Spring and Autumn I Am King

"If I want to attack the crowd with less, I have no deep grass, and no defile, the enemy has arrived, and it is not suitable for the sun and sunset; I have no great powers, and no neighbors to help me to detour. According to the art of war, after the Qi people passed through the bushes and deep grass, the formation was indeed slow and scattered."

Standing on the Sima Rong car with a good view, Zhao Wuxi smiled. Today, he does not intend to "lead the way" as before, he will be the commander of the overall situation.

The way of a good teacher should be the first to be far away, to go two hundred miles to the enemy, and to know where the enemy is.

Because of the cavalry that was as light as the wind, Wu Zun's eyes were able to look far away, and Qiren's surveillance began from the green hills thirty miles away. Their numbers, arms, marching formations, flags, and even the distance from this place, someone came back to report every moment.

Qi's light chariots and pawns couldn't catch up with the single cavalry, so they could only sigh and sigh, as if they were flies that couldn't get rid of them, and they didn't care too much because they had more troops.

Just like the previous few times, they sent out the light "No > Wrong" chariots to find the way, and they were also shot and killed by the cavalry one by one without exception. It actually achieved the ideal state of making the enemy deaf and blind, allowing them to find themselves only after entering the battlefield prepared by their own side.

This is the advantage of having one more tactical arm.

Zhao Wuxi's main force of 500 soldiers set up a battle two miles away from Zhenyi after the meal, waiting for the arrival of Qi people.

The reason why he chose this distance was because early in the morning, he asked Dou Ping, a math student, to take someone to the front to visually inspect the farthest distance the opponent would find his army formation.

"As long as the entire army sits on the ground and the smoke does not rise, then if the enemy has no scouts to watch closely, you can only detect it with the naked eye when it is two miles away!"

Therefore, Zhao Wuxi chose a place two miles away from the vast bushes and deep grass. The whole army died down and sat on the ground to rest and wait.

His method of anticipating the enemy really worked. When the Qi people discovered the military pawn, they just happened to be in the middle of the bushes and the deep grass.

Zhao Wuxi resolutely got into the car and waved the flag: "The whole army stands in formation!"

The commanders shouted, "Get up!"

They expect the enemy to come first, to be near and far away, to be waiting for labor, and to be full for hunger. And the method of changing the formation, round and square, sit up and stand, walk and stop, left and right. Before and after, dividing and combining, knotting and unraveling, they were all trained every day in Shangqiu and even after arriving in Zhenyi. At this time, everyone stood up, spears, swords and shields in hand, and it turned out to be neat and quiet.

At this moment, Yu Xi also returned to report in person, and informed Wu Xie of the general formation of Qi people.

"There are 500 people on the left, middle and right? The front is heavy and the back is light?"

He thought for a moment. The flags danced, orders were issued one by one, and they began to adjust their shapes according to the enemy's situation.

"It is divided into three horizontal formations on the left, center and right, with a group of spearmen in the center. Twenty-five people in a row, four in a row."

"On the left and right flanks, there are two squadrons of spearmen, each in a row of ten. A row of five; a row of swordsmen and shields, a row of five. A row of ten; and a row of crossbowmen, a row of ten. A row of five , the four formations are staggered in a concave-convex shape, with the spear in front and the sword, shield and crossbow in the back."

"Light knights cruise on the edge of the right flank, watch out for the enemy flank chariots."

This is one of the formations that Zhao Wuxi and the **** commanders have studied and practiced in the past few months. After the formation is unfolded, they will face the enemy's left, center, and right 500 people. No matter how you look at it, they are at an absolute disadvantage, especially The weak center must block more than five times as many enemy attacks.

"Don't worry about the second and third sons, I will sit in the center myself!"

After Zhao Wuxi's words, the left-wing spearmen who were a little nervous were relieved.

The advantages of daily hard training combined with modern methods began to manifest. After the military pawns changed their ranks, the Qi army on the opposite side had not yet fully deployed, and was still struggling to assemble in the bushes, and the scene was quite messy.

The opportunity could not be missed, Zhao Wuxi stood on top of the chariot and waved his flag straight ahead: "The whole army moves forward slowly, until it stops at three hundred paces!"

In the Zhenyi Raiders a few days ago, the soldiers all participated in the battle. Although the damage was not large, they had seen blood. Unexpectedly, the first battle in the field is at a disadvantage again. How effective the training has been in the past two months depends on today's battle!

Drummers from musicians beat the skinned snare drums around their waists. Finding the same rhythm is the basic skill of this industry. The drum beats encourage people's hearts while keeping the pace of the soldiers in a steady state.

Qi Wan, a native of Mengcheng, was on the right side with the larger number of people. He didn't know why he fought like this, and he didn't ask.

In the past two months, they have been trained to only obey the orders of the **** commander, the second commander, and the corporal commander, and only know how to move forward to the beat of the drums. When he was attacking Zhenyi, he was forced to kill a guard who did not surrender, so now he is not very afraid. The Qi people on the opposite side were like a quagmire during training, an obstacle that must be overcome.

The only thing he was worried about was his cousin Qi Bai, who was in the weak array in the center. Qi Wan glanced to the left from time to time, and could vaguely see that the cousin who was standing in the second row of the phalanx was slightly pale.

The performance of the new pawns was similar to his, but the old pawns had a resolute look. Most of them were from old villages and experienced the tragic offensive and defensive battle that night. The spearmen in the center line were also specially fortified for their defense today, with a bundle of leather armor plucked from Zhenyi's treasury and guards, and the two front rows of spearmen were equipped with wooden shields.

There are sharp copper protrusions at the bottom of the spear shaft that is more than ten feet long. This is what the brigade commander asked the caster to add. If the spear tip is broken, it can be turned upside down, and it can also be deeply inserted into the soil as a temporary wood. Tribulus terrestris to use.

Those spears are often placed under the arm when marching, and the sharp edge points diagonally upward. When walking slowly, the wooden poles of the hundreds of lances trembled slightly, as if the lacquer woods of Mengcheng were swaying with the wind.

Their leader, Wu Jing, was walking on the far left of the second row, staring at everyone's pace. The brigade commander's chariot slowly marched in the back, and Tian Ben was protecting it with a shield. Although the first person who broke Zhenyi a few days ago is extremely brave, once this weak formation is washed away, the brigade commander will still face the enemy's sword!

Qi Wan and his fifty sword and shield soldiers, Pao Ze, were assigned to the right wing. Their main weapon was a bronze sword about two feet long, which could be used for close-quarters assassination. In addition, there is a large shield made of poplar wood, covered with thick leather, and fastened to their forearms with leather straps. The left hand can hold the handle tightly to cover the chest and abdomen.

They were flanked by two formations of Ge spearmen, and fifty crossbowmen in loose formation. They formed a horizontal formation under the leadership of Su Shouyu, a native of Wenxian County, with five rows in depth, which meant that they could use their "five-stage" skills. shoot".

There are more than 20 light knights protecting the right flank. They formed a diamond formation. Yu Xi, wearing a leather crown, was at the back where he could see the whole situation. lasing.

The military pawns maintained the general level of training. After walking slowly on the flat ground for half a mile, they had already advanced to a position only half a mile away from the horizontal formation on the opposite side, but they were still in formation. And it is as wide as the array on the opposite side, which means that at the moment of contact with the enemy, the advantage of the opponent's number of people will be offset.

Although these "dense phalanxes" in Zhao Wuxi's view were not much stronger than the phalanxes of middle school students at the sports meeting, in the eyes of Qiren on the opposite side, they were already a powerful army that they had never seen before!

The military officials of Qi State looked at the military formation that was pressing over, and couldn't help but gasped: "Jin people are such a tight formation..."

The formation, the formation of the army, has existed since Xia Yinzhou.

Before there was no formation, the wars between human groups were all swarming, and then the soldiers and the enemy generally fought in a scattered and disorderly manner. The final victory generally depends on which side has more soldiers and is better at fighting skills.

Since the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, the role of the infantry has become more and more prominent, so the skirmishers who followed the chariot in the past have gradually become a tight phalanx of mixed weapons.

Although the era of chariots has not yet passed, the formation of infantry has become very common. The so-called pawns, two, and five are all set up to facilitate formation.

At the same time as the reform of the Bank of China Muzi and Wei Xianzi of Jin, the military reform of Qi began in the era of Sima Rangju. The foot formation replaced the chariots and soldiers as the main force. The positions of the soldiers in the formation were distributed according to the left, right, row and column, stressing strict order and not disorder.

After Wu Ya Brigade inherited the post of Doctor Linqiu, it dealt with Lu people who were extremely speculative and would collapse when they encountered setbacks, as well as the pirates of Onozawa. 's enemy.

He looked at the Jin people array that had kept the same formation since the beginning of his stride, and felt a little pressure: "I didn't expect the Jin people on the opposite side to be not weak, but everyone wears armor, and they can list such a tight array. , I'm afraid it is the elite of which Qing family!"

"Doctor, why don't you let the archers come forward to meet them, disrupt their array with arrows, and then hit them with the advantage of the number of people!"

As the deputy commander, Yi Sima was also a little unsure. He gave Dr. Linqiu such an idea next to him. Wu Yalu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at the number of 1,500 people on his side, and there were still 500. A soldier, after ten chariots, regained his confidence.

"Sima Fa has a saying, in any battle, if you go lightly, you will be in danger, and if you go lightly, you will lose.

This means that in general operations: it may be dangerous to use a small force against a small enemy force, and if a small force is used against a large enemy force, it will fail. The battle is a comparison and contest of the forces of the two sides.

Based on the experience of the Uya brigade, UU reads www. In the case that the equipment gap between the two sides is not large, the difference in quantity is more than double, which can basically determine the outcome of a war.

"Go and give orders! As things stand now, there is only one battle left, the enemy's central wing is weak, and the command vehicle is there. Let ten chariots attack first, as long as they can be defeated and the brigade commander of the other side can be captured, Then the victory is certain!"

At this moment, the soldiers on the opposite side stopped. They followed the commander's command and the drum beat, and their right foot raised and stomped down in vain!

"Snapped!"

The sound of neat steps raised the dust, and its momentum seemed to shake the earth slightly, which startled the Wu Ya brigade. Stepping forward, I looked around with my head probing. (To be continued...)

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