Lu Ming

Since the Mongols invaded the Central Plains that year, cavalry fought against infantry, and there has been a fixed pattern: peripheral harassment, impact temptation, archery, and continued harassment...

This cycle mode makes the infantry fighting in formation completely helpless.

Don't underestimate the Mongolians who circle around at 50 meters and ride pony horses.At this time, the army formation could neither disperse to charge, nor shoot arrows into the air, because when the arrow formation was organized and shot into the air, the cavalry on the opposite side had already run away.

In this case, the infantry is like a bull surrounded and bitten by wolves, and it will sooner or later collapse.

Relying on this light cavalry model, the Mongols went south and defeated the Song Empire, which was fighting in formation, and went north to defeat the slow European cavalry, creating an extremely vast empire.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of years later, the situation still hasn't changed much.

The elite Eight Banners soldiers of the late Qing Dynasty not only inherited the Mongol cavalry model, but also innovated on this basis-Bayala white armored soldiers wearing two or even three layers of heavy armor could directly rush into the Ming army at critical moments Array, slash and kill, quickly destroy the opponent's formation.

The Ming army, like their predecessors in the Song Dynasty, still had no good way to deal with it: the three-eyed blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss were at a distance of 50 meters, and they were not enough to threaten the enemy wearing armor, and they were not as practical as the opponent's heavy arrows.

In this case, unless there are western cannons weighing several thousand catties in the array to hit the enemy... This is also the fundamental reason why the Ming army quickly degenerated into a professional city defender: In field battles, the Ming army had no mobility, There is no effective way to kill enemy cavalry in a large area 50 meters away.

For a long time, for descendants of soldiers like Mei Fuxi who have read military books, received experience from veterans who survived the war, and know the real situation of the war, it has become a fixed thinking that the Ming army cannot fight against the Tatar soldiers tactically.

This is the painful recognition that has been exchanged for the downfall of hundreds of thousands of elite frontier soldiers for more than ten years.

But this cognition was shattered by the iron armor in front of him today.

The moment the green-coated soldiers fired the gunpowder just now, they were really standing three hundred steps away.And now the gun holes that Mei Fuxi saw actually penetrated the excellent armor.

In other words, if the Tatar soldiers surrounded the group of green-coated soldiers, the men in armor would be beaten to death on the horse three hundred paces away—it is useless to have a large number of people. It seems that there is more energy left.

"With such a sharp weapon, who in the world can stop it? If you can't blame this little army, you dare to go north to serve the king!"

While the breastplate was being circulated among the crowd, words like this kept coming out of people's mouths.The originally lively school field slowly fell into silence at this moment: Ming people couldn't help but started whispering to each other, and there was a buzzing sound above the stands.

There was the old guard who ran away all the year round, with a strong sense of crisis, at this moment he couldn't help but look around at the green-coated soldiers surrounding the school grounds.These Ming people who didn't care before, when they understood the power of the firecrackers, now they reacted: this circle of seemingly sparse and powerless southern soldiers can completely kill thousands of heroes in a few breaths. Killed on the spot!

Many people's necks felt a chill at this moment.

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After seeing that the atmosphere was almost brewing, Xiaoxiao Wu, the host on Dianjiang stage, spoke again, happily announcing the next program: single-player shooting.

This time no one was fooled.Ming people now know that this man who uses a mechanical device to make a loud voice seems to be polite, but he is actually mocking the natives.

However, this so-called "program" still has to be watched, even though I feel the pain of being despised.At this moment, all the Ming people stood up, stretched their necks, and watched ten other brand-new armors stand on the table in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, a "man in colorful clothes", who was ridiculed by everyone since he landed in Tianjin, stood in the shooting position just now.

At this time, no mentally retarded person dared to laugh at that floral dress anymore.All the bright people on the field held their breath, looking forward to the show that will happen in the next moment.

At the same distance, at the same location, the special forces team members more than 300 meters away are only a small point in the eyes of Mingren.

The next moment, a whip of fire shot out from the strange gun in the hand of the man in flower clothes.

The 17mm standard armored bullet fired from the MK7.62 assault rifle is not at all comparable to the [-] bullets that shoot lead bullets.

Just the first box of [-] bullets tore apart all the armor on the table, and the fine iron braided armor and cowhide were beaten flying all over the sky.

After changing the magazine extremely quickly, the special forces team continued to aim at the armor with the scope and fired a second round of bullets.

The flaming bullets flew continuously before Mingren's eyes, and the visual effect was like watching a blockbuster movie, which made everyone dumbfounded.

The shooting time was still very short, still not more than half a minute.

When the loud gunfire stopped, the "wreckage" of the armor that had been ravaged by two rounds of NATO bullets was once again sent to the Ming people.

Ten pairs of tattered armor once again refreshed the cognition of heroes.Now when looking at the pied soldiers standing around the platform, the heroes even had a trace of fear in their eyes.

After the target-shooting and face-slapping session called "Enhancing the Fun", which was actually to brighten up the muscles, the atmosphere on the school field became particularly weird during the rest of the lunch time.

The Ming people were not fools, and they quickly figured out what they meant by the guns: the Southerners' chief soldiers really didn't need to use them as cannon fodder, they were simply recruiting auxiliary soldiers.

As a result, some people who didn't intend to die at first began to feel alive, especially those caravan guards.

Previously, these veteran businessmen were unwilling to apply because the cost-effectiveness of being an auxiliary soldier was too low: no matter how much money you can earn, you have to spend your life, right?

However, after the noon session, it seems that the cost-effectiveness of this job is very high-not to mention making a lot of money, the danger is still very small.Unless you meet the main force of the Tartars, otherwise, those pied soldiers may easily kill the Tartar cavalry with less than a thousand people.

Besides, this Haokuo surnamed Cao is already a real hammer, so the one man and two horses that he promised to give everyone before will definitely have... If we really meet the Tartar brigade, the brothers can also turn around and run away, right?

So after whispering and analyzing the pros and cons, the situation turned around in just one lunch time.Many guards changed their minds: Since there is no need to go to battle to die, and there is still a lot of money to be earned, why not go to the north for a tour?

You know, these people usually work for the businessmen and lords, and they only earn a few dozen taels of silver by running around the mouths of horse thieves and bandits.

In the afternoon of that day, there was a gratifying increase in the number of people who went to the rostrum to do the second registration.As of dinner time, Cao Zongbing had recruited a total of 320 qualified cavalry.

This figure is very close to the target.You only need to recruit a little more tomorrow, and you're done.

That night, Mei Fuxi, who was full of worries, came to his father's study and described what he saw and heard today.

In fact, the moment Mei Fuxi saw the broken armor, the blood all over Mei Fuxi's body became hot.He was young and mature before, it was because he couldn't see hope... But whoever can see hope, who would not want to kill Tartar?

After all, Mei Fuxi still didn't sign up.He is different from those guards who leave as soon as they say it. He is the only son in the family. For such a big matter, he has to go back and discuss it with his father.

After asking in detail, Father Mei still did not agree: In battle, swords and guns have no eyes, even if the weapons of the southerners are sharp, what if there is a mistake?The Mei family is not short of that little money.

After failing to communicate with her father, Mei Fuxi went to the school grounds to watch the excitement the next day with a heavy heart.

There are many fewer people in the school today.Those cards that did not pass the test yesterday were all taken back, so today, except for some newcomers, most of them are the same as Mei Fuxi, who have met the requirements but have not signed up.

After discovering that there are still a lot of hesitant elites like Mei Fuxi, they have some ulterior motives for this recruiting, and the long-term planning of the crossing crowd finally had to come up with the trump card - Quan Niu Banquet.

Facing the muddy field outside the side gate of the school yard, more than a dozen purchased Mongolian cattle were tied up two miles away.

Then several special forces members who simulated the encounter came to the side door on horseback.The team members immediately stopped their horses, got off their horses, and unloaded the big killer on the horses: the M2 heavy machine gun.

... Needless to say how the ending will be.

In short, when the Ming people saw this light and handy "big gun" that could accompany the cavalry marching and dismembered all the cattle two miles away, they all clamored.In the afternoon of that day, the progress of recruitment was greatly improved, and the total number of people soon reached as many as 500.

Mei Fuxi was the last to be recruited at the big pot beef feast that night.

The recruitment process is simple.When Cao Zongbing, who was wearing a bright red official robe, came to toast his newcomers with a wine bowl, he and Mei Fuxi replied like this: "You are capable, why don't you follow the general to kill the Tartars?" ?”

"My lord, there is no shortage of money in Fuxi."

"Oh, if I will lead you to kill the Tartars with my own hands, and then I will reward you for the merits afterwards, so that I can win my wife's shade in the future?"

"Fuxi dare not obey orders?"

Chapter 425 Flying Tiger Camp

Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain.

Traveling across the crowd, King Qin has many long-term plans for the north.These plans are numerous, covering all aspects of a force's development.

Among them, army building is undoubtedly the first gear.

A small number of elite cavalry, adapted to the northern climate and terrain, and ready to dispatch at any time, is the core resource for town houses.This is not only necessary, but also needs to be formed early, because it takes time to form an army.

Due to the special situation at present, the Northward delegation does not have the resources and time to start training from recruits, so they can only recruit a group of temporary workers in the form of "mercenaries" for emergency.

So there was the play of conscription in the school field.

In terms of short-term cost-benefit ratio, the "temporary worker" force is quite powerful.

Because this army is cheap and "convenient".

Although the settling allowance and monthly salary seem to be a lot, compared to the resources spent by the military on the guard battalion and special forces, this amount of money is nothing.

You must know that for a regular soldier, the army not only spends resources on training and training for a long time, but also bears various hidden expenses: injury, disability, and death.

Free medical treatment for injuries, work arrangements for disabled people, and pensions to take care of family members after death... All kinds of hidden welfare consumption far exceed that high salary.Just like the civil servants of later generations, it seems that the salary is not high, but the total resources allocated exceed that of external personnel.

Just because it is a temporary worker attribute, there is no need to think so much about using this army. Cannon fodder, if you die, you die, and there is no trouble afterwards-the law of nature.

But this situation can only be said to be effective in the short term.For the cross-travelers who are aiming for a long-term layout and have a comprehensive plan, once they are free, the temporary labor force must be reformed.

These people must go through formal training and brainwashing. Like other troops, they must become qualified "imperial troops" before they can take on the important task of fighting against all walks of life in the north, including the Ming army.

Of course, these are just long-term plans.No matter what the northern delegation wants to do in the future, it is serious to get through the current Qinwang difficulties.So from the day when the recruitment ended, the newly recruited 530 knights began a series of pre-war preparations.

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The first is Chengjun.

After weeding out some weak ones, [-] soldiers just formed a battalion, so Cao Zongbing immediately announced the establishment of the "Flying Tiger Battalion", and awarded the banner with the pattern of a winged tiger made by the battalion officer temporarily.

The battalion officer of the Flying Tiger Battalion was headed by Du Dewei, the deputy captain of the Special Forces, and Chen Ce, the former general manager of the Fubiao Battalion, was the deputy battalion officer.

Under the battalion officer, there are five detachments, A, B, C, D, E, each with 100 people. The temporarily selected natives serve as the captains and deputy captains, and a variable number of special forces members serve as "liaison officers."

Below the sub-teams are small teams, each with ten people.

Although the Flying Tiger Battalion is known as the "auxiliary barracks", in fact it is an elite cavalry unit that costs a lot of money. In the Ming Dynasty, this is probably the most extravagant "auxiliary barracks".

Every official soldier of the Flying Tiger Battalion will be equipped with two horses-this is only the minimum standard. In wartime, three or even four horses will be temporarily equipped according to the situation.In short, in the hands of local tyrants, nothing that can be solved with money is not a problem.

In fact, every regular soldier in Feihu Camp will have two real auxiliary soldiers to provide a series of logistics services such as taking care of the horses.

These auxiliary soldiers were recruited from previously eliminated military households and refugees.Although the salary is low, but the food and housing are in charge, and there is a chance to be promoted to a regular soldier, so it can be regarded as a reserve.

So overnight, Cao Zongbing, who had a small number of subordinates, suddenly swelled up, and had nearly 2000 subordinates of various colors.

The next item in Chengjun is regularization.

Specifically, it is to unify ordnance and unify clothing.

Ordnance is easy.Since there is no need for bows and arrows, and there is no need for hand-to-hand combat with the enemy in the design, the standard ordnance of the Feihu Camp is only a saber for the time being.

After the running-in period, the officers of the Flying Tiger Camp, who are familiar with the way of fighting through the crowd, will be equipped with some [-] large caps to fight encounters with small groups of enemies.

This is followed by a group change.

Adhering to the usual practice of a certain force, soldiers must complete a series of medical examinations, "disinfection" and other health and epidemic prevention links before enlisting in the army.

But the next step went awry: some recruits complained about shaving their hair.However, a military order is a military order. At this time, the Ming people who have signed the contract and received the money no longer have to bargain.

Although the commander-in-chief said he was stupid and had a lot of money, he also knew how to march.Cut off ten or eight heads randomly at this time, who in Tianjin Wei will come to avenge the hapless ghost?So in the end, each of these recruits honestly shaved their heads.

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In fact, from the perspective of shaving hair itself, the people of Ming Dynasty did not resist it so exaggeratedly.

The notorious "grow your hair but not your head" in later generations, it was against the background of the massive invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, the gentry class took advantage of the opportunity of the Manchu Qing to promulgate the "hair shaving order" and set off a wave of fame throughout the country. It is an anti-pig tail hairstyle, which is actually a wave of anti-Qing.

And this wave quickly disappeared with the military defeat of the Ming Dynasty... The Seventh Granny at the gate of the mansion said very sadly: "Your ancestors didn't have braids."

Yes, the ancestors don't keep braids, but the ancestors didn't say that they don't keep braids...

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, but dating back to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the monk class has always been a class that the people yearn for.

The imperial court in the Song Dynasty often issued some ultimatums to the officials who went to the local area.Why?Because in that era, dutiments were equivalent to approval documents, which could be easily sold for money.

This is the same as when later generations re-opened, the government's finances were tight, so officials who went to Hainan to take office could only take some color TV approval documents to take office...

The same is true of the Ming Dynasty.When Zhu Yuanzhang was in Taiwan, it was very valuable that there were no indiscriminate certificates: the citizens would try their best to pay a high price to get a certificate and become an official monk.

What are the benefits of being a monk?The most important point is tax exemption.

You must know that ancient temples like Shaolin Temple have actually been local landlords throughout the ages.There are not only tens of millions of fertile fields in the temple property, but also various workshops and wine shops, which cannot be compared with ordinary gentry.

Therefore, the ancestors actually had no objection to shaving their heads or inches.Whether it is the literati and bureaucrats who become monks and practice, or the citizens who account for the largest number of people become monks to "generate income", this is very natural and even desirable.

In this case, in fact, the request of the people under the rule to shave the size of the board has not been widely resisted.As for the kind of resistance raised to the political and moral level when the Manchus entered the customs, it never happened.

Ming people are very realistic: if you eat the master's food, you have to obey the master's control.In this cruel society with distinct classes and dead bodies on the road, the lower classes have no right to bargain.

So when the general got angry and was about to drag out the two nonsense people who slaughtered Zheng Junfa, these Tianjin men who were a little bit critical at first also gave up——is it better to shave your head than to behead it?What's more, these southern soldiers all beheaded.

After that everything went smoothly.

Ming people changed into sweaters, military jackets, green military overcoats, and high-end buffalo leather boots without a second thought after taking a bath and physical examination.

This set of winter cotton clothes is not much different from the regular soldiers of the Guards Battalion in appearance, except for the buttons: the coats of the regular soldiers have double-breasted copper buttons, while the Feihu Battalion have white iron buttons.

Leaving aside the weird style, these Ming people who experienced it first-hand felt the comfort and warmth immediately in terms of the military-quality jacket.The military uniforms used by later generations are much better than the messy padded jackets and fur robes of the seventeenth century.

The reason for the mandatory shaving of the head is that there is still a military cap problem to be solved.

One of the reasons why the helmets of ancient warriors had to be bell-shaped is that most of the ancients had long hair, so there needs to be room for the helmets, which is true both at home and abroad.

However, the military caps of later generations, whether it is a pot-shaped steel helmet or a cotton Lei Feng cap for training, did not take this into account, because all soldiers of later generations have short hair.

Therefore, the recruits of the Flying Tiger Battalion can only put on their military caps after they have shaved their heads.

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After all the preparatory work was completed, the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion, who had taken on a new look, immediately began the most important running-in training.