The twelfth day of Zhu Ming's military training.

A clipper stopped at the river, and the messenger rushed ashore and went straight into the city to the county office.

"Yangzhou Kumon!" The errand officer showed his waist card.

Menzi hurriedly let him in, Bai Chongwu was personally responsible for the reception, but the messenger did not take out the official documents.

Not long after, Xiang Zhixian rushed to hear the news, opened the official document with his own hands, and read it with great joy: "Is the money and food ready?" Tomorrow we will be able to send troops. ”

The Song Dynasty was extremely strict in the management of the army, and if it was a regular army, if it was a regular army, it was necessary to have a military talisman if it was transferred to more than ten people, otherwise it would be at least one year in prison. If there is no military charm, and more than 1,000 troops are transferred without permission, they will be immediately sentenced to hanging.

Only in the event of a siege by bandits, or a rebellion by the army, can officials send troops urgently.

That is to say, if Zhu Ming rebelled one day, he went to the vicinity of Yangzhou City to plunder. As long as he did not directly attack the city, Zhizhou was not allowed to mobilize the Xiang army, and he had to ask the imperial court for instructions...... Waiting for the approval of the imperial court, it is estimated that half a year has passed.

Of course, the village soldiers and archers were not so particular, and the magistrates still had the initiative.

Whether it is cowardice or caution, he recruited archers from the magistrate, and even wrote a letter to ask the magistrate and the general judge, and by the way, he reported the matter of Zhu Zongdao's rebellion.

"See for yourself." Hand over the official document to the magistrate.

Bai Chongwu took the official document with both hands, and the content was very simple, let Xixiang County immediately send troops to exterminate the anti-thief nest as soon as possible, and do not delay the matter of requisitioning grain.

As for the book of wishes, it was not even mentioned.

A master who was born as a thief, it is normal to rebel, and if he dies, he will die, and his head and family can be sent to Yangzhou.

On the Yangzhou side, they didn't even bother to send someone over to investigate.

Xiang Zhixian has been very active these days, and he has accepted a concubine, and he said proudly: "Bai Zhu Division, gather the six case officials, and go with me to review the archers." ”

"Yes!"

Bai Chongwu immediately went to make arrangements, and many ideas inevitably came to his mind.

The magistrate suddenly wanted to inspect the army, and he also brought the county officials, is this a demonstration to the officials?

Before leaving the county office, Xiang Zhixian said again: "Send someone to invite Fang Kongmu, he has served in the Yangzhou military case, is proficient in the art of war, and is familiar with the battle formation." Before sending troops, let him give him some pointers. ”

Fang Kongmu has long since retired and is teasing his grandson at home.

After receiving the invitation of the magistrate, he hurriedly set off on the bamboo court and ran to the county office to meet everyone.

Zhu Ming made a big fuss about the county government, and Xiang Zhixian had already heard about it. And I am very pleased with this, the officials have controlled the county government, he can't control it at all, and it is best for Zhu Ming to have a stiff quarrel with those people.

As long as you don't make a big mess, no matter which side suffers, Xiang Zhixian can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Even, he can borrow Zhu Ming's hand to scare and scare those officials.

Bai Chongwu guessed correctly, Xiang Zhixian is going to demonstrate today!

This gentleman is very magical, and his courage is unpredictable.

Just like at the birthday banquet of Mrs. Bai, many squires were forced to pay taxes, which was bold at that time. The next performance was like having hypochondriasis.

Now he has the courage to suppress the arrogance of the officials.

There was always a moment when Xiang Zhixian felt like he was doing it again. When disaster came, I realized that I really couldn't do it.

The officials sounded the gong to open the way, and the group lined up to set off, and the chickens and dogs jumped on the streets along the way.

"Stop!"

The archers guarding the school grounds actually stopped the magistrate and the officials.

Bai Chongwu scolded angrily: "Bold, didn't you see the county venerable coming?" ”

"Zhu Dutou has an order, no one is allowed to enter and leave the school field at will," the archer was born as a villager after all, and he became weak as he spoke, "I ...... I'm going to report it, and I'm going to ask a few masters to wait. ”

Xiang Zhixian was stopped outside the school for no reason, and suddenly felt a big loss of face, and then his brain flew around, and he smiled calmly: "I asked Zhu Dutou to be strict about military discipline, but I didn't expect him to have the qualifications of a famous general." Can you know the story of Zhou Yafu in the Han Dynasty? ”

"I am only shallow in the next class, please teach the county." Bai Chongwu was angry in his heart and decided that this was arranged with the magistrate.

Xiang Zhixian asked Fang Kongmu again: "Does Mr. Fang know?" ”

Fang Kongmu arched his hand and said: "In the past, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty comforted the Xiliu Army, but when the Son of Heaven arrived, he was not allowed to enter the camp. Emperor Wen sent the envoy to hold the talisman and told the future intentions, and Zhou Yafu let him go. ”

"A glimpse of the whole leopard," Xiang Zhixian stood with his hands in his hands, pretending to be forced, "I have already seen that although Zhu Chenggong is young, he has the talent to train soldiers, and he was specially promoted to the head of the capital." ”

Fang Kongmu hurriedly patted his ass and said: "The county respects the wisdom of people, and the old decay is not as good as in case." ”

Xiang Zhixian was happy to hear this, and he was no longer impatient at the moment, and stood there waiting with a smile.

After a while, Zhu Ming brought someone to greet him in person: "Chiefs, please come in quickly." The soldiers don't know the severity, and they have offended a lot just now. ”

Xiang Zhixian walked in with his head held high: "Don't get in the way, the army must be strictly governed, Zhu Dutou has done a very good job." ”

Zhu Ming invited everyone to the high platform of the school, his expression became solemn, and he shouted: "Beat the drum and gather the troops!" ”

"Knock knock!"

The drums beat violently, and the archers, who were resting all over the school grounds, picked up their weapons and quickly gathered in front of the audience.

The assembly speed is about the same as the military training of college students.

As for the neatness of the queue, it is far less than that of military training college students.

But this is enough, Fang Kongmu has seen the exercises of the Yangzhou Xiang Army, and he has some vision. He showed surprise at this moment, and said in surprise: "In just more than ten days, the archers can be reborn, and they have already compared the Yangzhou Xiang army." ”

In the land of the three counties of Yangzhou, the Xiang army is already the strongest combat force, and it is not as good as the archers who have been trained for more than ten days......

Xiang Zhixian suddenly felt that he had face again, and said proudly: "I really didn't see the wrong person, Zhu Dutou does have the talent to train soldiers." ”

Bai Chongwu looked at the weapons of the archers, and said with a confused expression: "That's the dung rake used by the peasants?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "It is indeed a dung rake, I ordered someone to knock the rake hook straight, and created a new weapon called boring palladium." ”

Use a dung rake as a weapon?

A few stickers lowered their heads and held back a smile, and even He Tiesi was laughing, forgetting that Zhu Ming had beaten him violently for the time being.

Fang Kongmu couldn't help but ask: "With such a long bamboo, I don't even cut off the branches, I'm afraid it's inconvenient when fighting, right?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "I asked the blacksmith to make some thinner shuttle darts and put them on the front end of the bamboo, and those branches are also useful. This kind of weapon is called wolf milling. ”

"The lid of the pot must be a shield." Fang Kongmu can draw inferences from one another.

Zhu Ming said: "In this mandarin duck array, the shield player is divided into long cards and short cards. Long cards block arrows, short cards resist knives and guns. The mountain road of Heifengzhai is narrow, and the long card is quite inconvenient, so only the short card is made. Acting like this, it is really helpless, and I can't find the weapon at hand. ”

Regardless of whether there is a grudge or not, everyone present feels that Zhu Ming is not easy.

If it were them, they would have been lying flat a long time ago. I don't have any weapons, and you still want me to fight hard?

The archer brought a few chairs and sat down in the center of Xiang Zhixian: "Let's rehearse and rehearse that...... It's called the Mandarin Duck Formation, right? ”

"It's called the Mandarin Duck Array."

Zhu Ming asked some pikemen to form a traditional formation alone to attack the soldiers who listed the mandarin duck formation.

With the accompaniment of drums, the three teams of mandarin duck soldiers led by Zhang Guangdao met the four captains led by Chen Ziyi.

I saw wolves milling the way, and a larger number of spearmen were so disturbed that they could only wave their guns indiscriminately to resist.

Chen Ziyi began to divide his troops, selected some pikemen, and attacked around the flanks and rear.

The wolf miller didn't move, and continued to move forward.

Chen Ziyi's soldiers successfully circled sideways, and the boring palladium modified by the dung fork immediately came into play. When they encounter an enemy, they poke out, and when they encounter a weapon, they push outward, and the three forks of the dung rake can occasionally even hold the opponent's weapon.

The spearmen of the Mandarin Duck Formation, under the cover of boring palladium, also struggled to poke out.

"The third team, change the three-talent horizontal formation!" Zhu Ming suddenly ordered.

The flag representing the third team waved back and forth three times, and then left and right.

The soldiers who were observing the flag order in front immediately shouted: "The third team, the three talents are in a horizontal formation!" ”

The third squad of the mandarin duck formation, quickly changing the formation forward. In fact, it's not complicated, it's just four pikemen, each choose a teammate to cooperate, one team becomes three teams to kill, and even divide manpower to protect the flanks.

After the change of formation, the width of the battlefield skyrocketed.

The enemy, who could no longer support it, instantly broke up and fled.

Immediately afterwards, the third team after the change of formation began to turn around and attack sideways, and the second team flanked the enemy who had not been defeated on both sides.

The pikemen led by Chen Ziyi were defeated on all fronts.

"Good formation!"

Xiang Zhixian clapped his hands in admiration, although he didn't understand much, but he also noticed that the mandarin duck array was very powerful.

But the faces of the six case posters changed drastically, where did they dare to laugh at the weapons of the archers?

Especially He Tisi, who remembered the revenge of being beaten violently, and thought about revenge after the archers were disbanded.

Now it seems that this surnamed Zhu is a hero, and he must not be provoked again.

However, the archers under Zhu Ming are going to be disbanded and return to their hometowns after all. When they go back, they will come one by one according to the list, and under the pretext of urging the grain wheel, they will be able to kill a few of them this summer!

Lao Tzu didn't dare to find revenge surnamed Zhu, and there was nothing he could do with your ordinary archers?

Fang Kongmu walked down the high platform on crutches, got closer to observe the various weapons, and came back to ask Zhu Ming the key to the formation.

Zhu Ming doesn't hide his secrets, no matter what Fang Kongmu asks, he will explain it in detail.

It doesn't matter if you say it, if you don't pay enough food, which one can practice into a mandarin duck formation?

Finally, Zhu Ming concluded: "This formation is suitable for fighting in mountains and valleys, and it can also be used for street battles in the city. But when it reaches the northern plains, it can't withstand the onslaught of a large cavalry. ”

"It's a pity."

Fang Kongmu shook his head and sighed, the enemies of the Great Song Dynasty are all in the north, but this mandarin duck array is useless.

Zhu Ming also studied the formation of the white pole soldiers, which was available in all terrains, but it was more difficult to train than the Mandarin Duck Formation.

The white pole soldier is a cone-shaped formation, pyramidal structure.

One fierce man in front, three people in the second row, five people in the third row, and so on, forming a triangular squad of 25 people.

In the same combination, 25 squads form a triangular flag team, and 25 flag teams form a triangular array.

The front row was killed, and the back row made up.

The front team dies in battle, and the back team makes up for it.

Always a triangle, always on the offensive.

Between the teams, the canine teeth are intertwined, and the enemies caught in it are torn to pieces in minutes.

At the same time, the white pole soldiers do not all use long guns, and there are also long-range weapons in the back row, which belongs to a multi-arm mixed formation.

The core essence of this conical formation is to charge, which is a sharp weapon to tear through the enemy's formation, and it can even hedge with cavalry. However, the requirements for military discipline and morale are ridiculously high.

Let the archer in front of you practice? Let's go home and wash up and sleep.

Xiang Zhixian was in high spirits, his left hand was behind his back, and the halberd in his right hand pointed forward: "With such a sharp pawn, why can't you step on the thief camp?" Listen to my orders, the whole army will set off tomorrow, and the thieves will not return to their hometowns! ”

Merit is beckoning to him, and after breaking the thief, he can still delay time and not disband the archers for the time being.

The longer it drags on, the more powerful the thief will be, and the easier it will be to apply for tax relief.

The less the tax is set, the more Xiang Zhixian will earn!

Suddenly, Zhu Ming floated like a ghost and whispered: "County Zun, the reward for besieging and killing Zhu Zongdao has not been issued until now, and the soldiers have already complained." There is also not enough money to build pike, and it has been owed to the blacksmith shop. ”

It's really a pot that can't be opened, and the high-spirited Xiang Zhixian was instantly made to bleed in his heart, and shouted in pain: "Send a reward!" ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

As soon as the reward was given, morale was greatly boosted.

Only Xiang Zhixian had a sad face, and when he came out with an extra penny, he seemed to be stabbing him in the chest.