"Don't you have any other suggestions?"

Again, after Zhu Mingzhong asked for the opinions of others again, he looked around, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he noticed that everyone's expressions didn't seem to change in the slightest.

There are more than 20,000 sets of armor, an average of more than 700 pieces per battalion, which is barely enough to form two armor teams. This kind of old and serious suggestion, no one has offended, and it is also what everyone thinks, when the time comes, whether it is cotton armor or iron armor, they will finally have armor, so that they will not be as helpless as they were in Tongjimen.

The bloody battle in Tongjimen has changed a lot, including Zhu Mingzhong, who didn't think that the armor was important, was also full of interest in the armor. Of course, he was not interested in traditional iron or cotton armor, but in European-style Milan armor or Gothic armor, but because he understood that it was now the end of armor, he naturally only stayed at the level of interest.

When his eyes swept over everyone's faces, suddenly, he noticed an old acquaintance in the third row, Xu Yuanda, who had brought him to the army as a spy in the first place, he opened his mouth to look left and right but did not speak.

"Yuanda, do you have any ideas?"

Jing Luo's sudden question made Xu Yuanda stunned, he was just an outsider in the Loyal and Righteous Army, and the reason why he defected to Zhu Mingzhong was because he had been depressed under the command of others, so he would find a way out here in Zhu Mingzhong under the advice of several brothers.

Later, Zhu Mingzhong was alone in the Northern Expedition, and he had become his own soldier, so he followed the Northern Expedition with the army, and then naturally became reused as his henchman, and entered the camp with the personal soldiers of the military gate to become the commander of the new barracks, but he knew that he was an outsider, and he rarely expressed his opinions, especially at this time, it was precisely because of this that he opened his mouth and did not speak, which would be asked by Jing Liu, just when he hesitated to say or not, he listened to Jing Luo continue.

"Yuanda, you have just joined our army for a short time, when I have a meeting in the army, everyone can express their opinions and gather everyone's strengths and weaknesses, so that they can anticipate the enemy first, if you have any ideas, just say it, don't procrastinate!"

Although it was not a reprimand, but being reprimanded like this, Xu Yuanda only felt that his face was slightly hot, and he hurriedly responded.

"Scripture, scripture, in fact, in fact, under the mark, just, just feel ......"

Xu Yuanda, who stammered, looked a little nervous, but after seeing the encouragement in Jing Liu's eyes, he slowly relaxed.

"I think this armor is of great use."

"What's the difference? What's the big deal? ”

When others were surprised, Xu Yuanda took a deep breath and said.

"When I was in Yinshan, the surname of the country was to attack the Qinglu with 5,000 iron men and half of the 12,000 cavalry, and the Qinglu were not his opponents......"

Xu Yuanda, who was born in the Zheng Army, has always had a certain admiration for the Iron Man Army, after all, it is the best at land warfare in the entire Zheng Army.

"Since there are tens of thousands of armor now, why not train an Iron Man Army with this, although these armors are not as good as the Iron Men Army's iron skirts and iron sleeves, but they can also be used, if there are 20,000 Iron Man Army, armed with heavy swords, wouldn't it be better than scattering the armor among the battalions......"

Xu Yuanda's words suddenly set off a storm in the hall, there were opponents and those who agreed, but more people were opposed, the reason why they opposed was because those armors had originally fallen into their hands, but now that Xu Yuanda said this, this armor was gone.

"Yuanda, this armor weighs dozens of catties, how can it be borne by ordinary soldiers, or it is divided into battalions, and then each battalion selects the strong ones to wear the armor......"

Without waiting for Tian Jingcheng, who was also a pro-soldier, to finish speaking, Xu Yuanda replied directly.

"Since each battalion can pick out the strong, why can't the whole army pick out the strong, the general was also each with 500 (jin) of stone power to lift in the whole army to choose 5,000 people, I think this Jiangbei people are tall and strong, are stronger than the Fujian people, want to select 20,000 strong people, isn't it a piece of cake!"

If it was only a part of the people who opposed it before, now that Xu Dayuan said this, these people in the public court, who had long regarded themselves as the commander of the battalion, immediately became excited when they heard that they were recruiting strong people from the whole army.

"Xu Laosan, I said, you kid is too unkind, pick out 20,000 of the 70,000 or 80,000 people with the greatest strength, they are wearing armor, but what will others do when the time comes?"

"But no, Xu Laosan, the most powerful ones are picked into the armor camp, the ones who don't have armor are just soft-footed shrimps, if you have no strength, you have no head, when the time comes, when the war starts, you can't just rely on the armor camp,"

"Xu Laosan, you kid looks kind, but this trick is too damaging, you shouldn't have moved your mind and wanted to lead a battalion of armored troops!"

Xu Yuanda, who committed the anger of the people, suddenly became the target of the public, under the "siege" of everyone, his face was red, and the whole person squeaked and didn't know what to do, just muttered.

"The march and war are originally based on elite soldiers, with impact, supplemented by other miscellaneous soldiers......"

Although his words were not loud, they still reached Zhu Mingzhong's ears, staring at the words of Xu Yuanda who interrupted them.

"Yuanda, tell me, what is the work of elite soldiers? Line to impact? ”

In another world, Zhu Mingzhong is just an unlicensed traveling doctor, and he is an unlicensed traveling doctor majoring in mechanical engineering in an engineering college, although he has a certain hobby for military affairs, but it is only limited to hobbies, several victories with a little fluke, it does not mean that he is really proficient in military affairs, he is not complacent because of several victories, but is more hungry to take advantage of various opportunities, and strive to learn how to fight, although Xu Yuanda is just a defense, but he still did not miss such an opportunity.

"Returning to the ......"

Looking at Jing Liu's gaze, Xu Yuanda gritted his teeth and then said.

"The surname of the country is in Yinshan, that is, with 5,000 iron men army tore through the Qing captives' military formation, when the iron man army broke up its military formation, tens of thousands of troops followed the attack, so that there was a silver mountain victory, if the strategy can be 20,000 stout soldiers to form an armored army as the backbone of the army, when fighting with the Qing captives, it can be used as the vanguard to storm the Qing captives' army formation, and when its army formation is dispersed, then attack left and right with the unarmored army, annihilate the enemy, so that the enemy can be defeated......"

As soon as Xu Yuanda's words fell, Gao Jiming over there suddenly lit up and said in a loud voice.

"I heard that when the Qing captives were in Liaodong, they also used this trick, that is, they used heavy armor in front and no armor in the back......"

"What the high commander said is extremely true, after a strategy, he has also heard that the Qing army marches and fights, "The slave thief tactics, the dead soldiers are in the front, and the sharp soldiers are in the back." The dead soldiers, dressed in heavy armor, rode forward on two horses. Although the former is dead and the latter is restored, do not dare to retreat, and if you retreat, the sharp soldiers will kill it from behind. Wait for the impulse to be in my array. Then the sharp soldiers began to take advantage of the victory. …… It is also said that when the blades meet, the one who wears heavy armor and holds the blade is the striker. Those who wear short armor, that is, two pieces of armor, are also good at shooting, and impact from behind. The elite soldiers stand in other places and watch, do not order to dismount, and if there is no place to go, they will respond to it. ……”

Compared with Gao Jiming, Yu Shujie, as a reader, will always look for answers from books, and when he heard Xu Yuanda say this, he immediately thought of the Qing army's tactics, so he agreed with him.

"If the person wearing heavy armor and holding the blade is the forward, the sword and arrow of the Qinglu will naturally not hurt him, so that when the Qingyu camp is dispersed, and then the general array will be impacted, the Qingyu will be defeated, since the Qingyu can defeat me with this, then I can naturally be defeated by this......"

In their explanation, thinking of the iron armor weighing dozens of catties, and thinking of the desperate soldiers who could not pierce the armor of the Qing army during the bloody battle of Tongji Gate, Zhu Mingzhong's mind suddenly remembered the tanks of later generations.

Tank!

The heavy infantry may be far from the tanks of later generations, but in the era of cold weapons where swords and arrows could not cause much damage to them, these armored infantry are not the "tanks" of this era, and even on the battlefield, they play a role similar to tanks, just like tanks attacking the enemy's position, heavy Buzhen with armor protection through the impact of the enemy formation, breaking through its camp, and then, the infantry occupies, or the infantry sweeps the battlefield.

And what is the power of the tank?

It's about intensive use!

That's right!

Only by using the tank intensively can its power be revealed!

The success of Zheng Chenggong's Iron Man Army is precisely because he must concentrate 5,000 Iron Man soldiers in each battle, and then use it as the main offensive force, so that the Iron Man Army has won a hundred battles.

Intensive use!

Xu Yuanda's suggestion reminded Zhu Mingzhong of other things, just like his previous deployment of the bird gun, he even considered mixing the bird gun with the spear to form the "Spanish phalanx", although he didn't know much about the "Spanish phalanx", but it did not prevent him from making this idea, but now it seems that ...... It seems like this is a crooked path.

Why do you have to imitate the "Spanish phalanx"?

Why can't you use bird guns intensively?

"What Yuanda said is very true, if the armored soldiers are scattered in the battalions, it will inevitably cause the troops to be scattered, just like this fist, the ten-finger synthesis fist is powerful, and it is easy to be broken by each one if it is dispersed, and the strength must be used in one place!"

After making the decision that the armor would no longer disperse the battalions, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"Since this armor is concentrated to form an armored battalion, then I think that this bird gun and spear can also be concentrated into a bird battalion, a spear battalion and an artillery battalion, and when fighting with the Qing captives, the armored battalion is used as the vanguard, and the bird gun and artillery battalion are used to attack the enemy formation, cover the attack of the armored battalion, and when the armored battalion breaks the formation, then sweep the battlefield with the spear battalion......"

When he said this basic tactic, Zhu Mingzhong didn't know whether this tactic was effective, but he understood that at least for the spear battalions that used bayonet tactics, perhaps, they were better at sweeping the battlefield......