Chapter 12 Struggle (Add an update to the leader, Jonaki Kisaro)
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"Crash!" The armor leaves clanked. It is pleasing to the eye.
"Not bad." Shao Xun looked at the iron armor on his body and smiled with satisfaction.
This is a collared sleeve armor, which is the most popular iron armor in this society.
It appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang improved its craftsmanship: "The imperial production department all made fifty-fold steel armor and ten-fold spears."
We all know that in ancient times, It is difficult to keep technology secret. As a result, Zhuge Xun's sleeve armor, which was more sophisticated than the original version, quickly spread and became popular in the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties.
Until the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Zhuge Xun's sleeve armor was still regarded as a treasure.
From the data unearthed in later generations, it can be seen that this iron armor is in the shape of fish scales, with the chest and back connected together. It has sleeves from the shoulders downward, and the cuffs are closed above the elbows.
In addition to the Sleeve Armor, there is also a Sleeve Armor made of leather, which is in the shape of a turtle's back - so when "armored soldiers" are generally mentioned in books, they do not necessarily wear iron armor. , and may also wear leather armor and other protective gear. Armor and armor are not exactly the same.
Shao Xun was very satisfied with the sleeve armor he wore, but he still felt that there was something missing.
He thought of several things he received yesterday.
A bright red military uniform, he specifically listed the style and was finally made by the craftsmen in the manor.
The name of the military uniform is gāojiàn, which means "red headband, boots and hakama, holding a sword on the left and right, a bow and a robe, and an arrow inserted into the room."
To put it simply, the military uniform has a sword on the left side and a place for the quiver and bow tip on the right side. It is also equipped with a "red handkerchief" (red forehead smear, the original version of the Japanese army's "menstrual belt") tied to the forehead. , red), wearing hakama slaves on the lower body and boots, which are very practical. After wearing them, they look like a general or Jiedushi of the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
The Wei and Jin armies had independently organized "Gong Camp" and "Crossbow Camp". They did not have specially designed combat uniforms suitable for archers and crossbowmen. In the Tang Dynasty, all sergeants were required to be able to shoot archery and participate in melee combat. All soldiers were required to be able to use long and short weapons. Therefore, the design of military uniforms was relatively complex, and the bow, a standard weapon that everyone must carry, was even more important - -In the Tang Dynasty, especially after the middle and late Tang Dynasty, there was no specialized archery battalion in the army, because in theory everyone was an archer.
I don’t know how Shao Xun became so familiar with the clothes. Anyway, he thought about it for a long time and couldn’t remember the reason.
But this kind of combat uniform is really easy to use. You can draw the sword on the left side, pick up the bow tip on the right side, string it, calibrate it, and then pick up the bow and nock an arrow. There is also a special place for tying a small round shield on the left arm. A long knife or heavy sword can also be inserted on the back. When a walking bow is not used, a long spear is usually held in the right hand. If the long gun is too light, a rifle can be specially made, which can be struck during battle. , a spear that sweeps across the enemy.
In short, it is very convenient and feels armed to the teeth.
"The team leader is really brave when he puts on the iron armor." Chief Huang Biao smiled from ear to ear, standing beside him arrogantly, scanning the other teams with provocative eyes and said.
The people he swept across bowed their heads.
Shao Xun also glanced at it.
These soldiers are so docile that they probably don’t dare to resist when their superiors deduct their food and salary.
This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. In today's chaotic situation, the disadvantages are more obvious.
Fighting requires courage.
The soldiers have no spirit, do you still expect them to explode?
Facing the enemy's sharp edge, do you dare to take off your armor, go into battle shirtless, and charge with your naked body exposed?
There were five hundred people in the building, and he couldn't see anyone who dared to do this.
Difficult to do.
"The owner of the building is here." Suddenly someone shouted.
A carriage drove up in the distance and quickly stopped in front of the formation.
Mi Huang, the owner of the building, came in a hurry from unknown gathering place, and he was dressed like E Guanbo.
The breeze is blowing, the clothes are fluttering, the feet are wearing wooden clogs, and the air is extraordinary.
This is the smell, too strong.
Some people like it very much and think that this is the style that a scholar-bureaucrat should have. Standing in the wind, with flowing clothes, unrestrained and gentle, as gentle as jade. Standing with your hands behind your back, you have no plan left. When you kick the clogs, the stubborn enemy will be defeated.
You must have the feeling of not being able to eat the fireworks of the world, and having your boats and oars disappear into ashes while talking and laughing!
Some people don’t like it very much. Running the army is a systematic and scientific project. It requires tedious and meticulous work, a lot of effort, and even requires you to eat and live with the soldiers, making you smell bad.
During the expedition, we were exposed to the sun and rain, lying on the ice and eating snow.
During the decisive moment, I tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep at night.
It’s normal to have stomach problems after missing a meal.
It's normal for your hands to be cracked and pus oozing from the cold in the winter. Don't you hear that "the iron armor of the Protector is hard to withstand the cold"?
The skin is darkened and roughened by the wind and sand, which is unavoidable. After all, when "the army is fighting in the middle of the night", "the limelight is like a knife cutting it."
As for the scars on the body, it is impossible to avoid them when going into battle.
Mi Huang's appearance really makes people speechless and quite unprofessional. But to be sad, there are too many people like him at this time - it's not that there are no family members who are willing to calm down and work down-to-earth, but there are really very few.
It’s so ungrateful to just talk.
There is another person behind Mi Huang, Director Wang who joined the army in Sikong Mansion who had been here before.
I saw him holding his hands behind his back, looking around, then looking back after a moment, obviously not interested. Mi Huang stood in front of him like a follower. He smiled and said a few words, but it was hard to hear them clearly from a distance.
Director Wang listened patiently for a while, then waved his hand and said nothing.
Mi Huang didn't take it seriously and walked to the front of the formation on wooden clogs.
A team of more than 500 people has been assembled, including a hundred new recruits sent in the past few days.
Mi Huang's eyes lingered on them for a while. After all, he sent them here, and they were all strong and strong men who volunteered to serve as soldiers. Their quality was much better than the others.
It makes a huge difference whether you volunteer to be a soldier or not.
In the past, Ma Long selected soldiers for the expedition to Liangzhou in Luoyang and set strict assessment standards, including physical fitness, strength, archery, martial arts, will and other factors. After comprehensive selection, he got three thousand Five hundred people.
These 3,500 people joined the army voluntarily and wanted to get rich. Therefore, they fought hard, had high morale, and strong psychological quality. They were able to maintain their position even when they were surrounded by barbarian cavalry and cut off from the rear. The car formation traveled more than a thousand miles, killing and injuring a large number of Hu Qi, successfully broke through the encirclement, and arrived in Liangzhou.
If the soldiers were recruited for farming and fighting, they would not be able to achieve this level when their retreat is cut off and they are completely surrounded. They panic easily and are eventually annihilated - using infantry to deal with cavalry, the infantry does not panic and fights calmly. This is the most basic requirement. Unfortunately, more than 90% of the infantry cannot do this.
"The "Wei Wu Bu Battle Order" says, 'If there are those who do not advance in the army, the commander of the army will kill them; if there are commanders of the army who do not advance, the commander will kill them; if the commander of the army does not advance, the superintendent will kill them. "Because of this, the dynasty has a governor who trains the troops and serves as the right-hand man of the building leader." Mi Huang cleared his throat and said, "I am busy and can't handle military affairs personally. It's okay for a short time, but it won't be appropriate for a long time." , so I report to the king and get permission to add two more supervisors..."
Dubo is also called "the supervisor of war." This non-standard position is, to a certain extent, more like a war supervisor within a building, with considerable powers and responsibilities. In the Jin Dynasty, permanent bosses began to appear. Some supervisors were in charge of hundreds of people, and some were in charge of two hundred people.
In a building of 500 people, the number of uncles has begun to become irregular. It is usually one, but it is not uncommon to have two or three. If the situation continues, there is a high probability that there will be Become a first-level permanent position between team leader and building leader.
Mi Huang originally only asked for one superintendent. After hearing about it, Wang Dao, who joined the army, thought it was inappropriate and should add another one as a restraint.
Sima Yue didn't care much about the soldiers, but he wouldn't offend Director Wang, so he agreed.
Two supervisors, each in charge of half of the people, supervise each other and compete with each other. This is very good.
"The number of soldiers in this building is mixed. There are currently 561 people, so they are organized into twelve teams." Mi Huang continued.
To put it simply, teams 1, 2 and 3 are mostly children and teenagers, and are fully staffed, but slightly exceeded; teams 4, 5, 6, and 7 are elderly people, and were originally full, but are now short of more than 20 people; teams 8 and 9 are short of more than 20 people. The tenth team is strong and strong, but also not fully staffed; the eleventh and twelfth teams are new recruits with relatively good quality and are at full strength.
“The leader of the team, Yang Bao, has always been loyal and loyal, so he was promoted to be the governor.”
“The leader of the team, Shao Xun, has outstanding martial arts and can lead troops well, so he is also promoted to be the governor. "
Mi Huang quickly finished reading the names of the two people, and then glanced at Director Wang.
Director Wang cleared his throat and stepped forward to whisper a few words.
Mi Huang looked troubled and said in a low voice: "Yang Bao has limited abilities and I'm afraid he won't be able to lead the troops. Wang Joining the Army is overly flattering him."
Director Wang frowned. Frowning, seemingly displeased.
He has met both of these people.
Yang Bao didn't leave a deep impression on him. He was just a martial artist. He had so little martial arts skills and ability to lead troops, but he couldn't be considered very clever. He has seen many such people.
Shao Xun is a bit hard to see through. Although there was no lack of courtesy, the whole person gave him a very bad feeling. He didn't think about it at first, but after he returned and thought about it, he realized it: he didn't want to be condescending to him, he didn't flatter him, and he didn't put himself in the position of a lowly and inferior person.
Wang Guo was born in the Langya Wang family and was one of the most prestigious noble families in the north. In daily life, he has long been accustomed to the fawning over him from people with a small surname and a humble family background, and he is even more accustomed to the admiration and inferiority complex attitude of ordinary people when they see him.
Admittedly, Shao Xun has no problem with etiquette. But what about outside of etiquette? He didn't have any extra or "superfluous" flattery to express admiration. In Wang Dao's view, this was just unruly and unruly, which he didn't like very much.
This is a subtle emotion that cannot be expressed to outsiders, but it does exist.
Therefore, when it comes to the issue of governors, he suggested adding an additional member to restrain each other. When discussing the scope of responsibility of the two supervisors, he intervened again and planned to let Shao Xun be in charge of a group of old, weak and remnant soldiers.
These are just trivial things to him, just do them casually. But he knew that for ordinary people like Shao Xun, it often determines their fate - a grain of sand from the upper level may become a mountain when it falls to the bottom, which is unbearable.
"Wang joins the army..." Mi Huang thought for a moment and then said: "Actually, many troops are not ready to fight now and may be disbanded. For example, those old people were ordered to go home by Emperor Wu. Now is the time to employ people, but we can't do this. How about letting them farm in Wubao, guarding against thieves, and no longer participate in training. It is also a good thing for young children to be released to their hometown next year, and they can be treated as ordinary people. ?”
Wang Dao was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, “Mi Duhu is quite smart.”
Mi Huang's heart suddenly felt that Director Wang's words were strange, but after remembering Concubine Pei's promise, he bit the bullet and said: "I heard that Wang Canjun and Langya Wang Rui have an irreversible relationship..."
Wang Director heard this , his eyes narrowed, he sneered twice, flicked his robe sleeves, and said: "I still have something to do, so I'll take the first step, and Governor Mi will decide what's going on here."
The Langya Wang Family and the Langya Wang Family They have a close relationship and have been married many times.
In this generation, Sima Rui and Director Wang himself are close friends. But Sima Rui's current camp is unknown. His uncle Sima Yao is even from the Yecheng Sima Ying camp, while Director Wang's main company Ma Yue is from the Changsha Wang Sima Yi camp.
Sima Ying and Sima Yi seem to be harmonious at present and cooperate happily, but in fact they are not on good terms and will fight sooner or later - Sima Yi deliberately wins over the Imperial Guards in order to prepare for a falling out in the future.
Mi Huang opened his mouth at this time and had already offended Director Wang. Honestly, I'm actually a little scared. The mountain of Langya Wang Family weighed heavily on his heart.
However, people have been offended, what else can they do?
Thinking of this, he made a decision: to hand over the hundreds of newly recruited soldiers to Shao Xun's leadership, and to consolidate the others as needed.
Life is a constant process of making choices, that’s all.
(End of this chapter)