Nanming Engineer

Chapter 192 Restructuring and Forming a New Army

The next morning, Wang Huan woke up. The booze last night didn't affect him at all. He was known for drinking a lot before crossing. After coming to this era, he often drank sorghum wine made from grain, which made him feel more mellow. It is many times better than the blended liquor of the later generations. Although the taste is inferior, it is not over the top, so I get drunk at night, and at dawn the next day, I am alive and well.

After morning exercises with his soldiers, Wang Huan sweated profusely and felt refreshed. He shot the crossbow again, then wiped his sweat with a towel, and walked to the edge of the school field to drink water and rest.

As soon as they arrived at the place, they saw Li Tingyu and Li Yan holding the stone lock together, practicing their arm strength. Seeing him coming, Li Tingyu put down the stone lock and looked at him with a smile.

"It seems that the chief soldier has grown not only in his body, but also in his ability to drink." Li Tingyu said with a smile: "I thought young people were sleepy, but I never thought that adults would wake up earlier than me. No wonder I heard that Kuizhou soldiers were fierce. Such a general, of course."

Wang Huan smiled wryly and said: "You don't need to praise me, general. You taught me this common sense of commanding troops. When I was on the ship, I asked you for a lot of tips on training and leading troops."

"No, any art of war is dead truth. There are many people who talk about it logically and do it foolishly." Li Tingyu waved his hands and said solemnly: "If you want to master it in the actual command of troops, you have to be a general. You can learn from me. It is not easy to comprehend such a method of training soldiers in a few words."

Old Wang Huan blushed, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he was too embarrassed to say that he invented the method of practicing the military posture in formation, so he hurriedly said to him: "The general came this time, it is really timely, and you brought me Of the 9000 soldiers who came, I have a total of [-] in my hands. The original military system is a bit overwhelming, and I am trying to reorganize and want to hear your opinion."

Li Tingyu was distracted, and as if thinking of something, he took out a bamboo tube from his arms, and said to Wang Huan in admiration: "The captive bomb you invented is too powerful. I tried it. Once it explodes within a radius of five feet, it will explode." The ashes are gone, no matter how thick the iron armor is, with it, what are you worried about?"

Wang Huan shook his head and said, "It's not enough. The extermination bomb is just a firearm thrown by hand. The distance depends entirely on the strength of the arm. The distance to use is too short. In this mountain forest, it is barely enough for infantry to fight. If you encounter a large group of cavalry, you can use it." The harassing tactics of cavalry and shooting are useless for killing captives, and they will be consumed by others."

Li Tingyu frowned and thought: "That's right, you're right. The unparalleled ammunition that destroys the city is not enough for field battles. Moreover, once the enemy sees through this kind of firearm, throw it out once and the enemy will retreat. It will only be a waste of time. Wait for us." After exhausting the captive ammunition, a large number of enemy troops rushed up, but it still ended in a hand-to-hand fight."

Wang Huan said: "So, firearms can't just rely on this. Long-distance projectile firearms are the kingly way. In these few battles, I captured some of Zeng Ying's birds and wanted to incorporate them into the army and use them as mountain-destroying crossbows and Projectile firearms beyond the range of exterminator rounds."

"Niaotong?" Li Tingyu frowned, his eyes were a little frozen, obviously recalling some bad memories: "That kind of thing is useless. If you run in one round, you won’t be able to hit anything, and the bird commanding soldiers will easily disperse the pikemen when they run back, and the gunpowder and lead are expensive and expensive.”

"That's because the people who use it are too stupid to blame it for being useless." Wang Huan said: "In the towns of Daming, the generals who really know how to use the bird system well can be counted on one hand, and most of them died in Songshan. Think about it, general, the bird commanders dare not charge enough, the lead can't shoot far, and the penetrating power is poor. No, the soldiers lack training, and it takes half an hour to reload the ammunition and ammunition after the reunification, so how can we fight this battle?"

Li Tingyu frowned, thought for a while, and said, "It makes sense for you to say that. I heard that when Qi Junshen used his hands to cooperate with mandarin duck formations, he beat the Japanese pirates in the southeast and the Hulu outside the Great Wall. It was so good at that time." The firearm used, how come we have become a fire stick?"

Wang Huan patted his thigh and said: "That's it. Firearms are not guilty, but the person who uses them is guilty! This is my plan. The 9000 people are divided into three battalions. Each battalion has a total of one person. The basic combat unit below is 11 people. It is called a squad, with one person as the captain, three as the commander, three as the sword and shield bearers, and four as the spearmen. The sword and shield bearers and the spearmen all hang the mountain-destroying crossbow on their waists. The mountain-destroying crossbow is short and capable and will not affect them. The use of one's own weapons; ten squads form a centurion, ten centuries form a thousand-man squad, and three thousand-man squads form a battalion."

"When fighting, the squad can fight independently, or form a square formation to meet the enemy. When fighting in the square formation, the bird commander is in the front, the spearman is next, and the sword and shield hand is the hand-to-hand combat arm. Let the enemy army reach 150 paces Shi Niaotong started shooting, and fired in three rounds. After shooting, he immediately turned to the two wings of the army formation and continued to shoot at will. At this time, the enemy army had entered within a hundred steps. The enemy continues to approach despite the rain of arrows. At fifty paces, the pikemen hang their crossbows and raise their spears to resist the enemy, while the swordmen keep their crossbows and shoot until the enemy is within twenty paces. move, and the sword and shield hand threw the captive shells, so three firepower kills, it is estimated that there are not many remaining enemy troops in the end."

"Squads and teams are scattered and mainly used for chasing and annihilating the enemy and small-scale operations. Ten people with swords and shields, long guns and bird commanders can be combined into a small square formation, facing the same number of enemy troops, and will not suffer. .”

Li Tingyu was so fascinated by this that he almost forgot to speak out. Even Li Yan next to him was deeply enlightened. It turns out that the combination of different arms can exert such great power. However, Li Tingyu was silent for a while, and asked a question: " This kind of tactics is fine against infantry, even if the heavy armored soldiers of the Tartars will not take advantage of us, but what about the cavalry of the Tartars? I fought against the Tartars and Mongolian cavalry in Liaodong, and they were on horseback When I grew up, I began to draw a bow when I was able to ride a horse. I was proficient in riding and shooting, and the horn bow I used was powerful enough to shoot into a solid wood from about 150 steps. Fight against it? Besides, what if we encounter a cannon with a longer range than the bird's cannon?"

Wang Huan said in a loud voice: "As expected of a veteran general, he thought of the key point so quickly! Indeed, this issue is very important. Cavalry is good at maneuvering against infantry, and focuses on harassment. They can defeat infantry at the right time. The infantry can only defend themselves in formation, they are not equal at all, and it is very difficult to defeat the cavalry in plain field battles."

"However, with the help of sharp firearms, cavalry is not invincible. However, we have not yet considered this issue. Sichuan has many mountains and little flat land. Cavalry cannot run. Fighting in the mountains is not as good as infantry. Wait for us When we are able to go north to Hanzhong and east to Kuimen, we must have the magic weapon to defeat the enemy."

Li Tingyu was a little confused and couldn't figure out where Wang Huan's confidence came from. Of course, he didn't know about Li Huai'en's arrival, but he didn't think much about it. Experience told him that since Wang Huan was sure, he must be sure.

"Three battalion commanders, I have considered for a long time. Ma Xintian can be counted as one, and I will take one myself. The other has not been settled yet. Zu Bian is too anxious, Ma Long is not hot enough, and the other generals are not mature enough. When thinking about it, It just so happens that the general is coming, so I wonder if the general can condescend to be a battalion commander?" Wang Huan said with some embarrassment, since Li Tingyu is a senior general and a senior general, it would be unnatural for him to be his subordinate.

Li Tingyu was overjoyed, stood up and cupped his fists in a respectful voice: "My lord speaks seriously, and being able to lead the powerful soldiers trained by your lord is a blessing in the life of the last general!"

(End of this chapter)