Chapter six hundred and fourteen: broken boulders in the chest
It is urgent to dance with swords and guns. Ye Chunqiu also knew that these imperial envoys did not quite agree with the new army's training methods. However, anything beyond the times is roughly like this. Is it because of this that he would learn from other guards to play various fancy military formations?
Now that Zhang Yong proposed to perform martial arts, Ye Chunqiu gave Wang Shouren a wink.
Wang Shouren understood and gave an order. Then he gave the order. The students each picked up a stick of eyebrows. This stick was usually trained by the new army. It was about four feet long and stood on the ground. It could almost reach a person's neck. The students were very serious and picked up the sticks. Then someone roared: "Thorn!"
"Kill!" The hundred people held the stick in both hands and stabbed the stick out diagonally, neatly.
"receive!"
The long stick was in the hands of Zhusheng and he was retracted backwards.
"Thorn again!"
"Kill!" Hundreds of long sticks came out together, carrying the wind of sticks.
Ye Chunqiu felt very comforted when he saw this kind of exercise. The steps he performed were the most popular close combat method in later generations. Every time the students held a long stick in their hands, when preparing for assassination, they held the center of the stick in one hand and the tail of the stick in the other hand. The long stick drooped slightly on the side of the supporting legs, and the half-slanted stick head was facing in front of the face, slightly flat with the eyebrows. In this way, the long stick went from diagonally up to diagonally down, just protecting the vital points of the neck, chest, and abdomen, and the long stick could prick it with a swing.
This method of stinging after repeated trials seems plain and fancy, but the results are extremely great, so that before the range and accuracy of the musket are still poor, almost the European powers mostly rely on this tactic to win. Before the power of the musket is truly exerted, for a long time, the British lobster soldiers swept the world with this bayonet tactic.
Although Ye Chunqiu replaced the bayonet with a long stick, the principles were essentially the same. He used military discipline to restrain soldiers, used the highest intensity of exercise and unlimited supplies to increase their physique, temper their patience, and finally used this simplest and most effective assassination tactic to continuously strengthen their combat effectiveness.
Although it only took more than a month, because of the previous physical refining technique, and the new recruits have gradually become familiar with life in the camp, this boring military camp life can smooth out everyone's personality and turn them from individuals to group. At this moment, there is only a command: "Stir again."
"kill!"
Hundreds of long sticks stabbed out diagonally, holding sticks in both hands not only enhances the power of assassination, but more importantly, while stabbing both hands and sticks forward, they also protect the vital points of their bodies. At this time, a hundred people gathered together. If they were closer, they could find that these countless long sticks stabbed out like poisonous dragons coming out of a hole, which was extremely scary.
Ye Chunqiu was very pleased with this. He was very satisfied with such results.
But at this time, Xie Qian was depressed. He stroked his beard and seemed very embarrassed.
That's it?
That's how it stabs again and again?
This is not a place to train troops, it is too simple.
As the Minister of War, Xie Qian had inspected border towns and Beijing camps, and had never seen such a simple way of practice.
How could he know that behind this simplest exercise, the difficulty is much higher than the fancy gameplay of various so-called Bagua Formations, where sword players are in front of them, and left and right spear players constantly changing formations.
Just a single person is lined up in a column, and it is not something that can be done in a few days even if everyone maintains cooperation with the people around him during the assassination process.
What Ye Chunqiu knew was that before the Opium War, the British lobster soldiers swept the world with this tactic. The muskets at that time were not very powerful. After using muskets to harass the other party, they pushed forward with a bayonet with disagreement. Often, hundreds of people could destroy them like a military horse of thousands of people. Often, their own casualties would not exceed double digits, but they killed ten times or hundreds of times.
Behind the simplicity is the high degree of coordination and unity shown by the soldiers in terms of supply and morale, as well as the long-term exercise.
Ye Chunqiu could feel that this new recruit had already taken shape. Although there were still many places to be tempered, it was much stronger than the flower stands of the guards in the capital.
"Haha..." Zhang Yong smiled happily again at this moment. He touched his smooth chin and said, "Written by Ye Xiu, is this the soldier you trained?"
Zhang Yong was also one of the imperial envoys. Ye Chunqiu certainly could not neglect him in front of others, so he said, "That's it."
Zhang Yong laughed and said, "Oh, it's amazing, it took so much time, and finally... at least he knew how to stab him in front."
There is a lot of sarcasm in this sentence.
This is actually not difficult to understand. The Warriors Camp is much stronger than this. Many people can use swords, guns, swords and halberds, and they dance and play with guns. In contrast, the new army in the country...haha...
Zhang Yong took a special look at Xie Qian: "What do you think Xie Gong thinks?"
Xie Qian was speechless for a moment, but just glared at Ye Chunqiu fiercely, showing a look of regret that he could not make him strong.
Ye Chunqiu was also depressed. Just as he was about to explain his intention to practice this way, Deng Jian, who was sitting beside him, couldn't help but sigh, "Comrade Ye, let's just stop here for the martial arts performance. Well, are there any other exercises? For example, if you break a big stone on your chest, will you be able to fight somersaults? Are you stacking arhats, will you be able to make a flying plate?"
"..." Ye Chunqiu felt that his mind was a little overwhelmed.
Deng Jian was actually very good at it. He had great expectations for this new army, but who had expected that it was like this. These new recruits were just standing, like wooden stakes, and were originally counting on Ye Chunqiu to get some traditional projects, such as setting up a plum blossom formation or a Bagua formation, but they ended up standing in a daze and letting you perform martial arts. You are better, you still hold a stick and stab it like a wooden stake. It would be fine if you said Ye Chunqiu could not play any formation. If it was not good, you should play with a big knife. So I'll show us this?
Well, after all, he is a recruit and a weak scholar. Now that this father-in-law is smiling like this, he doesn't know what bad things he will say when he returns to the palace. Since that's the case, then just find a project that can give the imperial envoys the impression points. Can you even not even have a big stone in your chest?
Ye Chunqiu was a little confused: "Ah... a big stone broke in his chest..."
He wanted to refuse, but Wang Shouren, who was standing aside, observed his words and expressions. He knew that this was not a solution. Even Xie Qian, who was the most protective of Ye Chunqiu, did not speak silently. Obviously, he had a bad impression of the new army. Wang Shouren sighed in his heart. In fact, he had advised Ye Chunqiu at the beginning, but he insisted on his own. Now, it seems that he did not take out anything. Mr. Xie was afraid that he would get angry and leave with his sleeves.
Chapter completed!