Chapter 412
The Immortal Army
Chapter 412 The Immortal Army
Leaving aside the issue of candidates for now, the Xiu family still has a lot of things to deal with about Ezo.
The Xiu family needs to make a non-stop trip to Kojima, where the orphans that the Xiu family has adopted from all over Japan over the years are raised, and the number of them supports more than 3000 people.
Many people look at the current Google Maps and think that Kojima is connected with Bizen, and its northern part is a fertile plain. In fact, this area was formed by the impact of the Tase River for thousands of years until the abolition of the feudal domain. Previously belonged to the land of Beizhong.
Geographically speaking, Kojima used to be an island isolated from the main island of Japan and located on the Seto Inland Sea, so it was also called Kojima.
When Kibi was divided into countries, it was included in Bizen country, but after thousands of years of scouring by Tase River and Takahashi River, the upstream silt was washed into the sea, and now it looks more like the land extended by Bei China .
In fact, the prefecture of Kojima and also the birthplace of Ukido in history, Minatoyama Castle is not far to the southeast of Ukurashiki.
As the Uki family became the lord of Bizen, this ancestral land of Longxing was assigned to Togawa Hidean (Shimotsui Castle), who had the best relationship with the Nao family, until the Hide family transferred the Togawa family to another. Experienced Akikami Hisaka, Suga Masatoshi and others before and after, and now they are used by Xiujia to resettle Tachihara Hisakuna.
It was not here that Renxiu's family trained this group of orphans, but on the east side of Er Island, which is now Tianjing City in Yuye City.
And further to the east, there are small and large villages where Xiujia used to house the Gangshan water army.
For the Xiu family's arrival, the garrison here is actually not surprised. After all, the Xiu family used to come once a year to select the best children and bring them into the banner crowd in the name of the children of the Futian family.
As the place where the ancestors of the Uki family made their fortunes, even though Kojima was used as a remote place by the Hide family to entrust and resettle their retainers, there were still many territories in the middle that were distributed by the Hide family to the descendants of the Ukita clan.
Most of these people are branch families of the Futian branch family. Compared with Futian Dazong who owns the territory of Yijiu, Shangdao, Heqi, and Shangqianshi, these people generally have only a hundred stones, and they can only be infinitely attached to the Xiu family. Besides, over time, a new branch was born, named Kojima Ukita.
Not long ago, after the Xiu family confirmed the use of the Wuqitong pattern instead of the Er character pattern as the new family pattern, the Xiu family redefined the sword piece and the Er character pattern.
It is stipulated that the son character pattern can only be used by the Ukita clan, and the Ukita Kanjia and the adopted son Ukita Hidei. The Ukita clan can only use the sword blade pattern used by the Ukita clan.
Of course, there are exceptions, that is, the Kojima Ukita Clan, who was enshrined in various places in Kojima, was licensed to continue using the Kojimon flag.
This area is not far from Okayama, and it is not close. As a center that can quickly support Bizen, Bichu, Iyo, and Sanuki, the Hide family attaches great importance to it. The Hide family specially chooses this place to hoard armaments. The materials are well placed in the middle.
In addition, the Futian family here is responsible for helping the Xiu family to train and educate the orphans adopted by the Xiu family from all over the country, it seems like a secret place specially trained for the Xiu family's guards.
And the captain in charge of the training of these 3000 people was none other than Takeuchi Hisakatsu, who practiced guns with Hideka when he was a child.
It is about 25 kilometers from Ishiyama Castle to Tianjing, and it takes 35 minutes for later generations, but that is in the later generations of Tongqiao. Now it is necessary to take a boat to go from Okayama to Kojima.
Therefore, when Hideya felt Kojima Tai, it was already around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky in Bizen in winter had gradually dimmed.
When Xiujia felt Tianjing City, the soldiers in the city were preparing to eat dinner. After dinner, they still need to gather together for thought lessons.
This is also the reason why the Xiu family kept this troop a secret from the outside world, because from the very beginning of its establishment, the Xiu family treated this troop differently from other troops and paid special attention to ideological education.
The first thing in the morning is morning class, and the last thing before going to bed is evening class. The content of the class is non-stop brainwashing. It is the Xiu family who saved them, and they have to repay the words of the Xiu family and the past. Stories about how vicious the lord is, how benevolent the Xiu family is, and how happy the people under the rule are.
In addition, before the two meals in the morning and evening, we should also thank the Xiu family for giving them food, and pray for God to bless the Xiu family with good health and other blessings.
To put it simply, the orphans here have received strict brainwashing courses since they were adopted since they were young. The courses several times a day are very similar to the pass-through courses for later generations.
Takeuchi Hisakatsu is only responsible for their military training, and does not participate in the above courses. Kansuke and Sabei are responsible for this kind of twisted training.
Does anyone remember these two?They are the sons of Takano Sokichi, the leader of the ninja army left by the Nao family in the past. Due to the unfavorable defense in Kyoto, Ishikawa Goemon approached them. The original ninja army was reformed and incorporated by the Hide family Iga Ninchu is led by Tsusue Sannojo and teaches the orthodox ninja.
In the past, Ukita ninjas were best at poisoning and assassination. Apart from that, intelligence gathering and VIP protection were not at the same level as Iga Shinobi.
After years of training, the Xiu family asked Kansuke and Sabei to transfer some of the clan members here to be responsible for the ideological education of these orphans.
The Xiu family's position for these people is that they are absolutely loyal and fearless warriors.Therefore, the teaching to them mainly stays in the art of war and ideology. Regarding military strategy, the most they learn is the formation of a squadron of dozens of people and the formation of a hundred-man brigade, and there is no plan to train senior generals.
The most important thing is that this group of orphans is invested by the Xiu family in a fixed amount every year in the banner and standing equipment, and they serve as squadron leaders and other grassroots positions. Their family names are all named after the Kojima Ukita family.
The brainwashing courses from childhood to adulthood have made them stick to the order of the Xiu family as the only criterion. In addition, if they are taken out from here, they must pray and thank the Xiu family before meals. There is a saying that "Kojima Ukita's loyalty is unique".
When he heard that Hideka was coming from Okayama, Kansuke, who was concentrating on his thoughts and transactions, immediately put down his work and ran to meet Hideka.
"Your Highness, didn't you just come here a while ago and took away a dozen of your disciples? Is it because you need to expand the army again today?"
Hideo took out a stack of papers from his cuff, these were the outlines of the myth he discussed with Keiichi Kataoka yesterday.
He handed the stack of papers to Kansuke and said, "You find someone to organize these things, transcribe them into a book, and send them to everyone to read, asking them to be familiar with them by heart, and use them as new ideological teaching plans."
When Kansuke took over the folded paper from Hideka, Hideka carefully said, "Be careful, neither the original nor the transcribed papers can be leaked out, and the transcribed papers need to be coded for unified management."
The Hide family had told me about this at the beginning, and Kansuke was very experienced, so he took the outline handed over by the Hide family, and carefully replied, "I'm so sorry, even Master Takeuchi can't tell you about it."
After so many years of work, the abilities of Kansuke and Sahei have been affirmed by Hideka. The mistake of putting Ishikawa Goemon in the past has passed, and Hideyoshi recognizes their current abilities.
"This matter is very urgent. I need you to select 1800 suitable children from this group and organize them into an army. I will ship their armaments later."
Kansuke, who heard Hideka's request, looked at Hideka with some doubts and asked, "Your Highness, I am not in charge of the military training. Sabei and I are in charge of ideological education. This is what you asked us to do at the beginning. Shouldn't Master Takeuchi be responsible for the practice?"
Xiujia explained, "Of course we need to find Jiu Sheng. Do you understand the formation of the army? But this matter should be based on you, and you will participate in the training for these three months. I will discuss this matter." Talk to Jiu Sheng about it.”
Seeing that Kansuke was still a little puzzled, he continued to explain, "The purpose of letting you take the lead is that the core criterion for selecting and forming an army this time is not ability, but loyalty to me. Master Takeuchi is not very good at controlling this matter. Just let you two brothers come forward.
As for letting you participate in the training, it is because after the first month, one of you will accompany this reserve team to the Northland to suppress the rebellion. "
Hearing the Hideka's arrangement, Kansuke asked in surprise, "Are we? Leading the army? But we are not samurai."
Hearing Kansuke's answer, Hideya pointed to the young people who had left their evening classes in twos and threes and said, "Nor are they. As long as you have made meritorious service in the northern country, you can be granted the status of a samurai. You are the same as them."
The reason why Xiujia sent one of Kansuke and Sabei is to master the thinking of this reserve team. Even when they arrive in Ezo, they will not take ideological courses, and spread them in Ezo based on them.
These orphans on the main island of Japan will all become low-level samurai who own a certain amount of land when they arrive in Ezo. Their fields will be cultivated by tenant farmers on their behalf. They only need to spread their beliefs and have standing guards.
With this group of people who only believe in the Xiu family, isn't it faster to spread the belief in the Xiu family in Ezo than just a few priests?
Talking again and again, walking into the city again and again, seeing Takeuchi Hisakatsu who was about to rest, Hideka called him over, and simply formed a backup team for a small meeting.
“人员为1个加强备队，包括三个常备营1500人，1个骑兵大队100人及1个铁炮连队200人组成，人数在1800人左右。
I will send someone to take over the reserve captain later, including the battalion and company captains, the captain, the squadron leader, the small captain, and the team leader of the reserve team. out.
The reserve team will be allocated from the Toyama City Arsenal in the near future. You must train this cavalry team as soon as possible. There are only a dozen horses for training. The specific war horses will be provided locally in Beiguo. "
Lin Li Xiujia also made a statement emphatically, "From the beginning of training these children, I have always emphasized teamwork, which is especially important.
I hope that you will use 10 days to quickly select the corresponding candidates, strengthen the training of the team, and reunite them into one rope.
I want this troop to be different from the standing ones, not only in terms of morale and belief, but more importantly in the simultaneous movements of the upper and lower. "
Yes, Xiujia's training for this group of orphans is different from that of standing troops and banners. For this army, Xiujia emphasized the integrity and brought in a set of methods of military training from later generations.
I did criticize other authors in the previous article. Don’t just bring the military training of later generations to ancient times for training.
The most important thing about team training is the unity of the army. If you talk about the concept of nation and nationality with a group of civilians who are struggling to live, you are not joking to ask them to train the so-called queue.
In ancient times, the reason why the troops were gathered together to fight in a phalanx was to allow the people around them to supervise each other. If they were scattered to fight, people's fear of death would have made them run away.
This is the reason for the line infantry in Europe. The reason for forming the line at first was to strengthen the firepower, but later with the use of subcontracted ammunition and submunitions, the gunpowder density of the skirmishers within 150 steps has been consistent with that of the line infantry.
The reason why the infantry is still required to line up to fight is to encourage each other and supervise each other. Once the infantry becomes scattered, the morale will quickly weaken (this is a reasonable design of the imperial war)
It wasn't until the children from Corsica implanted the concept of Greater France into the French soldiers that the French army began to have long-lasting stragglers. They were mostly used to harass and achieve results Quite abundant.
Similarly, this troop is different from the previous ones, because they were adopted by the Xiu family since they were young. Although they don’t eat very well, they don’t have to worry about food at all. They only do two things every day: training and training. brainwashing.
Although they did not have national consciousness implanted in their minds, they implanted admiration and loyalty to Yuxijia, which made it possible for Xiujia to conduct modern militarized training on them.
For such an elite among the elite with high morale, Xiujia also attached great importance to the equipment provided.
When the standing ashigaru was still using only the front gear and the hat, all the members of this army were equipped with the contemporary armor made of large pieces of armor, including cavalry, iron artillery and squadrons and above. The Nanman's body, all wearing half a piece of plate armor on the front chest, is full.
The army is not insignificant from top to bottom, and all are commensurate with sergeants and officers. The three battalions of infantry all carry a metal iron pocket, and are equipped with a 3-meter-long plain gun, a longboat forged samurai sword, a longbow, and metal arrows. 3 pots of arrows and 2 pieces.
In addition to carrying one iron cannon, the soldiers of the Iron Cannon Army also have three bundles of waist-wrapping and shoulder-carrying medicine bags, on which 1 rounds of packed gunpowder are hung. 36 rounds of mixed charges of small shotgun ammunition are used to make up for the lack of firepower due to the small number of people.
At the same time, the biggest difference between this iron cannon ashigaru and other iron cannons is that they will not retreat when the enemy approaches, but prepare for close combat like the crossbowmen of the Tang Dynasty.
Before the Song Dynasty, the attributes of infantry in the ancient Chinese army were not very clear. Especially in the Han and Tang Dynasties, crossbowmen were not completely long-range troops like in film and television works and games.
In fact, in order to prevent the crossbowmen from disrupting their formation when they withdraw from the target, the crossbowmen of the Han and Tang Dynasties chose veterans. They will shoot in a few rounds. After the enemy gets close, they will undertake the first wave of melee combat. The pikemen advanced and pressed for time.
Take the crossbowmen of the Tang Dynasty as an example. They all wore large armor covering a large area, which was second only to the heavy armored infantry in the Tang army. They also carried a round shield and a melee weapon, mostly a single Hammers are used to break armor.
Xiujia followed the example and selected the most valiant of the generals as members of the cavalry and the iron artillery team. The iron artillery team shoots at the front line, and when the enemy gets close, it will take on the heavy responsibility of disrupting the enemy's charge.
Therefore, as the long-distance arms in the impression, they are wearing Nanman armor. At the same time, instead of carrying spears, they carry a samurai sword, a round shield and two hand axes.
Takeuchi Hisamori couldn't help with hand ax training, Hideka planned to ask Tachihara Nobuhisa to come over to take charge of the matter, and after the initial training, go to Ezo to complete further training.
As for the horses equipped by the cavalry, they will also be more majestic Ezo and stallion horses. Although the shoulder height of this kind of horse is only 135cm, it is particularly strong, like a small tank, with amazing load-bearing capacity, but insufficient explosive power.
In the plains of Ezo, it is very suitable for short-distance assault and breakthrough of heavy cavalry, which is Hideka's other use for this kind of cavalry.
Of course, the Xiu family doesn't have such things as horse armor yet, so they can only slowly forge them in the next few years.
The equipment of the cavalry is different from that of the infantry. They will be equipped with a 3-meter long spear, a samurai sword for infantry combat, and a long-bladed sword for immediate use.
At the same time, although the Xiu family positioned them as shock cavalry, the Xiu family still prepared a longbow and a bag of quiver for them to use when chasing the enemy.
After clarifying the training plan he wanted, although Takeuchi Hisamori did not understand many of the arrangements, he also stated that he would try his best to train for Hideka.
In this way, everything is ready for this army, and it only needs to be named.
So under the attention of everyone, the Xiu family wrote three words "Longevity Army" on the paper, which meant the same as the longevity army in history, because the troops would always be replenished, and the soldiers would always remain the same as if they were immortal.
At the same time, Hideka also drew their recounted flags and flags, which is a torii pattern with black stripes on a white ground, which means that they will be the defenders of Hideka in Ezo.
The reason why the Wuqitong pattern is not used is that the flag finger is too obvious, and with such a large number of elite soldiers, it is easy to be noticed by the Northeast daimyo.
Similarly, because they will mainly fight in Ezo in the future, Hideka will use white as the main color for their outfits and inner war jackets, with a small amount of black decoration.
The reason why Hideya negotiated these matters in just a few days was because the Seto family set off for Ezo in mid-February.
Xiujia will stay in Juledi from the end of December until the end of January and will not be able to return to Okayama. In addition, these things need to be prepared, and Xiujia must give orders in advance.
Almost at this moment, Xiujia suddenly thought of a candidate with a very suitable identity, loyalty and ability.
(End of this chapter)
Leaving aside the issue of candidates for now, the Xiu family still has a lot of things to deal with about Ezo.
The Xiu family needs to make a non-stop trip to Kojima, where the orphans that the Xiu family has adopted from all over Japan over the years are raised, and the number of them supports more than 3000 people.
Many people look at the current Google Maps and think that Kojima is connected with Bizen, and its northern part is a fertile plain. In fact, this area was formed by the impact of the Tase River for thousands of years until the abolition of the feudal domain. Previously belonged to the land of Beizhong.
Geographically speaking, Kojima used to be an island isolated from the main island of Japan and located on the Seto Inland Sea, so it was also called Kojima.
When Kibi was divided into countries, it was included in Bizen country, but after thousands of years of scouring by Tase River and Takahashi River, the upstream silt was washed into the sea, and now it looks more like the land extended by Bei China .
In fact, the prefecture of Kojima and also the birthplace of Ukido in history, Minatoyama Castle is not far to the southeast of Ukurashiki.
As the Uki family became the lord of Bizen, this ancestral land of Longxing was assigned to Togawa Hidean (Shimotsui Castle), who had the best relationship with the Nao family, until the Hide family transferred the Togawa family to another. Experienced Akikami Hisaka, Suga Masatoshi and others before and after, and now they are used by Xiujia to resettle Tachihara Hisakuna.
It was not here that Renxiu's family trained this group of orphans, but on the east side of Er Island, which is now Tianjing City in Yuye City.
And further to the east, there are small and large villages where Xiujia used to house the Gangshan water army.
For the Xiu family's arrival, the garrison here is actually not surprised. After all, the Xiu family used to come once a year to select the best children and bring them into the banner crowd in the name of the children of the Futian family.
As the place where the ancestors of the Uki family made their fortunes, even though Kojima was used as a remote place by the Hide family to entrust and resettle their retainers, there were still many territories in the middle that were distributed by the Hide family to the descendants of the Ukita clan.
Most of these people are branch families of the Futian branch family. Compared with Futian Dazong who owns the territory of Yijiu, Shangdao, Heqi, and Shangqianshi, these people generally have only a hundred stones, and they can only be infinitely attached to the Xiu family. Besides, over time, a new branch was born, named Kojima Ukita.
Not long ago, after the Xiu family confirmed the use of the Wuqitong pattern instead of the Er character pattern as the new family pattern, the Xiu family redefined the sword piece and the Er character pattern.
It is stipulated that the son character pattern can only be used by the Ukita clan, and the Ukita Kanjia and the adopted son Ukita Hidei. The Ukita clan can only use the sword blade pattern used by the Ukita clan.
Of course, there are exceptions, that is, the Kojima Ukita Clan, who was enshrined in various places in Kojima, was licensed to continue using the Kojimon flag.
This area is not far from Okayama, and it is not close. As a center that can quickly support Bizen, Bichu, Iyo, and Sanuki, the Hide family attaches great importance to it. The Hide family specially chooses this place to hoard armaments. The materials are well placed in the middle.
In addition, the Futian family here is responsible for helping the Xiu family to train and educate the orphans adopted by the Xiu family from all over the country, it seems like a secret place specially trained for the Xiu family's guards.
And the captain in charge of the training of these 3000 people was none other than Takeuchi Hisakatsu, who practiced guns with Hideka when he was a child.
It is about 25 kilometers from Ishiyama Castle to Tianjing, and it takes 35 minutes for later generations, but that is in the later generations of Tongqiao. Now it is necessary to take a boat to go from Okayama to Kojima.
Therefore, when Hideya felt Kojima Tai, it was already around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky in Bizen in winter had gradually dimmed.
When Xiujia felt Tianjing City, the soldiers in the city were preparing to eat dinner. After dinner, they still need to gather together for thought lessons.
This is also the reason why the Xiu family kept this troop a secret from the outside world, because from the very beginning of its establishment, the Xiu family treated this troop differently from other troops and paid special attention to ideological education.
The first thing in the morning is morning class, and the last thing before going to bed is evening class. The content of the class is non-stop brainwashing. It is the Xiu family who saved them, and they have to repay the words of the Xiu family and the past. Stories about how vicious the lord is, how benevolent the Xiu family is, and how happy the people under the rule are.
In addition, before the two meals in the morning and evening, we should also thank the Xiu family for giving them food, and pray for God to bless the Xiu family with good health and other blessings.
To put it simply, the orphans here have received strict brainwashing courses since they were adopted since they were young. The courses several times a day are very similar to the pass-through courses for later generations.
Takeuchi Hisakatsu is only responsible for their military training, and does not participate in the above courses. Kansuke and Sabei are responsible for this kind of twisted training.
Does anyone remember these two?They are the sons of Takano Sokichi, the leader of the ninja army left by the Nao family in the past. Due to the unfavorable defense in Kyoto, Ishikawa Goemon approached them. The original ninja army was reformed and incorporated by the Hide family Iga Ninchu is led by Tsusue Sannojo and teaches the orthodox ninja.
In the past, Ukita ninjas were best at poisoning and assassination. Apart from that, intelligence gathering and VIP protection were not at the same level as Iga Shinobi.
After years of training, the Xiu family asked Kansuke and Sabei to transfer some of the clan members here to be responsible for the ideological education of these orphans.
The Xiu family's position for these people is that they are absolutely loyal and fearless warriors.Therefore, the teaching to them mainly stays in the art of war and ideology. Regarding military strategy, the most they learn is the formation of a squadron of dozens of people and the formation of a hundred-man brigade, and there is no plan to train senior generals.
The most important thing is that this group of orphans is invested by the Xiu family in a fixed amount every year in the banner and standing equipment, and they serve as squadron leaders and other grassroots positions. Their family names are all named after the Kojima Ukita family.
The brainwashing courses from childhood to adulthood have made them stick to the order of the Xiu family as the only criterion. In addition, if they are taken out from here, they must pray and thank the Xiu family before meals. There is a saying that "Kojima Ukita's loyalty is unique".
When he heard that Hideka was coming from Okayama, Kansuke, who was concentrating on his thoughts and transactions, immediately put down his work and ran to meet Hideka.
"Your Highness, didn't you just come here a while ago and took away a dozen of your disciples? Is it because you need to expand the army again today?"
Hideo took out a stack of papers from his cuff, these were the outlines of the myth he discussed with Keiichi Kataoka yesterday.
He handed the stack of papers to Kansuke and said, "You find someone to organize these things, transcribe them into a book, and send them to everyone to read, asking them to be familiar with them by heart, and use them as new ideological teaching plans."
When Kansuke took over the folded paper from Hideka, Hideka carefully said, "Be careful, neither the original nor the transcribed papers can be leaked out, and the transcribed papers need to be coded for unified management."
The Hide family had told me about this at the beginning, and Kansuke was very experienced, so he took the outline handed over by the Hide family, and carefully replied, "I'm so sorry, even Master Takeuchi can't tell you about it."
After so many years of work, the abilities of Kansuke and Sahei have been affirmed by Hideka. The mistake of putting Ishikawa Goemon in the past has passed, and Hideyoshi recognizes their current abilities.
"This matter is very urgent. I need you to select 1800 suitable children from this group and organize them into an army. I will ship their armaments later."
Kansuke, who heard Hideka's request, looked at Hideka with some doubts and asked, "Your Highness, I am not in charge of the military training. Sabei and I are in charge of ideological education. This is what you asked us to do at the beginning. Shouldn't Master Takeuchi be responsible for the practice?"
Xiujia explained, "Of course we need to find Jiu Sheng. Do you understand the formation of the army? But this matter should be based on you, and you will participate in the training for these three months. I will discuss this matter." Talk to Jiu Sheng about it.”
Seeing that Kansuke was still a little puzzled, he continued to explain, "The purpose of letting you take the lead is that the core criterion for selecting and forming an army this time is not ability, but loyalty to me. Master Takeuchi is not very good at controlling this matter. Just let you two brothers come forward.
As for letting you participate in the training, it is because after the first month, one of you will accompany this reserve team to the Northland to suppress the rebellion. "
Hearing the Hideka's arrangement, Kansuke asked in surprise, "Are we? Leading the army? But we are not samurai."
Hearing Kansuke's answer, Hideya pointed to the young people who had left their evening classes in twos and threes and said, "Nor are they. As long as you have made meritorious service in the northern country, you can be granted the status of a samurai. You are the same as them."
The reason why Xiujia sent one of Kansuke and Sabei is to master the thinking of this reserve team. Even when they arrive in Ezo, they will not take ideological courses, and spread them in Ezo based on them.
These orphans on the main island of Japan will all become low-level samurai who own a certain amount of land when they arrive in Ezo. Their fields will be cultivated by tenant farmers on their behalf. They only need to spread their beliefs and have standing guards.
With this group of people who only believe in the Xiu family, isn't it faster to spread the belief in the Xiu family in Ezo than just a few priests?
Talking again and again, walking into the city again and again, seeing Takeuchi Hisakatsu who was about to rest, Hideka called him over, and simply formed a backup team for a small meeting.
“人员为1个加强备队，包括三个常备营1500人，1个骑兵大队100人及1个铁炮连队200人组成，人数在1800人左右。
I will send someone to take over the reserve captain later, including the battalion and company captains, the captain, the squadron leader, the small captain, and the team leader of the reserve team. out.
The reserve team will be allocated from the Toyama City Arsenal in the near future. You must train this cavalry team as soon as possible. There are only a dozen horses for training. The specific war horses will be provided locally in Beiguo. "
Lin Li Xiujia also made a statement emphatically, "From the beginning of training these children, I have always emphasized teamwork, which is especially important.
I hope that you will use 10 days to quickly select the corresponding candidates, strengthen the training of the team, and reunite them into one rope.
I want this troop to be different from the standing ones, not only in terms of morale and belief, but more importantly in the simultaneous movements of the upper and lower. "
Yes, Xiujia's training for this group of orphans is different from that of standing troops and banners. For this army, Xiujia emphasized the integrity and brought in a set of methods of military training from later generations.
I did criticize other authors in the previous article. Don’t just bring the military training of later generations to ancient times for training.
The most important thing about team training is the unity of the army. If you talk about the concept of nation and nationality with a group of civilians who are struggling to live, you are not joking to ask them to train the so-called queue.
In ancient times, the reason why the troops were gathered together to fight in a phalanx was to allow the people around them to supervise each other. If they were scattered to fight, people's fear of death would have made them run away.
This is the reason for the line infantry in Europe. The reason for forming the line at first was to strengthen the firepower, but later with the use of subcontracted ammunition and submunitions, the gunpowder density of the skirmishers within 150 steps has been consistent with that of the line infantry.
The reason why the infantry is still required to line up to fight is to encourage each other and supervise each other. Once the infantry becomes scattered, the morale will quickly weaken (this is a reasonable design of the imperial war)
It wasn't until the children from Corsica implanted the concept of Greater France into the French soldiers that the French army began to have long-lasting stragglers. They were mostly used to harass and achieve results Quite abundant.
Similarly, this troop is different from the previous ones, because they were adopted by the Xiu family since they were young. Although they don’t eat very well, they don’t have to worry about food at all. They only do two things every day: training and training. brainwashing.
Although they did not have national consciousness implanted in their minds, they implanted admiration and loyalty to Yuxijia, which made it possible for Xiujia to conduct modern militarized training on them.
For such an elite among the elite with high morale, Xiujia also attached great importance to the equipment provided.
When the standing ashigaru was still using only the front gear and the hat, all the members of this army were equipped with the contemporary armor made of large pieces of armor, including cavalry, iron artillery and squadrons and above. The Nanman's body, all wearing half a piece of plate armor on the front chest, is full.
The army is not insignificant from top to bottom, and all are commensurate with sergeants and officers. The three battalions of infantry all carry a metal iron pocket, and are equipped with a 3-meter-long plain gun, a longboat forged samurai sword, a longbow, and metal arrows. 3 pots of arrows and 2 pieces.
In addition to carrying one iron cannon, the soldiers of the Iron Cannon Army also have three bundles of waist-wrapping and shoulder-carrying medicine bags, on which 1 rounds of packed gunpowder are hung. 36 rounds of mixed charges of small shotgun ammunition are used to make up for the lack of firepower due to the small number of people.
At the same time, the biggest difference between this iron cannon ashigaru and other iron cannons is that they will not retreat when the enemy approaches, but prepare for close combat like the crossbowmen of the Tang Dynasty.
Before the Song Dynasty, the attributes of infantry in the ancient Chinese army were not very clear. Especially in the Han and Tang Dynasties, crossbowmen were not completely long-range troops like in film and television works and games.
In fact, in order to prevent the crossbowmen from disrupting their formation when they withdraw from the target, the crossbowmen of the Han and Tang Dynasties chose veterans. They will shoot in a few rounds. After the enemy gets close, they will undertake the first wave of melee combat. The pikemen advanced and pressed for time.
Take the crossbowmen of the Tang Dynasty as an example. They all wore large armor covering a large area, which was second only to the heavy armored infantry in the Tang army. They also carried a round shield and a melee weapon, mostly a single Hammers are used to break armor.
Xiujia followed the example and selected the most valiant of the generals as members of the cavalry and the iron artillery team. The iron artillery team shoots at the front line, and when the enemy gets close, it will take on the heavy responsibility of disrupting the enemy's charge.
Therefore, as the long-distance arms in the impression, they are wearing Nanman armor. At the same time, instead of carrying spears, they carry a samurai sword, a round shield and two hand axes.
Takeuchi Hisamori couldn't help with hand ax training, Hideka planned to ask Tachihara Nobuhisa to come over to take charge of the matter, and after the initial training, go to Ezo to complete further training.
As for the horses equipped by the cavalry, they will also be more majestic Ezo and stallion horses. Although the shoulder height of this kind of horse is only 135cm, it is particularly strong, like a small tank, with amazing load-bearing capacity, but insufficient explosive power.
In the plains of Ezo, it is very suitable for short-distance assault and breakthrough of heavy cavalry, which is Hideka's other use for this kind of cavalry.
Of course, the Xiu family doesn't have such things as horse armor yet, so they can only slowly forge them in the next few years.
The equipment of the cavalry is different from that of the infantry. They will be equipped with a 3-meter long spear, a samurai sword for infantry combat, and a long-bladed sword for immediate use.
At the same time, although the Xiu family positioned them as shock cavalry, the Xiu family still prepared a longbow and a bag of quiver for them to use when chasing the enemy.
After clarifying the training plan he wanted, although Takeuchi Hisamori did not understand many of the arrangements, he also stated that he would try his best to train for Hideka.
In this way, everything is ready for this army, and it only needs to be named.
So under the attention of everyone, the Xiu family wrote three words "Longevity Army" on the paper, which meant the same as the longevity army in history, because the troops would always be replenished, and the soldiers would always remain the same as if they were immortal.
At the same time, Hideka also drew their recounted flags and flags, which is a torii pattern with black stripes on a white ground, which means that they will be the defenders of Hideka in Ezo.
The reason why the Wuqitong pattern is not used is that the flag finger is too obvious, and with such a large number of elite soldiers, it is easy to be noticed by the Northeast daimyo.
Similarly, because they will mainly fight in Ezo in the future, Hideka will use white as the main color for their outfits and inner war jackets, with a small amount of black decoration.
The reason why Hideya negotiated these matters in just a few days was because the Seto family set off for Ezo in mid-February.
Xiujia will stay in Juledi from the end of December until the end of January and will not be able to return to Okayama. In addition, these things need to be prepared, and Xiujia must give orders in advance.
Almost at this moment, Xiujia suddenly thought of a candidate with a very suitable identity, loyalty and ability.
(End of this chapter)