Liu Zongmin was let into Li Zicheng's tent, and then began to talk about Lantian County.

"The army of Lantian County is very sophisticated, when I followed my eldest brother in Lantian back then, I fought with him, and they are good at using a formation called the Mandarin Duck Formation, which is very terrifying."

"Mandarin Duck Formation?"

Li Zicheng asked curiously when he heard this, and then Liu Zongmin said: "It is said that it was learned from Qi Shaobao's anti-Japanese army, that is, eleven people were found in the army, one was the captain in the middle of the command, two shield players, one big shield player, a small shield player, and then two wolf soldiers. ”

"The wolf is a bamboo, the branches on it are not cut off, and the blades are tied to the branches, which are very sharp to use, and can block all kinds of swords, and we suffered a lot of losses at that time."

"Then the back is equipped with four people with spears and two with boring palladium, so that the mandarin duck formation is formed, and it is difficult for short weapons to enter their bodies during the battle."

Liu Zongmin introduced Li Zicheng to the Mandarin Duck Formation, which has the largest number of troops in Lantian County, Li Zicheng listened very carefully, he felt that this tactic was very good, if he was given a base area, he would like to try this method and train a group of Mandarin Duck Formation soldiers.

In fact, this is indeed a very good combat method, and as long as you have a little strength, you are willing to imitate, it is easy to imitate, the shield does not use ballistic shields and police riot shields, you can use ordinary wooden shields with iron sheets.

In ancient times when there was no heavy firepower, in fact, they were all about the same, and the combat effectiveness was not much worse, as for the wolf, this is even more, there is still no shortage of bamboo in Shaanxi, and there is no shortage in other places, and it is simpler to use local materials, even simpler than making ordnance for soldiers.

The red tassel gun, this is the most equipped weapon in the peasant army, for no other reason, the least iron is used, as long as an iron head is enough, just find a wooden pole in the back.

As for the wooden pole is not straight, or there is something else, it doesn't matter, just be able to stab people.

As for boring palladium, this thing is not available, it can be replaced with a three-strand fork, that is, the fork used by farmers to insert cow dung, these things are too simple, Li Zicheng can easily get it, and the army of the province can make weapons.

Liu Zongmin didn't expect that his introduction to the weapons and equipment of Lantian County would give Li Zicheng the idea of improving the army, but this was also his first suggestion to Li Zicheng's army.

After Li Zicheng listened to the main army of Lantian County, Liu Zongmin introduced again: "In addition, in Lantian County, there is a fierce general Li Chaomeng, who is Li Chaosheng's brother, and he is brave and unparalleled. ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin and said, "How do you compare with your brothers?" ”

Liu Zongmin's strength is obvious to all in the righteous army, some people call him the first hero of the righteous army, although it sounds like bragging, but it's almost the same, Liu Zongmin's combat effectiveness is absolutely top-notch in the righteous army, and there are no more than five people who can fight with him.

The reason why Wang Ziyong looks down on Liu Zongmin so much, but he has never been able to kill Liu Zongmin is that Liu Zongmin is too capable to fight, this kind of capable person can't be ignored even if Wang Ziyong uses it, and more importantly, he doesn't reuse him, if he wants to kill him, Wang Ziyong is also reluctant.

At this time, Liu Zongmin listened to Li Zicheng's question, and said with some embarrassment: "I am not his opponent, I have fought with him twice, and I have never lasted 20 rounds. ”

"Twenty rounds?"

Li Zicheng was very surprised, in his mind, this Li Chaomeng was at most with Liu Zongmin, even if he could win, it would be a little better, but he couldn't hold out for twenty rounds, which was outrageous.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng sighed with emotion: "There are such fierce people in the world!" ”

At this time, Liu Zongmin also remembered the past of fighting with Li Chaomeng and said: "That person can win without manpower, if you want to win, you should win with a large army." ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Is there anything else powerful?" ”

Liu Zongmin said: "By the way, there is also a cannon in Lantian County. ”

"Cannon!"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng was shocked, he had dealt with the cannon, it was really a big killing weapon, even if he didn't use the cannon to attack, just using this cannon as a deterrent was very terrifying.

Liu Zongmin said: "Yes, in the process of fighting for hegemony in Lantian at the beginning, that cannon was a great contributor and brought us a lot of damage, so if Brother Li attacks Lantian, he must be careful of the enemy's artillery." ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng confirmed again: "Does the other party only have one cannon?" ”

Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "That's right, there is only one cannon, and that cannon was bought by the Qingyu bandit Flying Eagle from the Shaanxi border army." ”

Hearing this, Li Zicheng smiled: "If there is only one that is not to be feared, when we fought with Hong Chengchou's department, it is not that we have never seen a cannon, although the power is strong, but after the first cannon, the second cannon will take a long time, and the lethality will be at most a dozen people, but the movement is a little bigger." ”

Hearing this, Liu Zongmin didn't say much, but Li Zicheng didn't care, and followed Liu Zongmin and said: "This is Lantian County three years ago, but now Lantian County has annexed Chang'an County, Zhashui County, Shangluo County, and the four counties are one, and they must be a little stronger, and there should be more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Lantian County before, and now there should be 10,000 or 20,000 people." ”

Liu Zongmin said, Li Zicheng heard this and said: "It's almost, but Lantian County heard that the people's livelihood is very good, and where the people's livelihood is good, the people are mostly reluctant to be soldiers, so there will not be too many soldiers, but the specific number will be sent to investigate." ”

Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "It should be so." ”

Li Zicheng nodded after hearing this: "Come on, go to the banquet and welcome Brother Liu to join the gang." ”

"Yes."

Li Zicheng's peasant army had just robbed Baishui County, so there was no shortage of cattle and sheep in the army.

Liu Zongmin readily agreed, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves for a while.

Lantian County Ya, Li Chaosheng's office, the LED lights on the roof of the shed illuminate the room as bright as day, countless people in the entire study are busy, about to fight, the main bookkeepers have to check the money and grain, and the staff officers are practicing on the sand table in the starry night to prevent mistakes and omissions in the battle.

The General Staff has conducted no less than 20 exercises and is constantly optimizing the course of the battle and its strategy and tactics.

And Li Chaosheng was listening to Bai Shoumin's report.

"Just now there was a telegram from the palace, saying that the five commanders of the thieves discussed the idea of joining forces to attack Lantian in Baishui County, but it was unsuccessful.

Bai Shoumin read the information, and Li Chaosheng listened carefully.

Shougong is Li Shichao's code name, what is Shougong, Shougong is a gecko, a spy lying next to the tiger, guarding the existence of the middle palace, and the most important spy in the thief at present.

"Shougong also said that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are very jealous of each other, and there is a posture between each other that there is no one mountain and two tigers, and this time the troops were dispatched, Zhang Xianzhong divided his troops alone, and prepared to make a detour to Xingping and attack the Chang'an County area to which Lantian belongs."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded, and followed Bai Shoumin and said: "In addition, tonight, Liu Zongmin came from northern Shaanxi to vote for Li Zicheng, and the two talked very happily, and Liu Zongmin introduced to Li Zicheng the army situation in Lantian County three years ago, focusing on the Mandarin Duck Formation, General Li Chaomeng, and artillery. ”

Li Chaosheng touched his chin when he heard this: "This is the old yellow calendar from many years ago, don't they know that Lantian County is developing?" ”

Li Chaosheng said, followed by Bai Shoumin and said: "In addition, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying, Hei Shashen and others have all sent spies to Lantian County to investigate the military situation, how is this county honored going to deal with it?" ”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng glanced up at Bai Shoumin and said, "Spy? ”

Bai Shoumin nodded and said, "Yes, they want to disguise the spies as refugees?" ”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Refugees? ”

Bai Shoumin nodded, and after hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "They really dare to think, since they want to be refugees, let them be, by the way, the telegram notified all the troops, put the thieves into Dali County, Dali County needs to be cleaned up, and after the cleanup, it can be owned by us, don't worry about fighting." ”

"Yes."

Bai Shoumin nodded and retreated, at this time Li Chaosheng beckoned and asked Gu Zi to take the map, and soon the map of Dali County came out, and Li Chaosheng marked the location of each legion on the map.

The First Brigade led by Li Chaolong had a total of 4,000 elite soldiers on the east side of Dali County, and the Second Brigade led by Li Chaohu had a total of 4,000 elite soldiers on the southwest side of Dali County.

Li Dezhen's 3rd Brigade was on the northwest flank, and it was at odds with Li Chaohu's army.

Shi Dalei's Fourth Brigade guarded the territory of Lantian County as a countermeasure.

These are the four major brigades in Li Chaosheng's hands.

Li Chaosheng looked at the map and said: "Gu Zi, order Shi Dalei's Fourth Brigade to move to the border of Chang'an County to block Zhang Xianzhong's troops, this interception can allow him to carry twenty artillery pieces, one thousand flintlock guns, and no limit to gunpowder." ”

"Yes."

Gu Zi immediately responded, followed by a special messenger behind Gu Zi to inform, Li Chaosheng said: "Let Liu Airen, gather the militia of Chang'an County, do a good job of response, and supply and transportation work, if it is a critical time, give me a top, I can't let Zhang Xianzhong's troops enter Lantian County one step." ”

"Yes!"

Gu Zi immediately answered, and then another correspondent went down to the Union.

"In addition, notify Guzi's musket battalion and Li Chaomeng's special brigade, let them act together and enter Dali County, the target is Ma Shouying's cavalry, and give these war horses to Lao Tzu back, don't give Lao Tzu to make trouble on the battlefield."

"Yes."

Gu Zi responded, followed by immediately went to inform, at this time Li Chaosheng looked at the map, as for the three forces of the Black God, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng, Li Chaosheng was not afraid, with the strength of the three armies that Li Chaosheng now placed near Dali County, it was enough to deal with any opponent of Li Zicheng and the three of them.

You must know that most of Li Zicheng's soldiers are rabble, and Li Chaosheng's troops are all proper elite soldiers in a hundred battles, that is, excellent people selected from hundreds of thousands of people, through the militia, professional soldiers, and then in the military region reform, the original 18,000 soldiers were reduced to more than 12,000 soldiers.

Although there are very few soldiers, each of them is an elite soldier, and with the cooperation, 4,000 people will definitely not be difficult to deal with 10,000, or even 20,000 or even 20,000 peasant troops, and this is the power of professional soldiers.

Li Chaosheng even dared to use them to fight against the most powerful soldiers of this era, what Jianzhou Tartars, what Liaodong Iron Cavalry, what White Pole Army, Li Chaosheng dared to fight with him.

The reason why these elite soldiers in this era are strong is that they are all piled up with silver, the Tartar Jianzhou army is built by looting, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is the private soldiers of the general soldiers of various eras, and the white pole army is also piled up with a sum of money.

And Li Chaosheng's soldiers are not only piled up with money, but also with beliefs, each of these soldiers is literate and hyphenated, and they all understand what they are fighting for, they have their own beliefs, and Li Chaosheng cultivated the beliefs for them.

There is no way to compare the army with faith with the rabble without faith, and faith is the most precious thing in this era.

After Li Chaosheng finished arranging, he said to Gu Zi: "Go and tell Liu Airen, the supplies must be delivered in time." ”

"Yes."

Gu Zi nodded, Li Chaosheng stretched, and just wanted to rest for a while, when suddenly a guard said that Sun Da from the firearms workshop would see him.

Sun Dali?

Li Chaosheng was stunned for a moment, and remembered that this guy was the grandson of Lao Sun Tou, and he used to be a blacksmith, but after coming to Lantian, he asked Lao Sun Tou to send him to the academy to study.

It is said that a few days ago, he also worshipped Song Yingxing, the dean of the School of Science and Technology of Lantian Academy, as his teacher, and Song Yingxing was very optimistic about him, calling him a great wisdom and foolishness, and he also specially led Sun Dali to learn the knowledge of artillery and gunpowder.

And to Li Chaosheng's surprise, Sun Dali was actually interested in chemistry, and was now self-taught through the chemistry books in the library, and also proposed the improvement of gunpowder, although it was not successful, but his ideas were very advanced.

And Li Chaosheng chatted with Sun Dali, this young man who used to be dressed as a blacksmith, at this time changed into a scholar's robe, but he couldn't cover up the muscles on his body, he told Li Chaosheng that his greatest wish in this life is to improve firearms, and he wants to raise firearms from this state in modern times to a higher level.

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng admired this sturdy young man very much, and said that if he really did it, then he could reward him with a big house, so that his grandchildren could enjoy endless glory and wealth in their lives.

Sun Dali was very interested and agreed, and the two of them could be regarded as having completed the gentleman's agreement.

But at this time, the war was about to start, what was he Sun Dali doing here, Li Chaosheng was very curious, so he asked Sun Dali to come in, and as soon as Sun Dali came in, he shouted to Li Chaosheng: "County Zun, I have made it, I have made it." ”

Li Chaosheng didn't understand what he said, but the next moment he saw Sun Dali holding a wooden stick in his hand, there was an iron gada on the wooden stick, and there was a fuse behind it, and his scalp exploded in an instant: "Hand grenade!" ”

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