In the military camp, guns were heard one after another. Yuwen Wen was on the sidelines watching the Hulin Army’s musket soldiers practice. This army he created has been in an army for nearly 30 years. Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar faces, Yuwen Wen felt a continuous stream of power.

Imperial power is based on military power. One of the emperor's true identity is the supreme military commander. Even if he cannot command the army to gallop on the battlefield, he must firmly control military power.

When the emperor cannot control the army, the end of the royal family will be coming soon.

Yuwen Wen kept this in mind and would go to the military camp when he had time. The Hulin Army camp was a must-go. This army supported his grand ambitions and had gone through nearly thirty years of ups and downs together, and would continue to accompany him.

The army that expanded several units with the Hulin Army as a template has already shouldered a heavy responsibility in various places. Yuwen Wen looked at the commander Li Shimo, who was already aged in destiny, and asked with emotion: "Old Li, don't your grandson plan to study and take the imperial examination?"

Li Shimo shook his head and replied, "Your Majesty, I am a rough man. The whole family is a rough man. I can't read books. I only know how to ride a horse and shoot archery. Therefore, those incompetent grandchildren must go to military academy in the future and continue to serve the country."

"Don't be so anxious. I'll ask a gentleman to enlighten you first. If you are a seedling of study, you have to cultivate it well. Study hard for more than ten years and choose to be an official by your ability. Wouldn't it be a plus to your face?"

Yuwen Wen said this, looking at the generals and laughed: "You guys, both of them join the army and don't go to study and take the imperial examination. How can you sell the reference books published by Huangzhou Bookstore? A set of Huangzhou study questions will cost five or six cents of money. Will the villagers in the village help you?"

When the generals laughed when they heard this, the atmosphere on the scene was very relaxed. The soldiers of the Hulin Army at that time have been promoted to the top, either to be generals, or to be governors, and as emperor Yuan Cong, they have made good progress.

Everyone has a wife and children and a family business, but their title can only be inherited by the eldest son. If other sons and grandsons want to have a good future, they have to find another way out.

Yuwen Wen has prepared his subordinates for his way out. The way out is to study and take the imperial examination. This path is relatively stable and safe, but it depends on personal talent and hard work.

The way out for martial arts is to enter the military academy, study at all levels, enter the army after graduation, and continue to serve the country.

Of course, there are risks when going to the battlefield, and the risks are not small, but this is the only way to obtain hereditary titles, because Yuwen Wen has made a decision: he will not be granted a title without making military achievements.

Although hereditary titles will be gradually reduced to generations, even princes are no exception, relying on military merit to win a wife and a son is also a way for civilians to change their own destiny. This upward path must be given, because not everyone has the talent to study.

However, the country cannot value culture over military affairs.

If future generations can only be mediocre and have no way to understand literature and martial arts, they can choose to operate industries or rely on "investment and financial management" to obtain considerable income. At least it is okay to be a rich man.

This is the feedback Yuwen Wen gave, allowing his followers to live a good life with his descendants.

With the roar of the muskets, the topic quickly shifted to practice. Yuwen Wen watched the soldiers line up to shoot and practice, not looking at the general idea, but watching their movements.

When a musket soldiers complete a shooting, they need to complete a complete set of actions. As long as one of the errors occurs, they will not keep up with the rhythm of the entire team, and even cause the musket to be silent when firing. This is not possible.

On the battlefield, when facing an approaching enemy, the musket soldiers are under tremendous psychological pressure when loading ammunition on the musket, so they are prone to deform and not in place. To try to avoid such a thing, they can only rely on practice more.

If you practice the entire set of movements into conditioned reflexes, then when a soldier is in a bloody battlefield and his mind is blank, he will subconsciously operate the musket instead of being frightened.

Therefore, even if training musket soldiers requires a lot of gunpowder, the court is willing to invest money. Taking the Hulin Army as an example, each musket soldier has an average of 100 live ammunition shots per month, which is not considered a simulation exercise.

The principle is the same as practicing archery, and practice makes perfect.

But just practicing individual operations is not good, shooting discipline must be practiced.

At this moment, soldiers holding muskets lined up in three horizontal lines and carried out "three-stage strikes" under the command of officers. This is a subject that musket soldiers must practice. If they shoot without orders, or if someone fires without authorization, they will follow them. This is a serious violation of discipline and will be punished.

No shooting is allowed without orders, which is a battlefield discipline that must be strictly enforced. The principle is the same as archery: if the enemy has not yet entered the effective range, it means that a valuable offensive opportunity is wasted.

The archers shoot very fast, and at least they still have the opportunity to shoot again, but it takes time to reload the muskets, so in the face of the impact of enemy cavalry, this round of shooting air means that our team may not be able to withstand the impact and be wiped out.

Therefore, the battle between musket soldiers emphasizes shooting at the orders. On weekdays, when the officer is about to issue orders, someone will deliberately shoot with a pistol. If any soldier fires, he will be in trouble.

In addition, you also need to practice formation.

The training content includes formation transformation, such as quickly forming a hollow square formation, or horizontal formation to columns, and columns to horizontal formations.

Formation is originally what to practice in marching and formation, but the formation currently practiced by the Hulin Army is based on the premise of hot weapons combat. When cannons and muskets appear, the way of fighting is different.

An army that cannot adapt to this new situation will not be able to win on the battlefield.

The musket soldiers were not allowed to fire without orders. In order to ensure the hit rate, the musket soldiers who were marching forward on the battlefield were not allowed to escape or dodge even if someone fell to the ground during the journey.

Within a distance of dozens of steps from the enemy, under the command of the officers, soldiers flatly fired muskets and uniformly shot. This rigid tactic is nicknamed "queuing and shooting", and is a typical smooth-bore musket era tactic.

From the perspective of ordinary people, this kind of combat method is ridiculous and it feels easy to crack. However, in fact, Western powers defeated one country after another with this seemingly rigid tactic.

Riding the enemy's long-range attack, no matter how much casualties are, no matter how close it is to the enemy, no matter how close it is to fire, and you can escape and kill at the last minute. This cruel battlefield discipline is the key to the victory of the Western powers.

A smooth-bore musket has poor shooting accuracy, so many people need to be placed in a horizontal volley to ensure the hit rate. For this premise, strict military discipline is required and you cannot adapt to it, so you don’t want to win the battle.

Yuwen Wen understands this more than anyone else, but now when the hot and cold weapons are alternating, the entire firearm troops may not be able to defeat the army holding spears, bows, arrows, and swords on some terrain battlefields.

For example, rain, such as mountain warfare, nowadays, the soldiers of the Hulin Army and the New Army have a lot of training. They must not only adapt to the combat methods of muskets, but also take into account the combat methods of hand-to-hand combat of cold weapons.

Therefore, bows and arrows cannot withdraw from the war stage, and the demand for the combination of cold and hot weapons has led to a new battlefield skill.

The harsh whistle sounded, and the officers shouted one after another: "Get bayonets! Get bayonets!"

The musket soldiers pulled out the ring-type bayonet from their waists and skillfully installed it on the front end of the musket. With a command, the soldiers burst into shouts and rushed forward with the muskets with bayonets.

The Hulin Army soldiers who were holding long spears to attack the enemy were holding "short spears" in their hands, but the momentum of charge was as exciting as ever.

An army without the courage to engage in hand-to-hand combat will never be able to win. Yuwen Wen looked at his soldiers and clenched his fists.
Chapter completed!