As the name suggests, the Long Snake Formation is a defensive formation of thousands of people forming a straight line.

According to the Book of War, this array is invulnerable in defense, and the enemy will respond to the head and tail, the head and tail will be attacked, and the middle will be the head and tail.

But in fact, it is not so simple to practice, and besides, I have only heard the name of this formation before, and now I have seen it with my own eyes.

Maybe Qi Jiguang has improved it, the formation is not a straight line, but multi-level, the front is to eat the shield, the middle person eats the bow and arrow, and there is a layer in the back, which is also to eat the bow and arrow.

When the enemy attacks, a row of shields in front of them blocks the enemy's arrows, and the people in the middle are hiding behind the people in front, and then fire bows and arrows when the enemy is near.

Besides, listening carefully and looking at it, I admire it very much, although it is the era of cold weapons, Qi Jiguang has realized that it is necessary to build a firepower cross network, which is a great invention.

The direction of archery is extremely particular, and the archery must also obey the order, not indiscriminately, must shoot at the same time, and do not need to aim at the enemy when shooting, but according to the pre-arranged direction, so that the arrows shot by everyone will form a firepower network composed of arrows, and the enemy who comes will enter the net, and there is nowhere to hide.

"In fact, Qi Shuai is most famous for the use of firecrackers and artillery." Zhao Yang said.

The use of formations in the army is a pioneering initiative of Qi Jiguang, and the use of a large number of firecrackers and artillery is his characteristic, which can be called the Napoleon of the Ming Dynasty. Ordinary officers and soldiers don't like to practice formations, thinking that when they go to the battlefield, as long as the soldiers fight hard to kill the enemy, the formation is just grandstanding and looks beautiful.

Besides, I suddenly thought that these formations came from Yue Fei, in fact, Yue Fei liked field battles the most at that time, and did not like formations, Zong Ze at that time also persuaded him many times, Yue Fei said that the two armies were fighting, and the use was wonderful, and they were single-minded.

It was only when he used infantry against Dajin's ironclad heavy cavalry that Yue Fei used various formations to make up for the lack of infantry in order to weaken the huge impact of the heavy cavalry.

"Do we have too few guns and cannons?" Besides.

"It's a lot, there are only three Shenji battalions in Jingshi, although we only have one, but it is a lot more than the artillery of one Shenji battalion, almost equivalent to one and a half. You're always greedy. Zhao Yang smiled bitterly.

Besides, he shrugged: "The more the merrier." ”

"The more the merrier? You think it's cabbage and potatoes. There are not many guns that can be made every year, and the side plug has to be replenished every year, which is what we are, stained with the light of the emperor's army, otherwise we won't get it at all. ”

The progress in the morning was not much, after all, the students were all new to this formation, and they were all in a hurry, and the team was uneven at every turn. Under the command of Qi Jiguang and several lieutenants, the sect leaders ran back and forth, shouting and scolding, and became a mess.

Besides, I didn't feel anything, this is normal, the practice of a formation is not something that can be practiced in three days or two days. As long as you drill into one first, the subsequent formation drills will be half the effort.

"These guys are really embarrassing to us, how can they all look like wooden people." Zhao Yang shouted angrily.

"Calm, everything is difficult at the beginning, just take a step." Besides, squinting and looking down, the wind and sand are a little heavy today.

"Do you think you can buy artillery guns at your own expense?" He still can't forget it.

"Buy it yourself? Can you afford it? Even if you can afford it, buy it and do anything. If it is used in the army, the imperial court will naturally issue it. Zhao Yang said.

"Of course it works, change my guard into the Divine Machine Battalion as well." Besides, he laughed.

Zhao Yang ignored him, it is estimated that he is obscene, what he said is not serious, whose guards use the Shenji Battalion, the emperor is not so extravagant, and there is no need for it at all.

Besides, he still wants to establish three Shenji battalions, one is too little, one and a half is too little, at least three, and then expand the establishment in the future, he knows that the Westerners have already used firearms on a large scale, and if they fight in the future, this firearm will not help at all.

In addition, the number of cavalry is still too small, and he still wants to build a cavalry team of 12,000 people according to the original concept. Although the coastal areas are not suitable for cavalry combat, who said that cavalry must fight on horseback, and when the time comes, they will not be able to dismount and fight on foot? The cavalry can at least maintain a quick maneuver, which is equivalent to a powerful rapid reaction force.

The matter of the cavalry is easy to say, the court really does not give horses, he can buy them himself, occupy a street, and always have some blood. However, there is no place to buy artillery guns for a while, unless they are purchased from overseas, and it will be many years later, and it is difficult to say whether it will be completed or not.

Qi Jiguang and the lieutenant generals gave orders, making their mouths dry, not to mention those leaders, all of them had weak legs.

At noon, besides, inviting Qi Jiguang's people and sect leaders to the city for dinner, Qi Jiguang smiled and said: "Yunming, we don't need to be polite, just eat as much as you like." ”

Besides, he smiled: "It's not polite, everyone is too hard, you must eat something good." Besides, we're not bad for this. ”

Qi Jiguang heard him say this, and he didn't insist anymore.

Everyone rode into the city and found a good restaurant to charter the next floor. The shopkeeper of the hotel saw so many generals gathered together, and his face turned pale, lest one of them serve badly, and these military masters would have to demolish his restaurant.

"Qi Shuai, have you studied Zhuge Kongming's gossip array?" Besides, he asked.

He really wanted to copy Zhuge Liang's Bagua Array, this thing is the big killer of defense, once it is laid down, anyone who breaks in will be killed. If you want to trap one side, the Bagua Array is definitely the best choice.

Qi Jiguang smiled: "Yunming, you have read too much about the Three Kingdoms, that is a legendary thing, in fact, no one understands this, and no one has studied it in the future generations of Muniu Liuma." ”

A sect leader said with a smile: "I seem to have heard that there is a gossip array in Wudang Mountain, but it is not drilled by people, but arranged according to the terrain and landform." ”

"Wudang Sect has?" Besides, he was surprised.

"There should be, I also heard that many people go to Wudang Mountain to play, and they vaguely recognize this formation."

Besides, what impressed him the most was that when he was in Fengyang, the Heavenly Master taught some people to put up a strange formation, and he forced a mansion to move out alive, as if it was in a parallel space, and people outside couldn't see it at all, this kind of means was really immortal thaumaturgy.

However, this kind of formation must have a top master to maintain the operation of the formation, and the consumption is too great, not to mention that he can't find so many masters, even if he finds it, he can't maintain the consumption of daily operation.

"Yue Wumu's military book really has an idea, which Wu Mu himself researched, but he hasn't actually used it in his old man, so he probably wants to explore the mystery of Zhuge Kongming's gossip array." Qi Jiguang said.

"Yue Wumu is the main attacker, never defensive. The Bagua Array is alive, and it depends on people to execute it, and only Zhuge Kongming has the ability to let the enemy get in. If the enemy is not fooled, the Bagua Array is for himself to see. An adjutant said.

Besides, he nodded. Proceeding from reality, let's let Zhou Dingcheng inquire whether the Wudang faction really has this kind of strange array, and if so, try to arrange it. The Heavenly Master Sect also needs to inquire about it to see if they have a formation that does not require manpower to maintain, if there is such a formation, he can build the station as solid as gold, and he is not afraid of the enemy besieging him.

After the meal, everyone returned to the campus to continue practicing the formation.

In the afternoon, these students were somewhat proficient, at least the team remained relatively intact, but they still couldn't be uniform in their movements, but they looked much better.

"In five days, you can almost finish teaching, and then you will practice every day, continue to practice and consolidate until you are proficient." Qi Jiguang said with a smile.

It seemed that he was still very satisfied, and the speed at which the students could get started was exactly what he expected.

"This matter is not in a hurry, generally speaking, if you want to train an elite soldier, it will take three years, and you only have one year, which is still too short. But at the very least, you can teach them everything that should be taught, and it is the same to practice more in your free time in the future. An adjutant said.

"Hmm. By the way, Qi Shuai is not the best at using artillery guns, and I have to ask you to help me train those people in this regard. Besides.

"Didn't they train in the Divine Machine Camp?" Qi Jiguang obviously knows his situation very well.

"I was trained in the Shenji Battalion, but it was also the use of firearms, and the Shenji Battalion rarely dispatched, and the actual combat experience was still too little." Besides.

"That's right, it's a deterrent power of the imperial court, and it's rarely used. Let them be trained in the Shenji Camp first, and when they are proficient in the operation of firearms, I will instruct them on how to use them reasonably, which is relatively simple. Qi Jiguang said.

"Qi Shuai, I heard that you fought with the barbarians a few days ago, how is their combat effectiveness?" One of the leaders asked.

A few days ago, the battlefield of Liaoyang was lost, and even the commander of the city was killed, and the Beijing army also knew about it here, and many generals were afraid of being sent to Liaodong for emergency relief, thinking about Fa'er's leave or business trip, and these leaders naturally knew about it.

"Very strong." Qi Jiguang only said two words, and his mood seemed to be a little heavy.

"How strong can it be?"

"Let's put it this way, you're fending off a thousand wild boars against them." Qi Jiguang said.

Everyone was silent, if one or two wild boars were not terrible, if there were thousands, they would almost be flood beasts, irresistible.

Of course, Qi Jiguang is an analogy, it is impossible to have thousands of wild boars in any forest.

"We still relied on the strong city to resist their onslaught, slowly wear down their impact, and finally when they were almost exhausted, we rushed out of the city gate and defeated them. If you are in the plains outside, you will also lose a lot. ”

Is it really that strong?

The leaders were speechless, and they had never been to the battlefield in person, just like teachers did not necessarily take the college entrance examination. They originally thought that the combat strength of this group of trainees had reached the sky, but now that they think about it, it should still be far from enough.