On the school field below the north stand, there is an open space more than 300 zhang long and more than 100 zhang wide, and the soldiers of Long Wuwei and Long Xiangwei are separated from the school field, just waiting for an order, they will go into battle to kill.

Both armies also put on their initial formations, Long Wuwei's side put on an ordinary goose-shaped formation, and the soldiers stood like a wild goose spreading its wings and flying, and the two wings crossed diagonally in the middle.

The initial formation on Long Xiangwei's side was a charging formation, and the soldiers stood in three columns according to the number of people, each column was more than 300 people, and the formation was also compact, looking down from a high place, like three sharp swords, ready to crush the enemy on the opposite side with thunder at any time.

After the soldiers finished arranging, some of the civil and military generals in the stands nodded, some shook their heads, and from time to time expressed their comments to Zhao Xu on the initial formation of the two guards.

A yellow-skinned, goatee-bearded winged and hated civil official said, "Long Wuwei's side has put on a goose-shaped formation, and it looks very good.

Because in this simulated battlefield confrontation between the two armies, the weapons used by the soldiers were nothing more than wooden knives, sticks, and shields, and there were no weapons such as bows and crossbows to strike the enemy from a long distance, so the weakness of this formation no longer existed. ”

Another purple-robed Wenchen smiled and shook his head, "What Uncle Ren said has a certain amount of truth, but this statement is not entirely true. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"The goose-shaped formation on Long Wuwei's side is really good-looking, but the formation of the entire formation seems to be too scattered.

On the battlefield, the two armies lined up, and naturally they were interlocking and mutually restrictive.

If you meet the opponent's charging formation, your own side will send archers or crossbowmen to form a goose-shaped formation, and before the opponent charges in front of your own formation, first carry out a round of arrow strikes, which will naturally reduce some of the opponent's charging power.

But as Brother Ren just said, at the moment, neither of the two sides can hit the opponent's archers and crossbowmen from a long distance, and it is easier to be instantly crushed by the enemy's fierce attack if they put on such a formation that looks a little scattered to meet the opponent's charging formation? ”

"This ......"

"A lot of formations, its point is also its weakness at the same time, since this situation the goose-shaped array has no weakness, but its original advantages can't be brought into play, and in the face of the opponent's fierce charge, it is easy to be scattered.

If the confrontation on Long Wuwei's side was impacted by the charging array on Long Xiangwei's side at the beginning, and the soldiers turned into stragglers, how could they compete with the opponent's strong formation? ”

Zhao Xu smiled when he heard this, in fact, what the two ministers said had his reasons, but one only saw one side, and the other looked at the problem from both sides, and seemed to have a better vision.

It's just that in the hearts of the remaining generals, the opinions of these civil servants seem to be a bit on paper, they are indeed full of military books, but if the confrontation between the two armies is simply regarded as a comparison of battle formations, it belongs to a one-hole view.

There are too many things that affect the outcome on the battlefield, such as the choice of formation, the advantages and disadvantages of weapons, the morale of the soldiers, the weather at the time of the battle, the geographical environment, etc., are all important factors.

As the saying goes, the right time, place, and people are often talked about, which simply summarizes these factors that affect the battle situation and the outcome of the battle.

It's not that the Wenchen don't really understand, but they often only pay attention to what is written in the military book, exaggerating the role of the battle formation in a battle, and on the other hand, they also want to deliberately show off in front of Zhao Xu.

The generals are more looking forward to seeing the moment when the two armies really fight each other, like the current situation, there are only 1,000 people on both sides to fight, and in small-scale battles, the influence of the battle array will be reduced, and more importantly, the morale of the soldiers at this time, as well as their personal quality, will have the most important impact on the victory or defeat.

A flag commander standing in the middle waved the flag in his hands three times, indicating that the confrontation between the two armies was the beginning.

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers on Long Xiangwei's side shouted loudly and ran to kill.

The military generals in the stands and the rest of the forbidden soldiers on the school field also became excited with such shouts and killings, staring intently at the two warring sides, looking forward to the moment when the two sides collided together.

Long Xiangwei was indeed the traditional elite division of the forbidden army, and at the beginning of the battle, they began to charge fiercely, and the pace of the soldiers was very fast, but the battle formation was well maintained, and there was no scattered situation.

On the other hand, on Long Wuwei's side, the goose-shaped formation set up by the soldiers also began to march, but instead of rushing violently, they advanced at a uniform speed.

The most surprising thing is that even in such a march, their steps and formations maintain the neat style of this square, and the steps are as if they are stepping on a certain rhythm, not slow, but the footsteps are sonorous and powerful.

When General Fan saw Long Wuwei's posture, he was also in his heart.

He has been a soldier for so many years, and one of them was selected into the forbidden army, starting from a small team officer, and being a general who can be a guard for 20 years, even if he has not participated in any really decent actual combat, but he has also learned a lot of experience from the previous combat records of the Great Song Forbidden Army with Western Xia or Great Liao.

Long Wuwei's way of marching gave him the feeling that these soldiers were too calm, and in the face of Long Xiangwei's charging array, they seemed to be unmoved, and the faces of the soldiers were even more fearless.

When he went to observe the general in Long Wuwei's formation, who he thought was just a hairy boy at first, he saw an incomparably confident perseverance from his slightly immature face.

However, General Fan was still full of confidence in the soldiers of Long Xiangwei under his command, and comforted himself by saying that Long Wuwei was just walking well in the battle formation, and those soldiers were not very powerful, and it was impossible for a qualitative change to occur in two months.

As long as the two armies fight each other, the victory and defeat may be immediately distinguished, Thinking of this, General Fan pouted and smiled, and looked at Yang Huairen with slanted eyes.

Yang Huairen had an indifferent expression, as if he had nothing to do with himself, compared to other civil and military generals, he was more like an idler watching the excitement.

On a longer level, the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, and when the soldiers on both sides could clearly see the faces of the people on the other side, the shouts of the soldiers on Long Xiangwei's side became louder, as if they swallowed the soldiers of Long Wuwei in one breath.

Ke Xiaochuan stood in the middle of the dragon martial guard's goose-shaped array, and suddenly showed a confident smile, and shouted loudly, "Change the formation!" ”