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Compared with other tactics, the biggest point of William's practice of the Spanish phalanx is that the tactics are simple and easy, because its core is only arquebusiers and spearmen, only need to pay attention to the advantages of the two arms, with spearmen lined up in a traditional phalanx to resist the enemy's close charge, with a large number of muskets as a striking force, forming a combat capability that can be used both near and far.

Compared with longbowmen, heavy infantry, halberders, swordsmen, cavalry and other arms, the biggest advantage of arquebusiers and spearmen is that they can be trained in a short period of time and quickly form combat capabilities, which is an incomparable advantage of other arms.

For example, the longbow soldier requires soldiers to practice for ten years, and the training time is too long and the recruitment cost is too high, which will not only greatly limit the number of recruits, but also damage the soldier's body and spine.

Arms such as halberd soldiers and heavy infantry swordsmen either have various physical and physical requirements, or require continuous training all year round, and they are not the arms that can be popularized.

This is true of longbowmen, not to mention cavalry, the loss of any ordinary cavalry will make any commander feel distressed for a long time, and if the stalwart knight, who is a Norman nobleman, is severely damaged, the whole country is likely to collapse.

Of course, although the principles and tactics of the Spanish phalanx are very simple, they are not something that ordinary people can play, and it is a great test of the ability of various arms of the armed forces to cooperate in combat, and a great test of the combat quality of the soldiers.

Therefore, the Spanish phalanx in history can only be played by Spain, and other countries do not have the ability to organize the Spanish phalanx in training, because they do not have these experienced veterans, which cannot be established in a short period of time by gold coins and training.

These conditions were fully met by William, and before he formally formed the Spanish phalanx, his standing legion had already initially incorporated some of the tactics of the Spanish phalanx, so there were a large number of spearmen and crossbowmen who were familiar with the battle formation, and they could easily accept the similar Spanish phalanx.

Because William had been forming the Standing Army for ten years, and he had an extremely large number of veterans in his army, relying on these skilled and experienced veterans, William could fully support the new tactics of the Spanish phalanx.

Conversely, countries such as the Holy Roman Empire, Castile, Denmark, Poland, and other countries that still relied on noble conscripts did not have a strong enough veteran army to support this tactic.

Therefore, William was not worried that the Spanish phalanx would be learned by his enemies, and even if they succeeded in copying the arquebuses and artillery, they would not have been able to learn the Spanish phalanx without enough veterans.

Unless the HRE Empire, Denmark and other countries complete the centralization of power, or have enough financial resources to hire soldiers to form a standing army, they may not be able to train an elite Spanish phalanx legion for a hundred years.

After roughly arranging the formation, William appointed the generals and officers of the army as the commanders of the companies, platoons, and squads, and finally appointed Phaleosbourne as the commander of the Spanish phalanx brigade.

"Faller, the next training will be left to you to complete, the tactical method of the Great Phalanx is in this Great Phalanx training manual, you can train the soldiers according to it, if you have any questions, you can ask me at any time, every week I have to check how your training is doing, don't let me down." William looked at Fallosburn and instructed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will live up to your expectations." Faller got down on one knee and solemnly promised.

"I'm looking forward to your performance." William nodded, and rode away with his guards.

William had a lot of business on his hands, and it was already very rare to be able to spare a morning to train soldiers, and it was simply unrealistic to let him soak in the barracks every day all day long.

Professional things have to find professional people to be responsible, William only needs to use what he can, why do it himself, he just needs to see if the final result is in line with his mind, if not, he will replace the chief officer.

However, in the palace of the West Pier, William finished the imperial meal, met with several nobles, and after dealing with political affairs, he hunted with the nobles in the royal hunting grounds.

Don't underestimate the activity of hunting, it is not only a recreational and fitness sport, but also a social and political activity, and like balls and banquets, it is an important occasion to connect the feelings of monarchs and noble vassals.

William was very fond of hunting, and he turned most of the country's mountains and forests into royal hunting grounds, as a hunting ground for kings and nobles.

It is not a remnant of the people to open up the mountains and forests as a royal hunting ground, on the contrary, it is beneficial to the people, because William and the nobles could not appear in the royal hunting grounds every day, and in their free time, they could provide the surrounding residents with livestock, picking fruits and vegetables, tubers, etc., and only need to pay a small amount of money to use them for a long time, which is much more convenient and economical than borrowing those forest farms controlled by noble lords.

Because of William's migration to Paris, the royal hunting grounds in this vicinity were hunted by nobles almost every day, and naturally there was no time to rent them to nearby farmers to raise livestock.

William carried a hunting bow and was escorted by the cavalry guards, and the counts and barons appeared in the royal hunting grounds near Paris, where hundreds of regular sika deer and various other wild animals were herded, and as long as they had a little hunting skills, they could not return empty-handed.

Just as William and the nobles were preparing to ride their horses to hunt, Queen Uraka and Princess Avella also appeared in the hunting ground, greeting him with a smile: "William/Brother-in-law! I happened to meet you here, so why don't we hunt together? ”

"That's just right, so that we can take care of each other." Where could William refuse, smiled and took the lead in agreeing.

Uraka and Avella wore compact hunting suits to highlight their respective bumpy figures, and for a while William was a little stunned, especially Avella, this young sister-in-law actually had two outstanding giants, and William was speechless.

"Come back to your senses, hey!" Uraka pouted, pinching William's arm dissatisfiedly.

"Ah, Uraka, you're so charming today, it's dizzying to me." William came back to his senses and praised with a smiling face.

"Hmph, your thief eyes have already betrayed you." Uraka turned his head away and snorted to ignore William.

"Poof, sister, don't be angry with your brother-in-law anymore, okay?" Avella came to Uraka's side and held her arm coquettishly.

"Brother-in-law, take us on a hunt, we are not very familiar with this royal hunting ground." Avella said with a smile that winked at William.

"Beautiful two ladies, allow me to be your knight." As he spoke, William made a knightly salute to Uraka and Avella.

"Don't be weird, take us there." Uraka said with a smile on his face.

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