Han You really didn't know anything about martial arts, so he couldn't humbly ask for advice. He just wanted to understand.
When talking about martial arts, we have to mention Ma Rulong, the first iron child in the capital.
In the previous dynasty's martial arts performances for four consecutive years, Ma Rulong always came out on top, and thus gained a reputation as the best warrior in the Dakang.
If Dakang had not been destroyed, this guy would definitely have participated in martial arts exercises on behalf of the imperial court and maintained his undefeated record.
However, now that we are in the Zhou Dynasty, it is not that we dislike Ma Rulong's status as a foreigner. After all, he is now a county magistrate. The main reason is that he is nice to talk about but not nice to hear. This dynasty performs martial arts and uses the top thugs of the previous dynasty. Even if his skills are superior to those of other heroes, he will still give people a feeling. It feels like there are no warriors in this dynasty.
There were only twelve countries participating in the martial arts exercise, and most of them came from Xiguan. They were basically all accompanying the Han army. The only ones who could really compete with the Han army were the nomadic peoples on the northern grasslands and the On the other side of Yingdao in the East China Sea.
The martial arts performance is mainly divided into three stages: foot combat, archery, and riding formation.
Fighting on foot means that there are no horses, it is more rough, just go up and do it, barking and screaming.
Archery is divided into archery and mounted archery. Archery is a fixed target, which is ten feet, twenty feet, thirty feet, and the farthest is fifty feet. Generally, the target is basically missed when it reaches about thirty feet, and it is less than fifty feet. , compare who can shoot far and accurately.
As for mounted shooting, it means shooting from the top of a horse, shooting from the top of a horse, and moving the target. The target does not move, but the horse moves.
There are a number of targets, and it is a competition to see who can hit the most, and the difficulty level is relatively high. In layman's terms, it is "rush to shoot" to see who can shoot faster, but being faster is useless. Each person only has three arrows. If he misses the target, he will be eliminated.
Finally, there is the riding formation, which is the highlight, the most exciting and dangerous event.
The three hundred cavalry distanced themselves, using wooden knives, wooden spears, and wooden arrows. They were all wooden weapons. They were the same as in infantry combat. The difference was that they could use bows. Although the arrowheads were made of iron, they were not sharp. Shoot it close to the face, otherwise it will be difficult to break the armor.
Wooden weapons are not dangerous. What is dangerous is that they can easily be stepped on or bruised once they fall off the horse.
This makes me have to mention Ma Rulong again. When the previous dynasty was disgusted, the naughty guy was good at this. He got a wooden gun that was thicker than his mother's door bolt. He swung it when he went up. With one shot, he could send several people flying, and then Let the younger brothers behind him ride their horses and hit him. They have a dark heart and cruel hands. They are very insidious.
The martial arts performance is actually four games, an infantry battle, hundreds of people from different countries, rush up and do it, shoot at the target, shoot while standing, then horseback shooting, and finally the cavalry charge and fight each other.
There are 300 people in the cavalry formation, and the space is limited, so fighting can easily turn into a melee.
To be honest, in the four games, the Han army had no problem fighting on foot. In previous years, Xiong Zhi's men, who were the bravest of the three armies, were drawn from various Zhechongfu and frontier armies. They were all experienced in fighting and had almost no opponents.
But in an archery competition, it is difficult for the Han army to be the opponent of the nomads. You must know that these nomads outside the pass have grown up on horses. They are better at horse habits, fighting on horseback, etc. than the Han army. More than one win.
Especially in the last scene, which is the cavalry charge, the Han army has no advantage at all. First of all, the horses are not good and not as strong as the horses outside the pass. Secondly, there are relatively few cavalry in the pass. Adding up the government, the army and the army, and the officers and soldiers in various places, there are only more than 70,000 serious cavalry in full force. It may not be this number, maybe 60,000 to 70,000.
The cavalry consumes a lot of money and food. For example, in Nanguan, the daily cost of a heroic cavalry battalion is as much as that of four large battalions, which is even less.
Of course, if we only count the serious cavalry, if we also include the soldiers who can fight on horseback, the number will definitely be more than this, and it can be increased several times.
Let’s just talk about Zhao Jia soldiers. There are more than 3,000 Zhao Jia soldiers. The Zhao family is the best family in the world. Even so, there are only more than 3,000 Zhao Jia soldiers. I don’t dare to raise too many for fear of the court’s suspicion. On the one hand, the cavalry is an army. It does cost money. In addition to money and food, you also need to invest a lot of time and experience.
This is also the reason why the eldest prince Zhou Xiao became famous just by practicing cavalry. Training cavalry is not just a few horses for the army to ride. The most important thing in cavalry training is formation and mobility. Before they could practice their coordination, the war horse was already useless.
Therefore, the Han army is far inferior to the nomads outside the pass in terms of cavalry combat, and the same situation is roughly the same in archery.
Ma Rulong was able to win the title of Demon King of Martial Arts for four times in a row. The people he led were all from the Ma family. He was an expert and an expert. He was a 50-50 opponent. In addition, Ma Rulong was indeed brave. Only then was he able to secure the last place in the four martial arts performances. field victory.
In the first infantry battle and martial arts exercise, no one in the Han army was defeated. Four martial arts exercises can guarantee two.
It is conceivable that what the palace wants is not to protect one against two or two against three, but to win a complete victory. After all, this is the first military exercise since the beginning of the dynasty.
Now Honglu Temple is also having a headache. Ma Rulong and the Majia villagers will definitely not be able to play. They cannot afford to lose this person. According to the past process, they must select elite soldiers from the border army, Zhechong Mansion, and Military Preparation Mansion.
There is no problem in picking one out of ten thousand. The problem is that cavalry combat requires cooperation. It does not mean that you can win if you just find a group of tigers and warriors and charge forward like a pile of loose sand.
"Can't you send some soldiers from the Confederate Knights' Cavalry Battalion to Beijing to participate in martial arts exercises?"
Han You didn't know much about the combat power of the Zhechong Prefecture and the Bingbei Prefecture. He definitely understood the Southern Army. After all, they had fought side by side, and after leaving the border, every one of them was as if they had taken eight pounds of Viagra. A fierce batch.
"The Ministry of War doesn't allow it."
Shao Hong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If the border troops can be mobilized, the cavalrymen of Beibianguan will be unparalleled in the world. I, the Honglu Temple, will invite the warriors and cavalrymen of Beibianguan back to the capital no matter how hard it is."
"Why doesn't the Ministry of War allow it?"
"Guard the gate."
"I see."
Han You suddenly realized.
If you want to ask where the cavalry is the most powerful, it must be the border pass. The cavalry in the northern and southern passes are both powerful. The problem is that there are also few cavalry. There are 300 people on the field. It is impossible to only recruit 300 people. At least it will take 700 or 800.
Seven to eight hundred cavalrymen may not seem like many, but they are all elites, elites selected from thousands of places.
If so many elites are brought back to participate in martial arts exercises, once the enemy comes to the border, it will more or less increase the pressure on the border troops to guard the border. You must know that a thousand elite cavalry can completely influence a small-scale battle.
The word "elite" can be understood as the professional and non-professional among experts.
Let's just say that when the Yi Dao Guard was first established, Lao Han directly called back Fu Yuxiang and other old pawns in order to support Han You.
Just these old soldiers, real elites, beat those assassins and the Ma family farmers like they beat their children.
In addition to being beaten by Fu Yuxiang and the others, the Majia villagers were also beaten by dozens of servants of the Han family, and these servants were also elite.
What is elite? This is what elites are. It would be good if a large battalion could select ten or eight. Battlefield experience, killing skills, mutual understanding, bloody bravery, and battle formation skills are all indispensable. If you select them individually, then One or two may not be enough to fight, but if you put a dozen or dozens of them together, it will be a meat grinder on the battlefield. It is not as simple as one plus one equals three.
Shao Hong looked sad: "In addition to this cavalry and archery performance, we need to mobilize the cavalry and archery warriors in the palace. In addition to the cavalry, at least two thousand warriors must be recalled and two thousand cavalry must leave the pass. How can the Ministry of War be willing to do so?"
"Jingwei can't even recruit a few hundred people?"
After all, it was about the glory of the country and the face of the emperor. Han You, who had no interest in it at first, was a little worried.
Shao Hong's face was full of bitterness and he was embarrassed to say anything. After all, it was Han Bairen who was in charge of Jingwei now.
Old Han was very good at training troops, but no matter how fierce he was, he could never train elite soldiers and strong generals in such a short period of time. Besides, there were tens of thousands of people in Jingwei and eight large battalions. Han Bairen just changed the grassroots. The inertia of the military will consume a lot of time.
Shao Hong glanced at Han You's face, and his eyes lit up as he didn't know what he thought of.
"Great Commander, I was in the palace yesterday, and my subordinates were also outside the palace. I saw that all the troops in the Yidao camp were men of both civil and military abilities. They had also gone out to conquer the country. It is not an exaggeration to call them Xiong Zhu's men. I don't know. Can you perform martial arts..."
"Pfft" made Han You happy. He was so happy.
Shao Hong was so happy that he didn't know what to do, so he didn't dare to mention this topic again.
"Infant combat, archery, cavalry..."
Han You's eyes were a little distracted, but before he knew it, he was already thinking about it.
Shao Hong sighed: "Hey, it's difficult to handle."
"It's difficult to handle." Han You sneered: "If it's difficult to handle, don't do it... Even if it's difficult to handle, you have to do it."
After finishing speaking, Han You also sighed, feeling annoyed.
