The reason why these five formations were chosen is naturally based on evidence.

The Crane Wing Formation is a common formation in ancient warfare, and you don't need to guess to know that this is a formation that will definitely develop according to the actual war.

Therefore, this is a formation specially used for encircling the enemy, this kind of formation, the main general is located in the center (mostly the bow infantry), and the two sides are the deputy generals.

The fish scale array is a formation that divides the corps into five to six sections, layer by layer.

Note that the difference between the Fish Scale and the Cone is the width of the triangle, the Cone is wider, and the troops in front of the Fish Scale Formation are usually as dense as the troops protecting the main general.

This arrangement causes a different result from the cone formation, because the cone-shaped troops are relatively scattered, so the effect of pushing each other is small, and the movement speed is very fast.

That is to say, the main general does not have to rush to the front to personally take the lead in the attack, but hide in the back (such as Takeda Shinxuan, Zhuge Liang) to command and adjust, but the defense of the fish scale formation is very weak, if someone rushes from behind, the whole army will immediately collapse, because there is almost no one behind to guard.

Therefore, in addition to practicing based on this basic formation, which has obvious pros and cons, Ling Hao also increased the drills of the Glaive Formation, Mandarin Duck Formation, and Crab Formation as appropriate.

The glaive formation, as the name suggests, is that the whole army is in an arc-shaped configuration, shaped like a crescent, is an asymmetrical formation, and the general's formation is usually located at the bottom of the crescent concave formation. Pay attention to the attack flank during the battle, resist the enemy with a thick moon wheel, the recess of the crescent moon seems to be weak, but it contains danger, the general should have a strong combat power, the strong will be brave, and it is also suitable for some asymmetrical terrain environments.

"The Thirty-second Year of Song Gaozong Shaoxing" recorded: "The right-wing army followed the infantry army to the north and led to the east, making a glaive formation, the infantry army was in the center, and the cavalry army was based on both ends, so that the thieves could not see the head and tail. ”

The Mandarin Duck Formation is a more suitable formation for individual combat, with 11 or 12 people as a team, with the first team as the captain, and the second two people holding a long card and a rattan card.

The long player holds a long shield to block the arrows and spears of the Japanese robbers, and the rattan player holds a light rattan shield with a javelin and waist knife, and the long player and the rattan player mainly cover the rear team to advance, and the rattan player can also fight the enemy in close combat in addition to covering. Then the two of them are wolf whisks holding wolf whisks, wolf whisks are the use of the southern growth of bamboo, choose its old and solid ones, cut the end of the bamboo obliquely into a pointed shape, and leave sharp branches around it, each wolf whisk is about 3 meters long, the wolf whisk uses the sharp blade at the front end of the wolf whisk to assassinate the enemy to cover the advance of the shield hand and the attack of the spearman behind. Then there were four spearmen with spears, two on the left and two on the right, and the shieldmen and wolf-bearers on the left and right in front of them. Followed by two soldiers armed with "boring palladium" to serve as guards, supporters, and other work. If the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, the short soldier will rush forward with a short knife to slash the enemy. The division of labor of various weapons is clear, and as long as each person is proficient in his own kind of operation, the key to effective killing of the enemy lies in overall cooperation and prohibition.

The "Mandarin Duck Array" not only closely combines spear and shield, long and short, but also gives full play to the effectiveness of various weapons, and the formation changes flexibly. According to the situation and operational needs, the column can be changed into a horizontal formation, and a formation can be changed into two small formations on the left and right, or three small formations on the left, center, and right.

The use of this formation was flexible and maneuverable, which just suppressed the play of the advantage of the Japanese invaders.

It was with this formation that Qi Jiguang led the "Qi Family Army", and after the drill of the "Mandarin Duck Formation" method, he won every battle in the battle against the Japanese Invaders.

The crab formation is a battle formation in which three teams were juxtaposed during the Taiping Army in the late Qing Dynasty.

The crab array requires a large number of people on the left and right wings, and there are fewer people in the middle, and the shape is like a crab, hence the name.

It is a common tactic used by the Taiping army to defeat the enemy and win. It is also recorded that the Taiping army often used the two-wing pincer encirclement method, called the crab array, which was similar to the crab formation, or its different name.

In battle, this kind of formation is extremely flexible and changes a lot according to the enemy's situation. If the enemy is divided into only two teams, the left and right flanks will be divided between the squadrons of the formation, and they will also be divided into two teams. If the enemy has a team in the front and rear, the strikers on the left and right flanks will be combined into one team, and the rear half of the left and right flanks will be combined with the middle team to be evenly lined up, so that the front team will respond. If the enemy's left team has a large number of troops, it will become a left formation. If the right team has more soldiers, it will become a right formation. If the enemy has four or five teams, it will also be divided into four or five teams to meet the attack. Its big crab wrap small crab formation is particularly famous, its method or first to engage the enemy with a small array, and then out of the large array to surround it, or deceive the temptation to chase, ambush soldiers in all directions, the enemy is surrounded.

Although the changes in the crab formation are complicated, the loss of the left and the benefit of the right, moving the rear to the front, and the magic of its use lies in the fact that the commander will temporarily command according to the enemy's situation. The speed of its advance and retreat, opening and closing, only a few big flag bearers need to be skillful, and the whole army will rush there when the big flag is headed. Therefore, a military has a few big standard-bearers, you can command the crowd, slightly uneven, the outline is leading, and the crab array (a crab chela array) can be used to simplify and control the complexity, also known as the purse array, also known as the lotus tail array.

The formation method of the crab formation depends on how many teams the enemy army is divided into, and then flexibly changes the formation to meet the battle.

If the enemy has only two teams, the left and right flanks are to be increased to the left and right flanks, and they become two teams. If the enemy is in a front and one in the front, the left and right flanks are combined into one team, so that the second half of the army on the left and right flanks and the middle group are combined into an even team, which serves as a response to the front team. If the enemy's left side has more troops, the Taiping army will also become a left-side formation, and if the enemy's right side has more troops, the Taiping army will become a right-side formation. If the enemy army is divided into four or five teams, the Taiping army will immediately change into four or five teams, meet the enemy separately, and adopt the method of large formations and small formations. Sometimes they meet the enemy in small formations, and then surround the enemy in large formations. Sometimes the sergeants of the small formation pretended to be defeated, induced the enemy to pursue, and after entering the ambush circle, the ambush soldiers surrounded the enemy army, and the formation was unpredictable.

As for whether the troops should go to the left or right, forward or backward, it all depends on the temporary command, and this command is in the hands of the commander. The speed of the team's advance, retreat, separation, and merging all depends on the proficiency of several standard-bearers, and the soldiers all hang their hearts and run wherever the banner is pointed, and none of them dare to retreat. Therefore, the Taiping army never practiced skills, but specialized in practicing rapid running, and several big standard-bearers went to the commander every day to listen to the general's orders, all they talked about were the timing of the war, as long as there were these few people in an army, they could command thousands of troops and horses. The generals of the Taiping Army knew that in order to make the ranks uniform, they had to grasp the essentials, and they deeply understood the mystery of using simplicity to control complexity.

Zhang Dejian, who was responsible for collecting intelligence on the Taiping Army in the Qing Army, also pointed out the subtlety of the crab formation in his writings: "The crab formation is a thief in the three teams of the flat formation, the number of the middle team is small, the number of the two wings is large, and the shape is like a crab, so the thief created this name." Fleeing refugees, and accustomed to fighting with thieves, brave and knowing. The thief army looked at the number of teams our army divided into, that is, changed the formation to meet the battle. If there are only two teams on the left and right of the official army, the thieves will be in the middle of the formation, and the left and right wings will be divided into two teams. If there is a team in the front and rear of the officers and soldiers, the front and right wings of the left and right wings will be combined into one team, and the rear half of the left and right wings will be combined with the middle team and lined up, so that the front team will respond. If there are many soldiers on the left side of the official army, it will become a left formation. If the right team has more soldiers, it will become a right formation. If the officers and soldiers send out four or five teams, the thieves are also divided into four or five teams, and they will be rejected in the first order. Its large array and small formation, or first reject me with a small formation, and then out of a large array to cover me, or deceive and lure and chase, ambush soldiers in all directions, in order to envelop our army, are all thieves' habitual skills. As for the loss of the left and the right, move to the rear and put the front, and temporarily command, its power will be used as a thief. Its advance and retreat open and close slowly, but the banner of a few people are skillful, the group of thieves are attentive to the mouth, depending on the banner and rush to it, no dare or behind, so the thieves do not play skills, specializing in rushing. A large number of people, to listen to the orders of the pseudo-marshal under their control, all of whom are appropriate, a military with these few people, can serve the people, there is no difference. Zhen Qiu's sincere collar is deep to refute the complexity. The thief doesn't know, and he wants to think hard about it. I don't feel that I want to hear it!"

In addition, a special formation is also included, which is the repeater formation. 88

The reason for adding such a training course is mainly because Ling Hao cannot guarantee that everyone can have the configuration and adaptability of cavalry, in addition to strengthening the formation training, it is also necessary to increase their long-range killing ability.

Don't think about firearms, then you can only work on the crossbow array.

Speaking of crossbow arrays, Ling Hao's first thought was the crossbow arrays and stacked arrays of the Song Dynasty.

A crossbow array is a formation that uses the power of a tension crossbow (a crossbow that is wound with a pedal and is more powerful than a crossbow with a winding arm in the hand). Divided into three columns, from back to front, the first row is wound, the second row is loaded with arrows into the crossbow, and the third row is aimed and fired.

In use, after the third row fires, it returns to the first row through the gap between the two columns and winds it up, and after the second row enters the crossbow, it enters the aiming and firing state, and so on.

Through this rotational substitution, a sustained and dense long-range strike capability is obtained. The stacked array was founded by the Wu brothers in Sichuan in the Song Dynasty, seen in the "History of the Song Dynasty", and is also divided into three columns, with the sword and gun holding the long soldier in the front, the bow in the back, and the last one is the divine arm crossbow or the pedal crossbow.

This arrangement is very close to the requirements of actual combat, during the battle, the whole army sits on its knees, when the enemy approaches to 100 steps, let a god arm archer stand up and shoot it (this is for range), if you can enter the enemy formation, then the god arm archers are fired, when the enemy approaches to 70 steps, make a flat archer stand up and shoot it, if you can enter the enemy formation, then the flat archers are fired. When the enemy rejects the horse, the spearmen will fight with him hand-to-hand. In this way, the use of long-range strike weapons to intercept and defend at all levels weakens the ability of the enemy's cavalry to maneuver quickly, making it possible to resist cavalry with infantry in field battles.

In fact, this is also Ling Hao's more helpless arrangement, in this high-martial arts world, it is a "good quality" that must be possessed without being overwhelmed, and if you teach them a little more now, their future casualty data will be reduced......

What's more, Qin's bow and crossbow technology was not bad in the first place, and only some technical reforms were needed to make it a more powerful weapon of long-range destruction.

Therefore, Ling Hao packed the "Repeater Making Technique" and dedicated it to Xianyang City, and I heard that now under the research of Qin Guomoyuan, there has been a repeating crossbow that can fire ten arrows or even fifteen arrows at a time......

However, the repeater is still in the experimental stage, and the weight is also quite scary, these repeaters are made of bronze, and it may require a person to kneel on one knee at a 90-degree right angle and carry it with both hands in a horizontal line before shooting......

However, the current experiments have verified that Ling Hao's production process has a high technical content, and the repeating crossbow is indeed achievable.

Although it is still relatively clumsy in terms of weight...... But experiments can be carried out by improving the materials.

Now that the Qin State has already experimented internally, Ling Hao can naturally get an experimental data from it to train the eight thousand "disciple soldiers" he has recruited:

"First round, wind, raise your hands, kneel, prepare, launch!"

"Second round, wind, raise your hands, kneel, prepare, launch!"

"Third round, wind, raise your hands, kneel, prepare, launch!"

Since the start of formation training, every sergeant did not dare to take it lightly, in addition to being in high-intensity and very consistent training every day, another reason was that Ling Hao arranged for Su Lie to train this group of people who had not received military training at all It was really a "wise move" of the "devil himself".

Because Su Lie has now broken through the fivefold realm of the earth lock, no one in this gang can beat him, so naturally he can only train obediently according to his instructions.

"Wang Yousheng, don't be lazy for Lao Tzu, go over there, fifty push-ups!"

"Yang Guoqing, don't gloat, go get me a big bucket of water, today you will soak me in the bucket and hold my breath for an hour, and you are not allowed to come out!"

"And you, Xu Wenwen, don't think that if you are a girl, I won't dare to punish you, go to the playground and run ten rounds, and you won't be allowed to eat dinner if you don't finish running!"

"Yin Xian'er, you failed the crossbow shooting test last time, let me stay and continue to practice! If you don't practice to the bull's-eye of eight out of ten arrows, you won't be allowed to leave!"

The sergeants loved and hated Su Lie in their hearts: Oh my God, you better spare us...... However, after the practice, it is said that there is sauce beef to eat, so let's continue to practice.