I am Da Song

Chapter 30 The Great Song Folk Martial Arts
The earth-shattering shout seemed to be the roar of Tokyo City, a huge city that had been silent for a long time.

From the emperor down, all the kings, generals, officers and soldiers in the inner city were attracted, and looked towards the outer city in shock.

I saw that in the south of the Cai River, there were roaring people everywhere, attacking the gold army's artillery mounts from all directions.

So Zhao Huan once again witnessed the scene where the people in Tokyo City wanted to fight in the streets, and it came like a cloud.

Millions of soldiers and civilians were agitated, and the Jin army fell directly into the vast ocean of people's (harmonious) war.

At least [-] Kaifeng residents took the initiative to besiege and kill the Jin army with bows, crossbows and swords.

Different from the impression of the Song Dynasty in the impression of later generations that the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over martial arts, the people of the Great Song Dynasty actually advocated martial arts very much among the people, and their enthusiasm for defending the family and the country was high.It is the imperial court and ministers who are weak, but the common people are unwilling to bear the evaluation of "weakness".

For this, Su Shi, a great writer through the ages, praised it as "wearing a bow to hoe, and wearing a sword to woodcutter".In the 5000th year of the Central Plains, the trend of gun production reappeared, and it will be the era of enthusiasm when the Chinese Dynasty was first established a thousand years later.

Therefore, the story backgrounds of various heroes in "Water Margin" are drawn from the present.

The two most popular sports at the moment are Guanpu and archery.

Archery is especially popular, and it can be regarded as the most popular sport among the people.From kings and generals to ordinary people, they all love archery very much.This kind of archery atmosphere can be said to permeate every class and every corner of the Song Dynasty society.Song people's enthusiasm for bows and arrows is almost the highest in all dynasties.

"There are six out of thirty military weapons, and the bow is the first; there are eight out of ten martial arts, and the bow is the first."This sentence was directly written into the military book as the dogma of the whole army.

Moreover, there were also "bow and arrow clubs" among the people in the Song Dynasty. This kind of civil armed organization was even officially endorsed by the Song Dynasty.There were prodigies in the bow and arrow club of the Song Dynasty, and two of the four ZTE generals were born in the bow and arrow club.Yue Fei has learned martial arts since he was a child. The most famous thing is that he is unparalleled in archery and can draw a strong bow with three stones.

The weakness of the army of the Song Dynasty is highlighting the difference between the classical army and the modern army.What matters in the military is organization.Without good organizational skills, ordinary soldiers and heroes of Liangshan are useless.On the other hand, the Yue Family Army, which represented the peak combat power of the era, was not famous for its excellent soldiers. It was the military discipline of the Yue Family Army that impressed the whole country and admirers of later generations.

But right now in Tokyo, tens of thousands of "Liangshan Heroes" are engaged in street fighting, which really demonstrates the strength of the heroes of the Song Dynasty.

Soldiers around the Golden Army's artillery bases were busy firing cannons, and the formation was not dense. More than a dozen artillery bases were successfully raided by the Tokyo heroes and smashed to pieces.

The most intense battle took place at the entrance of Maizhuo Alley, because directly south of this alley were the Imperial College and the Imperial College, and there were thousands of Tai students, the most passionate group in the country, who participated in the siege and killing of the Jin Army.

Taixue has always been very active in the Jingkang disaster. Countless Taixue students have petitioned the government for the main battle, asking the government to appoint Li Gang, the prime minister of the main battle group, to come to power.

The leader of the Tai students this time is Chen Dong. In history, this Tai student organized tens of thousands of people to participate in the student (harmony) movement, forcing Zhao Gou to conquer the Kingdom of Jin himself, but was killed by Zhao Gou.

The main force of the Jin army was Meng'an, the headquarters of the Jurchens, and the formation was very strict in Maistraw Lane, and the formation was not chaotic.

But the problem was that too many rout soldiers were blocked at the entrance of Wheat Straw Alley. They retreated from Baokangmen Street, but were blocked at the entrance of the alley by the oncoming Tokyo heroes and Tai students.

About [-] people from both sides fought fiercely at the entrance of the alley, and there were still long queues in the north and south directions that could not squeeze into the battlefield. As a result, the main force of the Jin army could not squeeze only here.

However, the actions of the Jin army were blocked, but the heroes of the Song Dynasty were greatly facilitated.People kept opening the doors of the shops on both sides of the long street, and the shops and waiters inside all ran to the street enthusiastically, shouting: "Good man, good man, go to the second floor of our shop, stand high there, and shoot accurately."

With the help of ordinary people, militiamen, archers, and heroes in Tokyo City went up to the tower one after another, shooting and killing the Jin army condescendingly.

In addition to the common people in Tokyo, the most active ones are the officials of the military patrol house.

The main duties of the military patrol and arrest house are fire prevention and police patrol. Later generations are subordinate to fire protection and police, but at present they are under the control of the military.

There is a military patrol house every [-] paces in the city of Tokyo, with five soldiers in each place, responsible for night patrol and arresting prisoners.A watchtower was built with bricks on the height of the military patrol house, and some people were on duty to look out.

In addition to these, there are several public houses downstairs, where more than a hundred soldiers are stationed, and various utensils are stored, such as axes, saws, ladders, fire forks, ropes, iron hooks, etc.

These people valued the reward offered by Zhao Huan very much. After all, they were directly promoted to the third class, and many people could even leave their status as officials and become officials of the Song Dynasty.

In addition, they usually have more training, and they are more courageous than ordinary people.Under their command, the people in Tokyo either directly climbed to the watchtower of the military patrol house, or moved out the ladder from the house, and climbed directly to the roof of each house, occupying the highest view, and had a clear view of the actions of the Jin army. .

Standing on the roof, Chen Dong shouted to the Tokyo citizens below: "Don't squeeze into the alley, there are too many golden men, we can't kill them all. Go and demolish the gun mounts of the golden men. The main force of the golden men did not ride a horse, but was marching." Go ahead and rescue the rout. There aren't many people guarding the emplacement."

A burly and round man below spat heavily and complained: "These scholars are the ones I don't like the most. They can only grind their mouths. If you want to fight, why don't you let me wait!"

"Brother Bao, shall we go?" A man with a gun and stick next to the fierce man asked nervously.He had never been on a battlefield before, and when he saw such a brutal fight for the first time, he panicked and had no rules.

"His grandma! Go! Although I don't want to see these lip servicers, but this time they are right."

This fierce man was honored as "Brother Bao" because he was well-known throughout Tokyo.His name is Li Bao, he is good at Jiao Da, and his nickname is "Xiao Guan Suo".

At this time, the famous "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had not yet come out, and the creation of "Water Margin" had to wait until the end of the Mongol and Yuan dynasties that wiped out the Southern Song Dynasty.

And Li Bao already has the title of Xiao Guansuo, which shows that his bravery is very similar to that of folk legends.Even in "Water Margin", "Sick Guan Suo Yang Xiong", the creative image should be influenced by him.

Chen Dong is the leader of the Tai students, and he, Li Bao, is one of the tacit leaders of the Tokyo heroes.

Li Bao dared to lead a group of brothers to take the initiative to tease the golden man and tiger beard. His greatest confidence was that when the walls of the outer city were broken, Li Bao used vertical and horizontal techniques to connect many like-minded people in the city.There are more than three hundred heroes who directly listen to his dispatch.

He even went to the government to ask for weapons for emergency.After the government refused, Li Bao encouraged the military and civilians in Tokyo to gather for private construction.

Back then when Sun Fu and Zhang Shuye organized the militiamen to fight against the Jinren in order to retake the Four Walls, Li Bao led the crowd to participate and got several sets of armor.

Li Bao turned his head and looked at the 39 armored men following him, with a rather smug expression on his face.

The government only distributed a few sets of armor, and the remaining 30 sets were not made by these heroes privately. It is a felony to make armor privately.They snatched it!Snatched from the hands of the imperial guards.

After the fall of the four walls, countless imperial troops broke up, and the stragglers did not have the courage to resist the Jin army, but looted everywhere in the city.

In the Jingkang disaster, it was this group of people who caused the greatest damage to Tokyo City in the early stage.The government of Kaifeng issued government orders several times, asking them to hand over their weapons and allowing the common people to report and expose them.

Li Bao, or most of the ambitious heroes in the city, more or less snatched a batch of bows, swords, guns and armor.

For example, among the 300 people reunited with Li Bao, everyone has guns and sticks, seven pairs of strong bows, 210, three leather armors, 180 shields, and 67 sets of heavy armor.

They even have five god arm bows!This kind of artifact appeared in the hands of the militia, and its status was comparable to that of the Italian cannon in the hands of Li Yunlong.

It's just the crossbow bolts of the god arm bow. They only found 37 arrows in the city, and each person can only shoot seven arrows on average.Twelve of them were lost in training, and now each of them only has five left.

(End of this chapter)