16. Training Day I
On May 23, the Privy Council appointed Zhao Ze as the commander of the suppression of bandits in the south of the Yangtze River.
Renzong Yu gave him a sword, name: Longquan, a good foal, name: Zidian.
Ouyang Xiu has a poem and praises:
Hidden in the sword box, the dark room is always bright at night.
If you want to know that the sky will rain, the sword will make a sound.
The dragon is a thing, and the sense of air is ringing.
I'm often afraid of jumping to the box, and sometimes it's temporarily open.
Brilliant seven-star text, three feet of ice.
This sword is in the world, and hundreds of demons take shape at night.
Treacherous and Flirty, bold and frightened.
Try to shoot a gun at the stars and the moon.
In the arsenal of the sky, you can rest the soldiers of the world.
He Kuang Hu'er still dares to invite Jin Yu.
(Note:jiong, pronounced jiong)
Zhao Ze wrote in his diary:
Your Majesty's deep love for me is simply touching me. I don't know how big the official was in ancient times, but in my time, a commander can rule the whole planet, or even the whole galaxy. Its aura can make hundreds of millions of people fall, attract hundreds of millions of people, and make hundreds of millions of people become His most loyal subordinates joined the empire's greatest interstellar expedition. At least the soldiers in the barracks hope to become the commander of the planet one day, or even the commander of a remote galaxy. Their expectations are not high.
So, when I received this extremely precious appointment letter, I was excited. I think this glory will accompany me all my life. If I have the opportunity to return to my hometown, I will tell this legendary story to my wife and share this joy with her.
I remember that at that time, I had a movie about the Clay people. The title seemed to be "My Son: Superman". Superman Pete's parents once said an unforgettable to him: the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility!
This sentence has always inspired me, inspired me, and accompanied me through countless war years.
A little ability, a little responsibility. I know very well what I play in the imperial army. At least I will be responsible for my brothers, because every decision will affect their fate and their life and death. I have seen too many deaths and too much sadness, my friend. , comrades-in-arms, relatives, and many people I don't know. It is the war that makes them lose their favorites.
At the thought of this, I will cheer up and continue to work hard.
I want to fight for the sacred mission given to me by His Majesty Zhao Zhen as a great ideal. I want to get rid of distractions. I want to take this expedition as a picnic. I want my brothers to live well. This is what I promised, and I will fulfill my promise.
"Life without fantasy is like the Song Dynasty without Coca-Cola!"
This is what I wrote and pasted it on the small blackboard of the headquarters.
For the suppression of bandits in the south of the Yangtze River, I have formulated a battle plan called Operation Sailing.
The plan requires that my direct troops should complete the combat training within seven days.
I have seen His Majesty Zhao Zhen's army and their tactical exercises. In the era of cold weapons, this is definitely a strong army, at least invincible in defensive combat.
Deadly crossbows, arrows all over the sky are like fire shooting in interstellar war, or heavy artillery volley.
Sometimes, I sympathize with the surrounding nomadic countries. They have a very strong opponent and a difficult enemy. His Majesty Zhao Zhen's country is like a sheep in sharp iron armor. As long as he wears this iron armor, those savage nomadic countries can't defeat it. .
However, there are some things, especially in the future, that you can't know.
Perhaps, in the near future, hot weapons will become the mainstream here, because I found that His Majesty Zhao Zhen attaches great importance to his military reform. In order to build a royal army that is completely loyal to him in a short time, Xiangfu's Royal Military Academy has started classes, although the classrooms and dormitories of the college are still under construction. In the middle, many hardware facilities still need to be improved. To exaggerate, they have nothing.
However, these are not difficult for His Majesty Zhao Zhen's students and teachers. As long as there is a piece of grass, a blackboard, an acre of sand, and a book, they can devote themselves to learning.
I was moved by the hard-working spirit of ancient scholars. As far as I know, when Mr. Fan Zhongyan was young, his family was so poor that he couldn't even afford lamp oil and often starved. In order to become a well-learned man, he went to the temple to do chores and learned from the abbot. Because there was no light at home, he was reading in the moonlight. Seeing that he was pitiful, the abbot gave him a cake, but Lord Fan forgot it and remembered it a few days later. When he rummaged through the boxes and looked for the cake, he found that it had been stolen by a mouse.
From the story of Lord Fan Zhongyan, I saw the shadow of the scholars of the Song Dynasty. At least many scholars in the world are experiencing a similar test on the road of learning. This was unimaginable to me at that time. If the students did not have a classroom or dormitory, even if it was a playground, they would go to class and sue the governor's office. The most serious was the demonstration. No stupid university president would make the same mistake and hesitate to provoke the public in order to make money.
Well, let's get back to the story. It's time to talk about my sling action plan.
A thousand of my brothers have never received formal military training. Their combat mode is still below the level of the guerrillas. The war depends on personal courage, and the charge depends on the blood boiling. Naturally, it is good to be happy after the victory. They are defeated. They are defeated and abandon their armor. There is no rules at all, even the early people. It's not as good as soldiers. This is the name of my era.
In order to make them become a regular army as soon as possible, which is also my goal. I have been thinking for a long time and spent half a day writing down the interstellar infantry training essentials I learned in the army. After the adaptation, I call it: the training outline of the early infantry division of the empire.
and put forward our slogan: I am a special forces soldier of the Song Dynasty!
Daily training tasks are as follows:
1. Get up at five o'clock in the morning: blow the wake-up horn (horn), gather, call the name, and the captain of the brigade is in charge of the headquarters.
Listening to the instructor's instruction is the instruction of the commander of the bandit suppression, and the content will be attached later.
Next is three hours of physical training, singing military songs all the way (same as above, then attached) from the Xiangfu barracks and running for 3 miles along the west bank of the Huimin River, because it is 6 miles round trip.
After returning to the barracks, I rested for half an hour and carried out unarmed fighting training - also known as Zhao Ze boxing and Zhao Ze gymnastics. This is the basic fighting skills I learned when I was trained in the army. Close combat is very effective. In order to make it easier and faster, I compiled this set of fighting skills into relaxing gymnastics and asked them to practice diligently every day. After all, At this time, physical fighting often happens, and their solo moves need to adapt to the needs of war.