Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 69: Military Formation Report Exercise (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

After the wedding date was set, Lu Jin took his guards and carried two ducks to see Zhang Wen.

This boy is helping his sister arrange her wedding at home. The tailor he invited from the city is busy helping to sew the wedding dress. Zhu Liangzu's wife is also helping here.

Well, a green wedding dress.

At that time, the wedding was usually held in the evening, so it was also called "Jiehun".

The folk marriage customs of the Yuan Dynasty inherited part of the Song Dynasty system. In the Song Dynasty, marriages were conducted with red men and green women, with men wearing red and women wearing green.

As for women wearing bright red wedding dresses, that had to wait until the Ming Dynasty.

The bright red wedding dress is also called the phoenix crown and bridal robe, which could only be worn by the empress. Ordinary concubines were not allowed to wear bright red. It was Empress Ma who showed mercy and allowed all women in the world to wear red on their wedding day, which later led to the custom of brides wearing red wedding dresses.

Zhang Wen was able to get out of bed, with ointment all over his back, and was walking around the outer courtyard with his bare arms. The female family members were all in the inner courtyard, and when they saw Lu Jin coming with a gift of ducks, they immediately asked their personal guards to take them and asked with a smile.

"Brother Lu, has the date been set?"

"Well, on the sixth day of next month. Don't delay it too long." Lu Jin nodded and said.

"Hehe, that's great, we'll be a family from now on." Zhang Wen immediately responded with a smile.

Lu Jin pulled him into the main hall, waved his hand for the guards to leave, and then spoke seriously.

"The wedding date is the war date. Kang Maocai has nearly 20,000 soldiers. Although they are divided into many places, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in Heyang City alone. If we attack by force, it will be difficult for us to capture it. Even if we can capture it, we will suffer huge casualties.

“So I plan to lure out his main force and get rid of it like I did with Zuo Junbi. For Kang Maocai, my wedding day is the best opportunity.

"I will deliberately make some fake moves in the next few days to lure him out. Then we will have a decisive battle with him. The whole group will have to go out. Don't put all your thoughts on the marriage."

Zhang Wen also became serious after hearing this. He calculated the days and said, "There are still a dozen days left. I will definitely recover from my injury. Don't worry, Brother Lu. I promise I won't hold you back."

Lu Jin nodded and said, "After we take over Heyang, we will definitely expand our army. In a few days, more people will come to join us. Then I will reinstate you and let you lead a new regiment."

Hearing this, Zhang Wen laughed again, "Brother Lu, you don't have to tell me so much. I'm not petty. I'll do whatever you ask me to do. There's nothing wrong with being the battalion commander first."

Lu Jin said with a straight face, "You are not ambitious. You are satisfied with being a thousand households. When your injury is healed, you should serve as a commander for me."

"Hehe, yes!" Zhang Wen nodded and agreed.

Lu Jin looked at him and muttered to himself, "I took the trouble to find someone to marry, and you are the only one who can be a thousand households? Then my marriage was in vain."

Since it is a marriage alliance, we must definitely support our confidants vigorously to balance the other factions.

When Zhang Wen is promoted again, Zhu Shou and Zhang Wen will each be in charge of a regiment, and the power of the crony faction will be further strengthened.

After leaving Zhang Wen's house, Lu Jin asked the guards to call Yang Jing and Zhu Shou to the training ground in the city to review the training results of the Third and First Regiments.

Li Shanchang took a short rest after breakfast. When he heard that Lu Jin was going to review the troops, he followed.

Just at this time, another guard came to report that the three Qin brothers from Chao County had also arrived. Lu Jin simply asked them to meet at the parade ground together.

When the three arrived at the parade ground, they saw Lu Jin and Li Shanchang already standing on the reviewing platform. Below them were two regiments with more than 8,000 people. The lines were spread out and could not even fit a football field. In the past, when the school held sports meets or military training, the playground would be very crowded if there were three or four thousand people standing on it.

The line of 8,500 people was as large as several football fields. It was so boundless that the three people who had just arrived were shocked.

Qin Li and his two brothers hurried forward to pay their respects.

"I am Qin Li (Qin Zhao, Qin Rong) and I greet the Marshal."

"Haha, you are the hero who helped me conquer Chao County. You came just in time. Come and see how my army is."

Lu Jin immediately helped the three men up with a smile. Just one sentence made the three men immediately return to their roots, because Lu Jin acknowledged that they had made contributions in conquering Chao County, and that was enough!
Qin Li was overjoyed. He had been worried that because of Jin Chaoxing's interference, Lu Jin's contribution would not be counted as theirs. But now it seems that this is not the case for Lu Jin.

He immediately flattered, "The Marshal's army has a strict formation and neat military appearance. It is quite majestic. No wonder they can win battle after battle. They are truly an elite Tiger Guards division!"

Lu Jin smiled when he heard this, "Sir, you are too kind. Most of these soldiers are new recruits who have never seen blood."

"This..." Qin Li didn't expect that he hit the horse's leg when he patted it, but he reacted quickly and said, "The new recruits are already so strong. If they have been on the battlefield a few times, they will be able to fight in the Northern Expedition in the future."

"Hahaha, you can talk. Come with me to observe the formation first. I will make arrangements for you three brothers later." Lu Jin pointed at him and said with a smile.

"Yes."

"Beat the drums and practice the military formation!"

The cowhide drum was beaten with a sound of "dong dong dong", and the team in the field immediately started moving.

The first and fourth groups deployed their formations separately, otherwise it would be too crowded to stand.
The Shengwu Army was mainly composed of large spear formations. Their main weapon was, as Ye Sheng suggested, a spear that was three times their height, a full five meters and four long!
It is of course impossible to add a red tassel to such a long spear, and the spear head is also pitifully small, only four inches, less than 15 centimeters, so it is easier to control the center of gravity.

After all, a spear is a force-consuming lever. The longer the spear barrel is, the harder it is to control. At this time, the spear head must be as light as possible.

Clusters of large spears stood up, giving Lu Jin a sense of déjà vu of a Macedonian spear phalanx.

However, although the spear did not have a tassel, according to Lu Jin's method, a small red triangular flag and a red cloth strip were added to it.

Taking the work teams as an example, each team consists of twelve people. The squad leader and deputy squad leader have triangular red flags on their gun barrels, and the team leader and deputy team leader have one-foot-long red cloth strips tied to their gun barrels.

This was created by Lu Jin based on the work of the Japanese devils.

The most basic organization of the Japanese devils was not called a squad, but a detachment. Each detachment had 14 people. Among them, several sergeants (veterans) would weld bayonets on their guns and hang a small plaster flag.

Don't underestimate the plaster flag hanging under the bayonet. When the Japanese were fighting with bayonets, ordinary soldiers would automatically move closer to the sergeant when they saw the small flag, and form a three- or four-person assassination team to fight against our army. Even if the overall strength was at a disadvantage, we would always use the majority to defeat the minority in local areas and never fight alone.

This is also one of the reasons why the Japanese are so good at bayonet fighting.

There is no difference between a rifle and a bayonet, both are used to stab people, so Lu Jin borrowed this little trick.

Each of his squads consists of 12 people, with two people holding small flags and two people holding cloth strips, which can be divided into four three-person assassination teams. If someone is killed, the rest can gather around the remaining small flags or cloth strips. In any case, they will never fight alone.

Especially weapons like the spear, because of its length, it is easy for the enemy to get close to it when fighting alone. Only by "stabbing with spears in a cluster" can the maximum power of the spear formation be exerted!
At the same time, the small triangular flag can also indicate the identity of the officer.

There is a professional flag bearer at each platoon level, holding a two-foot-long indigo triangular flag. Blue cloth is cheap and is used in large quantities by grassroots teams.

The company-level flag used a blue swallowtail flag, which was four feet long, with two long floating corners and a circle of white edging sewn on the outside, making it look more conspicuous.

The battalion level uses a five-foot-long large triangular green flag with a white border.

The regiment level used a six-foot square red flag with the words "Shengwu" embroidered in black. A piece of white cloth was sewn at the base of the flag, with the regiment number embroidered in black thread.

In this way, the colors of flags at different levels are distinct, and you can tell at a glance which unit is where on the battlefield.

As the drums and trumpets sounded, the Fourth Regiment was the first to change its formation. First, the three combat battalions were arranged in the front to form a very wide front, with the central army battalion led by the regimental commander in the middle, and the auxiliary army battalion in the back.

This large horizontal formation is mainly used for confrontation, or for defense when combined with a larger military formation.

Then they changed to a T-shaped attack formation, with three combat battalions arranged in a T-shape in the front, the central battalion led by the regimental commander in the middle, and the auxiliary battalion in the back.

This is the offensive formation of the entire regiment.

Finally, there is another type, with four combat battalions arranged in front, back, left and right, and an auxiliary battalion in the middle, forming a square hollow formation. It is used as a defensive formation when regimental-level units fight alone, or to form more hollow formations when joining forces with a larger military formation.

Currently, we only practice these three formations. The simpler they are and the fewer tricks they have, the easier they are to train.

After the four regiments finished their formation change drill, Lu Jin asked Li Shanchang and the Qin brothers.

"How about this military formation?"

This time, Qin Zhao spoke first, "Horizontal formation against the enemy, arrow formation for attack, square formation for defense. These three formations are both offensive and defensive. If you can train them like this, you can be called a strong army!"

Hearing this, Lu Jin smiled and said, "You really understand. It seems that I have gained another good general!"

(End of this chapter)