On September 15th, the autumn is clear and the weather is clear and the eyes are everywhere.

On the field of the Tianshu City University, there was a whole battalion with five hundred elite soldiers standing upright like pine trees, full of energy, waiting for the practical exercise that was about to begin.

Around the schoolyard, there were crowds of people. Under Tianshu City, almost everyone came except for the military soldiers who were on the charge of the city and the military industry bureau's gun-making team craftsmen who were busy and had to stop for a moment.

Even Empress Zhu, who has never paid much attention to military affairs, and the women in Xingyuan, have been dispatched one after another. There are several reasons for this: First, more than half of the women in Xingyuan have become female soldiers, and they are now soldiers, so they naturally have to pay attention to one or two. Those women who have not been able to join the army are also quite affected. Women's nature is like to gather together, regardless of whether they are interested or not, if they are in a fun place. Second, the propaganda of this military exercise said that the attack method of the Jin army will be simulated, confronting the Tianzhu army, or the battle scenes of the Yinmatan that day can be reproduced.

The Battle of Yinmatan has spread more and more widely in Tianshu City, and more and more magical. Many details are revealed by the soldiers. The whole process is ups and downs, and the blood is so intense that it makes the listener feel uncomfortable. If you have the opportunity to see the battle restored, even on a small scale or even on an exercise, you can open your eyes and comfort your life.

People have the same heart and the same thoughts. Therefore, Emperor Zhu came, the women in Xingyuan came, the old and young people from the Zhao Song royal family came, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Tianshu City came, and even the leaders of Taihang villages hundreds of miles away came...

For this military exercise, Tianshu City has been preparing for a long time. From cleaning and leveling the site to building the viewing platform, to logistics preparation, various loss budgets, and the selection of elite soldiers from each battalion to form teams to cooperate in the training... all of this requires a lot of time, energy and material reserves. With Di Lie's current military strength and materials, he can only conduct two or three battalions of confrontation exercises, no matter how many, he can't bear it. So, this military exercise can't be done casually, no matter how old or modern it is. To put it bluntly, the comprehensive strength is poor and he can't afford to play.

There were four viewing platforms for the military and political leaders of Tianshu City, the girls of Xingyuan Harem, the children of the royal family, and the leaders of the Taihang Village. The four viewing platforms were facing each other in pairs. The girls of Xingyuan Harem and the children of the royal family were on the west, while the military and political leaders of Tianshu City and the leaders of the Taihang Village were on the east. There were more than a hundred steps apart, and each other was hard to distinguish, and there were curtains to block them. Therefore, the leaders of Taihang Village did not know that the opposite side was the royal family of the Song Dynasty and the nobles of the Tianhuang Village. Any one of them could be chosen to be a Buddha and asked to offer them to the offerings, and then they raised the tiger's skin as a banner. They raised the flag and called on the heroes to gather.

On the viewing platform in the southeast, the Wang brothers from Baima Mountain Village and Liu Ze from Fushan Village stared at the equipment of the five hundred soldiers on the field of the university, and their scalps were numb. What kind of luxurious equipment are these: dazzling steel helmets, comprehensive protection of the stairs and people armor, Yishui's standard knife, axe, crossbow and shield, and rows of thick and short steel tubes... Could it be that this is the rumored killing weapon of the Tianzhu Army?

Meng De looked at the strong army of the battalion of sorrow, but the shock of what he saw and heard yesterday appeared in his mind. Yesterday, after we greeted the leaders of the Taihang Village who came from afar, he took them to visit the defense facilities of Naiheguan and Tianshu City at the strong request of everyone. At the same time, he also saw the capture of the Battle of Yinmatan in the spoil showroom.

At first glance, you can know that these seizures are absolutely true and not fake at all. Those obviously Jurchen-style maces, bones, birch bows, gold, drums, and various flags with strangely painted Jurchen characters embroidered with strange strokes made the Taihang Village leaders who witnessed the real thing for the first time and were in a thrilling mood. What was most shocking was that a long list of processed, shriveled human ears, each of which was wearing a shiny, huge golden ring.

This is the legendary "Chief with Ring"! Oh, the leader is gone, but the ring is still there.

While everyone was counting the numbers of people silently, Meng De's eyes stared at a black flag embroidered with deer bear beast patterns, with two strings of seven-section tiles hanging under the flag. On this flag, the most conspicuous place was a string of twelve-section tiles hanging. All the heads of Taihang Village, including Meng De, Liu Ze, and Wang brothers, did not know what this thing is.

Meng De stared at this big banner, not because he recognized the Jurchen characters embroidered on the big banner, but because of this big banner, which reminded him of the time when he lurked into Luancheng that day, he had seen a similar big banner on the top of the most eye-catching gatehouse on the city. Later he realized that the big banner represented the guardian of Luancheng at that time, Meng'an Bojin'an. In other words, this was a big banner of the Meng'an level of the Jin army.

In the Battle of Yinmatan, the main general of the Jin army was also a Meng'an. Then this big blaze is undoubtedly... This means that the rumor that thousands of people invaded the Jin army were wiped out, and it is true that the main general was captured...

The Tianzhu Army really has such combat power? Why does it have such combat power? How is their equipment playing? What are the details of the Battle of Yinmatan? Why did the elite Jin army soldiers who swept across the river and the south of the river fail in front of them?

Faced with this series of questions, the Taihang heroes only received a meaningful answer: "Dear leaders, after watching the military exercise tomorrow, I will get the answers you want."

Now Meng De saw these five hundred soldiers who were confident, well-trained, and with the breath of killing soldiers while they were still in their hands, and he understood three points in his heart; he looked at the luxurious equipment that was so enviable that he had red eyes, and then he understood two points; the remaining half of the answers were to see the practical exercise for a while.

Speaking of military platoons and military exercises, the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty have also done it. Basically, they are platoons and formations, military soldiers fighting, archers shooting targets, and generals fighting alone, which is almost entertaining themselves. It is very lively to play in the closed doors. The people watching are excited and their morale is also rising. However, if they really pull out and fight, it is completely different.

Because Taihang Mountain is located in the important place of the Song and Jin dynasties, the heads and hundreds of followers of the Taihang camps, including the former Song army deserters and defeated soldiers, there were imperial guards, wing troops, and even some Western troops. Of course, more were local soldiers. These people not only saw the training of the Song army, but some also participated in them personally. In their understanding, the so-called military exercises were like that. There was nothing strange, and I couldn't see any flowers anymore. Tianshu City said that they would visit the military exercises, and the answer was free. This was mostly an excuse. It was not surprising that who would reveal his own foundation to outsiders?

There are many Taihang heroes with this idea, so naturally they don’t have much hope for this military exercise. Well, just look at the super luxurious equipment of the Tianzhu Army, which is worth the price.

On the main stage of the colonel, a loud sergeant, holding an iron horn, was announcing the rules and precautions of exercises: "...Fill gunpowder in the musket, but does not place lead bullets, but replaces them with white mud bullets. Anyone with white seal on the body is considered to be "injured". Those who are injured in the body must exit the battle sequence. The arrows are removed from the arrows and wrap them with lime. Those with white dots on the body after being caught in the arrow will also be rejected..."

With the sergeant's explanation, a team of fifty executive referees holding various small flags entered the venue and stood on the east and west sides. One person was set up every thirty steps, fifty people. The coverage rate of sight can reach a range of thousands of steps, and you can basically take care of the entire venue.

After almost a quarter of an hour of speaking, the sergeant finished speaking, he betted on the rostrum of the East Head and waited for instructions.

This time, Di Lie didn't say a word of nonsense. He only pointed at the exercise command center on the other side of the station. An order official on the stage immediately knocked his chest and received the order, and then waved the flag in his hand. On the east corner of the university field, on the tall drum platform, two strong men beat giant drums, the drum skin trembled, and the sound moved everywhere.

The military exercise officially begins.

On the edge of the colonel's field, the officers and soldiers of the exercise battalion who had been waiting for a long time appeared first under the leadership of temporary commander-in-chief Guan Zhongyong, deputy commander-in-chief He Yuanqing and Gao Liang.

From queuing up and jogging to entering the field, to setting up a formation in the middle of the college field, and entering the battle state, the entire operation process is like flowing, and it takes only a cup of tea.

The men and women of the Zhao Song royal family on the viewing platform, as well as the onlookers, felt a little quick and comfortable. They felt that the soldiers should be like this, and they couldn't help but cheer in unison. Thousands of people cheered, and the sound echoed among the mountains like pine waves.

These five hundred elite soldiers are equipped with standard equipment for the future battalions of the Tianzhu Army and the updated military composition.

It is still a large infantry formation, and it is still a ten-arranged array. The first three rows of heavy armored swords and axes remain unchanged, and the fourth row of divine arm archers remain unchanged, and the fifth to eighth rows of troops changed to the fifth to eighth rows. All the two hundred people in these four rows were replaced by pure musketeers, while the flat crossbowmen and archers were all banned.

Yes, this is the first change to the new infantry array.

The effective strike distance of the flat-shooting crossbowman is normally between 100 and 150 steps. At this distance, two to three rounds can be fired against infantry, but against cavalry, especially kidnapped horses, there is basically only one or two launch opportunities. And after release, you have to run, otherwise it will easily cause losses to the crossbowman like the first stage of the Battle of the Yumatan. In this way, if you face infantry, it is enough to use the Divine Arm Bow. If you face the cavalry, you can only fire one or two arrows, which is really useless. In the beginning, it was to make up for the lack of muskets, and there were many hidden things, so this type of troops was added. Now that the output of muskets has caught up, the flat-shoot crossbowman can be sent to defend the city.

As for archers... the bandits or local troops who are used to fight archers are good, and they are good at dealing with troops with good equipment and cavalry. The range is really painful and not as good as crossbowmen, so they must be removed.

The last row is still to protect the back team, and at critical moments, it can support the front team's mobile power, heavy armored spear and card soldiers.

The ninth row is the new recruits - grenadiers! This is the second change.

The Battle of Yinmatan ultimately gave the Jin army a fatal blow. The minestorm was the landmine storm. Its huge lethality and devastating blow to the morale of the enemy were decisive. At the same time, it also left an indelible deep impression on both sides of the enemy and us.

At the post-war summary meeting, soldiers at all levels unanimously praised the power of this explosive, believing that a team of troops that could use ** should be added to the army. At this time, due to the increase in the output of tinder, the bottleneck restricting gunpowder production was basically solved, and the supply of thunder bombs could be released. So with brainstorming, a new group of soldiers and grenadiers appeared.

The grenadiers threw thunderbolt bombs, which were divided into three kilograms and five kilograms according to the charge amount. Whether it was three kilograms or five kilograms, they were much heavier than the weight of later grenades, and of course, the lethality also increased accordingly.

Under normal circumstances, a soldier with a medium body and standard physique throws a three-pound bullet at most, which is fifty meters at most; throwing five-pound bullets is good if he has thirty meters. Of course, the grenade is not an ordinary soldier, but a selected man with a height, arm length, strong and powerful body. This professional grenade can extend the throwing distance of two equivalent thunderbolt bombs by one third. However, this extended distance is exactly offset by the safe distance of the base camp from the first to ninth rows. Therefore, the distance to kill the enemy remains unchanged.

In this way, attack the enemy infantry at a distance of 30 meters, without accidental injury to the soldiers in the camp.

However, Di Lie was still a little dissatisfied, because this means that the grenadiers can only show their power at close range of twenty or thirty steps before the enemy infantry rushed to the front of the formation. They still lack powerful strike power in the medium and short range. Moreover, throwing... Most people know that it is nothing to throw it away, but every time they do their best to throw a heavy object out. The arm will soon be sore and numb, and it will continue. The swelling and painful arm will not be lifted for several days, and the heavy ones will even be dislocated on the spot...

Grenades with hand are like those crossbowmen, and cannot last long. At most, throw them thirty or forty times. They will be exhausted and lose their combat power. Therefore, they must use tools.

At first, someone proposed to launch the thunderbolt bomb with a crossbow. Once this idea was proposed, it immediately gained the approval of some soldiers. But soon, after carefully analyzing its possibility, it was rejected.

Why reject it? Just think about the weight of thunderbolt bullets of three to five kilograms, how far can such heavy things be tied to crossbow arrows? And the direction and firmness are not easy to master. The most important thing is that crossbows are flat-fired weapons, and what Di Lie wants is a projectile unit that can provide fire support behind heavy infantry and musketeers. Therefore, crossbows cannot be used. The bow can be shot, but if the bow power is less than one stone, it cannot shoot such a heavy explosive to a distance far enough. And a strong bow with one stone is really not possible.

Just as the soldiers racked their brains, Di Lie thought of the kind of stone throwing rope in the West. The stone throwing rope was extremely simple. Just tie a bowl-shaped cloth bag at the front of a rope, put stones on it, spin it a few circles on the top of the head, throw it out for seventy or eighty meters, and it doesn't take much effort.

So the sample test was quickly made, and the result was that even a 5-pound thunderbolt can be easily thrown for more than 60 meters, which is 50 steps away. The effect was ideal, and the grenade was born.

This exercise unit representing the Tianzhu Army, with a red flag behind the team, namely the Red Square.

So what about the blue side?

After a rapid drumbeat, the hooves were heard, and smoke and dust flew, and a group of people rushed out from the other side of the college field.

As soon as this man appeared, he immediately shocked tens of thousands of people in the audience. No, he was frightened... because this was a cavalry and infantry army equipped with all the Jin army. From flags, golden drums, armor, robes, and clothes, from weapons in his hands to cavalry bows beside his saddle, all were original Jin equipment, and even the rear hips of the horses were stamped with the Jin army...

If Di Lie had not arranged the security camp to maintain order on the scene early, the onlookers would have to be furious. You should know that all the residents of Tianshu City were suffering from the Jin people, and their emotions were also polarized: either they were afraid of it like a tiger, and they were scared when they saw it; or they hated it to the core, and they wanted to fuck him casually. They were indifferent, and there was almost nothing in plainness...

There were also waves of commotion on the viewing platform on the west, and screams were constantly screaming. Even though it was a distance, it could be vaguely heard of the woman's voice. On the east side, the viewing platform where the heroes of Taihang were located, many of them were shocked when they first saw this group of "Jin soldiers", and some even subconsciously touched their waists... When it comes to hatred for the Jin army, the Taihang villages are not less than those of the military and civilians in Tianshu City. In the wilderness of Luancheng, the blood of the three thousand Taihang children has already shown that they can only speak with knives.

However, the riots quickly subsided because they finally figured out the situation - it was just an exercise, just an exercise. There was no Jin army, all their own army, just a simulation of the enemy to the greatest extent.

Of course, it is not entirely true that if you don’t have a golden man, at least, the deputy general who leads the team is a golden man who is like a fake one - A Shu!

The Blue Side also had five hundred men, of which 300 were cavalry and 200 infantry, which was in line with the consistent proportion of cavalry and infantry of the Jin army.

The five hundred troops of the Blue Team are mainly composed of Fang Hong's Third Cavalry Battalion and the Security Battalion.

Fang Hong's third cavalry battalion is mostly from the original Hanxian Army. It originally belonged to the warship sequence of the Jin army, and it was at the level of cannon fodder. In other words, you must first fight against bad wars, and you must first die if you want to die. Therefore, they are quite familiar with the tactics of the Jin army, and they are also the most qualified to play the role of the Jin army among the nearly 6,000 troops of the Tianzhu Army.

The two hundred infantry soldiers are the responsibility of the security battalion. Because among the seven infantry battalions of the Tianzhu Army, only the security battalion has not participated in any real battle. Therefore, it is necessary to let this new camp that has been established recently and truly feel the real battlefield atmosphere.

The distance between the two armies is about 300 steps - of course, on the real battlefield, this distance is too close. This is not the normal confrontation distance between the two armies, but the distance to launch a charge. But there is no way, the large colony field is only this length from east to west, and this is still due to the recent expansion. If it is based on the original scale, it is less than 200 steps. Although it is a bit small, it will be just a little bit of exercise.

This unique practical exercise immediately aroused the great interest of the heroes of Taihang.

"It turns out that it's not like the Song army, doing things like practicing archery skills, but the real attack between the two armies!" Meng De and Liu Ze both stared at the bull's eyes, with excitement on their faces.

Wang Zhongzhi narrowed his eyes and said softly: "It's really! It's interesting now..."

The Red Army and the Blue Army are both on high alert and confronting thousands of people is considered a small-scale battle in this era. Both sides must show their true abilities and never play counterfeit balls.

Before the exercise, Di Lie had announced that the winner not only had generous rewards, but also had a higher level of military merit; and the defeated party... cleaned the entire army's military boots for three days.

Those who have been a soldier know that after one day of training, although the military uniforms and trousers are dirty and smelly, their noses can barely bear it, but the military boots...the smell can make the dung betrayer take a detour.

Therefore, no one wants to lose, and there is no possibility of letting go.

Who loses? Who wins?

The military and civilians in Tianshu City all have their own answers in their hearts, but the heroes of Taihang do not...)
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