Chapter 734: Martial Arts (I)
On the cavalry and archery training ground, Li Yunze performed his riding and archery skills in a fancy way in front of thousands of Qin knights.
The so-called fancy style is that when the horse gallops, he shoots the arrow bag in one breath with a series of arrows, and shoots a flower on the arrow target.
A flower shot by the arrow is like a peacock opening the screen on the arrow target.
In the army, we talk about seniority, background, fathers, and ancestors.
Just like Zhao Kuo, he has a background and a father and ancestors, so he can become a general.
In fact, the Qin State is the same, there is no difference between Wang Ben and the Meng Yi brothers, etc.
When none of these are available, then it depends on real skills.
For the cavalry of the Qin State, they still recognized Li Yunze's superb archery skills, at least they thought that this person had real skills.
The rest of the training is much simpler.
The main direction of training is the coordination of military formations and techniques and tactics.
Half a month later, the people of the Mo family used ox carts to send the cavalry three-piece suit that Li Yunze wanted, and the training intensity increased rapidly.
Three months passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, Ying Zheng led a group of generals out of Xianyang City and came to the military camp outside Liyang City, ready to test the combat effectiveness of the cavalry trained by Li Yunze.
The generals were puzzled to see that there was actually the frame of the queen mother walking with the king.
"The Queen Mother is concerned about the combat effectiveness of the Great Qin army, so she went with the King to watch."
This is the reason given by the eunuchs around Zhao Ji.
Because Yingzheng has not yet been pro-government, the generals still approve of this statement.
On the luxurious carriage, Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Ji with a look of anticipation on her face, and said with a smile, "The queen mother doesn't need to worry, Taifu's ability is very trusting." He said that if it can be done, then it will definitely be done. ”
"That's what Zheng'er said."
Zhao Ji responded with a smile: "You have to be a good life, and you can reuse Taifu." ”
"It's nature."
In fact, this is the reason why Lu Buwei wants to indirectly control Zhao Ji through Chang Yu, because as long as he can be beaten, Zhao Ji will do whatever it takes to help, and this behavior can be referred to as love brain.
At this time, Zhao Ji certainly didn't care about whether the combat effectiveness of the Qin army would be improved.
In her heart, she only had the expectation of seeing Li Yunze again.
After that night's amorous feelings, Zhao Ji tossed and turned every night, unable to sleep.
If you haven't eaten something delicious, you don't have to worry about it, but after eating a delicious meal, you naturally keep thinking about it all the time, thinking about tasting it again or even being able to taste it forever.
In the large camp outside Liyang City, the cavalry of the hundred cavalry phalanx gathered together in a neat line.
The wind is blowing, the flags are waving and hunting, and there is absolutely nothing to say about the momentum.
Of course, except for Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji, the generals who followed didn't care.
The military array they had seen was much larger than here, and the momentum was naturally more sufficient.
However, there are also sharp-eyed generals who have seen the innovation of the cavalry's equipment.
"It feels like there's a lot more than before."
"The things on both sides of my feet seem to be useful."
In the midst of the discussion, Li Yunze, who followed the customs of the countryside and tied himself with a Qin army hairstyle, put on a single-layer crown, and wrapped a red scarf around his neck, came to Yingzheng with the sword at his waist, "King, a thousand elite horsemen have been trained." ”
"It's so hard."
Ying Zheng said with a smile: "The widow came this time to watch the achievements of Taifu. ”
Ignoring Zhao Ji's gaze that seemed to be flaming on the side, Li Yunze nodded his head, "A competition has been arranged, and the king just needs to watch." ”
The reason why this competition was organized was to let the generals see that the renovated cavalry had extremely powerful combat effectiveness, so that they could spontaneously support them to fight the west to obtain pastures and horses.
Of course, what Yingzheng said was naturally that the new army was only loyal to the king.
Under the attention of the crowd, trumpets and drums rumbled, and a thousand cavalry and a thousand foot soldiers as opponents began to form up at a distance.
The foot soldiers lined up in a standard Qin formation.
Although there are not many people, they are full of crossbows, foot, carts, and rides.
The foot soldiers holding the long ges are in front, and the long soldiers holding the super long soldiers form a long soldier forest.
These long soldiers were originally used to defend against the onslaught of chariots, because the real main assault force in this era was chariots.
Of course, it is also perfectly used to resist cavalry now.
Behind the long foot soldier is the beryllium hand with the shorter weapon, and the beryllium-hand and halberd-hand.
Their job is to take the initiative to counterattack and destroy the enemy or drive them out of the army when the long soldiers are disrupted.
On the real cold weapon battlefield, when fighting face-to-face, it is basically dominated by long soldiers, even the shortest halberd has a length of two or three meters.
After all, anyone who has been on the battlefield knows that 'an inch is long, an inch is strong.' ’
The longer the weapon, the greater the advantage.
The kind of people who hold swords and slash each other or something, you can't say that there is none, it can only be said that most of them appear in film and television dramas.
Behind the foot soldiers, there were crossbowmen in the powerful army of the Qin army.
The Qin army also used bows, but the cultivation of archers was slow, and it took at least a year or two to achieve a little success.
Therefore, the main force of the Qin army's long-range troops is to train crossbowmen who are simple and easy to train.
They held Qin crossbows to form a crossbow array, and the overwhelming crossbow arrows under the salvo were covered at a distance.
The range of the Qin crossbow is very long, and the lethality is at least 100 meters away, which is already very powerful in this era of low productivity and technology.
Of course, the weakness is well known, and that is that it is too slow to reload.
On either side of the battle array were chariots and cavalry.
There are not many of them, and they are mainly used for reconnaissance, raids, and so on.
Although there were only a thousand people, after the army was arrayed, the generals of the Qin army smiled one after another.
Meng Wu asked Wang Jian beside him, "My Great Qin army formation is put out, who can break it?" ”
Wang Jian was thoughtful, he first looked back at his son who was standing behind the king, and then retracted his gaze and responded, "Since that Taifu dares to put on a posture in front of us for drills, he is naturally a little sure." ”
As one of the four famous generals, Wang Jian has a calm personality and can calm down and think about problems.
Meng Wu is different, he is a fierce general, "My Great Qin army is unparalleled in the world, and I want to break the formation with only a thousand horsemen?" It's ridiculous. ”
Fan Yuzhi on the side followed up and said, "I heard that there is another game, which is to arrange 3,000 foot soldiers against 1,000 horsemen. ”
"What?"
The generals were shocked, and then their faces showed anger, "Who do you look down on!" ”
"Three thousand Qin Rui is enough to break ten thousand troops! Wait, when it's over, the old man will definitely ask the master to give an explanation in front of the king! ”
The rumbling drums sounded, and the generals stopped talking, and all stood on the high platform to observe carefully.
Li Yunze, who turned over on his horse, waved the saber in his hand and led the cavalry behind him to gradually accelerate.
Bands of cavalry began to run after them, and soon a long dragon formed and circled a hundred paces from the formation.
The one who commanded the infantry formation was a 'two or five hundred lords', yes, this was the official military position in the Qin army.
It has two five hundred lords under its jurisdiction, and there are 1,000 soldiers, so the official position is called 'two five hundred lords'.
Of course, Li Yunze directly called the commander.
Because cavalry has always been considered an auxiliary army, the encircled commander still has contempt in his heart, and soon ordered the crossbowmen to go out and release crossbow arrows.
Seeing this scene, Li Yunze immediately opened the distance, forcing the crossbowman to go forward and release the crossbow arrows at a longer distance.
When the crossbowmen finally lined up and were about to cast the crossbow arrows, as the standard-bearers beside Li Yunze waved the big flags, two hundred-man teams immediately rushed out of the long dragon, one left and one right, and rushed towards the crossbowmen at high speed.
The crossbowman under pressure unleashed his crossbow arrows, and the foot soldiers behind him quickly stepped forward to respond.
But the speed of the cavalry was extremely fast, except for being hit by the crossbow bolts wrapped in sackcloth with the arrows removed, the rest of the cavalry quickly rushed into the crossbowman array, and slashed with wooden weapons wrapped in sackcloth.
When the two teams of cavalry staggered past and returned to the long dragon queue, the crossbowmen in the infantry formation were basically covered with white flour on linen.
The crossbowmen were judged dead and had to leave the field.
Of course, if someone is unlucky enough to be trampled by a horse, they will be really injured or even killed.
After destroying the ranged power of the Qin army, the next step is the performance of the cavalry.
The long dragon composed of thousands of horsemen closed the distance, and the bow and crossbow in his hand shot out rounds of arrows to cover the infantry formation.
The arrows were replaced with white-faced linen arrows, leaving white marks on the pawns.
The commander was anxious, and shouted orders to urge the soldiers to attack.
But the legs of the soldiers, where can they run past the four legs of the cavalry.
Thousands of cavalry, under the command of Li Yunze, controlled the distance through constant movement, and continuously covered it with a rain of arrows.
In less than two moments, Huan Qi, who served as the magistrate, ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and ended the drill.
A group of magistrates stepped forward to inspect it, and there were as many as six or seven hundred foot soldiers with white spots on their bodies, and if they hadn't withdrawn their troops in advance, they would have been wiped out directly, which would have been seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
As for the cavalry, the losses were only in the dozens.
A group of generals and Yingzheng rushed to the cavalry to observe and inquire carefully.
"Why is the ride so smooth?"
"Why can anyone control a horse with just their legs?"
"How do you do it to quickly reload a crossbow on the back of a running horse?"
"The commanders of the teams are like fingers, how did they do it?"
“.”
A series of inquiries with eagerness and excitement was enough to prove that the generals were in a hurry.
Li Yunze naturally answered them one by one, and let them know in detail how terrible the improvement of combat effectiveness of the cavalry after technological innovation was.
"Takahashi saddle provides stability."
"Bilateral stirrups and saddles allow you to use a variety of weapons with your hands free"
"Rigorous training can naturally be done like an arm."
When the questioning gradually subsided, Wang Jian came out of the queue and saluted Yingzheng.
"King, in the next martial arts, the ministers are willing to fight."
Ying Zheng's gaze naturally looked at Li Yunze.
And Li Yunze looked at the famous Wang Jian with his eyes, and then smiled.
"Yes."