In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there is such a well-known army. This army has strict military discipline and professional training, and has a record of winning every battle and a historical record of killing enemies of 100,000. What is even more surprising is that this army with only more than 4,000 people is actually composed of farmers and miners. How did such a legendary army like
be formed? How did he win every battle and make the Japanese pirates frightened? Let's continue to look down.
Before we learn about this army, let’s first learn about the background at that time. Since Southern Song , Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been one of the richest places in China, with highly developed business and superior living conditions. But because of this, the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are unwilling to join the army, so the combat power of the army is very weak.
After all, it was too dangerous to go into battle to kill the enemy. People at that time lived a wealthy life and had no worries about food and clothing. Why did they suffer this? Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, when the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were in the face of rampant Japanese pirates, they were unable to resist. Dozens or hundreds of people could plunder everywhere, as if they were in a no-man's land.
even had a situation where "there were tens of thousands of Ming soldiers, and the thief often ran away with spears." The people at that time were very panicked every day, and they didn’t know when the Japanese pirates came. In order to solve this problem, in the 34th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1555 AD), the court sent Qi Jiguang to Zhejiang and took on the important task of resisting the Japanese.
Qi Jiguang is from Penglai, Shandong. At the age of 16, he inherited his ancestral property and became a general of the Ming army. Although Qi Jiguang won some victories during his tenure in Zhejiang, he could clearly feel that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was actually very weak, and when fighting against the enemy, he often retreated and even had many escaped in the face of battle. At this time, Qi Jiguang understood that in order to truly defeat the Japanese pirates, he had to build his own army.
So Qi Jiguang began to recruit troops. Qi Jiguang put forward very strict requirements when electing soldiers. First of all, he asked the people who joined the army not to be doctors, wizards, merchants, or daughters of all labourers, so they must be ordinary people without any background.
Secondly, those who are clean, smooth-mouthed, and have no awe of officials, are not allowed, because these people will be foolish on the battlefield. Finally, the requirement must be honest people in the countryside, strong and strong, obey orders, and brave and fearless.
He heard that there was a militia team in Yiwu at that time, and he was extremely brave, so he prepared to recruit and successfully recruited 4,000 people. In this way, a team was formed. Next is training for the army.
Qi Jiguang is extremely harsh in training soldiers. In addition to daily queues and learning orders, what scares the recruits the most is practical training. Qi Jiguang selected good boxing and kicking skills from all over the country to fight with new recruits.
They were asked to fight on both sides. If you win, you will be promoted and you will also receive a silver reward. If you lose, you will be demoted and you will be beaten to five army sticks. Under this almost perverted practical requirement, the recruits used their full strength, because if they could not win the relegation, it would be a trivial matter, and the key was to get five military sticks. But if they win, they can not only upgrade, but also get rewards.
In addition to having high requirements for individual soldiers’ combat effectiveness, Qi Jiguang also put forward various requirements for team cooperation, the most famous of which is Mandarin Duck Formation . The Mandarin duck formation consists of eleven people in a team. The two standing in front are the captains. The two of them held long cards and rattan card , two of them held wolf truncated , followed by four spears, and two left and right, taking care of the shield hands and wolf truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated truncated trunc
Then, two soldiers holding bored palladium served as alert and support. If the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, the short soldier will rush forward with a short blade to kill the enemy.
The division of labor for various weapons is clear, and everyone only needs to be good at their own operations. The key to effective killing lies in overall cooperation. No matter how strong the enemy rushed in, they often only saw weapons flashing in front of their eyes and then fell down for no reason.
So why is Qi Family Army still loyal to Qi Jiguang in such a cruel military environment? That's because everything Qi Jiguang did was to defend his country, and the people and soldiers both had a high sense of identity with this matter.
What made the Qi family army win every battle is not only because this army has professional training and advanced equipment, but also because they can get the support of the people. Qi Jiguang once set military rules: Anyone who goes to war with people will be beheaded.
How can an army like this that is well-trained, strict military discipline, brave and good at fighting, and bravely resists foreign invasions without winning every battle? Their unyielding and bravery spirit is always worthy of our future generations to learn from.
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