can’t go home, go to Nanjing to visit. Look, go to Suzhou to have a look, or you can come to the Forbidden City to find me, Li Ruolian, don't stop them!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, the officers and soldiers in front of him cheered. The months-long training was indeed exhausting for them. When they heard that there was going to be a ten-day long vacation, they were naturally excited.

"Wu Mengming, commander of Jinyiwei, ordered that the guards must be on strict guard during their vacations. In addition, each army should make arrangements. Each army must have a regiment on duty every day. Beware that once the Qing army takes advantage of this surprise attack, Zhu Zhaoming's side When you call the police, you can also have a mobile force!"

After Zhu Youjian ordered, he ordered to continue training.

The 15 officers and soldiers of the Type A Battalion began to be brought in for training by their respective grassroots officers.

Naturally, the infantry battalion had to be familiar with the flintlock first. Officers from the infantry battalion had gone to the Ordnance Institute to observe the operation process of the Chongzhen [-]-style musket.

The crackling live ammunition scared the egrets on Hongze Lake to fly in groups.

The cavalry battalion did not start horseback riding training, but under the leadership of the veteran cavalry, they fed their horses with hay and beans, brushed their hair, and cuddled together.

According to the old cavalryman, it is to cultivate feelings with their respective horses first. Only in this way can the horses develop feelings for people, and then they can cooperate with each other like comrades-in-arms on the battlefield.

In the future, the horses will be trained to cross the fire circle, wade in the bloody water, and simulate the battle on the battlefield.

Naturally, Zhu Youjian would not go after these details, and left everything to Zhou Yuji. After all, he was a veteran of the frontier army who had fought against the cavalry of the Qing army.

Zhu Youjian is now worried about the follow-up horse supply for the cavalry battalion. Now Shandong is still in his own hands, and there is still a supply of horses, but if Shandong is lost next year, it will be difficult for Zhu Youjian to find a place to raise war horses. The water and soil in the south are obvious. It is not suitable for raising horses, especially war horses.

The Artillery Battalion started to try to use the sights and rangefinders to fire shells. The sound of cannons was heard from time to time in the wilderness of Nuo Da.

At the beginning, everyone was quite enthusiastic, and even began to work overtime during the five-day training of various arms. With the help of the Portuguese soldiers invited by Zhu Youjian, they put out tactical training with spears and musketeers.

Reasonable matching of cavalry, musketeer infantry and spears into a mixed arms with extremely strong combat effectiveness. In this regard, the Franc robot, the so-called Spain, is more experienced, and Daming is no stranger to this. After all, the tactical coordination of this mixed arms, from It has also existed since the early Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the assassination of the spearmen, the neat firing of the musketeers, and the outflanking and outflanking of the cavalry, Zhu Youjian was very pleased. Perhaps the officers and soldiers of the Guards at this time were still relatively unfamiliar with this tactic. But only by repeated training day after day, once you develop inertia and strict discipline, you will not have to worry about forming a strong combat effectiveness.

What Zhu Youjian emphasized the most was the discipline of the guards. Deserters and old habits did not change, plundered people's property, corrupted the law, defiled women or even just flirted with them. Zhu Youjian ordered the military judge to chop off his head and hang it on the flagpole of the school grounds. , many of whom are senior military officers at the command and envoy level.

The Grand Marshal's Mansion has newly established the General Military Law Office, which is directly managed by He Xin, while each army and even each corps and battalion has its own military law battalion, which is supervised by the governor of each army.

Although these military judges participated in the same training as other officers and soldiers, they all had armbands with the word "Military Law" embroidered on their arms. , Regardless of the rank, they are all confinement first and then punished according to the Guards Violation Regulations.

Zhu Youjian hopes that the Guards can truly become a well-disciplined iron army, so that it can have some properties of a modern or even modern army, and the collapse rate must be better than any army in this era.

From antithetical song competitions to a big martial arts competition every five days, what Zhu Youjian wants to cultivate is the collective fighting spirit of each army. He doesn't want his main force to give up lightly. For more important than life.

Because Zhou Yuji, chief of the Ministry of Army, announced that it would be a noon vacation on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month.

On the morning of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the officers and soldiers who used to be highly enthusiastic about training were very listless at this time. Many people looked at the big drum on the watchtower from time to time, waiting for the arrival of noon.

"It can be seen that the morale of the army is gone this morning. Your Majesty, why don't you give everyone a holiday early in the morning?"

"No, the military order cannot be changed, noon is noon!"

Zhu Youjian was also unreasonable once, but when noon came, he went up to the archery tower himself and beat the big drum: "Boys, go home!"

There were cheers from below, some people began to hug each other, some took off their military caps, and some hugged their horses for a long time without leaving.

(End of this chapter)