warring states careerist

Chapter 760 Preparation
Before the gathering the next day, the courtyard of the village's armed forces department was already crowded with people.

Street vendors yelled, selling roasted peanuts and sunflower seeds, as well as some cheap goods commonly used by sergeants.

A few guards with red armbands patrolling nearby were chasing away a few small vendors who wanted to sneak in and sell alcohol.

A few people who were acquainted with each other when they were in the military were squatting in the corner and chatting, and a few people who were addicted to chess, which became popular in Sishang these years, were playing games with the wooden chess pieces they carried on the chessboard drawn on the ground. A group of people stood watching.

beep...

When the whistle sounded, people from various villages in the village got up one after another, packed their bags, and quickly shut their mouths.

The person in charge of the military in the township holds a thick military book, and people from each village stand together according to the village.

It's just that there are twelve volumes of military books, and there are people who haven't come in every volume.

The village officials of several villages explained that those who did not come either came later due to illness, or left the village for Nanhai after applying for approval before, but those who could come have already come.

"It's the same when you go to the South China Sea. As long as you have retired within five years, you will be recruited. It's just that the place of service is in the South China Sea, so it doesn't make any difference."

After checking the list with people from the village's armed forces department and various village communities, they came up with a statement.

When each village community is specially recruited, Mohist representatives stay in the village, and the village is responsible for some things like service.

The village chiefs in each village have at least been corps leaders, and are usually low-level officers like Sima Chang, who have certain organizational skills.

Especially in recent years, the collective labor of the village community and the digging of canals and other activities that require organization skills have also tempered the village leaders of each village community, and they still have the ability to lead the villagers to gather.

After the assembly, people from the Xuanyi Department of the township came forward to talk about the general situation. They will set off for the county tomorrow, and finally gather at five assembly points, including Pengcheng, Peiyi, Guangling, and Ju, and distribute them to the nearest ministries. .

Not all of these people are soldiers. If there is a real fight, except for some people transferred to the army as second-line troops, more than half of them will be used as heavy soldiers.

The real combat force is still the few standing divisions. These temporarily recruited second-line retired soldiers are generally used as the resistance line and stretching the front line in battle.

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Peiyi.

As one of the five assembly points in Sishang except Nanhai Yangyu, nearly 2 people have gathered here in a few days.

The tents were set up, and the internal affairs personnel of the inspection department with armbands to maintain order walked around the market to inspect the order.

In a military camp outside the city, a concubine who had just been promoted to lieutenant colonel was chatting with several colleagues.

Because of the existence of the original sergeant, sergeant, and corporal system, and the lieutenants are generally high-level bureaucrats similar to the great Sima who serve in the central government of various countries, and the company commanders on Sishang are generally soldiers, and the next level is higher. The most important is the school, in line with the times and the habits of the world at this time, bypassing the name of lieutenant officer.

The concubine Mi came back from Zhaodi four years ago. Because of her meritorious service in Zhaodi, she was promoted to a junior colonel, and then entered the military academy to study. After two and a half years of studying, she went directly to the cavalry brigade as the deputy brigade commander for more than a year.

Then he was assigned to an empty cavalry brigade as brigade commander. This empty cavalry brigade is an irregular light cavalry brigade. A brigade that should normally have 500 people actually has less than 400 people.

But the officers at all levels are complete, from the brigade commander to the chief sima, the airs are complete, but there are not so many soldiers.

If there are too many under Chief Sima, he says he is in charge of seven or eight people, and if there are fewer, there may be two cadres, and the entire establishment is empty.

At that time, many people came back from Zhaodi, and their riding skills were superb, but none of them were suitable for the regular formation of martial arts knights in Sishang, and the formation of infantry knights gradually decreased. Most of them were cavalry officers of this kind of irregular light cavalry .

One is that the military knights in charge of the charge are trained strictly, and they are basically veterans who have served over the age; the other is that with the popularity of horse farming, there are many people who can ride horses on Sishang, but those who can charge intensively according to discipline, want to It is unrealistic to rely on direct recruitment.

Anyway, neither Song nor Chu had strong cavalry. Wei’s elite military knights were built before Wu Qi’s defection, and Sishang’s regular cavalry could also be suppressed. It has the largest number of formations among the Sishang cavalry.

The brigade representative who partnered with the concubine Miu was a young man about his age, with a formal education background. After finishing his studies, he worked as a staff officer for a few years, and then he was incorporated into this kind of brigade as a brigade representative. I was still a classmate back then, but not in the same class, Shu Pu Mi was a year earlier than him.

After the reorganization four years ago, Sishang had a total of eight regular divisions except for their shelf troops.

Not counting the South China Sea area, these eight divisions are divided in different directions.

Those stationed in the Peiyi area are regarded as Sishang's first-class main force, with a total of three regular infantry divisions, two knight brigades, one artillery brigade, and one engineer brigade.

The main purpose of the battle is the southwestern direction of Song, Wei, and Qi. In the concept of the General Staff, in the event of a major war, the Peiyi army can attack Song and Wei, and can also be maneuvered to the direction of Jucheng to cooperate with the Jucheng army from the side and back. Linzi.

The head coach of the Peiyi Legion is Six Fingers. Except for the regular troops, once a war breaks out, the brigades like the concubine prisoners will also be under the jurisdiction of Six Fingers.

The day before yesterday, Shu Pu Mi and others had already gone to Peiyi for a meeting. Their brigade will make up for it first. Once the battle is fought, it will follow the main force and use it for the purpose of raiding, harassing, cutting off food, and copying.

The entire brigade has been busy these few days, and it has started since the mobilization order was officially issued.

The brigade has a complete set of cadres, a complete organization, and even barracks, that is, there are not enough people.

It's not yet time to formally accept those retired soldiers, and the officers in the brigade are arguing inside, mainly discussing how big the gap is between them and the most elite First Armored Knight Brigade in Sishang if they really want to fight.

Many officers in the brigade are from Zhaodi, and they all feel that when it comes to killing people in battle, they may not be worse than the first military knight brigade.

The deputy brigade marshal shouted: "I was in Gaoliu Bianbao, and I led our company to attack the settlements of the barbarians. I don't know how many times I fought."

"Speaking of which, when the First Warrior Knight Brigade followed Juzi to fight the Battle of Nanjishui, it deployed infantry on both sides to raid the Qi people's line of defense."

"To be honest, look at that battle now. If our brigade went up, we could do it. At that time, the Qi people could no longer hold on. When the artillery bombarded them, they had already dispersed. And at that time, they just opened the gap and broke into it. , the opposite side has collapsed, there is no organizational system, and you can fight whatever you want."

"If there is a fight, it's...we can't fight against them, but they are definitely not as good as us in other things."

Another person also yelled: "In terms of equestrian skills, the equestrian skills of their knights are no better than ours..."

A few people just laughed. Speaking of this, most people have actually given in, realizing that the charge is not much different from those martial knights, and they can only find confidence in equestrian skills.

Mi, the concubine, did not participate in the debate. He went to the Martial Knights Brigade to be a temporary deputy brigade commander. He had seen the training and battle practice of the Martial Knights Brigade, and he knew exactly how big the gap was.

The cavalry of the Wu Knight Brigade can keep the riders close to the knees within a hundred steps. Those cavalry in Zhaodi back then could not maintain such a good formation.

This kind of training can't be practiced for three or four years. It is really incomparable to them if they go into battle.

Speaking of their light cavalry brigade, everyone in the village community is a good fighter, with superb riding skills and great courage, but in terms of discipline, they are really not as good as those martial knights.

In recent years, the task of every training exercise of a light cavalry brigade like theirs is either to raid the granary, or to go around and disrupt the opponent's formation when they are in battle, or to chase down the rout and prevent the opponent from regrouping. Similar tasks are not trained.

There are also differences in the configuration of some armaments. The knight brigades all use swords, and basically don't use spears.

But their brigades are all issued with ring-swords, mainly for slashing, and some companies are equipped with some disposable spears, which are used when charging. After the charge, they are discarded and replaced with knives. Some companies will be issued with short barrels. flint gun.

In some places, it looks similar to those barbarians in the north, except that the barbarians there mostly use short bows that are easy to cast on horseback, and these people are issued with short-barreled muskets.

To use the self-deprecating words of the concubine Mie, these people are infantry who can't shoot and shoot, can't fight with knights, and can't charge with chariots. .

A light cavalry brigade like them is similar to most of the Sishang army, with everything inside, including Mohist representatives at all levels, military supplies officers, doctors, military musicians, and orderly soldiers. different.

When the debate in the barracks was about to come to an end, someone came in and said, "Brigade commander, brigade representative, your superiors have ordered you to go there. It seems that people will be assigned tomorrow."

This is already known, but no specific time has been determined, and no one is surprised.

Two people can go to one, and the representative of the brigade said to let the concubine go, and he happened to hold another meeting for the rest.

After leaving the barracks, not far away was the location of the big camp. After entering, he didn't see Liu Zhi, but the representative of the legion saw him.

After saluting, the legion representative said with a smile: "Pu Mi, they are all old cavalrymen, and there are many who have made meritorious service. They are very wild."

"Back then in Wenshui, more than [-] people dared to rush to the Qi army to grab the flag. Later, they even fought with brother troops because of their military exploits by robbing nobles and prisoners."

"They are all good fighters fighting in the courtyard of the village community. You have to keep them under control. If you can't, it's okay to fight with the wind. Everyone is brave, but the real battle depends on discipline, not personal bravery. On You also know that those barbarians from the north back then were probably not weaker than you in terms of personal bravery, but they just couldn't win."

"You are famous in Gaoliu, but in Sishang, you are just a young man in their eyes. Discipline is discipline, and convincing is convincing. Do it well."

(End of this chapter)