He Guangsu is better, he can barely understand the more than 100 words commonly used, and he can barely understand even the guesses, and he can probably remember them by copying them dozens of times on the ground outside the barracks with wooden branches.

But those soldiers who have been buried in the ridges since childhood, and only know how to farm and cut people, can be said to be tortured by this special exercise...

It's not good if you don't learn!

Captain Qin has an order: All the strong crossbow captains are literate, which is the edict of the Holy Son of Heaven!

Those who enter the camp for thirty years and are less than 100 literate will be directly expelled from the camp and will never be re-enlisted as Han soldiers!

What's even more terrifying is that even if you recognize a hundred words within three months, it's not over yet—from the first three months, every month after that, you have to learn twenty new words, and at the end of the month, the Shangguan will check them one by one.

That is to say, in the third month of entering the camp, the cognitive verification of the soldier is 100 words, the fourth month is 120 words, and the fifth month is 140 words...

However, in the past five days, He Guangsu has found several times, such as Wu Bai, Shi Chang and other low-level officers, expressing their dissatisfaction in front of the non-commissioned officers; Frightened, He Guangsu hurriedly called the officers who didn't open the door to the house and criticized them fiercely!

The strong crossbow captain asked the soldiers to recognize the words, not to mention that the generals under his command didn't understand, and even He Guangsu couldn't touch his head.

But if you don't understand, you don't understand, the experience of training in the army has already imprinted an instinct in the depths of He Guangsu's soul: the orders of the superiors can only and must be carried out by the subordinates, whether they understand it or not!

Of course, He Guangsu didn't bother too much to explain to those young people what is the duty of a soldier - the food specifications of the strong crossbow captain, not to mention the best in the entire Han family, at least one of the highest specifications!

Even the lowest soldiers can ensure that they are ninety percent full at every meal, and they get a chicken in three days; According to Captain Qin, every month or so, the Son of Heaven would even go to Nanying to reward the army and give him wine and meat!

Needless to say, the military salary is unique in the Han family: 200 yuan a month!

At the level of He Guangsu, it has entered the category of 'rank': 50 stones per month, 600 stones per year!

Such a high-standard treatment, placed anywhere in the Han family, is enough to make a strong man squeeze his head, do everything he can to join it, and abide by all the rules and regulations.

Compared with the generous treatment, the trivial matter of literacy is not so awkward - even if you go home from the army in the future and recognize 180 words, you can write letters for others, and you don't have to worry about your livelihood.

Thinking of this, He Guangsu proudly raised his head and looked for a new partner: the giant crossbow team rate, Shu Jian (jùn).

Speaking of this comrade who is the same team leader as himself and belongs to the same rank and lieutenant, He Guangsu can be said to be full of admiration.

This Shu Jian Shu Sima is a native of Yanjun and belongs to the southerners in the popular sense.

In He Guangsu's cognition, most of the men born in the south of the Great River in the Kanto region are more fond of reciting poetry, although they also practice martial arts, but they are not as martial as the men in the north, but they are more fond of sword fighting and stabbing skills.

When he served in Longyou, He Guangsu had a comrade from Ludi.

It is no exaggeration to say that He Guangsu has never seen such a squirming man!

When the army worked together to make food, the man said 'the gentleman cooks far away'; when he went out to inspect, the man often slipped away, and several times Wu Bai mistakenly thought that there was a foreign invasion and took the man away.

When he had an argument with his comrades, he moved his hands and feet, and the man had nothing to do with his husband, and he made a move to go straight down the three ways...

Since then, He Guangsu has been very sure in his subconscious: Most of the husbands in the south may be like this - at least Ludi's husband is like that!

But in front of him, who was born in Wu Di and once climbed from the southern county soldiers to the position of Qu Chang (Baichang) on the northern border wall bit by bit by virtue of his military exploits, and then he was called into Guanzhong because of the recommendation of the county guard, and served as the leader of the giant crossbow team, which undoubtedly subverted He Guangsu's perception of the southern husband!

Today's strong crossbow captains, in fact, have only expanded to half of the plan: the original Flying Fox Army's strong crossbow captain department of 2,000 people, after losing most of the officer framework, the former Southern Army remnants were included in the establishment, and the most elite force of the strong crossbow captain was reconstituted: Captain Yulin.

According to Shangguan Qin Mu, Captain Yulin's duty on the battlefield in the future is to conduct an unprecedented method of warfare.

What does it seem to be called, covered shooting?

It is said that in order to master this new method of warfare, the Yulin Lieutenant Department will even learn arithmetic while reading and writing!

This made He Guangsu feel more and more that when this unit officially has combat effectiveness, I am afraid it will bring a greater impact to He Guangsu.

Although Captain Yulin, composed of the former Flying Fox Army's strong crossbow captain and the former Southern Army's remnants, can be regarded as the absolute elite of this strong crossbow captain, He Guangsu's material officer captain is also a force to be reckoned with.

The giant shield team led by He Guangsu will undertake the task of building the frontline defense line in wartime, and use the giant shield in his hand to win the opportunity for Captain Yulin behind him to carry out 'covering shots', and protect the vulnerable crossbow group from the impact of the cavalry group.

In fact, this method of warfare has been widely used by the Han dynasty in the battle against the Xiongnu cavalry group since Emperor Taizu Gao was under the siege of Baideng - the material officer used a huge shield to form a shield wall to block the Huns' cavalry group from attacking the camp, and the bow and crossbow troops hid in the square position formed by the shield wall, causing damage through long-range shooting.

If you really want to talk about it, this kind of tactics is actually not very good, and it can only be regarded as the most effective response that the Han infantry, especially the heavy infantry group, can make when encountering the cavalry group in the field.

But if you really say how much you have achieved, you are joking.

The cavalry clusters of the Huns often do not directly ride their horses to attack the outermost giant shield wall, but will impact the edge of the effective range of the Han army's bows and crossbows about a hundred steps outside the wall, and then suddenly spread out left and right, move laterally to a safe position, and then withdraw to the main formation, repeating such intrusions.

When the Hun cavalry galloped towards the main formation, if the Han camp chose to shoot with a bow and crossbow, it would inevitably be dodged by the cavalry that suddenly made a detour and moved parallel to the shield wall, even if it shot a few unlucky ghosts, it would not cause much damage.

But if they didn't shoot back, the Huns would try to get closer, and each impact would be closer to the shield wall.

Not to mention how much psychological pressure this kind of posture that may collide at any time will be on the Han soldiers, and the physical pressure alone will make the Han soldiers unbearable.

- As long as the Huns made a posture of impact, the crossbowmen in the Han camp had to bend their bows and arrows, ready to loosen the strings/pull the trigger at any time!

Giant shield soldiers like He Guangsu were even more bitter - their sight was blocked by the giant shield up to more than zhang, so that the giant shield soldiers did not know anything about the dynamics of the Huns, so as long as there was the roar of horses' hooves outside the shield wall, the giant shield soldiers had to tense their whole bodies, hold their shoulders against the shield, and be fully prepared to be hit by the galloping war horses.

As the saying goes, there are only three shots in front of the enemy, even if you fight the risk of pulling the shoulder and arm muscles, in a battle, a qualified archer can only pull the bow ten times at most; Crossbowmen are lighter, but not much better.

The Huns repeatedly attacked several times, even a dozen times, and dozens of times, and the Han army archers would feel muscle fatigue whether they shot or not; The giant shield soldier will be tired and sweat profusely in the repeated tense, relaxed, and tense switching.

It is precisely this kind of crossbow soldier rubbing his sour arms, but he still does not dare to put down the bow and crossbow in his hand, and the sweat of the giant shield soldier is stained with the ground under his feet, but he can still only grit his teeth against the shield at the time when the Huns rode their horses to attack the Han army camp.

The pressure that the Huns can bring to the Han soldiers is not only a means of cavalry impact - in addition to the horses under the crotch, the Huns also have bows in their hands!

Although the firing range is not as good as the longbow made of Chen wood and the well-structured crossbow machine of the Han Dynasty, hundreds of arrows can always be fired into the Han camp, causing casualties to the Han soldiers.

And the giant crossbow Sima Shuqian in front of He Guangsu was the fierce man who caused long-distance killing and wounding to the Huns when the Huns were stationed on horses and bent bows!

- Not to mention anything else, just the shiny rhubarb crossbow that Shu Jian was carrying behind his back was enough to make everyone in this school field, including Qin Mu, the captain of the academy, salivate!

When the Hun cavalry seemed to pretend to attack the Han camp and waited for the opportunity to stop their horses and bend their bows, a warrior like Shu Jian would pull the rhubarb crossbow away with his feet and kill the Huns one hundred and fifty steps away from him at a super long distance!

And Shu Jian can be equipped with a big yellow crossbow, which means that he can not only pull it away, but also use the big yellow crossbow to make a gain!

He Guangsu also learned about this matter from Shu Jian: In the autumn and winter of the previous year, Shu Qian, who was the commander of the Yunzhong Governor, had overturned a small Xiongnu nobleman under the horse at an ultra-long distance of about 200 steps!

The big yellow crossbow that Shu Jian was carrying was a gift from Lord Wei Shang, the county guard of Yunzhong.

- It's not that it's assigned to Shu Jian to 'use', but completely given to Shu Jian!

This rhubarb crossbow belongs to Shu Jin's private property!

But in this regard, no one in the entire Han family will have an opinion.

Because the big yellow crossbow is also known as the yellow shoulder crossbow, it is a ten-stone strong crossbow!

Ordinary soldiers can draw a three-stone bow and a four-stone crossbow, which can already be regarded as 'qualified' or even elite, and even a heavy infantry like He Guangsu, who was born as a material officer, can barely pull a six-stone crossbow.

- It's a six-stone crossbow, and He Guangsu has to be full of Zhang!

It is to step on the crossbow machine with your feet, and use the strength of your waist and the entire upper body to put the crossbow string on the groove.

As for the ten-stone rhubarb crossbow, let alone He Guangsu, I'm afraid that even Qin Mu, the captain of the material officer school, may not be able to pull it open.

And Shu Jian in front of him is one of the few people in the entire Han family, and the number will definitely not exceed three digits, and he can pull the rhubarb crossbow super fiercely!

Such a person is entitled to be equipped with a controlled weapon of super-destruction and to make a show off the market without fear of being punished.

In terms of resume, Shu Jin's 'twelve Xiongnu heads' and one Xiongnu nobleman included in them are undoubtedly the two heads in He Guangsu's resume.

Judging from future achievements, Shu Jian's lower limit is also likely to be above He Guangsu's upper limit.

What made He Guangsu feel even more powerless was that Shu Jian joined the strong crossbow commander, which was recommended by the county guard and Wei Shang in the clouds!

Although He Guangsu doesn't understand the life motto of 'jealousy when there is much difference, and envy when there is a world of difference', Sima, who is also the leader of the captain of the material officer school, has a very different resume and future, so that He Guangsu can't afford the slightest momentum of competition.

In addition, He Guangsu's giant shield Sima and Shu Jian's giant crossbow Sima belong to the relationship of 'full cooperation' in the battle, which makes the personal relationship between the two more and more develop in the direction of 'good comrades-in-arms'.

After learning about Shu Jian's fierce personal resume, the bookish spirit in Shu Jian's eyebrows also changed abruptly in He Guangsu's eyes, from a 'chattering master' to a 'gentle and elegant Confucian general'!

Although the rhubarb crossbow that could pull open the ten-stone strength was incompatible with the lingering bookish aura in Shu Jian's temperament, it still did not prevent the two from becoming peers who lived in harmony in just a few days.

In the 'literacy' drill every night, Shu Jian will also generously help He Guangsu to recognize and write those obscure and difficult words.

What He Guangsu admires the most is that Shu Jian himself is literate over 100, but he is still meticulous in his literacy exercises; When He Guangsu raised doubts, Shu Jian even advised He Guangsu: The ambition of the Holy Son of Heaven is all good for us, and He Sima should not delay such a good opportunity!

Although he didn't understand the meaning of Shu Jian's words, He Guangsu could roughly understand why Shu Jian came to the conclusion that 'the Holy Son of Heaven is ambitious'.

- The composition of the entire crossbow captain, the drill and the tactics that have not even begun, are almost entirely aimed at the cavalry cluster!

Even the drill, which is still in the 'entry' stage in Captain Qin's mouth, is completely based on a large cavalry cluster as an imaginary enemy!

To say that the Holy Son of Heaven formed such a pure 'anti-cavalry' force in order to defend the capital or suppress the Kwantung region, He Guangsu would not believe it even if he was killed - now the Han family, let alone the Kwantung princes, even the court itself, there are not many war horses that can be used to form cavalry!

Thinking about it this way, the future mission of the strong crossbow commander is obvious: to deal with the Huns!

This made He Guangsu let go of the little grumbling in his heart, full of excitement and reverence, and meticulously acted as a soldier.

Even the infant army that went out to quell the rebellion had completely disappeared from He Guangsu's mind.

- Counterinsurgency?

Can the head of the rebel army be worth as much as the Huns?

Stop it~

I'm afraid that the head of Liu Zhang, the leader of the rebel army, is not as valuable as the head of the Huns!

It was in such a high pride and longing for the future that He Guangsu ushered in his first holiday - Rest Day.

The biggest difference between the strong crossbow commander and other troops is that he has one day off every five days.

Soldiers are free to arrange this day, whether it is to practice martial arts on their own, or to brag with their comrades; The premise is not to leave the camp.

And He Guangsu, as the Sima who commanded 500 people, enjoyed the 600 stone salary, so he naturally had a little privilege: after telling the school captain Qin Mu, He Guangsu could go home and have a look.

Now He Guangsu no longer needs to worry about his daughter's 'late marriage fine' - on the contrary, He Guangsu began to take it, and while paying the fine without blinking an eyelid, he sought to find a better family for his daughter.

During the five-day exercise in Nanying, He Guangsu only sent someone to bring a message, asking his daughter to take care of Kunji, and asking his neighbor He Bo to take care of the children on his behalf.

Thinking that when he went home, his son might ask about his camp with admiration, and his daughter might also have a long-lost smile on her face, He Guangsu felt warm all over his body, only wrapped in a layer of beeswax-like happiness.

——Since the death of his wife, the situation at home has become more and more difficult, and He Guangsu has never held his head high and crossed the threshold of the family.

Today, He Guangsu can walk into his small courtyard with supreme pride, under the envious eyes of his neighbors, and enjoy the worship of his children!

While thinking about it, compatriot Shu Jian finally appeared in He Guangsu's field of vision.

"Shu Sima!"

After a shout, He Guangsu raised his hands and walked briskly in the direction of Shu Jian.

In a moment, Shu Jin's tall and mighty figure, as well as the gentle temperament that the armor couldn't hide, appeared in He Guangsu's eyes.

"Shu Sima, what is the explanation of the school captain?"

According to the notice issued before, Qin Mu, who is temporarily in charge of the strong crossbow commander for the guard captain Qu Chenghou Wormda, will convene the battalion sergeants on the rest of the day, summarize the situation of the drill in the past five days, commend the best tunqu of the drill, criticize the negative part of the drill, and then announce the disbandment.

But after waiting for a long time, the school yard was a little noisy, and there was still no sign of the school captain Qin Mu, only a moment ago, a personal guard came to summon Shu Jian into the Chinese army's tent.

As soon as the words fell, He Guangsu also vaguely noticed the seriousness between Shu Jian's eyebrows, subconsciously put away his casual smile, and was about to ask again, when he saw Qin Mu walking out of the big tent of the Chinese army and stepping onto the general platform.

"Silence!"

A roar full of anger suddenly spread throughout the entire Nanying schoolyard, but after a few breaths, the entire schoolyard was silent.

I saw Qin Mu nodding slightly, his tone was full of seriousness, and he said loudly: "Yesterday, dozens of assassins infiltrated the palace, and the acting crown prince was assassinated, and he died today!" ”

"According to the decree of the Holy Son of Heaven, the strong crossbow commander will allocate 100 elite people to send the crown prince back to his homeland."

Before the generals and soldiers in the school field could react, Qin Mu pointed to the far left side of the school field: "This matter will be handed over to the Yulin Captain's Department, and within half an hour, hundreds of soldiers will be selected and lined up neatly at the camp gate!" ”

After saying that, Qin Mu glanced in the direction of He Guangsu and Shu Jian, and immediately stepped off the platform under the gaze of thousands of strong crossbow captains and soldiers, and walked quickly towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

When He Guangsu turned around in a daze, he saw Shu Jian showing an expression of 'Oh, you don't need to say it, you also know', and his face immediately returned to solemnity.

And the generals and soldiers in the school field stood stunned for a moment before they dispersed with puzzled faces to enjoy the first rest in the past five years - the training of the strong crossbow commander's department, which made everyone feel that life was like a year!

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PS: Shu Jian, not apocryphal, genealogy provided by a reader, portrayed by his ancestors: Shu Jian, during the reign of Emperor Wen, was ordered by Danyang Shouju for the next Pi and served for eight years.

The county in the text is Qinzhi, and the county was changed to Danyang County during the Han Dynasty.

So, yes, that's right, this super macho man Shu Jian, who pulls a big rhubarb crossbow and is both civil and military, is actually from Danyang.

Are you looking forward to the performance of the follow-up Danyang soldiers?