Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1310: The Prince's Guard of Honor Presents, the Forbidden Army and the Chamber Army
Chapter 1310: The Prince's Guard of Honor Presents, the Forbidden Army and the Chamber Army
Chapter 1310: The Crown Prince’s Guard of Honor Appears, the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army
Whether it is envy or hope, it is simply unrealistic for the Song Dynasty to achieve such a goal, at least in a short period of time.
Just like the current Fengxiang Mansion, the Song and Jin Dynasties have similar military strength. However, the Jin Kingdom is basically all cavalry, and the Song Dynasty side is all infantry except for a small number of cavalry. It is precisely for this reason that even the Lizhou soldiers
The combat power is already considered to be the top of the Song Dynasty, but compared with the West Route Army of Tu Dan Kening, it is still far behind.
Even if the Jin Kingdom did not want it, the Song Dynasty would not be able to find a chance even if it wanted to fight to the death. This is why Wu Lin and Yu Yunwen would risk losing their heads, not only deceiving the prince to the northwest, but even directly borrowing
The prince's name was used as bait to lure the Jin people into a head-on war.
Otherwise, the Song Dynasty has set up a battle formation, and the Jin cavalry will not fight, and the Song army will have nothing to do.
On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head! A huge team with a yellow umbrella as its support, three thousand golden-armored imperial guards as its core, and five thousand Lizhou soldiers accompanying it.
In Fengxiang Mansion City, Tu Dan Kening looked at the deputy general in front of him and asked in a solemn voice, "Can you see clearly?"
"Commander, see clearly!"
"The ceremonial guard includes three crank-handled nine-dragon umbrellas, four straight-handled dragon umbrellas, two Ruicao umbrellas...and Baize flags, golden festivals, dragon flags, etc., which are exactly the configuration of the ceremonial guard for the crown prince of the Song Dynasty that the commander-in-chief mentioned before.
In addition to the nearly two thousand Lubo guards, there are also nearly two thousand superior guards!"
The Lubowei mentioned here actually means guard of honor.
Among them, the so-called superior guards refer to the selection mechanism of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
First of all, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were divided into the imperial army and the Xiang army, which are called the imperial guards and the local army.
The Imperial Guards among them are divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower! These three levels are basically divided according to height.
The height standard for the upper-class Imperial Guards is five feet and six inches, which is roughly equivalent to the height of nearly 1.8 meters in later generations! The lower three inches, which is equivalent to about 1.7 meters, is the middle-grade Imperial Guards, and the lower-class Imperial Guards are nearly two inches lower.
About 1.65 meters.
As for those who are not tall enough to meet the standards of the lower-class Imperial Guards, they can only join the Xiang Army and are not eligible to become the Imperial Guards.
Of course, if you are young and strong, this selection criteria will be slightly relaxed, but overall, the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty are indeed burly men.
This is why, even though the Song Dynasty had millions of soldiers and horses, the number of superior imperial troops was only tens of thousands.
After all, in this era, it is not too easy to choose a tall man who is about 1.8 meters tall.
At the very beginning, fighting was basically a matter for the imperial army. Most of the Xiang troops were responsible for labor or work. To put it bluntly, they were used as auxiliary troops.
However, although with the changes in the overall situation, the number of the Forbidden Army is increasing, but its combat effectiveness is deteriorating. Otherwise, the Song Dynasty, which had millions of Forbidden Army, would not have such a shame as the Jingkang Incident.
During the First World War of Jingkang, the imperial court was raided, and even the Imperial Guards fled desperately. King Kang and Zhao Gou had no choice but to rely on local Xiang troops to resist the Jin soldiers.
Only then did the Yue Family Army, Han Shizhong's Han Family Army and other local armies rise! After that, the Imperial Guard basically became a mascot-like decoration, and the status of the Xiang Army became higher and higher. In order to resist the Jin Kingdom, the imperial court ordered various local armies to
restrictions are gradually being relaxed.
Why do people in Song Dynasty hate being soldiers?
Even back then, Han Qi said that only those who call out Donghuamen are considered good men?
Firstly, due to the different status of cultural relics, the Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs, and civil servants looked down on generals.
As for the second, whether they are imperial guards or Xiang soldiers, they all need to have tattoos on their foreheads.
For example, the words "Yunyi's third command"! One command is a battalion of soldiers and horses, about hundreds of people.
This kind of treatment is basically similar to that of prisoners! In fact, this tradition does come from prisoners.
When the Song Dynasty recruited soldiers, in addition to normal soldiers and horses, criminals, thieves, etc. were also included in the army.
Just like Liangshan and Song Jiang, why they wanted to be recruited and settled, because the Song Dynasty did have such a policy.
In order to prevent these criminals from escaping, it was necessary to have tattoos on their foreheads. Later, it progressed to the point where all soldiers needed tattoos. Only after reaching a certain status, the tattoos would be completely washed away with special potions.
The reason why Di Qing of the Renzong Dynasty became the belief of all the soldiers at that time, apart from his illustrious military exploits, was because of the tattoo on his head.
Di Qing was considered a big shot in the court because he was a war meritorious officer and deputy envoy to the Secret Service. Therefore, Renzong asked Di Qing to remove this tattoo, but Di Qing said, "How could Qing be here if he didn't have these two lines?"
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I will definitely not dare to go, because I want to make the world a lowly person and know that the country treats me with this reputation."
To put it bluntly, Di Qing set an example for the soldiers and horses of the world, and told the people of the world that even ordinary soldiers have a way to advance! Therefore, he became the faith and hero in the hearts of all ordinary soldiers.
As for the treatment of soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty, it was relatively small before the Jingkang Incident. After Yi Guan moved south, the treatment increased a lot and was more humane.
After becoming a soldier of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court will first pay a settling-in allowance, which is also called a recruitment item.
Once you have the tattoo tattooed, you can receive the items.
In addition to normal copper coins, the settlement fee will also include cloth and other items. Moreover, when the army is stationed, the family members of the soldiers can accompany the army.
The military camps stationed in the Song Dynasty are single rooms. You can live alone or with family members who are accompanying the army. However, when going on an expedition or going to war, your family members will be stationed in the camp and will not accompany the army to participate in exhibitions. This is
Why, in many places where soldiers and horses are stationed, towns or villages are formed.
Moreover, once the army goes out to fight, its military salary will be divided into two parts, one half will be directly distributed to the soldiers fighting, and the other half will be sent directly to their families.
For a single person, the military salary of the Song Dynasty is not low, but this military salary needs to be spent by the whole family. Therefore, the income of the Forbidden Army is acceptable, but the Xiang Army will be relatively poor.
Of course, although the policies are humane, many of them cannot be implemented.
The commander-in-chief of an army kept secretly embezzling military pay. Although ordinary soldiers had resentments, their life and death were in the hands of the commander-in-chief and there was nothing they could do about it.
If it was not a life-and-death battle, the superior imperial troops would only accompany important members of the royal family to protect them. In addition, there were extremely obvious ceremonial guards. Therefore, they would not have any doubts about the news of the arrival of the Crown Prince of the Song Dynasty.
"Commander, could this be a trick by the Song people?
After all, we haven’t really seen the prince’s face!”
The lieutenant said hesitantly.
But Tu Dankening shook his head, "Don't worry, it won't be like this!"