Next, he asked the soldiers to start real-person sparring.
They would take off the spear head of the short gun, wrap it with white ash in a cloth, and practice sparring.
After the practice, the victory or defeat would be judged based on the position and amount of the ash.
Of course, the instructor could do it at any time during the training.
If you call a stop, for example, if you are shot in the head and neck, you will be judged as a loser and you will stop immediately.
If you are shot in the leg, you can fight again.
The results of each battle will be tallied, and those with excellent results will have one person versus two people.
Training for even more people.
Cultural learning was just as Zhu Youxiao expected.
Soldiers were learning faster and faster.
Wang Tiqian first asked every literate eunuch to tell the soldiers that those with poor literacy scores could not become officers.
This also made the soldiers in the Beijing camp He is extremely motivated to learn about culture.
Whenever he has free time, he can always see soldiers working in pairs, learning from each other and taking tests at the same time.
After three months of training and study, it was finally time for officer selection.
Early that morning, all the soldiers stood in the school ground, crowding the huge school ground, but it was as quiet as if there was no one around, which made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.
Zhu Youxiao came to the stage to speak in person.
He took a large iron speaker, which could play a role in amplification to a certain extent.
He first faced the soldiers and turned his right hand up, turned his body left and right, and then shouted loudly: "Everything is for the Ming Dynasty" The soldiers also raised their hands in salute and replied loudly: "Everything is for the Ming Dynasty, everything is for the Emperor."
"What we did in the capital camp today has never been done before.
I believe that when you are old and chat with your children and grandchildren, you will definitely tell them that you have experienced a selection of officers based entirely on ability.
For this grand event, what I need is an army that can fight, not trash that relies on the shadow of our ancestors.
You will witness this historical moment, the great moment when our Ming Dynasty returns to glory.
"Now begins the selection of officers."
The generals led the soldiers to start applauding, and the thunderous applause echoed on the school grounds, causing the birds in the nearby trees to fly in all directions.
Military officers in the Ming Dynasty are generally hereditary.
If your father mentions you as an ordinary military household, then unless there are extremely special circumstances, or you have made meritorious service during the war and your superior officer does not deny your credit, you will be an ordinary military household for the rest of your life.
Now, as long as you train well, it is possible to become an officer.
Such a good thing was the first of its kind in the Ming Dynasty.
After the soldiers' applause subsided, Zhu Youxiao retreated, and Lu Qin stepped forward and shouted: "Everyone is here, sit down where you are."
Although the soldiers made some noise when they sat down, they soon became quiet. down.
Lu Qin continued: "According to the decree of the Holy One, today the Beijing Camp will conduct an open selection of officers at all levels.
There is only one selection criterion, performance.
After more than three months of training and study, we have tallied the results and selected them based on their performance.
The total score is 60% for training and 40% for academic performance.
This is a blessing from God.
You don’t have to be excluded because of your family background.
As long as you are willing to train hard, study hard, train well, and know more words, you You can become an officer."
"Please understand that the selected officers and all soldiers must understand that only our Holy One can give you such an opportunity.
We are His Holy New Army.
We must always be loyal to His Majesty and fight for His Majesty.
Everything is for Ming Dynasty and everything is for the Emperor. " After the soldiers below shouted slogans again, the selection officially began.
The first thing to do was the selection of battalion commanders and battalion deputy officers.
Twelve battalion commanders and twelve battalion deputy officers were selected from high to low based on their overall scores.
Generally speaking, battalion commanders have excellent training results, and battalion deputy officers Those with excellent academic performance.
Let them choose freely and form twelve pairs.
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According to their interests and specialties, they were divided into six infantry battalions, four cavalry battalions, and two artillery battalions.
After they were determined, they stood behind the soldiers in the school field.
A sign was erected in front of each battalion commander, which read: "Step", "Ride", "Cannon".
Then Lu Qin said: "Let's start selecting the director and deputy.
Pay attention, I will read out your names.
After you hear the name, choose one of the twelve battalion commanders and deputy battalions behind them, and stand in the row behind them. , pay attention to the words on the sign.
Which kind of soldier you want to be, you have to choose the same word on the sign.
Don’t make a mistake.
If you make a mistake, you won’t be able to change it. " Zhu Youxiao felt that in this era, fellow villagers and even relatives should be very useful in the army, so he came up with such a method.
People will always choose people they know relatively well to stick together, and this way they will be more united in battle.
Lu Qin read slowly.
Those who heard his name stood up with expressions of disbelief on their faces, and then began to look for the battalion commander or battalion deputy whom they were familiar with.
Everyone was generally satisfied with the result.
A few special situations, such as too many or too few directors in a battalion, were adjusted by Zhou Yuji and others, and they were quickly resolved.
After using this method to select division-level, flag-level, and team-level officers, it was already close to noon.
From the emperor to the soldiers, no one quit halfway.
The last step of selecting soldiers is relatively simple, because when you line up first, they are divided according to their place of origin, so although this has the largest number of people, it is the fastest step in grouping.
After the Beijing camp was arranged according to the new structure, it was once again reviewed by the emperor in the school grounds.
Zhu Youxiao personally handed over the camp flags to the battalion commander one after another.
The camp flags were very simple.
It said the first battalion of infantry, the first battalion of cavalry, the second battalion of artillery, etc.
Zhu Youxiao originally planned to draw on them.
Wear bayonets, cannons, horses, etc.
Later, I thought that I would wait until I get married and let the harem embroider them, so it became as simple as it is now.
The battalion commander took over the camp flag and saluted, and the soldiers of the entire battalion shouted together: "Everything is for the Ming Dynasty, everything is for the emperor."
Then they walked in front of the emperor.
During the whole process, Zhu Youxiao maintained a saluting posture.
At noon, Zhu Youxiao had dinner in the Beijing camp.
When the soldiers saw that the emperor and the officers were eating the same food as themselves, they felt that they were simply dreaming.
After the meal, Zhu Youxiao convened a meeting of officers above the battalion level and decided that Yang Guangkui would take overall responsibility.
Yang Guanggao would temporarily lead two battalions of artillery, Lu Qin would lead four battalions of cavalry, and Zhou Yuji would lead six battalions of infantry.
There are three main training tasks for the Beijing Camp in the future: the first is to continue cultural studies, especially to increase the literacy of officers to 500 words; the second is to start queue training.
In the era of cold weapons, queue training is very important.
On the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of soldiers who are separated from the organization can be regarded as zero.
The third is that in addition to continuing the short lance assassination training for all regular soldiers, the cavalry and artillery must also undergo riding and artillery training, and the infantry must undergo flintlock musketry training
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