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"Take Caozhou first, then Chencheng."

"In this way, Chencheng will not be lost."

Yang Duanhe exchanged glances with Shen Bing.

Meng Wu's strategy is indeed more secure, but it is too secure... This is equivalent to taking a city and a pool steadily and steadily.

Then fight and fight, and you will find that there are not a single enemy missing, it's just that the battle line has been moved back.

However, although Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe's tactics were dangerous, they inserted a knife along the Huai River in the middle of the Chu army, and then divided and surrounded them.

You must know that in this battle, the Qin army has strong combat effectiveness but few troops, while the Chu army has weak combat effectiveness and many troops, so we should give full play to the advantages of the Qin army and boldly intersperse instead of fighting steadily.

It can also be seen from this that Meng Wu is a traditional person.

Yang Duanhe didn't refuse on the spot, but just replied politely:

"What General Meng said is reasonable, I will discuss it later."

I don't want Meng Wu but still insist on:

"General."

"It took more than ten years for our army to destroy Zhao."

"Now Chu is not inferior to Zhao, and its national power is even stronger than Zhao."

"That's why Meng Wu thinks that we must not be impatient and plan to fight for a long time."

This sounds reasonable, but in fact the situation in Zhao State and Chu State is different.

Moreover, the state of Qin when Zhao was destroyed was different from the state of Qin when Chu was destroyed, so of course the state of Qin cannot be used to destroy Chu by destroying Zhao.

Shen Bing frowned.

It's no wonder that the grandfather Meng Ao of the Meng family is a famous general, and the grandchildren Meng Tian and Meng Yi are also famous generals, but it happens that Meng Wu in the middle is not well-known.

If he had participated in any battles, it would have followed Li Xin and Wang Jian to destroy Chu.

But he did not lead the army alone like Meng Ao and Meng Tian.

Chapter 199 Wolf Whisk

Yang Duanhe was left to worry about Meng Wu's issue, and Shen Bing had no interest in arguing.

After all, strategy is something that is justified by the public and the right is justified by the public. If there is no fight, the result is often impossible to argue for.

More importantly, the strategy set by Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe was only "tentative".

In fact, it can't be regarded as tentative, because everything is based on Anling City, without Anling City, it will have to be re-planned.

That being the case, why must each other have to fight for right or wrong?

As for why Yingzheng sent Meng Wu to lead an army at this time, Shen Bing thought it was Yingzheng's strategy to divide the merits:

At this time, the Qin army was dominated by Wang Jian's family, and the Meng family fell into a depression after Meng Ao's death.

Even Meng Tian, ​​Meng Wu's son, was far from Wang Jian's son Wang Ben.

From the perspective of Yingzheng, the most taboo thing is "one family dominates".

So in history, the reason why he used the combination of Li Xin and Meng Wu to destroy Chu was also for this purpose, but it is a pity that Li Xin was defeated and Ying Zheng still had to use Wang Jian.

Now Li Xin is just replaced by Yang Duanhe.

But Yang Duanhe is Wang Jian's old department after all, so he will naturally give Montessori another share in order to share the credit.

There is no need for Shen Bing to care about these, his focus is always on training.

Shen Bing was a little surprised by the training situation. Under the condition of delicious food and easy training, the soldier's body has changed significantly after more than a month.

Although it is not as exaggerated as a piece of muscle, but the whole spirit is different.

The bench press has increased from 80 Qin Jin to 140 Qin Jin (about 35 kg in modern times).

This is the so-called "benefit period for beginners", and the initial progress is almost doubled.

Although this 35 kg is nothing to modern people, the average weight of modern fitness enthusiasts can reach 45 kg.

The problem is that it has to be compared with the people of this era.

Soldiers in this era had poor food and unbalanced nutrition, and it was not uncommon for soldiers to starve to death.

At this time, under Shen Bing's targeted training, the strength has increased from 80 Qin Jin to 140... This is not just one or two, but a general rise to 140 Qin Jin.

This is like the Modao team formed in the Tang Dynasty: give them particularly good food, coupled with training and the best equipment, so they are an elite team that can fight against cavalry.

That is to say, the ancient elites were often based on good food and great strength.

The difference between Liang Jun and Shen Bing is that Shen Bing used modern scientific fitness methods to raise his strength to a higher level in a short period of time.

These are all normal.

With Shen Bing's set of scientific training, and most of the soldiers in the Daliang Army are young people in their early 20s, it is not surprising that the strength of the welfare period has grown so rapidly.

What Shen Bing didn't expect was that after training for so long, there would still be more than [-] soldiers in the Daliang Army... Shen Bing thought that it would be good to have [-] left at this time, but after training for a while, there would be [-] left.

As a result, almost no one was eliminated when there were around 7 people.

Shen Bing believes that this may be the potential of human beings, especially at the critical moment of life and death, the potential that is stimulated is always surprising.

But Wei Wei has been worried about this army.

He raised several opinions to Shen Bing during the training:

"Lieutenant general, jogging trains marching speed, and strength trains combat ability."

"Wei Chen knows that these are the main points of a soldier."

"However, the Liang army has no helmet or armor. If the two armies confront each other, I'm afraid..."

This worry is indeed justified. Just like Shen Bing had been worried that the Black Armor Army had no armor before, there was still a considerable difference between having armor and not having armor in cold weapon combat.

The problem is that there are as many as 7 people in the Liang army, and it is almost impossible to equip rattan armor universally. The only thing that can be done is to equip each with a round shield... The round shield is much faster to make than the square shield, and you only need to make a good skeleton Then weave the rattan out in circles.

It is not a problem for the rattan shield made in this way to protect bows and arrows and light equipment attacks, but it may still be powerless against the heavily armed Chu soldiers.

Shen Bing replied:

"No hurry, we will start practicing the formation tomorrow."

Wei Xi responded with his mouth, but his heart was full of doubts...

Practice formation?

Daliang has practiced all kinds of formations.

And...could the formation be able to solve the armor problem?

But although Wei Xi was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask more questions.

In the end, I didn't expect that this formation could really solve the armor problem.

Because Shen Bing's formation is not the formation that Qin Shi had, but the mandarin duck formation used by Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Japanese.

Back then... no, it should be the future.

The reason why Japanese pirates were rampant in the Ming Dynasty was mainly because Japanese knives were sharp and good for chopping.

According to this feature, Qi Jiguang created a mandarin duck formation to prevent the Japanese crown from getting close, so he defeated the Japanese pirates and made them frightened.

The essence of this formation lies in the use of something called "Wolf Whip" for defense.

"Wolf Whistle" is not complicated. It is actually the moso bamboo that can be found everywhere in the south, and it still has branches and leaves.

Chu State happens to be in the south, so there is no shortage of moso bamboo.

Most of the Chu infantry used bronze swords, so they just defended.

Of course, this "wolf whisk" is not just moso bamboo.

It is to add some iron barbs in the moso bamboo, and these barbs are mixed in the branches and leaves of the moso bamboo, making it impossible for the enemy to distinguish.

Therefore, when the unknowing enemies line up and rush up, they will be injured by the barbs in the branches and leaves.

If the enemy finds its danger, the charging speed will also be blocked... It can not only block the enemy's sight, but also have the effect of blocking the enemy like a modern "barbed wire".

Then, the spearmen in the back row will shoot at the enemies trapped in the "wolf trap".

If some enemies are lucky enough to break through this "wolf trap", the sword and shield fighters will be the last ones to face.

So this formation is divided into two rows of soldiers on the left and right, and from the front to the back, there are sword and shield players, wolf gunners, and three spearmen, and there is another army of archers for reinforcements in the rear.

Shen Bing found the ower, and drew a picture on the spot... This picture is very simple, it is a slender barb, thicker than a bamboo branch and similar in spirit to a bamboo branch, it is difficult to be found when it is mixed in.

After looking at the picture, he said confidently:

"Vice general, don't worry, the subordinates will prepare it and send it to the mansion."

Shen Bing added:

"I need fifty thousand."

Qiao immediately froze:

"Five... fifty thousand, this..."

This amount is beyond the ability owed, of course Shen Bing also knows this, so he explained:

"I have already greeted the general. This item is being made by Daliang craftsmen."

"You just need to supervise."

I owe this to a sigh of relief.

The reason why 7 are needed is because the Daliang Army has [-] people.

If two "wolf whisks" are needed for every 15 people, it would be almost ten thousand.

And if a "wolf whisk" needs to be equipped with five barbs, it will cost [-].

This number is indeed a bit scary, but one point in the army...

Chapter 200 Mandarin Duck Array

The next day, Daliang Army began to practice formations.

They used moso bamboo instead of "wolf whisks"... The [-] barbs hadn't been made so quickly, so of course they couldn't be attached.

But in fact there is not much difference, at least not from the outside.

That look is really indescribable:

Every 15 people held two three-meter-long moso bamboos with sharpened tops in front of them, and they all had branches and leaves, so the whole team seemed to be hiding in a dense forest.

The drill is also simple, first assign the sword and shield hand, spearman, and archer and their positions, and then arrange various formations as usual.

But there are still some troubles.

Because each team of this mandarin duck formation has three teams, then every two teams has six teams.

However, the Qin army was organized in units of five, with two five and one ten being commanded by the chief, and ten five and one village being commanded by the chief.

So, how to command the three teams in the first team of this mandarin duck formation?

How many teams does the head of the village command?

Inevitably there will be inconsistencies.

If the division of labor is not clear, there will be a problem of command confusion, so it needs to be adapted.

Shen Bing's method is to reorganize the village as a unit.

Originally, a village chief commanded 50 people, but after adding two teams, it became 60 people, which happened to be divided into four teams.

Then expand the number of commanders to command a team, but two of them will be split.

These are not big things. The most important thing for the Qin Army is the grassroots "Wu" unit, because the household registration of its soldiers is one book for each Wu and then the system of consecutive seats is implemented.

As long as you maintain the "Wu" organizational system, the rest is to change to a superior and get familiar with it for a period of time.