Chapter 283: Spear Thrower

After the Liqiu was uprooted, Zhao Wuxian's territory no longer bordered the Qi State, to the west and Zhenyi to the west, to the south of Pushui, to the north of the Lu State Qinyi, to the east of Gaoyu, Yuncheng, as long as the success of the back of the Lu State, the geopolitical situation is much safer than before.

Since the territory has more than doubled, the team under his command has to be divided into two. Zhang Mengtan was left by Zhao Wuxian in Zhenyi as the chief of the Yi to preside over the overall situation, and the officials and the like remained as they were for the time being. As long as he successfully entered Lu, the two doctors will be selected after they arrive, and Zhao Wuxian has a new plan for the first piece of land at hand.

Wuxian, on the other hand, was personally stationed in the newly captured city of Xiaqiu, which was still under military control, and spent the next few days burying the dead, treating the wounded, taking prisoners, checking and seizing, and pacifying the people. Bian Que's apprentice Leopard also followed Zhao Ying, and now he was left in Xiaqiu to help Zhao Wuxian, responsible for establishing the already skilled "military medical system".

During this period, it was indispensable to use the former doctor Liqiu who was under house arrest, the township good Wuya Brigade, to let him come forward to persuade the clans and officials to give in.

The 600 soldiers under Wuxian were also divided into several parts, and Zhen Di left two pawns of spearmen, one of sword and shield bearers, and one of crossbowmen, which were stationed in the main city and several neighboring hundred small towns. Among them, there are 100 garrisons in Qingshan, so that the steady Wujing guards, and nearly 1,000 unruly people in it are all moved, which is the throat road connecting Zhenyi and Xiaqiu, and there is no room for loss, and Wuxian intends to make it a simple military pass, which is called Qingshan Pass.

And Zhao Wuxian on the side of Xiaqiu only brought two light knights, two soldiers, one crossbowman and one spearman, and one hundred Zhao soldiers led by the Tiger Society.

These 100 people are many ordinary apprentices, but the elite of the elite, they are all the sons of the retainers of the Zhao family, and they are the supplement to the black clothes of the lower palace, regardless of culture, knowledge, swordsmanship, and loyalty to the Zhao family, they are far beyond ordinary people, and everyone wears armor and swords.

This made Zhao Wuxian's eyes light up. This is simply the future military officer group, and besides, keeping these people in their hands and making them loyal to them is equivalent to establishing some kind of connection with the retainers of the lower palace. Even if he is abroad, he will get the support of some of his retainers.

He treated these people very kindly, and decided to make these 100 people into new sword and shield soldiers, and after a month of standardized training of martial soldiers, he would slowly be placed among the newly recruited guards and Qi people in the future as military officials.

In addition to serving as the commander of the Tigers, they also got new tasks. Instruct Tian Ben's soldiers to learn to throw halberds and short spears.

The Qiuqiu is larger than Zhenyi, the number of households is 3,000, of which there are nearly 2,000 households in the yi, the population is nearly 10,000 people, the circumference of the outer Guo is three miles, the wall is four zhang high, the bottom is three zhang thick, it is a military fortress. But during the siege, the western wall was still broken by the Jin army's rushing car and a huge hole, and now it has been blocked.

In the northwest corner of the wall there is a wide school field. After the Jin army went east, the soldiers were asked to form a column through the streets and alleys to assemble and train here.

The sound of their footsteps brushing together every morning has become a part of the life of the Qiqiu people, which is also a deterrent to the locals. Those who were deliberately released from the Qi captives spread the fear of the warriors throughout the city, and anyone who had the idea of resisting had to weigh whether they would be trampled by the phalanx and pierced by the spear.

This morning, the spearmen, who had already stood more and more densely and neatly in the phalanx, looked curiously at the thirty or forty straggler detachments on the opposite side of the school ground. They are the pawns of Commander Tian Ben, and they have made collective second-class merits in the capture of Zhenyi, and now they are defenseless. Each person holds several "flying hooks" taken from the library of the Liqiu Mansion, or cut off half of the halberds or short spears, and conducts special training in the Tiger Club left behind by the head of the Zhao family.

No need to wear bulky thick armor, no boring queue phalanx training. The treatment of the soldiers made ordinary soldiers a little envious, but after seeing the content of their training and the tasks they were going to perform in the future, everyone lost their minds.

"It's worthy of a man who dares to die...... the soldiers sighed secretly.

Zhao Wuxian also rushed here to watch after finishing the affairs of the city early in the morning.

When he issued a mission to the Tiger Society, he said: "Sergeant Tiger must have heard of our tactics in the Battle of Zhen, which is highly dependent on the line of Ge spear phalanx, and will gradually develop in the direction of heavy armor, and the length of weapons will be further increased. But the main drawback of this class is that: It requires a flat, contiguous area to be fully powerful. And, because it's basically a one-way linear formation, its flanks or rear are extremely vulnerable and can't withstand attacks. It needs to be assisted by cavalry or light infantry placed in the rear and on the flanks. ”

What is light infantry? Apprentices, crossbowmen, archers, and even the unarmored warriors led by Tian Ben "Warriors with Blades" all belong to this, and before the recruitment of Zhenyi and Diqiu natives into the army has not been realized, the most light steps on hand are naturally crossbowmen.

However, at the summary meeting after the battle of Zhen, Zhao Wuxian also found through the feedback of the commanders that the crossbowmen killed the unarmored soldiers more, but if they were against the armorers with thick armor with a large shield, they would not be able to get too much bargain.

In addition, the crossbowmen were good at defending but not good at attacking, and in the Battle of Jianjin was because it was the first time it was used in actual combat in the Central Plains, so Fan was caught off guard. When the princes and doctors are gradually familiar with this weapon, the corresponding countermeasures will gradually appear, and there will be no more panic.

So, Shirtless is thinking about whether a new class is needed as the number of troops increases. They can act as reserves, nimbly defending the flanks of the heavy infantry phalanx, or as assault troops that advance quickly, tearing a gap through the enemy's armor with long-range attacks, so that the sword and shield pawns can take advantage of the situation.

After seeing the Tiger Club demonstrate the halberd throwing, Zhao Wuxian was like a Daigo empowerment, and suddenly remembered the terrifying assassination on the intestines of the Taihang sheep that day, the copper spear that flew with a screaming handle to kill people, so Wuxian finalized the new class of troops in the future.

After searching the library of the Liqiu Mansion, he found that this weapon seems to be quite popular in the Qi Kingdom, and this thing is not called a spear, but a "flying hook". The hook is eight inches long, the mangs are four inches long, and the handle is six feet long, and the purpose is to "throw it at the crowd", that is, to throw it from a distance to hurt people.

The Tiger Club is also a brigade commander, and after listening to Zhao Wuxian's statement, he also added: "The gentleman's strategy is good, and the subordinates also thought of a reason, in addition to the plains, there are also many swamps, lakes and rugged hilly areas in the Qilu area, in order to meet the needs of operations in these areas, even the phalanx hoplites have to carry out some training in loose formations. In this way, it is more necessary to build up light infantry that can throw hooks, spears, and halberds from afar, and can be killed with small shields and short spears at close range. ”

That's where today's training comes in.

I looked at it for a while, and it was itchy for a while. He weighed a flying hook, aimed at the scarecrow in the distance, and said to the Tiger Club, Tian Ben and others beside him: "The original training of the warriors was used to sneak into the city. But not every city can use this method. ”

He took two steps forward, took the hook in one hand, and with a cry in his mouth, lifted the hook and threw it. I saw the hook make a curve in the air. But it failed to stab the scarecrow, and missed by two points, and plunged deep into the ground.

Helplessly, this skill is not simpler than archery, and it also requires long-term training.

However, because of the membership of the warriors, they have a natural advantage over this skill, and I heard Tian Ben say that the fencing skills of the light heroes are divided into two kinds, one is to hold the sword in hand. Advance and retreat. The other is "throwing", throwing the sword out and killing the enemy from a distance.

Some soldiers offered new short spears and halberds, this time it was the Tiger Club and Tian Ben who threw them, only to see them retreat quickly, raise their arms high, take the handle of the spear, and throw them backwards. only heard the sound of "poof", and the spear halberd was in the middle of the straw man, directly penetrating the past.

Tian Ben can throw five times without deviation. However, the Tiger Club can make ten consecutive shots without resting, and hit again and again. The straw man is the size of a life-size, and he can still throw it again and again every thirty steps away, which cannot be said to be miraculous. It's also very remarkable.

"Everyone should be able to do half of the thirty steps away, both arm strength and accuracy are extremely high, whether this spear thrower can become an army, it depends on your training."

The soldiers were in charge of the garrison in the city during the battle of Zhen, and they could only watch the phalanx crush the place from the wall, and they were originally light heroes who were eager to make achievements. was even more instilled by Tian Ben with the idea of being loyal to Zhao Wuxian, how can he not cherish the opportunity to go into battle?

But there is one thing that Wuxian does not say, this kind of spear thrower stands in front of the phalanx in a straggler formation, and in order to move quickly, they do not wear thick armor, and the only protection is a small rattan shield. However, it takes great courage and high ambition to persevere.

Except for Tian Ben's soldiers, no one can take on this kind of "brave man" and "daring man"!

Not to mention the training of spear throwers, on the first day of the seventh month, the ruling governor of the Jin State also discussed the time of the alliance with the Marquis of Wei, and left Puyang and led the army through Xiaqiu. But he refused Zhao Wuxian's invitation and did not enter the city, so he did not have to come to visit.

"As the secretary of the Jin State, it is inconvenient to see the dead in private."

Zhibing and Zhisong were generally low-key and cautious, and did not invade Zhenyi and Xiaqiu, and on the second day, the eastward march of the camp appeared to be orderly, which made Zhao Wuxian, who was looking at the wall from afar, feel that although the soldiers of the Zhishi clan were not famous, they were still not easy to deal with.

Three days later, the Three Route Jin Army and the Lu Army realized their rendezvous at the Wadi on the former Luwei border.

The aid of the Jin State drove away the Qi people who invaded the west, and the three secretaries of the Lu State, Ji Sunsi, Mengsun He Ji, and Shusun Zhou Qiu naturally came to greet each other happily. Yang Hu, the "ruling party" of the Lu State who was not generally recognized by the princes, also accompanied him, although he had no place in this alliance, he had to take all the big ideas.

At the meeting, as a guest from afar, the Jin State of the Chinese army general Zhisong held a lamb in his hand, the Chinese army Zuo Zhao Ying, and the Shang army general Zhongxing Yin all held a wild goose as a gift, and the Lu State took the lamb as a valuable gift from this time.

After the meeting, after silently observing the performance of the three secretaries of the Jin State, Yang Hu quietly said to his henchmen Ji Sunliao and Uncle Sun: "When I first saw the three secretaries of the Jin State, I only saw the old man who knew the uncle, and he didn't dare to come forward in everything; Uncle Zhongxing was greedy, and he despised him because of my humble status, and he begged Sanhuan for bribes, thinking that he was not far from defeat; Only Zhao Qingfang of the Chinese army is a true general! What a hero! (To be continued.) )

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