正せい兵へい

noun

regular soldiers; regular army

Military term for conventional, standing troops, often contrasted with irregular forces (奇兵).

Antonyms: 奇兵

• 正せい兵へいと奇き兵へいを組くみ合あわせた戦せん術じゅつが用もちいられた。

  Tactics combining regular and irregular forces were used.