I am Da Song

Chapter 45 The Training of the New Army

Talking about armor, Hu Hongxiu said with emotion: "Officials, it's really hard to say. This leather armor can't be said to exist, and it can't be said not to exist."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Huan asked in surprise.

"There are more than [-] sets of leather armor in the army, but the quality is not much different from none. Since the alliance of Chanyuan, the city defense equipment of the forbidden army has been abandoned. The armor of the soldiers only has the front and back to cover the heart, and has no auxiliary arms. Lizi, but no pocket. These five thousand suits of armor are all soft and brittle, not good enough for arrows."

After a pause, Hu Hongxiu looked solemn, and said: "If you go to meet the enemy wearing such armor, I am afraid it will greatly damage the morale of the army."

"I will never play games with the lives of soldiers. Return all these armors to the Military Weapons Supervision. I will order the supervisory censor to go to the Military Weapons Supervision later to rectify the atmosphere and strictly control the quality of the armors." Zhao Huan said firmly.

Hu Hongxiu showed a joyful smile, and hurriedly saluted Zhao Huan, saying: "The [-] soldiers on behalf of the minister thanked the official family, and will lead the whole army to train strictly and go to the national calamity."

Zhao Huan nodded slightly, looked at the soldiers who were marching and retreating in the distance, and did not intervene in the training.

In fact, the Song Army has an army drill code "Wu Jing Zong Yao" applicable to the entire army. As long as the generals can conscientiously implement it, it will not take long to train an army with a certain amount of advance and retreat.

It was never external conditions that made the Song army weak, but internal thoughts and corruption.

These two biggest constraints have now been cleared away by Zhao Huan. The Shenwu Youjun now has a strength of 500 people, but there are actually 500 people, and its combat power is extremely solid.

Moreover, for the first time, this army has implemented the idea of ​​defending the country, and there are a large number of scholars joining the army, so they will not be insulted by the court and the people.

As long as you go through a period of training, you will definitely be able to burst into considerable combat power, and you will never be overwhelmed by the wind.

Zhao Huan stopped and watched for half an hour beside the training soldiers, which was not a short time, but during such a long period of time, Zhao Huan found that there was no place where the soldiers were taught how to dance spears and sticks.

The instructors in most areas are teaching the soldiers to identify various flags, and let the soldiers stand in place like wooden stakes.There is also a group of soldiers playing drums and horns on the side.

Zhao Huan felt that this training camp was not filled with soaring shouts of killing, but was filled with all kinds of chaotic voices.

The only thing that impressed Zhao Huan was that the school grounds were full of flags, large and small, and each team of 50 people held up more than a dozen flags.

Hu Hongxiu was by Zhao Huan's side. Seeing that Zhao Huan was interested, he introduced to Zhao Huan: "Our Song army mainly commands the army with banners, drums and horns."

"Thirteen drums, two horns, and four big horns are set up in the whole army."

Zhao Huan was very interested and asked, "How does Gu Zheng command the advance and retreat?"

"Generally speaking, when you hear a drum, you fight immediately, and when you hear a gong, you retreat. The various instructions are very detailed. For example, Zhenduo divides the order and polices the army. The Chinese army beats the drums, and the commander raises the flag. The soldiers all stand up, and the cavalry and infantry are on foot. Go forward. Hit the gong, and the cavalry will mount their horses. Blow the horn three times and stand still."

"One drum and a green flag are held in a straight formation, one drum and a white flag is held in a square formation; one drum and a red flag is held in a gun formation, and one drum and a black flag is held in a curved formation."

"What about the flags?" Zhao Huan asked, "I see that the flags of the armies are unfurled. Can the soldiers distinguish so many flags?"

Hu Hongxiu explained with a smile: "Actually, each flag has a strict grade distinction. Soldiers only need to recognize their own flags. In any team, there are 50 people in the team, and the ceremonies are the leader, the deputy, and the flag holder. This is the sky flag. There are two flags. There are ten other flags, which are tied to the spears."

"Soldiers need to follow the corps leader's flags and line up, and keep in mind the team's sky flag and 慊 flag. The Chinese army's big flag, corner flag, and command flag only need to be recognized by the head and the head of the team to order the soldiers. Of course, after long-term training If the soldiers can also recognize the Chinese military order flag, it means that they are well-trained, as if using their arms and fingers."

Zhao Huan marveled that "Wu Jing Zong Yao" has been regulated in such detail.If someone can strictly train soldiers, like Yue Fei, the imperial guards of the Great Song Dynasty may be trained to look like the Yue family army.

What Hu Hongxiu said was just the tip of the iceberg. Zhao Huan couldn't imagine how well-trained the imperial army would be after they had fully grasped the contents of "Wu Jing Zong Yao".

No wonder the golden men who were able to fight the Yue family army in history were terrified and sighed: "It is easy to shake the mountains, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army."

After Hu Hongxiu's introduction, Zhao Huan looked at the venue again, and sure enough everything was in order.Soldiers sounding horns are training orders.

The soldiers in the formation all raised their necks, remembering which flags they belonged to, and every five people lined up behind a flag.Then every ten flags are arrayed behind a sky flag.There is a flag on the left and right of the sky flag.At the forefront of the whole army are the Chinese Army's banner and various command flags.

Each phalanx has a clear banner and a strict queue.

After these soldiers have remembered their banners, the next step is to listen to the drums to advance and retreat.For example, what Hu Hongxiu said just now, when the Chinese army beat drums and some commanders raised flags, the infantry and cavalry marched slowly in formation on foot.Blow the horn three times, stand still, and set up spears for defense.

Zhao Huan said optimistically, "Why do I feel like I can go into battle and kill the enemy after only listening to it once? As long as the whole army obeys the order and stands guard in formation, if the golden men and iron cavalry charge forward, they will surely hit the majestic formation."

Hu Hongxiu praised: "The officials are intelligent and knowledgeable, so they comprehend very quickly. If all the soldiers in the army are as knowledgeable as the officials, and their minds are quick, the entire army may be able to fight the enemy within a few days."

Zhao Huan smiled, he knew his level best.To say that you have sharp wit is absurd praise. At most, you are an ordinary person who has read more books and is a little more bookish than farmers and pawns.

However, this also confirms what Hu Hongxiu said, that a large number of scholars joining the army will indeed improve command efficiency and enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

As for the length of training time, it doesn't really matter that much.On the Eastern Front of World War II, a soldier of the Soviet Army was considered a veteran if he lived for one day, he could become an officer after two days, and he might even be promoted to regiment commander if he lived for three days.

It's just that effective training can greatly reduce unnecessary casualties of ordinary soldiers.

Now the imperial army can still stand in front for a few days, so Zhao Huan didn't force the new army into the battlefield of flesh and blood like the leader of steel.

Before leaving, Zhao Huan said to Hu Hongxiu: "The new army will be handed over to you. You must train strictly to make the new army look brand new."

Hu Hongxiu immediately stood up and saluted the army, and said: "I will live up to the entrustment of the officials, and I swear to make the new army bloody and loyal, and dare to fight to the death."

Dare to fight to the death is Zhao Huan's minimum requirement for the new army.Don't ask them to defeat the Jin army immediately, at least they must boost their morale, spend blood and blood with the Jin army, and consume the number of the Jin army in the bloody battle.

(End of this chapter)