As soon as Sun Wu's voice fell, Wu Zixu, who was standing on the side, followed and said: "King, if you fight head-on with the Jin army in the wilderness, if you want to win, you must use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. ”

"With your own strengths, overcome the enemy's shortcomings. Our Wu army is the strongest in foot soldiers, and it is brave to win the world, and no country can compete with it. ”

"Therefore, the king should be trained vigorously with spearmen in the foot."

"In the first round of charge, you can thwart the sharpness of the Jin chariot, and then strangle it in a battle, so that you can restrain the Jin chariot, so that our army can be invincible in the wilderness."

Wu Zixu's words made the generals of the Wu army behind him, such as Xiong Zidan, Heifu, and Xu Menchao, all bow their heads slightly and express their approval.

Spearmen were the most effective class of warfare in ancient times.

The spearmen's main weapon was a long spear made of solid and durable wooden pillars, and the tip of the spear was very sharp, which was very effective against cavalry and chariots that won with the power of speed and collision.

Wu's spearmen wielded long and inflexible spears, and once they left the ranks, they were useless and would become isolated.

Like the archers, the spearman began his technical training at an early age, with the aim of making him a skilled and competent soldier in the phalanx.

Wu's spear phalanx was basically a combat system dominated by offensive weapons, but it also had all the defensive capabilities of spear infantry.

As it advanced, it saw a sea of spears attacking the opposing team, and its power and speed were rare among the infantry at that time.

Brave and agile and unarmoured, the Wu soldiers always advanced in neat formation, only slightly slower than the armoured and therefore overly heavy hoplites they often fought.

This is the result of the rigorous training of the officers and men of the Wu army.

Even on flat terrain, it is necessary to practice repeatedly in order to keep the dense team in line at high speed.

Wu's armies drilled, marched, and even attacked to the rhythm of the sound of war drums......

In the perennial battles with the Chu army and the Yue army, the spearmen of the Wu army played a great role, and even restrained the chariot to a certain extent.

However, such a restraint is very useless!

The phalanx of spearmen of the Wu army was indeed able to thwart the enemy's chariot in the first round of their chariot charge, and make them return with a feather......

But the offensive of the second and third rounds is difficult to say.

The fighters are fleeting, and if the Wu army can't grasp the opportunity in time, go down with a drum, and wait for those spearmen phalanx, it will be the result of being rushed into pieces by the enemy's chariots.

Moreover, in the face of powerful chariots, the phalanx of spearmen could play little role.

It's all about human life!

Once one of the spearmen in the phalanx is not psychologically endurable, it will cause the consequence of "a thousand miles of embankment and collapse in the anthill", and the soldiers of the entire phalanx will be defeated.

Fortunately, this happens very rarely, almost rarely.

Because at the back of the Wu army's array, there are soldiers of the war team, who are always ready to kill the deserters, and then go up themselves.

In ancient warfare, chariots, archers, infantry, cavalry, and machine vehicles, these five types of troops actually had a mutually restrictive relationship.

Archers have long-range striking capabilities, are agile, and are adept at restraining cavalry and mechanized vehicles.

The infantry was excellent in defense and was good at restraining archers and cavalry.

Cavalry is agile, has the greatest travel distance, and is good at restraining mechanical vehicles and chariots.

The chariot has excellent physical strength, deals great damage when charging, and is good at restraining infantry and archers.

The machine vehicle has long-range strike capabilities, excellent attacks, and is good at restraining infantry and combat vehicles.

Therefore, in the case that it was impossible to move out the cavalry for a while to restrain the chariot, Qingji did not choose to build a machine cart that was better than the chariot.

The machine car, after all, is also a type of chariot, but it is sharper and more powerful than the chariot.

"There is also a way to restrain the chariot......"

Sun Wu said slowly: "Great King, if the chariot of my Wu Kingdom is better than the chariot of the enemy, why can't you win?" ”

"How easy is this?"

Qingji fell into deep thought.

If you have to modify the vehicle to make it a more offensive mecha.

This has to be done at a cost, as well as all sorts of technical issues.

Qingji is a traverser, and he knows a lot of military knowledge, but he is not a science student, where does he know those unpopular knowledge in the history of ancient warfare?

He wants to build tanks and armored vehicles, and he must have such conditions!

Otherwise, it's all for nothing!

Beat the air!

Do you have to go and fill in with the lives of the spearmen?

This is not commendable.

However, Wu Zixu is right.

Using one's own strengths and defeating the enemy's shortcomings is the key to victory in the art of war.

A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in Qingji's mind.

No, to be precise, probably premeditated......

"Second and third sons, the widow is ready to form a new army in my Wu country, like a strong force in the world like a camp."

As soon as they heard this, Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and other generals present couldn't help but be dumbfounded and surprised.

You must know that Wu has three elites who are brave enough to crown the world, namely the trap camp, the Yulin Army and the Tiger Ben Army, all of which are not large, with a total of 2,800 people.

Although the number of people is small, they can all fight with one enemy ten, or even one against hundred, and they are very brave and good at fighting.

Especially the Yulin Army and the Tiger Ben Army, which belong to the existence of the Wu Wang's army, are equivalent to Su Wei, and they are real professional soldiers.

They don't do anything to produce, they just need to train, and the treatment they enjoy is the best among all the soldiers of Wu State.

"King, don't you know the size of this new army?"

Sun Wu asked suspiciously.

"Thirty thousand."

"Shhh

Hearing this, all the generals of the Wu State couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

30,000 elite soldiers?

It's not something you can afford to raise casually!

Although Wu is now rich in the world, the national strength is at its peak, there is no shortage of money and resources, especially in the military revolution is very sharp, rich in weapons and armor, military supplies.

However, how can a strong team of 30,000 people be built easily?

"These 30,000 new troops are called 'warriors', and they are taken by degree."

"A soldier must be able to wear triple armor (inner and outer three-layer protective clothing or another name for heavy armor), hold a long halberd in his hand, hang an iron sword at his waist, carry a rhino-faced oar, lose fifty crossbows and strong crossbows, and carry three days of military rations, and can march a hundred miles in a row in half a day before he can become a soldier!"

“……”

As soon as they heard this, all the generals couldn't help but look at each other.

This is really a team in the world!

Even the selection conditions are so harsh, how can it not be called a strong team?