Wuju originated in the Tang Dynasty, was created by Wu Zetian, the ancestor of Wu Haogu, at the beginning of the main test of martial arts, with long stacks (pointing to the bow and long-range shooting), horse shooting, horse pistol as the content of the examination, the selection of military talents.

However, during the Tang Dynasty, Wuju did not form a system, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that Wuju and Wenju began to be listed as a means of national selection.

The origin of martial arts is the Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature over martial arts. As early as in the third year of Qingli, the Northern Song Dynasty court placed martial arts in Wucheng Wang Temple, but because no one was willing to enroll as a martial arts student, three months after the first opening of martial arts, it was abolished by Emperor Fan Zhongyan Shangshu - Fan Zhongyan's brain hole is also quite strange, no one wants to read it, you can find a way to find someone to read it, why abolish it?

In March of the fifth year of Shenzong Xining, after Wang Anshi's reform began, the martial arts school was opened again, and further regulations were made: low-level envoys, disciples, and commoners who had no grade in Beijing were admitted to school through the recommendation and assessment of Beijing officials; Those who are recommended by local officials to be admitted to the school without examination. The number of martial arts students is limited to 200. Moreover, in martial arts, the same three-way method as Taixue was adopted, of which there were 30 people in the upper house, 70 people in the inner house, and 100 people in the outer house.

The coursework taught in martial arts is martial arts plus strategy, martial arts are mainly foot archery and horse archery, and strategies are from the "Tao", "Luo", "Sun", "Wu", and "Sima" military books.

In martial arts, students can be directly awarded officials, and students in the inner school can be exempted from the provincial examination of martial arts, and the treatment is similar to that of students.

Such a martial arts school looks a bit like a modern military academy. And martial arts seems to be a good way to select civilian military talents.

But I don't know what went wrong, the martial arts of the Song Dynasty did not cultivate any outstanding military talents, and even no military attachés from martial arts students were sent to serve in the forbidden army of the department generals who really fought the war, and most of them were sent to catch thieves, collect taxes, and manage the field. The situation of Wuju in the Song Dynasty was similar, and it basically had nothing to do with leading troops to fight.

"Mr. Murong," Zhang Dian smiled bitterly, "You don't know, the martial arts and martial arts of my dynasty have nothing to do with actually leading troops to fight. Martial arts students and martial arts scholars...... They can't fight, so they can't be allowed to be the team. ”

In the words of Gu Yanwu later, it was "the change of Jingkang, and there were no people who were insulted by martial arts" - which also shows the inefficiency of the civil government of the Song Dynasty.

But Wu Haogu still has a way!

It doesn't matter if martial arts can't teach people to fight, you can let people who are already good at fighting go to martial arts...... This teacher can't teach students, so let students teach teachers!

Find a little young officers who have fought in the war to go to the martial arts to gild, by the way, let them learn some culture, and let the teachers of the martial arts learn from them a little practical method of leading troops to fight - the "Tao", "Luo", "Sun", "Wu", "Sima" and so on taught by Wuxue are all on paper, not practical military drills, and they cannot command a team of big-headed soldiers after learning.

Therefore, the martial arts students of the Song Dynasty did not have the knowledge to actually lead soldiers, so it was impossible for them to serve in the forbidden army. And to solve this problem, it is necessary to let martial arts learn real skills from the "students".

"Xianggong," Old Man Murong said with a smile, "If it is easy for the martial arts students to fight, let the young warriors of the Western Army who are already able to fight enter the martial arts...... Won't there be a war in this way? Didn't the Great Song Dynasty have a bottom lock hall test? Do you want people who already know how to be officials to take the Jinshi exam? Those who have already become officials can go to the Jinshi examination, so why can't those who have already led troops to fight enter martial arts? This martial arts, in the final analysis, is a background! ”

Yes? Is that okay too?

Zhang Dian now admires Murong Military Division a little, this Military Division really has some methods!

"But...... Where can I find 500 students who can be on the team? Zhang Dian asked.

"The Western Army!" Old man Murong said, "Shaanxi Sixth Road, choose sixty or seventy people all the way, isn't there a number of five hundred?" After the 500 people are ready, they will teach them a text, and at the same time use them to explore the art of war one team at a time. ”

"One team, one art of war?"

Murong forgot to smile and said, "How should a team of soldiers be recruited, selected, trained, and eliminated; how orders should be delivered; how the horses and soldiers marched; how to mix armor, archers and cavalry; how to build the camp; how to carry grain, grass and baggage; how the people should be driven; how the foot soldier breaks the cavalry; how cavalry fights foot soldiers; how to work together on foot; how to treat the casualties; how military law should be enforced; How to choose, build, and raise armor, bows, and horses...... All of these should be followed in the form of rules and regulations. This is the art of war for one team and one piece, which can also be called a military salute. ”

In fact, this is also Wu Haogu's idea, although he did not go to military school, but he also knows that modern and modern armies pay attention to "standardization". Officers of the same branch of the armed forces are all trained using basically the same teaching materials. Similarly, the organization and equipment of the same combat units, as well as the training received by the soldiers, are basically the same.

Only in this way can officers quickly rotate between different units, and there is no problem of "soldiers do not know generals, and generals do not know soldiers."

And this kind of "standardization" is not contradictory to the military's "small contracting," and officers who have graduated from military academies can also engage in some military contracting. There is also such a situation in the historical Western armies.

However, it was not easy for Wu Haogu to introduce this kind of "standardization" into the Song Dynasty, because he did not know how to organize and command a team or a department.

Of course, Lin Wancheng and Zhong Ge'er both have experience in leading soldiers, and they can teach martial arts some ancient things. But what the two of them understand may not be applicable to the current Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, Wu Haogu hoped to gather the wisdom of all people and come up with the most scientific and effective methods for organizing and training the army.

With this set of methods, and cultivating a group of Confucian students of the Six Arts who have clans to rely on, then in case Jingkang Tiantian is unavoidable, Wu Haogu also has the possibility of organizing an army to King Qin.

"Good!" Zhang Dian stroked his palms and applauded, "Mr. Murong's plan is really no less than Han's Zhang Zifang!" ”

Murong Wangwu shook the feather fan, nodded quite appreciatively, but thought in his heart: It should be that Wu Dalang is no less than Zhang Zifang! I really didn't expect Da Song to have such a character...... And he was luckier than himself, there was no time to make a mistake!

In today's world, it seems to be peaceful, but in fact, chaos is coming. The Great Liao in the north is certainly a dead end, and the Song Dynasty in the south may not necessarily end well. After all, the prince in front of him is old, and it is difficult to shoulder the rise and fall of the world.

Fortunately, there are still characters like Wu Haogu in the Southern Dynasties......

Murong forgot to worry about taking his mind back, and continued to give advice to Zhang Dan, he said: "The Khitan people have always had three henchmen, which are the obstruction, the female zhi, and the Bohai...... Just wait for the unification of the face department and the birth of a daughter, and it will be a big mess. In the old man's opinion, this day of chaos is coming in five years at the fast and ten years at the slow.

If the Great Song Dynasty can train 50,000 elite soldiers, build the Jiehe Shang City, and finally recruit hundreds of children of the Han people in the north, just like this Zhao Zhongge, then the big thing can be accomplished. ”

As he spoke, Murong Wangwu pointed at Brother Zhao Zhong behind him with a feather fan, and said with a smile: "If the Great Song Dynasty can use them, twenty or thirty thousand elites are also within reach." ”

Zhang Dian glanced at Brother Zhao Zhong, and looked like he was really a good man! If such a good man is loyal to the Khitan, it will be a disaster to the Great Song Dynasty. If you can win over the Great Song Dynasty, it is worth raising it.

"How do you make up twenty or thirty thousand elites?" Zhang Dian asked, "Do you want them to be team leaders too?" ”

"There are many ways." Murong forgot to smile worriedly, "The so-called Yanyun Gate Valve is actually the clan of the town generals and soldiers of the former Youzhou Domain. Only the Yutian Han clan is slightly different, and it is a slave of the Khitan people. The so-called gate valve family is just talking to itself. This kind of clan of world generals and soldiers is the best at training samurai, and it is not much better than the Zhifu Prefecture Folding Family.

However, the Liao State has also been generally peaceful for many years, and there are many of these family warriors who are useless, and there are many who are unwilling, and the Great Song Dynasty can recruit them. In the future, when there is turmoil in Liao, they can be given official money, or let them recruit soldiers in Jiehe Shang City, or send them to the state army to join the Great Song Dynasty. In this way, we can achieve the effect of attacking Liao with Liao! ”

This idea was not thought up by Wu Haogu, but the idea of Murong forgetting his worries - he is a member of the Murong family, and the method of "using his way and giving back to his body" is his family's ancestor!

Zhang Dian asked, "Why do you want to recruit troops in Jiehe Shang City?" ”

He was obviously very interested in the method of "giving back to the other".

"This way you can recruit the strong men of the Liao Kingdom!" Murong forgot to smile and said, "The Liao people are poor, the southern people are rich, and only by recruiting poor people to join the army can they not be afraid of death." ”

"Can you raise tens of thousands?"

"How not?" Murong forgot to smile, "As long as the Jiehe Commercial Market can rise up and become a place where population, wealth, goods, and ships gather, tens of thousands of soldiers are not ready to go?" ”

Hearing Murong forget to worry about this, Wu Haogu's face changed a little.

A commercial market has money, officers, supplies, ships, and tens of thousands of soldiers at any time...... What is this bourgeois city-state republic that is not like a flood beast? Can this treacherous minister tolerate the existence of such a commercial market?

However, Zhang Dian didn't seem to think of this, but nodded again and again: "Okay, very good...... It's just that this commercial market is probably not easy to build! ”

"How can it be difficult?"

Zhang Dian frowned and said, "Sir doesn't know, it's not up to me to build a large number of construction projects along the Boundary River. ”

"Oh," Murong Wangwu smiled, "The old man knows that there is an agreement in the "Abyss Alliance", and without the consent of the other party, additional cities can be built on the border.

It's okay, just ask the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji to agree to the construction of the river and the big business city. ”