Huaiyin, the first snow after winter came a bit violent. Although it was noon, the sky was dark, snowflakes were flying, and the north wind was cold.

The wind blew on the window, making some noise, which made Li Li subconsciously look at the window.

The windows inlaid with many glass can protect the wind while ensuring light transmission. However, because the sky is dim, gas lights are still lit in the room.

The light of the gas lamp made the room brighter. Li Li withdrew his gaze and looked at the bookshelf in front of him.

The bookshelf is a movable bookshelves. Although it occupies a wall, it can move back and forth along the track, revealing other bookshelfs of the same size behind it.

The books on the bookshelf were filled with them. Li Li walked to the bookshelf, reached out to take out one, and looked it out.

The title of the book is "Military Logistics Knowledge" (Part 1), which is very thick, not only with words, but also with schematic diagrams, telling the various knowledge and precautions of logistics support during military operations.

This book has a catalog, divided into chapters, from shallow to deep, introducing relevant content to readers.

With schematic diagrams and a large number of data tables, readers can understand all aspects of military logistics support and basic implementation methods through careful reading.

After learning theory, and then combining theory with practice for several years, you can truly master this skill.

A person who has never been exposed to military logistics can become a qualified junior quarantine within a few years by learning and practicing in the military academy.

If you want to have such ability in the traditional way, you must first follow the military officers to do things, run errands, start your work, do things in a few years.

Only when the "righteous attitude" can the "master" begin to teach real skills.

For example, teaching arithmetic (this era is planning), teaching writing, teaching how to allocate manpower and material resources, teaching how to manage people,

Only after a few more years can you become a master of relevant knowledge.

This "traditional training method" is similar to the apprenticeship system of a master and an apprenticeship. The difference between the apprenticeship system and the military academy education is compared with the cooking skills. It is equivalent to the difference between the tuition fee collected by the cooking school and the chef and the apprenticeship.

Li Li put the books back on the bookshelf and looked at the dazzling array of books, very satisfied.

These books are all textbooks from military academys, recording all kinds of military knowledge. If it were in the past, they could be used as the unique skills of the generals.

Including the knowledge and precautions of logistics support, transportation, marching, camping, how to carry out reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, various tactics, the use of formations, etc., it has condensed the efforts of countless people.

Military academies at all levels use this as textbook to train students, train qualified students, and then lead troops to practice at the grassroots level, and combine theory with practice, so as to become qualified junior and intermediate officers.

Then grow up in war, as long as you can survive, be good at summarizing, summarizing various experiences and lessons in actual combat, or conducting next-level further studies, senior command talents will be born among these officers.

The so-called senior commanding talents refer to generals who can control tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 troops in concert, that is, the so-called "master talent".

Only a very small number of such people are geniuses who learn without a teacher, and most of them are old generals who come out of the sea of ​​blood.

Its command ability at the combat level of the large legion is soaked in blood and tears.

It is delusion to teach such talents based on school education alone, but necessary theoretical learning is one of the ways to cultivate senior commanding talents.

Because some hardships and lessons are not required to be experienced in person; some experiences do not need to be summarized after experiencing them by themselves.

A large amount of military knowledge and experience does not need to be accumulated through time. With systematic education, knowledge inheritance can be realized and the time required for a person to become successful can be shortened.

However, after the emergence of military academies at all levels, it is a delusion to successfully transform the army in a short period of time.

Because in this era, the characteristic of the "traditional" army is that the army's system is very popular, and the true combat effectiveness of the army is the private soldiers of generals at all levels.

If you want to improve the combat effectiveness of the official army as a whole, it is not enough to rely solely on military academy to train junior and intermediate officers.

After a while, the princes arrived, including the crown prince Li Fang, and Li Li quickly began family education: military education.

The foundation of the Li family is military merits, so we cannot forget our roots. If the royal family wants to defend their country, they must know the military.

The lesson Li Li is now giving is the composition of the army:

"A military camp army has a force of 5,000. Then, the composition of this army is roughly as follows..."

Li Li spread out a schematic diagram to explain to his sons the typical composition of common foreign troops (local garrison troops).

"Of the five thousand people, two thousand are short of the quota, but there are actually only three thousand soldiers."

"Of course of the three thousand people, about one thousand soldiers have basic training, and the other two thousand people do odd jobs, help servants, earn money to support their families, and serve as miscellaneous work for generals at all levels, just like slaves."

"There are only about 300 soldiers with basic training, and they have the courage to fight with the enemy soldiers."

A few princes who didn't quite understand the actual situation of the army were stunned when they heard this: There were only 300 soldiers on the military camp with 5,000 troops on the books who could actually fight tough battles?

What kind of war is this? It seems that I can only suppress bandits.

"Note that the general's division is not included, because the division is a private soldier and is considered the general's private property."

When Li Li said this, he pointed out the key point: the commands brought by the generals are the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of ordinary troops.

If a general wants to command the army, he must rely on his troops, otherwise no one will listen to what he says and he will not be able to command the soldiers below.

As for the number of troops, it depends on the financial resources of the general.

The generals have strong financial resources and wealthy families, so they can raise more troops, hundreds or even thousands of troops, and they can also raise horses.

For example, during the Liang State, the Xiahou family, the founding minister, lived in Shouyang and Hefei, with thousands of troops and thousands of horses.

During the battle, the Xiahou family's troops could not only assist Lang in the army, but also serve as elite cavalry to carry out assault missions, and follow Lang to charge into the battlefield.

In ordinary army, generals rely on their own troops to ensure combat effectiveness, and as for other soldiers, they are all useless.

Since it is a useless person, there is naturally no need for training. It doesn’t matter if the treatment is poor and the morale is low. These soldiers are used by the generals on weekdays and used as free labor.

During the war, the troops are supervising the battle, the troops are following the generals to charge into battle, and the troops are protecting the generals to retreat.

As for the useless soldiers, they will die if they die. Anyway, they are the property of the "public" and have nothing to do with the private sector.

Not only that, many generals also deliberately withdrew military salaries from ordinary soldiers, and then took the opportunity to lend money at high interest rates. After the profits were increased, the soldiers who could not repay their debts became their own slaves.

Take the property of the "public" for yourself, and then write the brave and good at fighting into a division.

These useless soldiers were originally military households, but with the collapse of the world military system, many military soldiers were recruiting soldiers. Initially, the cost of recruiting soldiers was allocated by the imperial court (local finance).

Gradually, the court could not allocate the funds for recruitment "full amount", so the generals found ways to collect some of the costs.

Or, pull people to "join".

For example, after the general of the military government had the quota for recruiting troops (such as 5,000 people), he took the funds allocated by the court and combined with the money he had raised himself, and he could raise 3,000 people.

With two thousand quotas left, local tyrants will be absorbed into the "joint".

Local tyrants "joined" and of course they were their own private soldiers or soldiers whom they found ways to get together.

The main general granted the other military post to the military office and led him as his own general, so his soldiers would naturally be considered to be among the camps.

However, because the soldiers are generals, many soldiers receive military pay from their direct generals, receive favors from their direct generals, and punish them are also implemented by their direct generals, so the relationship between superiors and subordinates of the entire army is very chaotic.

Similar to the situation of "the subordinates of subordinates are not mine".

Therefore, in the late Liang Dynasty, the foreign army (local garrison troops) were generally divided due to the source of the generals, and the consequences were very serious:

When fighting a tough battle, it is difficult for the general to command many nominal generals, and they are not ashamed and have to bargain with the generals.

The "generals" do not agree to the war or military actions that they do not agree to, no matter how unhappy the generals are, they cannot let the army carry out the implementation.

Even when facing a strong enemy, the Lord and the General cannot make a decision.

"What are the characteristics of such an army composition during combat?" Li Li asked, and saw that none of his sons took the initiative to answer, he asked and answered:

"Fighting at the thousand-person level, or at the thousands of people level, is quite good."

"Once the scale of the battle becomes more than 10,000 troops on one side and the generals of each unit need to work together, the combat effectiveness will decrease inversely as the troops increase."

"At this time, once a tough battle is to be fought, the head commander of the entire army will not be in command of the generals of each unit, and the generals of each unit will not be in command of their respective generals."

"The consequence of military unitization is that the army is fragmented, and there is no use for too many people, and it is impossible to unite."

"The more people, the worse the performance. However, the shortcomings of maintaining local public security are not obvious. After all, it can be accomplished by pacifying civil unrest and suppressing bandits, with more than a thousand to thousands of troops."

"This is the current situation of foreign troops. If you want to change it, it takes time and financial resources. Therefore, the court is now focusing on rectifying the central army."

"Ensure that the central army has established strict superior-level and subordinate-level relations and ensures smooth command sequences."

Li Fang understood: "So, the purpose of running a military academy is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the central army and allow the central army to fight with the strength of the group."

"Make sure combat power increases with force, not the other way around..."

"That's right, the straited army is not suitable for officers who graduate from military academy to manage. You must remember this." Li Li made a summary.

Then it was expanded: "Since the gang system has existed for so many years, it naturally has its own truth. If it is forcibly eliminated, it will not be worth the loss, and it will easily offend people and arouse public anger."

"But the central army must be an exception. Generals at all levels must rely on soldiers to manage their troops and officers at all levels to manage their troops."

"Only in this way, the central army will not be prone to mutiny."

At the end, Li Li mentioned the most critical issue:

"The officers, officers, officers and officers trained by military academies at all levels are the most reliable groups to assist the emperor in commanding the army."

"Cultivating primary and intermediate officers who are able to fight and loyal to war is the real purpose of running a military academy. The central army must be controlled by such an officer's regiment, rather than the generals who have their own troops."

"In this way, as long as the emperor does not mess around, it will be difficult for others to get involved in military power!"

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