It was not easy to uncover this stubble, Lin Fan and An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the non-existent sweat on their foreheads, and the three of them began to continue to discuss business.

Wang Hu has been dealing with land for more than 30 years in his life, and his subtle perception of these things is not as keen as Lin Fan and An Ning.

At this time, he was still confused about what had just happened, and he asked: "My lord, just now you said that there is a problem with the inspection department, I wonder if you can see what is wrong with the inspection department?"

Lin Fan explained to him: "Brother Wang Hu doesn't know, I went from the Inspection Department to the county seat yesterday, and the round trip was less than eighty miles. With the strength of the horse's feet, half a day is enough to run a round trip. ”

"But on the way back, I was ambushed. In my conversation with the bandit leader, I can conclude from the information he revealed that someone wanted to take my life, so he went to report and inform the bandit of my whereabouts. ”

"And in such a short period of time, the one who has the opportunity to report the news to the bandits must be someone from within the Inspection Department. Because if it's an outsider, it's too late in time. ”

"Unless... Unless someone deliberately sows discord and sows blame, but the time is too hasty, and no one can calmly make these arrangements, basically this possibility can be ruled out. ”

Lin Fan took a deep breath and continued, "Actually, I was already suspicious when I first arrived here! How could it be so coincidental that before me, two successive inspectors died at the hands of thieves? ”

"Don't forget, the thieves weren't what they are today, they weren't the weather. Although the patrol envoy is not a high-ranking and powerful person, he is not an ordinary sergeant, and it is impossible for no one to protect him, so how can he be killed so easily by relying on a few bandits. ”

"The first one to be killed can be said to be unlucky, but how can it be so coincidental that he suppressed the bandits twice, and was killed by the bandits for two patrol envoys alone, while the other soldiers and horses who participated in the suppression of bandits did not suffer much loss? If it's all a coincidence, it's a bit reluctant and unconvincing! ”

"Lessons from the past, we have to guard against them! Therefore, before I left this time, I deliberately let everyone know that I had brought so many people to the county seat, which was to deliberately give them a chance to report the news. ”

"I'm taking the bait this time, and although it's a bit dangerous, it's not a good idea. Sure enough, there are really people biting the hook, although I don't know who it is yet, but there is no doubt that in this inspection department, there must be someone who is a bandit! ”

At this time, Wang Hu's brows were also deeply wrinkled, and his scalp was numb, thinking that there was such a spy hidden around him and others, and he might stab himself in the back at any time, which really made people unable to sleep soundly.

He didn't have so many twists and turns in his heart, and asked directly: "Then do you want to inform Deputy Envoy Song and discuss it with him, Deputy Envoy Song is more familiar with the situation than us after all, even if you can't find out the spies, you can take precautions first."

Lin Fan and An Ning said in unison: "No!"

Looking at Wang Hu, who was honest and a little excessive, Lin Fan and An Ning turned their heads and glanced at each other, a little helpless.

Lin Fan paused, and then said, "It's better not to tell him yet!" So far, these are my speculations, and there is no evidence, if we carry out an investigation with great fanfare, it will only cause panic and panic. When the time comes, everyone is in danger and on guard against each other, and the inspection department is a plate of loose sand, once the people's hearts are scattered and there is a barrier, it will be more difficult to unite together than to ascend to the sky. Moreover, when the spy is on guard, he will definitely lie dormant, and it will be even more difficult to find out who it is. ”

Lin Fan stared at the two of them and instructed, "So, the best way now is for us to swallow this matter in our stomachs and not make a noise." You have to investigate slowly in the dark, and you can even continue to give him some opportunities until you find out this person. ”

Both of them also knew the severity, and they said in unison: "Yes!"

After finishing the business, Wang Hu asked curiously: "We have only been here for a short time, how do adults know that the spies will be fooled?" ”

Lin Fan said as a matter of course: "I don't know! ”

"Oh... Yes? "Wang Hu couldn't believe it." You don't know? ”

Lin Fan nodded and said, "Of course I don't know, just like you said, we've only been here for a few days, and we don't know a lot of things, so how do I know if they will do it?" ”

Seeing that Wang Hu was confused, Lin Fan explained: "What does it matter if you know it or not?" The reason why I did this was originally to gamble, and it was naturally best to win the bet, and it didn't matter if they weren't fooled, there would be opportunities in the future. Besides, if there were no spies in the inspection department, everything would be my random guesses, wouldn't this result be better! ”

Speaking of this, he sighed: "This strategy is not complicated, but it's a pity, I just tried it so easily, and I fished them out, and the inspection department was not as clean as I hoped after all." ”

An Ning answered: "Yes, as long as you are careful, it is not difficult to see through the adult's strategy." If they can hold back and find an opportunity in the future, then it will be difficult for us to prevent it! ”

"It should be that in the past few days that we have been here, those actions have made these people anxious, and they are unwilling to wait any longer, and if they seize this opportunity, they will put adults to death."

Wang Hu finally understood a little at this time: "After the adults come, the main thing to do is to take power, so it seems that this spy is not an ordinary person in the inspection department!" ”

Lin Fan and An Ning glanced at each other, and laughed in unison: "It's good to understand!" ”

Wang Hu touched his scalp, and then he understood why they had to stop themselves from going to Deputy Envoy Song just now.

He was about to say something when suddenly a burst of vomit welled up in his throat, and the strength of the wine came up again.

Lin Fan hurriedly handed him the bucket for him to continue, and then asked him not to say any more, he understood.

For An Ning and Wang Hu, the most important thing to do next is to sober up, Lin Fan went to the kitchen to find some vinegar and give them a hangover.

After resting them for a long time, the vomiting of the two finally subsided. Lin Fan helped them get some food again, but as soon as they ate a few bites, they vomited again, and they all vomited. In the end, I could only drink a little hot porridge, and I barely recovered some of my strength, and my face was bloody.

It was almost noon when Lin Fan walked out of the barracks with the two of them who had just recovered some vitality, and they were going to start preparing for the future drills and making the next plans. Although the new armor and ordnance have not yet arrived, the drill cannot be delayed because of this incident.

In the next few days, Lin Fan asked a carpenter in the town to make a large number of wooden swords and wooden shields for training on weekdays. In this way, the danger can be reduced, and injuries can be avoided as much as possible without ensuring the effectiveness of the training.

If only these are far from enough, the battlefield has always been the top priority, and the battle array is the top priority, and we must not slack off.

The battle formation mainly depends on the cooperation between the soldiers, and whether the battle formation is familiar or not is related to whether the commander can be handy in dispatching on the battlefield, and it can also be said to be related to the life and death of everyone. Although Lin Fan had never led troops before, he was a well-known teacher, and he was not a layman in this regard, and he naturally attached great importance to the battle array.

If you don't count Lin Fan and a few people, if you add the whole inspection department together, there are only one hundred and twenty people.

Because the number of people is too small and there are no horses, it is difficult to use large arrays such as the crane wing array, the fish scale array, and the goose-shaped array, so they can only be discarded.

Moreover, from the last time Lin Fan was attacked, An Ning led the team to help, and An Ning could see that the foundation of the army of the Inspection Division was too poor, and it was difficult to do even the simplest march, the formation was not neat, and there was no shortage of people left behind along the way, and it was obviously not realistic to become a fat man in one bite.

Therefore, An Ning can only start training from the most basic phalanx and circle formation.

This made An Ning murmur to Lin Fan in private for a while, and he felt like he couldn't show his talent.

Fortunately, the square formation and the circle formation are the foundation of ten thousand formations, and with them, it is natural to train other formations in the future.

After thousands of years of evolution, many battle formations in the army are flexible and changeable. When fighting on the battlefield, the formation can turn the circle into a square, and it can also turn a square into a circle; It can form a small formation based on the squad and fight separately; It can also be combined to form a large array and unified scheduling.

In Huainan and the south of the Yangtze River, there are many mountains and hills, the terrain is undulating, and the lakes and rivers are vertical and horizontal. Such terrain is not conducive to the formation of the army, and the cavalry is even more useless here, which can be regarded as making up for a shortcoming of the Inspection Division.

In response to this situation, like Xiangyong in Jiangyuan Town, the most trained by the Inspection Division is the double-line formation.

The double-line array was created by Chen Dingfang, the famous general of Zhenhai Hou of this dynasty decades ago.

Chen Dingfang was born in a family of generals, his ancestors were the founding heroes, and finally died on the battlefield in the conquest of foreign tribes.

Chen Dingfang lost his father when he was young, and he attacked his father's position at a young age and joined the army. Later, he was named Zhenhaihou by the imperial court because of the pacification of the Haikou who had plagued the southeast for decades.

As early as the Jiaxiang period, bandits were rampant in the southeast coastal area, gathering tens of thousands of people, repeatedly invading the interior, burning, killing and looting, and killing people without counting.

When the power of the Haikou was at its peak, it even hit the city of Jinling for a time, and the officials and troops could not resist it, and they often collapsed at the first touch.

It wasn't until Chen Dingfang was appointed as the commander of Ning Guojun that the situation improved.

Chen Dingfang led the army to fight against the Haikou all the year round, and he created a double-line array according to the southern terrain and the various characteristics of the Haikou combat methods.

Double-line formation, the formation is a team of twelve people. Among them, the team is at the front, in addition to the long player and the vine player, and then there are wolf players and pikemen, as well as short soldiers, and even the back of the team is followed by the gang.

There is a clear division of labor between various weapons, and each person only needs to be proficient in their own kind of operation, and the key to effective killing of the enemy lies in the overall cooperation, and the order is prohibited.

Not only that, the double-line array not only closely combines the spear and the shield, the long and the short, giving full play to the effectiveness of various weapons, but also the formation changes flexibly.

The double-line array can be large or small, and the combat is flexible, which is extremely suitable for the southern mountain and water operations. It is precisely because of this formation that Chen Dingfang's Ning Guojun can often defeat the strong with outnumbered and weak with the weak, destroying countless enemies in every battle, while he can suffer very few casualties, but only a few people. Such a result is really something that has never been seen in ancient and modern times.

It was precisely by virtue of this formation that the Ning army was invincible and unfavorable, and was able to win eight battles and eight victories, completely quelling the sea troubles and protecting the southeast coastal roads from the invasion of sea bandits.

The land south of the Yangtze River is rich and is the important tax area of the imperial court, and it is precisely because of the stability of Jiangnan that the imperial court has the financial resources to quell the next rebellion in the southwest. And until now, Jiangnan is still providing a steady stream of financial and material support for the imperial court, so that the imperial court can survive the war in northern Xinjiang and the rebellion of rebels in various places.

Mr. Lin Fan admired Zhenhaihou and praised the two-line array he created.

Under the influence of hearing and seeing since childhood, Lin Fan and others can be said to have an extremely good understanding of the double-line formation, and they have long been familiar with various formation change drills, and they can also be said to be handy in training. It's not just a fantasy, but you can't do it.