Out of the infantry school, the atmosphere was a little solemn. Du Zhongxiao's expression was indifferent, and he led everyone to the cavalry school in the north.

What does this have to do with me? The imperial court wants to draw troops and generals, and it must organize and train the forbidden army according to the river meandering road, and say it in its own words, and all act in accordance with the order. I've taught them everything, and if I can't train myself, who can blame me?

When I arrived at the north of Zicheng, in front of the cavalry school, I saw that under the plaque, the left and right sides were combined with a poem: "Dan heart and blue blood Lingyunzhi, iron cavalry lightly tapped and plugged frost." Why bury the bones, why do you need mulberry ground, and the horse's hooves are my hometown. ”

Wang Gongchen saw it and said with a smile: "Jinglu, why is the cavalry here much more elegant than the infantry?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Cavalry is different from infantry, and they are more required to be able to fight independently and in small teams. Speaking of which, the cavalry is similar to the military style of the Han and Tang dynasties when they conquered the desert. Be more elegant, let them inherit their predecessors and reproduce the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties. ”

Wang Gongchen said: "What the scripture said is that the cavalry commission is really like this. Crisscrossing the desert, invincible, how many poems have been left! ”

While speaking, everyone entered the cavalry school together. There is not much difference between it and the Beijing Military Academy, but it pays more attention to squad training, and the requirements are much stricter than those of the Beijing Military Academy. In addition to artillery, the training of cavalry and infantry troops at the Beijing Military Academy is no different except for the content, and there is no focus on training according to the characteristics of the arms and combat style. Infantry focuses on large formations and requires more arrays, while cavalry focuses on squads and pays more attention to the cooperation of individual soldiers and a small number of soldiers. In terms of the system, the cavalry requires different soldiers to meet, and they can be organized temporarily, and there is a whole set of methods.

With the lessons learned in the infantry school, everyone did not speak and silently came out of the cavalry school.

To the west, there is the second school of the infantry school, the school for training officers and utility. As soon as he arrived at the door, Wang Gongchen saw that "the edge of the sword is sharpened from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold", and he couldn't help but smile. The cavalry was polite and paid attention to the style of fighting in a peaceful manner, and as soon as they arrived at the infantry, they disappeared. This sentence is deeply impressed in Du Zhongxiao's memory, almost everyone knows it, and it is hung everywhere. There are in schools, in the army, and even more so in newspapers and books. In my memory, this seems to be a famous quote taken from some ancient book, and now that I have become an ancient, I found that there is no such sentence. It's not right, it shouldn't come from a serious poem, it shouldn't be a couplet, it's more like a common saying, and it's hung on both sides of the door.

The edge of the sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, which is actually a saying that appeared very late, and it was after the founding of New China. The latter sentence of plum blossoms, the whole sentence of the seven characters except for the bitterness of the word is flat, it is impossible to appear in the poem, and it is impossible to be a couplet. Like many famous couplets of later generations, it was the creation of literati in the new era, and then set on a shell of a folk tale, which was widely circulated. This kind of story has a template, either a folk down-and-out literati, or a newly ascended minister, putting on the shell of a historical celebrity, and making couplets, so as to gain great fame and wealth.

In this era, no one would think that these two sentences were written by celebrities, and at a glance they knew that they were inspirational sayings among the people.

Entering the gate of the school, Wang Gongchen looked around, and sure enough, it was the same style as the infantry school in front of him, and there were many signs in the camp with all kinds of easy-to-understand words. It's just that this is an officer school, and the content is very different from the A school of the barracks school.

After entering the gate, there is a sign on the left and right. On the left is written "Officers and soldiers are unanimous, and responsibilities are clear." On the right side is written "Train yourself, study the enemy". A few steps forward, there is another sign that reads "Don't fight uncertain battles", and on the other side is "Learn in practice, practice in learning".

These words are concise and to the point, not a single nonsense, and the meaning is simple and direct.

After arriving at the official hall, there were a few lines of large characters on the wall: "In the course of study and practice, discover the laws of war, understand the laws of war, understand the laws of war, and master the laws of war." In war, command and fight according to the laws of war. ”

Wang Gongchen looked at this sentence and thought for a while before he fully understood what he was talking about. The words learning, practice, and law cannot be said to be absent in this era, but they cannot fully match the meaning written on the wall, so people don't know what they are talking about for a while. But after figuring it out, I understood what I was talking about, and found that there were no other words and words that could replace it, otherwise the meaning would have changed.

After reading it a few times, Wang Gongchen said to Du Zhongxiao: "Jingluo, if I guess correctly, in fact, this sentence is not only here, but also has to be observed by several other schools, yes or no?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "What Nehan said is right. In fact, not only here, but also in Suizhou, this principle is followed when training troops. It's just that at that time, I acted on my feelings, and I couldn't understand. When a military academy was built here, these few sentences were summed up, and everyone had to recite them. ”

Wang Gongchen said to Di Qing and Sun Wei: "Taiwei, the last time the martial arts were defeated, the saint and the courtiers couldn't figure out why. Now that I've seen these words, I should have a rough idea. Although the Beijing Military Academy selects talents and uses teaching materials from the Hequ Road Military Academy, it is completely different from the teaching method of the Hequ Road Military Academy. The law here is actually the art of war that the imperial court said, but it is more accurate. Because in the art of war, there are many examples of war, and there are many contents of general and unified, but there are not many details of marching and fighting. Even if there are details, I don't know why. The law on the wall is that from the general principles to the various details of marching and fighting, all become a system. The military academy on Hequ Road requires such a requirement, even if not everyone can do it, most of them know it, and they also know why it is, and the gap is big. ”

Sun Wei nodded, although he felt that Wang Gongchen was exaggerating, but he still admitted that what he said made sense. The military system and teaching materials of Hequ Road are actually a complete system. How did this system come about? It is written on the wall, summed up from study and practice. What has been summed up is the law of war. What is manifested is the establishment, organization, and command of the armed forces, as well as various regulations and teaching materials.

This system is very rudimentary and incomplete, but for this era, it is crushing all military theories, art of war, and all kinds of armies. Once the system is completed, even if the combat effectiveness is the lower limit, it is much higher than the upper limit of other armies. The difference in combat effectiveness is not only the difference between muskets and artillery and cold weapons, but also the difference between scientific laws and personal experience.

Will Du Zhongxiao fight? When he was training the Tianxiang Army, his military experience was almost zero, how could he fight? Once they go north, they will win consecutive battles, and they will all be invincible, in addition to the sharpness of firearms, there is also the overwhelming superiority of the military system over other armies.

Military affairs are science, and of course they have their own objective laws. There are some rules that are common to both cold weapons and firearms, such as preserving oneself, destroying the enemy, concentrating forces to form local superiority, and so on. There are also two different laws, such as the combat distance, and the formation changes from dense to evacuated.

Du Zhongxiao dedicated his compilation, teaching materials, brochures, etc., all to the imperial court. Many ministers took the treasure and thought that they could train an invincible and strong army in the same way. Many people offered advice and felt that the forbidden army in the capital must be incomparable to the forbidden army on Hequ Road. But they lost the most fundamental thing, they don't know how Du Zhongxiao brought out this army and compiled those brochures.

Looking at the few lines of big characters on the wall, Di Qing was a little dazed. He can learn to correct any deficiencies in teaching and training, and he can study and correct them, and he can not read or write much, so he can work hard. I grew up in the military camp and am extremely familiar with military affairs, and I will never compare to a few generals who have become monks halfway. But the meaning of these lines on the wall, even if Wang Gongchen explained, he still didn't understand. What is Practice? What is Learning? What is an objective law? I seem to understand, but I can't think about it right. From experience to science, the original forbidden army system is completely useless.