I believe that many people are no strangers to the "Great Qin Empire", whether it is a novel or a TV series, there are ingredients that make people's blood boil, especially the tiger and wolf division composed of old Qin people, which has made great contributions to the qin state to finally stand out and destroy the six countries, this tiger and wolf division is Qin Ruishi, and among The Qin Ruishi, there is an elite in the elite, that is, the iron eagle sharps, and the iron eagle sharps are improved by the famous Qin state general Sima Wei on the basis of the iron eagle swordsmen.
Sima Cuo's purpose was to establish an elite unit that could surpass the Zhao "Hufu Cavalry" and the Qi State "Technical Cavalry" on horseback, and the infantry surpassed the Wei State 'Wei Wu Pawns'. Therefore, its selection and training must be extremely rigorous, and it is true.
Before Sima mistakenly recruited iron eagle sharp soldiers, there were iron eagle swordsmen in the Qin army, but the number was extremely small, only more than a hundred, because the selection was extremely strict, and many soldiers were not competent. In the Warring States period, elite divisions from all over the world appeared one after another, Wei Wupao, Qi Jiao, Zhao Feiqi, etc. were all elites in the elite, and they could often be one to ten on the battlefield, and their power was naturally quite large. For example, Wei Wupao, the strongest of the infantry, made great contributions to the expansion of the territory of the Wei state. In the Battle of Yin and Jin in 389 BC, Wu Qi led 50,000 Wei wu pawns and a small number of cavalry and chariots to defeat the 500,000 troops of the Qin state, which was definitely a shame among the shames of the Qin state.
When Sima Mistakenly prepared the Iron Eagle Sharps, it was natural to borrow from these elite divisions, especially Wei Wupao. When Sima mistakenly selected the Iron Eagle Ruishi, he had to add some more stringent conditions to wei Wuzhu's selection criteria.
Wei Wupao's selection was like this: soldiers should carry 1 spear, 20 long arrows, 1 piece of hard work, 3 days of military food, a total of 50 kilograms, carrying 50 kilograms of rapid travel for 100 miles and then immediately enter the war, so that qualified soldiers can become a member of Wei Wupao.
In order to build an army that surpassed Wei Wu's pawns, Sima Que naturally could not become an iron eagle sharp soldier under such conditions alone, and the soldiers also had to be equipped with full armor, 1 short sword, 1 dagger, and 1 shield on this basis, with a total weight of 80 pounds, and after a rapid march of 100 miles, they joined the battle, and then the cavalry engaged in cavalry warfare, infantry engaged in infantry warfare, and after passing the pass, they also had to participate in various kinds of battles, more martial arts, etc., so that they could become real iron eagle warriors, which was very demanding for soldiers, and therefore, Of the 200,000 new troops, only 1,600 Iron Eagles can be selected.
The combat effectiveness of these 1600 Iron Eagle Sharps is amazing, but in fact, the term "Iron Eagle Sharps" does not exist in history, it is just an army written by Sun Haohui. There are not many descriptions of the Qin army in the historical records, and there is no mention of the Iron Eagle Ruishi, but the Qin Ruishi did exist in history, and Xun Zi had such an evaluation in the "Discussion of soldiers":
Qi's martial arts cannot meet Wei's martial pawns; Wei's martial pawns cannot meet Qin's sharp soldiers.
Among them were Qi Jiaojie, Wei Wupao, and Qin Ruishi. Qi Skill Strike is the weakest, and Wei Wuzu's combat effectiveness is also amazing, under the command of Wu Qi, its role is huge, but its consumption of national strength is also amazing, so it is difficult to last, and it is difficult to copy, unless it is a country with a large and abundant country.
Xun Zi elaborated on Wei Wuzu's selection and training methods, but for Qin Ruishi, he did not explain in detail his selection and training methods. In fact, Qin Ruishi was not the elite of the Qin Army like Wei Wushu was the elite of the Wei Army, it was basically the entire Qin Army. The reform of the Qin army originated from the Shang martingale transformation law, and the Qin state set up a twenty-level military merit knighthood system, from the first rank of the duke to the twentieth level of thorough waiting, as the first level of the knighthood rose, the reward given became more and more generous. The head of the enemy is the instrument of meritorious service of the Qin soldiers.
Of course, there are rewards and punishments, and for soldiers who do not act on the battlefield, the punishment is also quite severe, and they will also be seated consecutively, and the Qin army will be five people in a group, even if these five people are tied together, if one person breaks the law, five people are punished together, and the means of exemption from punishment can only be the first rank of the enemy, and so on. Under such a system, the Qin people are basically all soldiers, and everyone wants to make meritorious contributions, and everyone can only make meritorious contributions to improve their class status. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was amazing.
Even the well-trained Wei Wu pawns could not compete with each other.