Forbidden Army Training?

This novel term instantly attracted everyone's attention, even Deng Fei, who was ashamed, looked over to this side, and Ruan Xiaoqi, who was more anxious, couldn't wait to get up and ask.

"In this case, Brother Sun Xin will quickly talk about the practice of the forbidden army, so as to teach us to open our eyes."

Sun Xin talked eloquently at the moment.

"In my opinion, the essential difference between the training methods of the forbidden army and the box army is the salary. The food and salary of the Xiang army are low, and there are few battles, so the training method of three days of training, five days of exercise, and half a month is practiced. The so-called practice refers to the practice of weapons and martial arts, and the drill is the practice of formation, and the reading is to gather everyone together and collectively practice various battlefield instructions such as offense and defense under the command of the general's banner and golden drum......"

"It's a pity that when this law really became popular, it was at the beginning of the founding of the country......

As a martial artist, Sun Xin is very reminiscent of the founding period of the country's martial arts flourishing, at that time, the army, even the Xiang army, can do three days of practice, five days of exercise, half a month of reading, casually pull out a combat power is quite considerable, and then go into battle to see a few times blood, then you can supplement the forbidden army without any suspense, and become the most elite combat force in the Great Song Dynasty.

But in this political and peaceful years, I am afraid that the whole world will not be able to find an army that can do this.

The Xiang army has completely become synonymous with miscellaneous servants and laborers, and it is impossible to fight at all, which is not only Sun Xin's opinion, but the consensus of the emperor and the Manchu ministers.

Song Qi, an official in the Zhao Zhen period of Song Renzong, once wrote that "the world Xiang army does not allow war and consumes food and clothing", thinking that the Xiang army is dispensable.

After a moment of emotion, Sun Xin retracted his thoughts and continued:

"And the forbidden army, because the food and salary are relatively abundant, the current prevalent in the forbidden army is a practice every other day, and the number of training is not infrequent. And the forbidden army is the first to bow and crossbow, and half of the army is crossbowmen, and the rest are gunners, swords, shields, and cavalry......"

Although after moving from Qiongzhou to Dengzhou, Sun Xin left the familiar forbidden army because of his brother's personality, but Sun Xin still loves the ancestral industry of the army very much, and his heart has always been eager to make contributions to martial arts, and his professional knowledge has not been forgotten.

Now that there is something to talk about, Sun Xin is pacing back and forth in the hall, explaining in detail to everyone in the cottage that the Great Song Dynasty is currently an important combat force - the forbidden army.

The forbidden army of the Song Dynasty at the end of the dynasty has been completely reduced from the early military system to the conscription system, the so-called conscription system, that is, the court spent money to invite people to be soldiers, and being a soldier was already a profession that the Song people relied on to make a living. Since it is a profession, it is conceivable that the matter of dedicating oneself to one's profession is a hot news worthy of special mention even in the 21st century, let alone the Song Dynasty. Therefore, it is an indisputable fact that the combat power of the forbidden army has been declining.

Because the Great Song Dynasty has its own national conditions here, there is Xixia in the west, the Hexi Corridor and most of the roads leading to the Western Regions are closed, there is the Liao State in the north, occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the high-quality war horse resources of the Song Dynasty are completely monopolized, which causes the Song Dynasty from the beginning of the founding of the country, the purpose of the national army training is to "ride with foot".

In order to achieve this effect, the most important thing is to ensure two points, one is that the formation is not chaotic, and the other is remote output.

Because the infantry basically has no tactical initiative against the cavalry, they can only be beaten passively. In this case, the formation of the team must not be chaotic, a mess is a fish on the chopping board, and the cavalry can destroy you as much as they want.

But you can't just take a beat and not fight back, so while ensuring that the formation does not collapse, if the enemy cavalry does not charge directly, if you want to inflict damage on the enemy, you must rely on the long-range output of bows and arrows.

As a result of the above reasons, the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty was famous for the five characteristics of wearing the thickest armor, the tightest array, the most severe beating, and shooting the farthest arrows.

It is not difficult to understand why the Song Dynasty's foot armor and divine arm bow thieves were famous.

Moreover, since the Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin of Song Taizong, the thieves were obsessed with commanding the army with a formation map, and they were afraid that the generals would attack without authorization, causing loopholes in their own formations, and then being discovered by the enemy cavalry, tearing the opening, causing a rout on the whole line - in a certain way, it is not that the emperor of the Zhao family is too stupid, this is really a helpless move for the lack of cavalry.

You must know that in the open area, the infantry who have lost their tight formation, facing the hundreds of thousands of wolf riders of the Liao State, that is, lazily meeting the gray wolf, it is really fish on the chopping board, and it is slaughtered by others.

Therefore, the daily training of the infantry of the forbidden army in the Song Dynasty, the first bow and crossbow, the crossbow soldiers accounted for almost half of the total number of the forbidden army, the most extreme time, the Southern Song Dynasty Song Xiaozong had ordered the forbidden army to only train the bow and crossbow, and other skills were not learned, in order to make the soldiers' training more professional, more familiar with the weapon, so that they can give full play to the power of the bow and crossbow as much as possible.

I have to say that this order is absurd enough, no wonder the combat power in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty is like a puddle of mud.

As for pikemen, sword and shield soldiers, etc., they have always been regarded as skills practiced by the last soldiers in the forbidden army. Of course, there is a reason for this, because the forbidden army in the Song Dynasty went into battle to fight, and it was generally arranged in the order of guns and knives in front and bows in the back. In actual combat, the formation is dominated by gunners, archers in the center, and crossbowmen in the back, and the arrangement is not a team of crossbowmen, a team of archers, a team of gunners, and a team of crossbowmen, but each of them is formed separately, so that the crossbowmen can concentrate their strength and give the enemy the maximum damage. When attacking from a distance, the gunners and archers sit on the ground, and the crossbowmen fire their arrows; Nearer, the archers stand up, like crossbowmen throwing arrows; In melee combat, the Gunner charges, both to protect the crossbowmen and to use them as reserves, increasing their vital strength (Note 1).

To put it simply, the crossbowmen are well protected during the battle, and the generals will shoot when they give the order, and after shooting the arrows, the enemy will be scattered, so they will rush up to grab the credit. If the enemy does not retreat after shooting, then the archers will give priority to retreat to the end of the team to wait, and then the bitter pikemen and sword and shield soldiers will come forward to fight hand-to-hand, resist, win, and can't resist, the archers are the first to run away, and the survival rate is the highest, and the bitter pikemen and sword and shield soldiers are the meat targets behind the palace, and the mortality rate is the highest.

After listening, everyone suddenly realized, no wonder Sun Xin concluded that the person who gave advice to Deng Fei was a box army, and his own team not only had the wrong training methods, but also the establishment of the troops, and the most important archers were the lowest.

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, Deng Fei was like a mourner, his eyes were slumped on the chair, a huge sense of frustration knocked him down, he didn't expect that he had worked so hard for so long, and it was wrong from the beginning.

"I have heard for a long time that Brother Sun Xin is good at military affairs, and it is indeed true, this time my cottage can get the little lieutenant late, it is really a blessing for the cottage."

In the face of Sun Xin's dry goods, Zou Run got up and thanked him, and all the leaders also got up one after another to salute Sun Xin, all of them were convinced.

Sun Xin suddenly found that everyone's eyes on him had changed from simple friendliness to a little more admiration, which made him can't help but be happy. It seems that the green forest is really different from the officialdom, after all, he admires the person who has the ability, and the words of the owner of his own village are really true.

Deng Fei, who was so guilty, walked in front of Sun Xin and stretched to the ground.

"Deng Fei is a husband, short-sighted, reckless, doesn't know how to be a good man, just a lot of offense, and I hope my brother will forgive him." After speaking, without waiting for Sun Xin to answer, he turned around on the spot again, pounced on Zou Run, and knelt on the ground.

With deep guilt and self-blame, he said:

"I have failed the trust of the owner of the village so much, and made a big mistake, please punish the owner of the village and correct the military regulations!"

Looking at Deng Fei, who buried his head deep in the ground, Zou Run hurriedly stepped down from his seat and stepped forward to help, Zou Yuan, Yang Lin, Er Ruan and other old people also stepped forward to persuade him, wanting to pull this straightforward and righteous red-eyed man from the ground.

Zou Run was even more soothing.

"Where did my brother say, my cottage soldiers are strong and strong, and I have won a big victory by borrowing grain from the mountain several times, and I am famous for climbing the clouds, all of which are my brother's merits, Zou Run is afraid that the reward will not be good, how can there be a reason to punish?"

Who knew that Deng Fei was not obedient, but struggled to break free from everyone, stared at Zou Run with a pair of red eyes, and said to Zou Run with tears:

The owner of the village said that a mistake is a mistake, and I will go to receive the punishment later. It's just that before being beaten with a military stick, Deng Fei wanted to plead with the owner of the village for one thing, and asked the owner of the village to agree! ”