After lunch, Chen Wen immediately gave the two newly hired clerks a job to compile the roster.

Emotionally, when a person and other people are written on a piece of paper or a notebook, there is a connection between them, and if these people who are written together get along with each other every day, then this connection will quickly turn into feelings. The marriage certificate or the marriage certificate of this era has this function in addition to supporting evidence, and when used in the barracks, it is the love of the robe.

Moreover, in addition, this roster will also be the basis for Chen Wen to build the system of his army, reward and punishment for the merits of the soldiers, etc., so even if the people have not been recruited yet, things must be started quickly.

As the main general, Chen Wen can not write his name on this roster, but out of example, he still wrote the resume that he had made up and taken out several times to fool people on the first sheet of manuscript paper.

After writing, Chen Wen looked at the manuscript paper in front of him, and he really couldn't recall that he had made up anything else to other people.

So, he turned to the two documents and said: "Name, trade name, ancestral hometown, place of origin, parents, wife and children, occupations and specialties, all these must be recorded, and then copied a few points." When the recruitment was over, the two gentlemen had to put the drafts on several different rosters. This is the fundamental matter of our department, and I hope that the two gentlemen will act prudently. ”

"Students will live up to the general's trust." The young Xiucai immediately responded, but the older boy rolled his eyes as he responded, as if he had thought of something.

At this time, the three thousand generals also returned, and Chen Wen's previous task was to call the soldiers who had eaten to return to their residences to stand by, which was obviously completed.

Subsequently, Chen Wen ordered the three officers to answer their resumes according to the questions of the two clerks, and record them as if they were training. In this way, Wu Dengke and Li Ruixin are fine, and Yin Ergou has become a problem. Originally, Chen Wen was already thinking about giving Yin Ergou a nice name, such as Yin Zhiping, who was determined to rebuild Taiping, wouldn't it be good? In this case, it will be nice to say that you have made meritorious contributions and been promoted in the future.

However, when it was his turn, he opened his mouth and answered something like "Yin Yue, the axe Yue hook fork, no font size", which surprised Chen Wen.

As a result, I found out when I asked that the people who were originally familiar with him either called him Brother Ergou or Brother Ergou, and since everyone was used to it, he did not forcibly correct it. But now that he has become an officer and wants to record it, of course he has to emphasize this, so that if he goes to the battlefield in the future, his ancestors will not be able to bless him because he is not a daimyo.

In this regard, Li Ruixin was not surprised by that noncommittal attitude, but Wu Dengke made up for him after thinking about it. "Brother Ergou, why haven't I heard of your name?"

As soon as Yin Yue heard this, he immediately retorted: "Brother Wu, how many years have we known each other?" You go and ask the brothers of the Zhou family, what is my father's name when my family worships my ancestors, the brothers of the Zhou family are neighbors of my family, and they grew up urinating and mud, he must know. ”

Seeing that he attached so much importance to this matter, Chen Wen suddenly felt a little lucky. If Li Dingguo had already obtained the privilege of the fake Huang Yue at this time, with the degree of attention this guy attaches to this, he would most likely emphasize that his Yue is the Yue of the fake Huang Yue.

Soon, the two documents were recorded. The two of them saw that Chen Wen could not use them here for the time being, so after saluting, they went to the barracks to record the origins of those soldiers.

The two clerks left Chen Wen's room, and only the three officers were left in the room, and Chen Wen immediately took out a written preparation plan, put it on the table, and motioned for them to take it and read it themselves.

I saw that these three thousand presidents, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Yin Yue picked up the plan. Subsequently, after Chen Wen said "read", Yin Yue began to read the document aloud.

"One...... Four ......, one ...... Twelve,...... One, Wu ...... Second, the positive ...... Eight...... One. ”

Listening to Yin Yue's stumbling reading out a lot of numbers, Chen Wengang almost squirted out of the water he drank to his mouth, if he was allowed to continue reading, he didn't know that he thought that the secret code was being received in this room.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to ask for the plan, and began to read under Yin Yue's face full of shame: "One sentry and four teams, one team of twelve people, one captain, two captains, eight regular soldiers, and one firefighter." This general is determined to rebuild the Qi family's army, and this mandarin duck formation is the basic formation of our department. Do you have any objections to this configuration? ”

Chen Wen took out the establishment is the basic establishment of the Qi army's mandarin duck array, whether it is the south to resist the Japanese, or the north to fight against the Mongolian cavalry, although the weapons of the Qi army have changed, but the number of a single mandarin duck formation team has never changed, what has changed is the number of teams per outpost, the organization of cold ** and the composition of weapons.

Yin Yue and Li Ruixin had no objection to this, while Wu Dengke only frowned.

So, Chen Wen continued to read. "The captain holds a flag gun with a waist knife, the captain holds a long waist knife, one person holds a rattan waist knife and a javelin, four regular soldiers hold spears and bows and arrows, two hold wolf stalks, two people hold boring palladium bows and arrows, and the firefighters hold pointed flat poles, is there a problem with this?"

Wu Dengke thought for a while and said: "General, your set of establishment and weapon configuration was used by Qi Shaobao when he resisted the Japanese, and now we are facing the Tartars, why not use the Northern Mandarin Duck Formation that can restrain the cavalry?" ”

Hearing this question, Chen Wen glanced at it, Yin Yue and Wu Dengke showed the same puzzled expression, but Li Ruixin looked like he wanted to say something.

Fortunately, Chen Wen had anticipated this problem, and he said: "Brother Wu and Brother Yin have never been to the north, where there is a flat river, and the cavalry of the Tartars can charge in groups. But we are now in Zhejiang, where the water network is crisscrossed, the hills are dense, and the roads are narrow, and it is difficult for the Tartars to charge in groups even with cavalry. For a long time, Wang Shi and the Tartars fought more often on foot, so Ben Jiang felt that the Mandarin Duck Formation in the south was more suitable. ”

Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation went from fighting against the Japanese in the south to going to the north to face the Mongolian cavalry, and there were three kinds of formations, among which the second effect of the mixed formation of firearms and cold weapons was not very good, so it quickly became a form of separate columns of killer teams and firearms teams. The establishment has also changed from the four-four system in the south to the three-three system, which is more flexible and easier to cooperate with the horse battalion and the car battalion in the north.

"Of course, the three brothers all know, Ben will always be as good as a stream, if there is a problem, it must be raised for everyone to discuss, this matter is a matter of life and death for the headquarters, don't be stingy."

Seeing that Wu Dengke and Yin Yue had no objections, Chen Wen turned to Li Ruixin and asked, "Brother Li, what do you think, say it and let's discuss it." ”

Li Ruixin obviously expected Chen Wenhui to ask him, and said without hesitation: "I think that the general has no problem using the Mandarin Duck Formation when Qi Shaobao was fighting against the Japanese in the south, but there are some details that can be discussed. ”

"Brother Li, but it's okay to say it."

"For example, it is correct for a general to carry a javelin with a rattan player, and a bow and arrow with a palladium hand and a pikeman, so that he can cooperate with the firearms team to kill and wound the enemy before engagement. In my humble opinion, our department is all new soldiers, although many people have martial arts, but it is not too complicated to practice two weapons at the same time. ”

According to common sense, rattan cards should hold javelins, spears and bows and arrows, and boring palladium hands should hold rockets, but Dalanshan does not have high-tech products like rockets, so Chen Wen retreated and planned to replace them with bows and arrows. But after Li Ruixin mentioned this, he suddenly realized that there was not much time left for him, and the Qing army was about to encircle and suppress it in more than a month.

"Then expand the number of shooters, and the Mandarin Duck Formation soldiers will temporarily practice a single weapon." Chen Wen glanced at Wu Dengke and Yin Yue, and seeing that they had no objections, he motioned for Li Ruixin to continue.

"For another example, Qi Shaobao's Mandarin Duck Formation, the sword and shield captain in the front row is composed of a long player and a rattan player. The Tartars we are facing now are very different from those faced by Qi Shaobao, the Japanese use birds, the Mongols use bows and arrows, and the Tartars we face use heavy projectile weapons such as throwing knives, axes, and javelins in addition to birds and bows and arrows. ”

"These weapons are nothing to the long player, but the vine player can't handle them. Therefore, it is better to change the rattan player to the long player, so that the two long players in the front can better protect the back row soldiers from the damage of the Tartar projectile weapon. ”

"No way!" Chen Wen was still thinking about it, and Wu Dengke immediately spoke out against it. "Brother Li, you haven't seen the Mandarin Duck Formation, so you don't know very well. This long card and the rattan card exist at the same time, not only for the long player to resist the enemy's projectile weapon, but more importantly, for the long player to push the whole formation forward. ”

"However, the bulky long card will inevitably affect the action of the long player, and the presence of the rattan player can protect the long player from the Tartar rush attack, which is why Qi Shaobao has strict requirements for the size and skill of the long player and the rattan player."

"If it's all long, the Tartar pikemen will rush up, and as long as they can hold the wolf, the sword and shield soldiers will take the opportunity to roll over, and the long players will be in danger. If the long player dies, how does the formation move forward, and who will resist the projectile weapon? So the front row must be a long card and a rattan card that go hand in hand. ”

When Chen Wenzheng was thinking about the scene designed by Wu Dengke, Yin Yue said: "Since it has affected the action, it is better to make the long card bigger, anyway, we also have to use the vertical formation to reduce the damage of projectile weapons before taking over the formation." ”

"Column? If the Tartars fire, they can't hit it accurately, but if one shot hits the long player, what will they do, will they all die? ”

Artillery?

Chen Wen suddenly found that he hadn't thought about this problem at all, whether Qi Jiguang was fighting against the Japanese in the south or against the Mongolian iron cavalry in the north, his opponent didn't seem to have such a high-tech thing as artillery.

In his impression, the research and development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty in this era has always been catching up with the footsteps of the West, and even some products have appeared that surpass their Western counterparts. It's just that this bright road was interrupted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty's theory that all high-tech products were "ridiculous" except for cavalry and archery, so that during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army was still using artillery cast in the Ming Dynasty to resist the Taiping army.

Thinking about this, Chen Wen recalled how the phalanx of Europeans fought against artillery in this era, but when he thought about it, it seemed that there was only one way to resist, and even in the Napoleonic era, it hurts to think about it. In this way, it is more cost-effective to say that Qi Jiguang's vertical array.

Seeing that the three officers were arguing, the more they talked, the more chaotic they became, Chen Wen, who had a big head like a fight, immediately took the case. "That's enough."

The three officers were stunned for a moment, and immediately fell to their knees, claiming to be guilty of capital crimes. Chen Wen helped them up, and then said: "There is no perfect way in this world, the artillery is the city wall, can carry it, can we only hide behind the city wall?" The longitudinal formation still has to be used, and the aiming skills of the Tartar artillery are not very good anyway, so you can only bet that they will not hit. ”

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was not completely without artillery, and as early as the Huang Taiji era, it had begun to imitate the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, but the effect was very average. It was not until Kong Youde's defection and the fall of Jinzhou that the Manchus were completely replenished with the two cannons on the chessboard. It's just that whether it is Kong Youde or Zu Dashou, they have not learned their aiming skills, and they are too amateurish compared to the European mercenary instructors who were killed by Kong Youde in Dengzhou.

"The front row is still a long card with rattan cards unchanged, the long cards are covered with raw cowhide, and the rattan cards are as thick as possible on the basis of not affecting the action, which will be said by Wang Jingluo." After saying this large number of decisions, Chen Wen asked, "Is there anything else you want to say about the configuration of weapons?" ”

Li Ruixin thought for a while and said: "General, our department can't only have a mandarin duck formation, but also have to have the cooperation of cavalry and firearms teams. ”

"I've thought about this question, and I've also asked Wang Jingluo, there are very few guns in the arsenal of the old battalion, and there is no artillery, those things have already been issued to the first five battalions, and the archers are still used first for projection troops. As for the cavalry......"

Hearing the word cavalry, Li Ruixi immediately pricked up his ears, only to hear Chen Wen say: "Wang Jingluo only promised to give twenty horses first, and let's train a scout team first." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Wen pretended to hesitate, and then said categorically to Li Ruixin: "The scout team and archers are in charge of Li Qian, and in the past two days, Li Qian has gone to select the soldiers in the camp who are suitable for scouts and archers. Those who know how to use guns and artillery should also be selected, and this must be done well. ”

"Obedience." Li Ruixin, who won the jackpot, immediately bowed down.

"Mr. Wu Qian, Mr. Yin Qian."

"Humble duty."

"The two of you are responsible for the training of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and in the past two days, you will give Ben a list of candidates suitable for being long players, rattan players, wolf players, pikemen and boring palladium players, and Ben Jiang's dignified array will be handed over to you."

"The humble duty will not live up to the trust of the general." Wu Dengke, who was comforted, hurriedly bowed down.

"That ......" Yin Yue glanced at Wu Dengke, and then said: "General, the two of us can't write." Hearing this, Li Ruixin, who was still arrogant, changed his face suddenly.

Isn't it?

How did I find three illiterate officers to lead the army?

Chen Wen took a deep breath and said, "Ben will lend those two documents to you temporarily, remember to respect others when you speak and do things, after all, you are a scholar." ”

"Obedience!" This time, the answer was full of confidence.

Seeing the confident appearance of the three officers, Chen Wen opened his mouth and said, "The three brothers know that our department only has five hundred soldiers now. The general has already made a military order from Wang Jingluo, and a month later he will compete with the middle battalion, and he must win all. If it is beautiful, it is not impossible for the number of troops to follow the five battalions in the front, center, and left. ”

Hearing this, Li Ruixin frowned slightly, and his face was a little unnatural. Seeing this, Chen Wen immediately said: "Ben General knows that cavalry and archers need a long time to train, Li Qian doesn't have to worry, Ben will explain to Wang Jing a little." ”

Hearing Chen Wen's words, Li Ruixin replied without hesitation: "Please rest assured, this month, even if you don't eat or sleep, you will have to train the scouts and archers in your humble position, and you will never live up to the general's trust." ”

"You don't have to force it, just do your best." Then, Chen Wen turned to Wu Dengke and Yin Yue and asked, "Mr. Wu Qian, Mr. Yin Qian, how are the two of you?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and immediately said: "The two of us will live up to the general's trust, and we will definitely not dare to insult Qi Shaobao's prestige." The confidence in the words is palpable.

I am also very confident in Qi Jiguang, otherwise who would be so lacking in heart to make a military order.

Just after the three officers left with their tasks, Chen Wen ushered in the two more documents.

"General, this is all the records of the two hundred and thirteen people who have now entered the camp, and the two of us are going to copy it after you have reviewed it." As he spoke, the two clerks respectfully placed the manuscript paper on the table in front of Chen Wen.

Chen Wen casually flipped through a few sheets, the handwriting was neat, and the content was also written according to his own requirements, and then praised: "The handwriting is neat, the content is detailed, and the two gentlemen are really fast." ”

"It's a trivial matter, why worry about it." The older boy saluted and immediately came over. "General, this roster is arranged by the two of us in order, but all those with two dots under their names are the leaders of the next few or more than a dozen people."

Hearing this, Chen Wen immediately raised his head, stared at the two intellectuals in front of him with a frown, and then asked lightly, "Which of you two is the idea of this matter?" ”

The older boy obviously expected Chen Wen's question, and replied very calmly: "It was the student's idea." ”

"The students also have a share in this matter, and please don't blame the general."

Blame?

Seeing that the young Xiucai's expression did not seem to be fake, Chen Wen smiled and said: "Sure enough, it is still a fellow villager who knows how to think more about Ben General, and the two gentlemen have a heart." ”

"Don't dare."

Don't you dare to do it too? Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, Chen Wenwen felt that this old boy had failed many times, and it was estimated that he was a rotten Confucian, but he still underestimated him when he saw it now. It's just that the young Xiucai is still too immature and needs time to cultivate.

"The two gentlemen are both talented, and they will do well in the future, if they have merit, they will ask the court for the two gentlemen."

Hearing this, the two immediately showed joy on their faces, bowed down and said, "The student will live up to the high expectations of the general." ”

Then, Chen Wen told them about arranging for the two of them to fight the three thousand presidents, and the two of them responded immediately, without showing the slightest displeasure.

At dinner time, under the infection of the aroma of cooked fatty meat, the morale of Chen Wensuo's department rose to a new peak. After all, for these poor men, the days of being able to eat both full and meat have not been passed for too long, too long.