Song Dynasty

Chapter 68 Recruit Season ([-])

Early the next morning, before dawn, the fierce drums in the barracks rang out.

It was Maoshi, and it was a new rule in the army to raise the account at Maoshi.

The officers who had memorized books all night rushed into the barracks of their subordinates with red eyes and carried sticks.

Nowhere, there was loud scolding and the sound of a stick being whipped on a person: "Get up, get up!"

"Put on your clothes and get ready!"

"Straight mother thief, are you a little lady? Hurry up for me, if you lose me, let's see how I deal with you bird man in the future!"

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Except for Yue Yun and Gu Lie who could read and write among the officers, most of them were illiterate. Asking them to memorize a thick exercise book would be fatal.Even Yue Yun took nearly an hour to barely remember it.

As for the others, they almost didn't sleep all night, and they were very angry. They punished the soldiers, and they were extremely ruthless.

The only exception is Lu Can, this scholar can recite it backwards after only reading it once, so that everyone's eyeballs will fall to the ground in shock—a genius!

Among the 1000 troops in the entire Sizhou battalion, not to mention [-] recruits, even the other [-] veterans who have experienced the battle of Pingyuan Town, have been in Jiankang for a month, and there is no one to restrain them. very.

It took about 10 minutes, 1000 people ran to the newly leveled playground in disheveled clothes, huddled together messily carrying weapons, out of formation.

From the beating of the drum to the present, Wang Shen has been counting in his heart. Seeing that his soldiers are so careless, he couldn't help frowning.

Not to mention the soldiers of the old supply battalion, I haven't been in contact with them for a long time.As for the recruits, during the month from Jiangbei to Jiankang, although they went through a simple formation, the troops have been in a state of fleeing and transferring.And Wang Shen had to recruit soldiers and buy supplies on weekdays, so he had no time to train them at all.The composition of the recruits is complicated, all he needs to do is to form a friendship, if he is too strict with them, there may be deserters in the army.

Now that they have finally settled down and are concentrated in the barracks again, there is no such worry.

The discipline of the troops was chaotic, but the people of Song Dynasty had good physical fitness. Standing there, they all looked mighty and majestic.Moreover, the soldiers were all well-selected sons of good families, and they all had a simple and honest face. These two points made Wang Shen very pleased.

As long as you are in good health and honesty, you are a qualified soldier.As for discipline and combat quality, more practice will help.

Wang Shen stood at the front of the team and said loudly: "Everyone has seen it, the barracks are here, and I, Mr. Wang, will guarantee you three meals a day, and you will not suffer from hunger or cold. Now that you have weapons in your hands, and are led by officers, you are considered You are a sergeant. However, you are still far from being a real soldier. What a soldier does is to go to the battlefield to fight. If you don’t kill the enemy, the enemy will have his head chopped off. There is no luck.”

"From now on, you will receive one month of training. Only after rigorous drills can you survive and gain merit. So, what is drill?"

"The first is physical training. To put it simply, it is strength and endurance. You must be able to wear heavy armor, hold weapons, and walk for a day without getting tired. Some of you have seen Jurchen Tartars For the weapons in your hands, a knife weighs more than 20 catties, and if you are not strong enough to hold it, don’t cry for injustice when you die.”

"Second, how to use the weapons in your hands. Yesterday you were divided into different arms, sword and shield executioners, spearmen, crossbowmen, and rear warriors. Different arms have different combat methods. You have to start from scratch. Learn."

"The third is the method of battle. To put it simply, it is where you should stand on the battlefield, where you should rush when attacking, and how to kill the enemy. A person's power is limited. Thousands of troops are crowded together, you can block the enemy in front of you, what to do next to you, you need to leave it to your comrades, and your comrades will provide you with protection. Similarly, you must also protect your companions around you.”

"After training for these three days, I dare not say anything else. I can guarantee that you can survive on the battlefield. War is actually very simple. It is two organized groups who pick up weapons and fight against each other. You win, you live ; You lose, you die."

"Now, the whole team, with the big team as the unit, start running. The last team will be punished, let's go!"

With an order, a thousand soldiers under the leadership of Wang Shen, wearing armor and equipment, ran out of the barracks quickly.

For the morning jog this morning, Wang Shen planned a small amount of exercise, only six miles.After all, the human body needs a gradual adaptation process, and the dosage can only be increased after adaptation.

It has to be said that most of the soldiers are in good physical condition, and they ran the first 1000 meters with ease.At the second kilometer, the soldier's footsteps slowed down, his body began to sweat, and his breathing became heavy.

After all, they were wearing armor and holding weapons in their hands. The average weight of the equipment on their bodies was ten catties per person.Everyone was gasping for breath with their mouths wide open, their foreheads were covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans, and their heads were full of white air.

Gradually, every brigade experienced the situation that the first soldiers fell behind.

According to the military system of the Song Dynasty, each brigade has 45 soldiers, and the Sizhou camp has more than [-] soldiers.

At the beginning, the formation of the troops was still very strict. In the end, all the teams dispersed. There was me in you, and you in me. The chaos couldn't be more chaotic.

The officers were all in a hurry, so they didn't need to be hit with sticks to slap the behind soldiers' asses: "Hurry up, follow up, mother, do you want to implicate us? I can spare you, but others can't." According to the military law regulations, physical fitness The brigade where the last player in training belongs will be fined two miles.

After eating the officer's stick, the soldier screamed in pain and had to cheer up again.However, after running for a while, he fell behind again.

Among them, the Beiwei soldiers led by Yue Yun were in the worst condition.Although Soldier Bei Wei was the strongest man in the army, he had the most and the heaviest equipment on his body. After running for four miles, some people couldn't stand it and fell to the end.

Yue Yun's heart was arrogant and arrogant, seeing this situation, his face turned blue with anger, he kept cursing his mother, and his strikes were also extremely ruthless.

But it was still of no use, a soldier finally couldn't stand it anymore, and fell to the ground with a plop, his iron armor stirred up a cloud of dust.

"Get up, get up for me, and seek death!" Yue Yun's eyes were full of fierce light, and he kept kicking that person.

The man just didn't move, just cried: "Kill me, kill me!"

"I really don't dare to kill people!" Yue Yun was furious, and drew out his knife. With a sound, the blade stuck to the man's face and sank deep into the ground.

"Ah!" The man was finally scared, jumped up like an electric shock, and rushed forward desperately.

Yue Yun continued to scold: "I know what's good or bad, you thief and bird, you don't want to drink water, but I want to press my head."

Wang Shen laughed inwardly when he saw it, and stretched out his hand to take the weapon from the soldier and put it on his shoulder: "Soldier, if you can't run anymore, I'll take it for you."

The soldier Wang Shen took away the ax in his hand, the hand knife and the bone hanging on his waist, and he lost ten catties of burden all of a sudden, and immediately became lighter.I was grateful in my heart: "General, this... how can this make... huh... huh..."

"We are a team, we are a whole, and we are all brothers of Pao Ze. Pao Ze couldn't run on the battlefield and was injured. People around him have the responsibility to lend a helping hand."

"It's okay, this is my team's soldier, let me come!" Yue Yun snatched the weapon from Wang Shen's hand, and shouted loudly at his opponent: "Others listen, if the robe beside you can't move Come on, give me a hand, and don’t abandon anyone.”

Not only Yue Yun here, but the officers of other teams also followed suit.

Finally, the six-mile cross-country run with weights was finally over.The team that fell to the end was punished with [-] push-ups each. They were so exhausted that they vomited out the jaundiced water and lay limp on the ground for a long time before they could move.

Seeing that they were punished so badly, the others were all alarmed, thinking, we can't be the last one tomorrow, but fortunately this damn run is finally over, it's too hard.

However, they didn't know that this was the beginning. After breakfast, there were more training items. If they didn't do it well, the officer would mercilessly order them to get down and do two hundred push-ups.

Although the training in the morning didn't consume much energy, it was so annoying that everyone was going crazy.That is the operation method and formation that will make future generations of college students and recruits and soldiers turn pale.

The troops quickly formed small square formations on the playground with the capital as the unit, and then stood at attention, took a rest, turned around in place, ran in unison, assembled, disbanded, counted, ordered, and walked...

The whole playground boiled up, and thousands of men yelled "one two, one two, one two three four..." all over your ears, and the roar became quieter, and a military stick was drawn on your back.

The most uncomfortable of these is the military posture training, which requires the legs to be aligned, the legs to be straight, and the abdomen to be retracted.Shoulders are even and slightly set back.The head should be upright, the mouth should be closed, the lower jaw should be slightly retracted, and the eyes should be straight ahead.

Once someone's movements are not in place, while taking a stick, they are also worried about being punished for push-ups.But this time the officer did not punish you physically, but took out a wooden frame nailed into a T shape, tied it to your back, and made you stand for half an hour.

Although this move is not tiring, it is painful beyond words.In just a moment, my whole body felt numb and numb, as if it didn't belong to me anymore.

This morning passed so slowly, it could be said that the days felt like years.

Fortunately, the lunch is good, with rice, noodles, corn and rice per person weighing one catty, and meat and vegetables.In the eyes of the soldiers who had seen enough of the starvation everywhere in Jiangbei, this was simply a supreme enjoyment.

After lunch, rest for half an hour.

As soon as the lunch break comes, the afternoon is military skills training.

According to different types of arms, each team is divided into several areas to learn how to use the weapons in their hands and how to fight under the teaching of the officers.For example, how to disassemble the magic arm bow, how to line up, how to open the bow, and how to aim and shoot; how to use the shield to parry the enemy's weapon and how to attack; .

If the movement is wrong, or not in place, I am sorry, just get down on my own and continue to do [-] push-ups.

Such two hours,.

It gets dark early in Jiankang, especially in winter. Once dinner is over, it's time to light the lamps.Then have dinner, it is still a catty, with meat and vegetables
But this is a military camp, so you can't just light a lamp at will like you are at home.

Still the same sentence: The army is a place where rules are followed. No matter what you do, eating, sleeping, walking, sitting, standing, even shitting and urinating, there are rules and regulations.Wrong, just wait for bad luck!
(End of this chapter)