Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 211
Even this nation, which had just escaped from barbarism, treated warriors with such respect, which was far higher than that of the Han nationality. However, the Han nationality culture looked down on warriors more and more, so their force became weaker and weaker.

Yang Chao does not think that the good moral character of courage has never existed in the culture of the Han nationality. On the contrary, before the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the Han nationality was famous for its bravery. Looking at the history books, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period is full of heroism, and the self-esteem of warriors is extremely strong. There are often incidents of murder in a fit of rage.

It is obvious that such a chivalrous spirit does not meet the requirements of the ruling class, so this culture has been suppressed from generation to generation, and after Confucianism has been respected, the imperial power and Confucianism have formed an alliance, and they have begun to suppress all schools, with a chivalrous spirit The Mohists were banned, the upright Legalists, and the strong military strategists were suppressed, and the spirit of bravery was gradually lost. The culture of the whole country was ashamed of being a soldier.

And the country also puts all kinds of scoundrels, criminals, and scum into the army, and uses the exile as a punishment, which makes the army generally inferior and makes people look down on them.

Soldiers themselves have no sense of honor and look down on themselves, let alone make others look up to them.

Yang Chao has always wanted to change this situation, but unfortunately he found that his actions have been in vain. His soldiers are still normal in the army, but when he leaves the barracks and contacts outsiders, he always feels inferior. The young soldiers habitually have to walk on the ground.

To change this state, the entire cultural atmosphere must be changed, and to change the entire cultural atmosphere, Yang Chao has to confront the Confucianism in power and the literati in the entire world. The resistance is too great.

Yang Chao felt sorry for this cultural deficiency, but he became more determined to change, because if he did not change, he would die. Even if he did not die now, he would still die in the future. Westerners have traveled all over the world. It can be said that in the era of globalization It’s all here, but your military culture in China has gradually returned to the period of slavery. Soldiers are like slaves, with no sense of honor and no self-esteem. How can such an armed force composed of soldiers struggle for the country in the tide? The nation expands its frontiers and territories.

When did this gradual decline of military culture begin? Yang Chao feels like it was the Song Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty is the origin of Confucianism, but the culture of the Han Dynasty is not completely literati, but has a lot of Warring States atmosphere. Han Gaozu Liu Bang was born as a ranger, so it is no wonder that the country's atmosphere, so the Han Dynasty can attack the Huns in the north and open up the Western Regions. .

From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, literati culture did not have an advantage. The Han people in the Tang Dynasty were still very powerful. At that time, there was a saying that there was a saying that the Han Dynasty was equal to the Wuhu. When the generals calculated their strength, they usually multiplied their own strength by five, and then Compared with the barbarian army on the grassland.

After the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms after the Tang Dynasty, the culture was almost broken. The strong wind of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States slowly dissipated. Military power, and began to emphasize civility over martial arts. Since then, the Chinese martial arts style has gradually dissipated.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, they were still able to manage the Western Regions, but in the Song and Ming Dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty could only retreat within the pass.

The Ming Dynasty established by overthrowing the Mongol Yuan should be said to be much stronger than the Song Dynasty that stole power, and also much stronger than the later Qing Dynasty. It is hard to imagine that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would cede land for peace, and it is hard to imagine the emperor of the Ming Dynasty As soon as the Japanese pirates hit the northeast, they panicked to pay compensation, and then panickedly ceded the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't even dare to speak out during the peace negotiation, because if he said it, civil servants would criticize him.

This is a dynasty whose spirit has always been strong, but it is a dynasty whose force is getting weaker and weaker.

To change this atmosphere, by cleaning up military discipline, it is possible to create a strong army in the short term, such as Qi Jiguang's Qi Family Army.

But in the long run, it is necessary to re-promote the style of martial arts, otherwise even if there is a short-lived Qi family army, it will be difficult to maintain lasting force.

However, Yang Chao also knew that he could not do things like promoting martial arts, because it was a matter of making enemies of the world's literati, and he was not yet capable of facing the counterattack of the entire literati group.

Only when the strength in one's hands reaches the point where one can confront the literati all over the world can one attack tradition.

Yang Chao believes that as long as he doesn't die, he can change the situation, and sooner or later there will be such a day.

The soldiers kept confronting Yang Chao 150 paces away until night.

It was obvious that they planned to pick up Chen Tianhei and steal the body quietly.

"Good plan!"

Yang Chao sneered. Although he admired the barbarian people's martial spirit born of wild instinct, Yang Chao still didn't intend to accept the fact that the other party dragged away the corpse. The barbaric trend of beheading.

Everyone has been taken away by you, whose head will I chop off?How can I make meritorious deeds if I have no head, and how can I get promoted if I don’t make meritorious deeds!

"My lord, my lord, the captive soldiers have appeared!"

It was already late, but Yang Chao's army did not all rest.

In fact, only 200 archers and gunners participated in the battle during the day, and the vast majority of soldiers did not participate in the battle. Yang Chao arranged [-] people to be on duty at night. In fact, it was not only to prevent the opponent from snatching corpses, but the most important thing was to prevent the opponent from attacking at night.

Therefore, even in the middle of the night, after the captive soldiers appeared, they were still discovered.

Although the weather today is very bad and overcast, people with good eyesight can still see the movement of figures, and sound can still be heard with good ears, so they can't hide it from people at all.

The only difficulty is that the person who can't see the opponent's corpse clearly, if he shoots based on his feeling, it may not kill many people, not to mention wasting ammunition, who knows that the opponent sent a few handymen to deceive the lead bullets on purpose, Yang Chao still knew the story of the straw boat borrowing arrows.

However, if Cao Jun shot rockets when Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from straw boats, then it would be fun.

What Yang Chao shot was a rocket.

The rocket stained with spirits flew out more than 40 steps and landed on the ground, illuminating an area.

In fact, Yang Chao's army had always carried a large amount of spirits, which were used to disinfect the wounded, and it came in handy at this time.

The rocket illuminated several figures who were dragging the corpse, and pointed out the target for the bird gun, and the sound of the bird gun being fired immediately sounded.

Then there were a few gunshots, almost bursts, and after hitting three or five captive soldiers, the others ran away on horseback.

Yang Chao couldn't sleep, so he went around the barracks.

What worries Yang Chao is that none of his subordinates are so excited that they can't sleep. Most of them are new recruits who are on the battlefield for the first time. However, I have never experienced such a large-scale battle, and I even won a battle during the day, which is the most exciting time.

As a result, even veterans are too excited to sleep, let alone recruits.

If he couldn't fall asleep, Yang Chao couldn't help worrying about where the spirit would continue to fight tomorrow.

But persuasion is useless. This is the only way for a soldier to go from recruit to veteran, from veteran to veteran. Only when he can sleep soundly under the sound of rumbling guns, is the real soldier , Now I can only grit my teeth and get through it.

After patrolling around, it was useless to warn them. When Yang Chao was around, they closed their eyes and pretended to be asleep. As soon as Yang Chao left, they immediately began to chat and fart in a low voice, telling how many people they had killed today, and bragging about how much they had. How awesome.

Yang Chao also went to appease the common people. At this time, the common people were in panic, let alone sleeping, especially when the gunshots rang out outside, let alone the children, the women started crying, and the men shouted and scolded the women. I hope that the woman will make a voice, and I am afraid that I will offend the soldiers.

Huang Feng's mansion didn't sleep either, so he was naturally nervous. Yang Chao talked to him, and then asked him to prepare food for the soldiers at night. The horse meat had already been eaten, but the rice was enough.

Finally, Yang Chao returned to his barracks and recorded all his battle experience for the day.

As soon as he sat down, there was another gunshot, and it seemed that the captive soldiers came to snatch the corpse again.

A noisy night passed.

The captive soldiers came and robbed them four or five times, but they were all beaten back. Not many bodies were left behind.

Yang Chao basically didn't sleep much, but the strange thing was that he was still full of energy the next day, or a kind of excitement.

Most of the soldiers under him are also like this. It seems that the adrenal hormones are over-secreted, like a stimulant, and they can stay up for days and nights, but once the excitement passes, they will collapse directly, and it will take a long time to recover. .

But that's for the future, as long as he can pass the baptism of this battle, his army will become a strong soldier who has fought bloody battles.

"My lord, it looks like we killed a lot of soldiers last night!"

After daybreak, the Huangfeng Mansion had already counted. Not only did the corpses of the captive soldiers not decrease, but there were ten more, obviously left over when the captive soldiers robbed the corpses last night.

Yang Chao couldn't help laughing, the captive soldiers failed to snatch the corpses, but threw away ten corpses instead. Isn't this stealing chickens and losing a lot of rice, losing his wife and losing his soldiers?

But Yang Chao immediately warned himself secretly.

It is impossible for the captive soldiers to be so stupid. Although they came out of the primitive mountains and forests, they have fought many more battles than themselves. It is impossible to do such a thing. Then why do they keep coming to snatch corpses all night? Besides, is there no other reason?
Thinking of this, Yang Chao secretly yelled: "Not good!"

Seeing Yang Chao's expression was wrong, Huang Fengfu immediately asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Yang Chao didn't answer him, but asked Zhao Kang to pass on an order: "The gunners and the archers are divided into two teams. Half of them will continue to rest. No matter how fierce the battle is, they are not allowed to participate in the battle. The other half will fight until they are ordered to replace them!"

Huang Fengfu didn't understand: "What's wrong, my lord?"

Yang Chao said: "The captive soldiers may attack by force today!"

After thinking about it for a while, Huang Fengfu immediately understood that he is a scholar, and he is also a smart person. He has been with Yang Chao for so long, and he has also learned a lot of quick wit from Yang Chao. His brain teasers have at least reached the level of the fourth grade. .

Huang Fengfu couldn't help but said: "My lord's advice!"

(End of this chapter)