Chen Pre handed over the text of the Governor's Mansion on Xu Ruyu's appointment to Zhang Zhongdao, the commander of the Yinhu Cavalry Battalion, and Zhang Zhongdao handed over the silver arrows representing the Yinhu Cavalry Battalion to Xu Ruyu, and then introduced the generals in the camp to him one by one. The generals had just seen his skills, and his act of sending letters was also widely spread in Wanling, and they were all very enthusiastic about him. Chen Yu and the others had a light meal in the camp, and then left the camp and returned to the city.

Xu Ruyu only felt that the battalion lieutenant Zhang Zhongdao was not pretending, and his expression was slightly indifferent, he didn't know why, he thought that he couldn't let everyone like it, and he didn't pay attention to it, anyway, he made up his mind that he would leave Wanling when the crisis in the East China Sea was alleviated, and he would have nothing to do with him at that time, so he and the generals had a cold and cold for a while, and then followed the eldest uncle into the tent to listen to the essence of boxing.

On the second day, Zhang Zhongdao assigned a full cavalry of 125 men to his banner. Xu Ruyu followed Xu Xing to learn military affairs since he was a child, and later studied under Wu Chu, a soldier master.

Chen Ang has been busy with the defense of the cities and has not shown up in the barracks. The Chenlong Cavalry Battalion, another cavalry battalion in Yuhajun Town, was also stationed in the southwest of the city, and as soon as the noon horse cavalry battalion now stationed in Zedang City arrived, these three battalions of 6,000 cavalry would be led by Chen Ang himself to Yiyang City, Tairu Mansion.

Battalion Captain Zhang Zhongdao rarely saw him, and it was only when the eldest uncle came to the camp to teach Xu Ruyu boxing skills that Zhang Zhongdao would appear to greet him, and then left in a hurry. Xu Ruyu was very leisurely, while following the people in the camp to learn skills, while leading the troops to practice, and secretly figuring out the establishment of the Wanling military camp.

The Wanling infantry and cavalry battalions are all 2,000 in one battalion, with a total of 16 sentry teams of 100 people, and each sentry has 125 people. The battalion commander was awarded the rank of captain of Huya, often called the battalion captain, and the commander of the sentry was awarded the rank of captain of the wolf's tooth, that is, the captain of the sentry. Captain Huya and Captain Wolf Tooth set up Captain Huya Zuo, often called Captain Zuo, who is the deputy of the battalion lieutenant and assists the battalion lieutenant in commanding each outpost. Since it was quite difficult for a battalion lieutenant to command 16 sentinels at the same time in actual combat, the post of left lieutenant was quite a plus level between the battalion and sentinels, and he actually obtained the command of four to five sentinels, thus making the operation more flexible. The battalion lieutenant also has a clerk and auxiliary officers such as military affairs.

The battalion lieutenant and above are the captains, and the old system is also divided into dragon tooth captains, tiger tooth captains, and wolf tooth captains, and often the military governor of a prefecture confers the title of captain of the tiger tooth, and the military governor of a city confers the rank of captain of the wolf tooth, regardless of how many battalion soldiers there are under his rule. However, the family divided most of the provinces. At the city level, the military and political power is often concentrated in one person, so the wolf-tooth lieutenant is mostly called the "capital", and the governor gradually refers to the military governor of a government. The lieutenant can set up a tent to convene the staff, and the head of the staff is the chief of the staff, and there are also the officials of the Cao rafters.

Within the battalion system, there is a command rank between the commander and the battalion lieutenant, which was originally a temporary establishment of several battalion generals in wartime, and gradually changed to a regular establishment, with the same authority as the rank of the capital of the guard system (wolf's tooth captain).

The governor is set up above the governor, who is the military governor of a county, and often the title of captain of the dragon's tooth will appear within a county, and the person who receives the title of the captain of the dragon's tooth is often the heir of the governor.

The government and county are generally divided into military and political affairs, but the government is subject to the army, and the government guards and county guards are set up, and the county guards can set up accounts to convene staff, and six departments are divided into six departments to perform their duties. The chief of staff is also commonly referred to as the second official as the county officer. The family has been separated for a long time, and the functions and powers of the government have gradually been hollowed out, and most of the administrative power of the government has been divided by the three long histories of the Governor's Mansion. The sentry lieutenant is the last rank of the commander, and there is a team below the sentry team, with 25 members in a corps and one officer in the army, referred to as the corps, and there is no division system hereafter.

This kind of formation is only suitable for the dense formation of an open battlefield, the terrain is slightly complicated, and the troops are scattered, and it is very easy to have the malaise of ineffective command and low combat efficiency. Especially in the past hundred years, hard-angled longbows, bed crossbows, and stone artillery crossbows have appeared one after another, and the fish-scale dense formation will inevitably be replaced by a scattered star loose formation. Xu Ruyu thought to himself: It can be more effective to add a level under the army to make seven to nine people a combat combination, and my father should have realized this more than ten years ago, but why is Donghai still this military system?

Xu Ruyu expressed his doubts to Uncle Chang Lone, and Uncle Lone recalled: "Xu Xing, the head of the 'Six Jun' back then, also thought the same way as you, and wanted to adapt Wanling's current military system and change the current battalion sentry from level three to level five. It's just that the resistance is too great, so I have to do it. Later, when the East China Sea defeated the Puji bandits, they didn't feel any inconvenience at the third level of the battalion sentry, so no one thought about reforming. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The Puji bandits were landing operations back then, so they naturally couldn't carry heavy crossbows, and with Pingchuan in the Yongyang and Tairu areas as the battlefield, the shooting range of the Yongyang hard-horned longbow was stronger than that of Puji, so there were no drawbacks. But I don't know what resistance was there at that time? ”

"For example, if you are a captain of the wolf's tooth, you will have 200 acres of vocational land. These fields are supplied by the family and are cultivated by people, and you only need to go to the quarter to receive the money and food. The soldier's field is 50 acres, and although the left lieutenant is one level higher than the wolf's tooth captain, because he is an auxiliary officer, the vocational field is also 200 acres, and the battalion lieutenant is 1,000 acres. If two levels are added, although the combat power will be strengthened, the power of the family will be weakened as a result, how can you say that the resistance was not strong at that time? ”

"But if we get rid of the job field system and realize the salary system in full, won't we get rid of the worries of the family?"

Xu Xing also had this idea back then. However, if the three major families in the East China Sea wanted to reform at the same time, it was also very difficult, if they only reformed Wanling for a while, they were afraid that they would not be able to work together with the other two, and they had been fighting fiercely with the Puji bandits back then, and they had no time to take care of this matter. Later, after quelling the bandits, Xu Xing did not stay much in the East China Sea, and no one mentioned the matter of restructuring. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded thoughtfully, but thought in his heart: his father is only compatible with the godfather of the East China Sea, and he knows that the ambition of the Yongyang Mei family to compete for hegemony is the same as that of the world's tyrants, although he knows the pros and cons of the reform, he will not insist. It's just that I have very little experience in leading the army, and I don't know if I can achieve great results in a short period of time.

Thinking of his father-in-law Wu Chu's evaluation of the East China Sea armies, coupled with the performance of more than 100 of his subordinates during training, his heart became more and more worried.

Xu Ruyu asked for leave overnight and returned to the city, wanting to talk to Chen Ang about the matter.

Chen Ang went to Xinfeng with the water camp to patrol the defense, and the Governor's Mansion was presided over by Changshi Chen Pre. After hearing this, Chen Yu sighed and said: "The eldest brother also feels that the current three-level battalion sentry is very inconvenient, and wants to change the 30,000 guards and 20,000 battalions to the five-level system, but he is afraid that the Yongyang Mei family will take the opportunity to provoke trouble, and after your father leaves the East China Sea, no one can be found to preside over the overall situation." Only minor adjustments can be made in some subtleties. ”

But he didn't pay attention to Xu Ruyu's restructuring suggestion, and said lightly: "If you have the heart, I can set up the Wenyin Tiger Cavalry Battalion in the name of the governor of the Duwei Mansion, so that you can reform the sentry cavalry under your rule, which can be regarded as a pilot for a large-scale restructuring in the future." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "When my father was alive, I mentioned to Ru Yu many times the pros and cons of the Eastern Naval System, Ru Yu learned Taiyi since he was a child, and he had a little dabbling in the military system, and later learned cavalry with his father-in-law Wu Chu to charge the battle, but Ru Yu had no experience in leading troops, and he was not sure whether the reform could be successful. ”

Chen Ang smiled: "You are no different from your father in this regard, you are always submissive and humble in advance, and you don't have the proud style that a handsome man in the world should have." ”

His heart moved again, and he said with emotion: "The jockey of the world, the Qingzhou ghost ride in the era of Wu Chu is the most advantageous. Although Qingzhou is based on the coastal land of a county, the sea road on the east side is sealed by our Pingyi sailors, and the land route is rejected by Youji, Fenjun, Yongning, and the fine war horses of the west and Baekje are not allowed to enter, but the strength of the poor county is only 4,000 cavalry. However, these 4,000 cavalry were abnormal in the hands of Wu Chu, invading the two prefectures and six towns of Yongning for more than ten years, and defeating the elite cavalry camp of Yongning several times, so that Zhang Dong had to adopt Xu Bodang's strategy, on the condition of "lifting the ban on business", and reconciled Yi Zhouwu, and did not hesitate to burn down the four cities to eliminate the 4,000 elite cavalry led by Wu Chu. Yi Zhouwu boasted that he was good at using cavalry, and after the ban was lifted, the Qingzhou cavalry camp was rebuilt, but his combat power was far less than that of the ghost cavalry at that time, so he understood that the Qinghe Charging Formation Technique had another meaning. ”

Xu Ruyu was also inconvenient to explain the relationship between the Heart Sutra and the Qinghe Rushing Formation, and thanked him for retreating. When he went out of the house, he intercepted Cui'er, and accompanied his godmother Xiao Yuru to dinner, so he lived in the house.

The next day, in the morning, he changed a war horse and rushed to the military camp outside the city. Moyu has now recognized Xu Ruyu, but the surname is still impatient, Xu Ruyu's position is not enough to serve the horses, Moyu kicked and bit the other war horses within a stable, and was very uneasy, so he had to leave him in the governor's mansion.

Xu Ruyu went straight to Zhang Zhongdao's camp lieutenant tent to explain the restructuring. Zhang Zhongdao was originally a general who rushed into battle, and he didn't care about the military system. I was dissatisfied with his overstepping of his ranks, but because of his different status and the support of Chen Zhuan's writings, it was inconvenient to speak out against it. The generals are also very skeptical about the effectiveness of the reform, and only the eldest uncle has been getting along day and night, and he understands his thoughts the most and supports him the most.

The teaching of Yu Ha Military Town is an auxiliary position, unless Chen Ang arranges otherwise, the eldest uncle usually only goes to the battalion stations to inspect the sergeants' drills. Now he is staying in Xu Ruyu's sentry tent and presiding over the reorganization of the military system together. Most of the generals of the Yuha army and the town were mentioned by him, and the martial arts of the Zhang Zhongdao brothers were created by him, and later Chen Ang taught the secret art of the clan, so his prestige was magnificent and unmatched in Wanling for a while. With his support, Xu Ruyu commanded 125 sergeants, who were quite cooperative.

Based on the army, Xu Ruyu divided the twenty-four people except the army members into four orders, each of which was six people. A total of four sergeants were selected by the whole army as the commanders, and each person was assigned to a team. It is also stipulated that in wartime, if a soldier dies, the first person shall be on top, and the first person shall die, and the second person shall be on top of him in turn. Before the war, Xiao Ling had to designate someone in the team who could temporarily replace him. In this way, there is no fear that the grassroots command system will be weakened due to the death of soldiers and petty commanders in wartime.

Xu Ruyu said: "In wartime, the commander who overstepped the level of the commander, and the residence could not accurately convey the combat intent, and it was more difficult to ensure the integrity of the cavalry formation. Cavalry formations are looser and more sloppy than foot soldiers, so smaller combat units are required to make it easier to maintain the formation in wartime. ”

Although Uncle Lin didn't understand how Xu Ruyu knew what Chu Wu said, with his decades of experience in the army, he felt that this was very true.

Xu Ruyu said: "In fact, according to my most ideal approach, it is four teams and one army, four teams and one sentry, three sentry as the front, three fronts as the battalion, and the three battalions as a unified system, with a total of 3,000 cavalry, which is the better military system for the cavalry battalion." And under the reality that hard-angled longbows, bed crossbows, and stone artillery crossbows are widely used in warfare, the backbone of cavalry charges will gradually be replaced by foot soldiers, and cavalry will appear more on both wings. Therefore, the Mingguang fish scale armor that affects its mobility surname should be replaced with a lighter rhino leather armor, and the halberd spear set up for the charge should also be replaced by a short weapon such as a thick-backed long knife. Therefore, the ghost cavalry of Qingzhou meets with the enemy, all from the flank and even wedges into the enemy formation, because its military system is six people snowflake-shaped, and the enemy is connected, scattered into it, a group of six people kills and scatters the six enemies, so a hundred battles are not lost. This is the Scattered Star Array. ”

"I finally understand why the Qingzhou elite cavalry that inherited the ghost cavalry of Wu Chu is not strong, it turns out that the Yi family still uses the lightly armed cavalry for frontal charges." Fang Su lifted the curtain and walked in, and said loudly.

Xu Ruyu hurriedly asked, "Why did Senior Brother Fang appear here?" ”

Fang Su said with a smile: "Second Uncle said that you want to reform the military system, let me come to help." In this way, I have come to the right place, but not to help you, but to learn from you. ”

Xu Ruyu was frightened and said: "Senior Brother Fang is making fun of Youyu, you have no experience in leading troops, everything you say is empty words, and you need the help of a battle-experienced general like Senior Brother Fang." More than 20 soldiers and Xiao Ling stood up together to salute.

Fang Su saluted the eldest uncle, took Xu Ruyu's hand and sat down together, and said, "You and I are not outsiders, just say it where you can use me." He also said: "I fought with the Qingzhou cavalry at the beginning, and I was afraid of the prestige of Wu Chu, to be honest, I was really a little frightened, and then I didn't see anything special about it. Now after you mention it, I will understand. Although, the speed of Qingzhou Jingqi is better than my Wanling, but when it rushes to the peak head-on, it is very unfavorable, the Yongyang hard-angle longbow used by my Wanling infantry soldiers, the shooting distance is two hundred steps, and within sixty steps can shoot through one and a half inches of patent leather wooden shield, its fine cavalry is holding a light rattan shield, the greatest casualties in this distance, and when the two soldiers meet, its Ge is shorter than my Wanling's long halberd, and it is unfavorable. Only when there is a melee between the two armies can he give full play to the advantages of his military system. Therefore, we have repeatedly clashed with him, and our army has always avoided being rushed into the formation by him. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The disadvantages of the infantry army in the land of Pingchuan are not too big, as long as they are not scattered, there will be enough open space to re-form a formation and reject it, with the ability of a godfather, he will definitely know how to deal with it." ”

Fang Su said: "That's the case, Wanling strengthens the command ability of the training soldiers, but when the two armies meet, the disadvantages of the slow rate of fire of the Yongyang longbow will be more prominent, and the efficiency of the Qingzhou elite cavalry short bow is significantly higher than that of our army, and in close combat, the halberd has higher requirements for the sergeant it holds, and the battalion army is still good, and the guard army is quite at a loss, not as flexible as its short ge." ”

Xu Ruyu lowered his head and pondered for a while, and Fang Chi said: "Yiwu needs to add two high shields to reach four sides, to prevent its elite cavalry from shooting at close range, and to prevent it from sprinting." The old dynasty rules in the "Fan Chuan Records of Experience" in the ordnance volume once commented on the hook and sickle, saying that it has a curved halberd head, and has a hook and a sickle, and at the same time has the role of a hook, sickle, halberd, has a strong actual combat value, but limited to the dance is complicated, not conducive to close combat, must be axe, knife and other short soldiers to cooperate, in order to play a role. ”

Fang Su said: "Then how about I transfer a sentry guard foot soldier to you for restructuring?" ”

Xu Ruyu hurriedly said: "I can't keep busy with this cavalry battalion, how can I think about the foot soldiers." ”

Fang Su sighed and said, "You have to leave eventually, if only you stayed in the East China Sea." ”

The eldest uncle was not good at marching and had been unable to intervene, but now when he heard Fang Su say this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "You are foolish and want to leave?" ”

Fang Su chuckled and said, "Eldest Uncle and Grandpa, you don't need to be so nervous, the East China Sea is in danger, and you will not leave the East China Sea for the time being." ”

The eldest uncle said: "You are a foolish talent, it is too condescending to only serve as the captain of the wolf's teeth, if you can't make an exception, you should also stay in the governor's mansion as a military captain." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Uncle and grandfather, you are foolish. The godfather knew that Ru Yu lacked experience in leading troops, so he let Ru Yu go to the army to train, which is really where the godfather loves Ru Yu. ”

Seeing him think so, Fang Su secretly praised himself, and then turned the topic back to the military system, and asked, "If you are foolish, how many people should be suitable for the infantry military system?" ”

Xu Ruyu thought for a while and said: "In the twenty-seventh year of the New Dynasty, when the Ryukyu bandits were in Southern Fujian, there was a righteous army in Zhangtai, due to the lack of armaments, the length of the blades used was different, and even the agricultural tools were nailed to the palladium, and the pot lid was used as a shield, but it was such an army that repeatedly defeated the bandit army. Gai Qi Neng is actually because Xu Xing, the head of the six jun at that time, was configured for his military system. Speaking of this, his eyes were aimed at Fang Su, seeing that he was winking at him, with a hidden smile, he couldn't help but blush, paused, and continued: "They use a twelve-military system, a team of twelve people, one captain and two vice captains. The vice-captain holds a large cover and a short hand knife in the front, the captain is in the center, holding the long-handled blade, one or two people on each side of the back hold a long barak and a long halberd, two to three archers are in the center, and three to five are holding a short blade in the back. Do this until the long and short blades are matched with the bow and arrows. It's just that this kind of military system is more difficult to implement in the guard camp army. ”

Fang Su sighed: "In order to keep the guard camp simple, the arms are separated. The coordination between the different arms of the army is done by units above the sentry level. ”

Xu Ruyu continued: "Yes. It is precisely in this way that as soon as the formation is impacted, the coordination is completely dissolved, and the archers are almost cumbersome, so that before the two armies meet, all sides have to withdraw the archers in the front line to the rear of the formation, and there is often a gap in the formation at this time. The cooperation of the arms implemented by the Zhangtai Rebel Army is subdivided into each combat unit, and when it is in line with the enemy, its own position is not afraid of the impact of the enemy team, and the archers can always play a role. The great advantage of the 12th military system also lies in the coordination between the various combat units, and the columns are arranged in a zigzag pattern, with one column blocked, and two columns outflanking and clamping each other. If the enemy enters its formation, they will have to face at least three units of attack, and all of the twelve are old neighbors, trust each other, and fight bravely against the enemy, leaving the defense completely to the teammates next to them. Therefore, although the righteous army is simple, its combat power is the strongest among the armies of Southern Fujian. ”

Fang Su had heard about this, but it was not as detailed as Xu Ruyu, and asked: "Later, Zong Zhengqi, the king of Southern Fujian, once organized a battalion according to this military system, and felt that the effect was not obvious, but at that time, Xu Xing had left Southern Fujian, and no one knew the trick. ”

This kind of military formation is a large number of formations, and the calculation of the whole formation can be more than 20,000 people, and it is guaranteed that they will not be defeated by the enemy's cavalry. Zong Zhengqi once organized a battalion according to this military system, but when he practiced with the elite cavalry battalion, his team was mostly matched by halberds and cavalry weapons. In the Dayan array, the halberd is mostly used as a weapon to repel horses and block enemy soldiers with a high shield at the head of the team. After watching the drill, Zong Zhengqi felt that although the combat strength of the infantry had improved, it was not as powerful as it was rumored, but it was just that the bandit army encountered by the Zhangtai Righteous Army was too poor, and this kind of military management was really troublesome, so it was abolished and not taken. At that time, when my father heard about this, he naturally did not reveal the mystery.

Xu Ruyu explained to everyone, and they all suddenly realized, and they all hated to immediately lead such a team to see if there was such a strong combat power. The eldest uncle was very curious about Xu Ruyu's identity.

The eldest uncle recognized Xu Xing, and also saw that Xu Ruyu and Xu Xing were very similar, but he thought that Chen Ang had no reason not to recognize Xu Xing's son, so he also thought that he had nothing to do with Xu Xing. Now that he is familiar with military affairs, he is very suspicious. At that time, except for the children of the family, few people could receive a perfect education, let alone a perfect military education. Xu Ruyu was able to come to the East China Sea to help, and recognized Chen Ang as his father-in-law, naturally it could not be a child of a family. In addition, Xu Ruyu looked like a child when he was in Wanling five years ago, and Uncle Lin was very puzzled.

Fang Su and Xu Ruyu finished talking, but they were already more leaky, and they didn't stay in the army, they hurried back to the city, pulled Chen Yu out of the bed, and repeated what Xu Ruyu said to him one by one.

After hearing this, Chen Ang slapped his hip and said, "You are foolish and have done everything you can to pass on to Prince Wu, I underestimate him." But he was annoyed that he was young but had the same temper as his father, and he didn't want to be involved in the matter of competing for power. Otherwise, whoever gets it will be worth tens of thousands of heroes. He smiled bitterly, and then the other party said solemnly: "You clearly said that you will lead a battalion of guards to be stationed on the side of the Yinhu camp, and restructure the system according to the method you Yu said. I immediately wrote Zhang Zhongdao in the name of the acting lieutenant, and ordered his entire battalion of elite cavalry to be handed over to Ru Yu for restructuring. In addition, you informed the generals of the battalions in the city to go to the Yinhu Camp in the south of the city to observe and observe, so that everyone should offer advice and advice, and use actual combat experience to make sure that the reform can take shape in a short period of time. After that, he paused for a moment, and then made up his mind and said, "I will go too." It is really exciting to be able to make the Qinghe Scattered Star Array and the Great Yan Number Array Technique reappear in the Wanling military camp. Saying that, he was overjoyed, paced a few times, and then remembered something and said: "Oh, when the order was issued, it was said that Xu Ruyu replaced the lieutenant to carry out the reform, and it was not his personal doing, lest the news spread that someone was unfavorable to Ruyu." Big brother, I immediately wrote to explain. ”

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