Zheng Shuang marched in front of the 293 prisoner carts in full gear, as if he remembered something; Rode back.

The 5,000-strong loyal soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty saw their commander and cast admiration at him.

Zheng Shuang waved his hands to the soldiers, beat his horse and came to Wuwei.

Wu Wei, Lang Zhen, Ba Si, and Hou Fang, the four masters of the inner house, drove their horses together at this time.

Wu Wei was the commander of the military capital of the Flying Dragon Army, the loyal and brave army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Lang Zhen was the commander of the Flying Eagle Army, the loyal army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Ba Si was the commander of the military capital of the Flying Bear Army, the loyal and brave army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Hou Fang was the commander of the Flying Leopard Army, the loyal army of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Flying Dragon, Flying Eagle, Flying Bear, Flying Leopard and Iron Falcon of the Loyal and Brave Army of the Right Wing of the Great Song Dynasty had 7,000 war horses and 6,000 cavalry; 5000 infantry, 1000 handymen.

Before rushing to Taihang Mountain to set up an ambush, Zheng Shuang asked Wei Yan and Leng Bingshuang to lead 14 teams of the Iron Falcon Army and some manipulators to Liyangjin to block the follow-up army of the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State and Yelu Longxu of the Liao Shengzong.

Let Qin Shi Huang lead 3,000 special infantry to hold Baimajin to prevent the Liao army from crossing the Yellow River, and he only brought 5,000 soldiers to Taihang Mountain.

Now 5,000 soldiers have completed the encirclement of Xiao Tzu Rin's Sini Iron Cavalry, and 293 soldiers who captured Xiao Tzu Rin alive were escorted back to Bianliang to offer prisoners, and 1,000 soldiers were enough; He planned to draw 4,000 soldiers to support Wei Yan in Liyangjin.

Zheng Shuang estimated that the 14 teams of the Iron Falcon Army led by Wei Yan, Xue Shisan, and Leng Bingshuang had already caught fire with Empress Dowager Xiao's follow-up troops.

Wei Yan must have adopted defensive tactics, so he commanded Wu Wei, Lang Zhen, Ba Si, and Hou Fang to the four armies: "The four generals, please dismount, this commander has something important to order!" ”

Wu Wei, Lang Zhen, Ba Si, and Hou Fang got off their horses and hugged Zheng Shuang.

Zheng Shuang got straight to the point and said: "We have achieved an unexpected victory in Taihang Mountain, and now we want to escort the Khitan Tartars back to the capital to offer prisoners to the emperor; There are 1,000 escorts to suffice, and Ben Shuai plans to let Er and the other four lead 1,000 men and horses each to support the old general Wei Yan; I wonder what the four generals think? ”

Wu Wei, Lang Zhen, Ba Si, and Hou Fang bowed down and saluted together, and said in unison: "The last general will wait for the marshal to send!" ”

Zheng Shuang asked the four Wuwei people to rush to Liyangjin with four thousand men and horses, and after the four Wuwei and four thousand men and horses left; Zheng Shuang looked back at the soldiers escorting the 293 ox carts, and saw that they were all strong and full of energy; I couldn't help but be secretly happy in my heart.

Zheng Shuang was appointed by Song Zhenzong as a hussar general, and the generalissimo of the loyal and brave army in the right wing of the Great Song Dynasty; Accompanied by Prime Minister Bi Shi'an and Kou Zhun, he went to the forbidden army barracks in the capital to select soldiers.

The selection of generals Zheng Shuang adopted the method of setting up a ring to fight, and the selection of soldiers; It completely follows Song Taizu's "soldier-like method".

The so-called soldier-like method is to select soldiers according to their height and martial arts.

The Song Dynasty was the most economically prosperous and culturally prosperous dynasty in Chinese history. It was also the first dynasty to fully implement the conscription system.

The conscription system of the Song Dynasty was very different from the conscription system of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the government military system of the Sui and Tang dynasties; It refers to the recruitment of military soldiers from the people, and the military salary and welfare benefits are uniformly issued by the imperial court; It is in the nature of a mercenary.

Since it is recruited from the private sector, it is necessary to formulate corresponding selection rules; As an assessment criterion for recruiting soldiers.

Conscription in the Song Dynasty was mainly divided into measuring height and weight, checking behavior; There are three steps to distinguish the strength of vision.

All those who pass the test will have a tattoo on their face, mark their military number, and then issue military salaries and uniforms, and be incorporated into military registration.

Because it is necessary to tattoo words on the face, recruitment is also called recruitment - Zheng Shuang is selecting soldiers in the barracks, and there is no cruel brand of tattooing words on the face.

Zheng Shuang is a young man in the 21st century, and even if he recruits soldiers from the people, he will not practice the "torture" of tattooing, which is left as a mark.

There was no tattoo in the military service system of the great unified dynasties of the previous dynasties, but the Song Dynasty did; This is following Zhu Wen's approach

The tattoo on the soldier's face began with Zhu Wen, a snake-hearted demon.

As soon as you hear the name Zhu Wen, everyone will invariably think of "swine fever"; When swine fever hits, the piglets in the farmhouse yard will die, and Zhu Wen is the god of plague and is notorious in Chinese history.

Zhu Wen has been a hooligan and a scoundrel since he was a child, and the rebel troops who infiltrated the Huangchao by speculative drilling camps betrayed the rebel army and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty; Become a murderous devil.

Zhu Wen was shameless and shameless, and summoned the daughters-in-law of his sons to sleep beside him; The daughters-in-law of several sons were summoned by their husbands, and they were not ashamed but proud.

Because Zhu Wen doted on that son's daughter-in-law, that son had the possibility of inheriting the throne; Zhu Wen treated his son shamelessly, and his son's only way to deal with him was by force; Later, this guy was killed by his own son Zhu Youqi, and he also deserved it, and he took the blame.

Zhu Wen, the son of Wang Ba Calf, did all the bad things after surrendering to the Tang army, killing Li Ye of Tang Zhaozong and Li Ji of Tang Aizong; The other nine sons of Tang Zhaozong were all sent to the West Heaven by this guy, and the descendants of the heroic Emperor Li Shimin were bullied by the scoundrel Zhu Wen so unforgiving.

Zhu Wen couldn't help but abuse the emperor, and he also killed all the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty; Dozens of Tang Dynasty ministers were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Yellow River, creating the appalling "White Horse Disaster".

Zhu Wen also did a bandit that was angry with heaven and man, and demolished Chang'an, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties; After the timber was transported to Kaifeng through Weishui, the city was burned down by a fire.

In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil; The phenomenon of soldiers fleeing is very serious, and Zhu Wen wants to ensure that his troops are full; Orders were given to tattoo military horns on soldiers' faces as identification marks.

It is a pity that Zhu Wen's method of printing the soldier's face was inherited by Zhao Kuangyin.

In the Song Dynasty, conscription was based on roads (similar to later provinces), and the commanders and governors were responsible for recruiting soldiers.

Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was born as a professional soldier and attached great importance to the height of soldiers; He selected the best soldiers in the army to be sent to various places as "soldiers" and demanded that the source of soldiers be selected according to the "soldiers".

Later, he felt that the practice of selecting "soldiers" to be sent to various places was too cumbersome, so he used wood to mark the size, called "iso-length battle", which was used to measure the height of the recruits.

In the modern conscription system, the enlisted height of male soldiers is 160cm, but the Song Dynasty required a higher height for soldiers.

The height requirements for male soldiers in the Song Dynasty were: 5 feet 8 inches (about 180 cm) or more for the upper class, and 5 feet 5 inches (about 170 cm) or more for qualified; Less than 170cm need to be tested to pull the bow - one or two inches lower to shoot eight bucket force bow, three inches lower to shoot nine bucket force bow - to use the force to make up for the lack of height.

Eyesight strength requirements: 20 steps out of the finger, cover one eye to try, left and right five accounted for the number of things.

Behavior requirements: read first, jump, get on and off.

It can be seen that the conscription requirements of the Song Dynasty were no less than the modern conscription conditions.

The army of the Song Dynasty was divided into four types: the forbidden army, the box army, the Fan soldier and the village soldier, of which the forbidden army was the regular army of the imperial court; He is responsible for guarding the Beijing division and going out to fight, and enjoys generous benefits.

As a local army, the Xiang army not only has far less welfare than the forbidden army, but also has to undertake miscellaneous work such as building cities and roads, building bridges, and transporting them.

The soldiers of the towns of the states are also in the guard division. The amount of an army is divided into several states, or the administration of a state and several states, and the amount of the divisions in Beijing is five, which is subordinate to the Xuanhui Yuan, and is assigned to the service of animal husbandry and repair, and each state is subordinate to its own affairs.

The army of the Song Dynasty implemented a selection system, and selected those who met the requirements according to their height in spring and autumn every year for skill assessment.

During the Song Zhenzong period, the soldiers of the Xiang Army with a height of 5 feet 5 inches (about 171 cm) to 5 feet 8 inches (about 180 cm) were divided into five classes for skill assessment, and those who passed the pass could be promoted from the Xiang Army to the forbidden army.

During the Song Renzong period, the height requirement was further raised, and soldiers of the box army who had to reach more than five feet seven inches (about 178 cm) were eligible to participate in the assessment, so as to make up for the forbidden army.

For the soldiers of the Xiang Army, the core condition of height has become an obstacle on the road to the forbidden army; After all, the skills of drawing a bow and archery can be compensated for by acquired practice, while height is an innate factor.

Through the selection system, the forbidden army gathered the elite guards of the whole country to prepare for the conquest; The Xiang army undertook miscellaneous labor and had no responsibility for conquest, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Just as modern society regards men under 1.7 meters tall as "third-degree disabilities", the Song Dynasty army paid great attention to the height of soldiers; It will not only affect promotion, but also directly related to welfare benefits.

According to the History of the Song Dynasty, soldiers under the height of 5 feet 2 inches (about 162 cm) were not given money (military salary), and soldiers above 5 feet 2 inches (about 162 cm) to 5 feet 8 inches (about 180 cm) were divided into 21 ranks, and were given money ranging from 200 to 1,000 wen.

In the second year of Jiayou's resumption of the battle, from the Fourth Army to Wusu and Zhongjing, they were all five feet up, and they were regarded as money.

Those who give 1,000 dollars are five feet eight inches, seven inches, and three inches as three inches.

Those who give 700 dollars shall be given 5 feet 7 inches, 6 inches, and 5 inches as the third class.

Those who give 500 dollars shall be divided into three by five feet six inches and five inches and five inches.

Whoever gives 400 coins shall be divided into two classes of five feet and five inches and four inches and five inches.

Those who give 300 dollars shall be 5 feet 5 inches, 4 inches and 5 cents, 4 inches, 3 inches, and 2 inches as six.

Those who give 200 dollars shall be five feet four inches, three inches and five points, three inches, and two inches as four.

Those who do not give money shall be given five feet two inches or five inches below seven fingers or eight fingers.

The Song Dynasty gave money to soldiers based on their height, and those who did not meet the requirements were not given money; I don't know who is the author of this bastard policy, so could it be impossible to let the low-stature soldiers drink the northwest wind?

If the Song Dynasty selected officials according to this criterion, then Wang Qinruo must not be qualified; Because he is short in stature and has a gall on his neck, but this guy has become a privy envoy and participates in political affairs; Later, he became the prime minister by patting horses and whiskers.

The recruitment scope of soldiers in the Song Dynasty included local villagers, children of battalions, victims of the disaster and criminals, among which the hungry people in various places were one of the important sources of army soldiers.

The hungry were a group of great concern to the rulers of successive dynasties, and the usual practice was to mobilize food and set up porridge sheds to help the hungry.

The Song Dynasty, however, was unique in that it recruited young and middle-aged people from the hungry into the army in the form of "recruiting soldiers for relief", which could ensure that there would be no large-scale civil uprisings and contribute to social stability.

The army is the most organized, with special barracks and officers under the command, and organizing the hungry people into an army and restraining them with strict military laws is a good way to prevent the hungry people from causing chaos. ”

Of course, even the most perfect system has loopholes, although the Song Dynasty's conscription system was very advanced; But there will inevitably be mistakes.

In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the large-scale use of troops against the Western Xia, there was a dilemma that there were no soldiers to recruit; In order to ensure the supply of soldiers, there has been a phenomenon of grasping the people as soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of such a hastily formed army can be imagined.

During the Song Huizong period, the Jin soldiers invaded on a large scale, due to the lax control of military discipline; The newly recruited army actually committed the crime of killing officers and committing rebellion.

The conscription system of the Song Dynasty was a product of the development of the times, which formed a new military service system in Chinese history.

The conscription system is reasonable in the selection of soldiers, and some of the criteria are even more stringent than the modern conscription conditions, which is a major innovation in the selection of soldiers in the ancient army.

The problem is that the soldiers selected by the "Soldier-like Law" formulated by Zhao Kuangyin lost more than they won in the battles against Liao, Xia, and Jin; The reason for this is because of the factors of training and generals.

Zheng Shuang thought about the recruitment method of soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and thought of the victory in the ambush of Taihang Mountain; The main reason for this is the strategic tactics of flexible and mobile tactics.

The defeat of the Song army in the two wars of the Gaoliang River and the Yongxi Northern Expedition was mainly due to the blind command of Song Taizong.

Song Taizong himself formulated a 10,000-array diagram, and if it could be flexibly applied according to the actual enemy situation, it would not lose everyone's style; However, Song Taizong's requirement that the generals must fight a decisive battle with the Liao army according to the Ten Thousand Array Diagram in every battle is a bit old-fashioned......