My life skills in Daming Liver

The Army School didn't have much rest during the Chinese New Year. It was the day before the Lantern Festival that Su Ze gave the trainees who participated in this training a three-day holiday.

Li Yangong was extremely busy these days, paying homage to his ancestors and visiting relatives and friends on behalf of his family. Thanks to Dan Yun's handling of these matters well, Li Yangong didn't rest until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

As soon as he rested, the housekeeper announced that Xiong Kuang came to visit with a gift.

Li Yangong hurriedly walked to the front door and welcomed Xiong Kuang in.

On Xiong Wu's recommendation, Xiong Kuang accepted the position of chief director of the Intelligence Department.

The Intelligence Department is a military department under the Governor's Office. In this cabinet and official reform, it still belongs to the military hierarchy and is not included in the system of seven departments, five temples and two supervisors.

The Intelligence Department is responsible for external intelligence, but because the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei is so famous, there are many outrageous rumors in the southeast, saying that the Intelligence Department is the Jinyiwei of the Southeast and is responsible for monitoring the entire southeast.

Therefore, most people did not dare to get too close to Xiong Kuang, the head of the Intelligence Department.

Today, both Li Yangong and Gao Wuguan also know that this friend joined the Nanjing New Army and was probably Su Ze's spy who inserted himself into Nanjing.

However, now that all three of them have served under Southeast, this has not affected their friendship.

"When Mr. Xiong comes to my humble abode, it makes the pigeons shine!"

Li Yangong was joking.

Xiong Kuang said with a smile: "I actually used an idiom. When my father asked you to study, you couldn't stand it. How have you changed so much after getting married?"

The two laughed loudly and recalled their days in Nanjing before getting down to business.

Xiong Kuang said:

"I reported to the Grand Governor that I want to go to the front line."

Li Yangong said doubtfully: "Is the work of the Intelligence Department not going well? I heard that the intelligence work was very good last year, and the Governor even commended your Intelligence Department. Why do you want to go to the front line?"

Li Yangong's mentality changed after his wife was about to give birth.

He once took the initiative to apply to work on the front line, but now that he has a wife and children, he has begun to consider his family.

The conversation he had with Gao Wuguan a year ago also made Li Yangong think a lot.

War has changed. Comprehensive national strength and logistical capabilities have become the decisive factors in war.

Li Yangong was originally a logistics consultant, and he also felt this change.

Now that Xiong Kuang said he wanted to go to the front line, Li Yangong still didn't understand.

The work of the Intelligence Department has always been valued by the Grand Governor. Everyone knows that Su Ze is good at using spies and has affirmed the work of the Intelligence Department many times. The Intelligence Department was also a place where he made great achievements. Xiong Kuang also applied to go to the front line, which made Li Yangong a little confused.

Xiong Kuang said: "You did not participate in the military academy training this time, but the summary and analysis of the Xuzhou Battle will be sent out soon, and you will learn it when you return to the staff headquarters."

Li Yangong nodded quickly. It was Li Yangong's regret that he could not participate in this training. Hearing that there would be learning materials that would trigger it, he quickly asked:

"It seems that the Grand Governor attaches great importance to this training?"

Xiong Kuang nodded and said: "Yes, this battle in Xuzhou allowed us to see changes in the future war situation. Although this battle did not have any military victory, it was more important than any previous war."

Li Yangong was surprised. He didn't expect Xiong Kuang to think so highly of the Battle of Xuzhou.

It's no wonder that the Governor didn't even take a break during the New Year and had been attending classes at the Army School in person.

Li Yangong felt some inexplicable anxiety. From Xiong Kuang's words, he also realized the changes of the times and felt the changes of war from this study.

His two friends already have their own opinions on the future war. Li Yangong comes from a family of generals, so he understands what this means.

This means that as long as the two friends do not die in the war, they have the potential to become famous generals.

In today's Southeast, the only one who can truly be called a famous general of the previous generation is Su Ze, the Grand Governor.

What happened to Yu Dayou on the grassland has not reached the ears of ordinary people, and Qi Jiguang has not yet achieved any impressive results after officially joining the Southeast Army.

Although the remaining five brigade commanders have made great achievements in the southeastern expansion, they have no achievements that can be called famous generals.

What kind of famous player is he who keeps playing with the wind in his favor?

Although according to the Gao Wu Guan, the influence of generals on future wars has declined, comprehensive national strength is the decisive factor in determining the outcome of wars.

But wars are still fought by people, and an exciting war can still inspire people. A top general can achieve more results with fewer casualties.

The concept of high affairs refers to the competition of national strength on a macro level, and it does not affect the pursuit of famous generals among the people.

Seeing Li Yangong in a daze, Xiong Kuang asked:

"Brother Li, don't you think I should apply to go to the front line?"

Li Yangong was stunned for a moment and said, "No, it's just that a few years ago, Brother Gao entrusted his mother to me and said something."

Xiong Kuang became interested and asked, "What did Brother Gao say?"

Li Yangong repeated Gao Wuguan's "logistical determinism", and Xiong Kuang listened attentively.

After Li Yangong finished speaking, Xiong Kuang said with emotion:

"I heard from my master that before raising the army, the Governor once commented privately on the ministers of the Ming Dynasty. He once said that the outstanding people in the world are Uncle Gao and Zhang Juzheng."

Li Yangong looked at Xiong Kuang in surprise.

When Su Ze launched his rebellion, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were only mid-level officials in the Ming court.

Both of them gradually rose through the ranks during the war against the Southeast, and finally came to power in the Ming Dynasty.

These two are also the toughest opponents in the Southeast.

Did the Grand Governor already evaluate the two of them like this before he raised his troops?

Li Yangong was really convinced now. Everyone said that Governor Su had a sharp eye and had the ability to recognize people, and that was indeed the case.

Xiong Kuang said: "Now it seems that Brother Gao is no less than his father. In time, he will definitely become a famous general in our southeast."

Then Xiong Kuang said: "I want to go to the front line. I also see that this era of great war has arrived. I don't want to hang around in the Intelligence Department anymore."

Li Yangong said: "According to Brother Gao, what determines the war now is logistics and intelligence. Brother Xiong can also make great contributions to our Southeast in the position of the Intelligence Department, so how can we say that he is just messing around?"

Xiong Kuang said: "Brother Gao's 'logistical determinism' is indeed correct. This time the Battle of Xuzhou also illustrates this point. Whoever can deliver materials to the soldiers at a lower cost will win the war. "

"But this is from a big picture perspective."

"Big picture?"

Xiong Kuang nodded and said: "Brother Gao is talking about the level of the world, the level of countries competing for hegemony. He is right. The development of comprehensive national strength and military logistics will determine the direction of the country's destiny, just like Since Shang Yang's reform, Qin has had the tendency to annex the world. "

"But this is all based on the overall situation."

"After Shang Yang's reform, Qin still took several generations of monarchs to unify the world. Why is this?"

Li Yangong shook his head.

Xiong Kuang said: "Because the battle is fought by humans in the end."

"I don't agree with Brother Gao's point of view. The strength of the country and the supply of logistics are all general trends, but it is not only these general trends that determine the direction of a war, but also the people's hearts."

"The hearts of people in this world are determined by the results of wars."

"So Qin already had the ability and ambition to annex the world when Xiaoxuan was the Queen Mother. Why did it have to go through three generations of kings to achieve this? That's because the people at that time were not yet focused on Qin merging the six kingdoms. What's more, before Bai Qi Wang Jian, Qin There is no general who can decide the outcome.”

"So I think that today is an era in which famous generals can make great achievements, and it must also be an era in which famous generals emerge in large numbers."

"I don't want to waste time in the Intelligence Department. I need to go to the front line to learn the latest combat methods and practice my combat concepts."

Li Yangong looked at his friend. This conversation with Xiong Kuang made him extremely shocked.

Different from Gaowu Guan's macro analysis, Xiong Kuang's ideas are more direct.

Xiong Kuang said:

"Brother Gao is right about what he said. Today is a moment of unprecedented change."

"The development of weapons in our southeast is at an important juncture."

"Weapons?" Li Yangong only knew that Southeast's muskets were sharp, but he had been doing logistics work and had never been on the frontline battlefield, so his knowledge of weapons was not comprehensive.

In the view of him and most of the officers in the southeast, guns and artillery are powerful weapons, and explosives are even more powerful tools for attacking cities and demolishing strongholds.

Xiong Kuang said:

"Historically, the development of weapons often brings decisive changes to military tactics, and the development of muskets and artillery also puts us at the turning point of this era."

Xiong Kuang said: "For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, cavalry and infantry replaced chariots and became the main force on the battlefield. This is because the development of smelting technology brought more lethal iron weapons to the forefront, and bulky wooden chariots He was vulnerable to iron weapons and finally stepped off the stage of history."

"By the time of the Song-Jin war, armored cavalry became the main battle arm of the Jin Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty developed powerful crossbows to counter it."

"Historically, these changes often took decades or even centuries, but in this era, the speed of development has been greatly accelerated."

"Brother Li, I still remember that when we first joined the army, blunderbuss were still a more lethal weapon than bows and arrows, but at that time archers still had a place in the army."

"But as blunderbuss developed into muskets, no matter in the north or south, there was no place for archers."

Li Yangong nodded. When Gao Gong was training recruits in Nanjing, there were still archery battalions, but now the new Ming army is all musketeers.

Xiong Kuang added: "For another example, before the decisive battle of Dagu, the cavalry in heavy armor was still regarded as the hope against the musketeers. However, after the Battle of Dagu, the Ming court also knew that the bullets of the muskets could penetrate heavy armor. The armored cavalry's breastplates and cumbersome cavalry charges could no longer break through the frontal defense line composed of musketeers and gunners, let alone the defensive troops who dug trenches and pulled up barbed wire."

"Even Li Chengliang in Shandong has gradually reduced the training of cavalry. Now the cavalry is more of a scout and feint auxiliary unit for reconnaissance. Both the north and the south no longer develop heavy armored cavalry for frontal charges."

"This is because of the development of our southeastern muskets, which allowed bullets to penetrate breastplates, causing the cavalry to temporarily withdraw from the stage of history."

Li Yangong nodded again.

Xiong Kuang said, "But I still have different views on the use of cavalry."

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Xiong Kuang said: "Whether it is us or the Northern Ming Dynasty, when using musketeers, they always use a multi-row linear formation and a round-fire phalanx."

"Nowadays, both the north and the south call this kind of phalanx a queue to be shot."

Li Yangong nodded.

Xiong Kuang said: "This kind of phalanx has a big drawback, that is, only the front of the phalanx has attack power, because the phalanx can only shoot when facing the enemy."

Li Yangong continued to nod.

Xiong Kuang said: "So I think the current development direction of the cavalry is wrong."

"The cavalry should still be able to play a role in the following battles, but it is not the heavy armored cavalry equipped with heavy armor, nor the light cavalry using bows and arrows like Meng Yuan, nor the musketeer cavalry proposed in our military academy now."

"I think the cavalry should give full play to its mobility, use lighter or even no armor, use melee weapons to bypass the front of the line formation, and attack the line formation composed of musketeers from the rear!"

"I think that unless the rate of fire of muskets is further improved or more powerful firearms appear, cavalry will still have a place on the battlefield!"

"I'm going to the front line to implement my ideas. I've already reported to the Grand Governor."

Looking at his friends, Li Yangong felt melancholy again. Everyone was making progress, why was he the only one standing still?

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