Ming Empire

Chapter 46

"What?" Wu Ming, who originally looked down on Cao Yue and felt that Cao Yue was too junior and too young, was immediately annoyed. Bing, what do you mean?"

Cao Yue looked at the angry Wu Ming with his chest upright, and said coldly: "Vice General Wu, the general has issued strict orders before the training. Passive training and unsatisfactory performance will be punished. In the Datong Army, no one is allowed to disobey the general's military order. If there is any violation, I will punish you severely!"

"You're going too far," Wu Mingqi's lips were trembling, and he was about to draw the sword in his waist and fight Cao Yue desperately, "Cao Zongbing, how can I say that I am the deputy commander of the Datong Army, how can you treat me like this? The deputy commander in chief has stayed in the army much longer than you, and I am also the deputy commander in chief of Datong personally appointed by the Lord Long Live, why do you want to lower my prestige in front of the soldiers?"

With a bang, Cao Yue's sword came out of its sheath and pointed directly at Wu Ming's chest. I have ordered, if anyone does not obey, they will be killed without mercy. This sword has not killed anyone yet, if you don’t want to obey this general’s order, you will be the first person to die under the sword bestowed by the Lord Long Live!”

When Cao Yue drew out his sword and pointed it at Wu Ming's chest, the 500 guards behind him also raised their muskets and pointed in the direction where Wu Ming and others were standing.This move not only frightened Wu Ming, but also frightened the other people who were training together.

Some people who originally wanted to take the opportunity to make a fuss, including Gao Qing, Zhu Yang and others, quietly withdrew their steps.

They all knew that what Cao Yue held in his hand was Shang Fang's sword, which could kill anyone before the emperor took it back.This is the most frightening thing about Cao Yue. They dare not be the first bird to taste the feeling of beheading with Shang Fang's sword.

No one stood up to support him, and being frightened by the power of Shang Fang's sword, Wu Ming's blushing face slowly turned pale, and finally all his momentum was lost.He is not stupid, he knows the great power of the sword in Cao Yue's hand, and the power of muskets in the hands of the five hundred soldiers behind Cao Yue.If Cao Yue listed a crime after killing him, then he would definitely die in ignorance.Even if the emperor suspected Cao Yue's motive for killing, it was impossible for him to uphold justice, so he could only give in.

In the end, Wu Ming succumbed to Cao Yue's lust, softened, and expressed his agreement with Cao Yue's punishment.

Then, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of sergeants, Wu Ming, who took off his armor, ran around the field together with several other sergeants who followed the luck.Although Wu Ming was a brave general in the past, he has been pampered and his physique has undergone tremendous changes over the years. It is not a problem to run for a certain distance. not on.

After running half of the distance, Wu Ming, who was out of breath, staggered a few steps, then rushed forward and fell to the ground.

When he fell down, the audience immediately burst into laughter. Wu Ming got up from the ground with a face full of shame, and continued to run forward bravely.He was very angry in his heart, and vowed to find a way to get back his face, and let Cao Yue see how powerful he is.

After the training, Wu Ming returned to his big tent with a livid face.

He was on fire, because one of the guards moved a little slower, he suddenly became furious, and whipped the horsewhip severely in his hand. The unlucky guard was almost killed, and even the captain of the guard was whipped a few times .

After night fell, several guests came to Wu Ming's big tent, two of them were Gao Qing and Zhu Yang who arrived in Datong around the same time as him.After exchanging pleasantries, Gao Qing said in a low voice: "Vice President Wu, General Cao refuses to face you so much, it's chilling!"

"That's right," Zhu Yang on the side echoed, "Zongbing Cao is confident that he has made great contributions in the Battle of Songshan, and he was personally rewarded by the Lord Long Live. He cannot be allowed to do so.”

Seeing that someone finally shared the same hatred with him, Wu Ming was somewhat comforted, and he couldn't help venting his dissatisfaction viciously, and then said: "Cao Yue took advantage of our new arrival and gave us a big blow. He is so intolerable, that is He wants to exclude us and prevent us from meddling in the military affairs of Datong. We are the generals of the Datong town army appointed by the imperial court, how can we let him do this, we have to report this matter to the Ministry of War and report it to Lord Long Live."

"Yes, Vice President Wu is right. We must let Lord Long Live know about Cao Yue's wolf ambitions," Qing Qing and Zhu Yang nodded hastily.The other two who came with him, the general who followed Wu Ming, also followed suit.

A few people will play how to play, and discuss Cao Yue's matter with the Ministry of War and Emperor Chongzhen.

Just when Wu Ming and the others were discussing how to trick Cao Yue, Cao Yue was discussing the two days of training with the deputy general in his tent.Along with Cao Jie, Cao San and several other generals.

"General Cao, the general doesn't quite understand. What's the use of queue training in the army?" Zhao Tai, who was shocked by Cao Yue's intimidation of Wu Ming today, asked Cao Yue cautiously, "These training methods are quite different from those in the ordinary army. , The general has never seen it before. It seems that these movements are not used in normal combat, and the general does not understand why the commander-in-chief chooses these subjects for training?"

"Vice Chief Zhao, brother Zhao," Cao Yue patted Zhao Tai's shoulder affectionately, and explained with a smile: "This is the training method created by the chief soldier. Let's put it this way, queue training is the basic skill of soldier training. The purpose is to cultivate the sergeant's style of order and prohibition, advance and retreat, and vigorous and decisive action. The general believes that discipline is the foundation of an army, and order and prohibition are important factors to ensure combat effectiveness. If all sergeants can advance and retreat freely according to the command of the general, what do you say? Will the combat effectiveness of this army be poor? If there is no discipline, there is no way to follow the orders and prohibitions, and the advance and retreat are consistent, will the combat effectiveness be good?"

As Cao Yue spoke, he also told everyone present the annotations and essentials of the queue training in later generations, and Zhao Tai, the other generals, and President Qian were stunned.

After hearing what Cao Yue said, the generals suddenly realized, and further understood the significance of Cao Yue's formulation of such a training method.Most of them agree with what Cao Yue said, that discipline is the foundation of an army, and order and prohibition are an important condition to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army. Others are based on these basic points to improve combat effectiveness.

Cao Yue treated Wu Ming so majesticly today, and punished him mercilessly, which also made these people admire.The image of Cao Yue in their minds has grown further.Those who followed Cao Yue to fight in Shengjing, including Cao Jie, Zhao Liang and others, admired Cao Yue more and more.

After some discussion, Cao Yue also let the generals disperse.

After all the generals left one after another, Zhao Tai, the deputy general, turned back again.

"Brother Zhao, do you have anything else to do?"

"General Cao, you punished Vice President Wu today, and you have to worry that he plans to retaliate," Zhao Tai said in a low voice, "As far as the general knows, Wu Ming is a narrow-minded person who always reports his flaws. He was arrested in public today. You can't handle it, you can't tolerate it, you have to be careful."

"Thank you, brother Zhao, for reminding me," Cao Yue expressed his thanks very sincerely, and then whispered a few words to Zhao Tai in a low voice.

Zhao Tai hardly hesitated, and immediately agreed: "No problem, the general is willing to perform a few bitter tricks with the general!"

(End of this chapter)