The "Liutao" lent by Zhuge Liang to Zhang Xi is not the full text, but the "Soldiers" chapter of the "Ministry of Culture" in "Liutao", which specifically talks about training troops and the cooperation of various arms in combat.

There are a total of sixty-one articles in the whole Liutao, with a total of more than 20,000 words, how could Zhuge Liang be willing to lend them all to Zhang Xi.

Books from these years are rare, not to mention military books.

But this is enough for Zhang Xi to be satisfied.

For the military operations of this era, Zhang Xi only has the crowd charge in the TV series in his mind, and he has never seen what a real multi-arm cooperative operation looks like.

And it is said that Zhuge Liang's eight-array diagram is such a multi-arm joint combat idea, not a few stones on the Yubeipu River beach, pretending to be a ghost.

Well, this is what Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, said, and it shouldn't be fake.

Now that Zhang Xi can finally get a glimpse of the thinking of the combat of the arms in this era, he is naturally very happy.

By the way, Zhang Xi also kindly asked Xu Shu if he wanted to lend it to him...... Just now on Zhuge Liang's side, Zhang Xi noticed Xu Shu's envious eyes.

But Xu Shu waved his hand and refused.

The reason is very simple, Xu Shu has seen it a long time ago.

Not only this volume of "The Way of Soldiers", but he has read the entire "Liutao".

Xu Shu has always gone to Zhuge Liang's side and read books in Zhuge Liang's study, and a lot of his knowledge was learned in this way.

It's just that Kong Ming has never borrowed such an important military book, so Xu Shu is envious of Zhang Xi.

But Xu Shu also understands.

Xu Shu needs to stay by Liu Bei's side and help Liu Bei organize and plan the overall strategy, and it is impossible to do everything himself.

As for Zhang Xi, he was responsible for training Liu Bei's soldiers, and he just lent "Liutao" to Zhang Xi so that he could train according to law, which could also come in handy in the future.

It can be regarded as a different division of labor, so Xu Shu is just envious of Zhang Xi's good luck, but he has no jealousy.

After the two went back, Zhang Xi naturally read and understood the "Soldier's Dao Chapter" while discussing with Zhang Fei about the areas that needed to be improved in the training of non-commissioned officers.

Zhang Fei's attitude towards Zhang Xi has been very good recently, not to mention smiling all day long, and there is no alcohol on his body, and from time to time he pulls Zhang Xi and the two of them to have a long talk.

Because Zhang Xi was very generous, he actually explained the content of "The Way of Soldiers" to him.

Zhang Fei really didn't expect Zhang Xi to really get "Liutao...... Although it is only a fragment of it.

Although Zhang Xi was stingy and refused to show Zhang Fei the original text, Zhang Xi's relay Zhang Fei was already very satisfied.

Zhang Fei really wanted to learn the art of war.

Zhang Fei doesn't like to read, but he doesn't want to learn those mysterious and mysterious books-bag literature, and Zhang Fei, a halfway monk, still likes military books very much

And "The Way of War" is more suitable for Zhang Fei's appetite, it is not about the concept of war, but about the actual training of soldiers and commanding battles, Zhang Fei feels that this is the art of war he wants.

Whether to fight the battle, whether it can be won, and how much preparation to make before the war are things that the eldest brother and the second brother need to consider.

Therefore, Zhang Fei was unexpectedly good-tempered during this time, and he was good-tempered to Zhang Xi, and the sergeants under the account were also very good-tempered.

The sergeants are still wondering, their black-faced commander has recently changed sex?!

It was just said last month that the meritorious person of this month's exercise had rewarded him with his precious wine, and now he is so amiable...... The three generals won't be given their bags, right?!

Well, this kind of thing is always a good thing for the soldiers, although the training has been hard lately, but ...... In the days when there was meat to eat and not to be whipped, the soldiers still hoped that it would last a little longer.

Zhang Xi discussed with Zhang Fei for a long time, and began to make a change in the ordnance training in the army by combining the military book with Zhang Fei's actual experience.

Originally, the soldiers in Zhang Fei's army were basically trained with long ges or spears.

In the era of cold weapons, it is indeed an inch long and an inch strong.

Originally, it should have been equipped with a long sword or long knife for soldiers, but because Liu Bei was poor, it was omitted for the time being.

The soldiers also knew that no one complained anything.

But you can't even equip your soldiers with spears to save money, right?!

What's the matter with giving me a long bamboo pole?!

It is also emphasized that it is not allowed to cut off the horizontal branches on the bamboo poles..... What does that mean?!

The soldiers were puzzled, and Zhang Xi didn't plan to explain...... Wolf squirt, don't say you don't understand, no one will understand it for another thousand years.

Yes, Zhang Xi plans to make a simulated version of the Mandarin Duck Array.

The Mandarin Duck Array can be said to be the pinnacle of the ancient cold weapon light infantry, all arms cooperate to fight, overcome the distance gap caused by long spears and short knives, and most importantly, the proportion of casualties between the enemy and us is extremely outrageous, outrageous to the point that you can't believe it at all.

It is said that the Mandarin Duck Formation had just been trained, and when it first fought against the Japanese Invaders, it fought nine times in a row, only paying the price of nine dead and more than a dozen wounded, defeating two thousand Japanese Kou and beheading hundreds of them.

And the most outrageous casualty ratio of the Mandarin Duck Array was the "672 Hundred and Seventy-two" killed in the Battle of Niutian...... Zero deaths, the Anti-Japanese War drama didn't dare to shoot like this.

Zhang Xi had long wanted to engage in the Mandarin Duck Formation, but the reason why he had never dared to do it was that he didn't know how the Mandarin Duck Formation should be commanded and operated.

When I first went online, I didn't care, I just stared at the results, and now when I really want to use it, I don't know how to operate it.

It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't know the specific configuration of the Mandarin Duck Array, these Zhang Xi knows, there are pictures on the Internet, just look at it.

Even Zhang Xi knew the weapons and responsibilities of each soldier in a mandarin duck formation squad.

But you know this, it's really useless.

Because Zhang Xi's position is not long, what he has to command is not the ten soldiers under him.

He is the marching Sima and the second-in-command in the army, and what he needs to know is what the coordination and dispatch of the entire army should be, not how a soldier should cooperate.

You can't let a group of soldiers equipped with mandarin duck array weapons rush up when they see the enemy...... So what's the difference between this and crowd tactics?!

Don't you dare to train soldiers with your own imagination, if you really want to go to the battlefield, these soldiers will die because of your whims.

But now it's different, Zhang Xi has "The Way of Soldiers".

Although this book is mainly about the coordinated operation of charioteers, infantry, and lunges, there is nothing about the mandarin duck formation...... But some of the truths are the same.

Dead reading, reciting backwards is Zhao Kuo, who really knows the soldiers while understanding the theoretical knowledge, but also will be able to understand it.

If you really understand the "Soldier's Chapter", you will know what the specific role of each arm is, what formation should be used for marching, what formation should be used for facing the enemy, when to use what arms to organize defense, when to use what arms to attack, and what to do when defending, what kind of formation to pose, how to impact when attacking, when to impact together, and when to need to attack in turns.

This is the real command, and this is the real training.

If you can train the Qi family army just by knowing the equipment and squad responsibilities of the Qi family, then can you lose the battle of the Hunhe River?! Da Ming can still die?!

Originally, Zhang Fei did not agree with Zhang Xi to mess up the establishment of the army

He felt that although the charioteers in the book were no longer there, there were still infantry and lunges, and there would be nothing wrong with the training of cats and tigers.

There's no need to quote some weapons and squad configurations that you haven't seen before, and no one knows what the effect will be.

But Zhang Xi felt uneasy.

Although there will be no big mistakes in practicing like this, you can also train good soldiers...... But the problem is that you will have to face Qingzhou soldiers and tiger and leopard riders in the future.

Zhang Xizhen did not think that relying on traditional methods could train an army stronger than the Qingzhou soldiers and the tiger and leopard cavalry in a short period of time.

Therefore, Zhang Xi discussed with Zhang Fei and asked Kou Feng's team to come over.

For the other five squads, Zhang Fei still trained according to the requirements of the "Soldier's Chapter", while Zhang Xi was based on his own understanding of the "Soldier's Chapter", coupled with the characteristics of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and pondered the training and command methods by himself.

After a month, try it out against each other to determine which way to train.

In this regard, Zhang Fei agreed.

Then Zhang Xi began to discuss with Kou Feng and opened the rectification.

The wolf whisk is easy to get, just cut the bamboo outside the city, but Zhang Xi requires the wolf whisk to be more than three meters away...... It's really embarrassing for the officers and men in the army.

The longer the thing, the heavier it will be to swing because of the moment.

Zhang Xi finally understood why Qi Dashuai didn't require the wolf soldiers to have any other skills, as long as they had great strength.

As for other weapons, Zhang Xi didn't use them rigidly, after all, he couldn't make muskets these days.

Not to mention muskets, even rattan cards are not very easy to do, these years to find that kind of tough and strong rattan, you have to look for it in the south, go to Jiaozhou or Ugo to find vulture bones.

Therefore, Zhang Xi had no choice but to arrange two long-card soldiers to fill the façade, and the four pikemen originally configured behind him were changed to two pikemen and two waist knife soldiers with bows and arrows.

As for the guards, they are short sword soldiers who are responsible for planning, of course, they can't equip these short knife soldiers with firearms, Zhang Xi had to go to Xu Shu and ask for thirty crossbows, which can be regarded as a firepower supplement.

Xu Shu was puzzled, there are still people who want to use a crossbow these days?!

A crossbow is not the kind of bed crossbow that guards a city. The bed crossbow has a long range and great power, but it is too bulky and can only be used to defend the city.

It's not the kind of crossbow that is always available in the army. That's not bad, it can give local damage out of range of the bow and arrow, but it's more cumbersome to operate, and it takes at least three people to work together.

Back then, Sun Bin ambushed Pang Juan, using such 20,000 crossbow soldiers, and when he gave an order, 10,000 crossbows were fired in unison, and the power was huge.

Zhang Xi wanted a hand crossbow, a miniature version of a kicking crossbow that a soldier held alone.

This thing, the infantry disliked that its range was not as good as that of a bow and arrow, and it was not as powerful as a bow and arrow, and once the enemy broke through the range of a bow and arrow, it was not as convenient to use this thing as to draw a knife and prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

The only good thing about this thing is that it's easy to use, unlike archers who require special training, it's something that can be used by a person.

The original function of the hand crossbow was also equipped for the cavalry, and it was not used for frontal combat of the cavalry, but when the cavalry was fighting guerrilla, it was convenient to cast it on horseback to kill the enemy.

The cavalry of these days had no stirrups..... Or to put it more rigorously, there are no bilateral stirrups.

Unilateral stirrups exist, but those things are for the convenience of getting on the horse, not the kind of bilateral stirrups that can maintain stability and free hands in the traditional sense.

Therefore, those who can do it on horseback are the elite of the cavalry elite, after all, they are only a few.

Most of the cavalry who could not do it on horseback would equip them with crossbows to increase their lethality.

But now in Liu Bei's army, there is no cavalry at all...... Zhao Yun, Liu Bei's main horseman, simply did not have enough horses to form a cavalry unit, so naturally these crossbows were also placed in the warehouse to eat ashes.

And then it was so cheap Zhang Xi.