Chapter 028: The New Army
"A lot of brothers are asking me, how can I get promoted, how can I get more money? Now I'll answer you. ”
On the huge teaching field, a team of non-commissioned officers was conducting a training project in the queue, and Zhu Tian took the 500 people he was responsible for training in the northwest corner of the teaching field.
Zhu Tian's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Qualified recruits are average, and soldiers with excellent training performance are superior." As for wanting to get a higher reward, it depends on how many girls you have killed, and the size of your military exploits. Five taels for a golden soldier and ten taels for a low-level Jurchen officer, if you can cut off the head of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom or the Emperor of Western Xia, then you can naturally get ten thousand taels of gold!"
In this era of the law of the jungle, Darwin's law is in vogue, and the Confucianism and Taoism of the Song people are too outdated! Only by cultivating soldiers like wolves and tigers can we deal with the nomads, fishermen and hunters in the north!
If there is no competition mechanism and no incentive mechanism among the soldiers, then the entire military system will be a pool of stagnant water. History is still the same, and China is still heading for the abyss.
The non-commissioned officers are divided into two grades, after three months of training, that is, privates, add a long yellow epaulette on their shoulders, 500 yuan per month; Up to the top is a medium soldier, and after a year of recruiting, he is automatically promoted to a senior soldier, and two yellow epaulettes are added to his shoulders, which is the same money every month.
Then there are officers, but there are no epaulettes, if the lord is afraid that the monthly money starts from 5 taels to 200 taels.
"Big brother, what do you mean by saying that we practice queues and walk stupidly all day long?"
Inside the barracks, Zhao Yuanlong complained to the eldest brother next to him while tidying up his bed.
"Second brother, you can't say that, Wang Xianggong is good to our brother, and our brother naturally wants to repay him!"
Zhao Yuanhu also tidied up his bed neatly, and said earnestly: "The officers teach hard, let's practice!" Anyway, it doesn't seem to be easy for the officers! Didn't you see it, Yue Commander himself went into battle! Practice well, you can't go wrong! ”
"Big brother, it's just that this training is too hard, the weather is so hot, standing stupidly under the sun, it's too uncomfortable! Why don't we go back to the mountains, anyway, it's not all the same everywhere, it's all about killing the Jurchens!"
Zhao Yuanlong looked at his arm, which did not have a piece of complete skin, and said indignantly.
"Second brother, don't talk nonsense!"
Zhao Yuanhu's face changed suddenly, he looked around, and said in a low voice, "Have you forgotten how our parents died?" My father and mother have always hoped that our Zhao family can make a comeback, and I hope that our brothers can glorify their ancestors, and now the opportunity is in front of you, but you are talking nonsense here, are you crazy, in this case, you will not mention it again in the future! ”
Seeing that the eldest brother's face changed, Zhao Yuanlong hurriedly said: "Big brother, I am complaining here, and I naturally dare not say it outside!" Wang Xianggong is also good to our brothers. Don't worry, I will definitely practice hard in the future and never do anything!"
Zhao Yuanhu nodded, and said earnestly: "Our Zhao family is a family, and there are only two brothers left of you and me." This is a matter of getting ahead, just the lintel of the door, it depends on our brothers! Second brother, the opportunity is rare, you have to seize it tightly when you come, and you must not make a mistake!"
Zhao Yuanlong nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I remember!" I must restrain the brothers below and let them train in peace, no one can make a mistake!"
Zhao Yuanlong complained, but he really didn't dare to go outside to talk nonsense, the discipline in this military camp was strict!
Besides, just training every day, eating and drinking enough, and having silver every month, with the hard work of the two brothers, they can naturally easily complete it. Although the military posture queue is boring, everyone is practicing, and they are not alone, so why complain!
It took about seven or eight days of hard work, and most of the recruits had already learned to line up and distinguish left and right, which was also a big surprise to the officers!
The education level of the Northern Song Dynasty was high, and the soldiers were easy to accept and understand new things, and it was the same when they practiced.
All in all, in the camp, training is not the most uncomfortable! Sadly, the hygiene requirements in the camp are close to harsh, the barracks are clean and spotless every day, and the quilts have to be neatly connected. In addition, bathing every day was compulsory for the soldiers, and anyone who did not follow it would be punished heavily.
Hygiene is the least expensive way in the world to prevent disease and plague. The Song Dynasty was not the era when pharmacies were full of antibiotics all over the world, and there was no good medical environment and medicines. Once there is an outbreak of plague due to health problems, it is an absolute disaster.
If you train well, you will be rewarded, and if you train well, you will have the opportunity to get more silver, and you can get a bigger reward if you kill the enemy. Here, relationships and ways are not used, everyone is equal, only strength, sweat and tears decide everything!
You can leave, but you never want to come back! There are no cowards and mercy here, only the strong and the iron-blooded!
The army is first and foremost disciplined and obedient, and the loyal and righteous army has its own unique military rules: abide by discipline, obey orders, and are not afraid of sacrifice. These orders were repeatedly emphasized in peacetime training and reached the point of familiarity among the soldiers.
"Pay attention to exhale, inhale, even your steps, and the big guy strengthen." Zhang Sheng carried a weight of 80 pounds on his back and shouted on the side while running.
Half a month has passed, and the queue training of the non-commissioned officers has been completed. Now I am running a long distance of 20 miles and 80 pounds of weight every day. The officers were all over 100 pounds and sweating, which greatly alleviated the complaints of the recruits.
In order to fight against the Jurchen cavalry, the armored infantry of the Song people had a combat weight of about 60 catties and a training weight of about 80 catties, which was also a no way.
As for the usual training of the spelling technique, it is naturally the "three defenses and one stab" stabbing technique that Wang Song has always taught. The practice of bows and arrows was taught by Yue Fei and the Zhao brothers as instructors to train the soldiers.
Yue Fei and the Zhao brothers were both masters of archery, and the archers in the team were trained by a few of them.
The use of the long knife is taught by the chopping technique commonly used in the army. Yue Fei's master Chen Guang was a master of spearmanship, and he also had high attainments in knives, and he himself fought with Liao soldiers. Under his pondering, a basic chopping technique was listed as a form of practice in the army.
The Song Dynasty lacked horses, in order to climb to the peak of the armor of the cavalry soldiers with foot control, and the crossbow of the Song people forced the opponent to constantly strengthen the armor equipment, the widespread use of heavy armor made the horizontal knife such a relatively light weapon useless, the Song people could only use the knife, eyebrow knife and other long-handled knives to strengthen the chopping force.
The blade is 1 foot 9 inches and 5 minutes long, and the blade is 1 foot 4 inches long. The top is wide and the bottom is narrow, and the wooden handle is wrapped in leather. Due to the long handle of the knife, it is suitable to hold the knife with both hands to strengthen the slashing force, and it is very suitable for dealing with the Jurchen cavalry.
Due to the strong impact and mobility of the Jurchen cavalry, the heavily armored Song soldiers were at a loss. The Jurchen cavalry was very flexible, and even if a charge or engagement failed, it could not be defeated. They withdrew from the battle, regrouped and charged again. Even in some major battles where the Song army had the advantage of troops, the two sides still had to fight fiercely for dozens of rounds before they could win. And as long as the Song army is defeated once, it will be plunged for thousands of miles.
The earth-shattering thunder may not be enough to deal with the Jurchen iron cavalry, especially the abducted horses and iron floating horses of the opposing side with heavy armor, but if there is a later artillery, even the simplest smoothbore cannon, it will be of great benefit.
Firearms against cavalry, civilization against backwardness, this is also the direction that Wang Song has been working hard now.
Every day at dawn, the shrill whistle sounded, and the barracks were suddenly in chaos. The soldiers hurriedly dressed up, ate quickly, and then quickly assembled at the teaching ground.
The soldiers first had to go through a 20-mile weight-bearing run. After returning from a long-distance run, it is extremely boring queue training. In the evening, it was another 20-mile long run. When you come back, you have to take a shower before you can fall asleep.
After a day of training, even the strongest thorns in the team have no energy to regenerate. As soon as they came back from training, they fell asleep and could not wake up, like dead pigs.
Zhao Yuanlong trained the hardest every day and complained the least, which drove the training enthusiasm of other young people in the team. After the end of the first month's training, Zhao Yuanlong and more than a dozen other soldiers were listed as the "training pacesetters" of the month, and each of them was officially promoted to the rank of first-class soldier, and was rewarded with 5 taels of silver.
"....... thirty merits, fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad.
Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When the courtiers hate, when will they perish. Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. To start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky. ”
Every morning, whether it is the rising sunset, the drizzle of Feifei, or the drifting heavy rain, on the school camp, a team of soldiers began to run in the morning under the leadership of the instructor, and what they sang in their mouths was this Wang Song's version of "Man Jianghong". The lyrics are beautiful, the voice is majestic, impassioned, and quickly won the love of the soldiers.
In the running team, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others also sang. Yue Fei naturally didn't expect that this was Wang Song's plagiarism of his own work.
The training was so boring and cruel that naturally some people couldn't stand it, took off their clothes and left the team. Yue Fei didn't care about this either, leaving now was better than running away on the battlefield when the time came.
Fortunately, new recruits are added every day, so the number of people in the team has not decreased, but increased slightly.
"So the sergeant, change clothes at a stick of incense, and gather at the school after a stick of incense, and those who are late will be dealt with according to military regulations!"
A shrill whistle sounded outside, followed by the shouts of the instructors, which made the recruits' hearts tremble.
Without a stick of incense, most of the recruits have already stood on the school field, densely packed and covering the entire school field.
"....... eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, don't wait, the young man's head is white, and the empty and sad ......"
After the instructors finished the roll call, they took the recruits, took the lead, carried a weight of 40 pounds, and everyone sang a military song in their mouths, and ran towards the hillside twenty miles away.
The people along the way, no matter what their status, stood on the side of the road, watching these vigorous men sweat like rain, and everyone had respect.
They believe that it won't be long before Wang Shi will go north and give those arrogant and tyrannical fans a good look.