Chapter 92: Talking about the New Army

Yang Jingwei was not worried about whether the group of rookies could eat or not. He got into Sun Chengzong's "office" and there was a big sand table to deduce the situation in Liaodong. Last time, Yang Jingwei saw that Sun Chengzong abused Yuan Chonghuan.

"Haha, Master Sun, what are my training methods?" Yang Jie looked at Sun Chengzong with some pride.

"Your Majesty, the truth is true and cruel. You can carry out the next step of training." Sun Chengzong thought for a while, then said slowly.

Yang Jingxie asked: "What training will be next?"

"Report to Your Majesty, according to the training manual, the next step is 'grenade training', after completion it is 'civil work', then 'live-fire shooting', then riding, and at the same time, 'physical training', toil and 'exercise', and finally 'exercise'. After everything is completed, actual combat is required." Sun Chengzong roughly said the steps of this training. These are all things in the recruit training manual. Of course, it is just an outline. For details, Sun Chengzong himself did it.

Grenades are the grenades prepared by Yang Jing. Since the matches were not invented by pulling the ring, they were still ignited by fuse. The medicine inside the grenade was also black gunpowder. The power was limited, and it was a little bigger than those of later generations, but it was barely quite powerful. It was a little heavier and was thrown closer. It was not a big flaw. Especially when defending the city, it was effective. There was a group of people standing at the city and throwing them into places with a large number of people. The effect was nothing to say, and I didn’t ask to kill and injure people. In fact, it was even more terrifying. In this way, the enemy also needed additional troops to protect the wounded soldiers. Too many wounded soldiers and screaming in the injured camp would have a great impact on morale.

"Grouton training is relatively simple. What is required is long-term practice, increase arm strength, civil engineering homework? This..." Yang Jie and Sun Chengzong discussed the training plan for recruits. Civil engineering homework was written based on digging trenches in later generations. However, now there is no steel shovel, so mud cannot be dug at all. Yang Jie thought about it. Could it be that he would have invented a steel shovel? In this way, wouldn't he be too tired as an emperor?

Sun Chengzong also said: "Your Majesty, civil engineering work is still lacking in suitable tools." In ancient times, many places were plows made of wood, and iron plows were considered high-end production materials. Steel shovels... Maybe there are.

After thinking for a while, Yang Jing got an idea. He is the emperor, why should he work so hard? He has a great institution in the inner court, so he can give it to them to do it. He puts forward specific requirements and gives some advice. Thinking of this, Yang Jing felt relaxed.

"I have already got an idea about the tools for civil engineering homework, so Master Sun doesn't have to worry."

"I understand."

"There are riding training, this?" Yang Jieyu hadn't ridden a horse yet. If you were in the park, you could charge a few dollars and be led around. Then ride it.

"Your Majesty, riding training does not require your Majesty to worry about. These students are from the family of sacrificial families. They have learned riding and riding training since childhood. The time required is the shortest, and they can directly ride horses and fight." Sun Chengzong explained that these students are very special. They are all sacrificial. They will inherit their position in the future. Riding horses is the most basic requirement. If you say you are illiterate, then there are still some people. If you cannot ride horses, you can only say that this is absolutely impossible.

After hearing what Sun Chengzong said, Yang Jing remembered that he didn't have to worry about this matter at all. Others have been conducting military training since childhood, and riding horses is one of the contents, so naturally they don't have to worry about it.

In fact, these students have excellent quality. In this era of cold weapons, as a thousand households, they cannot get a few tricks. If they lack physical fitness, they cannot suppress the situation. Therefore, these people have good nutrition since childhood and are not lacking in physical fitness. Some common combat skills in ancient times, such as muskets, are mostly affordable. They have played with bows, arrows, swords and guns, and horses since childhood. They are almost always trained, and some have had practical experience. It can be seen that the quality of these people is extremely high.

The lack of discipline is still lacking. What is lacking is the unfamiliarity with new organization and combat methods. For example, it is not familiar with new passwords. This requires more practice, which is best to form conditioned reflexes.

After thinking it through, Yang Jingxiang said: "In this way, this group of students is likely to graduate early?" Yang Jingxiang plans to train for six months for recruits. It is only one month now, and I am talking about graduation issues. It seems that the quality of these people is indeed relatively high.

"Your Majesty, no, this group of students is still young and needs to be trained more. You cannot let them go back so quickly. In this way, they will return to the old path. Since Your Majesty has pointed out a new path for them, they should keep walking on this path."

"This, to put it, we must not let them go back. So what training should be next?" Yang Jingxiang and Sun Chengzong discussed that Yang Jingxiang had put some effort into the seeds of the future of this new army of shepherds.

"Your Majesty, the next step is to shoot more live ammunition, train more physical strength, strengthen muscles and bones, strengthen discipline, and then carry out exercises. This is the basic training completed. Finally, it is best to go through actual combat to be considered as the 'graduation' what Your Majesty said."

"Well, that's right. Master Sun, then do it according to Master Sun's intention." Yang Jie felt that Sun Chengzong was right, so he did it according to Sun Chengzong's actions.

"Master Sun, how many people are literate in my new army? How many people are illiterate?" Yang Jie suddenly thought of a problem, that is, the problem of illiteracy. Illiterate cannot even be literate, and I cannot even do the most basic written communication, let alone combat maps, independent analysis, etc. Therefore, Yang Jie felt it necessary to pay attention to this matter. Previously, because of being too hasty, I forgot this matter.

"Your Majesty, about 700% of the more than 200 people in this group are literate, and about 20% of the illiterate ones are 200% of them, which is quite good." Sun Chengzong thought for a while and then gave the answer.

70% to 80% literacy rate? Yang Jing thought that the proportion was not low, but then he thought that these were all servants. In the future, thousands of households will all be officials. There are so many people who cannot read, so the literacy rate of ordinary soldiers can be imagined. This literacy rate is imperative! Yang Jing hopes that all his new army will be able to read. They can understand the most basic written words, communicate in writing, understand maps, combat manuals, combat orders, and written messages.

In the future, 20 to 30% of the officers and officers in the thousands of households and officers could not read. Yang Jing felt depressed and said, "Master Sun, this is not a good thing! I hope that all my new army can read and understand my orders. I don't want to be blind in my new army!"

"This..." Sun Chengzong was speechless. This question was really a problem. If all the new soldiers of this group of servants had to read, it would be easy. If all the new soldiers in the future had to read, it would be difficult. There has never been an army in the world that could fully read.

"Report to Your Majesty, from ancient times to the present, there is no army that can do what His Majesty requires, and they all know literacy..." Sun Chengzong also said bluntly that the emperor's requirements were too high.

"Since there hasn't been before, let's start with me. I remember discussing this issue with Master Sun. What does Master Sun think?" Yang Jie remembered that he seemed to have discussed this issue with Sun Chengzong before, but he couldn't remember it in detail, maybe he took it for granted.

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it's good to read all this, but it's really difficult. If a soldier still needs to read, he has to spend at least one or two hours studying every day. If it's night, the cost of lighting the lamp is quite large, and he has to ask a special teacher to teach them. In this way, His Majesty's new army will be huge and the personnel will inevitably be too mixed!"

Sun Chengzong's concerns were not unreasonable. In ancient times, there were problems with lighting. Not everyone could afford candles and light lamps at night. If you take time to read and read, it must be at night, so you need to light the lamps. This is an extra consumption, which is over the years and is also extremely expensive. In order to save money, Zhang Juzheng saved the emperor's lighting candles. It can be seen that lighting the lamps at night was indeed quite expensive.

And there is also, it is really difficult for teachers to enter the military camp. Teachers are usually older, and it is relatively normal for them to come out to teach in their forties or fifties. Letting these people get together with the new army will be detrimental to the growth of the new army, and they are too angry.

As for those who come out to teach at the age of 20 or 30, please, when they pass the scholar and the juren at the age of 20 or 30, they are prodigy, the thirty-year-old Mingjing, and the fifty-year-old Jinshi, this is what they are talking about. They are all preparing to take the Juren and Jinshi at home. Who is interested in going to the military camp to get along with those stinky military men?

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Haha, Master Sun doesn't have to worry, but still remember what happened last time? I deduced the Donglu tricked the illiterate city gate generals. At that time, I planned to recruit teachers from this new army to guide the cultural issues of the new army. I gave scholars and disciples a title of eighth or ninth rank, but I was afraid that I would not be able to recruit people? Haha, when the new army comes, I have to train with the new army. If I want to withdraw, I have to get rid of fame and fortune. Haha, Master Sun doesn't have to be afraid of this matter. I think that the court officials agreed that day..."

Yang Jing mentioned the fact that some time ago, he used sand tables to calculate the detour of wild boar skins to Mongolia, and then used real seals to deceive the Ming Dynasty's city gate. At that time, the plan was that because the generals guarding the city were illiterate, they were deceived by the Donggu with the real seals of Ming Dynasty. At that time, the ministers were very fooled by Yang Jing and agreed to many of Yang Jing's requirements, such as literati for the city gate guards and literati entering the army. Now, Yang Jing wants to bring this literati into his new army.
Chapter completed!