Very much to the general's liking? Who knows.
My cheap uncle!
In Chang'an City and in the military camp, there were two completely different people. Huo Guang doubted whether they were a bit smart.
In Chang'an City, the general was called Ruya, and he was polite to the few soldiers watching the city gate. But in this South Camp, Wei Qing is the unerring commander, and his soldiers will be severely scolded if they make even the slightest mistake!
The last time Huo Guang talked about the three-piece cavalry suit, he was scolded by General Wei Qing.
otherwise.
He didn't have to go to any trouble to find Sang Hongyang to do anything.
"I hope, as long as I don't get scolded and kicked out!" Huo Guang smiled faintly, then turned to look at Lin Yaoqing, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and said: "Hey, why did you talk to me so much today? Something happened. ?”
"It's okay!" Lin Yaoqing shook his head.
"oh!"
Huo Guang snorted when he heard this, shrugged, and continued to build his own sand table.
Seeing that he was busy, Lin Yaoqing said, "Captain Li has arranged the bows and arrows for the hundred of us, and also said that we will start training on cavalry and archery today. In a few days, the general will practice the formation of the entire army. Set up the formation!"
Huo Guang suddenly frowned and said, "Didn't you say it's okay?"
Lin Yaoqing immediately explained: "It's none of my business!"
"It's nothing to do with you? How come it's nothing to do with you? Aren't you responsible for the usual training? Do you want to leave?" Huo Guang asked, staring at Lin Yaoqing.
Lin Yaoqing was transferred to Huo Guang not only because of General Wei Qing's arrangement, but also because of his brother Huo Qubing's intention.
Originally, Lin Yaoqing followed Huo Qubing and participated in the Battle of Hexi two years ago.
He is a veteran of the Han army.
Since General Wei Qing and Cavalry General Huo Qubing transferred him to Huo Guang as a helper, there is no reason to transfer this person away again!
At this time, Lin Yaoqing also waved his hands quickly and said: "No, no, no, what I mean is that after the soldiers heard about your deeds in Shanglin Garden, they asked you to teach them archery!"
What?
Teach yourself?
The key is how did these new recruits know?
Huo Guang was puzzled and asked, "Did you tell them?"
Lin Yaoqing immediately shook his head and said: "It has spread throughout the army. Your Majesty was shocked by your shooting skills. He also said that you will be a future cavalry general, and now you are just here to practice in Nanda Camp. Moreover, my subordinates didn’t know about this at first, it was the soldiers who told me!”
Right.
I went with the general-level people in Nan Daying that day. With Lin Yaoqing's qualifications, naturally I couldn't go.
So it wasn't him who spread the news.
It might be those generals from the Southern Camp who went together. As for his uncle Wei Qing, he didn't have the time to talk about it.
What else is there about the cavalry general?
Would General Wei Qing spread such rumors? Chun Chun thinks too much.
Huo Guang shook his head helplessly and said: "Forget it, let them talk nonsense! What you just said is that the whole army will conduct drills and formations in a few days. Is it true or false? What is the specific time?"
The whole army!
Naturally, he was referring to the 50,000 elite soldiers of Nanda Camp.
And the so-called training of the whole army's formation.
To put it bluntly, it is just an ancient military exercise!
Hearing Huo Guang's words, Lin Yaoqing immediately replied: "It's true. Captain Li can't lie to me about this unless he doesn't want it anymore."
"It's just this specific time!"
"Uncle Huo Du, my subordinates have no way of knowing. It all depends on the general's arrangement. How about you ask the general?"
Drilling and forming troops is a secret.
Huo Guang asked about this.
Isn't that just looking for trouble and looking for trouble?
Huo Guang shook his head quickly and said, "If you don't ask, you will save yourself from being scolded. Let's go teach these new recruits to practice archery!"
"promise."
Lin Yaoqing agreed and followed Huo Guang to the school field to practice shooting.
The school grounds of the South and North Camps are very huge.
Think about it.
It would be scary to have a school field that can accommodate fifty thousand soldiers and horses at the same time.
certainly.
Because of its large area, the school ground is very simple, and even the targets used for archery practice are as shabby as rotten wood.
No wonder some people always say that people in the military camp can penetrate the target with one arrow.
If it were Huo Guangshang, he would be fine too!
When they reached their hundred men, the recruits who had been sitting loosely on the ground all stood up after Lin Yaoqing yelled at them.
Then they formed a square array according to the method Huo Guang taught them before.
This immediately formed a sharp contrast on the campus where "carrots gather".
Huo Guang glanced at the new recruits and asked, "Where are the horses? Why are the Guang people here?"
"Didn't you just practice archery, and also ride horses?" said one of the brave recruits.
Huo Guang immediately glared at him and said: "Nonsense, you are cavalry, no matter what you practice, you have to be on horseback!"
"go!"
"Go forward at a gallop and bring the horse over."
Huo Guang gave the order, and the hundreds of people ran back to fetch their horses. At this time, Huo Guang turned his gaze to Lin Yaoqing next to him and asked: "Hey, Yaoqing, let me ask you, we previously practiced using the ring-shou sword and hook set together, and now we are practicing bows and arrows."
"Then it's time to go to the battlefield."
"He has a ring-headed sword and a hook-mounted sword. How can he use the bow and arrow?"
Lin Yaoqing shook his head and said: "Except for the ring-head sword, which is not required for the hook, it is for infantry. We are cavalry and archers, so we are responsible for archery."
"Huh? Infantry? Then why do we cavalry learn it?" Huo Guang asked in confusion.
A cavalryman.
Why learn how to use their infantry weapons!
When the time comes to go to the battlefield, it won’t be needed, so it won’t be a waste of time.
However.
Lin Yaoqing said: "Huo Duber may not have participated in the war and does not understand these things."
"We are cavalry."
"But due to some terrain factors or other reasons, it is necessary to dismount for close combat and also serve as mounted infantry."
Lin Yaoqing's words are not without purpose!
It is recorded in "Yan Bing Shi Shu" that when necessary, the Han army would "dismount and fight on the ground, with swords and halberds touching each other, and they would be at odds with each other".
The so-called dismount and fight!
The cavalry was used as infantry, which is why later generations said that the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was infantry on horseback and cavalry on the ground. As for the sword and halberd meeting, it means that the short weapon is facing the other side's long halberd.
certainly.
Short weapons are only short in a relative sense, not truly short.
For example, the Huanshou knife is more than one meter long!
Although it is still less than half of a halberd, if it is combined with a hook, it can jam the enemy's weapon when it stabs him, and then cut off his weapon with a single sword.
Cavalry without weapons.
Its function is not as good as that of a thin dog!
After hearing Lin Yaoqing's explanation, Huo Guang nodded immediately and said: "Okay, I thought we were going to fight with the hook set, but for a long time we were used as both cavalry and infantry!"
While talking.
The recruits have led the horses and returned here.
Huo Guang straightened his expression and asked them to bend their bows and arrows on horseback and shoot at the target.
Since there are still few Takahashi saddles and stirrups produced in the first batch, Huo Guang's one hundred recruits cannot be allocated yet.
So when these cavalrymen tried mounted shooting for the first time.
As soon as the horse moved, he was so frightened that he quickly clamped the horse's belly tightly with his thighs to prevent himself from falling off the horse's back.
But this also led to their first mounted shooting, which all failed!
One hundred cavalry!
Even if they are all new recruits and they shoot randomly while blindfolded, he should still be shot with an arrow!
Therefore, Huo Guang was quite disappointed with the performance of the one hundred recruits in front of him.
Raise your hand!
He scolded them.
"Okay, what are you shooting? Stop it. Don't you want to see me perform my archery skills? Okay, let me teach you how to shoot." Without further words, Huo Guang got on his horse and fetched it at the same time. The two stone iron bows were bent directly to match the arrows.
It’s the same as Shanglinyuan’s performance.
Huo Guang directly took four arrows, bent his bow and nocked the arrows at the same time, aimed at the target, adjusted the position slightly, and then let go and shot.
The arrows not only hit the target!
He even shot two of the arrow targets directly through them, leaving a hole in them.
This is not to say how powerful Huo Guang is, but to say that these archery targets are really bad!
Four arrows were fired at once, hitting the target simultaneously while sitting on horseback, causing the recruits to cheer.
However, Huo Guang didn't pay attention to the cheers. He glanced at the recruits one by one and said, "Okay, you have also seen how I shoot arrows."
"I don't ask you to hit the target with four arrows!"
"As long as one arrow can hit the target, it's fine."
The training is over.
Huo Guang threw the bow and arrow to Lin Yaoqing and said bluntly: "Okay, come and practice archery with these new recruits!"
"promise!"
Lin Yaoqing nodded and said.
After finishing speaking.
Huo Guang left in the direction he came from.
main purpose.
Naturally, it was to complete the sand table so that it could be given to Wei Qing.
After returning to complete the sand table, Huo Guang ordered someone to carry it to the general's camp where his uncle Wei Qing was staying the next day.
The sand tray is filled with sand, so it is naturally very heavy.
Fortunately, when Huo Guang was making the sand table, he specifically asked Carpenter Li to complete the design of the wooden box he gave, and reminded him to pay attention to ease of movement.
Otherwise it would be really difficult to transport!
When I arrived at my uncle's tent.
Huo Guang immediately said: "Uncle, I heard that today is your birthday, so my nephew specially brought a gift as a tribute to you!"
However, Wei Qing said with a straight face: "How many times have I told you that in the military camp, you must fulfill your military duties!"
"Yes, General!" Huo Guang quickly changed his words.
However.
Wei Qing, however, still looked unhappy and said: "Uncle Huo Dub, did I say that my general's birthday will be simple and everything will remain as usual. If you said you won't accept gifts, why do you still send this so-called gift!"
The general sat in the south camp and became very majestic.
Even if Huo Guang is his nephew!
As long as you break the rules, you will still be punished mercilessly.
Seeing Wei Qing's unkind expression, Huo Guang quickly said: "Uncle, don't be angry. The things I gave you are actually the same as the three pieces of horse gear last time. They are beneficial to the army."
"So, it's not a personal gift."
"I said it was for you!"
"It would be better to say that it is given to all the soldiers of South Camp."
Upon hearing Huo Guang's words, General Wei Qing also calmed down and said softly: "Is that so? Well, open this wooden box and take a look!"
then.
Huo Guang ordered his soldiers to open the wooden box, and then a miniature version of the mountain sand appeared, with triangular mini flags of two colors on it.
When Wei Qing saw this thing for the first time, he was immediately amazed.
Years of experience in battles allowed him to guess at a glance that this was the terrain of the Huns.
but.
This area now belongs to the Han Dynasty.
"Isn't this the Qilian Mountain area? How did you do this? The curtains are so beautiful. Have you been there?" the general asked.
Seeing that Uncle Wei Qing was no longer angry, Huo Guang immediately stepped forward and said: "General, have you forgotten the veterans I asked you for last time who are familiar with the Huns' terrain? I made them based on their descriptions!"
Wei Qing nodded and walked closer to inspect the sand table.
Whatever!
He pulled off one of the mini triangular flags planted on the sand table, and then asked Huo Guang: "If I guess correctly, these flags should represent the deployment of our Han army and the Huns, right?"
"The general is really good at predicting things!" Huo Guang said immediately with his hands in hand.
pity.
This flattery slapped the horse's hooves.
The general said immediately: "Don't do this, I don't need your compliments, general. Tell me, what is the use of your sand table?"
When Wei Qing asked, Huo Guang explained in detail: "The purpose of the sand table is to have a good understanding of the entire war area and to allow the generals commanding the operations to better control the deployment of their own and the enemy's forces."
"besides."
"The sand table can also be used to study the terrain, enemy situation, combat plans, study combat cases, summarize previous combat experience, etc. This can also be used when the general is about to conduct troop formation drills for the entire army!"
After listening to Huo Guang's explanation.
Wei Qing showed a rare smile on his face and said, "It sounds pretty good. I like this gift!"
"Uncle. Oh no, it's fine as long as the general likes it. It seems..." Huo Guang smiled faintly, but before he finished speaking, several soldiers came in carrying weapons such as spears and halberds.
Then.
These soldiers said to the general: "Report, general, we have brought this batch of finished spears and halberds."
Spear? halberd?
Eh!
Huo Guang didn't notice that Nanda Camp was equipped with this before! At the very least, his hundred recruits did not receive this weapon.
Or!
Could it be that like bow and arrow, you have to wait until later to start practicing?
Think of this.
Huo Guang couldn't help but ask: "General, I haven't seen any soldiers in the military camp using these long weapons before. Is it possible that they will be practiced later?"
Wei Qing was inspecting these weapons.
After hearing what Huo Guang said, he said calmly: "Oh, these are weapons used by the cavalry. They have nothing to do with the cavalry you are in. You don't need to practice this!"
Cavalry?
Mounted archer cavalry?
Are there still these two categories in Nandaying?
Huo Guang didn't know about this kind of thing, but even if there was such a classification, it was impossible for Huo Guang not to know about it after staying in the military camp for such a long time!
Huo Guang couldn't figure it out, so he asked: "General, why have I never seen this sudden cavalry before?"
General Wei Qing continued to inspect these sample weapons, and at the same time he did not forget to answer Huo Guang's words, saying: "You have never seen normal. Cavalry cavalry need to overcome various harsh environments, so they usually train in the mountains and forests outside the military camp. .”
"And there are not many troops. Originally there were only five thousand people, not the main force of cavalry and archers!"
"This period of time."
"I found that the horse gear you designed is very helpful to the cavalry, greatly enhancing their ability to fight on horseback."
"So we added another three thousand troops and horses."
"This batch of weapons was obtained for the three thousand assault cavalry."
(End of chapter)
