After entering the General’s Mansion, there are two huge mirrors behind the screen wall. This is not unusual. Now many yamen will set up large mirrors to organize the ritual crowns, from the government affairs hall to the county government office, most of them are like this. There is a saying on both sides of the mirror that is not available in other places: "When entering this door, follow the military orders, and go out to take good care of the soldiers."

Han Qi saw it and nodded secretly. At this time, famous generals often demanded themselves in this way, not to be greedy for money, and to act generously against their subordinates. However, in terms of policies, they tempted the army to benefit them, and they also demanded this way, which was always a bit strange.

When he arrived at Shuaitang, he came to tea and Xu Ping asked casually about the affairs in the military.

Wang Kai said: "Since the New Year, the Chief Zhang went to Sichuan and Sichuan to recruit soldiers, the posts were already ready two months ago. There are still more than 11,000 people in training. By midsummer, all training should be completed and divided into various armies."

Han Qiqi said: "Why are the recruits? Aren't we directly replenished the army?"

"Of course not. The civilians and soldiers are very different, but it is not just about whether there are any differences in swords and guns in their hands. The newly recruited soldiers must be trained first. Only after passing the level of turning from the people into soldiers will they be divided into the army." Since Han Qi mentioned it, Xu Ping said a few more words. "From the civilians to change the habits of the people, and everything is done according to the regulations, which is called training. At this time, they are familiar with the laws, systems, and days in the army, and beginners to the combat skills. As for good or bad skills, they don't think much about it at this time, as long as they understand it. After being assigned to each army, according to the skills they had learned during the previous training, they will practice more, and they will be extremely familiar, which is called training. From training to training, it is the level of selection from the civilians to the soldiers, and then the level of truly becoming a qualified soldier. Anyone who cannot pass these levels cannot be added to the army, or a wing army, or a chore, and the army is not allowed to fill in the gaps."

The army has various training and combat tasks, whether in peacetime or during wartime, and the new recruits are supplemented, training them is just a side-by-side. In this way, the training efficiency is extremely low. There are even veterans who oppress the new recruits and treat the new recruits as slaves, and all kinds of disadvantages emerge one after another. In even one or two years, there are still new recruits who have never touched swords and guns and had not passed the battle formation, and they can only be used as cannon fodder in wartime. The training of new recruits in a unified manner is undoubtedly much more efficient and much better, but it is only relatively troublesome for the General Administration. The training of new recruits here in Dingxi City is six months, and under special circumstances, it will be shortened, but it must not be less than three months. In terms of combat skills, these new recruits have completed training, and in terms of combat skills alone, they are no less than the imperial guards at this time. The training of the imperial guards in this era was also very relaxed.

The concentrated training of new soldiers, and after distributing them to the army, and then using veterans who have been experienced in battle formations as backbone, is the basic model for several large armies in Qinzhou to form. With this model, the rapid increase in the size of the army can be ensured that the combat power will basically not decrease.

This is a completely different organizational form from the original imperial guards. Only in this way can the army that rapidly expands its scale still maintains its combat effectiveness. In the past, whether it was the imperial guards or the wing army, the newly recruited soldiers were directly stuffed into the army, and the commanders and veterans were trained according to their mood. The effect was self-evident. Once there was no headquarters or there were too many new soldiers, the army would directly lose its combat effectiveness. An extreme situation was "selecting recruitment", that is, there was no basic backbone and organizational structure, and soldiers, volunteers and men from some places were temporarily recruited to carry out combat tasks. For example, in the fourth year of Yuanfeng in history, the five-way attack on Xia temporarily recruited 15,000 people in the capital, and Wang Zhongzheng led the battle to Linfu Road, which basically did not play any positive role.

There is a fundamental difference between soldiers and people. It is not that you give him a knife and the people become soldiers. The most important thing about this difference is not combat skills, not whether you dare to kill people with blood, but that it has almost become an instinctive organization and discipline. In this era, it is the constraints of the Ming Dynasty. The one who can easily strengthen the men and add to the post must be an unorganized and undisciplined army. What the recruits experienced during the first period of joining the army roughly reflects the appearance of this army.

Xu Ping told Han Qi these things, and Han Qi thought for a while and said, "It makes sense to understand this. However, if you compare these with the thieves, you are afraid that this dynasty will not have the upper hand. As far as I know, the thieves' army is a tribe, and the chief is the chief, and he has been taught since he was a child. He knows the meaning of the thieves' intentions with one finger. Moreover, their military tactics are cool. It is said that the thieves have to raise their hands to cover their mouths before they dare to eat, for fear that the superiors will think they have something to say when they see them. Moreover, they grazed daily, skilled in bows and horses, hunted in their spare time, and cooperated with them. These are not comparable to us Central Plains people. To compete with the foreigners, they must eat them for profit and punish them for cool laws! Before leaving the capital, all the dukes in the court thought so, and Qi thought they were very saying!"

Xu Ping looked at Han Qi and smiled for a while: "I can't tell you the truth, and I won't tell you thoroughly. It seems that you only know the basics of military affairs. It is difficult to lead troops in the future. The foreign people are nomadic and skilled in bows and horses. So what? The two clashes, not only are the bows and horses shooting at each other, but also have to shoot one sword and one gun to cut off the stabbing. Knife and gun slashing are like the Central Plains people wielding sickles and using hoes. Why don't you listen to people saying that the Han people are good at farming well, so they are good at using swords and guns? They cooperate in hunting in a wonderful way. We Han people farm and harvest, and there are still some leaks in the fields. Thousands of people move forward together, just like military formations. What's the difference? I tell you, in this world, as long as the hoe is swung well, you can dig down like Mount Tai! You talk about these things, saying that Han people are not as good as the foreign people in wars, and there is no basis for them.

However, for hundreds of years, the Han people have been bullied by Fanhu and have been beaten up, and they have only tried to find these excuses to comfort themselves. As for Fanhu's military law, it is because they were forced to be combined by various tribes, and they have to do so. The strictness of military law and the cruel punishment are not related to the cruelty of punishment. The ancients said it clearly that in troubled times, heavy punishment should be used, and in peacetime, it should be lenient to punish the people. When putting this in the army, it means that the law enforcement in wartime should be strictly enforced, and in peacetime, it is mainly lenient and lenient. In our army, the way of loyalty and forgiveness involves military affairs, such as training, marching, and combat, the military law must be strict, and in daily life, it is mainly about benevolence and forgiveness. It is rigorous and meticulous to the military, and the daily life outside the military is relaxed and lively, one lenient and one strict, and one loose and one relaxed and one relaxed and one breathing is called the way."

Han Qi opened his mouth, but finally said nothing, and closed his mouth again. Xu Ping's words were so painful that he was bullied by Fan Hu for hundreds of years that he made up these excuses to comfort himself, leaving Han Qi with nothing to say.

To be honest, there are still advantages in riding and shooting. Although it cannot decide the outcome of a battle, and most of the front lines cannot shake the infantry formation, the advantage of maneuver is too great. However, the comparison of the advantages of this nomadic and farming nations is far from enough to offset the gap in national strength. The Song army cannot defeat others, and its differences with daily production habits are very little.

You can't say that nomadic peoples have advantages when riding horses in wars. This is true. The Han people usually have advantages when waving hoes and dancing sickles, and their advantages are even greater. The real reason is the gap in the military culture of the farming nation. From the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China to the Anshi Rebellion, to the establishment of the Song Dynasty, it has become the mainstream to think about problems according to the military culture of the nomadic peoples. At this time, the literati talked about military forces based on this military culture, and naturally went in the opposite direction.
Chapter completed!