I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 283 Su Liang’s alternative pre-war mobilization! Newcomers VS Veterans

September 10th, afternoon.

The sun is warm and the autumn breeze is cool.

In the north of Bianjing City, on the bank of the Yellow River, about 800 meters away from the river embankment, there is a mountain forest that stretches for nearly five miles.

It is called a mountain forest, but it is actually an undulating soil slope.

There are scattered mulberry, willow and elm trees inside.

Today, the battle between the 500 elites of the Fourth Army and the 500 heavy cavalry recruits will begin in this mountain forest.

The Fourth Army has 500 elite soldiers.

Wearing uniforms in gray training uniforms, they are already ready on the west side of the mountain forest.

Five hundred recruits.

Uniformly wearing black training uniforms, they were also ready on the east side of the mountain forest.

These thousand soldiers had a unifying symbol.

Each person's head is covered with a turban, and their names are embroidered on the turban.

The rules of this battle are——

Both sides fought with bare hands, no weapons, no armor, and no horses.

Within the designated area, they either fight individually or attack in groups.

Take the turban as a trophy.

During the fight, if someone's headscarf is snatched away and placed in a bamboo basket left in the forest, he is considered eliminated and must leave the forest immediately.

During this period, there were hundreds of veterans supervising, and those who violated the rules were eliminated; those who intentionally hurt people's lives were eliminated.

Outside the mountains and forests, more than thirty medical officers were already in place to prepare for emergencies.

This battle.

What is compared is courage and team fighting ability.

What is exercised is the fighting spirit, bloodiness, courage and strategy of the soldiers.

Both sides were even prepared for accidental casualties.

And this moment.

Zhao Zhen, Su Liang, the guards and the pro-army Ma Jundu Yuhou Wei Ze, Xu Mang and other five captains were standing on a high slope.

This is the best place to watch the battle.

Zhao Zhen only brought Zhang Maoze and a group of soldiers to watch the battle.

Whoever wins this battle will not show his face.

The Fourth Army is his veteran emperor's personal soldier.

And these heavy cavalry were the new emperor's personal soldiers that he planned to focus on training.

In his eyes, winning or losing is not important.

The key is to see if the soldiers have the courage.

If you have courage, you can win any battle; if you don't have courage, you will lose every battle.

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Liang and said, "Su Qing, go and encourage both sides. The winner will be rewarded, and the loser will be punished. If neither of them has the courage, they will both be punished if they wince and cower!"

"I obey." Su Liang said with a smile. This is what he is best at.

Immediately.

Su Liang, riding a tall gray horse, took the lead in running towards the 500 elite members of the Upper Fourth Army.

About half an hour later.

Su Liang came to the front of the soldiers.

The elites of the Fourth Army couldn't help but puff up their chests when they saw Su Liang.

None of them like Su Liang.

Because Su Liang said that they were golden-armored men who could only serve as etiquette officers.

Say they are embroidered pillows that look good but cannot fight.

He also said that they joined the Fourth Army purely because of their good looks, and were no different from the singers in Goulan Waseli.

This time, it was time for them to prove themselves.

Su Liang rode a horse and patrolled back and forth in front of 500 elite soldiers of the Fourth Army.

After turning around in a circle, Su Liang grabbed the horse's rope and said loudly: "Children of the Golden Armor, are you ready?"

The man with golden armor is a good name.

Only those who can stand at the gate and corner of the palace during major royal sacrificial occasions or court meetings are known as the golden-armored men.

Some are even called palace generals.

However, due to the ridicule in Su Liang's article "On the estrangement between the Privy Council and the Three Yamen", the man in golden armor became synonymous with "silly big man".

These words coming from Su Liang's mouth were extremely insulting.

The elites of the Fourth Army were all clenching their fists, very angry.

Su Liang continued: "Across from you, there is a group of recruits with an average age of less than twenty years old. Their monthly salary is three times that of you, and their food is several times better than yours. Moreover, they also want to steal away Your title of 'emperor's personal soldiers'!"

"If you lose this battle, it will be the failure of the entire Fourth Army and the failure of the San Yamen. It will prove that I, Su Liang, have no problem impeaching the Privy Council and the San Yamen, and I have no problem with my evaluation of you!"

"If you lose this battle, you will no longer be qualified to become the Fourth Army, or even the Forbidden Army!"

"For the rest of your life, you are only qualified to build roads and bridges, and you are only qualified to transport food, grass and weapons for real soldiers. You will become a shame to our Song Dynasty Forbidden Army!"

……

"The officials are watching from a distance. I hope you can be more energetic and don't lose too badly, otherwise you won't even be qualified to serve as soldiers!"

Say it.

Seeing that the soldiers were already filled with murderous intent, Su Liang immediately turned his horse's head and ran in the other direction.

His purpose has been achieved.

The five hundred elites of the Fourth Army all widened their eyes.

They knew that Su Liang was deliberately irritating them and making them fight with all their strength, but the insult of these words was too strong.

They are also carefully selected after many layers of selection.

They also train every day, and everyone is skilled in martial arts, enjoying the reputation of "the strongest military unit in the Song Dynasty".

At this moment, everyone was irritated!

"Brothers, will we lose to those new recruits?"

"No! No! No!"

Five hundred elites shouted at the same time.

The sound echoed through the sky.

A large flock of birds in the forest ahead were frightened away.

"Next, let's show them what a real soldier is. If you join the Fourth Army, you will win!" A veteran led by five hundred elites said loudly.

"If you go up to the four armies, you will win! If you go up to the four armies, you will win! If you go up to the four armies, you will win!"

This time, the noise was louder.

The fighting emotions of the soldiers were all aroused.

After Zhao Zhen heard these shouts, he smiled and said: "Su Jingming improves the fighting spirit of the soldiers. He is indeed a good player!"

And this moment.

Su Liang had already galloped to the other side of the forest.

The five hundred heavy cavalry recruits also heard the other party's shouts.

Su Liang looked at the five hundred new recruits with a satisfied expression on his face.

Unlike the expressionless faces of the veterans, these recruits were all excited and full of determination to win this battle.

As soon as Su Liang came.

It attracted everyone's attention.

At this moment, Su Liang has become their spiritual leader.

Su Liang looked at the recruits with a smile.

"I just came back from the opposite side. Those veterans said they defeated you new recruits without any effort. Do you accept it?"

"I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced!"

The voices of these new recruits became louder.

"Not convinced? There's no point in saying you're not convinced. Only by defeating them can you show your capabilities!"

"You now have the reputation of being the emperor's personal soldiers, but no one recognizes you. You don't even have a title!"

"I know that most of the people here enlisted in the army because of poverty. This may be your only chance to change your fate."

"Only by winning will you have status, and you will be worthy of the treatment you are enjoying now. If you are beaten by them until you are unable to fight back, in my opinion, there is no need for you to exist, and you are not worthy of riding on my horse. The best horse in the Song Dynasty is not worthy of wearing the best armor of the Song Dynasty, let alone enjoying the best treatment of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty!"

"If you want to prove your worth, defeat the veterans on the opposite side today!"

"Kill them!"

I don’t know who shouted, and the recruits immediately shouted: "Fuck them to death! Kill them to death! Kill them to death!"

He is murderous and fearless of anything.

These sounds that resounded through the sky could definitely be heard from the other side.

Seeing that Su Liang had successfully aroused the anger of both parties, he immediately turned his horse around and returned to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen signaled that the battle could begin.

The bodyguards, horsemen, and soldiers were all waiting for Wei Ze, who ordered his soldiers to wave colorful flags to signal that both sides could enter the forest.

soon.

The two parties entered the mountain forest.

In the mountains and forests, whether the two sides engage in a melee team fight or fight in small teams depends on their adaptability.

The deadline for this battle is when the sun sets.

When the sun sets, whichever side has more soldiers left in the forest will win.

Susu! Susu! Susu!

The soldiers stepped on thick layers of fallen leaves, and wherever they went, the birds on the treetops fled in panic.

In mountain forests, trees are sparse.

Zhao Zhen and others stood at a high place and could see almost clearly. Not long after.

The two sides were less than three hundred meters apart, and they both saw each other.

this moment.

Everyone tightened their headscarves almost at the same time.

Not far away, there were several veterans (basket keepers) standing, and there was a bamboo basket hanging on the tree next to them.

As long as a turban falls into the basket.

The veteran will read out the name of the eliminated person, and the latter must leave the forest.

When the distance between the two sides was less than 200 meters.

A recruit shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, let's attack one wave first. This wave will be enough to destroy their courage, and then we will form a five-person team and annihilate them individually!"

After that, the recruits passed the slogans with hand gestures and quickly formed a long formation.

Then, the body formed an arch shape and began to sprint forward.

The speed is getting faster and faster.

"Defense! Defense! As long as the formation remains stable, we are not afraid of them!"

Immediately, the veterans set up a defensive formation.

Almost in the blink of an eye.

The new soldiers rushed in front of the veterans.

One by one, they rushed forward and snatched the headscarf.

Each one is as fierce as a tiger.

Boxing, elbows, cross kicks, side kicks, wrestling...

The two sides had been fighting for less than ten seconds when they heard a basket guard shout loudly: "Fourth Army, Xu Shan, eliminated!"

"Advanced to the fourth army, combined with the two strong ones, eliminated!"

"Up to the Fourth Army, Hong Wu, eliminated!"

"On the Fourth Army, Sun Youde is eliminated!"

……

News of this elimination quickly reached Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen frowned slightly, but he didn't expect it to be one-sided from the beginning.

Six members of the Upper Fourth Army have been eliminated in a row, but none of the heavy cavalry recruits has been eliminated yet.

"This... this... situation is not very good!" Zhao Zhen frowned.

If the Fourth Army loses this battle in embarrassment, then Zhao Zhen will definitely reorganize his army.

Bianjing City relies entirely on these people for defense!

On the side, Wei Ze said unhurriedly: "Officials, don't be anxious. The recruits are just newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers. But if they are eager for success, I'm afraid they will suffer a loss after they rush in."

Su Liang nodded in approval.

At that moment, the heavy cavalry recruits were indeed very aggressive and rushed into the veterans' camp.

But the defensive formation of the veterans has not been broken down yet.

These veterans, although oily.

But after all, he is the best elite of the Fourth Army and has rich experience.

as predicted.

In less than a moment, the number of heavy cavalry eliminated increased.

"Heavy cavalry, Wu Daniu, eliminated!"

"Heavy Cavalry, Qian Feihu, eliminated!"

"Heavy Cavalry, Han Xude, eliminated!"

……

A quarter of an hour later.

The large teams on both sides were cut off from each other and suddenly entered a melee mode.

Some teams of three people, some teams of five people, some rely on earth slopes for cover, some pull tree vines as weapons, and some look for lone soldiers and quickly launch sneak attacks...

Next, the competition is about teamwork and combat effectiveness.

boom! boom! boom!

The soldiers were very ruthless for their own glory.

They are all punching to the flesh.

Some had their front teeth knocked out, some had bleeding mouths and noses, and some had broken arms. But as long as the turban was there, no one was willing to quit, and no one shouted the word "surrender."

Zhao Zhen was kind-hearted, but he was frightened when he saw it.

"Is this...is this...too rough?"

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but say when he saw a veteran lifting a recruit and slamming it against a tree.

On the side, Xu Mang said: "Guan Jia, when Xixia soldiers were training, they sometimes fought with wolves. Broken hands and feet often occurred. It seemed like some damage, but in fact, it tempered the fighting spirit and bloodiness of the soldiers. During the war, On the contrary, it is not easy to lose your life! Our soldiers should sacrifice their lives to protect the country, this injury is nothing."

In fact, when Xu Mang was training new recruits in the military camp, he still kept them.

If he is in the northwest, he will be even more cruel, and whipping soldiers is a common thing.

In the military camp, there is no reason to argue. If you disobey orders or fail to complete tasks, you will be punished.

Zhao Zhen nodded.

He was quite satisfied as he watched the soldiers fighting in the forest.

No one is afraid of fighting, everyone dares to fight.

Let such a soldier go to the battlefield, he will have confidence and a sense of security.

More than half an hour later.

There are only about three to four hundred soldiers left in the mountains and forests, and the number of new recruits is slightly higher than that of veterans.

But, this moment.

The veteran's momentum grew.

The later you get, the more important combat experience becomes.

This group of veterans is very slippery, constantly making dirty and damaging moves.

There is no martial ethics at all.

Some spread ashes, some used tree vines to make traps, and some used words to arouse the recruits' anger to trick them into traps.

After most of the recruits' physical strength was exhausted, their advantage became smaller and smaller.

"Young recruit, if you have the guts, challenge your grandpa to a duel. If you win, I will give you the headscarf!" A veteran stood on a slope and shouted loudly.

At this time, a new recruit stood up.

"Old man, come on, I'll kill you!"

After saying that, he rushed towards the veteran.

And this time.

There were two people behind the tree next to the veteran. The three of them worked together to quickly take away the recruit's turban, and then threw it into a bamboo basket not far away.

"Heavy cavalry, Xu Sanduo, eliminated!" the basket guard shouted loudly.

This is the glibness of veterans.

On the battlefield, there is no one-on-one combat, no martial ethics, no sneak attacks, no disobedience to the rules.

As long as you can win, any conspiracy can be used.

The new recruits suffered a big loss in this regard.

"Brothers, protect your headscarf, work in groups of three, fight them as hard as you can, don't pay attention to what they say, kill them one by one!"

……

Gradually.

The sun set slowly down the mountain.

"The battle is over!"

As Wei Ze's loud and rough voice sounded, the veterans put away their bamboo baskets one after another, signaling the end of the battle.

At the same time, medical officers rushed into the mountains and forests.

After a while.

Zhao Zhen, Su Liang and other people also came to the mountain forest.

At this moment, the eliminated members of both sides stood on both sides, while soldiers wearing turbans stood in two other places.

Wei Ze and Xu Mang were busy counting each other's numbers.

Zhao Zhen looked around.

Of these 1,000 people, more than 90% were successful.

Although none of them were seriously injured, the intensity of the battle was something they had never experienced before during the training of the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army.

Soon, the head count was completed, and the two came to Zhao Zhen.

this moment.

The only sounds in the forest were the sound of wind and the pounding of my heart.

Zhao Zhen looked at Wei Ze and Xu Mang and said, "Report!"

At this moment, Su Liang's mood became tense.

Although both sides are brave, he hopes that the heavy cavalry recruits will win, because if they win, they will have a designation and better welfare benefits.

They were brought out by Su Liang single-handedly.

Wei Ze took the lead and said: "Heavy cavalry, 413 were eliminated and 87 remained."

After Xu Mang heard this data, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said loudly: "In the fourth army, 413 people were eliminated and 87 people remained."

draw.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a draw.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Fourth Army and the heavy cavalry all looked depressed.

Both sides felt regretful and depressed that they were so close to victory.

At this time, Su Liang, Wei Ze, Xu Mang and others all looked at Zhao Zhen. In the event of a draw, it would be up to the officials to judge.

(End of this chapter)