"Xiangguo's military formation, is to use the infantry phalanx as the core, steadily advance or hold the position, and use the bow and crossbow as a long-range strike force, and then use the cavalry as a reserve to arrange the flanks and flanks to deal with the enemy's outflanking forces at any time?"

Wei Chigong looked at it carefully a few times, and then asked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Good eye." Li Chao praised Wei Chigong with a smile, and after looking at the military formation map, he could judge the tactical thinking, which fully showed that Wei Chigong was not only able to rush and fight.

To be able to achieve the position of the governor of the right army and guard Hebei is not only because he was once the first bodyguard under the emperor, but also because of his military vision.

However, he still didn't fully see through Li Chao's arrangement.

"Xiangguo's military formation is very good, but there are not enough soldiers to deploy this formation at the moment. Does Xiangguo plan to use those 20,000 white robes to set up those four large infantry formations? ”

The white-robed soldiers were not even recruits, a group of farmers, and they lacked sufficient equipment. Therefore, Wei Chigong felt that these people were useless at all.

But when he looked at Li Chao's formation, he felt that the four infantry formations were actually courageous.

A formation, with a formation, a core.

And this military formation, the four large infantry phalanxes are the formations, and the other military formations are all around these four large phalanxes. If a group of white-robed farmers are used as the backbone, although it seems that it is safe in the middle, it also makes this army lack a backbone, and without a backbone, it will not be able to support this large army formation.

This is like shipbuilding, there is no keel, how can you build a big ship, how to resist the wind and waves.

"Marshal, in my opinion, we should leave those 20,000 white robes in the rear, use them as a general reserve, and use 10,000 Youzhou soldiers and 5,000 Shenji battalions to set up this formation to meet the enemy in front."

At this time, there were already few soldiers, and he had to put 20,000 soldiers behind, which was also Wei Chigong's helpless move. After all, those recruits, who knows if they will pee their pants and run away in fear as soon as they fight?

And judging from his previous experience of fighting with various anti-kings, those people who were temporarily pulled up were actually the most useless, and many times they didn't even hit and didn't collapse.

Therefore, the most taboo in the use of soldiers is to organize a large number of recruits in the military formation, in order to avoid the new recruits from fleeing during the battle and counterattacking their own military formation. It is better to organize these recruits into another army, and the best way to use them is to use these people as cannon fodder, let them take the lead, and consume the enemy army.

Even if it's useless, even if the other party cuts a pig, it will take effort.

Of course, if you are merciful, then put these people in the back and use them as reserves. If the wind is favorable, these recruits will be sent up to cheer on at that time, and these recruits will still be useful to fight the wind fight.

In case of unfavorable situations, the main forces can also retreat directly from the battlefield and avoid being dragged down by new recruits.

"No, my army formation, there are too few people, 15,000 people, but I can't put this formation."

Hearing Li Chao's refusal, Wei Chi was anxious.

"But Xiangguo, those recruits can't stand the battle."

Li Chao just laughed.

Wei Chigong frowned, "Could it be that the marshal wants to put these recruits outside the big phalanx?" No, the large phalanx is the backbone, and the small phalanx is also the skeleton and the support. If these recruits are left outside, they are afraid that they will collapse at the touch of a button. ”

"You misunderstood me, I didn't plan to separate the volunteers from the government soldiers."

"Do you want to mix it up? Don't, Xiangguo, if you do that, you will definitely lose! Wei Chigong's black face turned red, angry and anxious.

Li Chao is also known as the god of the army, how can he say such layman's words.

In the face of 20,000 elite cavalry, but to let 20,000 recruits and 15,000 government soldiers be mixed, can this battle still be fought? This is not a city defense war, and it's okay to be a new talent in the war, but this is a field battle.

Li Chao didn't intend to throw the white-robed soldier away at all.

If he really wants to throw it away, why should he bother to bring it all the way? Did he recruit these men to make them his servants?

No, Li Chao didn't plan to do that.

Although these are new recruits, the vast majority of these people are young and strong, and the young people are strong and courageous. What's more, they are not ordinary recruits, Li Chao did not let them go along the way, basically marched all the way in, and they were trained every day.

Without practicing bow shooting, not riding horses, practicing lining up every day, practicing marching, they are now able to maintain a good formation.

This is already very good, plus practicing spear assassination every day, they are already qualified pikemen, of course, they are still musketeers.

Li Chao's military formation itself was taken out to match the white-robed soldiers and the government soldiers.

The core of the entire military array is the four large infantry phalanxes.

The four squares are arranged in a one-two-one vertical shape.

Each large phalanx is composed of three horizontal phalanxes lined up by musketeers. Each phalanx, with exactly fifty people in front of it, is twenty columns in depth. Therefore, a standard phalanx is 1,000 people, and in addition, Li Chao also arranged a team of 50 crossbowmen in each of the four corners of this 1,000-person phalanx.

In this way, a phalanx is 1,200 people, and Li Chao called him a brigade.

Then three such brigades formed a large horizontal phalanx, which Li Chao called a column.

There was a large phalanx of 3,600 people, and there were four such large phalanxes in the whole army.

In addition, there were more than 20 small points of infantry pike, each with 200 people, a total of more than 5,000 people.

Then there are multiple small phalanxes of fifty to one hundred people, which can be regarded as mobile phalanxes.

Together with the cavalry on the two flanks and the flanks and rear, the entire army formation was formed.

The more Wei Chigong listened, the darker his face became.

He was amazed in his heart by Li Chao's boldness.

I really want to use these white-robed soldiers as a battle. Four large phalanxes, four columns, twelve brigades, each with two hundred archers, and a group of shield soldiers, these would be government soldiers.

But the other pikemen were white-robed.

The small spear formation of 200 people was all white-robed.

The other mobile hundred-man phalanx is composed of sword players in the government soldiers.

The cavalry on both flanks and flanks, these are also old house soldiers.

In the entire large phalanx, Li Chao is really engaged in the coordination of the old and the new, mixed infantry and cavalry, and there is no reserve team left.

Wei Chigong didn't believe in this formation, he mainly didn't believe in recruits.

But Li Chao thinks that by doing so, he can give full play to the role of the white-robed soldiers.

His large phalanx itself is also to restrain the cavalry, after all, the infantry accounts for the vast majority of his soldiers and horses.

In the field battle of the plains, it is difficult to fight against cavalry, and this formation can be considered to be effective against cavalry.

The greatest excellence of this array lies in its solidity and ability to maneuver.

The combination of these large and small phalanxes, coupled with cavalry, can not only prevent cavalry from charging into formation, so that the Tang army can maintain its position and not be chaotic, and at the same time be able to attack and counterattack at any time.

Each brigade of 1,200 men was a sturdy and mobile formation, about 50 zhang wide and more than 30 zhang deep.

Let the white-robed soldiers gather together as much as possible, which is the biggest guarantee that they will not panic, especially a team of old house archers is arranged on the four corners, which can not only stabilize the heart of the phalanx, play the role of the shell of the phalanx, but also effectively deal with the enemy cavalry.

After explaining for a long time, Yu Chigong still felt that it was too risky.

"It's useless for me to say more, let's let the actual combat test this phalanx, test these soldiers. Don't look down on these volunteers too much, they are not those outcasts in the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they are not the homeless rebels who can't eat, and they are not those strong men who were forcibly pulled, these people came on their own initiative, they are all young, and they all have a heart eager to make meritorious contributions. Besides, with this big array and these old soldiers to strengthen their courage, all they need is to rely on each other and have no worries. ”

Dawn.

The whole army was well fed.

Then the drums of war sounded, and the formation was arranged.

After Li Chao finished talking with Wei Chigong yesterday, he summoned the generals and colonels in the army to seriously explain the military formation, and the deployment was also distributed.

On a flat wilderness.

The generals of the Tang Army began to stand according to the formation map.

Fortunately, the Tang Army itself is also based on the team, and the same is true of the white robe. At the moment, it's just a matter of recombining these government soldiers and white robes as a team.

It's not too much of a hassle.

The Goguryeo people had also drawn out of camp and began to rush towards the Tang army with the rising sun on their backs.

The military formation of the Tang Army was taking shape little by little.

"Can we win?" Zheng Rentai looked at Li Chao.

His 5,000-person Shenji battalion was disrupted by Li Chao, and the 5,000 people were split and arranged on the four corners of the twelve brigades under the four large squares.

The Shenji Battalion not only has Li Chao's musket, but they also have bows in their hands, and the equipment rate of the bows is 100%, and they are even equipped with a lot of crossbows.

The soldiers of Youzhou Mansion under the command of Wei Chigong were also split.

Some of the soldiers were transferred to the twelve large phalanxes to serve as large shield soldiers, standing in the first row. The other provincial infantry are divided into small phalanxes of 100 people with swords and cards, and they are the mobile forces in the middle of the small phalanxes of each large phalanx, and they must support these phalanxes on the side at any time.

The cavalry of the government soldiers has not changed, and they are still in the flanks and flanks and rear positions on the battlefield. They will protect the infantry and will also be tasked with counter-charging charges.

"Of course we can win."

Twenty miles is not too far.

The Tang army stopped to set up the formation, and when the news passed, Yuan Gai Suwen just smiled.

In the wilderness of this horse Pingchuan, the Tang people want to ride on foot? It's just wishful thinking.

"Let them set up, and we'll go over and level them."

"Have you found out who the coach surnamed Li is on the other side, is it Li Ji or Li Jing? Or which Li Tang clan is it? ”

"Back to Dashuai, it's not Li Ji or Li Jing, it seems to be Li Chao."

"Li Chao?"

Hearing this name, Yuangai Suwen's brow furrowed.

Li Chao's name is too famous, even if he is in Liaodong, he has long heard of this person's name.

"Isn't Li Chao the prime minister, I heard that he became a scholar and order, what kind of reform is he doing, why did he come here?"

"Li Chao was awarded the Yanyun Festival envoy to control the military and political affairs of Hedong and Hebei."

"Tut-tut, Li Chao and Li Wenyuan, he is actually the commander of the army." Yuangai Suwen was a little hesitant for a while, he was really the shadow of a famous tree, Li Chao was a victorious general who had never been defeated, especially when he fought with the Turks last year, he wiped out 100,000 Turkic troops in a battle, killed the Turki Khan, forced Ye Hu to withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops, and gave Hetao Daibei and other places to the Tang Dynasty.

Hesitating and worried, Yuangai Suwen led his soldiers and horses to approach the Tang army.

Along the way, Yuangai Suwen slowed down his march and waited until he reached the front of the Tang army.

It was nearly noon and the sun had risen in the middle sky.

Less than two miles away, Yuangai Suwen ordered the army to stop.

"Tang Jun's formation? It's weird. ”

Yuangai Suwen carefully looked at the large array laid out by the Tang army, but the more he looked at it, the more he didn't understand.

After watching it for a while, Yuan Gai Suwen suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, it turns out that Li Chao is nothing more than this, and he actually set up such a military formation, this is self-defeating!"