Boyan saw that Qi Jiguang was very curious about this, so he told Qi Jiguang about Wang Yangming's thoughts, and Qi Jiguang was amazed when he heard it, and said: "I can't think of it, I can't think of it, when I first met Brother Wang half a year ago, he was still a naïve child, and now he has grown into the leader of the Eagle Yang Army, which is really amazing." Boyan is a handsome man with a good eye, he doesn't need to be suspicious, and he is really a model of my generation of martial artists. ”

Boyan smiled: "Captain Wang's idea is different, so I will boldly let him do it." ”

Wang Yangming was eager to know about the formation, so Qi Jiguang told him about his research on the formation one by one.

Formation, also known as formation and battle formation, refers to the deployment of the army in action or war, and plays a very important role in the era of cold weapons in which Wang Yangming lived. Most of the famous generals of this era are people who are proficient in formations, but if you talk about the first formation in the world, it is really this Qi Jiguang who looks exquisitely and has a flamboyant tongue.

But listening to him talk endlessly: the formations include the Heaven Covering Array, the Ground Carrying Array, the Tiger Wing Array, the Snake Banner Array, the Eagle Roaring Array, the Tiger Tao Array, the Wolong Array, the Wheel Violation Array, the Great Delusion Array, the Tiger Chaos Array, the Chaotic Sword Array, the Cloud Dragon Array, the Flying Bird Array, the Songpi Array, the Jing Yan Xing Straight Formation, the Shogi Head Formation, the Separate Hands Straight Formation, and so on, Wang Yangming scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks when he heard it, and couldn't help but be happy. Seeing that the banquet was about to end, he hadn't heard enough, so he took Qi Jiguang's hand and wanted to talk to him by candlelight.

Boyan smiled and said: "General Qi, I, Captain Wang, am the most curious, if you don't explain it to him, he will definitely not let you go." I think you can reluctantly agree to him, just because my Northwest Army owes you a favor!"

Qi Jiguang hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and after the banquet was over, he went back to his residence hand in hand with Wang Yangming, Biluo lit lamps and candles for the two, and Wang Yangming asked him one by one for the use of various battle formations, and listened and remembered, how the sky covered the array, how the ground carried the array, and how the tiger wing array was......

When the sky is about to brighten, Qi Jiguang will explain the various formations from the past to Wang Yangming in general. Wang Yangming felt that his time was better than his work in the past year, and the excitement in his heart was indescribable.

Qi Jiguang yawned and said, "Brother, these formations have different uses according to the right time, place and people facing the enemy. I still have a while, it is a formation handed down by the ancient soldiers, known as the king of ten thousand formations, can restrain all formations, but this formation is too complicated and changeable, unless you can train the army you lead to be extremely proficient, so that you can do whatever you want, such as the body and the arm, like the fingers, as you like, otherwise the effectiveness of this formation will not be played. ”

Wang Yangming heard that there was such an awesome formation, so he hurriedly asked for advice.

Qi Jiguang said: "The name of this formation is called the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Twenty-Eight Star Array, which is unbreakable and has no loopholes, so it can be called the king of ten thousand arrays." ”

At that moment, he drew a figure and repeatedly explained the use of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Twenty-Eight Star Array. It turns out that this formation comes from the celestial phenomena, the ancients believed that there are twenty-eight stars in the sky, and between the rotation of the stars, the positions of the twenty-eight stars are changing at any time, but they are always like a natural thing, without any flaws.

These 28 nakshatras can be divided into four regions, namely the Seven Nakshatras of the Green Dragon in the East, the Seven Nakshatras of the White Tiger in the West, the Seven Nakshatras of the Vermilion Bird in the South, and the Seven Nakshatras of Xuanwu in the North. The ancients deduced this change of celestial phenomena into the formation, and this formation became the most rigorous formation in the world, of course, it is not comparable to other formations.

Wang Yangming only listened to it as if he was fascinated, and wrote down all the changes in the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Twenty-Eight Star Array. It's just that this formation is so complicated, and it is really difficult for an army to be able to put out all kinds of changes in the formation at will.

Qi Jiguang saw that it was not too early, and he still had to copy the new book of performance and leave it for the Northwest Army, so he wanted to leave. But suddenly remembered Wang Yangming's recent formation of the Eagle Yang Army, he said: "Brother has recently developed a new formation, which was originally used for small-scale assault operations, and if this formation is used in your Eagle Yang Army, it is estimated that it will have unexpected effects." ”

Wang Yangming said happily: "What Brother Qi has learned in his chest is really vast, but I don't know what kind of reputation your newly developed formation is?"

Qi Jiguang was quite complacent between his eyebrows, obviously having considerable confidence in the formation he had created. He said: "For my brother, this formation is called the Mandarin Duck Formation." ”

Mandarin duck array, Qi Jiguang invented the formation, its formation to twelve people as a team, the first for the captain, the second two people hold a long card, a rattan card, the long card hand holds a long shield to block the enemy's arrows, spears, rattan hand holds a light rattan shield and with a javelin, waist knife, long card hand and rattan player mainly cover the rear team forward, rattan player in addition to cover can also be close to the enemy.

Then the two of them are wolf whisks holding wolf whisks, wolf whisks are the use of the southern growth of bamboo, choose its old and solid ones, cut the end of the bamboo obliquely into a pointed shape, and leave sharp branches around it, each wolf whisk is about three meters long, the wolf whisk hand uses the sharp blade at the front end of the wolf whisk to assassinate the enemy to cover the advance of the shield hand and the attack of the spearman behind.

Then there were four spearmen with spears, two on the left and two on the right, and the shieldmen and wolf-bearers on the left and right in front of them. Followed by two soldiers armed with "boring palladium" to serve as guards, supporters, and other work. If the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, the short soldier will rush forward with a short knife to slash the enemy. The last one is the man.

The essence of this array lies in the clear division of labor of various weapons, and each person only needs to be proficient in their own kind of operation, so as to achieve overall cooperation, and order and prohibit. It not only closely combines the spear and the shield, the long and the short, giving full play to the effectiveness of various weapons, but also changing the formation flexibly. According to the situation and operational needs, the column can be changed into a horizontal formation, and a formation can be changed into two small formations on the left and right, or three small formations on the left, center, and right.

When it becomes two small formations, it is called the "Two Rite Array", and the left and right shield bearers are respectively with the left and right wolf warriors, pikemen and short soldiers to guard its attack; when it becomes three small formations, it is called the "Three Talents Array", at this time, the wolf squirters, pikemen and short soldiers are in the center. Shield-bearers are guarded on the left and right sides.

The Hu people are good at using cavalry troops, most like to use bows and arrows and spears to attack from a distance and Hu knife close horse combat, although the Han soldiers are very cavalry, but the quality of the cavalry is indeed not comparable to the Hu people, but the infantry of the Han army has evolved to be very mature, this mandarin duck array is most suitable for the infantry, it is really the only way to restrain the Hu people.

Wang Yangming never expected that there would be such a simple, practical and infinitely changing formation in the world, and the admiration for Qi Jiguang in his heart had already burst like a flood. He asked Qi Jiguang for some specific applications of the Mandarin Duck Array, and then he was satisfied and let Qi Jiguang go back to his room to rest. Although he himself has not slept all night, he feels that his spirit is shining, which is probably the meaning of people who are in good spirits when they are happy.