The Spanish phalanx was defeated by the French with more sophisticated infantry phalanxes and cavalry, and its brilliance was overshadowed by Gustavus's military reforms.

But in any case, this is the most powerful military phalanx in three hundred years when it was alternating between hot and cold, soldiers and weapons.

The core of this phalanx is not offense, but defense.

The phalanx of unusually thick and powerful spearmen resembles a city wall, with fire and spearmen on the edge and fire and spear phalanx at the four corners of the wall-like defensive array formed by the spear phalanx and rotating around the edge, either frontal or side, to output firepower, and in the event of an enemy attack or cavalry assault, the fire and spearmen use the spear phalanx to protect themselves.

In the middle or on both flanks of each phalanx, a large number of artillery pieces are placed depending on the situation of the battlefield.

This formation is a unique product of the era of the intersection of cold and heat, soldiers and weapons, and it is also an outstanding representative of Western military science ahead of the East.

Many believers in the invincibility of mounted archery were not convinced by this phalanx, believing that the spearmen lacked cover and could be shot to the skin.

Zhang Han has his own considerations and thoughts on this issue.

The car formation, the fire output of a large number of artillery, can completely suppress the bow and arrow of the captive.

In any case, since he knows this mature method of cold and hot, soldier and weapon coordination, and he himself is not Qi Jiguang, there is no way to manipulate and manipulate Qi Jiguang's very complex military system, and what phalanx and fighting methods to use to defeat the enemy, the answer is very obvious.

After hearing Zhang Han's order, the Chinese officers waved the red flag, the officers gave the order, and the soldiers held their hands behind their backs, and their feet were also separated, and the people were forked up.

Because the movement was too neat, when doing this soothing action, there was still a neat "whoosh" sound on the school field.

"Obedient ......" Zhang Chunniu couldn't help it again, and said in a low voice: "Are they still archers?" I don't think there are as many border troops as they are. ”

The people of Datong Mansion, there are very few people who have not seen what the border army looks like, even if it is a remote village, as long as they go out a few times, it is very likely to see what the border army looks like, these archers in front of them, how to fight do not know, but from the spirit to this queue, the border army has been thrown a hundred streets.

"Today's pay." Zhang Han doesn't talk too much nonsense, he has recently developed the habit of speaking concisely and powerfully, and even rarely speaks in normal times, only talking more when he is in a meeting with his relatives and confidants.

"Majesty", if cultivated, how can it be "majestic as a mountain", this is a science.

It's not just appearance and demeanor, or power, these are all important, but also how you talk and do things.

How he does things, the archers will only feel, there is no way to see directly, only the usual style of conversation, will be seen by many people.

"Be cautious", this is one of Zhang Han's strategies.

He is too young, it is easy to make mistakes when he talks too much, he talks too much with his subordinates, he is easy to get intimate, and the relationship is too close, which will cause a lot of trouble in management.

If you want to be prestigious, you must not only have power, but also make people incomprehensible.

If you don't say much, it will naturally be difficult for people to figure out his thoughts or style of doing things, and it will be difficult for people to figure out his thoughts, so it is easy to control his subordinates.

Except for his closest internal guards and confidants, Zhang Han rarely pretends to others.

Of course, he didn't put on a show on purpose, he ate and dressed very simply, he didn't pay too much attention to etiquette, he was very friendly to people, and he was very considerate to his subordinates, and it was enough to do this.

If you laugh and laugh at random when you see people, it will be difficult to make everyone respect.

Today is a simple ritual, which is also inspired by historical events.

After Zhang Han spoke, the first team walked up to the high platform in turn.

"Everyone has taken the money, and he has to feed his family well, and he does not gamble and spend it at will. It's all hard-earned money, remember? ”

"The villain is waiting for you, thank you for your teachings."

The team officer took the silver handed by Zhang Han in his head, and then said loudly: "I received the monthly salary, who gave us the silver to support the family?" ”

"It's Lord Zhang!"

"Who should we thank?"

"Thank you, Lord Zhang!"

This time, a dozen or so people shouted very loudly, like thunder, and the whole school heard it.

Zhang Han just smiled when he heard this, of course this team officer was arranged in advance. This is the first time to pay, so you have to set the rules first.

The time for each person to enter the camp is not short, but in the first 20 days is not paid, after the recruit period is not eliminated is the official archer, after a month before the salary, this is the condition negotiated in advance recruitment, no one said anything.

The border army also had five taels of silver to settle in, but everyone knew what was going on, and no one would think of taking that silver.

The first team completed the task very well, and Wang Changfu and Liang Xing exchanged glances and smiled at each other.

The teams below all came up in turn according to this rule, and they also took the money from Zhang Han's hand, and then thanked them loudly, and then went down from the other side.

More than 50 squads, without any exception to the squad, were all given by Zhang Han himself, and then gave a few words, and everyone took the silver and thanked them.

During the period, there was a small accident, a black man suddenly came out of the team, knelt down and shouted: "Owner, I am a homeless person from Daizhou, the family still lives in a shack, it is the proprietor soup porridge so that our family has food, and now there is a silver collar, I see the silver with good foot lines, I will kowtow to you, and I will give you an immortal tablet after I go back." ”

Zhang Han took a look at Liang Xing, and saw that they were also stunned, knowing that this was not an arrangement, he was a little moved in his heart, stretched out his hand to pull this person up, and said with a smile: "It seems that before receiving the silver, the immortal tablet will not be erected." ”

The man glared and said, "There are many big soup kitcheners, and we can't live by the tablets." It's the proprietor that you recruited me to be this archer, and there is still so much silver, so that we can live our lives again, this is a great grace. ”

Zhang Han laughed and waved his hand: "Go down, don't abide by military rules, leave the queue without permission, and the team officer will beat him with a military stick in a while." ”

The black man said proudly: "I am ready to fight with a military stick when I come out, and the rules are the rules." ”

He thanked Zhang Han again, knocked his head a few times, and then returned to the line and followed the team.

Everyone was laughing at this time, but no veteran dared to speak, and there was a buzzing sound in the miners' ranks, even if many people knew that it was a deliberately arranged scene, everyone's mood couldn't help but cheer up.

"It's enough, I'm looking."

"A squad receives twenty-two taels of silver, three taels of team officers, and one or two eight-eight archers, obediently, it's really enough silver."

Zhang Dongzhu ...... No, the inspector is really rich, people either want to be officials, or the bandits disrupt the caravan to find a way to be this official, and organize archers to fight bandits, how can ordinary inspectors train these soldiers and make such a big scene! ”

"This makes sense, but seriously, have you heard that bandits have made trouble recently?"

"I haven't heard about it lately, but it's been a lot of trouble in the past few months. However, recently, there have been many thieves and rebels, Huozhou, Xixiang County, there are rebels and the original pole hooked together, not only robbing big households, but also thinking of attacking the state and trapping the government. ”

"This world won't be chaotic, right?"

"Anyway, it's not very peaceful, and it's been too bad in the last few years."

During the Wanli period, on the one hand, the wealth of the people on the southeast coast, the merchants and the big families earned enough silver, on the other hand, the center was weak and fell into party disputes, and the north was a natural disaster for many years, just in the past few years, every year of drought, the year before last, the heavy snowstorm, more than a dozen state capitals were affected, countless people were displaced and homeless, last year there was a major earthquake in Jinnan, and more than 100,000 people were affected, and more than 100,000 houses were destroyed.

If there is a strong center for these things, disaster relief will definitely be the first priority.

This was the case in the former Song Dynasty, when there was a disaster, the imperial court attached great importance to it, providing disaster relief and food, recruiting men into the army, and giving them income and hope for improving their future lives.

The biggest failure of the Ming Dynasty was in the inability to provide disaster relief, if it was only a small natural disaster, even if the disaster relief was unfavorable and there was a small-scale turmoil, it would naturally be digested after a long time.

From the end of Wanli to the Apocalypse, a small-scale uprising had already begun, but because of the short time of the disaster, the scale was not large, and it never became large.

During the Chongzhen period, the disaster was long and large, and Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan were all seriously affected.

The peasant uprising finally broke out on a large scale, but the Ming Dynasty still did not know how to repent, and was still reluctant to pay for disaster relief, and even intensified, because the Liao affair continued to increase military salaries in the north, and everyone knew the final result.

In the past few years, Shanxi's annual success has also been poor, and Zhang Han's big silver here has been sent, and everyone's eyes have become very eager.

"How can I become an officer?" Some people watched the team officer take three taels of silver, and their eyes were extremely hot.

Three taels of silver, food and living in the camp, can be completely saved, and you can save enough money to build a small courtyard of a blue brick house in a year, this temptation is too great.

When you are an archer for a few years, you can build a small courtyard, buy more than a dozen acres of land, and the whole family has an industry to live in.

"I'm here to stay." Zhang Chunniu is also a filial son, and his family is not very well-off, thinking of his parents' expressions when he can earn back a lot of silver, he gritted his teeth and changed his mentality in an instant.

"Of course I'll stay." Li Shouxin's fists were clenched very tightly.

In less than half an hour, everyone had finished receiving the silver, and Zhang Hanzui had finished what he said, he waved his hand and ordered: "Everyone continue to move and continue training." ”

"Yes, sir."

This time, everyone held their heads high, and many people were peeking at the silver purse in the officer's hand, but it didn't prevent them from talking loudly.

Zhang Han returned to the signing room, and Liang Hong had been waiting for a long time.

Recently, Zhang Han has spent his main energy here, and he has also traveled a few times, patrolling more than a dozen branches to boost the morale of his subordinates.

The expansion of the account bureau and the mule and horse shop in Shanxi has almost reached a peak, and Zhang Han decided not to open any more branches or continue to expand, keeping the existing situation unchanged.

It's not that he is conservative, but his strength has reached a bottleneck period, and there are no major changes, so it's very good to keep the current situation.

Zhang Han himself stayed on the side of the Inspection Division, and only returned to Xinpingbao once during the period, and he also wrote a letter to Yu Niang, simply reporting his safety, and did not say anything more.

Not long after Liang Hong arrived, he stood up from his chair when he saw Zhang Han come in.