New Shun 1730

Liu Yu thought, is this little money spent on the new army also considered money? If you knew how much money I spent in the navy, wouldn’t you be scared?

Although the Prussian privates in the later period were trained with 30 to 50 lead bullets a year and then sent to the battlefield, they can still be used. But thinking that the Qingzhou army training in Xiaozhan is to shock the court, it is better to spend more money.

Although this new army will not be his own in the future, if he spends more today, the navy will be able to ask for more money in the future.

He didn't want to talk about the inside story, so he picked up a paper-wrapped bullet and said, "This thing has another benefit. Once the war starts, the artillery fire is everywhere, and many soldiers are panicked, so they may fill the lead bullet first and then put the gunpowder."

"How to fill such a gunpowder bag requires strict training. You need to hold the lead bullet in your mouth first, just like using chopsticks to get used to it, so that you can eliminate it."

After explaining the beauty of it, Li Jiusi nodded and said, "Although this thing is small, it also shows that Shou Chang is very careful."

Standing here for a while, the people sent by each camp have received it in an orderly manner, and it only took two quarters of an hour.

During this period, Li Jiusi has seen the beauty of it. When receiving it here, the various camps are not panicked, but lined up neatly waiting.

"Does Shouchang usually train like this?"

"No, it's just that it's like this when we pay our salaries. It's a habit. It's the same when we pay our salaries and when we collect gunpowder. No one dares to mess up unless they want to deduct their salaries."

"Hahahaha... this is a great idea."

Li Jiusi laughed loudly, feeling very satisfied, thinking that it really wasn't because he came here to prepare in advance.

Thinking about what Liu Yu said about the staff, he asked again: "As Shou Chang said, these staff usually plan all kinds of situations in advance? Once there is a need, they act according to the previously planned plan?"

"Yes. There is no need for deliberate rehearsal. Once the military order is given, the staff have their own plans and can use them. How to form a team and how to maintain order are all practiced in daily life. Which unit will take it first and which unit will take it later are also planned in advance, so it is busy but not chaotic."

"Well, that's very good."

Li Jiusi knows the meaning of the four words "busy but not chaotic" too well. Although the truly elite troops of Dashun can also obey orders, they will never react so quickly when encountering various situations.

Especially if there is any need, you have to rehearse in advance to achieve the four words "busy but not chaotic". If what Liu Yu said is true, the combat effectiveness of this new army can be expected.

Going back to the place where they assembled in front, dozens of four-wheeled carriages have already moved to the front of each camp, and the military rations in the pockets have been carried out from them and distributed to each camp.

Li Jiusi did not continue to watch, but let Liu Yu lead them to the hill in the north.

Before twelve o'clock, the troops at the foot of the mountain had already formed a team, the drums stopped, and the military looked solemn.

After reporting, Li Jiusi looked at the neat team at the foot of the mountain and nodded. Just now, the speed of assembly is fast enough.

And because of the unified equipment, it has changed from a flower team to a pure team, and it is much easier to form a team.

According to the battalion, they were arranged in a queue.

It seems that as long as an order is given, the chief officer of each battalion only needs to issue a turn order, and they can move forward in sequence like when they were in line just now.

The team of nearly 10,000 people stopped at the foot of the mountain, and there was no sound at all, and no one moved.

The black bayonets hung on the muzzles of the guns, like a dense forest, which made people terrified.

The company of 100 people was arranged in four rows, with about 24 or 25 people in each row.

Because they didn't have a lit matchlock on their bodies, they didn't have to worry about igniting the gunpowder on their comrades, so they stood almost shoulder to shoulder.

Five companies formed a battalion, and the interval between each company was about fifteen steps.

This was a formation that Li Jiusi had never seen before. The Dashun military system was a combination of cold and hot weapons. The matchlock gun formation was sparser than this, and the spear formation was much denser than this.

He was a little confused.

"Why are there more than ten steps between companies?"

"Returning to the Duke, this is the marching formation. If you encounter an enemy, you can quickly deploy. If the enemy is infantry, you can quickly deploy into a horizontal column according to the battalion; if the enemy is cavalry, such a large gap is just right to quickly form a hollow formation; if you find a gap in the enemy formation, you can use this formation to attack the gap. This is the marching formation. The so-called Tai Chi gives birth to two yin and yang, and two yin and yang give birth to four images. This is the original formation. Change according to the situation and move according to the shape. How to change the formation depends on the order of the commander."

Li Jiusi smiled and said, "I thought that Westerners' military formations might not use formations. I didn't expect Westerners to use formations?"

"There is no army without formations. There are thousands of formations, and when setting up the formation, you have to adapt to the situation. But since we are going to march, this formation is more suitable. "

Li Jiusi observed the army formation and waited for about a quarter of an hour. After making sure that no one moved within a quarter of an hour, he asked: "Shou Chang once said that a well-organized army does not need a wise general, and it cannot be defeated easily. Now I am in charge, can I command it?"

"Of course. The Duke only needs to tell what situation he may encounter next. As for commanding in battle, that is what the commander-in-chief should do. And changing the formation during the march or changing the formation unexpectedly is not what the commander-in-chief should do. The Duke might as well try it. "

Speaking of this, Li Jiusi also became curious and asked: "How to try it?"

"You can assume a certain situation. For example, marching towards a distant hill, it is confirmed that there are no enemies around. Or the enemy is in front, quickly advancing to a certain place and deploying the formation."

Liugong Island is not big, a little narrow. Li Jiusi pondered Liu Yu's meaning, and pointed to a hill by the sea in the distance and said: "Take that hill as the standard, and each unit will march, occupy the hill, and deploy on the hill."

The hill is only three or four miles away from the place where the formation is, just for the sake of meaning.

Liu Yu nodded, called the staff officers around him, and said to Li Jiusi: "You don't have to give me orders, just give them orders directly."

A group of staff officers who are not legitimate are eager to try, knowing that this is an opportunity to show off. After hearing Liu Yu's order, they all made way for Liu Yu and came to Li Jiusi and said, "Please give the order, Duke."

Li Jiusi thought for a moment and said, "Just as I said just now, the enemy is ahead, but we don't know the details. You must march to that hill within an hour, occupy the hill, and deploy your formation to prepare for the enemy."

"Yes!"

Wu Fangrui shouted, saluted with his legs together, and quickly made a plan with several staff officers.

"Replying to the Duke, our army plans to have the first regiment march quickly to occupy the hill and deploy its formation, and the second and third regiments will follow closely behind and form a formation with the two wings. The artillery will follow, and after deploying on the hill, the artillery will occupy the hill and the first regiment will advance forward. The left wing is the sea, and the cavalry can be stationed on the right wing."

Li Jiusi was startled, and Liu Yu explained, "This group of staff officers only have the power to make plans, and do not have the power to give orders to execute. The Duke needs to give orders."

"Well. Very good, let's do it."

After speaking, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it.

One hour, this is the time that Li Jiusi understands as an elite. About three miles, it takes time to line up, march, and deploy.

After the order was issued, several messengers quickly conveyed the order to the people below.

Dong Dong Dong...

The drum sounded suddenly.

The moment the drum sounded, Li Jiusi felt as if a forest was moving, neat and uniform, like wheat waves blown by the wind.

After the first battalion of the first regiment turned around, it began to march forward.

The four battalions of the same regiment followed closely behind. When they marched about one mile, three of the four battalions behind began to turn left and right, and it took only a few minutes to open up the gap with the first battalion.

Each battalion formed a support in the shape of a Chinese character, with a row of 25 people as a horizontal team, and each company was about 15 steps apart.

The battalions were about a hundred steps apart.

The two regiments behind also completed the formation, with the cavalry forming a formation on the left wing and the artillery relying on the regiment on the right wing.

It only took about a quarter of an hour to change from a formation that was convenient for marching to a formation that could be deployed at any time to meet the enemy, and it did not affect the speed of marching.

Li Jiusi was secretly amazed, thinking that at this speed, how could it take an hour? I am afraid that it would be deployed in another quarter of an hour.

He wanted to test the speed of the Qingzhou soldiers' change of formation, and suddenly ordered: "The enemy situation has changed. The enemy cavalry has left the main formation and attacked quickly."

After the order was given, the messenger quickly conveyed the order to the staff in front, and Li Jiusi heard a burst of rapid drums and whistles.

The scene that shocked him the most appeared.

The regiment that was marching in front stopped instantly after hearing the whistle.

The officers of the camp did not know what they were shouting, but they were too far away to hear clearly, and the drums suddenly changed.

The company at the front stood still, and the company at the back also stood still. Two of the remaining three companies in the middle quickly turned left and right.

The intervals reserved between each company and the training results of each company for several months were fully demonstrated at this moment.

In just two or three minutes, the regiment in the front quickly deployed five small hollow formations according to the V-shaped marching formation to meet the enemy.

The two rows of soldiers in the front kept their bayonets, and the soldiers inside quickly removed their bayonets to facilitate subsequent reloading.

The small artillery following the infantry quickly deployed in the corners of each battalion square.

The two regiments following behind took a little longer to deploy into two large hollow formations of more than 2,000 people.

The artillery was deployed next to the large hollow formation, and the cavalry originally on the left wing quickly moved to the rear to cover the slowest artillery.

All of this was so orderly and orderly that Li Jiusi, who was observing all this on the hillside, was completely stunned.

The speed of changing the formation was too fast.

It was faster than he expected. Especially the regiment in the front, the time it took to deploy into the hollow formation was too fast. Even if the enemy cavalry was seen with the naked eye, even if the scouts did not find the enemy at all, the speed of deployment was enough to complete the change of formation before the enemy cavalry rushed in.

Once the change of formation was completed, the enemy cavalry would break away from the main formation and advance rashly, which would inevitably lead to death.

He jumped on the warhorse and rushed down the hillside, followed by Liu Yu.

After arriving at the location of the first regiment, Li Jiusi was extremely shocked.

The five battalions supported each other in a Chinese character, 120 steps apart.

The soldiers in the first row half-crouched on the ground, the soldiers in the second row stood, and the soldiers behind removed their bayonets and prepared to load them.

If the enemy cavalry attacked, they would definitely not be able to break through such a square formation, at least the Mongolian cavalry he was familiar with could not break through.

Horse archery and foot archery were shooting at each other, that was courting death.

If they abandoned their main formation and attacked, they would have no choice but to move through the gaps between the square formations of the various camps in the face of such a formation, which would make them targets for the musketeers.

After turning their horses twice, they found that there were no blind spots. These musketeers could be both musketeers and spearmen, showing their advantages.

The musketeers with open flames could not be arranged in such a dense formation, and the mixed spearmen had to be covered by a large formation. The speed of marching would inevitably be extremely slow. If there was a slight disconnection, the cavalry would kill the musketeers first, and the army formation with only spearmen left could not change its formation at all.

After turning two more circles, Li Jiusi ordered: "The enemy cavalry has retreated, and they will form a horizontal formation!"

The messenger quickly conveyed the order to each camp. When the drum sound changed, the camps that were still in a hollow formation just now quickly reorganized into companies, turned around and quickly spread out, forming a horizontal formation of four rows.

The distance of 120 steps between each camp made it possible for the formations of each camp to be deployed without affecting each other.

In just a few minutes, a thin and long line appeared on the flat ground.

For Li Jiusi, who was training the Beijing Camp, such an army was really liked.

Looking at this long horizontal line of about 400 steps, he gave another order.

"March."

Waving his saber forward, the drummers composed of young boys beat the waist drums, and the flute sounded melodiously and played a cheerful rhythm.

The soldiers in line stepped on the drums, raised their heads, and slowly stepped forward.

The horizontal line of more than 400 steps was like a white wave on the beach, advancing forward in an orderly manner.