Rise From the Humble

It seems that the Zhejiang army is indeed different from the officers and soldiers of the guard station. In terms of military discipline and combat power, they are beyond the comparison of the officers and soldiers of the guard station.

Chen Dacheng had to face it seriously, put away his expression, and asked Zhu Ping'an seriously, "I wonder what the conditions are for recruiting soldiers? Your army is for group training. If you apply to join the army, what is your future?"

After hearing Chen Dacheng's inquiry, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but feel happy. Chen Daneng asked about the conditions for recruiting soldiers and their future after joining the army. Naturally, he was already inclined to agree to the clan children and villagers recruiting into the army.

"As long as you are young and strong local farmers, miners, or have brothers to support the elderly, you can come to sign up and select the best ones to recruit. Although our Zhejiang Army conducts group training, the soldiers' pay is much higher than that of the officers and soldiers of the guards. Every month Soldiers are paid one and a half taels of silver. If they perform well in the performance appraisal, they can get silver rewards and promotion opportunities. Killing a Japanese pirate on the battlefield will reward you with 30 taels of silver. The more you kill, the higher the reward. You can also be promoted for your merits and be granted the title of wife. . In addition, our Zhejiang Army is a regiment training army. It is not a hereditary military status, but a civilian status. You can retire when the time comes, and it will not affect your engagement in industry and commerce or your participation in imperial examinations."

Zhu Pingan briefly introduced the recruitment conditions, focusing on the benefits and promotion opportunities of the Zhejiang Army. He also emphasized that joining the Zhejiang Army is not a hereditary military membership, and there are no disadvantages of being a military household. You can retire.

"Thank you for clarifying my doubts, sir. I have another question. I wonder how you will train your troops after you recruit them?" Chen Dacheng asked again.

Zhu Ping'an felt even happier after hearing Chen Dacheng's questions. The more detailed and in-depth Chen Dacheng asked, and the more he wanted to know, the more it showed that he was inclined to agree with the clan members and villagers to enlist in the army.

Regarding Chen Dacheng's question, Zhu Ping'an replied with a serious face: "The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you will bleed in war. After I recruit soldiers, I naturally have to drill strictly, but what is different from other people's training is that I train soldiers with a heavy military discipline , double thoughts, triple firearms.”

"Your Excellency attaches great importance to military discipline, and ordinary people understand it, but what is this idea?" Chen Dacheng asked doubtfully.

"The so-called ideology refers to ideological education. Simply put, it is to improve the ideological awareness of soldiers, let them understand who they are fighting for and why they are fighting, and concentrate on cultivating their faith. An army with faith and discipline will never It’s a ragtag group of people whose iron will creates an iron army.”

Zhu Ping'an's doubts about Chen Dacheng were not surprising. Even Zhang Jing was puzzled by this, let alone him. It would take hundreds of years for the importance of ideological education to be valued and discovered and become the key to military construction. A great tool.

An iron will creates an iron army... Hearing this, Chen Dacheng felt uneasy.

"Sir, ordinary people also have a certain understanding of military affairs. Firearms have always played a auxiliary role in our army. "Records of the Ming Dynasty" records: 'For every one hundred households, there are ten gunmen, twenty swordsmen, and archers. Thirty, and forty gunners. Only one-tenth of the army's gunsmiths use firearms, and they are in a auxiliary position. Your Excellency attaches great importance to firearms, and it seems that there is some reversal of priorities." Chen Dacheng raised a question.

"Does Patriarch Chen know about Shenji Camp?" Zhu Ping'an asked.

"The common people know." Chen Dacheng replied.

"History is moving forward, and everything is developing, and firearms are no exception. "Records of the Ming Dynasty" comes from the Hongwu period, and gunmen accounted for one-tenth. By the Yongle period, Emperor Yongle built the Shenji Camp, a specialized firearms unit, and more and more people Pay more attention to firearms. Firearms are ten times more powerful and a hundred times more powerful than cold weapons. Whoever can effectively use firearms will be able to win or lose the war." Zhu Pingan said to Chen Dacheng with a confident look on his face.

"Sir, Emperor Yongle built the Divine Machine Camp to assist other military camps. Emperor Yongle proposed the combat method of 'the divine machine guns are in the front and the cavalry are in the rear'. This is still the case today. Firearms are used in front of the enemy, not The main weapon of war is that after engaging the enemy, you still have to use swords and guns to kill the enemy. In addition, firearms are difficult to use on cloudy and rainy days, and gunmen need to be protected by long guns. Firearms can only play a supporting role. If adults attach great importance to firearms, isn't it a matter of priority? "Chen Dacheng insisted and questioned.

Zhu Ping'an was not surprised when he heard this. This is a limitation of this era and a limitation of history. It is not his fault. Even Qi Jiguang, who will attach great importance to firearms in the future, is still limited in the use of firearms. Qi Jiguang also emphasized that "firearms are used before fighting the enemy." "It cannot be relied upon as the main weapon of war." Although the firearm ratio of the Qi family's army is up to half, the standard weapons of the Qi family's army are not firearms, but cold weapons such as rattan plates, wolf swords, and Qi's sabers. The Qi family's combat methods are also cold weapons. , Yuanyang formation is the main one, and firearms are only used before engaging the enemy.

But Zhu Pingan is different. Zhu Pingan has hundreds of years of historical experience that surpasses them. He knows that it is inevitable for firearms to replace cold weapons. Whoever can effectively use firearms can control the outcome of the war. It is no exaggeration to say that whoever can Whoever uses firearms effectively will be the king of the army in this world!

To be honest, Zhu Pingan's advantage in military training lies in firearms and his hundreds of years of experience in the development and use of firearms. Compared with this era, whether it is Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and other outstanding generals of the Ming army, or Western countries such as Folangji and England that have begun to pay attention to firearms, they are far inferior to Zhu Pingan, and they are not as good as Zhu Pingan.

Of course, when it comes to cold weapons, no matter how many military books Zhu Pingan reads and how much experience he has, he cannot compare to Qi Jiguang and others.

The more Zhu Ping'an studied the future Qi Jiguang's masterpieces "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "Records of Military Training" as well as ancient military books such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Wei Liao Zi", the more he felt that the ancients were powerful. In terms of cold weapon warfare, Zhu Ping'an felt ashamed. Not as good as.

This is not simply what experience can make up for, but also talent. On the track of cold weapons, Zhu Pingan thought that no matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up with them, nor could he do better than Qi Jiguang and others. But with firearms, Zhu Pingan had confidence.

As long as he can train an army with firearms, Zhu Ping'an is confident that he can fight the Japanese pirates who cannot take care of themselves and kneel down to call daddy!

Even Zhu Ping'an had enough confidence to step on the Japanese Fusang and tie up their bullshit emperor and generals with long tassels to hold them accountable.

On the one hand, we should maximize our strengths and avoid our weaknesses; on the other hand, we should lead the military trend.

Therefore, Zhu Ping'an's military training is to train an army that mainly uses firearms and equipment and firearms for combat.

"Clan Chief Chen, the wheel of history is rolling forward. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Although firearms have many disadvantages, as long as they are improved and perfected, it is not a problem. Although I am not talented, I am very interested in firearm warfare and firearm improvement. etc., there are unique researches, for example, I have tripled the loading efficiency of gunpowder, innovated the tactics of using firearms, etc. However, it involves military secrets, so please forgive me for not saying more."

Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly and said firmly, his eyes like the sun, full of confidence.

Increased gunpowder reloading efficiency by three times.

This means that originally only one round of firecrackers can be fired, but now three rounds of firecrackers can be fired, which increases the lethality by three times; the tactics of using firearms have been improved. Although I don’t know how to improve it, it seems that it should be easier to reload than gunpowder. Difference.

In this way, the effectiveness of firearms has been increased by at least five or six times. It makes sense that Mr. Zhu attaches great importance to firearms.

"Caomin understands. Thank you for clarifying my doubts." Chen Dacheng clasped his fists and bowed deeply to Zhu Ping'an.