Chapter 631 Planning a new army
Zhao Bing had this idea when he formed a military academy and restored martial arts. However, due to the constant war and the disapproval of some people, the plan only stayed on paper and used short-term training to cultivate military backbones. The best one was the training base of the medical school, which had its own system and inherent model. This is a kind of irony.
Zhao Bing was initially angry about the indifference of restoring martial arts, but after this period of understanding, he expressed his understanding. In his previous life, he was deeply influenced by military art culture and martial arts culture, the martial arts judging in the eyes of modern people always had a mysterious metaphysical color. In the folk context, most of the legends related to it were touched by the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, as if the city and the new martial arts judging were originally from the same origin. In fact, the martial arts judging system and the martial arts judging system that produced them were a relatively closed system in ancient China, which was far from the sects that gradually emerged since the Qing Dynasty.
Human history is actually a history of war, so military education for students was started very early in Chinese history. The standard courses of the Zhou Dynasty included the "six arts", namely rituals, music, shooting, imperial, book, and number. Among them, shooting is the archery technology, and imperial is the technology of driving a carriage, because chariots were important combat tools on the battlefield until the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius was the pioneer of Chinese national education. In the process of education, he regarded the art of shooting as important as rituals and music education.
However, as Confucian scholarship was gradually regarded as orthodox, school military training began to decline during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the new six arts that omitted military education content became dominant, and the function of military training was weakened into a ritual program. During the Sui Dynasty, the "destroying martial arts and cultivating culture" began to greatly reduce military preparations, and the national education focus changed from learning martial arts to cultivating literature. The imperial examination began to become mainstream. After the civil and military examinations were divided, the civil examinations did not take the martial arts examinations. In order to gain fame, literati students had no time to learn military affairs, and military training was gradually abandoned.
However, the Tang Dynasty began to set up a military tutor system, which was actually thanks to the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian, who started the martial arts election in the second year of her ascending the throne, and stipulated that "all states in the world should teach martial arts, and the Ming Dynasty should be used to give examples to the Jinshi tribute", "Trial long battlements, horse rifles, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, clasp gates, cl
However, the military jury was first created in the Tang Dynasty, and the influence was weak, and there was no concept of "martial rank". The only middle-Tang general Guo Ziyi, who was familiar to later generations, only recorded his "martial jury high" and had no detailed rankings. On the surface, the martial jury in the Tang Dynasty seemed fair and just, which was conducive to the class promotion of the lower class people. However, if you analyze it carefully, you will find that the creation of the martial jury system was only to cultivate military men who were loyal to the central court, and it was still difficult for ordinary people to squeeze into the military vocational system.
There is still a saying that the "carriage" exam is enough to exclude most of the lower-class families. Most people cannot afford the expenses of war horses. Even if they do not discuss equestrian assessments, they must undergo sufficient muscle training. Now, they must be healthy and get some lumps of meat. Beef, eggs, and protein powder are needed every day, so the nutritional conditions of ordinary families at that time are not enough to support them. Although it is a bit absolute, it can be considered that the brave warrior class can only naturally emerge from wealthy families.
When the Song Dynasty, the gentry declined and common people rose, the policies of promoting culture and suppressing military affairs were pushed to a climax, and the status of military generals was completely surpassed by scholars. In such an environment, military training seemed unnecessary. The literary and imperial examinations almost completely replaced the original civil service system of the clan. For the military examinations, the Song people also had a unique set of aesthetic standards.
The "Statement" examination was added to the Wu Jue, requiring the candidates to be familiar with the seven books on the Wu Jing - "Sima Fa", "Sunzi", "Wu Zi", "Wei Liaozi", "Three Layouts of Huangshi Gong", "Jiang Taigong Six Strategies", and "Tang Li Wenluo"), which greatly improved the doorbar of cultural quality. At the same time, the doorbar of the examination such as equestrian and strength affected by family background gave many scholars the opportunity to take the martial arts exam.
However, this restricted those with strong martial arts from entering the government, so the "Essential Science" was added, the "strategy theory" was lowered, and the "brave" standards were raised, and the "brave" standards were raised, and the candidates with strong martial arts but low cultural quality were specially collected. At a glance, the martial arts of the Song Dynasty had quite the charm of modern military academy exams. After all, for generals, the first priority was to take wisdom, and there was no need to be too demanding on personal martial arts. However, the actual performance of the martial arts of the Song Dynasty was not satisfactory. Most of the time, the literati were kept behind closed doors and only read books. They were unable to rely on their wisdom to lead the Song army to crush the surrounding barbarians.
There were also several famous generals in the Song Dynasty, such as Di Qing, Yue Fei, Han Shizong, etc., but they were all professional soldiers. At the root of this, the emptyness of traditional military science is one of the reasons. In addition, before the birth of modern military scripts, military management and martial arts training were mastered in the hands of professionals, so it was difficult for outsiders to see the full picture. The ancient Chinese military books and war strategies preferred general discussions and refused to explain the operation process in detail. Therefore, by just reading the ancient military strategy, it was easy to fall into the situation of empty talk of theoretical and incompetent actions. There were more so-called famous generals like Zhao Kuo, and there were very few people with all-round talents like Ying Jieyan...
Under the current circumstances, new weapons are about to emerge, but the use of hot weapons is far from the tactical ideas of the cold weapons period. If it is forcibly implanted into the army, it will not only make it difficult for the generals to adapt, but it will not achieve the desired effect if it is still used in actual combat in the form of cold weapons. However, the idea of establishing and cultivating new military schools has been difficult, and promoting military reform has been delayed again and again, which made him anxious but helpless.
But today when Zhao Bing came to the old camp again, he suddenly had new ideas. These children lived in war since they entered the general's mansion and followed the general's mansion to fight everywhere, so they had to adapt to the current living environment, and losing their relatives made them learn to be independent. Although the children in the old camp who were only six or seven years old could quickly take care of their clothes with just one order, lined up to wait for the next order, and remain calm when encountering storms in the vast sea, they could still stay calm, not cry or make a fuss, and still sleep peacefully in the sound of cannons.
Several years of militarized life not only allowed the children in the old camp to develop the habit of abiding by discipline and obeying commands, but also cultivated their self-reliance, self-esteem, tenacity and optimism, as well as the spirit of loyalty to the emperor and martial arts, and mastering basic culture and military skills. When the Guards were established before the Battle of Yashan, Zhao Bing organized more than 200 children in the old camp into the guard camp. They were not only loyal to themselves, but also quickly adapted to military life and entered their respective roles.
Zhao Bing's new idea was to use these old battalions to graduate from the brigade to draw a group of young soldiers from the guards to form an army, and train a new army through small battle training in the late Qing Dynasty. Training in small stations was a government in the late Qing Dynasty, and it can also be said to be a major event in China's modern military history. Since the Daoguang year, Opium War, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Revolution, Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, etc. have successively occurred. History compared the military strength of the Qing government with the Western powers at that time, so that the Chinese people realized the cruel fact that they would be beaten if they were backward.
In particular, the Qing army's disastrous defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 exposed the sharp contradiction between advanced equipment and backward military system, and showed the serious weaknesses in the training, education, tactics and military qualities of the Qing government. Many knowledgeable people, including Westernization campaigners, advocated abandoning the old military system and establishing a new military system, imitating Japan's experience of studying Western France, and enhancing national strength and military strength.
The Qing government also believed that Japan "uses Western France to win in a special way", and Emperor Guangxu successively decided to imitate the battalion system, equipment and training methods of the Western army. Yuan Shikai compiled and trained the new army at a small station. Based on the German military system as the blueprint, he formulated the organizational organization, training of officer roles, military training, education, recruitment of recruits, and food and salary systems, and initially formed the construction ideas of modern army, basically abandoned the old systems of the Eight Banners, Green Camp, Hunan and Huai Army, emphasized the modernization and standardization of weapons and equipment, and strictly implemented Western French training.
The success of small station military training became a major turning point in military history. The Qing government ordered the establishment of a new army nationwide, with small station military training as a demonstration, and the establishment of the Army Department as the national military leadership organ. It effectively promoted the pace of China's military modernization and became the mainstream of the development of Chinese military thought from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1911. It realized the transformation from the Chinese army to modernization, completed the transition from cold weapons to hot weapons, and allowed the Chinese army to truly throw away the big swords, spears, and pick up rifles and cannons.
By the end of the school review, Zhao Bing had decided to learn from the model of small battle training, starting from the update of weapons and equipment, focusing on training reform, and promoting the progress of military reform. However, he soon realized that the difficulties he faced were much greater than those of Yuan Shikai. At that time, the modern military reform of Western European countries had been completed, and a complete set of training methods, rules and regulations and mature tactical ideas were obtained. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were also a group of progressive people who opened their eyes to the world, and sent students to various countries to learn, and they could also hire foreign instructors to teach. All they had to do was transplant the methods and methods to the country.
Europe is still in a barbaric period compared to the Song Dynasty. The Renaissance has just revealed its dawn. Countries are organizing crusaders to conquer pagans. East and West churches have split and fought each other. I am afraid that only Zhao Bing, a time traveler in the world, knows the secrets of the times. This has led to him having no way to learn from, no reference, and no one can help him. Everything needs to start from scratch. The only benefit is that the rules of the game are explored, practiced and formulated by him, a "half pot of vinegar."
Although Zhao Bing knew that the city of Rome was not built in one day, he also understood that it would never be built without a day. After he came back from the old camp, he began to plan this matter. According to the convention, each yamen would seal the holidays at this time. However, this year the army was out, and he issued an order for each army to leave the camp, and the chief officials of each department were on the rotation, and the yamen were not allowed to be empty. There was only one emperor, and no one took turns with him, so Zhao Bing would not be allowed to rest. Although there were many fewer official documents, the war reports would be sent continuously.
The next morning, the battle report was sent. The Northern Expedition Army successfully landed in Hepu Port without any resistance in Lianzhou yesterday. Zhao Mengjin led the former army to attack Zhoucheng without stopping. The enemy army abandoned the city after a little resistance. Then Jiangxi, who arrived in Jiangxi, circled around the city and captured Hepu and Shikang counties. Last night, all the troops had already landed, leaving a part of the navy to guard Hepu. The rest carried three thousand infantry troops along the Nanliu River and followed the river. The troops planned to continue north this morning.
Most of the coastal enemy troops were wiped out, and only some local troops in the prefectures did not have much resistance, and they fought easily as Zhao Bing expected. Then he approved a few daily documents and began to think about his own affairs. He first took a stack of papers, wrote down the conditions for establishing a new army on each piece of paper, and arranged everything one by one in detail. Then he arranged in accordance with the order of priorities, which things must be done first, which can be delayed slightly, and which can be carried out simultaneously. Finally, he organized and compiled the general outline and assigned the person in charge to write the details.
"People, weapons, teachers, camp!" Zhao Bing muttered, and picked out four of the papers covered with books. This is the most basic condition for establishing a new army.
Zhao Bing has already thought about the personnel. He plans to still be affiliated with the Imperial Guardian Army and form the guard battalion as the basic staff. Insufficient personnel are selected from the guardian army and the old battalion. The first period is organized to about 1,500 people. After accumulating experience, they will be expanded according to the situation. This arrangement will take the new army into his own hands, and at the same time save a lot of trouble, facilitate management, and select backbones.
The trial production of the weapon has been completed, but it still takes time to manufacture it. However, the initial training can be done with the help of models, but it cannot exceed half a year at most, and time can be said to be urgent. Now the factory has just been preparing for construction and is adjusting the craftsmen and preparing the site. Zhao Bing estimated that it should be able to start trial production after the New Year. Therefore, time is still very tight and it is necessary to urge it.
The camp and the final organization of the new army, Zhao Bing thought that at least 5,000 people would be needed to form combat effectiveness. In addition to accommodation and training venues, there should also be classrooms and living facilities, and a shooting range for live ammunition. Therefore, the venue should not be too small and should not be far from the city. However, this can be built in stages, but it must be completed before the second batch of personnel enters the camp.
"Teacher!" Zhao Bing tapped the table a few times and frowned. In fact, this is the most difficult thing, because it is still a new thing for people today, including himself. In addition to being difficult to find instructors, they also need to write new regulations, exercises and textbooks. Even if these are not comprehensive, they must be prepared and prepared before the start of school. Only he has some understanding of this, and this task can only fall on himself, but there is not much time left for him.
Chapter completed!