Chapter Seventy-Four: Military Training
Before the meal was finished, I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and then there was a knock on the door of Xiao Longchen's No. 29 courtyard.
Xiao Longchen put down his chopsticks and came out of Sun Quan's house, and saw two soldiers in armor knocking on the door, still holding a huge burden in their hands.
Seeing Xiao Longchen coming out of the courtyard next to him, the two of them bowed and saluted: "Participate in Lord Long, the two of us are on the order of the city lord to send you military uniforms, waist cards and war horses!"
Xiao Longchen took the package from one of them, turned his head to look at the courtyard gate, and saw that in addition to the war horse ridden by the two of them, there was indeed an extra jujube red horse.
After sending the two away, Xiao Longchen opened the door and went back to his house.
opened the heavy package, and saw that in addition to the two sets of dark gold armor, there were also two sets of gorgeous satin official uniforms, which were exactly the same as the ones Sun Quan usually wore.
In addition, there is also a war knife more than one meter long and a short sword more than half a foot long, which are all standard equipment for thousands of households in the army.
Because he had already learned from Sun Quan that they, the officials of the thousand households, had to go to the barracks every morning to train the sergeants, so Xiao Longchen did not hesitate, and directly changed into a set of dark gold armor, and then hung the two weapons on the buckle around his waist, and then walked out of the courtyard majestically.
When Xiao Longchen came out, Sun Quan was already waiting outside the door in the same neat clothes, and then the two of them turned over and got on their horses and galloped towards the military camp in the north of the city.
Xiao Longchen originally didn't know how to ride a horse, but with the advantage of being strong, he quickly adapted to the bumps of straddle the horse's back, and enjoyed this majestic feeling very much.
When the two came to the barracks, the sergeants were already lined up in a neat line, led by the officials of the hundreds of households, and gathered towards the school field one after another.
Because Xiao Longchen's 29th Army was next to Sun Quan's 28th Army, he didn't have to worry about not being able to find his own team.
After the two tied their horses to the edge of the school field, they walked quickly towards the sea of people.
Along the way, those sergeants who witnessed yesterday's battle with their own eyes, when they saw Xiao Longchen wearing armor, they all clasped their fists and saluted him.
This feeling of being in the spotlight made Xiao Longchen feel a little cramped. However, I had already seen this kind of big scene of tens of thousands of people gathering together yesterday, so I quickly got used to it.
While the two were walking, Xiao Longchen thought of a very important question, so he hurriedly whispered to Sun Quan beside him: "Brother Sun, this training sergeant, the younger brother doesn't know anything!"
Sun Quan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then realized that Xiao Longchen was an airborne Qianhu official, and he really didn't know anything about these things in the army, so he said with a smile: "The fighting movements practiced in the army are all the ones that have been practiced many times ago, and you only need to give orders like us later, as for other aspects of knowledge, Brother Fool will slowly teach you in the future!"
When Xiao Longchen heard that it was so simple, he immediately nodded with relief.
When the two of them walked to the two phalanxes slightly in front, they saw that they were almost there.
Because he wanted to show Xiao Longchen, a newcomer, how to give the command of the exercise, Sun Quan took the lead in running to the front of the 28th Army's array and stood still, and then the whole person began to give orders with a solemn face.
"Stand tall!"
With Sun Quan's order, the 28th military formation composed of thousands of people stood upright in unison, and the spear held in his right hand stood straight in front of the right side of his body, looking like a forest of golden trees.
"Starter, ready ......"
Another command was given, and the soldiers all stepped forward with their left feet neatly aligned, and the spears that stood erected were also held in both hands, the tips of which were pointed diagonally upwards of their bodies.
"One...... Two...... Three...... Four ......"
After Sun Quan's word by word command was issued, those soldiers were like one, neatly doing the actions of "stabbing, teasing, scratching, and picking", and every time they made an action, there would be a shouting sound in their mouths, which made Xiao Longchen, who had seen this scene for the first time, dizzy, and his blood boiled.
As for the soldiers of the 29th Army, they obviously also realized that their own thousand households did not know these drill techniques, so they all stood there quietly, waiting for Xiao Longchen to learn and sell.
After watching a complete set of marksmanship drills, Xiao Longchen withdrew his gaze from the 28th Army, and then stood up straight as he did and began to give the same order.
The rules in the army are already strict, and the battle between Xiao Longchen and Qiu Mingshuo yesterday also made these soldiers of the 29th Army see the strength of their own thousands of households, so those people practiced very seriously, and they all wanted to leave a good impression in front of their own officials.
For this kind of beat, which is similar to doing radio gymnastics on the earth, Xiao Longchen quickly mastered it.
It's just that the loud roaring for an hour also made him feel a little dry.
However, this discomfort in his throat was nothing to him at all, and after a little nourishment by the Otogi aura in his body, he immediately felt his mouth and tongue relish, and all the dryness disappeared in an instant.
And this feeling of commanding thousands of people also made Xiao Longchen in a state of excitement all the time, until half an hour of marksmanship practice was completed, he still felt a little unfinished.
But seeing that most of the soldiers were breathing heavily, Xiao Longchen ordered them to sit down and rest.
At this moment, the 28th Army had already finished the drill one step ahead of him, and Sun Quan stood in front of Xiao Longchen and watched him train his soldiers.
When it was time to rest, Sun Quan walked closer quickly, looked at Xiao Longchen with a smile and said: "Brother Long, I didn't expect you to be able to perform so well in the first training session, if you didn't know that you had never joined the army before, Brother Fool would definitely treat you as a veteran!"
Xiao Longchen could only smile bitterly when he heard this, he couldn't say that practicing radio gymnastics when he was on earth, and practicing bayonet skills at Long's house, all of them were similar to the scene in front of him!
Taking advantage of the break, Sun Quan told him about the next exercises. After the spear, there is a saber drill and a short sword fight.
As soon as he mentioned the short sword, Sun Quan remembered Xiao Longchen's horizontal grip yesterday, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Long, have you practiced short-bladed fighting before?"
Xiao Longchen just smiled and said: "In the past, at home, in addition to shooting, the most practiced was a dagger similar to this short sword, so for this kind of weapon, my little brother is still very familiar with it." ”
The home that Xiao Longchen said is naturally the Huaguo Long family on the earth. The shooting he was talking about was not a primitive weapon such as a bow and arrow, but a high-tech pulse firearm.
However, Sun Quan couldn't imagine that there was such a magical weapon even if he wanted to break his head, so he nodded thoughtfully and said: "I have also been in contact with those hunters outside, and I know that in addition to their accurate archery, they will also have a hunting knife hanging from their waists. It seems that the suspicion of the city lord is superfluous at all, Brother Long, you are quite in line with the background of Orion in all aspects!"
Xiao Longchen could only smile bitterly at this, and there was no way to explain too much at all. The other party can make up for this aspect, but it also saves him more trouble to lie.
The two were chatting, and the ghost knife Qiu Mingshuo suddenly ran over quickly, looking at Xiao Longchen with a look of guilt.
Xiao Longchen naturally knew what he was thinking at this time, patted the ground beside him and said, "Since Qiu Baihu is interested in coming over to chat with my two brothers, don't be there." ”
When Qiu Mingshuo heard this, he didn't come over and sit down, but suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "Yesterday, my subordinates didn't know the severity of the matter, and you were seriously injured, and I asked Lord Long to reduce the punishment!"
Xiao Longchen looked at him happily for a while, then moved his injured right leg and said, "That little injury is nothing to me at all." Isn't that already okay, don't you have to worry about it!"
Qiu Mingshuo carefully looked at Xiao Longchen's right leg suspiciously, and found that he could indeed move freely, so he felt a lot more relieved, and then he still walked to Xiao Longchen's side and sat down with some trepidation.
After yesterday's battle, he was deeply aware of the huge gap between himself and the star magician, so he didn't dare to treat Xiao Longchen with any contempt, and he was still afraid because he had offended him.