"The regular training has been completed, which is gratifying. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, how could I have believed that there would be such a formation in this world? It is said that Wuhou trains troops, based on changing formations, and must be well-trained. This is probably what Wuhou said, 'a controlled soldier, an incompetent general, an invincible soldier, an uncontrolled soldier, an capable general, and an invincible general'. ”

Looking at the rows of military formations, Li Jiusi was quite amazed in his heart, thinking that such an army was enough to be called a strong army.

Liu Yu said: "Wuhou training is beyond the reach of the kid. During the time of Wuhou, there were various types of troops, such as cavalry, bows, crossbows, guns, knives, and armor. Its formations are changeable and complex, and they are really beyond the ability of future generations to practice. I'm just a trick, and the soldiers I have compiled have only one kind of weapon, which can be used near and far. If Wuhou wins, the soldiers he trains and the formations he makes will be a hundred times stronger. ”

The art of war is all the same, although Liu Yu has always complained about the strange things learned in Wude Palace, but what he complained about is that the art of war learned in Wude Palace was learned by the marshal general.

At Li Jiusi's level, his understanding of the art of war has reached a certain point, so he naturally agrees with Liu Yu's words.

Indeed, Zhuge Wuhou was good at using formations, and at that time, there were many types of troops, how difficult was it to organize and train different types of troops into formations?

When Dashun took over the world, Emperor Taizong once said that what Dashun was good at was nothing more than simplifying, eliminating all kinds of messy brain holes, and integrating them into a military system of arquebuses and spears.

Now that Liu Yu is one step more streamlined, even the cooperation of arquebuses and hand-to-hand combat soldiers has been thrown, and the formation is easier.

The formation is easy, and the formation change is faster and easier.

In the Wuhou era, all kinds of troops cooperated to form formations, and they had to be trained for three or five years before they could be used. And now, it may only take three or five months, because there are only a few formations to learn.

Liu Yu has his own set of views on warfare.

"In combat, of course, we must talk about the formation, but the formation must keep pace with the times. For example, this hollow array, is it good to form a large array? Or is it better to form a small formation? ”

He pointed to the roaring waves of the sea, and compared them to the enemy's cavalry.

"If there is a great formation, it will be like a beach, and the enemy's cavalry will rush up."

"The small formation, on the other hand, is like a reef, and the enemy's horses will naturally bypass the phalanx and pass through the holes. Even if it breaks away from a small formation, it is harmless in the overall situation. ”

"Of course, the large hollow array at the corps level also has its advantages, and the small hollow array at the battalion level also has its disadvantages as a chessboard array."

"If Zhuge Wuhou trains his troops, he will definitely be able to practice to a combination of large and small, if he is like a fortress. The large array is the base, and the small array is the corner. He can quickly disassemble the phalanx and line up the horizontal line. ”

"I don't have such a skill, I can only say that I can be enlightened, maybe in the future, there will be a character like Qi Wuyi who will be able to practice the formation under the new firearm."

Li Jiusi looked at the waves, pondered Liu Yu's words, nodded for a long time and said, "What you say is very reasonable. The formation is impermanent, advancing with the times. I read the military books that I had written regularly, and I taught them all about why it is, not what it is. As for the rest of the military books, they just teach you how to line up, but they don't teach why you line up like this. ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "This is the same reason as learning the seven books of martial arts in the Wude Palace, although it is only a captain, but I hope to be a general in the future." knows how to line up, that's the captain; To know why it is necessary to line up so in order to improve is for the general. Your Majesty ordered me to train the army, and it was not a Liu family army that I wanted to train, but an army in Beijing. In the future, I still have to be able to practice it for the rest of the people. ”

Li Jiusi saw that Liu Yu knew about advance and retreat, and said it clearly, so he wanted to remind Liu Yu a sentence or two, but it seemed unnecessary at this time.

In the roar of the waves, Li Jiusi's expression became worried again.

"Keeping the usual, simplifying the complex, and turning the flower team into a pure team, this is exactly what the dynasties have dreamed of. If Wuhou had obtained this self-generated fire gun with bayonets, he would not have organized such a complex military formation. It's just that...... Could it be that the current formation of Westerners has reached this level? ”

What connoisseurs see, can know the depth.

Hearing the fear and worry in Li Jiusi's tone, he thought that he had already been scared once in the affairs of the navy, so he didn't need it this time, and it was better to reassure him.

"Guogong rest assured. The so-called will connect China and the West, in order to win. A certain trained soldier, at least in terms of understanding the formation, is better than the Westerners. ”

He is not talking nonsense, nor is he arrogant, but the context of change in the tactical system.

Prussia, which was claimed to be the best in the Seven Years' War, was also deflated by the Russian cavalry. Some Turks also made a circle around Königsberg in East Prussia before returning to the East, which can be regarded as the last pride of the Mongols.

If it weren't for the sudden death of Hannibal's godsister and the coming to power with a Prussian brainchild, Frederick II would have hanged.

Part of the reason for this is that the era was too much emphasis on horizontal shooting, and the speed of changing formations was too slow. There were too many Russian cavalrymen, Cossacks, etc.

It was not until the new tactical system of the People's Security Committee after the French Revolution that the speed of changing formations was emphasized, which raised the lower limit of the infantry a little, and it had the power to protect itself in the face of rapid assault cavalry and a more complex battlefield environment.

It cannot be expected that any line of soldiers can discharge such a terrifying combat power as a thin red line, considering the lower limit, it is natural to rely on the formation and the speed of changing the formation.

For Dashun, such a population and such a volume will never need to consider the upper limit, only the lower limit.

The column was afraid of artillery.

However, Liu Yu looked around a large circle, and there was not a single cannon more.

Adapting measures to local conditions naturally means following this tactical system.

Anyway, in a short period of time, it will be to fight Dzungaria and the Dutch East India Company.

The former relies on the speed of changing formations, and the latter ...... The latter is estimated to be able to produce three or two thousand people in the South Seas, and as long as the navy has a spectrum, it is a weak chicken.

Vietnam and Myanmar in the south are all densely forested. If you can engage in a horizontal team engagement, the horizontal team will naturally have the upper hand, but in the jungle, mobility and rapid formation changes should be superior.

A new era has just dawned, and the War of the Spanish Succession, fought more than a decade ago, only provides a case for various military theorists to study.

Just like the development of firearms in the previous dynasty, ideas emerge one after another, and novelty and brains are opened, but after actual combat testing, it is found that most of them are "useful in theory and garbage in actual combat".

The same is true of the tactical system of the new era.

For example, some people in Europe believe that the first row of soldiers shoots, and the rear is loaded, and the loaded guns are handed to the front, and the empty guns that have been fired in the first row are taken over and loaded.

Theoretically, the rate of fire could indeed be increased in this way.

In reality, the people in the back row are not willing to hand over their life-saving guns to others, and the soldiers in the front row are often hit by the people behind them and their shoulders hurt or even dislocated.

For example, regarding the phalanx, some theorists believe that the hollow phalanx is best to be single-layered, and the first layer at this time is three rows, because only three rows can be fired. Maintain maximum firepower output with fewer manpower.

In theory, this is true.

In reality, a phalanx of three rows in a single layer is easy to be rushed away, and the firepower that can theoretically be exerted efficiently is not effective.

In such an era of change, when the theory still needs tens of thousands of corpses to verify whether it is correct or not, and hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans need to be revised as arguments, we can only find a formation that is suitable for local conditions and national conditions.

Of course, everything remains the same.

If you can deploy a horizontal team, you can still use a horizontal team to engage the firepower advantage with maximum efficiency. But this requires the officers to make their own decisions and make trade-offs.

Everyone knows that a slightly loose light infantry shoots more efficiently than a horizontal team. However, considering the threat of cavalry and discipline, they could only choose a dense horizontal formation.

Those who can change according to local conditions are famous generals.

And the size of Dashun and the surrounding situation, there is no need for famous generals, what is needed is a large number of dull soldiers and dull officers, and the lower limit can be guaranteed.

In this regard, Liu Yu is still confident.

After reassuring Li Jiusi, Li Jiusi was relieved and said with a wry smile: "When I saw the battleship firing a salvo before, I was already very worried in my heart. If you tell me that the army of Westerners is now as capable of changing formations as you do, I am afraid that I will break out in a cold sweat and be seriously ill for several days. ”

Liu Yu said: "Guogong and rest assured. However, this soldier only seems to be usable at this time, and it will take at least half a year to practice. ”

The emperor is an anxious man, Liu Yu doesn't want to blow it after the Duke of Eguo goes back, and the emperor's head is hot, so he really transfers the Qingzhou soldiers now.

Li Jiusi also knew Liu Yu's worries, and said with a smile: "During the five-year training period, Your Majesty can afford to wait." Don't think that Your Majesty is distrustful, but there are some things in this that you don't know. ”

Glancing at Liu Yu, the two shook off their entourage and rode to a secluded place by the sea.

"Your Majesty sent me here this time, one is to see the situation of regular military training, the other is to see the recovery of the disaster in Jiaodong, and third...... It's a confidential matter, but I can't tell you no. The third is that His Majesty wants to conquer Dzungaria, and he has to recruit in person, although he does not perform on the front line, he must also sit in the front. If you want to follow the story of the Tang Dynasty's extermination of the Western Turks, you should go all the way out of the Hexi Corridor and all the way out of the Altai Mountains. The commander of the northern front, I will be the commander. This time it was also for me to come and get acquainted with it. ”

This can be regarded as Liu Yu's expectation.

The first line of the Hexi Corridor must be the main force. On the northern front, it is a strange soldier.

Even if it is a surprise army, it is impossible to rely only on the Qingzhou army, but will transfer elite soldiers and horses from all over the place to cooperate.

Liu Yu is too young to hold down the scene, and Li Jiusi, the Duke of Eguo, is the right person.

After Li Jiusi finished talking about this confidential matter, he said again: "This time, Your Majesty asked me to come and see how your Qingzhou Army is doing." When you go to war, you say that spending money is like flowing water, and that's all a low statement. The grain of the Hetao was transported to the first line of the Irtysh River, and it was lost on the way, and a stone of grain cost twenty or thirty taels of silver. From the capital to the Irtysh River, 9,000 miles, the northern front is a surprise army, but it must be guaranteed to be able to hold it. If there is one more person, the annual use of soldiers is not considered military salary, and it will cost three or five stone rice, which is one hundred and ten taels of silver. ”

"Your Majesty's intention, the northern line is dominated by Qingzhou soldiers, sandwiched by 2,000 light cavalry of Songhuajiang Prefecture soldiers, plus part of the border army, to make up 20,000 soldiers. The Khalkha Mongols are newly attached and cannot be used lightly, so they can be used as auxiliaries. These troops can't be more, and no matter how much they are, they really can't afford to spend this money. ”

"20,000 soldiers, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, food consumption, military salaries and rewards, and five years of grain is enough to fight for more than half a year. Once the war starts, not counting the main force of the Hexi Corridor, just the strange soldiers on the northern front, the cost of eating horses and chewing horses a year will be seven or eight million taels. It's really unbearable. ”

"The quasi-combatable soldiers, gathered together, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people in battle, after all, they still have to suppress Kazakhstan, Yarkand, etc. You give me a solid account, can you bear it? ”

Liu Yu also knew that it cost money to fight, so he pondered for a while and said: "The Dzungar Department can gather troops for field battles, and it is only 350,000. There are enough soldiers on the northern front, and there are no problems. The key is to march from the front line of the Altai Mountains, how is the map? ”

"Don't worry, you've already sent someone to fake the caravan mapping. The point is that this time, His Majesty is really in a hurry. You may not know that the Duke of Qi is in Rakshasa and sends people to pass on the book for thousands of miles. ”

Speaking of the affairs of the Rakshasa Kingdom, Li Jiusi looked at Liu Yu and said approvingly: "I really let you guess." This Rakshasa country really had a civil strife. His little tsar died, and the Duke of Qi was supposed to go to the coronation, but after he went, he caught up with the funeral. A foreign woman came to power, and she was also a martial figure, and when she came to power, she abolished the Rakshasa Privy Council and held the power alone. Qi Guogong caught up with this coronation ceremony called Anna, and he had to go to France again, so he could only send someone to send the letter back first. ”

"The Rakshasa Kingdom is not to be underestimated. The sooner the Western Regions recovers, the sooner it will be stable. In the future, there will be a war between our dynasty and the Rakshasa in the Western Regions. It is also thanks to your brief examination of the Western countries, the Duke of Qi praised you fiercely, and you can see what you have seen and heard in the Rakshasa country thoroughly. ”

"There is something big going on in Poland, so Your Majesty hopes to take advantage of this opportunity to take back the Western Regions as soon as possible. Revenge on the thousand-year-old grievances of Tang Anxi. After seizing Heilongjiang and taking back the Anxi Protectorate, the dynasty can compare itself to Li Tang, otherwise it will be just a joke. ”

"Now that the Rakshasa Kingdom has been informed that it is going to build a fort on the Irtysh River, the Rakshasa has also promised that it will not have any support for Dzungaria. It's just that the Rakshasa has more troops north of Dzungaria, so His Majesty hopes to take advantage of the Polish state turmoil to take the Western Regions, so as not to have many dreams at night, and is also worried that the Rakshasa Kingdom will reach out to the Western Regions after solving the Polish problem. When it comes to negotiations, you can't really think that the enemy will always abide by them. ”

"This matter cannot be postponed any longer. Therefore, it will march in the summer of next year, spend the winter in the military city north of the Altai Mountains, and fight when the spring comes. ”

Few people in the court knew about this matter, Tianyou Hall knew, a few veteran generals who wanted to follow the emperor on the expedition knew, and then the main generals of the western and northern fronts knew.

The emperor trusted Liu Yu and wanted to take the Qingzhou Army as the main force on the northern front.

Li Jiusi is the main general, just to see how the Qingzhou military training is, so that he can know it in his heart.

After reading a lot of military books, the DPRK and China were originally preparing to train a chariot army. According to "Tang Li Asks the Right Question", the main soldiers who conquered the Turks were chariot soldiers, which could not only load supplies, but also rely on the chariot array to fight.

However, Liu Yu said that he could organize and train an infantry to resist the Dzungar cavalry, and if the chariots were not trained, the Qingzhou Army would naturally be the main force.

There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people.

Now that a lot of grain has been hoarded in the past few years, it is time to solve the problem of the Western Regions as soon as possible, Li Jiusi told Liu Yu, that is, Liu Yu should prepare as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty knows that you don't look down on the Dzungar Ministry. But although the strength of the quasi-department is far inferior to that of our dynasty, it can cost an extra day if it is delayed. The Northwest Army costs tens of thousands a day. Your Majesty also explicitly asked me to tell you that the northwest will be uneven for a day, and the Qingzhou army will not be able to prove that it can defeat three enemies with one day, and the navy will not be supported by the DPRK and China for one day. There's really no money. ”

Liu Yu thought to himself that this incentive method was also peculiar, but it only pacified Dzungaria, and the DPRK and China may not have money.

Immigration, border warfare, counterinsurgency...... At least, it will be a bottomless pit of throwing money at the least.

But he also figured out that even if he couldn't take out too much money, the treasury would be able to pay a penny, and the navy would be too expensive.

The point is, during the time I went to the northwest, who would take care of the affairs of the navy?