Chapter 438: Veterans Exist
In the entire Northern Song Dynasty military, it was not the Privy Council, let alone the Northwest, that really got the secret transmission of the longbow, but the regimental training of Miaojiazhuang.
Perhaps the regimental training is very different from the Northwest and the Privy Council in terms of staffing and personal quality, but they have obtained the essence.
That is, in the time of Miaojiazhuang, in order to ensure their own safety, all the real skills were taken out, Zhao Xin in the 21st century, because of the relationship he liked, he was very serious about the manufacture and operation of the longbow, and unceremoniously said that the understanding of the longbow has surpassed the British army in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in history.
The limitations of history allow them to only develop in which historical time and space, and later, after the development of thermal weapons, a set of theories formed can really exert the power of the longbow.
Do not pursue the strength of a certain archer himself, do not pursue the strength of the individual, what you want is neatness, what you want is uniformity, this kind of training method that has a modern and even modern military model, is far from being comparable in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
For example, the British and French armies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were somewhat like the Qing army in the Opium War, not to mention the well-trained or not, purely in the military literacy, in the Opium War, the performance of the Qing army was also very brave, but what about the final result?
If it weren't for the fact that the British army was too deeply involved, and because of the weather, they were ambushed by Sanyuanli and lost some, and the others, almost nothing, even in the battle to capture Guangzhou, only a small part of the losses were lost.
The complete victory of the modern army over the feudal army is no longer just a matter of weapons, and it is unceremoniously said that when the army established with modern ideas picks up the bayonet and fights with the feudal army with a hand-to-head battle, it is also the modern army that finally wins.
Because of the short time, and Han Qi's didn't care, in fact, the forbidden army in the northwest was just a feudal army equipped with a longbow, and it was not a Miaojiazhuang regiment to practice like this, from the very beginning, from the queue, obedience, and even internal affairs and many other aspects, there was a war of modern and even modern significance, and even the most important problem to solve, the question of why to fight, is not a problem at all.
Maybe it's a trick in group training, but it's only been a few months, or even a long time, and I haven't been guided by Zhao Xin, but before, when Miaojiazhuang's training was more than gourd, I practiced this group training to this point.
At the beginning, when I saw these regimental training soldiers, especially when they were tall, short, fat and thin, and even the military uniforms were not very neat, they were still a little ignorant.
But from the beginning of the integration of the queue, all the generals' faces changed, even if it was a regimental exercise, their ability to listen to the command was too strong, and they acted in unison, following the whistle.
Neatness is not necessarily a direct manifestation of the army's combat effectiveness, but it is certainly not a strong army if it is not neat.
If the queue only made these generals change their faces slightly, then the training with a bow made their eyes shine.
When I was in the Privy Council, the longbow on display, while shocking and shocking, always felt that something was missing, because the longbow was a very unfamiliar weapon, and it was also a very new weapon in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.
Now, it can be seen that the salvo of the regimental training is obviously coordinated, even the landing point of the bow and arrow is within a certain range, quite dense, and the soldiers carefully selected by the Privy Council are powerful, and they pick up those longbows that are much more terrible than ordinary longbows, but they are empty and powerful.
Once on the battlefield, as long as there is a slight fluctuation, it will inevitably produce a large vulnerability, which is fatal for the longbow.
"Uniformly!" Di Qing said secretly in his heart, this is probably where the power of the longbow lies, before he was still worried, such a salvo of the longbow produces a lot of waste, in case of deviation, for the longbow, it will be a little fatal, but now, the militia has opened up a direction for them, uniform, maybe simply any longbowman, compared with the military, is far behind, but once the group fights, the combat effectiveness of the militia is stronger.
The layman looks at the bustle, the insider looks at the doorway, Di Qing and others, but the insiders among the insiders, they are more and more eager.
Di Qing and the others were fascinated by what they saw, and they even kept getting closer.
Miaojiazhuang has never avoided people, and there are villagers all around, and there is nothing to avoid.
Every training, surrounded by people, whether it is the previous battle of Miaojiazhuang, or now, the strength of the regimental training, on behalf of their safety, perhaps, there can be no large-scale rebellion in Baozhou, but there are really a lot of bandits and robbers.
After the regiment was trained into an army, the surrounding area was cleaned up, and several famous bandits around were cleared up, and the situation in the entire Miaojiazhuang was cleared.
Even if it is simple support, every time you train, there are hundreds or thousands of people who come to see the excitement.
Di Qing and the others did not come directly on horseback, when they arrived near Miaojiazhuang, they were trained by the voice and came over, and the movement was not too big, but when several generals led by Di Qing squeezed into the crowd, the movement was still a little big.
Nearby, suddenly there were dozens of more people, all riding horses, which was a bit excessive, and sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, the group practice stopped, and a group practice that looked very strong took the initiative to walk over to Di Qing and the others, and took the initiative to ask, what were they going to do.
The captain of the regimental training came up to ask, but he was not worried or afraid, this is Miaojiazhuang, their hometown, here, they can't be justified, what else can they do.
However, the captain of the regimental training can be regarded as a bit of the world, during the Baozhou Mutiny, he even went to the battlefield, and he saw Han Qi such a privy envoy from afar.
Even the privy envoy has seen it, and in the face of these ordinary people in Baozhou, the captain has enough foundation to directly ask what he is doing.
Di Qing and they arrived in Baozhou, they took the seal of the Privy Council, the Privy Council may not be very conspicuous in Bianliang, some middle-level officials, facing the strong Zhongshu Sect, or the family of the descendants, are not ranked at all, but in the north, especially in the border military state, it is still very status.
Even if Di Qing took out a decree, it was not of legal significance, it was just an official document, and it was left with the cooperation of Baozhou, and a Baozhou governor personally led the team to come.
Soon, the head of Baozhou asked the regimental training envoy to come forward, in the territory of Baozhou, even if the Miao family is very strong and has a noble concubine as the backing, but the regimental training envoy is still the top superior of the regimental training, and the leader of the civilian team still knows this regimental training envoy.
Knowing that these people were messengers from the Privy Council, and that they had come here to see the fortress, the head of the civil corps of course agreed.
It's not a secret that the fortress is not a secret, after the Baozhou mutiny, I don't know how many people came to see it, these people are still from the Privy Council, and they are the regimental training envoys to do the guarantees, in this case, the head of the civil team is not worried about their problems at all.
When the captain of the regimental training came to ask, the training of the regimental training had come to an end, and the regimental training was two training a day when Zhao Xin was there, and after Zhao Xin left, he had not herded sheep like other regimental exercises, and he trained once every ten days.
Miaojiazhuang's group training is a three-day training, but the whole exercise is not long, about an hour or so, basically, training some queues, and some basic training, are simple and have been completed.
The captain of the regimental training asked the deputy captain to lead the regimental training, and when he returned to the camp, he took Di Qing and the others to the fortress.
Now the location of the group training is no longer the original position, it is a little north of the entire Miaojiazhuang, however, under the premise of a plain, they should be able to see the fortress, but in the vast field, a tall building thousands of meters away, if you don't notice, no one will know that it is a fortress.
Under the guidance of the militia group, they realized that from a distance, there were some things that looked like a huge tower, that is, a fortress, and the first impression to Di Qing and the others was that this one was a little tall.
This is high, the pressure on people, very huge, the closer you go, the more different it feels.
More than half a year has passed since the Battle of Baozhou, almost a year has passed, and the wounds caused by the war have passed, and the plants of nature have covered everything up, but there are still traces on the fortress.
This is the property of a cement creation, it is very strong, as hard as a stone, it is difficult to leave a mark on it, but once it remains, it is difficult to clean it up.
Miaojiazhuang didn't think about cleaning it up, on the fortress, there were at least forty or fifty traces, most of them were scratches and the like, and it can be seen from the above what this fortress experienced at that time.
The regimental training would send 200 people every day to guard the fortress, but with the captain leading them, they finally walked up to the fortress.
Looking at it from a distance, especially on the appearance of the fortress, there is not much murderous aura, many places are quite rounded, and it doesn't look like a threat at all, but only a real general can see it, and in the middle, there is a terrible threat.
When they really walked up to the fortress, Di Qing and the others saw a lot of incomprehensible things, and after asking the captain, soon, the captain called a few people.
Di Qing didn't understand why, why did he call so many people and explain, Di Qing knew that the five people, including the captain, had all participated in the Battle of Baozhou, among which the captain and one of the captains had also supported under the city of Baozhou, and even obtained military industry during the defense of Baozhou.
When Zhao Xin was in Miaojiazhuang, his prestige was very high, and Miaojiazhuang, as well as the surrounding villages, gathered in Miaojiazhuang, and most of them followed Zhao Xin to Dingjun, and they also became the first batch of residents of Dingjun, enjoying very high treatment.
But not everyone likes it, some people still stay, some are stabilizing Miaojiazhuang, after all, Miaojiazhuang can't move away, after the Baozhou Mutiny, the scope and scale of Miaojiazhuang have also increased a lot, there must be enough people to stay, some simply don't want to leave.
For example, this captain, even when he was training in the regiment, was to give the squad leader, with Zhao Xin's wealth, it is normal for a soldier of this level to be five times higher than that of the forbidden army, but he finally stayed, the reason is very simple, he is in his 50s, and he still has old parents to serve.
Thousands of miles away is a huge test for young people, and even more so for the elderly.
Other people are almost the same, they all have various reasons, for this, Zhao Xin doesn't care, there are too many people in the world, there are too many talents, and the twisted melon is not sweet.
Although Zhao Xin was hunted down at the beginning of the crossing, when he jumped out of this circle and faked his death to escape, as long as he did not show the idea of competing for the throne, he was safe.
Even for Jaefu, Renzong's opinion is very important, not to mention the right to inherit the throne, it can be said that when Renzong is in power, as long as he strongly opposes it, no matter who he is, don't want to ascend to the throne.
If it can't be used by him, it will be destroyed, this is what the hegemon does, but what Zhao Xin wants to do is to farm, use strong economic and technological capabilities, directly subdued, not a hegemonic competition, now the foundation of the Ding Navy has been laid, as long as the development continues on this basis, for the Ding Navy, at most 20 years, if it is fast, it may be 10 years enough.
When battleships appeared in the coastal waters of the Northern Song Dynasty in the middle of the 19th century, when smoothbore guns, artillery, and even machine guns appeared on the battlefield, what infantry armor, what heavy cavalry, these things, in the face of indestructible gunpowder weapons, really ceased to exist.
With this to lay the foundation, why bother pursuing a few regimental exercises, if it weren't for the lame people picking generals, how could these people be qualified to follow Zhao Xin.
Di Qing came to Miaojiazhuang, although he was a little curious, how did the Marquis of Dinghai rise, although a Hou Ye who was only a few years old was more or less depressing, he had been in the army for more than 20 years, hundreds of wars of all sizes, and he did not know how many meritorious deeds he had made, but until now, Di Qing was not a Hou Ye.
said that he was the deputy governor of the capital, but there were still several steps to go before he could master the military power of a state, and even to put it mildly, even if he could master the military power of a state, there was still a long way to go from the real power of the envoy of Dinghaihou.
Di Qing is a smart person, his level, maybe he doesn't know yet, Zhao Xin is not the young master of the Miao family, but the second prince, but he is keen, he sensed that this is wrong, and took the initiative to leave the whirlpool, he didn't want to know the origin of Dinghai Hou and Miao Jiazhuang.
Now, with the appearance of soldiers who experienced the war back then, and even the front-line soldiers, he wants to know even more about what the various areas of this fortress do.