Chapter 116: The Cavalry Awaits Battle
Running here from the capital not far away, what is the purpose of suffering and suffering, the children of the officials in the school field know very well in their hearts. Every time they think that quitting and returning to Beijing will become a laughing stock in the eyes of others, they have no chance to regret the decision they made in the first place.
If they don't return to Beijing, they made a decision silently on the day they walked out of the capital. Even though the brutal training they received in this cavalry camp was beyond their understanding of military training, they gritted their teeth and persevered.
Now that they hear Zhao Xiaoxi say that they will have the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, doesn't that mean that the thing they have been waiting for for a long time has arrived? Meritorious service, the general is waiting for this moment, are you still worried about life and death?
The silent school field soon sounded a thunderous roar: "Don't be afraid! Unafraid! Unafraid! ”
The three angry roars made Zhao Xiaoxi see that the spirit of this army was not bad. But killing the enemy in battle is not based on lip service, but more about fighting with real knives and guns. One carelessness may cost you your life.
Looking at these young but energetic faces, Zhao Xiaoxi knew that this time he would pull them to the battlefield to fight against the Western Xia cavalry, but he was afraid that many people would not be able to come back.
Dying in battle is undoubtedly the highest honor for the cavalry, and it is always a good thing to have fewer deaths! What's more, a large part of this is the children of those martial arts officials! Even a family with several brothers here!
Even if it is clear that there can be no mercy for the general, Zhao Xiaoxi still hopes. These sons and daughters of martial arts officials who have already won his respect can become a strong cornerstone of the future Great Song Dynasty's armed forces.
As long as these vigorous young generals rise, it will ensure that the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to use it for a hundred years. This is the cradle of cavalry generals, and he is the commander of these cavalry generals in the future.
When the thunderous voice fell, Zhao Xiaoxi continued to maintain a cold face and said, "You will be very satisfied with your answer." I also believe that you are all elite soldiers who are loyal to the monarch and patriotic. But what I am going to tell you is that the cavalry will go out in ten days.
Ben will only bring a team of 5,000 men, which means that at least 1,000 of you will need to be in the camp. Whoever stays in the camp will not be counted, and you will have the final say in everything.
Tomorrow the morning eclipse ends. The official assessment was carried out, and the comprehensive score ranked 5,000 after the left-behind camp. It's not that you're not good, it's that you're not ready to go on the expedition.
Ben has stressed to you many times before that war is not child's play, it is a matter of death. Ben will single-handedly bring you people here from the capital, and select and transfer you here from various armies, and Ben will be responsible for your lives.
Sending officers and soldiers who do not meet the conditions for going to war to the battlefield is not trust. On the contrary, it harms you. Therefore, after the disbandment of the teams, take a good rest. At the same time, at the end of the assessment, five cavalry generals of 1,000 troops will be officially appointed.
If you want to take the position of these five cavalry generals, show your best! is still the same sentence, in the eyes of the general, you are all my soldiers, if you want to be an official, rely on your real skills to speak! ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Xiaoxi could feel it. The breath of everyone in the school field tightened. Especially in ordinary training, there are some difficult cavalry. After hearing about this assessment system. I know that if I want to get a place to go on the expedition in seven days, I have to work hard during the assessment.
Those temporary military attachés, especially those with official positions, heard that there were five thousand cavalry generals in real positions. The expression is even richer, and I plan to start the assessment tomorrow. Give your best.
I know that this county prince is a personality that he says and does. If they don't have the ability to serve the public, this county prince won't care that you are the minister, and the son of the martial arts family will see the real chapter in your hands.
Cho Hyo-seok who left these words. quickly retreated, and nodded at Zhang Tingguang. The deputy commander, who already knew that he had the opportunity to go out with the army, gave the order to unravel with excitement on his face.
Since he was removed from the military post of the commander of Yanmen Pass, Zhang Tingguang has also been holding back his strength, planning to regroup and make a comeback. Finally waited for the opportunity to come, how could he not be excited!
When he arrived at this cavalry barracks, he found that although this kind of training and management of military affairs was very tiring, Zhang Tingguang knew it in his heart. If it weren't for Zhao Xiaoxi giving him the opportunity to make up for his mistakes, he would have been implicated in the previous incident.
Now that the imperial court has asked him to atone for his sins in order to see the after-effects, it means that as long as he proves his ability, he still has the opportunity to become a commander. The point now is that he needs a war to prove it.
In the Song Dynasty, the promotion of civil officials was easier than that of military officials. In addition, since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, a system has been made to limit the expansion of the power of military generals, and a family-style military general training mechanism has been adopted.
Some important military generals are more held by the children of these military generals. The rest of the emerging generals like Zhang Tingguang, who can be said to be the commander of the previous party by virtue of their military merits, were not many in the Song Dynasty itself.
If they can seize the opportunity and perform well in the future wars, then they may not be without opportunities. It became the emerging martial arts family of the Song Dynasty and guaranteed the children of the family from then on. There is a chance that after they retire, they will also get the opportunity to be a general.
For Zhang Tingguang, the kind of implication in Yanmen Pass is undoubtedly a disaster. It may be recognized by Zhao Xiaoxi, the prince of the county, and serve as the temporary deputy commander of the cavalry, which is not a blessing.
As long as he grasps the opportunity, the future may not be as bright as those martial arts children who served as military attachés in the cavalry. And this upcoming battlefield battle is to give him a chance to prove to the imperial court and Zhao Xiaoxi.
The cavalry officers and soldiers who were brought back one after another, when they returned to the barracks, found that they had lost their sleep. Many soldiers who are good friends in peacetime have even begun to communicate about tomorrow's assessment, hoping to get a chance to go into battle and kill the enemy.
Compared with the children of martial arts officials, they want to prove their ability by killing the enemy in this way. Among them, many officers and soldiers from ordinary families hoped to accumulate military merits through this battlefield campaign and complete the transformation from soldiers to officers.
As long as he becomes a military attaché, he will leave the cavalry camp in the future and go to the local army. They can also hold a half-official position, and the life of the family will also change, which is why they usually train hard.
What excites them even more is that they want to be promoted in the box army and look more at nepotism. In the cavalry barracks, as long as they train hard and have a superior level of force and technical warfare, they can also serve as grassroots military attachés.
Although this kind of military attaché is only temporary. But after seven days, as long as they can keep this position, they will be temporarily transferred to full military attachés. Such an opportunity, that ordinary family is not looking forward to it?
Just as they were excitedly discussing tomorrow's events, the horn of the lights out sounded again. The barracks dormitory, which was originally lit with oil lamps, soon became black. The noise before has become quiet now.
Some military attachés who were in a relatively stable mood quickly said to these excited subordinates: "Okay, hurry up and rest." If you don't rest well, tomorrow there will be a skin leak in the assessment, and you will cry at that time. ”
After the barracks went to bed, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly asked the Wuwei cavalry, who came with him tonight, to replace the officers and soldiers on duty in the battalion. Give them the same rest time to prepare for tomorrow's assessment.
As for these armed guards, after seven days, they will go with him as a personal guard, and this assessment will naturally no longer be among them. And the number of pro-guard soldiers is really decided by Zhao Xiaoxi himself, and others can't say anything.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who lived in the barracks that night, can be regarded as officially entering the role of the commander of the cavalry. Overnight, he ordered someone to bring a map of Qinfeng Road to analyze the route that the Western Xia cavalry might enter and plunder next.
At the same time, in order to deal with possible situations, Zhao Xiaoxi also needs to adjust the military deployment of the entire Qinfeng Road. With the garrison information provided by the imperial court and the situation investigated by Bu Yige, you can be more prepared to be foolproof.
As the Qinfeng Road, which borders Western Xia and Tubo, the Song Dynasty also arranged three border armies here. The combat effectiveness of these three border armies is not too high, but it is still stronger than that of some inland city defense armies and box armies.
This time, he got Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Military Road, and Zhao Xiaoxi, the commander of the two armies. I hope that in addition to beating Xixia, a neighbor who likes to make small moves, Tubo, who also likes to enter the country to provoke, can also feel the taste of being slapped in the face.
Judging from the number of troops that can be controlled by these two roads, Zhao Xiaoxi seems to be enough to deal with a full-scale war. But Zhao Xiaoxi knew that the Liao army in the direction of Yanmen Pass would inevitably cross the border to beat rabbits in winter.
This means that every day when winter comes, the border areas bordering foreign countries can be described as strained troops. In the face of these cavalry coming and going like the wind, these border troops, which are mostly infantry, can only be used to defend the city, and they dare not go out of the city to fight field battles with the opponent's cavalry.
Cho Hyo-seok, who is constantly deducing the possibility of war, knows that although he has experience in commanding operations in his previous life. But those were all operational concepts in the era of hot weapons, and in the era when such cold weapons were prevalent, some of his experience may not be applicable.
What's more, for these large-scale cluster operations, the five thousand-man cavalry teams he brought this time may not be enough. That means that in order to deal with the unexpected situations that may arise at that time, he must have at least one 10,000-strong cavalry force in his hands.
Only in this way can he guarantee that when the Western Xia small unit suffers a loss and the army is forced to advance, he can also inflict heavy losses on the other party. Let these guys who love to take advantage of small things know that they don't want to get anything from the Song Dynasty this year.
These questions were pushed out one by one, and on Cho Hyo-seok's desk, the items that needed to be prepared were also increased one by one. As for the assessment, I believe there is no big problem with Zhang Tingguang in charge.
The job that he, the coach, has to do now is to consider the strategy of facing the enemy in wartime. This came to the first battle of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xiaoxi couldn't afford to lose anyway, how could he be cautious?
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