Among the Tokyo Forbidden Army, in terms of elite soldiers and powerful combat power, none other than the troops under the Dianqian Division.
The cavalry and cavalry troops in front of the palace numbered ten thousand and were composed of the best cavalrymen of the Han Dynasty. They were famous for their bravery and fierceness.
Among the three armies below the Infantry Army in front of the palace, the Longqi Army is the old army founded by Liu Chengyou; the Xiaodi Army is the strongest. It was the first military reform during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, so he selected the young and healthy of the entire army to form an army. After analyzing the bodyguard division, he went through a series of The weak ones were eliminated and strengthened; the inferior inner palace commanders were only selected through selection before they became an army.
Of course, among the Imperial City of Tokyo, the one with stronger combat effectiveness is the renamed Ouchi Army. This army first started when Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor, and Liu Chengyou was ordered to select a crane-controlling army composed of elite horsemen from Hedong.
After arriving in Tokyo, he has been built as a palace guard. The "Forest Guards" in the early days of the country were by no means ordinary. In the winter of the first year of Emperor Qianyou's reign, the army was reorganized and the Palace Front Division was established. The "Crane Controlling Army" was used as the infantry bugle. Liu Chengyou later changed the imperial guard in the palace to the Imperial Guard, which was regarded as the "Da Internal Guard", and the number of soldiers increased. To four thousand. The five hundred guards of Xuanwumen are subordinates of Dauchi.
The original commander-in-chief was the uncle Li Hongyin. After Liu Chengyou resigned and seized power, Liu Chengyou replaced him with his trusted general Gao Huaide, which added the last layer of insurance to the forbidden palace. Of course, it was Liu Chengyou who thought he was right.
However, after Gao Xingzhou was transferred to Tokyo and served as the commander-in-chief of the bodyguard army, discordant voices emerged in the court, saying that the Gao family and his son had too much power, with one hand guarding the imperial army and the other hand guarding the palace guards.
This was a turmoil, and it started in the harem. Liu Chengyou noticed it in time and controlled it within a small area. Although he felt slightly unhappy, Liu Chengyou had to admit that since the Gao family and his son were relatives, it was indeed inconvenient for them to be commanders inside and outside the forbidden palace. This was not a good thing for either party.
Therefore, Liu Chengyou decisively withdrew Gao Huaide and appointed Zhao Yanjin as the internal commander, while his brother-in-law Gao Huaide transferred to the Longqi Army as the commander of the First Army.
When Liu Chengyou came to Xuanwumen this time, in addition to patrolling the guards and seeing Li Jian, the main purpose was to inspect another army: Fengchen camp.
Just beside Xuanwumen, separated by two walls, it was originally a square but was later transformed into a military camp. The place is not big, but it is extremely mysterious. There are many novel training facilities, all of which were designed by Emperor Liu Chengyou himself.
A year ago, Liu Chengyou issued an edict to once again remove warriors from the two imperial armies and set up a separate battalion.
This time, there is a clear difference compared to before. In terms of selection criteria, extremely high thresholds are set.
The soldiers to be selected must all be under thirty years old, six feet in length, able to bear the weight of three stones, good at riding and shooting, good at fighting, and have more than three years of military experience...
Taking everything into consideration, only a thousand people were selected from the tens of thousands of people in the imperial army inside and outside. Thousands of soldiers form a camp, and these thousand people can be said to be the best of the three armies. Most of them have military positions. It can be said that these soldiers, if released to foreign armies, can at last become a captain.
When Fenchen Camp was first established, Liu Chengyou came in person, gave an impassioned speech, and set a goal for all soldiers. That is Sergeant Fengchen, who wants to become the most elite soldier of the Han Dynasty. He can capture tigers in the mountains and subdue dragons in the sea. He is a fearless and all-round warrior.
The training at Fengchen Camp can be described as rigorous and complicated. In addition to cultivating the strength of the soldiers, there is no shortage of training in horse warfare, infantry warfare, water warfare, individual soldiers, and formation warfare. Swords, crossbows, and mounted archery also require proficiency, as well as education in cultural art of war and loyalty. It is also a top priority.
A fully equipped Fengchen soldier's standard weapons are two strong horses, a crossbow with fifty arrows, a bow with thirty arrows, a sword, a long and short sword, and a shield, Short spear, axe, short hoe, hatchet, rope, etc.
Fengchen camp was nominally an army that gathered the elites of the Han army. In fact, Liu Chengyou regarded it as a cradle for training officers.
The training plan is rich and arduous, and combined with the elimination system, the soldiers dare not slack off. In one year, more than 200 soldiers have been replaced. Among these people, it is either difficult to improve their skills in riding, archery, or swordsmanship, difficult to meet the requirements for coordination in formation battles, difficult to adapt to water battles, or simply violated military discipline...
As for those who came out of Fengchen Camp and deployed the imperial army, except for those who violated the law and discipline, they were all promoted to at least one level, and many were promoted to two or three levels.
In order to build such an army, the money, food and energy invested were more than ten times that of the ordinary forbidden army. It could only be cultivated on a small scale. The training cost alone was surprisingly high.
As the commander of Fengchen Camp, Liu Chengyou chose a man named Wang Yansheng. This person was still very famous in the original history. Not to mention the lack of character, but in terms of bravery, there is nothing else to say. He rose up in the army, had amazing physical strength and rich combat experience. He was a good friend of Luo Yanxuan, who had led his army and horses to Liu Chengyou in Xiangzhou, and later followed him to defect. With this relationship, he was still listed on Liu Chengyou's side.
Wang Yansheng himself is also a ruthless person. When Fengchen camp was first established, he was worshiped as the commander. Because he did not know the nature of water, in order to convince the crowd, Wang Yansheng just soaked in the water for several days. It is said that he almost drowned before he learned to swim. Now, he can swim well. Described.
Feng Chen's deputy commander, named Shi Yanchao, was an old member of Guo Wei's army and was particularly fierce. Among Guo Wei's old men, there was no one more brave than him. In the camp, he collided with Wang Yansheng, and they were at odds with each other.
Fengchen's camp was divided into left and right, and Wang and Shi each led a camp. They not only fought with each other, but also had the effect of motivating each other. Every monthly competition was held to set an example for the entire army. The first ones to face off were Wang Yansheng and Shi Yanchao.
Liu Chengyou came quietly. He originally wanted to enter quietly, but he couldn't do it. He was discovered before he even got close to the camp gate.
No one was announced to greet them, and everything went as usual. They entered the camp gate and headed straight to the school grounds under the leadership of an officer named Fengchen.
The school grounds are still very lively. In addition to the soldiers who are performing the duties of guarding the sentry, there are a total of 900 people scattered everywhere, in pairs, threes, and formations, holding solid wooden swords and shields, fighting and training. This is a small formation battle. train.
However, what Liu Chengyou was more interested in was that on the edge of the school field, there were about forty soldiers, shirtless and squatting on horseback. Some of them had bruises on their bodies. Wang Yansheng, on the other hand, held a whip in his hand and walked back and forth among the ranks, cursing angrily and kicking the soldiers' buttocks one by one.
The kind where there was no retention, everyone was kicked to the ground, and it hurt when they fell, but no one dared to complain, so they got up and continued to squat.
"Your Majesty, this is today's battle formation. The soldiers in each team who performed poorly are being punished! General Wang is punishing them!" the officer next to him explained to Liu Chengyou.
Liu Chengyou nodded and didn't say much. He didn't think there was anything wrong with corporal punishment. This was not an era of human rights, especially in the military.
The Fengchen camp enjoys the highest treatment in the entire army, and accordingly, it should also enjoy the same pain and hardship.
