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Chapter 62 Teaching

After his energy returned, Zhu Youxiao did not have the military force under his control now, so he could only bear the anger and continue to support the military nobles in Liaodong.

It can be said that Zhu Youxiao is now equivalent to buying peace with money and food. If he stops supplying money and food to the Liaodong military nobles, these Guanning Iron Cavalry, who are self-respecting, will definitely do something to blame the Lord and seek honor. After all, they are the main force to defend Liaodong, and Zhu Youxiao cannot transfer other troops to replace him.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is mid-year, and the training of officers has been halfway through, and the basic queue training and physical training have basically ended. According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, the following month will be carried out to train officers in basic military theoretical knowledge.

In the future, the commanders of the Ming Dynasty could not only lead by example, bravely and bravely fight, and should also master basic military theories that are more advanced than in this era, such as infantry and artillery coordination and command mixed arms.

Unfortunately, in the current Ming Dynasty, a qualified modern military strategist could not be found to tell them how to command firearms to fight in the future. Therefore, there was only the only way for Zhu Youxiao, a military enthusiast who became a monk, to explain it to them.

According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, he wanted to sell his current construction philosophy of the Ming army and some of the classic tactics he knew to these officers first. As for whether they understand clearly and whether they can understand it, he cannot guarantee it, but he believes that with the future hardships on the battlefield and the changes in the current situation, they will be able to understand it thoroughly.

Many outstanding military strategists who were famous in China and abroad in later generations were just mud-legged. The thirty officers he trained now were still able to read, which was considered a family source of knowledge. He also knew the basic traditional military common sense, and even knew better than himself. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not feel that he was doing useless work.

"The strength of Jiannu lies in his cavalry, his mobility and overwhelming formations, but in our Ming Dynasty, there was no way to defeat the enemy. As early as the reign of Taizu, we used three-stage fire to fight the cavalry. Now, although Jiannu is better at riding and shooting, if I first bombarded it with artillery to disrupt its formation, then annihilate its main force with cavalry, and finally fired intensively to clear the remaining enemies, even if Jiannu adds another 100,000, what's the fear?"

Zhu Youxiao stood on the stage, holding a stick in his hand, pointing at the schematic diagram on the rice paper, and seriously explaining his three-stage attack idea to the officers and students below the stage.

Since it was taught by Your Majesty, the officers in the audience listened very seriously. Chang Yanling, who had always been taciturn, also raised his hand to ask, doing it himself, Your Majesty stood and raised his hand to signal, which was similar to the listening mode of teaching in a private school. They were used to it: "What Your Majesty said, if it is really realized, I am afraid that there will be no place for cavalry to survive in the future. However, my Ming Dynasty firearms cannot do it, and the bombardment effect caused by the cannon is not obvious. In addition, the fire rate of the musket is not as fast as that of Jiannu's archery speed, and the distance is limited, making it difficult to form intensive firepower strikes. My uncle once participated in the Battle of Sarhu and suffered such a loss."

"Your name is Chang Yanling, right?" Although Chang Yanling was questioning his own ideas, Zhu Youxiao was very pleased that his hard-working professor had been so hard that someone finally began to communicate with him. It can be seen that this person already understood what he meant and thought actively, instead of pretending to understand and not being dogmatic, he copied it directly. This is the basic quality that an excellent military commander should possess, so Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be unhappy.

The other officers looked at Chang Yanling with concern, and didn't understand why this taciturn guy was so ignorant at this time and dared to confront His Majesty? He wasn't afraid that his Majesty would be chopped off his head or expel him from the Imperial Guard?

However, Chang Yanling replied indifferently: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Very good. Everything you said has mentioned the point. The reason why our Ming army cannot now form an absolute suppression of the Jiannu cavalry is difficult in these three places. First, the cannons are not motivated. Although there are cannons carried by carriages, they are not powerful enough. Second, due to the technical blockade of Europa and other countries, our Ming Dynasty cannot fully master the gun rules and gun torques and other related technologies, resulting in the low accuracy of our cannons. This is the most critical point. In addition, the third is that the fire rate and range of the gun are still lacking, and the fourth point is that the solid bullets are still the main focus, and it is difficult to kill a large area."

Zhu Youxiao said, "Fortunately, the third problem is that the Royal Academy of Engineering and others have developed flintlock rifles with better performance and more suitable for intensive shooting. The fourth problem has also been found by the Royal Academy of Sciences Shi Lang from ancient books. The most critical problem is the third problem. I have ordered the East Factory to take care of Westerners such as Joshua Chan. Since they are unwilling to give us the technology, we will force them to give it. Otherwise, they will not be able to preach in my Ming Dynasty, and even their lives will be difficult to protect!

Of course, I also encourage the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty to understand the mystery, but these are not the issues you are worried about. All you have to do is to predict the future direction of war and master the most advanced tactics in the world."

Emperor Zhu's earnest teachings made the officers and students here listened to them a little vaguely. These almost modern vernacular expressions are as boring and profound as we listen to foreign professors on theoretical knowledge. However, as long as we listen carefully, we will always gain something, and we can have a good understanding of what we learn well.

In addition to the half-hearted military theorist of His Majesty, the half-hearted military theorist who peddled his military theories in forums and books in front of these officers, Zhu Youxiao also specially asked Lu Xiangsheng, a two-list Jinshi, to teach these officers the customs and customs of various places in the Ming Dynasty, and asked the scholars of the Hanlin Academy to give them classic war examples from all dynasties. Even Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, came to tell these officers how to torture confessions and tamper with others' intelligence, and officials from the Imperial Heavenly Prison also taught these officers how to see the changes in the weather.

Anyway, Zhu Youzhai has only one goal. Since he is the direct general of Zhu Youzhai, he cannot be an ignorant and reckless man or a scholar who is good at writing and writing. He must be omnipotent in both cultural literacy and physical fitness. Therefore, in the last ten days of just one month, these officers have courses almost every day.

From the early cohort training and physical training to the later theoretical training, as well as the ideological education that must be learned every night, Zhu Youchao's training of the officers was a painstaking effort, and the progress of these officers was naturally quite good, and his sense of identity with him as an emperor was much better than before. At least now, His Majesty the Emperor is not just a vague object of loyalty, but a worshiper and follower who is almost a teacher, almost a friend and real and has the charm of leadership.
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