Daming Military Empire

Chapter 85 Three Elites
The name Tianxiong Army was not created by Lu Xiangsheng, it was named by Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong himself. As for why it is called Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng does not know very well.

Sun Chuanting's army was also named by the emperor, called Qin Jun. This name is easier to understand. Shaanxi is the birthplace of Qin State in ancient times. The soldiers recruited in Shaanxi are naturally called Qin Jun.

After thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng only thought of one thing related to the word Tianxiong. It seems that the Daming Mansion where he was the magistrate used to have a place called Tianxiong, but this soldier was recruited in Shanxi. Why is it called Tianxiong Army? ?
In fact, there is a reason why Zhu Cijiong named the army under Lu Xiangsheng the Tianxiong Army. Although he did not know that there was a place called Tianxiong in Daming Mansion, he knew that the Guangning cavalry trained by Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan and the Tianxiong army trained by Lu Xiangsheng Qin Jun and Sun Chuanting's subordinates are the most famous three elites in the late Ming Dynasty. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, even the Beijing camp was unreliable. Only these three elites can fight head-on with the Houjin Tieqi without losing .

Since there is such a glorious history, the title of Tianxiong Army cannot be buried. The reason why he chose this name is to hope that Lu Xiangsheng can train a world-famous army just like in history.

Why is the Tianxiong Army so powerful?There was once a so-called brick analysis, saying that most of Tianxiong’s army is composed of father and son, brothers, relatives and friends, fellow villagers, and classmates, so they are extremely united. If any one dies, they will anger a lot of people, so the combat effectiveness is very strong.

Well, this reason is very good and powerful. I won’t discuss the question of whether there were classmates in the Ming Dynasty for the time being. As for the father and son, there is a big problem. If the family sends both father and son to the front line, How can this family survive?
Also, if you are from the same hometown, you will have a strong fighting power. This is a bit too far-fetched. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no national conscription, and the army was generally recruited in pieces. In the same army, there were several people who were not from the same hometown, and there were millions of people. How come there are only tens of thousands of people in the army with strong combat effectiveness?
There is a saying in the art of war: It is better to fight with tens of thousands of people without dying.This is a true portrayal of the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army with 100 million soldiers was not as powerful as Lu Xiangsheng's [-]-day army.

Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army is strong in cohesion. This cohesion is not analyzed by those bricks because everyone is a father and son, brother, relative, friend, fellow villager, and classmate. share weal and woe.

The evaluation given by the history books to Lu Xiangsheng is that he is good at controlling his subordinates, and the soldiers are willing to work hard for him.

It is not so easy to make soldiers willing to work hard for you, but Lu Xiangsheng has this charisma.

If an ordinary person suddenly has 500 million taels, the first thing that comes to mind is to enjoy it, whether it is his own or not, whether it is military expenses or not, 500 million taels, it is no problem to spend a few thousand taels.But he didn't. His first thought was not to enjoy himself, but to feed and clothe the soldiers.

Therefore, after he got the 500 million taels, he never thought about spending a penny for himself, but when he heard that the soldiers would distribute cotton coats, boots, and quilts, he ordered them without hesitation. , To prepare food and grass, order, and spend more than 100 million taels without frowning.But when it comes to himself, there is an extra 40 taels of silver for a handsome account, and he is reluctant to spend it.

Also, if an ordinary person is promoted to governor of a province, he would at least throw a big banquet for his relatives and friends, but he rushed to Taiyuan as soon as he received the appointment, and he never thought about celebrating.

When he arrived in Taiyuan, he did not go to entertain the banquet of the local officials, but took his personal guards to tidy up the camp and prepare for the arrival of recruits.

Now that Cao Wenzhao came with a group of generals and a thousand Guanning iron cavalry, he became more motivated. After finishing the camp, he led everyone to start pitching tents for the recruits!

Even Cao Wenzhao couldn't stand it anymore, and persuaded him: "Setting up a camp is also part of the training of recruits. You have done it for them. They can't even learn how to set up a camp!"

Lu Xiangsheng replied: "There will be more opportunities to set up camp in the future. I will set up a model for them and they will know how to set up camp. Besides, they all came from all over Shanxi. They have been exhausted all the way. Let them rest for a night first." Only then will they be energetic, at worst, they will dismantle it and tie it again in a few days!"

Cao Wenzhao couldn't resist him, so he had to set up camp with him. In fact, it didn't take much to set up 2000 military tents for more than [-] people. Even if each person could only set up one military tent per day, it would take five days to set up.

So when the one-month period expired, when the recruits came to report for duty, they found that the tents were neatly tied up, and the uniforms, boots, and quilts were all piled up in the tents according to their heads. Just go get the weapon!

When they heard that it was tied up by the governor himself, so that they could have a good rest on the first day, they were all touched. With such a general, the soldiers below were ashamed not to listen. His?

Of course, it is said that this camp tent will be dismantled and re-tie up in a few days. What does it matter? Be at ease.

Under Lu Xiangsheng's plan, everything in the camp was in order, but there was a problem when they went to the arsenal to get weapons. It was not that there were not enough weapons. After all, there were more than 200 million troops in Ming Dynasty. When these troops went to the fields, they all needed weapons. Turned in, even if there are 10 more weapons, it is enough.The key is that this weapon is rusty, no matter how well maintained it is, it is impossible to keep it rusty for more than ten years or even decades.

Knives, guns, shields and halberds are fine, they can be used if the rust on the surface is worn off, but this bow and arrow is useless, the body of the bow is already rusted and has no elasticity, and the bow string will break when pulled, so it can’t be used at all. .

How to do it?During the Chongzhen Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng organized and built a batch of strong crossbows by himself, which frightened the bandits. Now he doesn’t need to make strong crossbows, and there are even more powerful flintlock guns. The emperor promised that he would send him at least one month. Ten thousand new flintlock guns, which is much faster than making his own crossbow.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw that bows and arrows were useless, he decided not to use archers at all, and replaced them with long guns. After the flintlock guns were equipped with bayonets, they would be similar to longer guns in melee combat. It would be better to let the soldiers practice the thrusting and blocking of long guns first.

So how to classify the 2 troops?The standard equipment of the Ming army is generally [-]-[-], that is to say, there are generally [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in the [-] army.However, since they have not participated in battles for many years, and some military households have even been farming for several lifetimes, the number of cavalry horses is seriously insufficient. Especially since the severe drought in the northwest, people can’t get enough to eat. Who cares about horses? .Therefore, among the recruits recruited this time, there are only [-] recruits who bring horses. Among the [-] horses, there are only about [-] horses that can be used as war horses. Whether it is a horse has yet to be determined!

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to pick out [-] recruits with poor physique from among the [-] recruits, and equip each of them with a useless horse, so that they could be directly used as transport soldiers. As for the carriage, the wheels can be bought off-the-shelf. Just build it yourself, the entire carriage is too expensive to buy, and Shanxi is mountainous, so there is no shortage of wood.

For the remaining 9 horses, Lu Xiangsheng made a detailed division. The [-] cavalry were led by Cao Wenzhao, the forward commander, and the deputy general Zhang Hongye commanded [-] sword and shield soldiers. Each participating general will lead [-] spearmen each.Drilling began the next day to get familiar with the battle formation and their respective weapons. The pikemen had to learn how to shoot and reload flintlocks from the guards of the Beijing camp.

(End of this chapter)