Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 119 Cavalry Selection
There was no word for the whole night, and in the early morning of the next day, the sound of horns sounded in the village.

This was the early morning bugle. When they heard the bugle, the soldiers of the Hou Yong Army got up from their beds one after another, started to wash up, and then gathered in front of the military camp. Zhang Liang was still in the village for the past two days. Stay still, the officers and soldiers are about to attack Jitoushan, and he is not in the mood to go back to Xiagouhe Village and wants to stay here to help.

After the Hou Yongjun assembled, Ma Yuanyi shouted: "Look to the right, align, stand at attention, prepare for morning exercises, turn to the right, start running, one two one, one two one..."

The Houyong Army implemented the most formal modern military training method. Daily morning exercises were very hard. The soldiers ran out of the village and walked around Jitoushan for five kilometers. Then they were all exhausted and were killed. Bring it back.

At this time, food was ready in the canteen of the village. All the soldiers were brought to the canteen. Ma Yuanyi cleared his throat and said: "All of you, stand at attention, take a rest, stand astride, come, let's sing a military song before the meal." , one or two, sing!”

"Arrogance in the face of thousands of waves, blood like the red sun, warriors' bones like fine steel..."

The two-hundred-year-old warriors faced the cafeteria and sang this song with their backs to the rising sun. They felt so breathless and the momentum soared to the sky. Everyone felt open-minded and a sense of pride!
At this time, inside the canteen, Yan Liang and Zhang Liang were already sitting there, but they did not eat. After Ma Yuanyi came in with others, they started to use chopsticks to eat.

While eating, Zhang Liang said to Yan Liang: "Brother Yan Liang, after breakfast today, let's choose the cavalry?"

After hearing this, Yan Liang said: "Okay, I'll take all the brothers to the racecourse later."

Zhang Liang immediately said after hearing this: "Okay, let me tell you guys."

Yan Liang said: "Well, by the way, let everyone not eat too much."

Zhang Liang was puzzled when he heard this, but he still stood up and said: "Brothers, Captain Yan Liang said that we will gather at the racecourse in a while and choose the cavalry today!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all said excitedly: "Okay, the selection has finally begun. I am determined to be this cavalryman. If not, I will eat more."

After Zhang Liang finished speaking, he sat down and Yan Liang said, "You should let them eat less."

Zhang Liang heard this and asked, "Is this important?"

Yan Liang smiled and said, "Forget it, it's just a waste of food."

After eating, Yan Liang said: "I will go to the racecourse to wait for them."

Zhang Liang said: "Well, you go ahead."

After Yan Liang left, Zhang Liang stood up and said: "Brothers, cheer up for me. You are all soldiers brought by me. You must win this selection. Don't lose me, you know?"

After hearing this, the soldiers immediately said: "Don't worry, company commander, we won't embarrass you."

Zhang Liang nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, very good, then eat more, eat more."

Zhang Liang said and walked out of the canteen with his hands behind his back. Soon the soldiers had eaten. Ma Yuanyi brought everyone to the school field, lined up the team, and emphasized again that this was a rare opportunity. The entire company of 200 people had to Select 30 people as cavalry to form a cavalry platoon.

However, Yan Liang said that 30 people may not be selected this time, which is a bit underestimated. Ma Yuanyi was very unconvinced by this and said: "So everyone, please be angry, don't let Captain Yan Liang look down on us!"

Upon hearing this, all the soldiers roared excitedly. They all wanted to be cavalry. After all, cavalry is the king of arms in this era, and horses are equivalent to luxury cars in this era, and are worth tens of thousands of dollars. A war horse is a luxury car among luxury cars. If they are lucky enough to be selected as cavalry, their status will suddenly be different.

Everyone was extremely excited and looked forward to the selection of the cavalry.

Seeing that Ma Yuanyi had aroused everyone's emotions, he was not polite and shouted directly: "Stand at attention, take a break, everyone walks together, the target is the racecourse! Let's go!"

A group of Houyong Army soldiers arrived at the racecourse in neat lines, and Yan Liang was already waiting there.

When everyone arrived at the racecourse, Yan Liang said: "Listen up, everyone, our military camp will select 30 cavalrymen today. You all know how important the cavalry is. I won't say much else. Anyway, everyone remembers It’s enough to give me 120 points of spirit during the selection!”

Yan Liang said, Zhang Liang came over at this time, Yan Liang looked at Zhang Liang and said: "Captain Zhang, also want to say a few words?"

Zhang Liang waved his hands and said: "No, no, I am just a spectator today, you continue."

After hearing this, Yan Liang said: "Then get ready, the selection will start soon."

Ma Yuanyi shouted at this time: "Everyone, stand at attention and take a breath. Company commander, there are 200 people in the rear Yongjun. There are actually 200 people. Please give a lecture to the company commander!"

Yan Liang said: "Well, let's return to the team!"

At this time, Yan Liang walked two steps forward: "Everyone, everyone knows that cavalry is a precious unit in the army, so I will first tell you about the selection criteria of cavalry. This is in the Art of War "Six Taoist Warriors." There are regulations that all cavalrymen must be no more than forty years old, no less than fifteen years old, and no less than seven feet tall. Those with long arms and strong legs are given priority."

"Then the first round of elimination begins. All those under seven feet tall will be eliminated, and all those under seven feet tall will be eliminated!"

After hearing this, there was a commotion in the team. The tall ones naturally looked happy, while the short ones looked annoyed at this time, only hating their parents for being too short.

In annoyance, more than 70 people were eliminated in the first round. Ancient people were undernourished and generally short in stature, with few tall ones, so after this round, half of them failed.

Zhang Liang watched from the side and couldn't help but come over and said: "Brother Yan Liang, you have gone down more than half this round. Is this standard too strict? How about lowering the standard a little?"

After hearing this, Yan Liang said: "The cavalry is the most important thing. How can it be a piece of cake? But what Brother Zhang Liang said is right. In this way, if 30 suitable people cannot be selected from these qualified people, then from these insufficiently built people How about choosing among the best?"

Zhang Liang nodded and said, "That's very good."

Yan Liang was speechless and looked at the remaining one hundred people and said: "Very good. Congratulations to everyone for passing the first level. Then all qualified people will start the next level and bring the horses!"

After Yan Liang said this, someone headed towards the stables. This used to be Panshan Longxiu's stables. It was a large place, close to the village, and located to the east of the village. It was the place where horses were raised in the village before. However, it may be that the place was too big, so it used to be here. The horses occupy only a small part of the land, and most of them are used to raise chickens and ducks for meat.After Yan Liang came back yesterday, he cleared out the chickens and ducks and used the entire stable to raise his thirty war horses.

Soon the war horse was pulled out. At this time Yan Liang said: "A group of ten people, come and choose a war horse!"

After hearing this, Ma Yuanyi immediately began to divide his troops and select a war horse. These horses were all selected by Yan Liang yesterday and were among the most fierce-tempered ones.

At this time, the horses were brought out. The horses were naked and not equipped with saddles, but only had a rein around their necks.

At this time, Yan Liang pointed to the horses and said, "The second level tests everyone's leg ability and body's adaptability. Everyone below will get on the horse!"

With a shout, everyone looked at the tall horse in front of them, especially the bare back. It was a bit difficult to get on the horse!

But at this time Yan Liang had already spoken: "What are you waiting for? Get on your horse!"

After hearing this, a soldier said: "Company commander, the horse is too high, please give me a horse stool!"

Yes, although the cavalry of this era did not have stirrups to mount their horses, they were equipped with horse stools, and they usually mounted their horses on the horse stools. Some armies also equipped the cavalry with auxiliary soldiers. When the cavalry mounted their horses, the auxiliary soldiers were Kneel on the ground and let the cavalry step on the back and get on the horse!

But now there is nothing, how can I get on the horse?
However, Yan Liang ignored these and said: "Listen to my command, everyone mounts the horse. Those who can last for a cup of tea on the horse are qualified. If you cannot mount the horse, or are thrown off by the horse, you will be disqualified!"

After hearing this, everyone was stunned. It would be too difficult to wait for a while on this naked horse!
Ancient people generally used an approximate time to measure time, such as one breath, one cup of tea, one stick of incense. These are all within an approximate range. This breath refers to the time of one exhalation and one inhalation, about three or four seconds, and one breath The tea time is the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, about three to five minutes, while a stick of incense is longer, up to half an hour.

And now I have to lie on the back of this horse for three to five minutes. If the horse stands still, it will be fine, but if it starts to let loose, it will really fall!

Everyone was thinking, but Yan Liang didn't give them any time to think anymore. At this moment, Yan Liang shouted: "Everyone is ready, mount up!"

With a roar, all the soldiers climbed onto the horses with all their strength, and some even wanted to jump on them. Anyway, it was the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing his magical powers!
However, these horses were all selected by Yan Liang himself, and they had relatively strong tempers. At this time, seeing these humans clumsily climbing on top of him, he began to feel a little unhappy.

Some began to circle in circles to prevent the soldiers from climbing up, some began to shake their bodies, and some were even ready to roll in place!

For a while, everyone was in a hurry. For a long time, some people couldn't climb on the horse's back. Yan Liang looked at these clumsy guys with gloomy faces, and said for a long time: "Everyone who can't get on the horse's back has failed!"

As soon as these words came out, those soldiers who were still competing with the horses were immediately eliminated.

In this way, after one round, more than 30 people who did not get on the horse were eliminated.

The remaining group of people got on the horse. At this time, they thought they had succeeded, but Yan Liang smiled and then slapped the horse's butt several times with the riding crop.

In an instant, several war horses were frightened, and the horses immediately started running. As they ran, the people on them felt the pressure. The horses' backs were ups and downs, bumpy and abnormal, and it was difficult to stabilize themselves with the reins alone. The horses' backs were bare, and they wanted to It was really difficult to clamp the horse, so as soon as the horse started running, people fell off the horse one after another.

Fortunately, the racecourse uses fine sand, which prevented large-scale falls.

Yan Liang saw this and said: "Hold the reins, use your body to feel the ups and downs of the horse's back, and adjust your body condition according to the ups and downs of the horse's back, so as not to fall off. Remember, on the battlefield, you not only have to face your hips You still have horses from outside, and you still have enemies from outside, and you still have to learn to fight immediately, which is much more difficult than this!"

Yan Liang said, among the people there were those with higher comprehension ability. Following Yan Liang's words, they slowly learned how to control the horse, and learned how to become one with the war horse!

Soon the tea time passed, and now there were only four people left on the horse.

Yan Liang nodded and said: "It's not bad. I thought it would be good if we could leave one or two people, but I didn't expect four to be left. That's good. You guys should dismount and go aside to prepare for the next round of testing."

Everyone was surprised after hearing this. It's not over yet?

At this time, Yan Liang continued to ask everyone to get on the horse and take the test. Soon, the test was over. In this round, most of the people, more than 100 people, were eliminated directly. Only 23 people passed the test in the end.

He really agreed with what Yan Liang started to say, even these 200 people couldn't select a few qualified soldiers.

Some of the soldiers who failed were miserable. Some were thrown off their horses, some had bruises on their skin and looked very embarrassed. Some of the soldiers who persisted lay there and vomited after dismounting, leaving them with nothing to do in the morning. All the food they ate was vomited out. No wonder Yan Liang asked them to eat less in the morning, which was a waste of food!
Yan Liang looked at the 23 qualified people and smiled and said: "Very good, there are more qualified people than I thought, but this is not the end. A real cavalry must be able to ride on horseback and shoot a bow with both hands, so the next round , test, draw the bow immediately!”

After hearing this, all the soldiers who had just cleared the level changed their faces!
Drawing the bow immediately means taking both hands off the reins. Just now they were almost thrown off while holding the reins with both hands. Now they are drawing the bow with both hands. Everyone gasped at the thought of this. How could this be possible? ah!

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Yan Liang with disbelief. Yan Liang then ordered people to get the bow and saw everyone looking at him with disbelief.

He didn't say anything, he just ordered the test to start. Immediately afterwards, he saw the 23 people who had succeeded just now. Almost without exception, all of them were thrown off their horses.

Everyone took a deep breath when they saw this scene. No one succeeded!

This success rate is too low. Yan Liang didn’t say anything when he saw this. This situation is normal. After all, it has exceeded the standard. In fact, normal cavalry selection can be considered completed after reaching the previous step. As for mounted shooting, it takes a long time. practiced.

However, Yan Liang was afraid that these people would be arrogant, so he added this project to let them know that cavalry is not that easy.

However, the cavalryman who was thrown down at this time began to be unconvinced, and someone said: "Company commander, this horse's back is smooth and there is not even a cushion. The conditions for you to draw the bow on the horse are too harsh. No one can do it. You We won’t accept it if we are eliminated in this way!”

"No one can do it?"

Hearing this, Yan Liang stretched out his hand and said, "Bring me the bow!"

(End of this chapter)