Chapter 8 Training Soldiers and Horses

After returning, Jiang Hexing convened everyone to discuss. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info people came very together, Zhang Kai and Zhang Jie brothers, Li Xiaowu Li Xiaoquan brothers, Zhao Guang, Zheng San, and Li Ming who ran back with Li Xiaowu, Zhao Qingyi's uncle.

Jiang Hexing looked at Li Mingdao and said, "Uncle, you first introduce the situation of Wuhuan." ”

Li Ming stood up and introduced: "Wuhuan was originally a branch of Donghu, but was later driven away by the Xiongnu. Emperor Wu Yuanzhan four years, our Han army broke the Xiongnu, expelled the Xiongnu from Monan, Wuhuan belonged to our Han Dynasty, moved south to Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaodong, Liaoxi Saiwai five counties stationed in the herd, to defend against the Northern Xiongnu. On the way back, I took a special look, and the place we walked along the way should be outside the Saiwai of Liaoxi County. From there we traveled all the way west to get here. The Wuhuan people are very good at horseback archery, as soon as we run, he can catch up, coupled with their deliberate division, they can control a lot of slaves with few people. They are a tribe and a tribe, they are not very large, the big ones are a few thousand people, the few hundreds, generally about a thousand people, and the male can ride a horse and shoot arrows when he is a teenager. However, they also often fight back and forth internally, and the winners rob the losers and things, and they have been killing and killing like this. ”

After listening to Li Ming's introduction, after all, he was just a slave at the time, and after learning about it later, it was not easy to know this.

Jiang Hexing nodded with satisfaction, and then said to everyone: "Wuhuan doesn't have a particularly big force, they all fight on their own, it is feasible for us to defeat them, first use this cloud thunder to bomb, and then wait for them to fight when they are messed up, if they still have the ability to fight back, we will continue to use cloud thunder, in short, mess them up first, and then clean them up." ”

Zhang Jie said: "Mr. Jiang, my eldest brother and I were invited by you, you don't have to pay the bills, we came here because we could fight." ”

Everyone laughed, and Jiang Hexing said: "Thank you two brothers first, for doing our business as your own." Saying that, Jiang Hexing looked at the crowd and then said, "You don't know, the Zhang family used to follow General Li Guang, and later settled here, so there was Zhangjiazhuang, you see that their young people can each ride a horse and shoot arrows." First, the practice of martial arts here in the border county has always been like this, and secondly, there are ancestral trainings, so that they should not forget the ability to defend themselves, so they all have good skills. ”

Jiang Hexing looked at Zhang Kai and said: "Big brother, I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you a lot this time, Zhangjiazhuang is our foundation now, we rely on your activities for many things here, and we may have to train the troops below, I'm afraid you will be the general responsibility for logistics." ”

Zhang Kai didn't expect that he originally wanted to charge into battle with everyone, but when he heard Jiang Hexing say, he frowned and said, "It seems that this is the only way." ”

"Zheng San, among the people you came, how many men were between 16 and 40, and how many could ride horses?" Jiang Hexing asked.

After a long time, Zheng San said: "There are 41 men from 16 to 40, and I don't know who can ride horses. ”

"Oh, wait a minute, go and gather the people, and ask who is willing to save people, and only those who are willing to go. Now go and call them together. ”

Zheng San took the order and left.

Jiang Hexing saw Zhang Jie, Li Xiaowu, and Li Xiaoquan sitting together, and at this time, the three of them lowered their heads and discussed something, their voices were very small, and they couldn't hear clearly.

Maybe they had a sixth sense, and the three of them all raised their heads, just in time to meet Jiang Hexing's gaze. Jiang Hexing looked at Li Xiaowu's newly shaved bald head and said with a smile: "Xiaowu, what are you discussing?" ”

Li Xiaowu stood up and said, "Mr. Jiang, the three of us have practiced riding and archery since childhood, and this cavalry can't be made in a day or two. Even for a year and a half, it is estimated that it will be difficult to control a horse, let alone archery. ”

Jiang Hexing turned his head and saw He Ming and said, "He Ming, how are the things I asked you to prepare a few days ago?" ”

He Ming stood up and saluted Jiang Hexing: "Mr. Hui Jiang, what you want has been made, but you haven't done much yet." ”

"Go and bring a few sets of the finished ones so that everyone can see them."

He Ming ran out with a smoke.

Zhang Kai couldn't help it and asked: "Brother, what kind of mystery is there, I don't know at all, you still let me take care of logistics." ”

"A few days ago, the most important thing was cloud thunder, and this is the first priority, so everyone is busy with cloud thunder first. I drew the drawings privately, found carpenters and blacksmiths, cobblers, etc., to make some things, and when I turned around, He Ming turned around, and you will be directly responsible in the future, hehe. ”

In everyone's anticipation and anxious discussion, He Ming took two people, each holding two strange things, made of wood, wrapped in sheepskin, and each person was carrying a rope in his hand, and the two ends of the rope were two pieces of wood wrapped in iron sheets.

Everyone stretched their necks and looked at the things in Lao He's hands carefully, not understanding what Jiang Hexing meant, he was still discussing the matter of cavalry just now, and Jiang Hexing suddenly took out these things to do.

He Ming put the things on the table, and everyone looked at each other, unable to understand.

Jiang Hexing walked to the table with a smile, pointed to the thing wrapped in sheepskin and said: "This is a saddle bridge, you can fix your body when you ride on a horse, and the two small ones next to you are stirrups, which people can step on, which means that you can ride a horse without holding the horse's belly between your legs in the future." ”

All the people stood in front of the table, each pulling on the saddle stirrup and looking closely, imagining the usefulness of the thing.

"Let's go, take the things to the yard, who will try them first?" Jiang Hexing looked at everyone's enthusiasm, and it seems that everyone will be more sure if they try it.

The eyes of the crowd were staring at Li Xiaoquan, who was studying the saddle bridge, he raised his head, a little confused, and scratched his head.

Zhang Kai said to Li Xiaoquan: "Everyone knows that you ride a horse well, let you try it and see how far your jujube red horse can run this time." ”

Everyone laughed again, Li Xiaoquan glared at Zhang Kai, and walked out of the house with the saddle bridge and stirrups in his hand, and everyone followed him to the courtyard.

Jiang He walked next to Li Xiaoquan and said: "Xiaoquan, wait a minute, you don't have to ride far first, after you have these settled, try to stand and ride first, and then try to do some chopping and assassination actions." ”

Jiang Hexing said and compared, Li Xiaoquan realized that Mr. Jiang was letting himself test the benefits of this thing for everyone to see, if it could really be as Mr. Jiang said, this is a jackpot, and the disgraced thing just now will pass.

After everything was settled, Li Xiaoquan got on the horse, he felt completely different, he used to grab the horse's mane and hold the horse's belly between his legs, but now he doesn't need it, and he was a little unaccustomed to it at first.

After walking in the courtyard for a while, Li Xiaoquan stood on the saddle bridge, holding the reins in his left hand and doing some stabbing movements back and forth with his right hand. And there is a root on the bottom of the foot, this strength is not the same, and if you encounter a rootless one under your feet, you are completely superior to the other party in strength.

The more Li Xiaoquan tried to feel more and more beautiful, he couldn't control himself at all, and he had to demonstrate what kung fu Li Jiazu had handed down right away, he was acting, I don't know who it was, he slapped the horse's buttocks hard, the horse ran forward violently, and Li Xiaoquan was pouted from the horse again.

Li Xiaoquan got up from the ground, he was not annoyed, and said happily: "Mr. Jiang, with this saddle bridge and stirrups, I am afraid that there will be no cavalry in the future, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to win the battle." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said: "In the future, the cavalry will be the key to the key, who used to have a good bow and arrow, and who is better than whose horse will be better in the future." So we don't want others to know this secret too soon."

Zhang Kai, Zhang Jie, and Li Xiaowu are all familiar with playing on horseback, and they suddenly understood the meaning of saddle bridges and stirrups.

At this moment, Zheng San led a group of people into the courtyard, there were more than fifty, and a few of them looked obviously old, and the grade was more than fifty.

"Zheng San, why are there so many?"

"Mr. Jiang, I said that I would take them to Wuhuan to save people, but don't you come so much, many relatives and family members have no news now, I have repeatedly told them that they are too old to be old, they all say that they are only 40 years old."

Jiang Hexing smiled, it's better to want to come than not to come. Jiang Hexing saw that the yard was too small, and people came in, but they could only squeeze here, and said to Zheng San and the others, and the group came to the back of the paper factory.

Behind the paper mill is a large open space, where torches shine as brightly as daytime. The north blew, and the flames flickered, reflecting the serious faces under the firelight. Nan Jianghe walked in front of the crowd, and the noisy voice just now suddenly became silent, and his eyes looked at Jiang Hexing in unison.

Jiang Hexing glanced at the people and said, "I've heard about it, many of our family members and relatives were taken away by Wuhuan and used as slaves. Now I live a life that is not as good as a cow or a horse. Perhaps at this time, when the weather is freezing cold, they can only sleep in the sheepfold and horse shed, with no food to eat and no clothes to protect them from the cold. Even so, they can be insulted, abused, beaten, and killed at any time. In the eyes of the Wuhuan people, they are probably not even as good as beasts. What do you say we should do? ”

"Help! Save! Save! The crowd below was excited and chanted in unison.

"Good! Our family members and relatives are being bullied like this, of course we can't sit idly by, we must save people. But saving people is not something that can be done with words, what is needed, we need an army that can defeat the bullies of us. But where is the army? The army of the imperial court cannot be counted on, and if the imperial court were useful, we would not be refugees here, and our relatives would not be slaves. What's the only reliable thing right now? ”

Jiang Hexing asked loudly, looking at each other below, at a loss.

"On our own, only when we are strong ourselves, can we have the ability to save our loved ones from the suffering of slavery. What we have now is all that we have, and whether our loved ones can get out of the sea of suffering depends on our actions. So, now we can only save people on our own. ”

"Do you understand now what we rely on to save people?" Jiang Hexing suddenly raised his voice and asked.

"On your own! On your own,! On your own! The crowd was ignited again.

"Yes, on our own, but we also need the help of others. This afternoon, Zhang Kai and Zhang Jie's brothers listened to me tell me about this incident, and they couldn't wait to save people now. Zhang Jie has agreed to go with us to rescue our relatives, and I would like to thank the two brothers here. Speaking of this, Jiang Hexing bowed deeply to Zhang Kai and Zhang Jie, and the two hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

"Okay, now everyone is willing to save people, but we can't go here for everyone. He who can ride a horse and shoot arrows stands in front of people. ”

Only Zheng San and Li Xiaoquan, Li Xiaowu, and Zhang Jie brothers stood up.

"Stand up on horseback." , most of the people stood up, a total of more than forty.

"Okay, the person who stands up now has the basic possibility of saving people, let's train according to this first, because time is tight, and the training will start later." Don't be discouraged if you don't get chosen, it's also important to stay at home and watch your family and get things done. I will now arrange the task, Zheng San, He Ming, to find vacant land in the east of the factory, build a house, move, and bring back all the people in the field and gather them together. Zheng San, He Ming, the two of you will rearrange the rest of the people to ensure that everything is normal in the factory. Zhang Kai is in charge of weapons, what kind of weapons are specific, I will go back and talk in detail. Zhao Guang and Li Ming were in charge of logistics, Zhang Jie and Li Xiaoquan were in charge of training, and I was in charge of the overall responsibility. You guys have to report to me every day at work, every day after dinner, do you understand? ”

The people who have the task receive their own orders, and Jiang Hexing will explain them one by one. was not transferred to leave with regret, and the rest were all military trainers.

Jiang Hexing counted, including himself a total of 56 people. After lining up the people first, Jiang Hexing stood in front again and said: "From now on, we are the army, and I will name it the Flying Tiger Army." Xiaoquan, tell me, why is it called the Flying Tiger Army. ”

Li Xiaoquan scratched his head and said, "We want to be a tiger that can fly." ”

There was a burst of laughter below, and Jiang Hexing looked serious: "Xiaoquan is right, we just want to be flying tigers." We have to be tigers before we can fly. Three requirements: law, strength, speed. I'm afraid everyone has heard of military orders, how can you ensure that military orders are like mountains without discipline, from now on, you must demand yourself according to a soldier, otherwise military law will be intolerable. ”

When everyone heard this, they realized that they had now entered the army, and they couldn't just laugh and laugh as before, and suddenly there was silence below.

Jiang Hexing continued: "Strength, speed, I don't want to talk about it, these are all common sense issues. From now on, I announce the appointment, I will be the chief captain, and Zhang Jie will be the deputy captain. The captain of the first squad is concurrently served by Zhang Jie, the captain of the second squad is Li Xiaoquan, and the captain of the third squad is Li Xiaowu. A small team of 15 people. The rest of the people were led by Ma Biao, who was also a squad leader, but he only had 10 people. Do you understand? ”

"Understood."

The surrounding lights were bright, and Jiang Hexing began his training. He was not a soldier, but he didn't think much of the training of the Han Dynasty, so he started with the military knowledge he knew.

What to practice first, stand in a military posture. Zhang Jie was stunned, he stood for a long time, Jiang Hexing still took the stick around, and if he was slightly unsatisfactory, the stick was knocked down, and he was beaten twice. Being beaten is nothing, but this face is really unbearable, but fortunately, Li Xiaowu, Li Xiaoquan was beaten more. Although the military aircraft of the army is strict, it is not as inexplicable as you. If you are dissatisfied, you can't speak yet, and you will be beaten with a mouth. There are 3 people who have been eliminated because they can't stand it, and in less than half an hour, there is one less soldier under their squad leader.

After the end of the standing posture, start to practice standing upright and taking a break. Fortunately, everyone learns very quickly. After Jiang Hexing taught everyone the training essentials of push-ups and frog jumps, they practiced a little and went home.

When he returned home, he drew the training clothes that he would see in later generations, and gave them to Zhao Qingyi, asking her to find the women to organize the making of these clothes tomorrow.

The next day, before dawn, Jiang Hexing came to the training ground, and a few people came, and some came one after another. Jiang Hexing thought about his own big omission. Soldiers, they all have to enter the barracks, and they will each go home to do something. Ask someone to call Zhao Guang immediately, and ask him to prepare as soon as possible, and he will all stay in camp tonight. Zhao Guang looked at his son-in-law, who was extremely stern, and immediately agreed. Wait a while, and everyone will arrive.

Standing in a military posture, standing still, taking a break, turning to the left, turning to the right, and not distinguishing between left and right are common problems for most recruits, and Jiang Hexing's training is no exception. Reluctantly, there are three squads, led by the leaders of each squad. Reward the good and punish the bad, corporal punishment is push-ups, not push-ups by one person, they are all done by a small team. One person makes a mistake, one team does it. The four of them each tried to make people understand, not to mention, the effect was quite good, although they were just starting out, they slowly felt like they were on the road.

Here are the starts, runs, etc., which seem simple, but it is difficult to do well. After seven or eight days of training, 12 people were eliminated, and some of the eliminated people left, and some stayed in Ma Biao's team, because this team was going to be pikemen, and the requirements were not so high. That is to say, there are only 10 people in each of the three teams, and Ma Biao's team has reached 15 people. The team is like a team, all kinds of simple actions can be done, at least the queue is like a queue. Zhao Qingyi: The new clothes they made have all been sent down, unified clothing, unified movements, and the appearance of the army has come out.

Jiang Hexing knew that he didn't have much time to train as he knew now, and he had to start riding and combat training more.

Iron has been produced in the blast furnaces, weapons have been built one after another, sabers have been sent to the soldiers, and javelins have been issued.

Everyone was very happy to see the new weapon, but now Jiang Hexing lets everyone practice horseback riding every day, and this coach is Zhang Jie is the head coach. With stirrups and saddle bridges, Zhang Jie knew that his trained cavalry had a power that he didn't have before, because many movements that could not be completed on a horse could now be completed. Horseback riding, sprinting, riding, sprinting, repeated practice. Generally, Zhang Jie leads the team to practice equestrianism in the morning and teaches everyone the common sense of horse riding. When Zhang Jie saw the saber, he wanted to pick up the saber several times and lead the team to charge and kill, trying what the effect was, but Jiang Hexing just didn't allow it. In the afternoon, there are more queues, physical fitness, push-ups, frog jumps, sit-ups, and long-distance running.

I haven't had much time in the year, it's just a matter of eating something good, and the rest of the training is as usual. More than a month has passed, and everyone and the horse are slowly getting acquainted. One by one, I feel that my strength is much greater, and the muscles of my body are block by piece. One afternoon, Jiang Hexing asked to practice saber movements, not on horses, but in the open field.

He first taught everyone the essentials of defensive movements, and after hearing the command "defend", he moved his right foot to the right about two and a half feet, leaned forward, and bent over as if he were riding on a horse. Let the knife fall to the front near level, the elbow leaves the body, the forearm and the saber form a straight line, the blade is to the right, and the tip of the knife is pointed at the enemy's chest. At the same time, hold your left hand tightly and place it half a foot in front of your navel, which feels like grasping the reins.

Then he made a move for everyone to start practicing, and everyone was a little puzzled, but now everyone, including Zhang Jie, is a little superstitious about Jiang Hexing's training ability, and he will do what he tells him to do.

I have practiced this movement for a long time, and there are other mistakes, that is, the left hand is always easy to relax, and the whip has been beaten

After a few times, the work slowly took shape. Then he practiced the other defensive moves, which were more or less the same, except that the right hand and body reacted differently depending on the hypothetical enemy in different directions.

The next day, I learned the offensive work, which is to stab, and to stab according to the enemy's position.

On the third day, I learned the essentials of moving from defense to offense, many similarities and differences, and everyone felt that they had gained a lot.

Zhang Jie, Li Xiaowu, and Li Xiaoquan were convinced, knowing that in front of Jiang Hexing, they were too far behind. Look at how he taught, he actually broke down the movements to what to do at each step, how to see the eyes, how to hold the fingers, how to use force, and how to move the wrist. No wonder other people worship him so much, this kind of training comes out, everyone is a first-class elite soldier, what kind of enemy has only one result in front of him, that is, to be killed.

After practicing for two more days, I began to practice these movements on the horse, after all, I had repeatedly explained the precautions before, and on the first day, someone was scared when he swung a knife, but fortunately, people were fine. Everyone knew that the precautions that were practiced on the ground before were all useful, and everyone became more and more attentive.

Finally, fill a bag with sand, make it as tall as a person, draw a small circle near the chest, and everyone rides a horse to quickly carry out a simulated assassination.

It's okay to see the basics of everyone's saber practice, and there should be no one who can be an opponent in this era. Finally, the javelin began to practice, walking throwing, cycling throwing, and the movements were also broken down, and everyone felt confident.

Ma Biao's team is not so complicated, they hold spears every day, practice how to cooperate with several people, and cooperate in the queue, but Ma Biao's team specially draws out a few people to practice throwing cloud thunder, all of which are simulated, throwing actions, ignition actions, etc., the time is not long, but the long-term effect is not bad, because the thunder throwers themselves are drawn according to their requirements.