In ancient times, corvee was another burden for the people besides regular taxes, and sometimes it was even large enough to affect the fate of the family. For example, Wu Dengke's once was an example. Tianlai Novel | 2

Since Chen Wen recovered Zhejiang, he has routinely reduced taxes in the affected areas, and the corvee labor force is not used as much as possible, especially during the busy farming season. However, in terms of infrastructure construction, a large amount of manpower is still needed. The coolie camp appeared in such an environment.

The coolies in the coolies in the coolies were all prisoners after all the wars, and there was even an unwritten statement that the uniforms of the green camp soldiers were only worthy of the coolies' work clothes. From this point of view, we can see that the coolies were originally a high-pressure place. The troops monitored by the Ming army, the middle-level supervisors, and the lower-level supervisors who used coolies as supervisors formed a cage against the coolies.

As the saying goes, wherever there is oppression, there is resistance, and the Kuli Camp is no exception. In the later period of the Cao Conglong Rebellion, Cao Conglong, He Decheng and others released the Kuli, and used this to form an army to fight stubbornly. The result of the battle was still a crushing defeat, but the massacre of the people wherever they passed released their beastly nature under heavy pressure.

As the officers of the Coolie Battalion gradually strengthened their methods, with the use of both soft and hard, although the number of coolies is increasing, it is much more honest than the beginning.

Renovating the official road, this work is underway in many places in Jiangxi. When the report of the renovation of the official road between Guangxin Prefecture City and Yushan County that was first started was handed to Chen Wen's case, he took the time to take the time to give a special instruction to the Mission and Education Department.

"If you want to be rich, build roads first and have more children and more places."

On the official road of Linjiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, Huang Chengming and a group of prospective recruits who were passing here to report to the recruit training camp in Nanchang as soon as possible while also focusing on the banners beside the road.

This new recruit who rushed to train was recruited from western Ganxi, and was able to go to Nanchang to train under the leadership of the Ming army after passing the primary election of the mansion. It was recruited from western Ganxi, and most of them were children from western Ganxi, with Huang Chengming being the exception.

Unlike these robes, Huang Chengming was a native of Baling County, Yuezhou Prefecture, Huguang. Since the Qing army headed south, wars in Huguang have continued frequently. Not to mention the Qing army, the Ming army was also scattered and chaotic. The wars were continuous. Huang Chengming and his family were forced to wander in the mountainous areas in western Jiangxi, and together with some fellow villagers who also avoided disasters from Huguang, they built villages and protected themselves.

Life in the mountains is difficult, the land is barren, and there are many people who go to the mountains to avoid disasters. Among them, there are many broken defeated soldiers who have fallen into the grass and become bandits, which can be said to be a mixture of fish and dragons. However, compared with those important areas where the Ming and Qing armies fought for, it is still safer, especially if you hide in the mountains to keep your clothes, which is something that you can no longer do in your hometown.

A few days ago, the Ming army recovered Yuanzhou Prefecture and got the news. Thinking that this was about to become the focus of the competition between the Ming and Qing armies, Huang Chengming convinced his fellow villagers and responded to the call of the Ming army. As for the reason, he went to Yuanzhou Prefecture specifically before making the decision. He had seen with his own eyes that the Ming army had strict disciplines, which were definitely not like those Ming and Qing armies in Huguang. Moreover, since this Ming army could enter Jiangxi from Zhejiang, it was also extremely strong. In addition, the system of giving field merits was not impressed at all.

Relying on his physical fitness he has trained in the mountains over the years, it is not difficult to choose the primary election. Although he was not a scholar when he was in his hometown, he had also been a scholar. If he knew some words, he naturally had extra points, so he was able to go to Nanchang for training in the first batch.

"There are more children and blessings, and more harvests can be achieved through multiple lands. Once the road is repaired, the food can be sold for silver. It makes sense."

Huang Chengming nodded, but did not hesitate and was still following the queue. In fact, the policy of calling on the people to come out of the mountains and forests to the areas under the actual rule of the government has long been implemented. Many prefectures and counties in Jiangxi have also walked out of the mountainous areas where they hid and returned to their hometowns to resume farming. Especially when the policy of exempting taxes from summer and autumn this year spread, this trend became even more obvious.

After Huang Chengming's team of recruits arrived at the recruit training camp in Nanchang, they were disbanded again and first received the basic training of recruits.

According to Qi Jiguang's view on military training: one is to train troops, cavalry, second steps, second chariots, second baggage; first select troops, second skill, first joint venture, second joint venture. The second is to train courage, to make Ming qi, to stop advance and retreat, upper and lower subordinates, to help each other, to help each other. The third is to train ears and eyes, to make Ming dictate orders. The fourth is to train hands and feet, to make masters skill. The fifth is to train camp formations, to set up formations, set up camps and confrontations, and finally practice generals. Then follow them.

The basic training of the recruit training camp is first of all, namely the Ming order and the Xiao class, which contains these in the basic queue separation and marching. Of course, at the beginning, they have to understand the basic things, such as left and right, and at the same time, they can obtain military merits, and military merits can be divided into the concept of land and land.

After the ten-day basic training, many things were able to get the most basic understanding. After the division of troops, the soldiers were once again dispersed to different recruits. After two rounds, none of Huang Chengming's team was the robes that came to Nanchang together, and he was also assigned to the firearms team.

"Hold it steadily!"

With the slight sound of the teaching stick whipping on the butt, Huang Chengming shook his slight movement of his sore arms with this movement, and then he returned to the position of the training officer professor.

This training officer is a veteran of Dongyang Camp. Last year, he was injured when he was guarding Jinhua Mansion and could not join the formation, so he was arranged to be a training officer in the recruit training camp. The training officer himself was in the formation and had strict requirements for the recruits. Huang Chengming and others also gave the nickname of the King of Hell behind his back, especially the King of Hell and the military judge in charge of this area stood together. In their eyes, they were two of the ten Kings of Hell.

"I have said that many times, the musketman must first lift the musket. His arms are unstable, and when the recoil is released when shooting, the projectile will hit the sky. Where can I kill him?"

As he said that, the training officer slapped another soldier with a training stick.

So far, this recruit has taken over one-third of the team's whip, but the training officer seems to like to cause trouble for him.

After getting along, Huang Chengming also knew that behind this silent endurance, this recruit is indeed different from them. The difference is that they are recruiting new recruits from ordinary people, but this recruit is a green camp soldier anyway. They were originally from the Green Camp in Ningbo. Their general Zhang Hongde surrendered to the Prince of Kuaiji, and they were re-arranged to be trained in the recruit training camp. The name is "Return".

The process of returning to the furnace is not easy. Although the soldiers of the Green Camp are all veterans, they have many problems with the raised soldiers and veterans. The training officials don’t like this. Anyway, the Qing army was originally hostile, but now they have to be included in it, while on the other hand, it is troublesome.

During the training interval, the recruits can drink water and breathe a sigh of relief, which is a combination of work and rest. In the past few days, their arms are not as sharp as the first day, but looking at someone in the distance, they have already started to fire guns. It is also fake to say that it is not itchy.

"Report."

"explain."

"Training officer, I'm not sure, when will we start live-fire training?"

As soon as this was said, the new recruits in the same team immediately raised their ears. Unexpectedly, the training officer stuffed the plug with a kettle and smiled coldly, "Look at the live ammunition shot over there, are you envious?"

"It's a little bit, hehe."

Huang Chengming knew some words, which was an advantage. Compared with other recruits, the training officer also looked at him more than he did. At this moment, he felt a little embarrassed, but the training officer did not speak with the instruction stick and pointed his hand at the live-fire training ground in the distance.

"This group of new recruits, who have not started live ammunition shooting training, are practicing gun holding guns. Those who come earlier than you are also practicing the loading steps at most. As for them, they are all veterans who come here to receive new firearm training."

"New firearm?"

"Yes! The new musket with heavier bullets, heavier bullets, and longer ranges." As he said, the training officer picked up the teaching stick and pointed at the recruits and shouted: "At your current level, I'm afraid that the recoil can knock you four feet upwards with the bird gun. I haven't learned to leave, so I want to run away. The rest time is up, don't be delayed and continue training!"

In the training ground in the distance, the distance between the shooter and the target is very far away, far beyond the effective range of the Lumi gun or the bird gun. The weapons they trained were already developed last year and began to be mass-produced turtle dove-legged gun this year. This time, the expansion was also replaced.

However, although the range of heavy convex guns is longer, compared with light convex guns, they not only require a bracket to assist in shooting, but also require more effort to load, and shooting will inevitably be affected. Therefore, the Ming army only equipped the firearm team according to a certain proportion, rather than completely replacing the Lumi gun.

At the same time, the archer organization will be cancelled from the military camp of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After all, the effect of shooting is good for the armorless soldiers. The enemy's armored forces will have much worse killing effect. It is even better to let the musketeers practice rat warfare.

In addition to the lethality issue of archers, training is also a big problem. It takes two or three years to train a qualified archer. The archers in the army basically have experience in archery shooting at home, especially those hunters, and farmers who played hunters during the slack farming period. They have experience in using bows and arrows and do not take too long to form combat power. Otherwise, it will take a long time except for some exceptions.

The training time of muskets, such weapons, is surprisingly short, and mechanical operation is performed. As long as the brain and muscles adapt to the order of each step, a musketman will be born.

The only ones who were sweating profusely on the training ground were not only Huang Chengming and others. The original organization was changed while expanding the organization, and the organization of the Yuanyang Formation was reduced. Although the original battles and war situations composed of the Yuanyang Formation Killer Team could be directly transferred to the new camp, the training pressure of the long spear formation was still very high.

Fortunately, the weapons of the long spear formation are relatively single, and they do not emphasize cooperation as extreme as the Yuanyang formation. The weapon training time is relatively short, and more time can be spent on the queue, forming combat power faster.

Infantry is like this, engineers are not very time-consuming for farmers who have hunting experience, but the training of cavalry and artillery is much more difficult.

In the Battle of Yushan, the Qing army's cavalry played little role in the process of hand-to-hand combat. The reason for this was that the problems of terrain such as forests, rivers, and paddy fields in the south were still restricting the Qing army's cavalry.

But this situation cannot always be like this. Even the Qing Dynasty had to reduce the cavalry in the local green camp to a pitiful proportion of one-tenth, but the situation in other provinces was very different. Especially after the Great Plain of Long****, the water system was far less than the South, and the cavalry advantages of the Qing army could be more perfectly wielded, so Chen Wen was always very concerned about the training of cavalry.

However, he knew very little about the cavalry in the Middle Ages, and for the time being, he could only let those experienced subordinates explore it themselves.

The same situation also arises from artillery. At the beginning of the Dalan Mountains, there was no artillery organization in Nantang Camp, but the Qing army had it, not only it had it, but it encountered it in the first field battle. That victory also made Chen Wen realize his own shortcomings. So from that time on, he was trying his best to strengthen the combat effectiveness of artillery.

From the beginning of using captured gunners to lead their gunners, and later with Yu Shizhong who had a preliminary understanding of artillery, the artillery of the Ming army began to catch up with the Qing army's peers in targeting technology, and then Chen Wen acquired the translated Western military and mechanical books, and further strengthened the artillery targeting technology from books such as "Western French Divine Machinery" and "Fire Attack and Essence", the artillery gunners of the Ming army became more and more accurate. Almost every time the Qing army fought with the Ming army, they were once again improved.

In addition to aiming technology, the use of fixed charge packages has increased the firing of the Ming army, and the granulated gunpowder has enhanced the power and range of artillery bombardment. Now there is a mortar as a means of siege. Along the way, it can be said that it has been from nothing to something, from something to essence!

However, the more professional the various troops are, the less Chen Wen has an understanding of each type of troops. However, when he thinks, specialization will inevitably lead to the refinement of division of labor, and he doesn't need to do anything in every detail. Moreover, the current military scale is unrealistic, as long as you keep the general direction in mind, it is enough.
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