The training of soldiers has been noticed in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is still general training. In the Warring States period, because the requirements of war on soldiers' physique and combat skills were greatly improved, it was difficult to complete combat tasks without special and strict training, so all countries strengthened the training of standing armies and improved the standards and treatment of soldiers. Destroy the rank of a hundred officials and damage the officials who are not in a hurry to select people who practice? , from the candidates? Postpone the election? Standing army system.
Only those who meet the standards after examination can be incorporated into the standing army. For example, when Li Mu lived in Daidai in Historical Records, the candidates for Daixian county were all trained first, and then? There are 1300 riders, 13000 riders, 50,000 men with 100 gold medals, and 100000 winners (crossbowmen)? .
The standard of selecting infantry in Qi army is boxing and other skills. Wei's army, on the other hand, attaches great importance to endurance and marching speed, and requires full armed forces, carrying bows, crossbows, arrows, swords and other weapons and three days' rations, starting in the morning and running a hundred miles by noon.
Chariots have higher standards and stricter requirements. Only people under the age of 40 and over1.73m in height can chase galloping horses and shoot arrows from all directions during the galloping of chariots. A soldier? . If a soldier who acts as a charioteer cannot operate a chariot skillfully after four years of training, he will be fined 1 guilder, and I will be relieved of my duties as charioteer and have to make up for the corvee for four years.
Cavalry and war horses are selected from all counties. If the cavalry and war horses sent to us are not up to standard or the level is reduced, Sima, who is in charge of the military and political affairs of counties and counties, will be dismissed, and the competent officials such as county magistrate and county cheng will also be punished.
The standard of cavalry is: under 40 years old, above 1.73 meters in height, strong and quick-witted, able to bow and shoot arrows in galloping, advancing and retreating freely, daring to attack enemy defense lines and destroy enemy battle formation. The standard requirement of a war horse is 1.33 meters high, and the Mercedes-Benz system obeys the command. The heights of the cavalry figurines and horse figurines unearthed from the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit in the Qin Mausoleum fully meet the above requirements: the height of the horse is exactly 1.33 meters, and the height of the cavalry exceeds 1.8 meters. They are all well-proportioned, slender and very alert, which shows that the records in ancient books are completely true.
The treatment of the standing army soldiers selected above is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. For example, once soldiers of Wei State are selected to join the army, they can not only be exempted from taxes of their families, but also be allocated land and houses. In this way, there is a kind of troops with their own strengths according to the soldiers' specialties. Soldiers who are good at using swords, grappling hooks, scurrying and charging are organized into a team. They are highly skilled and selected through training and examination, such as You Wu? Stride? 、? Vigorously? , South Korea has? Super feet? 、? A crossbowman? , the more? Xi Liu? Wait a minute.
These are all new types of troops that emerged at the turn of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This kind of troops is hard to come by. For example, it took Wu seven years to complete the training and Yue three years to complete the training. Therefore, it is definitely impossible to let them retire soon. They have been in the army for a long time and have special economic benefits, so they have a certain nature of employment and become professional professional soldiers, which has created a precedent for the recruitment system in later generations!