Actual combat exercises began.

The purpose of the competition between the three battalions of the Eight-Character Army is threefold: first, to test the combat effectiveness of the Eight-Character Army, second, to enhance the martial style, and third, to encourage the Eight-Character Army.

The fierce competition began, as the so-called insiders watched the doorway, and the laymen watched the excitement. Around the school grounds, all the generals and ministers gathered together, lined up on both sides, the literati were lively in their eyes, and the generals were interested in the combat effectiveness of the eight-character army.

And Zhao Pu's half bucket of water is to visit and learn at the same time.

Soon, the first round of real combat exercises began.

The first round is a team duel of 12 people, which is mainly to assess the combat ability of the group. At this time, both sides are spear duels, assisted by shield hands, guarded by short knife hands, wearing bamboo armor, spearheads are wrapped in cloth heads, and are coated with lime, as long as a spear pokes a lime spot on the body, it is killed.

Shieldmen, pikemen, and swordsmen formed the simplest infantry formation.

Swordmen and shieldbearers are responsible for defense, and pikemen are the main attackers. The same infantry formation, a simple squad of twelve, the ratio of shieldmen, short knife hands, and pikemen is also different. Some shield bearers are mostly defensive; Some are mainly pikemen, and they are mainly attacking; Some are mainly short knife hands, mainly chaotic and chaotic battles.

Different generals have different ratios according to their own fighting styles.

It's just that no matter how it is set up, it must ensure strong combat effectiveness.

The 12-person squad competition focuses on testing the soldiers' individual combat ability and squad cooperation ability

In order to avoid the appearance of cats, the lottery is mainly based on the lottery, and twelve people are decided at random. Wang Yan, Wang Shouyi, and Li Pojun each stepped forward to draw a lot, Wang Yan drew "323", Wang Shouyi drew "736", and Li Pojun drew "212".

The three teams drawn appeared on the stage.

After a brief moment of discussion, the teams stepped forward to retrieve their weapons, and then began to compete in backward order.

At this time, Zhao Da, as a guard, personally stepped forward to be a referee and let those "killed" soldiers withdraw from the battlefield.

The battle was in full swing and soon began, with spears dancing and shields shining............

After a long time, the battle ended, Wang Yan was first, Li Pojun was second, and Wang Shouyi was third.

Then, in the second round of the squadron duel, 60 people duel, tested the officers' ability to command in battle. The squadron leader, who is only a small leader of sixty people, is a low-level officer in the eight-character army, a military attache with no rank, and an insignificant little foot.

But it would be a mistake to think that these little things don't matter.

No matter how clever the strategy is, it also needs the command of a shrewd and strong soldier; No matter how good the strategy is, it must be executed by the soldiers below.

To a large extent, the results of the battle depend on the quality of these middle- and low-ranking officers, and their ability to command in battle often represents the combat effectiveness of this army.

If it is said that in the first round of assessment, only the combat quality of soldiers needs to be assessed; The second round of assessment is to assess the ability of low-level officers.

In this round, the squadron to which Wang Shouyi, who has always been unknown, lost those two squadrons in one fell swoop.

Looking at the squadron leader who calmly commanded, Zhao Pu couldn't help asking, "Who is he?" ”

"His name is Wang Gui, and he is a rebel army in Hedong. Later, he defected to our army! Wang Shouyi on the side introduced.

"Wang Gui, it's a familiar name, it's just ......" Zhao Pu felt that this name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it, and suddenly remembered that this was not a famous general under Yue Fei, but this person didn't seem to have good ethics and ended up being a traitor.

Next, there is the third round, that is, the duel of 300 people, which assesses the cooperation between each other.

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The assessment was finally completed, and for those victors, Zhao Pu did not hesitate to reward them, and established them in a big way.

The prize is not gold or silver, there is no reward of cloth, but a medal.

Establishing a sense of honor in the Song Dynasty army is far more attractive than simple money and official positions. Just like Zeng Guofan said: "Being a soldier and eating food, being promoted and making a fortune is like raising a group of dogs, if you throw a bone, it will follow you, and if someone throws a bigger bone, it may betray you, and how many bones can be thrown to them?" ”

This sentence shows the shortcomings of simply being a soldier and eating food, and getting promoted and getting rich.

An army without honor cannot hold out for a long time!

Therefore, whether it is the German fascist brainwashing, or the Japanese bushido education, or the Communist Party's ideological education, the essence is similar, transcending the simple material category and rising to the spiritual level.

And the symbol of honor is the medal.

After awarding the medal, looking at the crowd full of dazedness, Zhao Pu secretly smiled in his heart.

"A man has a face, a tree needs bark, a man cannot live without a face, and a tree cannot survive without bark. The medal is the face of a soldier! Zhao Pu said, "Wenchen's dream is to give birth to Jin Taifu and die to Wenzheng; And what is the dream of a military general? ”

"Some people say that the conquest is thousands of miles, and the marquis is thousands of miles; Some people say that it is a beautiful wife and concubine, warm jade and warm fragrance; Some people say that it is a house of gold and a bed of silver, and there is a constant stream of goods. When this is too superficial, you can only enjoy the glory of a lifetime, only immortality, eternal, this can be eternal! And so there is the medal! ”

"The medal is divided into nine classes, the first class is the highest, and the ninth class is the secondary. The third class, for the Golden Sword Medal, represents the expansion of the territory, famous outside the Saiwai, such as the Han Zhi Wei Qing, Huo Quai, Tang Zhi Li Pharmacist; The Medal of the Medium Silver Halberd represents the defense of mountains and rivers, but the enemy is outside the country, defending the mountains and rivers of China with my blood; The Bronze Hammer Medal is a reward for patriots, like a nail on a house, which looks obscure, but it is because of the existence of wooden nails that the Great Song Dynasty can exist! ”

"The Golden Sword Medal cannot be awarded unless it has amazing merit, and only the late Di Qing of the Great Song Dynasty is eligible for the third-class Golden Sword Medal; The Silver Halberd Medal cannot be issued unless it has the great merit of cutting the enemy and breaking the enemy, and now no one in the court is qualified; The Bronze Hammer Medal was awarded to the soldiers who won today, hoping to make persistent efforts to drive out the Tartars and restore China! ”

Zhao Pu stood on the high platform and announced the arrival of the medal for the first time.

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Medal!

At this moment, the Manchu Dynasty was immediately stunned by His Majesty the Emperor's new proposal.

Medals, badges of honor awarded to those who have made meritorious contributions. Without great merit, it shall not be awarded without authorization. Some ministers with a keen sense of politics immediately realized the enormous significance contained in this.

This is the beginning of heavy martial arts!

The medal seems to be very unfamiliar, but if you think about it carefully, there is already a precedent. Isn't the gold medal for the emperor to reward meritorious heroes from death a kind of medal, as long as it is not a rebellion, even if he commits a catastrophe, he can be spared death; Even if it is a rebellion, it will be exempted from the punishment of thousands of knives in the execution ground, just dove killing, giving face!

The medal, on the other hand, is a concretization and reduction of the gold medal for avoiding death. The medal is divided into nine classes, representing nine different levels of glory. The lowest-level Bronze Hammer Medal naturally does not have the effect of avoiding death, but the highest-level Golden Sword Medal may have this effect!

In life, fame and fortune are inevitable. Money, beautiful women, etc., are easy to obtain, but it is difficult to leave a name for eternity.

Isn't it true that the geese have left a voice, and the people have left a name, and the hard work for a lifetime is to be famous through the ages, and to have a good reputation at the moment of death?

And the medal is a symbol of fame and a manifestation of a lifetime's merits.

The medal is also an evaluation of a lifetime's merits, and the dignified Di Qing is only a third-class Golden Sword Medal? If you can get the Golden Sword Medal in your life, then your life is worth it!

Thinking of this, many soldiers were moved in their hearts.

At this time, Zhao Pu was high up and clearly saw the reactions of the ministers and generals. There were many dissatisfactions among the ministers, and some of them were full of indignation, as if they wanted to come forward to admonish, but they were stopped by their colleagues; The generals were overjoyed, and some were even moved to tears.

Until the end, none of Wenchen stepped forward to admonish and stop it.

The embarrassing incident that worried him didn't appear in the end, and he was finally relieved.

However, Zhao Pu was full of worries, those ministers were all shrewd, and naturally they saw the meaning contained in it.

The nickname is the medal of the dead; The medal is the name of the living.

And the standard for evaluating everything is military merit, which is extremely unfavorable for Wenchen, which is a disguised restoration of the Qin Dynasty era, and he is knighted according to military merit. In the long run, it will deal a devastating blow to the power of scholars.

Just imagine, when a Di Qing appeared, Wenchen was like a mad dog, biting constantly; This policy to crack down on the fundamental scholars was introduced, so why don't the scholars work hard with red eyes?

Zhao Pu has already prepared a large group of civil servants to die and hit the pillar; A large group of scholars were also prepared to sit in front of the palace and demonstrate. It's just that the ministers were silent, and none of them stepped forward to admonish, because they were too calm, but there was a trace of unease.

As the saying goes, a dog that barks indiscriminately does not bite, and a dog that bites does not bark.