104. Array

The people who were carrying the grain stopped together and looked south, and soon they could see what was happening. The village warriors organized by the gentry wielded well-made weapons, and were chasing the group of Chongguang Dao out of breath.

Chongguang Dao obviously saw Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, he was overjoyed, and shouted wildly: "Brother Zhu...... Save your brother! The roar was so loud that it apparently pulled the wound on his body, and he actually spat out a mouthful of blood. Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look, and it turned out that this guy had a dagger stuck in his stomach, which seemed to have been inserted by someone during the battle with the Xiangyong team, and he never had time to get it......

Some officials may say, what is there that can't get a dagger? Reach out and pull it out!

Cough, such a view will kill people, the author here suggests that if someone stabs you in the stomach, please find a doctor to take it, don't pull it out yourself!

Chongguang Dao saw Zhu Yuanzhang, and the township warrior team chasing behind Chongguang Dao obviously also saw it, and a leading squire shouted: "That's the traitor Zhu Ba, take him down as well...... If it is sent to the government, there will be a heavy reward. ”

"Good!" The Xiangyong team actually let out a huge shout, and they defeated the Seed Light Dao Department, feeling the fragility of the opponent, and this is the time when the momentum is like a rainbow.

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly scolded in his heart: "Planting the Light Dao, you bastard who has not achieved enough and has more than enough failures." His hand jerked up, and he shouted to his subordinates behind him, "Array! ”

His orders were addressed to thirty-five henchmen and two hundred and twenty trained men, and he had no hope for the villagers who had just begun to revolt with him and were still in the past.

The earliest thirty-five henchmen immediately surrounded Zhu Yuanzhang's side, they had been trained for the longest time, and after the affairs of the shirt family, they were most convinced of Zhu Yuanzhang, so they moved extremely fast, and as soon as they stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, they immediately formed a circle and protected Zhu Yuanzhang in the middle. The spears of the white wax rod were raised together, and they formed a beautiful array of small spears.

Their weapons are also very neat, because these thirty-five people were brought into the Ma family as a nursing home by Zhu Yuanzhang, so the weapons used are all bought by the Ma family, and the body of the gun is made of excellent white wood, and it has been soaked in oil, which is extremely tough. The tip of the spear is to find the blacksmith in the city, made of the best fine iron, which is very sharp.

Next, there were two hundred and twenty men who were trained in Feng Lei Village, and the weapons of these people were also very uniform wooden spears, but there was no iron spear tip on the spear tip, only sharpened wooden sticks. Their movements were slower than those of the thirty-five henchmen, but they also showed the results of more than half a year of training, and quickly formed a phalanx, the tips of their spears sticking out together, like a huge hedgehog.

During the more than half a year that Zhu Yuanzhang trained them, he carried out meticulous management of them, first of all, he divided this group of people into two teams of 100 people, just like the 100 households in the imperial court, and each team of 100 people had a captain. Then in this team of 100 people, every ten people form a team, and each group has a small group leader to manage.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like the names of team leaders and captains very much, but before he rebelled, he couldn't just call them the heads of hundreds of households, the general flag, and the small flag, right? I had to use the names of team leader and team leader.

In addition, these two hundred-member teams did not have any traditional names such as the Dragon Inlaid Army, the Phoenix Dance Army, and the Armed Guard Army, firstly, because the rebellion had not yet been exposed at that time, so it was inappropriate to name them. The second reason is that when Zhu Yuanzhang watched history in the Wandering Soul Skyrim, he learned a skill from the armies of later generations, that is, to use numbers to number the army, for example, the two centenarian teams are called the first team and the second team, and the advantage of numbering them is that it is convenient for the commander-in-chief to know how many troops he has in his hands at any time.

When there are few troops, it is better to use names such as dragon inlay, phoenix dance, Wuwei, and Xuanwu, and when there are many troops, such as ...... There are 10,000 troops, and each hundred-man team still uses such a name, except to make the commander-in-chief himself unconscious, there will be no other benefit. In the end of the Ming Dynasty, few emperors figured out how many troops they had, firstly, of course, there were annihilators who were blinded, and secondly, because the name of the army was too unintuitive.

But take it in a different way, such as the first team, the second team, the third team...... 100 teams...... If you take it in this way, you only need to know how many teams you have in the latest army under your command, and then you will know how many troops you have.

For example, if you create a new army called a hundred teams, you will know that you have 10,000 troops under your command, and if the new army should be organized into thousands of teams in order, it means that you have a total of 100,000 troops under your command, which is very intuitive.

Another advantage is that numeric numbering allows the military to keep its functions secret. For example, the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty, everyone knew that this was a firearms unit as soon as they heard about it, and if the enemy heard that the Shenji Battalion was coming, he could prepare countermeasures in advance according to the characteristics of the firearms unit. Another example is that as soon as the enemy heard that the Guanning Iron Cavalry was coming, he knew that it was the cavalry unit that was coming, and he was prepared to fight the cavalry in advance...... However, if the Shenji Battalion is named the 55th Brigade and the Guanning Iron Cavalry is named the 43rd Brigade, the enemy will find out through the spies that the 55th and 43rd Brigades are coming, and it is not clear what kind of army is coming.

Later armies all used numerical numbers, and there are these reasons for this. Zhu Yuanzhang is a person who is good at learning, he thinks this is very good, so he naturally adopts it.

The first team, the second team, and thirty-five henchmen swung the formation, and more than two hundred spears stretched out together, and there was a faint rush out of the evil spirit, and the trained army and the untrained rebels really had a completely different momentum.

The villagers who were carrying the grain bags reacted the slowest, and when they saw that there was going to be a war, they panicked and threw the grain bags in their hands to the ground, and their first instinct was to run away...... But after running two steps, they remembered that we were rebelling, we came out to grab food, how can there be any reason to throw down food and run?

These people ran two steps, turned around again, and stood in a heap in a chaotic manner, standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang's military formation...... They don't know how to fight, but they know how to fight, and when they fight, they will stand behind their own people like this, which is called "stabbing the field", or "saving face".

For Zhu Yuanzhang, the villagers who have not been trained do only have the function of setting up a field, and they are not expected to do more. If you want to keep your own food and repel the Xiangyong team, you can only rely on your more than 200 henchmen.

Chongguang Dao ran over to the spear array, rolled in front of the formation, and rolled into Zhu Yuanzhang's military array from under the tip of the spear, and dozens of his subordinates also followed suit, ran to the spear array and rolled in.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't give an order, and his subordinates didn't deal with the light path and let him roll in.

"Zhu Bugs...... Save me......" As soon as Chongguang Dao came in, he shouted urgently: "These squires' village warriors are too powerful...... I'm not an opponent. ”

If you're their opponent, you're a ghost! Zhu Yuanzhang sneered in his heart, but he pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring: "We are brothers who rebelled together, of course I will help you if you are in trouble." ”

When Chongguang Dao heard this, he only felt warm in his heart, he was relatively simple-minded, and thought that after he was separated from Zhu Ba's team, Zhu Ba would dislike him, but he didn't expect people to say it like this as soon as they opened their mouths, which really moved him.

At this time, the Xiangyong team also approached about a mile ahead, and when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang Senran's spear array, the Xiangyong team on the opposite side obviously hesitated, stopped, and did not dare to move blindly again.

Zhu Yuanzhang's team did not speak, it was quiet, everyone looked at the enemy in front of them intently, without shouting or shouting. This was a strict requirement of Zhu Yuanzhang when he was training them, and before the military formation, they should not shout indiscriminately, so as not to cause unnecessary mood swings. This kind of silent army, in the eyes of the enemy, makes them feel extremely terrible.

The Xiangyong team on the opposite side was pulled by such a gas machine and also quieted down.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look, and the number of the township warrior team was not much, less than 400 people. They originally had five hundred people, but in the battle with the Light Dao, dozens of people were killed and dozens of people were wounded, so now there are less than four hundred people, but even so, the number is twice as large as Zhu Yuanzhang's army.

However, the villagers had to count the 1,000 people who were "stationed in the field", and they saw that there were many people here, and a beautiful spear formation was placed in front of them, and their faces suddenly became timid.

"Don't be afraid, it's a rabble on the other side!" A young squire in front of the Xiangyong team shouted: "Don't forget that the Light Cultivation Dao is also a large number of people, let's easily break up the mob team of the Light Cultivation Dao, and Zhu Ba can also deal with it." ”

When these words were shouted, the morale of the Xiangyong team suddenly rose, and the battle that swept through the Guangdao Army not long ago made their confidence rise sharply, and their fighting spirit also rose.

"Capture the bandit leader Zhu Ba alive, and I will reward him with fifty taels of silver!" The squire continued to shout, "Get the first rank and reward thirty taels!" ”

This squire has a small abacus, a bandit leader like Zhu Ba who gathers people to make trouble, if he can take a living one and send it to the government, he will definitely be rewarded by the government, and it is possible to make a fortune by sealing the official. first spent fifty taels of silver to motivate Xiang Yong, and he gained more than these fifty taels...... This deal is definitely done. For the villagers, fifty taels of silver is a lot of money, enough for a family to save food and inspection for ten years.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard his shout, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart: I, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Hongwu, am only worth fifty taels of silver, and I look down on people too much.

Next, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's turn to boost morale, he didn't promise a reward like the squire, but just shouted in a deep voice: "Brothers...... Win this battle and live! If we lose this battle, there is only one way to die waiting for us! Win or lose, it all depends on whether you want to die or live! ”