Chapter 593 Six Assessment Subjects (Seeking votes and subscriptions)
After morning exercises, when many soldiers went back to eat breakfast and tidy up their housework, Luo Chong also called Ying Rui and Xue Tu over to arrange the rules for today's selection assessment. The
assessment is mainly divided into several items. The first is the barbell snatch, but the lifting action is cancelled. The action requires the examinee to stand with both feet astride, and the knees cannot be bent. He can only bend over and hold the barbell with both hands, and then lift the barbell to the waist. There is no limit to the number of times, just do your best, do as many times as you can, and the one with the most number is excellent.
The purpose of this assessment is mainly because this action is almost the same as the process of stringing a crossbow. You have to step on the semicircular iron ring in front of the crossbow arm with your feet, and then pull the string up with both hands. The same is true for lifting the barbell. The more times you can lift, the more times you can string. In this way, the selected crossbowmen will have more endurance and can shoot more times than others.
The second is to test vision. First, prepare five wooden signs the size of a human head, paint them white, write ten numbers from 0 to 9 on both sides, and then arrange for individuals to randomly hold up signs at a distance for the test subjects to identify.
The purpose of this vision test is also for archers, and at the same time, some of the best can be selected to serve as scouts, that is, scouts.
The third is to quickly pass the test of high and low piles and balance beams. Those who complete smoothly are good, and those who are the fastest are excellent.
This test is mainly to select warriors with excellent sense of balance, that is, people with developed cerebellum. It can be used for cavalry and sword and shield soldiers. Cavalry is the most bumpy on horseback, and they also have to learn some extremely difficult stunts, which are comparable to gymnasts. The requirements for balance are very demanding.
Although sword and shield soldiers do not ride horses, they need to hold different weapons with both hands, one shield and the other steel knife. Unlike other arms, whether it is a spear, an iron halberd, or a crossbow, they all hold a weapon with both hands. Sword and shield soldiers, who hold weapons in both hands, also have high requirements for balance.
The fourth is the wooden ball poking test. First, prepare a half-meter wide and two-meter high wooden board, and then drill several bowl-sized holes on the vertical central axis. The positions of the holes correspond to the face, neck, chest, and abdomen of the human body. There are five holes in total. A wooden ball of equal diameter is stuffed into each hole so that the wooden ball is stuck in the hole.
The person being tested needs to hold a four-meter-long wooden stick and sprint from 20 meters away. When rushing in front of the wooden sign, use the wooden stick to poke any ball. Each person has five chances. The more times you stab, the better the score.
There is nothing to say about this test. It is completely for the purpose of recruiting spearmen because it is too targeted.
The fifth project is called knocking on bamboo poles. It is a test method created by Luo Chong. First, select several bamboo poles of the same length and thickness, and even the length of the bamboo joints are all the same, and then paint each bamboo joint in a different color.
One of them is horizontally supported by a bracket and fixed to the same height as a person's shoulder. Another two are erected and installed on the left and right of the horizontal bar.
The examinee needs to hold a three-meter-long bamboo pole. The front section of the bamboo pole used for striking needs to be drilled with a hole, and then filled with sand to increase the weight, which is used to simulate the installation of iron tools. Finally, the section filled with sand is painted white.
During the assessment, the invigilator will read out the color of the target at any time, and then the examinee needs to instantly hit the corresponding color area on the bamboo pole with the white head of the bamboo pole.
The purpose of this assessment is mainly to select halberd soldiers. This long weapon is the first time Luo Chong has taken out the halberd.
Ancient long weapons are mainly divided into three categories. One is the spear, also called the long spear, which can only be used for stabbing. It can also be divided into many types according to the length and usage, but generally there are only two small categories, one is a hand-held spear or long spear, and the other is a short and light throwing spear, which belongs to the long-range throwing spear category.
The second type is the halberd, which is shaped like a long-handled sickle. There is a short blade placed horizontally on the side at the front of the wooden handle. It can be used in two ways: pecking and cutting. That is, swing the wooden pole horizontally and stab the short blade in front of the enemy. After stabbing, it can be pulled back, just like a sickle cutting grass, and the whole body can be cut open. This action is called cutting. People who are more skilled in using it can even use this sickle to cut the enemy's neck. It is also often placed horizontally on the chariot to harvest the enemy's heads.
However, the functions of the above two types of long weapons are relatively simple. One can only stab, and the other can only peck or cut, but the third type of halberd combines these two weapons together.
This thing was equipped in large quantities as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was not uncommon until the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties. It was just renamed and was called a sickle gun by Luo Cheng, a famous general in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Yue Fei, a famous general in the Song Dynasty.
You can tell what it is just by the name. To put it simply, a sickle head is added under the spear head, which is equivalent to putting both the spear and the halberd on a wooden handle. It can be used to stab the enemy, peck like a halberd, or even hook the horse's leg or the human leg. It is the best long weapon for spear infantry, and it can play a great advantage whether it is used for infantry or cavalry.
However, this useful thing has never developed in history. In the end, the spear was the only one that dominated, and other halberds and halberds disappeared, because this weapon has a deadly opponent, the hook.
With a hook in one hand and a long sword in the other, all halberds and halberds have to kneel down and call daddy in front of their natural enemy, the hook.
The hook is a small shield with two iron hooks on the upper and lower ends. When you come to peck at me with a halberd or a halberd, I will first block it with the shield on the hook, and then hook the corner of the halberd or the halberd with the hook, so that you can't take back your weapon. At this time, I will use my other hand to hit you with a sword, and you can't even block it, and can only wait for death with your eyes open.
But Luo Chong was not afraid, because only he knew the secret of the hook. As long as he did not create the natural enemy of the halberd and the halberd, the iron halberd equipped by the Han tribe would be invincible.
Besides, the test of knocking on the bamboo pole, which asked the examinee to knock on the bamboo pole at the same height as the shoulder with the head of the bamboo pole, was actually equivalent to pecking the enemy's shoulder or neck with the halberd. The action was exactly the same.
In addition, different colors were painted on different target positions, one was to test the examinee's reaction speed, and the other was to see if they were color blind, so that different goals could be achieved at the same time.
This test was also based on the fastest speed, the correct hitting color, and the most effective hits.
In addition to these technical tests, there was also a sixth physical test. Each person carried two bamboo rafts filled with sand, that is, eight bamboo sections filled with sand, four in front and four in the back, tied to the chest and back respectively, and then ran ten kilometers.
There was no requirement to run out of formation, and the goal was to be fast. Whoever ran the fastest had an excellent result.
The final assignment of arms is based on comprehensive performance assessment, and no one knows what standards are required for each arm, so even if those soldiers cheat, they don’t know which item to cheat on, because there are a total of six subjects, which everyone has to take, and there is no targeting at all.
In order to prevent them from cheating, everyone was informed that those with excellent overall scores would be selected as officers, so that no one would cheat, because in order to have excellent overall scores, one had to perform to the best of their ability in all items.
By the time Luo Chong had arranged all the assessment items, the soldiers had finished their breakfast, tidied up their housework, and then began to gather at the parade ground when they heard the assembly drum.
The subjects that need to be tested in the morning are all technical, and the physical fitness test is all in the afternoon. Otherwise, if you run 10 kilometers with weights first, you will be exhausted one by one, and there will be no way to test the remaining subjects.
The first test is the high and low piles and balance beams, also known as plum blossom piles and single-plank bridges. There are more than a dozen wooden piles of different heights at the beginning of the examination room, and behind them is a ten-meter-long single-plank bridge. It is very narrow, only ten centimeters wide, not even as wide as a palm.
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Jiandun is a new soldier from Liuyang County. He has joined the Han tribe for three years. He has just turned eighteen now. He has no special skills and no title.
He is a member of the Sharp Horn Tribe who joined the Han tribe. He used to make a living by herding saiga antelopes. Later, he joined the Han tribe and was given the surname Jian. He began to learn farming. He got married at the age of fifteen. He has a wife at home and has three children. The eldest son is four years old, the second daughter is two and a half years old, and the youngest son is still breastfeeding.
Jiandun arrived at Liuyang County when it was first built. It was also at that time that he came into contact with the professional soldiers of the Han tribe. As a young and energetic teenager, he was very attracted to the equipment and weapons of the Han tribe soldiers, especially the large shields and waist swords of the sword and shield soldiers, as well as the shiny black armor. However, the leader never expanded the army, so he had no chance to enlist.
This time, the leader finally decided to expand the army, and his age just met the minimum requirements. He also had three children, which also met the leader's condition that no sons would be recruited, so he immediately signed up.
Anyway, he already had two sons and a daughter, so there was nothing to regret even if he really died in battle. Besides, the pension given by the leader was not low. If he died in battle, not only would his eldest son be given a higher title, but the tribe would also give him a martyr's subsidy to raise his children to adulthood.
If he was lucky enough to make a contribution, he could be awarded a title for his merits. Even if he didn't make any contributions, he could still get a military salary of 30 yuan a month, which was equivalent to a worker's salary. It was not low. In this case, why not join the army?
Besides, the chances of making contributions and getting a title were much greater than other professions. So with this purpose in mind, Jiandun came to the barracks. His goal was to become an excellent sword and shield soldier, but the current assessment items made him confused. No matter how hard he tried
, he could never guess what the high and low piles and balance beams in front of him had to do with sword and shield soldiers. There was no other way. If you have excellent comprehensive scores, you can become an officer. So just do your best.
Jiandun's team was the first to take the assessment. He followed his captain and came to the examination room in two neat rows. There were 25 people in a team, and Jiandun was in the middle. At this time, he suddenly heard the captain calling his name, so he immediately stood at attention and shouted "Here".
"Jiandun, step out of the line and get your test number."
"Yes." Jiandun did not hesitate. Although he did not know what the test number was, he still followed the captain's order and walked to the examiner in front. Then, under the examiner's guidance, he received a bamboo board. His name was painted on the inside of the bamboo board, and there was a number 0012 below. This was probably the test number.
After getting the test number, he stood back in the team again, and then his captain demonstrated the test process to them. First, they ran and jumped onto the high and low piles, then quickly passed through with one deep foot and one shallow foot, and then took a few steps to run onto the balance beam, and quickly ran across the long and narrow wood. Although they did not know what the purpose of this test was, they still remembered it after one time.
Then everyone began to take the test in the order of the test number. The new recruits in front of him rushed over one by one. Some fell down when they passed the high and low piles, and some fell down when they were halfway across the balance beam. Each person had two chances. After the test, the examiner and clerk brought by the leader recorded their scores on the form.
The examiner was only responsible for calling the test number, observing the test performance of the test takers, and finally recording the results. He did not say whether it was good or bad. Whether the test was passed quickly or failed twice, the examiner did not make any comments.
"0012, go forward to take the test." The examiner's voice sounded.
When it was finally Jiandun's turn, his palms were a little sweaty due to nervousness, and he trotted a few steps to the starting line. His captain came over and patted his shoulder, and then encouraged him.
"Don't be nervous, relax, this thing is not that difficult, don't go too fast when you start, you must see clearly and step accurately after you get on, raise both arms to keep balance, it's better to be slow than to fall down, when you get to the balance beam later, you must start slowly and accurately, and you can speed up after you run up, do a good job, I'm counting on you."
The captain repeated the same words to Jiandun for the twelfth time, he actually counted on everyone
"Yes, thank you captain."
After saying this, Jiandun took two deep breaths and rushed up, running ten meters, and then jumped onto the half-meter high wooden stake. He thought about the skills the captain said, stretched out his arms to keep balance, and stared at his feet, afraid of taking a wrong step, it's better to be stable than to pursue speed blindly.
The wooden stakes with a diameter of less than a foot passed by his feet one by one, sometimes high and sometimes low, making him almost fall down, but he still passed the high and low stakes without any danger, and then ran another ten meters, slowly ran onto the balance beam along a piece of wood inserted diagonally into the ground, and then suddenly accelerated according to the skills the captain said.
The ten-meter-long balance beam under his feet was marked with red paint on every meter. He didn't have time to look at the numbers on the wood. He only knew that the horizontal lines passed by his feet. However, the feeling of falling at any time still surrounded him. He tried his best to keep his balance, but he still fell off the balance beam at the last meter.
Jiandun sighed helplessly, walked to the starting line from the side, and then heard the examiner ask.
"Each person has two chances. Do you want to try again? You can take the best of the two scores."
Jiandun was happy when he heard it. Since he took the best one, even if he fell the second time, it would not affect his score. It would be best if he could run to the end next time, but it didn't matter
if he couldn't run. Why not try again. Moreover, he passed the high and low poles in one try, and ran 8.5 meters on the balance beam. Compared with the dozen or so comrades in front, this result is already very good. If he can do better, wouldn't he have the opportunity to become an officer?
Thinking of this, Jiandun nodded without hesitation and said, "I want to try again."
(End of this chapter)
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