Under the multiple protections of the determined long player, the dexterous rattan player, and the boring and palladium player in the back row, as well as the strong suppression of the wolf player who Qi Jiguang called "the barrier of the army and the gateway of the first army", only one soldier of Chen Wen's department left a white ash mark on his arm, which was caused by the opponent throwing the wooden knife out after finding out that he couldn't reach it.

It's not that the combat effectiveness of the middle battalion is not strong, it's just that the weapons of the spearmen in their queue are too inferior in length compared with the pressure weapon on Chen Wen's side, and they have always been beaten violently before they reach the opponent, and if they don't pay attention to it, they will be stabbed by the opponent's pikemen, so they will be sentenced to death and withdraw from the competition.

And their sword players, although they are all made up of warriors in the army, the knife players themselves need to keep their distance from each other in order to swing their weapons to attack. In this way, the Mandarin Duck Formation, which is presented in a dense formation, is hung up and fought by virtue of the advantage of fighting more and less, and often can't even touch people, let alone play their role in breaking strong enemies and destroying strong formations on weekdays.

Unlike their opponents, the officers and soldiers of the armor post watched all this in amazement, and they could hardly imagine that all this in front of them was the result of only a month of training. At least before the game, the most optimistic of them was that this match would be a stumbling victory, not as devastating as it was in front of them.

"I didn't expect Qi Shaobao's mandarin duck array to be so powerful." On the platform, Mao Mingshan's words expressed the hearts of almost everyone on the stage.

is different from the hand-to-hand combat generals such as Mao Mingshan, who must rush to the front, Huang Zhongdao has read books and knows words, so his ability to summarize and analyze is stronger. I saw that he hesitated for a moment, but still said his thoughts.

"In fact, under normal circumstances, the casualties on both sides would not be like this."

"Oh?" Not only Mao Mingshan, except for Chen Wen, who was still observing the reaction of the first whistle, everyone's eyes shifted to Huang Zhongdao.

"In normal engagement, the Tartars would fire artillery, muskets, and bows and arrows, as well as javelins and hand axes, and these projectiles would cause some casualties before engagement. I think that Chen's subordinates always kept the players in front of the players before the engagement, and the other soldiers were in the back of the formation, probably to reduce such casualties. ”

Under normal circumstances, this is true, especially artillery, relying on the impetus of the high-pressure gas generated by the instantaneous combustion of gunpowder, the cannonball will be mixed with red-hot cannon fire and fly out of the muzzle of the cannon at a very high speed and force, until all the kinetic energy is exhausted, not to mention the human in armor and shield, even the Tyrannosaurus rex in armor and shield can't carry it.

The problem now is that Wang Yi banned the use of such weapons in this competition in order to prevent unnecessary casualties, and this decision that is absolutely natural at the moment directly led to the Zhongying's record becoming even more ugly.

Then, Huang Zhongdao shook his head, only to see him sigh, and continued: "This is also the school competition, if on the battlefield, an army suffers such casualties, it should have collapsed a long time ago." At that time, they will either surrender or flee, and they will not be so many as they are killed. ”

"Ugh."

Almost everyone on the platform knew that what Huang Zhongdao said was true. The Ming army's ability to bear casualties in this era was about 5 to 10 percent under normal circumstances, and once it exceeded this ratio, it often collapsed instantly, and there were many times in history when tens of thousands of Ming troops were defeated after hundreds of casualties. In fact, the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not very high in terms of its ability to bear casualties, but it was still ridiculously high compared to other feudal armies of this era.

As a traverser, the normal way of thinking should be to directly toss out the modern army of the West, organize the phalanx and modern cavalry, and then push the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, with the terrain of China's southeast coast and his current strength, will the large-scale formation of phalanxes and modern cavalry really be effective? That's a problem!

Therefore, for Chen Wen, copying the Qi family army has become a better choice, because the Qi family army in Qi Jiguang's era is no longer a feudal army in the actual sense, but a powerful attempt by China to advance to a modern army. In addition, this army has a glorious tradition of saving the people as its own responsibility, and it is also more in line with Chen Wen's needs.

So, what is a feudal army and what is a modern army?

The so-called feudal army, we must say the feudal system, the so-called feudal, sub-feudal system, that is, the monarch grants land to his subordinates in the form of sub-feudals, and the subordinates are obliged to be loyal to the monarch, fight for the monarch and provide taxes, medieval Europe and China during the Zhou Dynasty are this standard feudal system.

The feudal army was a product of this system, and the feudal army in the European Middle Ages used knights, servants, and cannon fodder peasant soldiers to fight. On the battlefields of medieval Europe, hundreds or thousands of knights and their retinues charged forward with their individual prowes, while behind them were tens of thousands of improvised cannon fodder peasant soldiers. Due to the difference in armor, weapons, horses, and the will to fight, it was the knights who were scarce in number, not the peasants who outnumbered the knights a hundred times as many as the knights, and this was the feudal army.

Under such a system, rich countries were able to support more heavily armed knights, while poor countries were in a position of passive beating, as was the case with Austria and Switzerland at that time.

But who would be willing to be beaten?

As a result, in order to deal with Austria, which was dominated by heavy cavalry, a phalanx of Swiss infantry dominated by halberders appeared in Switzerland, and repeatedly defeated Austrian heavy cavalry.

Subsequently, the Swiss mercenaries began to run rampant across Europe and won the reputation of the strongest infantry in Europe, and the Swiss phalanx began to be popularized, and more versions were derived, such as the Spanish phalanx, the Maurice phalanx, and the Gustav phalanx are all variants of the Swiss phalanx. Of course, there is also the revival of the Renaissance to the classical militarism of ancient Greece and Rome, and the modern army has also begun to take shape.

Different from the feudal army, the modern army no longer emphasizes individual martial arts, but instead emphasizes cooperation and team spirit, on the battlefield is like an automatic machine after the industrial revolution, and the kinetic energy generated is no longer those feudal armies that rely on individual martial arts can compete. Of course, in addition to this, the new recruitment and military academy system as a part of the supply, the military quartermaster system as a source of energy, and the staff system as a chip are also indispensable.

The Swiss phalanx initially relied on the camaraderie of the countrymen and the tenacity of the Swiss mountain people, but later, with the revival of classical militarism in the Renaissance, the methods of cultivating team spirit also became diverse, and the cohesion and ability of the army to withstand casualties also increased wildly, and even during the American Civil War, there was a spectacle of an army marching in a queue under artillery fire until more than eighty percent of the casualties appeared.

In the same way that the Swiss responded to the threat of Austrian hoplites, in fact, as early as the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, due to the Mongols in the north and the Japanese rebellion in the southeast, the Ming Dynasty army also had two ideas in the process of quelling the chaos.

The first is Li Chengliang's idea of eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood to support his family's own soldiers, which is actually the Chinese version of the European medieval knightly system, Li Chengliang nominally commanded 100,000 Liaodong Ming troops, but in fact he could only rely on more than 1,000 personal soldiers and family soldiers on the battlefield, so his number of beheadings was only more than 1,000 at most. But his personal soldiers did dare to fight, these Han cavalry frantically slashed and killed the Mongols and Jurchens on the battlefield, like chopping melons and vegetables, and even Hachi, who was praised by later generations as having ten major achievements, could only survive by recognizing Li Chengliang as his godfather.

The second way of thinking was tossed by Qi Jiguang, through the war against the Japanese and the Mongols, Qi Jiguang developed a multi-arm joint combat system of infantry battalions, horse battalions, vehicle artillery battalions, and baggage battalions, so as to crush all kinds of barbarians. Although the Qi family army is most famous for the Mandarin Duck Formation, whether it is the Mandarin Duck Formation or the system of cooperation of various arms, according to Qi Jiguang's thinking, everyone only needs to do their own thing, and cooperation is the way to win this army.

In fact, in the history that followed, there was a collision between these two ideas, that is, the bloody battle of the Hunhe River that Chen Wen once talked about. On one side was the Eight Banners Army composed of the Tungusic barbarians and the local Jurchens and Mongols in Liaodong, while on the other side was a new Qi army organized by Qi Jiguang's nephew, General Qi Jin.

**Hachi's Eight Banners Army was tossed out according to Li Chengliang's ideas, and they were more powerful than in Li Chengliang's era with the goal of looting wealth and seizing land, while General Qi Jin's new version of Qi's army was actually only a half-finished product, because this army only had a car and artillery battalion, and no infantry battalion, horse battalion and baggage battalion to match, and its combat capability was far inferior to that of Qi Jiguang's era.

But even so, in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, this half-finished Qi family army still showed extremely strong combat effectiveness, and Hachi's attack with absolute superiority was only a difficult victory. If it weren't for the heavy losses caused by the bombardment of traitor gunners in the early stage of the Sichuan Baipole soldiers, and the reinforcements of the Liaodong Ming Army that cooperated with the battle never arrived on the battlefield, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.

In Chen Wen's view, Qi Jiguang's Qi family army system can actually be regarded as moving in the direction of the modern army. The Swiss took their fellow villagers as a link, relying on the tenacity of the mountain people to use the phalanx composed of Swiss halberds to fight against the heavy cavalry, while the Qi family army was to drive out the Japanese and save the people as their faith, and the soldiers in such a fierce place as Jinhua Fu used the Mandarin Duck Formation to crush the Japanese and the Mongols, in fact, they were infinitely close in thought.

If it can be popularized and developed in the future, who says that modern China will only be able to import troops from the Western powers?

However, the rulers of the Ming Dynasty at that time, especially the civilian-bureaucratic group, did not hesitate to choose Li Chengliang's idea in order to prevent the generals from becoming bigger. As a result, Qi Jiguang's plan to train in Jizhen from all over the country was stillborn, and Qi's army completely became a sharp weapon that only Qi Jiguang and his officers could use. After the old age withered, the road to the modernization of this army and the Ming Dynasty army that he symbolized was completely blocked.

Everything Chen Wen has done since he decided to rebuild the Qi family army is to reopen this blocked road of China's military modernization!

It's just that the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny. At this moment, Chen Wen still needs to start with this seed army of more than 300 people, and he is about to face the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Qing army.

As for this competition, the outcome is actually predestined, and there is no need to worry too much, even if an army that has just embarked on the road of military modernization, it is definitely not something that the feudal army can withstand, especially when the pro-soldier family Ding team, which exists as the backbone, is not present.

On the martial arts field, the two flanks extending from the goose-shaped formation of the middle battalion collapsed on all fronts, and the offensive had completely collapsed. In such a situation, perhaps because it was not in a bloody battlefield, the garrison of the middle battalion did not collapse. At this moment, the rest of the division, under the command of the officer, also turned into a circle formation in order to defend against the next counterattack of the outpost.

After Chen Wen saw that the firefighters, who had become idle because there were no casualties and no beheadings, helped to help the wounded soldiers who had fallen to the ground in the middle battalion, he motioned to Lou Jiye, who was in charge of the command, to continue the attack. After Lou Jiye received the order of the general, he immediately ordered the first post to change the formation again.

With Lou Jiye's order, the four teams of the first sentry were lined up left and right according to the unit, with the wolf player as the middle front row of the left and right teams, the pikemen were located on both sides of the wolf player, the boring palladium hand was placed on the inside of the pikeman between the two teams, and the long player and the rattan player were on the outside, which was the small three talent formation.

Unlike the Big Three, the Palladium Boring Player moves from the back to the middle lane, while the two players protect the flanks. This configuration is like a forward arrow from the perspective of weapon matching, which is more suitable for attack.

"Tiger!"

The drums of the attack were beaten, and the officers and soldiers of the armor post shouted in unison. This is the tradition of the Qi family's army, when fighting, after every drum, a "tiger" must be shouted, in order to boost morale and deter the enemy's courage.

Later, when the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor in World War II, it was also based on the "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! As a code name, this is very in line with their national character of the nation, as long as anyone beats them up, they will immediately worship and learn, but unfortunately what they learn is often just a few scratches. As for the essence, hehe.

The Sentry marched slowly, because if it was too fast, it would be difficult for a recruit like them who had only been training for a month to keep the teams parallel. Relying on Chen Wen's training facilities, they formed a conditioned reflex for their task more quickly, so that they could exert the power of the Mandarin Duck Array in the confrontation just now, which was already very difficult for them, and if they asked for more, they might not have completed it so perfectly.

"If it is on the battlefield, the biggest problem for this unit in the hands of Chen Garrison is whether it can resist the pressure of real swords and guns. His soldiers have only been practicing for a month, and they have never been on the battlefield, and they should not have seen blood, once they can't withstand the pressure, no matter how good the formation is, they can't exert even one ten-thousandth of their power. ”

Huang Zhongdao's comment caused everyone on the platform to think deeply, and even Chen Wen secretly agreed with this statement in his heart.

Yue Fei once said that if you can go into battle, hold a gun, and have spit in your mouth, you are a good soldier. If you can hold the gun and have spit in your mouth, it means that the soldier is not so nervous that his mouth and tongue are dry. Nervousness and fear are common to all, and Chen Wen knows in modern times that nervousness affects form, and many athletes, especially newcomers who are competing for the first time, often miss out on good results because of nervousness.

Chen Wen knew very well that his small army, which was copied from the Qi family's army, had never been on the battlefield, and how to avoid the fear of fighting against real swords, real guns and blood was a big problem. Of course, there is also artillery, and if it is hit, it is a flesh alley, and even if it is not hit, the sound may not be something that this group of recruits can bear.

And out of the idea of surprising Tian Xiong, he didn't plan to go out of the mountains to find the green battalion soldiers to practice before the encirclement and suppression. Of course, it's not so easy to find a target to practice, after all, if you want to practice, you have to fight against hundreds of people, except for siege, which is so easy to find.

Therefore, he still has to continue training in the next few days, and as for how to practice, Chen Wen feels that he still needs to think about it.

The rest of the competition ended without any surprises, with the lush wolf squirrels perfectly suppressing the opponent's weapons, and the few remaining sharps in the middle camp were also defused by the boring palladium players and players.

At the time of the initial attack, the morale of the middle battalion was strong, because they firmly believed that they could not lose to these recruits, but with the defeat of the attack, the sharp soldiers in the battalion were too badly damaged, and their morale was also low, so the remaining soldiers of the middle battalion were also taken away by the sentry in waves. Eventually, the desperate soldiers of the Medium Battalion began to use their weapons as projectile weapons, and only in doing so did they inflict some very limited casualties on the outpost.

Witnessing all this, Li Ruixin was not surprised at all. Originally, at the beginning of his ascent to the mountain, he looked down on these short and emaciated Southern infantrymen. If it weren't for Chen Wen's intention to train the Mandarin Duck Formation, which Qi Jiguang had once used to beat the Mongolian Tartars, he would have persuaded Chen Wen to train the cavalry, even if the army was slower, it would be somewhat useful to meet the real Tartars.

It was only during these days of training that he gradually noticed the advantages of this formation, with long and short soldiers staggered, both offensive and defensive. Although this formation is actually not the best in terms of offense and defense, it is indeed difficult to break the formation if it is only a cold weapon, and even the cavalry will be greatly restricted, unless there is artillery. However, in his impression, the artillery either likes to explode or simply can't aim accurately, and it is estimated that it is difficult to pose too much threat to this mandarin duck array.

Even so, Li Ruixin still felt that cavalry training should be carried out on a large scale. Even if the effect is not significant in this land south of the Yangtze River, it is necessary to start training as soon as possible. After all, in his opinion, Chen Wen will have to go north to the Central Plains sooner or later, and if there is no strong cavalry at that time, how can he fight against the Tartars?

After the competition, Sentry A began to return to the area where the camp was located under the guidance of the officer. An Youfu, who killed the super god in this competition, felt quite depressed, the injury on his buttocks seemed to be more painful due to exercise, and the broken foot seriously affected his movement, if it weren't for the firefighters of the same team who stepped forward to support him, it is estimated that he would not be able to keep up with the queue. I hope I don't fall into the root of the disease, otherwise it will be a bad thing.

After receiving the report from the small official who counted the casualties, the civil official who was still quite disdainful of Chen Wen in the morning looked at Chen Wen with awe at this moment, and then made a report to Wang Yi.

"Tell the strategy, in this competition, the garrison of the middle battalion sent 100 troops, and the whole army was annihilated, and the Chen garrison battalion sent 50 troops, one was killed and four were injured."

Although he saw it very clearly on the point platform, the moment he got this answer, Wang Yi stood up excitedly. Although the purpose of polishing Chen Wen's character was not achieved, the addition of a strong army in the Ming Army of Dalanshan still made him, a civilian officer of the supervising army, excited.

"Qi Shaobao's Mandarin Duck Array is really worthy of its reputation, Chen Shoubei is ready."

"Humiliation is only a fool's gain."

Looking at the guard who was dejected and ashamed and didn't know where to put his face, Wang Yi turned to appease. "The archers, musketeers, and cavalry of the Fang garrison are also very well trained, and we must continue to work hard to train our soldiers in the future."

"Obedience." got the consolation prize, and the guard barely regained some face, but he was still embarrassed to be here, so he hurriedly confessed and rushed to appease the soldiers.

After the garrison left, Wang Yi asked Chen Wen, "Chen Garrison, what's the matter with that soldier in your battalion?" ”

Chen Wen followed Wang Yi's point and saw An Youfu, who was limping back to the area where the camp was located with the support of his comrades.

I saw him smile and said to Wang Yi: "Back to the scriptures, that soldier is injured, so he will be supported by other soldiers." ”

"Oh?" Wounded soldiers dare to bring them out for competition? This question aroused Wang Yi's interest, and in addition to An Youfu's limping was more conspicuous, he also noticed the ferocity and accuracy of this guy's gun during the competition, so he was very interested.

"That soldier violated military law yesterday and confronted the military judge, and was punished with fifty rods according to the military law, and he himself broke one foot in training, so he made Jing Luo smile. It's just that today's team needs to be on the field for a competition, so this soldier volunteered to go along to prevent inconvenience caused by unfamiliar cooperation. ”

It turned out to be like this.

As soon as Chen Wen said this, the entire army was immediately silent, and it was too sensational for this army to have such cohesion in just one month.

At this moment, even Wang Yi nodded, although this answer was a little unexpected, but it still made him quite satisfied, at least Chen Wen, a newly recruited employee, has some ability, and he can gather the spirit of the army in just one month, so that the soldiers will participate in the battle even if they are injured, which is really incredible. He knew very well that the army of this era could not exercise even if it rained or snowed, let alone injured.

"Come on, reward that strong man with five taels of silver."

"I thank you on behalf of this person."

"In the third confrontation, the garrison of the middle battalion sent 100 troops, and all of them were killed; The Chen garrison battalion sent 50 troops, one was killed and four were wounded, and the Chen garrison battalion won the competition. ”

Hearing the results announced by the civil officials of Na Sili, the officers and soldiers in Chen Wen's camp immediately cheered to their heart's content, especially the more than 200 people of the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team, who had paid the same training as the first post, and were even more honored by this result.

"At the end of the three competitions, the Zhongying side won one, the Chen garrison won two, and the Chen garrison won the battalion."

The cheers from the audience became even more intense, and Chen Wen also returned to his position in the camp to share the joy of the soldiers. Immersed in the atmosphere of jubilation, even though he knew that there was still a considerable distance between this small army that had just landed at this moment and the strong army back then, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart.

Tian Xiong, there is still a month at most, and then it will be your turn to feel the fear that this wave of Japanese and northern captives from the burning and looting of the land of China decades ago once felt, and you are only the first in the years to come!