Taking Chen Wen's manuscript paper, Yu Guowang carefully read page by page, but the more he read it, the more confused he became.

Chen Wen's manuscript paper is a detailed explanation of the composition of the formation, the style of weapons, and the method of exercise, but it has been modified to some extent according to some characteristics of these old-style armies. But what puzzled Yu Guowang was that this seemingly simple formation seemed to be very different from the army of this era in terms of use.

After reading it once, Yu Guowang did not seek answers from Chen Wen, but re-read the manuscript several times before seeking answers to the questions that he still couldn't understand.

"General Chen, why is this bird ......?"

Yu Guowang's questions were one after another, and Chen Wen simply used pen and ink to deduce on the paper to solve Yu Guowang's confusion one by one.

It wasn't until late at night that Chen Wen, who had already yawned, completely eliminated Yu Guowang's incomprehension, but Yu Guowang, who had always had the habit of going to bed early, was still full of energy, and even excited, and stood up all of a sudden, bowed down to Chen Wen.

"The old man has thanked General Chen for his great kindness here, but in the future, General Chen will definitely do it for General Chen even if he smashes the pot and sells iron."

"You're in a state of frustration." As he spoke, Chen Wen hurriedly got up to help him. "Whether this formation is good or not depends on the results of the actual exercise."

Yu Guowang's reaction was very unexpected, but Chen Wen didn't know that this formation with many shortcomings in his eyes must be the Chen family's family heirloom in Yu Guowang's opinion, otherwise how could it be so unreasonable but secretly in line with the art of war. Especially thinking that Chen Wen's ancestor was still the Chinese army general of Li Wenzhong, the king of Qiyang, the famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty, this thing is also likely to be Li Wenzhong's idea back then, which made Yu Guowang feel heartfelt joy and admiration.

In the next few days, due to the uncertainty of the effect and the special requirements of this formation for the existing weapons of Yu Guowang's department, Chen Wen only selected a small army directly under Yu Guowang to conduct the exercise. Due to the improvement of the blades and the difference in combat methods, this drill unit was very unsuitable for this formation from the very beginning, but under Chen Wen's prestige and Yu Guowang's strong suppression, these officers and soldiers had to obey Chen Wen's instructions to train the formation.

As time passed, these officers and soldiers gradually adapted to this new rhythm, and the advantages of the entire formation were gradually revealed. At the same time, the improvement of performance also drove these soldiers to concentrate more on the practice formation, and then achieve the standards required by Chen Wen.

Until the last day, at the request of Chen Wen, this model army and a relatively elite old-style army under Yu Guowang conducted a simulated competition, but the result was an almost crushing victory, and even reminded Chen Wen of the original competition on Dalan Mountain.

Looking at Yu Guowang, who was already ecstatic, and those officers and soldiers who were full of admiration, Chen Wen couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart while being humble.

"A competition where birds can't shoot live ammunition, the advantage of this copycat version of the formation is just an inch long and an inch strong, it's really a win. As for how much effect can really be brought into play, it still depends on the performance of these officers and soldiers on the battlefield. ”

Receiving a flattering and reverent gaze, Chen Wen left Yu Guowang's old camp the next day and returned to the temporary camp of the old camp in Dalanshan to expand his Nantang camp. Of course, along with him left with Yu Guowang the three hundred bird guns and more than a dozen carts of gunpowder, I feel that there is no such thing as fighting local tyrants, it is really a good person with a good reward.

Three hundred and fifty bird guns, fifty more than Yu Guowang promised before, and the amount of gunpowder is also a lot more, I think it is also a piece of hospitality, so it is difficult to be cheeky.

Returning to the old camp, Chen Wen immediately summoned the officers to announce a new round of army expansion plans.

At the end of July of the fourth year of Yongli, when the Nantang Battalion was formed, there were five sentry posts of the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team, five squads of the Chinese Army Firearms Team and two squads of the Chinese Army Cavalry Team, with a total of 342 people.

At the end of August of the fourth year of Yongli, with the victory of the school competition, the Nantang battalion ushered in the first expansion. By the beginning of September, the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team already had eight outposts, the Chinese Firearms Team of ten squads and the Chinese Cavalry Team of four squads, in addition to the establishment of a 20-member Chinese Army Engineer Team, and gave strong support to the whole army in the battle behind the Siming Mountain Palace.

After the battle behind the Siming Mountain Palace, Chen Wen only added those soldiers who participated in the temporary auxiliary team and a small number of warriors who were willing to serve in the Nantang battalion into the battalion, and this was just a necessary supplement because of the casualties in the previous battle.

The fallen soldiers were buried on Tiantai Mountain, and their names were recorded in the list of fallen soldiers, and in the future, a stable base or the recovery of Siming Mountain would also set up a shrine to pay tribute, so that they could have blood and food to eat in the underworld. And their families will be properly taken care of, even if they have no relatives, Chen Wen plans to adopt a righteous son for them in the future to inherit the surname, and they must not let their heroic deeds be forgotten by future generations.

This is what Chen Wen once emphasized when telling the story of Yue Fei, heroes must be remembered by future generations, because without their bloody battles, there will be no future for future generations, and this is also one of the truths that Chen Wen learned when he was in school that he felt the most correct.

More than 30 people were killed on the battlefield, and a few more died of serious injuries, and most of the other wounded soldiers were only wounded and soon returned to their respective battalions. As for those soldiers who are disabled and can no longer go to the battlefield, Chen Wen will not ignore them like the army of this era, but take care of them first, and then arrange them after obtaining a stable base in the future.

The Nantang battalion here is still 616 people, and Chen Wenxin's expansion plan is to double the number of soldiers, and this is also the limit that Wang Jiang and Chen Wen calculated, the old camp of Dalanshan and the Nantang battalion can withstand with the goal of supporting until the end of the year. As for next year, if Comrade Zhu Yihai, who has a mocking face, can no longer open up the situation before he is forced to leave Zhejiang, then there will be no next year.

Due to the terrain of Zhejiang, coupled with the fact that Chen Wen did not have any cavalry, and he did not have the money to set up a vehicle artillery battalion and a baggage battalion, the infantry battalion was still a four-four system, supplemented by three teams of firearms, cavalry and engineers of the Chinese army, as well as the newly formed artillery team and military medical team of the Chinese army.

At the same time as the expansion, Chen Wen planned to reequip some of the firearms team, and at the same time draw out some of the first four outposts of the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team to form a new combat unit called the first game. This brand-new combat unit was adapted from the infantry battalion when Qi Jiguang was guarding the border in the north, in fact, there is also a person in history who has figured out a similar set of formations by studying Qi Jiguang's military books, and has achieved excellent results, his name is Zeng Guofan.

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, the Qing court was unable to suppress the Taiping Rebellion due to the inability of the Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp Army to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, so it had to rely on the local armed forces formed by the Han bureaucrats led by Zeng Guofan, the most important of which was Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army.

The Hunan army was modeled after Qi Jiguang's infantry battalion, with 685 men in each battalion, one battalion officer, four sentry officers, 500 brave men, and 180 long-term men to transport baggage. The Hunan army set up four outposts in each battalion, eight teams per sentry, and half firearms, swords and spears, which was roughly the same as the establishment of Qi Jiguang's infantry battalion in the north, except that the mandarin duck array was no longer used, and the number of people in each team was reduced.

The reason why Chen Wen is like this is more because of the lack of long-range killing ability shown by the Nantang battalion in the face of the Qing army during the war. Especially on the frontal battlefield, the Qing army's bow and arrow shooting, javelin projection, and artillery bombardment really caused a lot of trouble to Nantang, so that he learned from the pain after the war and decided to carry out a round of innovation.

It was only due to the initial establishment of the new establishment and the shortage of the number of firearms that Chen Wen had no choice but to change some of the troops first, and continue to reorganize them after the equipment situation improved and the establishment saw results. As for the other units, they will continue to be expanded according to their original strengths.

In addition, the firefighters in the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team are not very effective in this battle, and they generally have the problem of not knowing whether to give priority to saving teammates or giving priority to replenishing the queue to assist in combat. As a result, Chen Wen had to give up their role as temporary nurses, so that he could devote himself to supplementary operations.

As for the issue of ambulance, Chen Wenwen plans to recruit a group of female nurses, after all, the angel in white is normally referring to female nurses. And theoretically, women's minds are more delicate, and they will be more careful in caring for the wounded, which is also beneficial for the treatment of injuries.

It's just that in this era, the identity of women in the military camp can almost only be military prostitutes with the army, and after being advised by Wu Dengke, who is becoming more and more righteous and awe-inspiring, or more and more like a nerd the more he reads, he had to temporarily give up this idea of decoupling from the times, and instead recruited a group of male nurses to supplement the military medical team led by Lu Laolangzhong.

As the people who escaped from Siming Mountain had no land as a means of production, poverty and hunger began to become problems that plagued them. After a strict review, it only took a day or two to complete the expansion, which was much faster than Chen Wen imagined.

After the recruitment is completed, after receiving the routine brainwashing, these new soldiers are about to face the military training of the Nantang battalion. Half a month later, when the first phase of training was completed, just when Chen Wen lamented that he was already a little powerless to brainwash himself, Lu Jianguo's Qincha also quietly arrived at Tiantai Mountain.