Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong are so out of place in the same picture.

Zhou Yuji is polite and polite, quite Confucian, while Huang Degong has a very rough appearance, and it is easy to be regarded as a vulgar martial artist at first glance.

But the apocalypse doesn't like to judge people by their appearance, and these two people have also proved themselves to be good generals in historical materials, which is enough.

Tianqiping retired from the other generals, leaving only Li Banghua, Zhou Yuji, and Huang Degong, and then his party came directly to Li Banghua's camp.

Tianqi first briefly told Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong what he thought, and while the two of them were shocked, they were very happy, who doesn't want to be valued by the emperor? What's more, middle- and lower-level officers like them need more opportunities to show their talents.

It's just that they are also a little suspicious, long live it will not be a whim, and take it as a kind of fun, just like they used to like carpentry.

If the Apocalypse knew what they thought, I am afraid that he would be directly speechless, and the label of the Carpenter Emperor would not be removed, right?

"I will give the two of you guerrilla ranks, Zhou Qing will lead 3,000 musketeers, and Huang Qing will lead 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 pikemen."

The guerrilla rank added is a fictitious title, and he does not have the real power of a guerrilla general, but he can act as a guerrilla general, so that they can control the other thousand generals under their command.

"Long live thanks." The two hurriedly thanked each other, who was almost sitting at home without moving, and was suddenly hit by a pie falling from the sky.

The apocalypse asked people to bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then immediately sketched it on a piece of rice paper, and it didn't take long to roughly draw a set of layout diagrams.

Immediately, he asked people to hang the picture on the wall, and Li Banghua, Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong looked at it in unison.

Although the painting skills of the apocalypse are very ordinary, there is a text next to him, so it is also clear at a glance.

Just in case they couldn't fully comprehend their intentions, Apocalypse immediately pointed to the drawings and began to explain.

Before the war, a number of phalanxes were arranged, and the phalanxes were about fifty paces apart, and the main formation of each phalanx was composed of pikemen with a depth of six rows, each platoon of fifty soldiers, a total of three hundred.

In front of the main formation were three rows of musketeers, divided into two parts, left and right, ten paces apart.

There were fifty musketeers in each platoon, and three hundred in six platoons on the left and right.

Behind the main formation there was also a small phalanx, consisting of six platoons of twenty men each, a total of one hundred and twenty musketeers, as a reserve, that is, a reserve.

Various types of artillery were also erected on both flanks of the phalanx to supplement the long-range firepower.

Behind the artillery positions were cavalry.

At the beginning of the battle, the enemy was first fired with artillery, and when the enemy had rushed to the range of the muskets, the musketeers placed in front of the phalanx would fire in three rounds to further inflict damage on the enemy.

When the enemy approached, the musketeers quickly retreated to the flanks of the main pikemen, who prepared to engage while the musketeers flanked the enemy in front of them to support them.

If the enemy abandons a frontal attack and instead attacks the musketeers on the flanks, the musketeers can retreat behind the main formation and the cavalry will come forward to volley.

If the enemy retreats, the musketeers will go out in pursuit, and the cavalry will also find an opportunity to cover the kill.

This way of arranging the formation was naturally not something that Tianqi came up with in his own mind, but learned it through the tactics that had been proven in later generations.

There may be some differences in the specific quantity allocation, because he can't remember what the specific number is, and the military situation faced by the East and the West is different, so this can be continuously improved through future exploration, but the general idea is so.

After listening to it, several people were shocked, thinking that it was a whim, a great achievement, and a random thing, but they didn't expect that there was indeed a certain essentials of the art of war, which is not something that a person who doesn't know anything can come up with.

However, in such a formation, the musketeers accounted for sixty percent of the infantry, and obviously relied too much on the role of the musketeers, and the pikemen and even the cavalry seemed to be in a supporting position.

In this way, if the musketeers did not play their due role and did less damage to the enemy, such pikemen, even if they were like the white pole soldiers in the Battle of the Hunhe River, I am afraid that they would not be able to resist the impact of the fierce captives.

Once the main pikemen collapsed, the weak musketeers were like lambs to the slaughter.

Therefore, such a layout seems to be well-organized, but it has a lot of drawbacks.

As a result, Li Banghua did not shy away from expressing his worries, and Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong also agreed.

Although the apocalypse is a little depressed, he doesn't blame them, because since the war with Jianlu, the musketeers of the Ming army have hardly played much role, and if it weren't for the fact that the Ming army couldn't train a large number of excellent archers like Jianlu, I'm afraid that the muskets such as bird guns would have been thrown into the garbage heap long ago.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the lack of lethality of the Ming army's firearms, which often hit the target and could not penetrate the heavy armor of the Jianyu to cause damage to it.

Over time, Jianyu looked down on the muskets of the Ming army more and more, and the Ming army itself had no confidence.

As corruption became more and more serious, all kinds of firearms were shoddyly manufactured, and explosions occurred from time to time, which did not hurt the enemy but injured themselves first, so that the Ming army became more and more unkind to firearms.

Therefore, this concept cannot be changed for a while, and it is normal.

If it were another general, such a proposal would definitely be met with criticism until no one cared about it.

But as the emperor, even if everyone is against it, he has to give it a try.

Because once successful, he will not only be able to promote the military reform of the Ming army and gradually evolve in the direction of a modern army, but also be able to further strengthen his own prestige in the whole army and even the entire Ming Dynasty.

If you take 10,000 steps back, even if you fail, it won't have much impact.

So he said directly: "I know that you still don't trust the flintlock pistol enough, but I still want to give it a try, would you like to give it a try with me?" ”

Li Banghua just groaned slightly, and then said: "Weichen is willing to give it a try with Banzai." ”

The reason why he said this was that in addition to not wanting to save the face of the apocalypse, he also knew that the Ming army was full of a large number of people who did not understand military strategy to run the army.

For example, the king's ministers, Gao Di and others, in such important positions as governors, supervisors, and managers, their casual wrong decision will lead to the innocent death of thousands of people.

And Banzai's set of formation methods, although there are many drawbacks, it does show that Banzai has a certain understanding of military strategy, at least much stronger than Gao Di and Wang Zhichen.

And there are only 6,000 people, even if they are put into the battlefield, they will not affect the overall situation.

Since this is the case, it is very worthwhile to cooperate well, coax Banzai to be happy, and allocate more money and food to Jingying.

Huang Degong seems to have figured out this reason, so he quickly agreed.

Zhou Yuji had the heart to oppose it, but he was soft-spoken, knowing that refusing at this time would not play any role except to offend Banzai and the Admiral.

Therefore, it is better to come down and practice diligently, and even if the time comes, even if you are defeated, you can kill and injure some enemies as much as possible.

Therefore, it was agreed.