Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2684 Recruits, Veterans, Elite Soldiers

"kill! 』

  Niu Dalang held a long spear, with one hand in front of the other and the back of the hand flat, and trotted forward.

  The gun should be flat, the hand should be yin and yang, the mouth should not spit, and the eyes should be fixed on the target!

  Niu Dalang repeated in his heart, reminding himself.

   After running for more than ten steps, he moved down a little to the front left, about three feet or so, and stabbed hard.

  The tip of the gun trembled slightly, plunged into the straw stake, and then was quickly pulled out, followed its owner a few steps forward, and re-pierced to the top of a higher stake on the right.

  Finally, Niu Dalang held a spear, and with the last cry of "Kill", he plunged into a target about four feet high.

"pass! The instructor on the side glanced at the stress on the stake, nodded, and shouted loudly, "Next!" Number thirty-seven! 』

  Niu Dalang raised his spear to the sky, then bowed slightly to the instructor, and circled back to the starting point from the edge of the field.

   This is the recruit training camp on the outskirts of Chang'an.

  Niu Dalang has been training here for a while, and is undergoing the assessment of recruit training.

   I don’t know if it’s because he was used to farming the land before, but he prefers long-handled weapons, such as spears. It gave him a familiar feeling, like he was still farming.

  The friends who joined the army with him, some chose to be like him, and some became other arms.

  Niu Dalang’s current instructor is Li Er. It is said that he has been on the battlefield, and he has actually killed the enemy, and he has also won meritorious service...

  Sometimes, Niu Dalang can't help but look forward to it, if only he could be like the instructor. However, he doesn't know whether this vision is to have the same combat skills as the instructor Li Er, or to receive the same post-war treatment as Li Er, or both.

  The recruit training will end soon, and then according to the training situation, the next step will be assigned or dismissed.

   Yes, there are also dismissals.

   That is, multiple failures.

  People always have strengths and weaknesses. Some people are good at doing this, and some are good at doing that. The same is true in the recruit camp. Some are good at fighting knives, some like long spears like Niu Dalang, or some are flexible and have been preparing to join the cavalry queue for a long time. There are also strong men who can wear heavy armor and carry thick shields Wait.

   vary.

  But the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. Most of the recruits are working hard, and some are lying down bravely. Call it a violation of military regulations, but it doesn't matter, after all, you do exercises, you practice, you do what you want to do, it's just that you have a lot of energy, and you are only willing to use five or six points, or three or four points.

  Niu Dalang here, although he said that he likes to use long spears the most, but he also practiced swords and shields, as well as bows and arrows, all of which require extra time, energy and physical strength. Although Niu Dalang's sword shield and bow and arrow skills may not be as good as those who major in sword shield or bow and arrow, at least in the event of an emergency in the battle, he can pick up the sword shield and bow and arrow and use it, and he won't be completely incapacitated. Know what to do.

   As for those who lay down, they only fulfilled the most basic requirements, and not being punished was the biggest goal of these people.

  Niu Dalang looked down on those people a little bit. Niu Dalang thinks this is the same as arable land, how much you pay for the arable land, how much sweat you shed, and how much reward you can get. This training is not hard, and you don’t even want to sweat, why not go to the sky?

  Similarly, instructors look down on them too, so these people will be dismissed after recruit training, and they will go home with a sum of money, and no troops will want them.

  Nowadays there is no shortage of hussars to join the army.

  Recruit training is actually very hard. At the beginning, you have to memorize a lot, including semaphore commands, as well as words and arithmetic, and even weapons...

It's like a small triangular raised mark on the wooden handle of a long gun, which indicates the direction of the gun head. If you grab a long gun in the absence of light and in the dark night, you only need to reach out and touch the middle of the wooden pole to know the direction of the gun head. Where the head is facing, if you don't know the direction of the gun head, you may have to reach out to touch the head and tail, or weigh the weight of the spear. And through such a small mark, remember, Niu Dalang and other recruits can put on a posture to meet the enemy and assassinate the first moment they grab the spear.

  Sometimes, in battle, life and death are just such a small time gap.

  Niu Dalang returned to the end of the queue again.

  A subject needs to be tested three times.

   Pass three times, and then take the average.

  Three wooden stakes represent the lower thorn, the flat thorn, and the upper thorn. They are used to deal with half-armored, unarmored or light armored units, and full-body heavy armored units, piercing legs, chests, and throats.

   The gun must be fired quickly, the force must be ruthless, and the landing point must be accurate. These are the basic requirements.

   Fighting on the battlefield, there is no fancy posture. For spearmen, there are three stabbing methods.

  Since entering the new barracks, Niu Dalang has become much stronger. Although the training is very hard, he eats much better than at home, and he doesn’t have to worry about other things, he just needs to train hard.

  In another examination room on the side, someone yelled loudly, which caught Niu Dalang's attention.

   That is the assessment site for the sword and shield hand.

Although the knife and shield also have stabbing movements, the biggest difference from the spearman is that the left and right hands are held separately. This makes Niu Dalang's hands holding the **** and rake for a long time, and he is used to holding the same long handle and plowing hard in the same direction. It's all too easy to get used to. So Niu Dalang is particularly envious of those guys who can use force in different directions with both hands, and they are all smooth.

   There was another shout, and a sword and shield recruit raised his big shield, put it on his shoulder, and pushed it forward. In order to simulate the situation where the sword and shield hand is squeezing each other on the front line, the shield of the sword and shield hand is still tied with a load. You must advance fifty steps in one breath without leaving the shield, let alone landing, to be considered qualified.

It may not be necessary to advance as far as 50 steps on the battlefield, but in battle, you may have consumed most of your physical strength when you need to advance, and it is not in the best state, so it is still necessary to increase the distance .

  The sword-and-shield recruit advanced fifty steps forward, and when he reached the first wooden post, he lifted the shield up, and then stabbed the knife with his left hand from under the shield...

  Niu Dalang felt a little cold between his legs, so he couldn't help tightening them. When he was fighting with each other in the recruit camp, he suffered a big loss...

Of course, at that time, both sides were long sticks and short sticks with the ends wrapped, and the lethality was not great, but even so, it would take a long time to get up, not to mention that it was changed to a sword now, which made Niu Dalang look You will feel that the stake that was stabbed is so pitiful...

   On the battlefield, the pursuit is simple and direct, and it is not easy for the veterans who survived.

  Thinking of veterans, Niu Dalang couldn't help looking further afield.

  Over there is the test for veterans...

  In the distance, Wei Yan and Ma Yan were standing on a high platform, watching a group of soldiers passing through cross-country obstacles.

  『Have a mission? ’Ma Yan asked softly.

   Wei Yan raised his eyebrows and denied, "No. It's actual combat training...test first, then pick out some, and go to Wuguan for training...』

  Ma Yan chuckled, then stroked his white beard, "Understood. Combat training. 』

   Wei Yan glanced sideways at Ma Yan, then shook his head.

   Veterans are like this, even if they don't say anything, veterans seem to be able to smell the breath of war in the air...

  …(··)…

  Below the city of Wuguan.

   The night is filled.

  『From Wuguan to the outpost army village, all are mountain roads! There is an official road, and it takes ten days to walk normally. ” Wei Yan stood in front of the formation and said in a deep voice, “But, those are ordinary soldiers! what are we It's elite! Wouldn't it be a joke to follow the official path for ten days? ! 』

  Wei Yan wants to use Wuguan Road to train troops.

  The structure of military training is to bring out the elite with the elite.

  Mountain soldiers, of course, the training place is in the mountains.

  『Each person only brings five days of dry food! All other things not related to combat were put down, and all salute backpacks were left in the camp. Wei Yan looked around and shouted loudly, "Anyone who is sick and physically weak, who is physically damaged and unable to walk, and who feels incompetent comes out!" You can stay in Wuguan temporarily without punishment! 』

  The queue was silent, no one stood up.

  Wei Yan waved, "Team rate check!" If the body is injured, the sick will stay! Stay in Wuguan to recuperate! This is an order! 』

   Several team leaders were stunned for a moment, and immediately took orders and walked into the queue. After a while, several soldiers were pulled out by the team leader.

  『General! I'm a little hurt! No problem! It's okay..."

  One soldier was pulled out due to injury, and he didn't seem to want to give up, so he yelled loudly and wanted to go back to the queue.

   Wei Yan took a breath, stepped forward, and before the soldier, looked down, "How did you get hurt?" 』

  『Hey, a small injury, it’s okay, General...』 said the soldier with a smile.

  The team leader said from the side: "Reporting to the general, two days ago, he was in charge of leading the training of recruits. A recruit accidentally stumbled while marching... He was on the side, stretched out his hand to help... and was injured..."

   Wei Yan hummed, and then said to the soldier: "What did you think at the time, why did you go to save the recruit?" 』

"what? ’ said the soldier, ‘Why? There’s no reason, we’re all fighting in the same robe…”

  Wei Yan showed a little smile, "We are all in the same clothes... You all know that you can do it. Is it possible that I am not as good as you?" Haosheng stayed in Wuguan to recuperate! When the injury heals, come find someone again! This is an order! 』

  The soldier was stunned for a moment, then stood up and answered, "Wei! 』

  Wei Yan walked up to the stage again, "I repeat, if you are injured, stay with the sick!" 』

   Several team leaders looked at each other, then went to the queue and pulled some soldiers out.

  Wei Yan just nodded, then waved his hand, "Let's go! 』

The    commands are issued one after the other, and the queue begins to march.

   Some veterans muttered as they followed the queue, "The general is a little different..."

  『What do you mean? ’ asked the soldier on the other side.

  『I said, the general was not so strict before... 』The veteran said, 『Even though he said he was injured before, but if he wanted to follow, the general would not stop him...』

  『That’s true…but it’s a good thing, isn’t it…』

  The veteran nodded and said with a smile, "That's right. Of course it’s a good thing…”

  『Go, go, keep up! 』

  The team leader waved their hands to urge them aside, and these soldiers stopped saying anything, but moved forward silently.

  As the hussar general improved the treatment of soldiers, the number of soldiers with night blindness gradually decreased. Even if some recruits had night blindness caused by previous malnutrition, they would be treated and alleviated in the recruit training camp. As for Wei Yan leading these mountain soldiers, there is basically no trouble of night blindness.

  There is a bright moon shining in the sky, follow the mountain road and the official road, and march in military columns. You only need to add some torches to illuminate the dangerous points and corners, and there will be no major problems.

  The orders Wei Yan gave these people were actual combat drills, and he declared so to the outside world, but these veterans, like Ma Yan, smelled something different, and there was a faint excitement in their eyebrows and expressions.

  Training is nothing more than training, if there is a battle, it means that there are battle achievements to be obtained!

   It has been a long time since there has been a war. Whether it is itching in the hands, the itching in the heart is even more itchy.

  Many soldiers have already begun to calculate how much military merit they need to accumulate promotion...

  In the night, the moonlight and stars gently outline the outline of the surrounding mountains.

  By using these meager brilliance, Wei Yan marched among the mountains with his soldiers, as if he had merged with these mountains. In addition to the steel armor, a gray-black battle robe was put on, so that when there is an inadvertent collision, there will be no loud metal sound. So although there were some small noises, they didn't seem very abrupt. If you couldn't get closer, you wouldn't even be able to spot these quietly hurrying troops.

  The leader of the team and Qu Chang walked on both sides of the queue, taking care of the guards they belonged to, and it was also convenient for them to accept orders.

  Wuguan Road is a relatively mature mountain road. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang walked this mountain road. After three or four hundred years of continuous development, although the Wuguan Road can not be regarded as wide, it is no problem for caravans and ordinary walks.

  The elites brought by Wei Yan did not carry any titles. Although the title can prevent the soldiers from making a sound, it will also bring some breathing difficulties to the soldiers, so as long as the soldiers are well-trained, then there is no need to bite the title when marching at night.

  Walking at the forefront were Wei Yan and the elite scouts.

  As the vanguard of the entire army, these elite scouts are good at detecting the situation, and they also use whistles or the chirping of birds and beasts to signal the soldiers behind. These communication signals were a bit confusing at first. After all, it was just an agreement between the teams at the beginning, but after the integration of the military academy, a norm was gradually formed.

After taking a break halfway, the entire army began to enter the mountain from a mountain pass, left the official road and turned into a ravine, and then generally maintained the southward direction. Mound stumbles. The non-commissioned officers at the middle and lower levels of the team led and began to remind in a low voice that all the soldiers were concentrating, staring intently at the position where the person in front stepped down, and then stepped on that position by themselves, so that they didn't have to spend too much energy and effort to choose. A safe place to step.

  The speed dropped.

   Wei Yan stood on the edge of this mountain road, watching the soldiers pass by.

There are bushes and grass on both sides. Because of the soldiers coming, the insects that were singing in the bushes and bushes have closed their mouths. Only in the forest and grass on the mountain farther away, some faint green eyes flashed occasionally. Pass.

   If there is some movement, it is usually a jackal or coyote, and if there is no movement at all, it is a big cat or a kitten...

   These guys.

   Wei Yan snorted coldly in his heart.

   If you really dare to come, you may not be able to prevent them if you take the lead, and there will inevitably be some soldiers who will suffer casualties, but the counterattack of the soldiers will also make these guys overwhelmed!

People in later generations have no resistance against big cats and kittens. It’s not that people in later generations are physically weaker than people in ancient times—well, maybe they are indeed worse. After all, they sit every day and don’t exercise. They are all standard configurations—and the most important thing is the armor.

  People of later generations rarely wear battle armor even when they are hunting.

   There is a difference between armor and no armor in the cold weapon era.

Just like people in later generations wear shark-proof armor in the sea. When encountering sharks, even if they don’t fight back, most of them can survive. .

  The same is true now.

   Without the excellent armor provided by the Hussar General, even a general like Wei Yan, who is highly skilled in martial arts, might not dare to face these beasts head-on, but with the armor and shield, it will be different.

   No matter how good the teeth are, it’s impossible to chew on iron, isn’t it?

   It's not a Chinese beast.

  So those beasts peeping from afar chose to leave. Maybe you know there is meat in the tin can, but if you can't open the tin can, you will hurt yourself instead.

  Watching those unidentified wild beasts leave, the feeling of being spied on and stared at gradually dissipated, and some pride emerged in his heart.

   These places may have been the territory of those wild beasts, but now I have brought soldiers here, this is my territory!

  In fact, Wei Yan also knows that these big cats and kittens may not really give in, but more likely they feel that it is not easy to hunt, so they just choose other prey, and have no intention of wasting humans here.

Mountain roads are generally not the territory of these big cats and kittens, because mountain roads are basically public areas, even mountain roads that are less traveled by people. If you feel that your territory has been violated, you may not be so easy to talk about.

  Beast’s thinking is very simple, territory, not territory, easy to hunt, not easy to hunt, there is a very direct standard, and the decision is very straightforward, unlike some people...

   Wei Yan turned his gaze to the south.

  If someone really doesn’t know the situation is good or bad, and the comparison of strength is unclear, then he doesn’t mind being like the killer hidden in the forest, finding the right time, and suddenly pounces, stirring up blood mist all over the sky!

  (end of this chapter)