Sun Yuanhua, an artillery expert in the late Ming Dynasty, was a generation of Confucian generals.

He was a person during the Apocalypse, learned the method of Western firearms from Xu Guangqi, and was later recommended by Sun Chengzong as the secretary of the Ministry of War, built a platform on the side to make artillery, and entered the Ministry of War.

In August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji attacked the Daling River (now Jinxian County, Liaoning). Sun Yuanhua was ordered to send troops to help, and Kong Youde rushed to the front line with 800 cavalry to reinforce him. However, when Kong Youde's soldiers arrived at Wuqiao, due to heavy rain and spring snow, the troops were not well fed, and the soldiers robbed and mutinied. Kong Youde was instigated by Li Yingyuan, Mao Wenlong's old department, and launched a rebellion in Wuqiao, which is known as the "Wuqiao Mutiny" in history.

After the mutiny, Sun Yuanhua was the main appeasement, but the imperial court's edict was hidden by the villain, so the rebels could not be appeased for a long time, and there was a rebellion again, Chongzhen five years, Sun Yuanhua, who was good at artillery technology, was killed because of the defeat in the war in Liaodong, and his two young daughters were also exiled in the rivers and lakes, and were finally rescued by Bao Yong.

However, because she is Sun Yuanhua's daughter, Xiao Zhao has a certain understanding of military affairs, especially firearms, since he was a child, but he was too young at that time, so he didn't know much.

"The oblique array, that is, the trapezoidal array, although Sun Tzu does not have it in the Art of War, is also a tactical idea."

Liang Zheng didn't pay attention to this delicate moment, his whole mind was focused on the sand table in front of him, took the chess pieces handed by Xiao Zhao, and said casually while trying to deduce: "When the two armies are facing each other, line up the army diagonally in front of the formation, or tilt from left to right, or right to left, with the weak side and the strong side. ”

"Why is that?"

"No, to put it bluntly, it is to concentrate forces on one side to break through the enemy formation, and then the phalanx will rotate ninety degrees to outflank it with the breakthrough point as the axis."

For the ancient armies dominated by cold weapons, the two armies often became a melee after engaging with each other, and this kind of battle was purely a contest of strength, so the difference in numbers could often directly determine the outcome of the war.

Of course, in the history of China, it is not without examples of winning more with less, but these examples often rely on intrigue and trickery......

Bai Qi defeated the Chu army in Yanying because of the flooding of Yandu; Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu, relying on fire to burn the black nest; Zhou Yu's victory over Cao Cao in Chibi was the use of a series of tricks such as serial schemes, deception schemes, and fire attacks; Xie Xuan defeated Fu Jian in Weishui, and he also used his wits to provoke the enemy, lure him into chaos, and then took advantage of the gap to cover up and kill.

But what if in the face of a sudden encounter, what about the upright conspiracy?

Then the difference in the number of troops is still one of the decisive factors......

But for Liang Zheng, the number of people is precisely his weakness.

In the battle of Qingshi Pass, the number of people he could use was only more than 100 people, and even now, there were only 500 people. And what he needs to face in his group training is mainly bandits with homeless people, and these bandits are often thousands or even tens of thousands......

And they are rogue - rogue rogues, "rogue rogues" is their biggest characteristic, that is, rogue attacks are often sudden.

In the face of a sudden attack, where is the time for you to play with intrigue and trickery?

Therefore, how to use these 500 people to defeat the opponent in a frontal conflict by arranging troops is very important to Liang Zheng.

"But, young master, ......" Xiao Zhao looked at the sand table with sparkling eyes, "There are only a few black chess pieces here, and the white flag is drowned in a mouthful of spittle, no matter how you arrange the troops, it's in vain, right?" ”

"It could be." Liang Zheng smiled noncommittally and deduced intently.

On the sandboard, black faces the white in front of him in a horizontal line......

But unlike the swarming white pieces, the black pieces move forward at different speeds and trajectories......

So, right in front of Xiao Zhao's eyes, the black chess piece seemed to be a trick, and in the blink of an eye, it became a strange appearance of being thick on the right and thin on the left, and then its thick right wing was like an iron fist, attacking the left wing of the white chess!

"This ......"

Although it was just a deduction on the sand table, in Xiao Zhao's eyes, she was drenched in cold sweat.

Because right in front of her, the whole force of black moved diagonally and effectively hit the left flank of white, in order to reinforce the left flank, white, who was advancing towards black, had to change the formation and change the front again, and when white changed the formation, the left wing of black had already been killed......

As a result, at the time when white was at its most chaotic in changing formations, it was attacked by black's right wing and frontal at the same time......

The results speak for themselves.

Xiao Zhao, who was staring at the sand table all along, couldn't help but turn white.

What if these are not white chess, but their own followers?

Although she is only familiar with military affairs, she followed her father Sun Yuanhua when she was a child, and she also has a certain understanding of Western muskets......

Lord Bao Tan once said that the sect leader is coming to the east soon, and everyone is about to prepare to hold an event in Yongning and occupy the county seat to welcome the sect leader......

But Liang Zheng's team training was built to defend Yongning!

Now that the hope of seducing Liang Zheng is getting slimmer and slimmer, I don't know when the Holy Sect will have to fight him in the future, then it will be them who encounter this slash tactic!

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhao suddenly fell into an ice cave, his whole body was chilled, and the cut pupils staring at Liang Zheng were even more full of fear!

"On the battlefield, victory or defeat often depends on details, and this is what the so-called details determine success or failure." Liang Zheng didn't notice the subtle changes in Xiao Zhao's eyes, and he was too tired after several nights of all-nighters.

So he just sank himself into his chair, rubbed his temples, which were a little sore from staying up late, and continued with his eyes closed:

"Our family's regimental training equipment is all flintlock muskets, and in order to carry forward the power of muskets, horizontal formation is a must. However, although the power of the horizontal formation has been greatly enhanced, there are also drawbacks of dispersing the use of troops. So how to concentrate forces to the maximum while maintaining a horizontal formation, this is the art of line infantry. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to his shoulder again and motioned for Xiao Zhao to pinch him.

"Although this formation seems simple, it is precisely because of its simplicity that there are many ways to change in an instant." Liang Zheng said lazily, enjoying the gentle touch of the girl's fingers pressing on her sore shoulder, which had been in a fixed position for a long time, "Don't look at it, although there are not many sunspots on the sand table, if you change the layout slightly, you will retract one wing in the face of the enemy and strengthen the other wing that is ready to attack." Use the latter's forces to flank one of the Shirako's flanks as much as possible, and no matter how many Shirakos can't withstand it. The reality is also the same, with this method, even an army of 100,000 people can be defeated by 30,000 men in a very short time in a head-to-head confrontation. ”

Of course, in fact, this formation was not invented by Liang Zheng, but by the Theban commander Epaminonda, and expanded by Frederick the Great of Prussia, a famous military genius who relied on this tactic to achieve brilliant results in the Battle of Saul and the Battle of Rossbach, making this formation famous all over the world.

Of course, Frederick's "diagonal tactics" were not invulnerable......

In order for this method of warfare to be successful, it is necessary to conceal the combat attempt by means of a high mountain or woodland, and then rely on a surprise attack to achieve the tactical intent, otherwise the enemy will have time to reinforce the threatened flank and the entire combat operation may be defeated.

So what if you fight on the plains with an unobstructed view?

Liang Zheng's formation was modified in some details on the "diagonal tactics" that Frederick the Great was proud of—relying on the rapid movement of troops within the formation to quickly strengthen the right flank, but the surface formation remained unchanged in the front row. Once the mobilization is complete, it relies on momentum and speed to achieve a quick strike on the right flank - in this way, it can compensate for the shortcomings of the diagonal tactic in plain warfare, so that it can adapt to all terrain.

But there are many more issues to consider......

The success of this modified version of the "slash tactic" also depends on the operation of the entire force, including how to concentrate forces on the right flank as quickly as possible without disrupting the formation, how the left flank consciously delays its pace in order to attract the attention of the other side, how much it delays, and how to maintain the stability of the front...... It takes a lot of teamwork – and it takes training.

Can you do it with your own troops?

Liang Zheng couldn't think about it anymore......

Because in the girl's just right magic finger fairyland, excessive exhaustion finally made him fall asleep completely.

So he didn't see that Xiao Zhao's pair of water-cutting autumn pupils were staring at him quietly with an indescribably complex look.

There was fear, nervousness, anticipation, and hesitation, but in the end, it turned into ......

Killing Intent!

Anyway, one day I have to meet him, instead of spending time trying to remind the altar owner to pay attention to this "slash array" when fighting, it is better to simply do nothing and keep doing it - one knife will kill him!

He is asleep now, which means that he has no ability to resist at all, as long as he gently touches his neck, ten Liang Zheng will also be on the account!

In that case, wouldn't you no longer have to worry about the horror of this "slash tactic"?

Staring at Liang Zheng's neck, Xiao Zhao's face turned blue and white, looking like a powerful ghost in the netherworld!

With a flip of her wrist, there was already an extra dagger in the palm of her white jade-like hand!

And then there was a flash of cold light!