A soldier ran towards Xingzhe, Xingzhe knew him, he was one of the fifteen soldiers Xingzhe had discharged, and he was the leader of that squad.

"Report to the general, the last general has found out the specific location of the map of Miao Jiang. ”

As he spoke, the team leader handed the dried animal skin in his hand to Xingzhe.

Xingzhe took the animal skin, the animal skin was folded, Xingzhe opened the animal skin, and the location of Miao Jiang's land was clearly drawn on it.

"This map was given to me by my father, who used to like to travel around and collect a lot of things, and that's ...... , I didn't know if this picture was real or fake before, so this time I went out to investigate, and I took the initiative to ask for orders and solve problems for you, general. ”

Xingzhe looked at the map in his hand, nodded, and said with great satisfaction: "Okay, well done, you really helped me a lot, reward." ”

"General Xie. ”

"Okay, you can go back and rest first, have a little wine, and relax. ”

"The last general took his leave. ”

Xingzhe turned around and took the map of Miao Jiang and went to find Lin Xiao, since this map is true, then it is necessary to design strategies and strategies based on the information and intelligence on the map.

Lin Xiao looked at Xingzhe's map, and according to the terrain, he proposed a lot of points worth paying attention to, in addition, there are many details that cannot be controlled by manpower, such as the weather.

"Lin Xiao, you have read so many military books, do you know what kind of method you can think of to arrange your troops for this time against Miao Jiang?"

Xingzhe smiled evilly, just like a teacher asking a student, he also wanted to take the test for Lin Xiao. Of course, he didn't suspect that Lin Xiao didn't have real talent and learning, and he did it purely for fun.

"The art of war has been talking about ten formations since ancient times, and these "ten formations" are square formations, circular formations, sparse formations, several arrays, conical formations, goose-shaped formations, hook-shaped formations, Xuanxiang arrays, water arrays, and fire arrays. The water array and the fire array talk about the tactics of water warfare and fire warfare, not a simple battle formation, so the ten formations actually only have eight basic battle formations. ”

Lin Xiao is very confident in his answer, after all, this is also Lin Xiao's profession, he has been able to read military books since he was a child, and his research on combat methods and battle formations is even more profound.

Xingzhe had also read military books, but he was not as interested as Lin Xiao, so Xingzhe only knew a little about it. But now that Xingzhedu has become a general, he feels that he needs to make up for his lessons, otherwise he will be looked down upon by his own soldiers.

"General Lin Xiao, I won't tell you, I don't know anything about the formation, I don't know if you can patiently explain it to me, at least let me see the enemy's formation, I can tell what the formation is, and then prescribe the right medicine. ”

Lin Xiao didn't laugh at Xingzhe because he didn't understand the formation, on the contrary, he felt that what Xingzhe said made sense.

If the two armies face each other, if you can know the formation of the other side, you can roughly guess what the other side is planning. Although Xingzhe has always liked sneak attacks, but now that he is a general, it is inevitable that he will have a head-on conflict with the enemy, and he can't lose at this time.

"Okay general, then let me explain these formations to you, general. ”

Next, Lin Xiao was very patient, very gentle, and explained the differences between the various formations to Xingzhe in great detail, as well as Lin Xiao and his understanding of each formation.

The phalanx is the most basic formation of the army in the era of cold weapons. The large phalanx is composed of small phalanxes, which is called "the formation in the array", Lin Xiao believes that the phalanx should be "thin and thick", that is, the troops in the center of the phalanx are small, and the troops around are more. There are few troops in the middle, and you can bluff. There are many troops around, which can better defend against the enemy's attack, and the phalanx is a relatively balanced formation of attack and defense. The conductor and the Golden Drum Banner were generally deployed at the rear of the phalanx.

The circle formation is for ring defense. The Golden Drum Banner was deployed in the center and had no obvious weaknesses.

The sparse formation is the evacuation of the battle formation, and the square formation and the circle formation can be dredging into the sparse formation. The sparse formation increased the distance between the ranks, through many tree flags, weapons, straw men, and more torches at night, showing strong strength with a small number of troops.

Several formations are dense battle formations, concentrating on defense and attack.

It is a cone-shaped battle formation of the forward, the cone formation must be sharp and fast, the two wings are strong and powerful, and the elite striker can attack the enemy in a narrow frontal position, break through and cut the enemy's formation, and the two wings expand the results, which is a formation that emphasizes offensive breakthroughs, and the cone formation is also called the peony formation.

The so-called goose-shaped formation is a kind of battle formation that is spread horizontally, and the left and right wings are arranged forward or backward in echelons, and the forward is a "V" shape, just like the arms of an ape stretched forward, which is a formation used to outflank and detour, but the defense of the rear is relatively weak. If the two wings are more mobile cavalry, then when stationary, they can get the protection and support of the infantry in the center, and can give full play to the power of the attacking cavalry to increase the suddenness. Alexander's battle in India was an approximation of such a formation.

The front of the hook formation is a phalanx, and the two wings are bent backwards into a hook shape to protect the safety of the flanks and prevent the enemy from attacking the rear command of the golden drum in a roundabout way.

This is a kind of false formation to confuse the enemy, the queue is very far apart, most of the flags, the drums are constantly beating, simulating the sound of troop vehicles marching, and the sound of foot soldiers is noisy, as if the army is huge, and uses various methods to deceive the enemy.

Listening to Lin Xiao's eloquent talk, Xingzhe had a feeling that he was shaking his head in Chinese class and listening to the Chinese teacher, and he fell asleep all of a sudden.

"General, general?"

Xingzhe slowly came back to his senses in Lin Xiao's shouting, looking at Lin Xiao with a puzzled face, Xingzhe smiled slightly.

"It's a professional general, I know so much, I feel like I might need to digest it. ”

Xingzhe patted his stomach, he said that he needed to digest, but in fact, he didn't understand it at all. However, the names of those formations are quite good, and Xingzhe himself can guess eight or nine.

The reason why Xingzhe is smart is not because of how high and amazing his IQ is, but because his understanding ability is very strong. This ability not only allows Xingzhe to get a perfect score in every Chinese exam on reading comprehension questions, but also enables Xingzhe to accept and understand a new thing in a very short period of time and learn it quickly.

"Actually, General, your previous formation to repel Miao Jiang was very good, although I have never seen that formation, but when I heard your arrangement, I knew that this formation was right. ”

Lin Xiao didn't want to shoot Xingzhe's sycophants, when Xingzhe proposed this formation before, Lin Xiao appreciated it very much, and passed Xingzhe's formation without hesitation.