Chapter 278: Merging the State Army (3)
Tang Xiu's "accusation" of the battle formation of the Bingzhou army soon spread throughout the Bingzhou army.
The 50,000 soldiers of the state are all very angry.
They are elite troops who have fought many times on the battlefield with foreign races, and they have been invincible against foreign races in the past, and they have been said to be "not practical?" ”
In the discussion of 50,000 soldiers, Tang Xiu and Zhang Liao each chose a soldier and horse.
A soldier and horse, which is a thousand, is divided into 2 tuns, four songs, and so on.
Because it was a simulated state army fighting against foreign tribes, the soldiers and horses selected by Zhang Liao were 1,000 cavalry.
The foreign race is full of cavalry, and they are better at riding and shooting!
And the merger army selected by Tang Xiu was based on the standard of the ordinary merger army, with both cavalry and infantry.
One part is 2 songs, each with 500 soldiers and horses.
Tang Xiu selected 500 cavalry for a song, and 500 infantry for another song.
And each song is divided into 2 tuns, and each tun has 250 soldiers and horses.
Tang Xiu summoned the two military marquis who each commanded a song of soldiers and horses, and the four commanders who each commanded a tun of soldiers and horses, to his side, and taught him the formations and banners he was about to use.
It's just a thousand soldiers and horses, and there are two military marquis and four tun commanders under their command, and the method of battle array flag language passed on by Tang Xiu is not complicated, and it will be prepared soon.
The 1,000 cavalry on Zhang Liao's side were already familiar with the previous battle formations of the Bingzhou army, so they were prepared early.
A thousand soldiers and horses from each side confronted each other from afar on the school grounds.
One of the soldiers and horses on Tang Xiu's side, with red cloth tied to his arms, was the red side.
And one of the soldiers and horses on Zhang Liao's side, with black cloth tied to his arms, is Black.
This method of tying red cloth and black cloth was proposed by Tang Xiu, but it benefited Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals a lot.
After all, in this era, even if there are battles and drills, they can't be so fine.
And the reason why Tang Xiu let out big words, directly accusing the battle formation of the state army of being impractical, is also stained with the light of the "times". After all, "Wu Mu's Testament" was written by Yue Fei, which was the pinnacle of the art of war that surpassed several eras of the Han Dynasty.
"General, the last general will not show mercy."
On the platform, Tang Xiu and Zhang Liao were opposed, and Zhang Liao opened his mouth quietly.
The implication is that Tang Xiu regretted it at this time, and it was still too late, that is, to lose some face.
And in the next battle, if Tang Xiu is defeated, he is afraid that he will completely lose his prestige in the Bingzhou army.
Tang Xiu smiled slightly and said, "No need to say more, let's start!" ”
Since he made big remarks, directly accused the state army of being impractical, and proposed a drill, he naturally had been prepared for a long time.
His plan is to directly use his strength to convince Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zang Ba and other generals of the state!
In the army, the strong have always been respected!
The drums of war sounded.
The drill war between Tang Xiu and Zhang Liao began.
Soldiers on both sides held wooden weapons used in the exercise, which were stained with white ash, and once a soldier was hit, it represented "death in battle" and immediately had to leave the field.
The sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and under the banner of Zhang Liaoling, a thousand cavalry of the first division began to charge.
A thousand cavalry charged, although there was no 20,000 Xiliang iron cavalry led by Tang Xiu, the power that swept in all directions should not be underestimated.
Replaced by timid recruits, in the face of the charge of a thousand cavalry, I am afraid that I will be frightened and lose my combat effectiveness.
However, the exercises between the two sides were all combined with state troops, and naturally there was no such problem.
Despite this drill, there is also the danger of horses stepping on people and dying!
What Zhang Liao used was a sharp arrow formation, as the name suggests, to form an arrow-like appearance in the whole army.
The position of the main general is at the front, so it is suitable for brave generals with high combat effectiveness. Since the troops at the front are very dense, it is also an assault formation.
The cavalry of the Bingzhou army is the most familiar with the front arrow formation, and the most skillful in its use.
Because in the state army, there is no shortage of brave generals with high combat effectiveness. For example, the previous generals Lu Bu, as well as Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, etc., all have good courage.
The Blade Arrow Formation is also the most suitable battle formation for the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army!
As soon as Zhang Liao came up, he used the strongest battle formation of the cavalry in the Bingzhou army, prepared a charge, and pressed a soldier and horse commanded by Tang Xiu into the downwind, as he said, without the slightest mercy on his subordinates.
Tang Xiu smiled slightly, and also unfurled the order flag.
The military marquis and tun commanders who had been taught by him the method of battle formation also began to operate.
The battle array he made was a perfect battle array.
This is the formation made by Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong and awarded to the general in the Song Dynasty, so it was quite valued at that time.
The Pingrong Wanquan Formation is composed of five armies, the front and the rear, the left, the center and the right.
The infantry, as the main force, was in the center of the formation, and the cavalry was deployed in the front and rear, left and right, acting as a guard, and at the same time protecting the central formation.
This is a conservative defensive formation, with infantry as the main force, which can confront the cavalry of the steppe nomads.
This is also an extremely effective battle formation for the steppe nomads, which is much higher than the original battle array of the Bingzhou Army.
After all, it is a tactic that is several eras ahead of the Han Dynasty!
In the face of the 1,000 cavalry commanded by Zhang Liao, the cavalry who served as a guard and protector in the front and rear of the Wanquan Formation, rushed forward one after another under the command of Tang Xiu.
The cavalry from four directions attacked in an orderly manner, and stopped the 1,000 cavalry commanded by Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao's face remained unchanged, waved the command flag, and replaced the blade array with a mandarin duck array.
This is still what Tang Xiu instructed him before!
His original battle formation method was to transform the Blade Array into a long snake formation, but as Tang Xiu said, if he was attacked at this moment, it was easy to be defeated with one blow!
It's a flaw!
And if the Blade Array is transformed into a Mandarin Duck Array, instead of a long snake array, there can be no such flaw.
The Mandarin Duck Array, also known as the Liangyi Array, is to separate the team in pairs, and then become the third big three, which is suitable for this thousand cavalry, charging back and forth.
Tang Xiu looked funny, Zhang Liao is now learning and using it, and he uses it properly, he is really a talent.
But whether it is the Long Snake Formation or the Mandarin Duck Formation, in the face of the "epoch-making" Pingrong Wanquan Array, they are all in a weak position!
He waved the command flag, and the infantry in the middle of the battlefield immediately charged out, and the target was half of the soldiers and horses in the Mandarin Duck formation!
Charge with all your might!
In fact, at this time, if the infantry has a chariot, it can play the maximum role of the cavalry.
But even if the chariot was not prepared, the five hundred infantry charged with all their strength, and they rushed Zhang Liao's mandarin duck array into chaos.
The superior has been sentenced.
Tang Xiu was still smiling, not impetuous.
Zhang Liao's face was pale, and his gaze at Tang Xiu was very complicated, he deserved to be a peerless god general who moved the world, he could be regarded as a teacher! In addition to the arrangement, he still needs to learn and improve!