After returning to the palace, Chen Zizhuang, the head of the Ministry of War, had been waiting outside the study for a long time. When Zhu Youlang arrived, he immediately went forward to deliver a greeting and then reported on the opening of the martial arts lecture hall.??                                                                                                 �

The plan to open a military academy has been brewing in Zhu Youlang for many days. It was not until the new military system was promulgated and the army was rectified. The importance of military academy to an army and the person in power was unquestionable. This is a major project and cannot be improved at once, but it is also important to prepare for the future.

The martial arts lecture hall is divided into three levels: junior, middle and senior levels. The junior martial arts lecture hall is mainly responsible for training low-level officers such as chief and general flag. After the first training period is over, those who pass the assessment can be promoted to the first level.

It is planned to hold about ten junior martial arts lecture halls in Huguang, Guangdong and Guangxi, Xingdu, etc., specifically recruit low-level officers from Jingying and Xiangying for training.

The intermediate martial arts lecture hall is held in each provincial capital, with four plans. Facing the team leader, all the first-class intermediate generals and schools conduct enrollment training.

The senior martial arts lecture hall is set up in Xingdu, and only commanders are recruited. Senior military officers at the command level are personally appointed as the supervisor of the martial arts lecture hall. Daily affairs are handled by Chen Zizhuang, deputy supervisor and official of the Ministry of War.

Compared with the junior and intermediate martial arts lecture halls, in addition to physical training, the advanced martial arts lecture hall focuses on teaching more advanced military tactics, warfare cases, tactics, strategies, school cultivation, national history of all dynasties and other subjects.

The battle example lesson mainly teaches various classic battle examples from the pre-Qin period to the present.

In the tactics class, the infantry and cavalry formations are taught, the construction of platform bases, offensive and defensive tactics, reconnaissance techniques, and specific marching, formation, division and combination, offensive and defensive styles, etc.

Strategy class teaches simple strategies, cultivates the concept of the overall situation, and has the influence of the right time, place, people and all aspects on combat, such as the great detour, multiple routes, and the strategic idea of ​​not thinking about gains and losses of a city and a place, and annihilates the enemy's live power.

The so-called general school cultivation course is to teach generals to read, be polite, and cultivate the five virtues of "wisdom, trustworthiness, benevolence, courage, and strictness". At the higher level is to learn some astronomy, geography, surveying, mapping, arithmetic, military history summary and marching exercises. The opening of cultivation courses can improve the generals' cultural quality and loyalty.

As for the course of national history, although it seems to have nothing to do with military affairs, it is actually of great importance.

In the Tang Dynasty, Mr. Wenzhen of Wei said: Using copper as a mirror can correct his clothes and hats, using ancient as a mirror, which can tell the rise and fall, and using people as a mirror can tell the gains and losses.

The purpose of Zhu Youlang's national history course is to let the generals learn from history and learn from historical figures, so as to understand the way of being a general and a minister.

There is also a deeper meaning. In history, famous generals who have been patriotic and resisted foreign aggression have emerged one after another. Learning their deeds will help cultivate the generals' national view, know honor and shame, and strengthen the cohesion of the army.

To this end, Zhu Youlang specially organized people to compile "Biographies of Heroes" as a textbook for national history courses. The textbook uses popular words to tell the stories of national heroes of all generations, and tells the significance of the time and the evaluation of future generations.

In order to make the effect better, he also specially designated a "Loyalty for the Country" in his previous life as a military song of the Ming Dynasty, teaching the officers and soldiers to sing, inspiring the morale of the soldiers and enhancing fighting spirit.

Zhu Youlang personally led this course.

In the emperor's place, many senior generals and schools in Jingying heard the story of Fenglang Juxu for the first time by champion Hou Huo Qubing, the "Kill, Hu, Ling" [Harmony God] by Han'er Ran Min, Yue Fei's [Man Jianghong], Wen Tianxiang's loyalty and wise, etc. Zhu Youlang told them that life was short and everyone died. Instead of living for a lifetime, it is better to be like a man, living upright and dying vigorously. After hearing this, the generals of Jingying felt a turbulent heart. They suddenly realized that there was another way to live in life, that is, living for the country and nation, and dying for the country and nation.

"The martial arts lecture halls at all levels in Huguang, Guangdong and Guangxi are supervised by Chen Aiqing. We will seize the time. In the next month, all schools will start formal enrollment."

Chen Zizhuang frowned slightly and replied, "It's fine to have a junior martial arts lecture hall. It's probably difficult for middle and senior martial arts lecture halls to have qualified lecturers."

"The lecturers of the intermediate martial arts lecture hall can temporarily draw some senior generals from the imperial guards of the Beijing camp to substitute classes. There are not many people in the advanced martial arts lecture hall, and I will teach them in person, or the generals will collectively exchange military experience."

There were many powerful generals in the imperial guards in the Beijing camp, but not many of them were proficient in strategies. Li Dingguo could barely be considered one, but Zhu Youlang was worried when he asked him to teach a senior military general. After all, he was a surrendered general. When it comes to military management and war, Zhu Youlang's level may be very average, but he is more than enough to talk about military book theory, military system, etc., and he can barely be competent for lecturers.

Chen Zizhuang said hesitantly: "Your Majesty is busy with all his time and is busy with state affairs. Is it a little bit too much for teaching himself?"

"Now is an extraordinary time, and it is an extraordinary thing to do. Of course, I will not be able to practice such practical courses. I will only talk about some theories, teach some national history, and cultivate military generals, and it will not take up much time."

"That's all."

In February of the second year of Yongli (1648 in the Western calendar), after more than half a year of long-distance marching, Kong Youde, the Qing Dynasty's Pingnan General, led a large army to Yuezhou, Hunan.

Kong Youde and other Sanshun kings were the first to surrender to the Qing court and had a deep experience. Liu Liangzuo, the former surrendered general of the Southern Ming Dynasty, suffered repeated losses of soldiers and generals, and only more than 10,000 troops were left to fight, which was useless at all. The ones who could really fight were the Dongjiang soldiers of the Three Kings and Li Chengdong's Shaanxi soldiers, who were the main force in the traitor army.

This time, Dorgon personally authorized Kong Youde to be the general of Pingnan and gave the command of the army to Kong Youde for the first time. Even the generals and officers of the Han Eight Banners such as Meile Ezhentuntai on the left wing and Gushan Ezhen Jinli on the right wing were subject to Kong Youde's restraint. This shows that Dorgon valued Kong Youde.

After nearly 100,000 troops crossed the Yangtze River, they immediately divided into two groups. One was the right-wing general Gushane Zhen Jinli, leading 30,000 Han Eight Banners and Green Camp from Nanzhili to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After destroying the Lu King regime and the remaining troops of the Zheng clan in Fujian, they would go from Fujian to Guangdong to join forces with Li Chengdong. Kong Youde led the remaining 60,000 to 70,000 troops to go upstream to Huguang, and planned to enter Guangxi from Huguang, and finally joined forces with Jin Li and Li Chengdong to attack the Yongli regime in Guangdong and Guangxi.

The Qing army is coming in full force and the war is about to come!

Zhu Youlang did not dare to slack off. After receiving the military newspaper, he summoned the civil and military ministers above the third rank to discuss the military affairs of the front.

After the ceremony, Zhu Youlang was about to propose the idea of ​​the imperial commander in person. The cabinet assistant Zhai Shizuo had already gone out and reported: "I think the Eastern Army went south this time, and the main force stationed troops in Huguang. I decided to use Huguang as a breakthrough to attack Guangdong and Guangxi. Huguang has 90,000 Ming camp, accounting for more than 60% of our Ming Dynasty's total strength, so the overall success or failure is in Huguang.

At this moment, our emperor must not be passively defended and wait for death. The old minister knows that Your Majesty is both wise and brave, and is good at conquering. If you are leading troops north to fight in person, the soldiers and civilians of Huguang will definitely hear that they are brave and brave, and will surely boost morale and guard the border court to welcome Your Majesty to arrive.

Your Majesty personally sent a message to the heroes from all over the world to have the ambition to recover and to burn the boats. Those who are determined to have ambitions in the world will respond. The stones and the sky will be shocked. This is the great event of rejuvenation!”

Seeing that the civil minister's Zhai Shizui supported the battle, Zhu Youlang showed a happy face and looked quite appreciative.
Chapter completed!