Song Dynasty

Chapter 77
"Soldier Ning Laosi is right or wrong." Wang Shen said loudly: "That's right, in a life-and-death confrontation with the enemy on the battlefield, the most important thing is to be faster than him and stronger than him. The so-called fastness is to grab the enemy's strength. When a knife stabs at you, you put him on the ground first. Stronger than him, strength is really important. On the battlefield, everyone wears thick armor. If you are weak, you can't break it. A. It is useless to cut someone ten times. On the contrary, if the enemy is strong and he comes over with one knife, he will cut off your arms and head, and you don’t need to fight this battle. But speed and strength alone are not enough.”

"You used to be the children of the peasant family. During the slack season, many of you participated in the multi-bow and arrow club and the horse riding club. You have practiced martial arts, and some of them are pretty good. I think that if you go to the battlefield, with my ability, you will have to cut a few levels. It’s not easy to get a few military exploits and rewards for the enemy’s head? If you keep this in mind and just try to be strong and aggressive, you’re not far from death.”

As Wang Shen said, the vast majority of these 1000 people were the sons of good farmers who had fled from the Central Plains and Huaixi.The so-called bow and arrow clubs and horse riding clubs are non-governmental organizations such as local village braves.In the early years of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, because the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were occupied by the Liao State, as soon as the reunification, Zhao Guangyi sent troops from all over the country to conscript Liao, trying to take back Hebei.It's a pity that Zhao Er was really not successful in fighting, and he made many mistakes in principle in this large-scale battle. As a result, he was almost wiped out by the Liao soldiers.

Throughout the dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty had nothing to do with the Liao Kingdom.The two countries have confronted each other for a hundred years with Hejian Mansion as their national border.The two sides fought a few battles, then sat down for peace talks, and then fought a few more battles.

The consequences of losing the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were serious. Not only did the Song Dynasty lose all their horse-producing enemies, they could not form a certain number of cavalry, and they were always passively beaten on the battlefield.The most terrible thing is that the two borders are still the undefended Hebei Great Plains.As long as the Khitan people are willing, they can go south to burn, kill and loot at any time.

It can be said that the geopolitics of the Northern Song Dynasty was the worst among all Chinese dynasties.

Because of this, folk martial arts prevailed in Hebei, Shandong, and the Central Plains.A large number of regiment training organizations were also organized in the local area. During the slack season, they practiced and enriched the army as auxiliary soldiers and masters during wartime. They were extremely brave and good at fighting.In the early Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou and other major bandits were the backbone of the army under the jurisdiction of these township troops. Later, the western army was defeated and joined, which made Zhao Gou feel a headache.

Hearing what Wang Shen said, everyone was curious and listened.

"Actually, on the battlefield, no matter how strong your strength is, no matter how flexible your figure is, it is of no use. It may be said that the higher the martial arts, the faster you die. Because war is not a one-on-one contest, but tens of millions of people. Form an formation to hedge." Wang Shen compared gestures: "You have also seen the formation training a while ago. When the formation is fighting, the formation is very dense. It can be said that people are crowded and crowded. You need to do The only thing you need to do is to stand firm, and then follow the officer's instructions to shoot the arrow in your hand, and thrust the spear forward with all your strength, there are no tricks at all."

"If at this time, the enemy comes with a knife, you think in your heart that he is using force to chop Huashan. According to the teacher's teaching at the beginning, I have to jump to the side first, and then a dragon swings my tail. I'm sorry, you are dead. Because , you are surrounded by companions in armor, and you are crowded by them, so you can’t jump at all. You might as well throw yourself to the ground, and thousands of feet will step on you, and you will be trampled into meat paste immediately.”

Hearing what he said, everyone laughed.

When everyone calmed down, Wang Shen continued: "When the enemy comes with a knife and a gun, people will subconsciously parry. But here is another problem, the card player is okay, the worst is to use the shield. But the spearman is miserable, Each of the big guns in our army is nine feet long, and there are people around them. There is only a thin line of space left for you. You can only block and shake the gun. You can only stab forward and try to kill the enemy in the shortest possible time. Kill. Yes, the fourth Ning said that fighting depends on speed and strength, and it is used here. The problem is that the enemy is not fighting with you alone. You have four or five guns, four or five Point the knife. When you kill the enemy, you will not be hit by other enemy's weapons. So, what should you do?"

"It's easy to handle, let your companions kill other enemies. Through collective cooperation, give your two sides to your comrades for protection."

"A one-on-one fight is fighting; a group of people against a group of people is war. War depends on collective strength, not individual strength."

All the soldiers pondered in their hearts, and vaguely felt that there was some truth.

Wang Shen finally said: "War is not a street fight, not a contest of martial arts, but a murder. In the next half month, what I want to teach you is how to win a battle. In fact, winning is also very simple, just three points : Bravery, obedience, cooperation. Let's get started!"

Intense drums sounded, and large and small flags fluttered in the wind.

Yes, starting today, Wang Shen began to let the soldiers practice the cooperation between various arms and teams. To put it simply, it means where to stand on the battlefield, and how to attack and retreat. action.

In fact, the soldiers should be allowed to train in the queue for a month to develop subconscious obedience to the officers' orders before they can conduct field drills.But the situation is urgent, and there is not much time left for Wang Shen.

The first practice of hearing and eyes in the field exercises is to let the soldiers know what to do next after hearing the sound of gongs and drums and seeing the signal of the flag.

Now the Sizhou Battalion has only 1000 people, and the officers can still accurately convey orders by shouting loudly.But in the future, the Sizhou Army will continue to grow. Just imagine if the team expands to one side, more than 2 people stand on the battlefield where arrows and rocks are flying, and the killing is in the dark.

In the modern battlefield, the communication of troops can rely on radio, satellite and data link, but in ancient times, they can only rely on semaphore and gongs and drums.The so-called beating the drum will advance, and beating the gold will withdraw the troops.

When Anhe took Chen Lanruo into captives, Wang Shen had basically mastered the method of training soldiers.Combined with some methods of later generations, a detailed training program was drawn up.

Now just follow the plan step by step. I hope that in just half a month, the soldiers can get a preliminary understanding of the battle formation, at least...be able to stand on the battlefield, with spit in their mouths, and not be scared away. .

Today's first field drill simulated the troops meeting the enemy, gathering urgently, and then forming an array to fight.

First there was a sound of a drum, and then the trumpet was blown, and the banner of the Chinese army was set up.

After seeing the Chinese army flag, each of them looked for their own troops according to the color of the flag and lined up.Then, the gong was sounded, and the troops sat down to rest.

At this time, several scouts came running with flags raised, shouting loudly, encountering the enemy, the enemy is four miles away from me.

Then the drums of the Chinese army sounded, and the soldiers stood up.There are trumpeters blowing the bugle, which is the trumpet of the formation.All the soldiers moved closer to the center at the same time, forming a thick formation.

At the same time, the snare drum sounded again.The people and horses of the five capitals are arranged in a line, the middle is in the middle, the left is on the left, and the right is on the right.In each department, the first division is in the front, and the second division is in the back. It is a double stack, with the flag and drum in the middle, and the sound of golden drums stops.

The half month of training in the formation has finally yielded results. Although the sound of gongs, drums and trumpets came one after another, the soldiers still changed their formation neatly without any confusion.

After a good formation, the trumpet continued to sound.The horn sound this time was different from before, it was a short single sound.At the same time, the gong sounded, the gold sounded, and when the trumpets stopped, the soldiers sat down at the same time, leaning their weapons on their fronts and shoulders.

At that time, when the military officers were discussing the drafting of this order, Yue Yun still didn't understand it, saying that the formation had already been formed, and it was time to prepare for it, so why did he sit down instead?
As soon as the voice fell, Gu Lie, an old soldier, burst out laughing, saying, Ying Xiang, generally speaking, from the time the enemy is discovered, the troops form a formation to guard, and the two armies contact, there is at least five or six miles. Walk for half an hour.Is it possible to ask everyone to stand and wait in thick armor, and when it is sunny, when the sun shines, everyone will be exhausted before they fight.

Only then did Yue Yun suddenly realize.

Wang Shen nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself: Qi Jiguang is indeed right, to recruit soldiers you must recruit honest and obedient sons.These soldiers in front of them are pure-minded, and they have been used to acting according to the orders of the officers in half a month of training.The army cannot have thoughts.

Next to it, a guard shouted: "The enemy is two hundred steps away from me, get ready!"

The drums sounded, the conch horn was blown, and the soldiers stood up.

The first layer of the Sizhou Army's magic arm bow shoots.

Blow the conch horn again, the second layer of magic arm bow shoots, and the first layer of crossbowmen winds up.

The conch horn continued to sound, the bow of the god arm on the third floor fired, and the crossbowmen on the second floor wound up.

For a moment, the air was full of arrows and stones flying across the sky, and the sharp sound of piercing through the air made one's scalp tingle.

The crossbowmen of the Divine Arm Bow were led by Lu Can, and [-]% of them were veterans who had experienced the First Battle of Pingyuan Town.One old and three new, the troops fired three rounds in a well-organized manner, which is very powerful.

However, the next change made Wang Shen's eyes widen in shock, and he laughed out loud in anger.

Guard: "The enemy is a hundred steps away from me, get ready!"

At this time, cymbals sounded, with a rapid rhythm.

Hearing this order, the crossbowman hurriedly retracted his bow and ran away to both sides, leaving the front of the formation open for the pawns behind.

The infantry in the back is still divided into five layers, the first layer is the shield player, the second layer is the spearman, the third layer is still the spear, and the fourth layer is the spear.Yue Yun's Beiwei soldiers stayed behind to keep a distance from the Chinese army, serving as the general reserve.

More than 1000 people are moving. It is said that each army has already agreed in advance in which direction to move.But after all, it is the first time to practice together, it is inevitable that some people will move faster with excitement, but people still move according to the previous frequency.In this way, the rhythm will be messed up.

Before the crossbowmen could get out of the way, the brand players rushed over, and then three rows of spearmen rushed over again.

Everyone huddled together and couldn't help shouting in disorder, as if the vegetable market that was selling at seven or eight o'clock in the morning had completely lost its order.

The officers shouted angrily and kept pulling down the sticks in their hands, and it took a long time to rearrange the formation.

When it finally calmed down, about half an hour had passed.But I saw that the soldiers were all in disheveled clothes, sweating profusely, and gasping for breath with their mouths wide open.

Wang Shen shook his head, smiling bitterly in his heart.But he still encouraged him loudly and shouted: "Everyone, I'm sorry, you are all dead on the real battlefield. The enemy is a hundred steps away from our army. If it is an infantry, it will kill you in an instant. If you are cavalry, it will be faster. They will not give you such a long time to regroup. However, you don’t have to worry. Today is the first camp practice, and I am very pleased to be able to practice to this level, let’s continue!”

He originally planned to practice how to pursue the troops if the enemy retreated today.

Now it seems that it is impossible.

"Perhaps, I'm too impatient and want to eat a big fat man in one bite. It's better to break down this formation exercise into several parts, and practice each part until it becomes a body memory!" Wang Shen thought so.

(End of this chapter)