Nine hundred and seventieth chapter Mo Dao mighty (4)
In Li Ju's annotation, a group of ten Yulin soldiers slowly lined up and walked to the center of the school ground. Net
The team was led by a captain.
The armor on his shoulders and chest were inlaid with special markings.
This is marked with a red cloth. The mark consists of two halberds crossed together. It is very conspicuous and eye-catching.
As a military officer, Li Ju certainly knew about and paid attention to the system of epaulettes, badges and back banners currently being implemented in the Han's main field troops such as Yulin, Huben, Xiliu, and Feihu.
The long ones are crossed with two halberds or two spears, which represent identity.
The halberd is the officer, the spear is the cavalry, the arrows are the crossbow, and the sword is the unarmored infantry.
The two weapons are crossed, symbolizing the commander-in-chief of the two troops.
Above the leader, there are five crossed weapons, symbolizing that he is commanding five of his comrades.
Officers above the rank of leader are no longer identified by weapons.
The commander-in-chief uses a black tiger, the commander-in-chief uses a white tiger, and the captain-general uses a dragon.
The generals who go up are marked by stars.
The rank of the general is determined by the number of stars.
The highest-ranking general, Taiwei, is a five-star general.
And down below are the generals of guard and generals of chariots and cavalry, four stars.
Currently, there are only four four-star generals in active service in the Han army.
General Dongcheng waiting for chariots and cavalry is one of them.
One of the more interesting pieces of information is that Li Ju heard that it seems that today the emperor also designed a set of epaulettes and badges for himself.
The unique Yinglong Weixin!
Of course, this is just a legend, gossip circulating among the people.
No one has seen it with their own eyes, let alone described it.
In addition, the color, size, and height of the tassels on the officers' helmets are also different.
In addition, for the emperor's personal soldiers like the Habayashi Guards, it is said that every shoulder and chest badge and both sides of the back banner will have text indicating the officer's unit number.
Even soldiers will have nameplates on them.
The nameplate is made of bamboo wood and has the soldier's life, unit and serial number written on it.
These changes caused the current Han army to undergo an unknown change.
Li Ju has been away from the army for some time, and he doesn't know the specific extent of this change.
But looking at the team of no more than ten people, with their heads held high and their chests held high, the only soldiers who were so proud were the soldiers who had the words "labor and management number one in the world" carved on their foreheads.
Li Ju knew that they must have bravery and skills and tactics that others could not match.
In the military, the pride and majesty of a unit are basically proportional to its combat effectiveness.
Especially in the vast northern counties and Guanzhong, places where heroes from all over the world gather.
How dare you pretend if you don't have two or three?
You must be taught how to be a good person!
In today's world, any powerful army with a great reputation.
They all rely on fists, swords and guns to build their reputation.
Li Ju then raised his head and looked intently at the Yulin team in the center of the school ground.
Most of the others were concentrating and holding their breath, observing motionlessly.
At this moment, the Yulin team moved.
In Li Ju's sight, the Yu Linwei almost looked like a whole.
When Shi Chang took the first step, the soldiers on his left, right, and behind him took action almost at the same time.
They held the Mo Dao with both hands and leaned forward slightly.
The Mo Dao in his hand was tilted forward at just the right angle.
Then, they were like a wall, like a wave, taking three simple steps forward, but each person's posture and the Mo Dao in each person's hand remained motionless.
until……
The leader of the team shouted: "Kill!"
Suddenly, the aura of a battlefield like an iron horse came to my face.
They uniformly performed the tactical movements of chopping, advancing, and chopping again.
Under the sunlight, the Mo Dao's blade shimmered with a frightening luster.
That Habayashi Guards team was like a terrifying meat grinder, seeming to crush everything into pieces!
"It's as slow as a forest, as fast as the wind, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as a mountain!" Li Ju admired in his heart, as if he was enjoying a gorgeous song and dance performance.
This Yulin team uses an art that only soldiers, tough guys, and men can appreciate, and transforms a few simple movements into a song of military etiquette and a long cry of a warrior!
As the saying goes, outsiders watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.
Li Ju knew very well how much sweat and hard training day and night were behind such tacit cooperation, such terrifying coordination, and such terrifying discipline.
Just because of the talented performance of this team.
They were already in Yunzhong County, enough to be included in the sight of County Governor Wei Shang, and they became the elite and key training targets of the Yunzhong garrison.
not to mention……
Their weapons...
Li Ju's eyes never left the weapons in the hands of that team!
"This is a magical weapon against the Huns' cavalry!" Li Ju thought excitedly in his heart.
Among the old weapons of the Han army.
Let’s take the king’s halberd of the past as an example!
The halberd was the main battle weapon of the heavy infantry of the Han army in the past. It is a complex of spears and spears.
It can slash horizontally, stab directly, and hook backwards. It can even be used as a blocking weapon. In actual combat, it often has astonishing power.
Therefore, the main force of the Han army used to have a phalanx of halberdiers in front of the Chinese army's commander's formation to protect and cover the Chinese army.
But the long halberd exposed many problems in the confrontation with the Huns.
First of all, it's bulky.
This is also the reason why the officialdom is declining now.
A long halberd, the halberd part alone, weighs dozens of kilograms and cannot be used by non-elite people.
Even the monkey version of the halberd often weighs twenty or thirty kilograms.
Next are the halberdiers, who must be heavy infantry and are fully armored to resist the arrows of the Huns cavalry.
This makes it move slowly.
Of course, these are minor issues.
The real key is that to play the halberd well requires long-term training.
Even if he is from a family of talented officials like Li Ju, he has not practiced for more than a year, and if he is asked to hold a halberd now, he will be a little uncomfortable.
What's more, when the halberd responds to the enemy, its counterattack methods are too simple.
The halberd can be used to chop or stab, it can also be used as a hook, and it can even serve as a long knife.
But, precisely because it is so versatile.
Therefore, it is not as good as a sword for cutting, not as good as a spear for piercing, not as good as a chain for hooking people, and not as good as a long sword for sweeping.
Facing the Hun cavalry that came and went like the wind, the heavy infantrymen holding halberds were actually targets.
Therefore, the Han army's caiguan troops could never leave the cover of the crossbow troops.
All past battles have shown that in field battles, at least double the number of troops, the Han army's military officers + crossbow troops, can be used to confront and drive back the Huns cavalry!
This is where Cai Guan's current embarrassment lies: his offensiveness is almost zero and he can only defend passively!
After the Battle of Mayi, the Han army shifted from strategic defense to strategic offense.
Both the government and the opposition, as well as the entire army, heard the sound of attack.
No one wants to play with an officer who can only passively defend.
I always feel that bringing in military officers will not only slow down the army's speed, but also affect everyone's efficiency. More importantly, it will have no effect.
Instead of bringing military officers, it is better to bring faster and more flexible crossbow troops.
But Mo Dao is different!
It seems that Mo Dao can only perform simple chopping.
Besides chopping, still chopping.
However, a large enough blade provides enough killing area.
No matter which direction the enemy comes from, no matter how superb his riding skills are, I will strike with one blow. Unless the enemy is fully armored, otherwise the man and the horse will be cut off in two.
Moreover, the simple design also makes the Mo Dao more flexible than the Long Halberd.
In the time it takes the halberd to make one slash, the Mo Dao can probably make two cuts.
In addition, the Mo Dao is just like the spear, and it does not require complicated training to master the use of the Mo Dao.
Soldiers don't need to think about it. When facing the enemy, should I stab him straight? Stab him diagonally? Or chop him? Or pull him off his horse?
It's as simple as one cut.
No need to use your brain.
more importantly……
"Attack!" Li Ju shouted excitedly in his heart: "This is a weapon designed for offense!"
It is not unprecedented in history for infantry to defeat cavalry.
For example, the Qin army, under the command of Meng Tian, marched through Hetao.
All the Hu people, including the Xiongnu, were beaten by the Qin army and did not dare to go south to herd horses.
Meng Tian's Great Wall Corps relied on the overwhelming rain of arrows and the phalanx composed of halberds, spears and long swords to make all the barbarians flee in confusion.
The Qin army directly occupied Yinshan Mountain and established a defense line north of Yinshan Mountain.
However, now, no one knows how the Qin army did this.
The Great Wall Corps that followed Meng Tian to garrison Hetao was either wasted on the battlefield in the melee at the end of Qin Dynasty, or was killed by Xiang Yu.
The few survivors were also exhausted in the subsequent Chu-Han struggle.
But another example can be used as a reference.
In the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, the Han and Hungarians fought in Pingcheng.
The Xiongnu Chanyu Maodun commanded the main force and surrounded the main force of the Han army's chariots and cavalry on Baishan Mountain.
However, the Han infantry commanded by the Han Taiwei Zhou Bo descended from the rock to the south and surrounded the Huns.
The two armies faced off for seven days, and the Huns were forced to relieve the siege.
At that time, Zhou Bo used his crossbow troops as cover and relied on spears, long swords and halberds to set up camp step by step, completely blocking the mobility of the Huns cavalry.
Once the cavalry does not have a wide enough battlefield, it will naturally be pulled to the same level by the infantry.
However, this kind of confrontation and consumption will cause great losses.
It was almost like using the soldier's life to pay for his son with the Huns.
Anyway, there are more Han soldiers and fewer Huns.
In addition, Mao Dun did not dare to lose too many troops and too many manpower within the Great Wall. They came here to make money, not to fight for their lives.
Moreover, the Huns have improved their tactics since then.
Tactics such as turning around to shoot, dismounting to shoot and harassing, invading and advancing in multiple directions appeared.
Offense and defense are always evolving with each other.
Like a spear and a shield.
The stronger the shield, the stronger the spear becomes.
One goes down and the other goes up, always in a cycle.
But the Battle of Mayi broke this cycle.
The military officers of the Han army no longer need to think about how to make their defenses stronger and more invulnerable.
Because they are unemployed.
Nations no longer need to rely on their solid defenses and calm pace to fend off foreign enemies.
The Han Dynasty opened the door to a new world.
Cavalry and attack became the main theme.
No longer need to worry about why your shield is not as sharp as the enemy's.
Because, the Han Dynasty simply threw away the shield and picked up the spear.
Moreover, this spear is much sharper and longer than the Huns'.
However, the demonstration of the Yulin team in front of him opened a window to a new world for Li Ju and made his eyes light up.
Of course, Cai Guan can also attack!
Of course we have to attack!
Only attack is the right way!
"Man, that's it!" Someone shouted, and in an instant, almost all the officials cheered.
They cheered because they knew that even if they could not choose Habayashi Wei this time.
You don’t have to worry, you don’t have to be decadent, and you don’t have to stupidly imitate those Confucian scholars and scholars, carrying documents every day that make you feel uncomfortable, like countless crows chirping.
My husband from the North is not used to such a formal life.
For them, eating big chunks of meat, gulping down alcohol, and yelling at your mother, that’s life, that’s life!
Holding a weapon is much more comfortable than holding a brush!
This time, even if I can't be selected as the Yulin Guard, I won't be able to get the emperor's salary.
You can also choose to go home, choose to return to your family, and continue your ancestral business.
With this kind of artifact, this kind of weapon specially made for officials!
The glory and honor of our family can still continue!
certainly……
Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second...
Many people looked at their colleagues around them with vigilance and vigilance, thinking in their hearts: How to eliminate the other party!
We are all husbands, and a man is hidden behind his height.
Of course I want to be the best!
On the stage, the captain stopped his movements and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, please form groups of ten and prepare to practice the movements and formations we just saw!"
"I will give you one stick of incense time..." He said with a malicious smile: "After one stick of incense, you must choose your companions, all in groups of ten, and then start five groups to practice together..."
After a pause, he added: "A certain committee will select candidates from each group who it thinks can pass... In other words, gentlemen... if a certain general selects all the quota, then the people behind, regardless of
How powerful and outstanding you are, you can only go back the way you came!"
As soon as he said these words, everyone immediately took action.
Many people are like headless flies, going around recruiting people or begging others to recruit them into a group.
Only Li Ju and a few others remained calm.
"Dare I ask you, sir!" Li Ju raised his hand and asked loudly in the crowd: "What if there are less than ten people?"
"I don't care about that!" the captain said with a smile behind his hands.
This answer further aggravated the chaos in the venue.
Many people even began to choose teammates without being selective.
However, these are all rookies who have no experience and have never been on the battlefield.
Experienced officials like Li Ju were quiet and observing their surroundings calmly.
Then, they began to slowly push through the crowd, smelling the same scent, and came together.
Although it is slow, although it is inefficient.
But they know that on the battlefield, the whole is greater than the individual.
In other words, colleagues who are not good enough are a burden.
Instead of finding nine rookies who are so busy that they have forgotten about organization and scheduling.
It is better to find an elite who can cooperate with you and echo each other!
Finally, before the incense burned out, Li Ju and the nine officials came together.
Almost half of them are acquaintances.
Of course, there are also some strangers.
But it doesn't matter, we just had a little chat and exchanged opinions, and everyone decided to form a team.
Since we want to form a team, we need a leader to give orders.
This is important!
However, in such a situation, it is too late to compete with force or use other methods to decide the outcome.
Therefore, everyone's ideas were quickly unified. Since we can't decide, let's draw lots!
The method of drawing lots is also very simple. Everyone randomly finds ten weeds on the ground, and then agrees that whoever draws the longest weed will be the longest.
Li Ju was lucky. He drew the long grass that represented the length of the grass.
At this time, the first round of demonstrations also began in the martial arts arena.
As everyone expected, the rookies and veterans who hurriedly joined together made many mistakes during the acting process.
Either someone was a step slower, or someone was a step faster.
Even if they barely kept the beat together, their movements were deformed.
Moreover, because they had almost no elected leaders and lost their leader, the further back they went, the more chaotic they became.
And once chaos occurs, it cannot be undone.
Such a drill is of course unqualified!
Almost before they had finished the drill, the captain ordered the drill to be terminated.
"The Huns are better than your drills!" the captain snorted, roaring and driving away these defective products.
With the lessons learned from these people, the next team learned from the experience and hastily decided on a team rate before going into battle.
Now it looks a bit different.
But it's a pity...
"It's better to find a group of civilians than anyone else!" the captain commented calmly.
This evaluation is a little higher than before, but only a little.
Many people lowered their heads in shame.
Of course, some people are dissatisfied.
A senior official who seemed to have a good background stood up and asked loudly: "It's not my fault, it's everyone's fault!"
"So, I don't accept it!"
But unfortunately, the captain turned a deaf ear and just waved his hand lightly, asking the soldiers to drive him away.
Even though he kept protesting and arguing, he even finally brought up his own background: "I am the queen of Xu Changhou!"
But it only got a sneer from the captain: "I am the direct descendant of Longhou!"
"A silverfish is a silverfish. You can't even choose a robe, so what use do you have?"
This made everyone take a deep breath.
Dragon Marquis!
Everyone's expressions changed immediately when they looked at the captain.
Although Long Hou lost his country, the first generation Long Jinghou was a hero that everyone is familiar with.
Long Jinghou's reputation for loyalty and loyalty is so great that even a three-year-old child in Guanzhong knows it!
"No wonder you are so arrogant..." Many people thought in their hearts and looked at the captain.
…………………………………………
Finally, it was Li Ju's team's turn to enter.
In the previous four rounds, only one team barely managed to get into Captain Chen's eyes, and they passed the test.
The rest were all eliminated.
This made Li Ju a little nervous.
However, when he took the Mo Dao handed from a soldier of the Yulin Guard, his nervousness immediately disappeared.
Gently caressing the handle of Mo Dao.
"This is my husband's weapon!" Li Ju grabbed the handle of the knife at the groove as if he was protecting his lover, and stood it on the ground. At this moment, Li Ju knew what he should do with this weapon.
In front of his eyes, a group of Hun cavalry seemed to be galloping towards him.
He held up the Mo Dao, stood in his team, leaned forward slightly, and said: "The Mo Dao is mighty!"
Then, he shouted loudly: "Mo Dao is mighty!"
As a result, other team members couldn't help but shout along with him: "Mo Dao is mighty!"
Yes, in the short time they came into contact with the Mo Dao, these former officials were already enamored by the weapon's deterrent, lethality and practicality.
Its handle, its blade, and even the gripping points in the grooves are so charming and wonderful!
Everyone seemed to be cheering, shouting, and jumping in their hearts.
Imitating the movements he had just seen, Li Ju led the team, giving gentle reminders while observing carefully, adjusting the entire team at any time.
He has repeated this kind of work tens of thousands of times in the past twenty-seven years.
"It's interesting..." The captain's eyes flashed across Li Ju's team: "It's barely enough, it can be adjusted, let's teach it!" (To be continued.) 8
