Chapter 236 Training
Everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, this young prince was so cruel that he would execute the four people as soon as he opened his mouth.
Chen Quan was also surprised. He wanted to plead for his subordinates: "Your Highness, Nian, Nian, Nian, this is the first offender. This is better to spare their lives and watch the future."
At this time, Zhu Cilang's eyes could kill people. Although he was only young, he still made the generals frightened.
"What, General Chen, you said, spare them?"
The prince's voice made people feel chilled in their hearts, and they all became afraid: "Your Highness, this last general means, is it, can you be gentle?"
"No," Zhu Cilang refused straightforwardly: "Thinking military discipline is a joke, and the crime is unforgivable. Remember this palace that as long as the palace is in charge of the defense of the capital, the soldiers of the five military camps will be severely punished if they dare to disobey military discipline! Drag it out and cut it off!"
It was cruel enough, the crown prince was so powerful. All the generals of the Zuoye Army were frightened and watched the four soldiers dragged out by the people of the Eastern Palace Guard.
"Your Highness, please spare me, your highness, the villain dare not, the villain will never dare again..."
Soon everyone could not hear the pleas of the four people, because, a few executioners from the Eastern Palace Guard came to report: "Report to the Prince, all four of them have been executed."
Zhu Cilang's heart was as hard as iron, but he just said coldly: "Tell the three armies, and if there are any offenders, these four people are role models."
The soldiers of Zuoye Army were given three months of military pay, and this matter soon spread throughout the fifth army camp. The morale of the entire fifth army camp was boosted because His Royal Highness promised that other battalions would also pay military pay one after another in the past few days. It was also the soldiers of each military camp who would pay three months of military pay first, and those who were subsequently arrears were paid slowly.
This incident caused a huge shock in the five military camps. Even the soldiers garrisoned on the outer defense line of the Gyeonggi heard about the resolute behavior of the crown prince.
The crown prince went to Zuoye Army and killed Wang Hefu, the admiral and commander of Zuoye Army, and executed four soldiers who gathered to gamble. Now, the soldiers from the fifth army camp mentioned the crown prince and were both respectful and fearful.
As a general, he was in charge of power and leading the army. At least Zhu Cilang did this. No one dared to see this young prince as a child. What people saw was a resolute and courageous crown prince.
The soldiers of the five military camps who paid their salaries returned to Beijing to adjust their defenses one after another. After Zhu Cixuan's clearance of the defense of the capital, their combat effectiveness has risen sharply.
The rectification of the three camps actually made the soldiers of the three camps feel a little nervous. Fortunately, Zhu Cilang's cleverness was that he only killed Wang He Fu from Zuoye Army, and the assassins who wanted to assassinate him in the chariot camp of Shenshu Camp.
In addition, Zhu Cixuan did not expand the scope of the inspection. Because he knew that if all the generals who had been corrupted with empty salary were investigated, at least four-fifths of the soldiers in the entire three camps would be arrested. In this way, the entire three camps would be dispersed.
You can do nothing about the past, but from now on, you will never dare to take empty salary, or you will dare to deduct military salary or abuse soldiers. Once verified, no matter how big or small your official position, from royal relatives or nobles to generals of each battalion, you will face the punishment of being executed.
Among the three camps, the only situation in Shenji Camp was relatively better. The Shenji Camp was actually controlled by Emperor Chongzhen. After all, Chongzhen was worried about handing over the defense power of the capital to his son. He secretly kept Shenji Camp. In addition to Shenji Camp, Shenshu Camp and the Five Military Camp immediately increased a lot after Zhu Cixuan's rectification.
Next, it is training. It is either someone who picks up weapons or soldiers. The bandits also have weapons in their hands, but in the end it is a group of mobs. When they meet Ming soldiers, bandits usually choose to avoid their edge. Unless the number of bandits is large, they will hide when they see the soldiers.
The soldiers of the three major battalions have been relaxed for a long time and must go through a systematic training subject.
The Five Military Camps, Shenji Camps, Shenshu Camps, and Zhu Cilang gathered these soldiers and had a meeting.
Dong Wu, the governor of the Five Military Camp, You Jing, the governor of the Shenshu Camp, Duan Yongxin, the governor of the Shenji Camp, and the generals of the battalions under their command, were called to the Northern Town Fushi by Zhu Cilang.
"My generals, I want to ask you a question. Now the military pay for the soldiers of the three major camps has been temporarily solved. However, the soldiers are loose and the military is relaxed. I think we should train more. I wonder what are your opinions on this?"
The general looked at each other and trained. What is the reason for the prince? What happened to the prince? Dong Wu, the governor of the fifth army camp, stood up and bowed: "Your Highness, this training of soldiers is a necessary subject for each battalion. There is no slackness in each battalion every day. I don't know what your highness's training is."
"What I mean is that when you train on weekdays, what subjects do you train for?"
Dong Wu then replied: "If you go back to Your Highness, you will be some front-line fighting exercises, and some formation tactics."
You Jing from Shenshu Camp also said: "That's right, it's mainly about riding and shooting, bows and horses, weapon training, formation and queues, etc."
Duan Yongxin’s Divine Machinery Camp is similar to modern training: “When you go back to your highness, the last general’s Divine Machinery Camp mainly trains firearms, including short- and long-distance shooting, three-row continuous shooting. Formation transformation exercises, use and maintenance of firearms, and these are the main training of soldiers on weekdays.”
Zhu Cilang shook his head: "No, I will make a new set of training subjects for you. In addition to the above exercises, you will also add a few items. For example, five-kilometer weight-bearing cross-country, frog jumping, push-ups, single-leg stretching, combined physical exercises, in addition to weapons, there are close-fitting fighting to capture the enemy, including posture and pace, boxing, leg techniques, anti-strike techniques, and enemy capture fist..."
The generals were stunned by the subjects given by the crown prince. They had never heard of them that soldiers had to practice these.
However, the prince had an order, and everyone had to follow. Soon, some runways, single and double bars, and some wooden stakes, bare hands climbing and high jumping were built in each battalion.
Every day, the soldiers of these three battalions carried out a series of modern and modern military exercises in accordance with the orders of the crown prince. Importantly, they also had to practice kicking and soldiers would salute when they saw the generals.
Of course, following the customs of the countryside, Zhu Cilang would not let these soldiers salute, but only needed to stand upright when seeing the superiors. Even so, many soldiers were still very uncomfortable.
Especially for internal affairs, the Crown Prince requires that the internal affairs of each barracks must be clean and tidy. The soldiers of each barracks must first take internal affairs as the primary assessment standard, and then the physical training of the soldiers.
Step by step, and finally the daily formations of various types of troops, such as fighting, bows and horses, equipment, etc., are training for cold weapons.
At first, the soldiers felt it was too weird and difficult to adapt, but as time went by, the generals of each battalion gradually discovered that the soldiers under them had become much more flexible. Especially when they lined up, they really did the orders to be enforced.
Chapter completed!