Chapter 554: The Beiting Army is training for confrontation
After Wu Liumeng heard Li Siye's arrangement, he hesitated for a moment. When his mother came back with a reproachful look, he quickly bowed and prostrated with folded hands: "I thank you, A Lang."
Li Siye frowned, looking at the posture, Mrs. Wu's son seemed not satisfied with joining the military. Although he was a junior official of the eighth rank, he was an official of the imperial court after all. He was required to report himself to the Ministry of Personnel and accept the orders issued by the imperial court.
The salary is much better than that of the hundreds of rankless foreign officials and subordinate staff.
Even for the Jinshi who took the imperial examination in Qiuwei, the candidates for official positions start from the eighth rank. There is no one who can be promoted without a transition. Does this kid think of himself as the omnipotent God of Wealth?
He smiled, waved his hand and said, "Go down and do your job well, then go out."
The twelve mothers quickly led their son to thank him, and Li Siye waved his hand calmly.
The mother and son walked from the study to the courtyard. Mrs. Wu took the trouble to nag her son: "Don't take this job seriously. I finally begged it from Alang. Even if it's just for my mother's face,
You also need to work hard, so that Alang can feel more at ease when he promotes you in the future."
Wu Liumeng said impatiently: "Oh, I understand. Mom, please go back. I will go early tomorrow."
Mrs. Wu took advantage of the darkness to send her son out of the mansion. Wu Liumeng walked away without looking back. He secretly thought that he was just an eighth-grade official. Fortunately, he came all the way to Tingzhou. He relied on this eighth-grade official.
How long will it take for my salary to pay off my high gambling debt?
I'm afraid he will never be able to return to Chang'an in this life. He really can't bear to part with the cockfights in the Western Market and the beauties in Pingkangfang.
He was really dissatisfied with the official assigned to him by Li Siye. When his mother-in-law wrote home, she would talk about how Alang was promoted and treated his subordinates well. But in fact, this man did not do anything. His mother-in-law had worked hard in the Li family for more than ten years.
In the end, I can only arrange for myself a grade eight.
He was familiar with a man in Chang'an. His father was the censor Zhongcheng, and he worked as a steward in the house of Wang Zhongcheng. He asked Wang Zhong for his son's errand. As soon as Wang Zhongcheng took action, he arranged for him to serve as the county magistrate in Zhongxian County, Yongzhou.
This is an official at the seventh rank, four levels higher than the eighth rank.
After he took office, he just sat there and made money. In just one year, he paid off his huge gambling debt, and also redeemed his old sweetheart from Pingkangfang brothel. This kind of high-ranking official Alang is the one who gets things done.
, people like Li Siye were sent far away.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Siye came to the Protector's Mansion early, called the Deputy Protector Zhao Xun in front of him, and said as naturally and nonchalantly as possible: "Isn't there a military officer from the eighth rank in our Protector's Mansion who is missing? I will arrange it for him.
I’ve got a man named Wu Liumeng, and you’ll ask Lu Shi to join the military to make arrangements for him later.”
Zhao Duhu understood immediately upon hearing this that Wu Liumeng must be a relative of Li Siye. He had no opinion on this matter. He even felt that Li Siye was the most self-sufficient. He had been the governor for such a long time, so he used his connections to give
A member of my family arranged a job, and it was a rare good official. It was all thanks to the support of my colleagues.
After he briefly explained the matter, he left the Protectorate and went out of the city, summoning 10,000 people from the Han navy to conduct drill-style training operations. This method came from his wonderful idea of military exercises and had been prepared for nearly a month.
The first activity of the training was to run a long distance to the edge of the desert eighty miles away to attack the imaginary enemy in formation. Everyone in the Han navy wore armor, held long spear blades, and carried long bows and short crossbows. The cavalry advanced alternately with two horses, while the infantry
Running on foot, there is an average of one horse per tenth to carry fresh water and supplies.
Li Siye found that after many modern people arrived in ancient times, they liked to train five kilometers cross-country at all times. He believed that after cross-country training, the soldiers' willpower and mobility would be improved.
But a five-kilometer cross-country trip was not considered training at all in the harsh conditions of ancient times. Because even in the Tang Dynasty, when the economy was highly prosperous, only a small number of people were qualified to travel on horseback. Most people had completed migration and completed certain tasks.
You only need two legs to travel, and you even need to carry heavy weights.
Not to mention the border guards in important towns like them. Every expedition is a walking expedition of hundreds or thousands of miles, and they wear more than fifty kilograms of armor. Wouldn't it be childish to talk to them about a five-kilometer or ten-kilometer cross-country trip?
The so-called five-kilometer or ten-kilometer cross-country training is for modern people who have weakened legs and rely on various modern means of transportation to travel. The ancients really didn't need it.
The eighty-mile journey was more than two stops. Han Haijun set out in the early morning and arrived at the scheduled location in the afternoon. Military envoy Duan Xiushi ordered his officers to wave their flags, forming a six-flower formation, and slowly advanced towards the enemy.
The "enemy" on the opposite dune.
In order to make this training exercise appear extremely real, Li Siye ordered the deputy governors Zhao Xun and Zang Xiyan to organize soldiers and nearby people in advance, and erected tens of thousands of wooden and straw figures at the planned location of the training exercise. Of course, there were also four people participating in the exercise and confrontation.
More than a thousand Tianshan troops.
All crossbows and bows used in the drill have no arrowheads, but are covered with a kind of dyeable lime. The same is true for the Tianshan Army, which has a majority of cavalry.
Duan Xiushi asked Li Siye for instructions to start the confrontation drill. Li Siye ordered his subordinates to wave their door banners to indicate that the performance could begin.
The Liuhua Formation slowly advanced towards the enemy, and the formation at the front stopped. The crossbowmen in the army began to fire one after another like locusts. According to the tolerance of the Tang army's infantry armor, those who were hit by more than ten arrows would
You can exit the battle.
The scarecrows with arrows on their bodies were pushed down, and the Tianshan Army who had more than ten gray spots on their bodies also retreated from the battlefield. The Tianshan Army began to counterattack, and they used crossbow arrows to throw at each other, but with little effect. Tian Zhen ordered two cavalrymen
The army outflanked the Liuhua Formation from the left and right wings, but Duan Xiushi immediately retracted the formation, first using the Kaifeng troops to block the cavalry charge, and then using the infantry Modao troops who were good at fighting cavalry to take the opportunity to counterattack and kill the enemy.
Of course, the Mo Dao of the Mo Dao team is fake. How dare they use real knives in a situation like an exercise? Otherwise, a drill would be more tragic than a war. Li Siye not only asked the Mo Dao players to use wooden knives, but also asked them to chop with them.
Also save some energy, because even something like wood can kill someone if the acceleration and force are great.
The two sides fought fiercely for two hours before the winner was determined. The victor was of course the Han Haijun led by General Duan Xiushi, while the Tianshan Army led by Tian Zhen also caused considerable losses to the Han Haijun. Even after the exercise, the two sides
The generals are still discussing the drill just now, assuming that if you do this, I will definitely not do it, so that I can defeat you.
Li Siye knew very well that if it were a real battle, they would never be so relaxed. For them, such training is like a child's play. But for the Beiting Army, it is necessary. The Beiting Army's last
The battle was still against Shi Sulu's cavalry in the 24th year of Kaiyuan. It has been eleven years since today. I don't know how many people are unfamiliar with the battle. Although this kind of training and confrontation is not like a real battle, it is at least a grinding battle.
They have practiced their ability to run long distances and also improved their ability to coordinate in battle formations.
After the training exercise, Li Siye brought Han Haijun back inside and outside Tingzhou City, while Tian Zhen led the Tianshan Army back to Gaochang City.
At this time, in the Protectorate's Mansion, Zhao Xun ordered Li Siye's close friend Wu Liumeng to join the military. Wu Liumeng was a lively person and seemed to be able to talk to many people.
In the afternoon, he remembered the names of several people who had joined the army and quickly became involved with these people, and publicized his relationship with Jiedushi in social circles.
Zhao Xun passed by the Recording Hall and happened to see Wu Liumeng jokingly promoting that he was Li Zhongcheng's family member. He couldn't help but smile sternly, thinking how could Li Zhongcheng have such relatives.
Six years have passed since Tianbao, and the new year has arrived. Since the beginning of this year, the generals and local officials in various towns have begun to think about the saint’s birthday gifts in various ways. Because this year’s birthday must be grander than in previous years, he also put the birthday gift into consideration.
The name was changed from Qianqiu Festival to Tianchang Festival.
The emperor's taste was elegant and he did not ask officials from various places to send expensive specialties. Instead, he asked them to present elegant artistic songs and dances to Beijing to whitewash peace. After learning the news, Li Siye felt that his suona should be put to use.
(ps: Thanks to the distant 123 starry sky for tipping.)