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Moreover, Hou Jin is also good at riding and shooting. The most elite cavalry unit in Ming Dynasty is the Guan Ning Army, and now he is helping Hou Jin beat Li Zicheng.

The weapons are not comparable, the military types are not comparable, and even the individual combat capabilities are inferior.The only organized cavalry on Zhu Youjian's side is in the hands of Gao Jie.About 2 people are the last elite left on the Central Plains battlefield.The elite of the infantry, in the hands of Zuo Liangyu, is not of one mind with Zhu Youjian.

The only unit that really surpasses the Tartar soldiers is the navy, which is doing business for Zheng Zhilong in Fujian to make money.It's a pity that to fight the Tartars, only the army is currently available.

"That is to say, we don't have enough long-range attack weapons?" Zhu Youjian was helpless.

"I'm afraid so."

"Have you discussed the most effective way?" Zhu Youjian can only hope that these people have new ideas during this time.

"According to the organization of the troops, 25 people form a squad. It can be divided into two rows of 13 and 12 people. One row of single-handed shield players and one row of pikemen. In this way, they can only engage the enemy in close combat after wearing armor."

Li Yan's idea is very simple. A large number of swords and spearmen are currently the most quickly equipped arms.The sporadic firecrackers can only be used as supplementary firepower, and the cavalry is also used as a messenger.

"Why not use the mandarin duck formation?" Zhu Youjian wondered why Li Yan would give up the famous mandarin duck formation.

"Mandarin duck formation is only suitable for fighting Japanese pirates. It is useless against large-scale cavalry. To fight cavalry, chariot formation is used. But when chariot formation is facing cannon, it is useless. It is a pity that Qi Shaobao is gone. None of us can think about it." Come up with a new battle formation."

The advancement and essence of Qi Jiguang's military thinking lies in the fact that he always uses the corresponding weapons to defeat the enemy according to the specific combat objects to form an army in different combinations.

"Have you ever practiced the car formation I mentioned before?" Zhu Youjian mentioned Gus' car formation before, and explained it to Li Yan in detail.

"I have also practiced and made a few real vehicles. It has finally been proved that this kind of vehicle array is not effective against the Tartar cavalry. The Tartar cavalry is a heavy armored dragoon. It is different from the light cavalry of Mongolia, and it is also different from the heavy cavalry. cavalry."

"In other words, they are a group of heavy infantry, and the soldiers are extremely brave. Wearing multiple layers of armor, our army's firearms and bows are invincible. They are not opponents in fighting, and they can only be defeated in the end."

"In terms of cavalry, the cavalry of the Tazi soldiers rely on hard bows to penetrate armor and arrows. Our army's cavalry can only charge forward, and they cannot be defeated by shooting on horseback."

After Li Yan's description, Zhu Youjian probably knew Houjin's tactical advantages.As for the cavalry, armor-piercing cavalry shooting on horseback is useless for the cavalry in the Central Plains to wear armor.Direct long-range firepower to destroy the opponent, the Central Plains cavalry can't get close at all.

As for the infantry, multi-layered armor protects the body, advances to the forefront, and then breaks through the armor to penetrate the shield hand, tearing apart the Ming army's front line with individual combat power, and then defeating the Ming army like a massacre.

This is the so-called reason why the Ming army did not dare to fight the Houjin army in the field, and it is also the reason why the Houjin army has been unable to break through the city.The reason why Yuan Chonghuan built it was because the Hou Jin army could not fight the tough battle.

The situation is different now. With the addition of the Han army, Hou Jin has the ability to siege the city, so no matter whether it is a mandarin duck formation or any other formation, there is no way to resist it.

Zhu Youjian was very disappointed. After playing around, he still couldn't compete with the Tazi soldiers: "Then this kind of battle arrangement is meaningless."

"No, the current battle formation is for Liu Zeqing. Liu Zeqing's troops have archers, but no cavalry or artillery. As long as the soldiers are well armored, there is no problem in dealing with them."

"What if you don't need troops to fight Liu Zeqing?" Zhu Youjian felt that fighting Liu Zeqing might not be necessary.

Liu Zeqing in Huai'an was already surrounded, and the situation was obvious. As long as Huang Degong and Gao Jie's troops cooperated, Liu Zeqing would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.

"In case of need, it is better to pull the troops to the battlefield to practice." A soldier who has not been on the battlefield is always a recruit, no matter how long he has been trained.

"Is there enough iron in Laiwu?"

"Enough is enough. The cast iron cannon left by Guo Sheng is not good, but armor and ordinary knives and guns are fine." Li Yan handed Zhu Youjian a new spear as he spoke.

The main idea of ​​designing this long gun is assassination, because army recruits now focus on assassination.Zhu Youjian held it in his hand and made a few thrusts. It felt heavier than a bayonet-mounted gun, and the thrusts would be slower.

"This is a single sword with a long handle!" Zhu Youjian's description is very vivid, and the handle is too long, on the contrary, it is not as stable as a gun stock.

"Since the focus is on stabbing, not chopping. It is better to reduce the weight of the blade, and then add some material to the end of the handle, and move the center of the equipment backward. It can be used as a stabbing gun."

The traditional long gun head is relatively heavy, but the handle is light, or the front and rear weights are the same, like a stick.Not suitable for real assassination.After stabbing, if the tail is heavy, it will generate inertia and accelerate forward.

The single sword equipped with Daoshiunshou is in the style of Miao Dao, similar to the Japanese Japanese sword, with a slender blade ([-] feet in total length, [-] feet and [-] inches in length, and [-] foot and [-] inches in handle), which is the sword used by Qi's army.

It combines the characteristics of the two weapons, the knife and the gun. It can be used as a gun or a knife. It can be held with one hand or with both hands, and it is extremely lethal.

When defense is needed, the shield hand is mainly responsible for protecting the spearman. When it is necessary to attack, the sword is drawn out to cooperate with the spearman in close combat. The sword and shield hand also learns the Japanese sword technique of the Qi family army. Knife.

"It's already autumn, and we will start in half a month. From now on, all the troops will be transferred to battle formation training."

"The appointment of officers has not been done yet. When fighting a war, soldiers need to know who their commander is."

Chapter 67: Chen Zilong's vision

A gathering of 1000 people can still give a lecture; a gathering of 1 people can probably listen to it; a gathering of 10 people can only watch a movie.

In the large playground of the Laiwu military camp, following the emergency call of "da beep beep...", a thousand officers lined up neatly.

Zhu Youjian held a cardboard speaker three times bigger than his head, and buried half of his face in the speaker: "On behalf of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, I announce the appointment."

Such a ceremony is necessary, even if it is boring, it is also an honor.The lowly officers were obviously dignified and extremely excited, and they all looked at Zhu Youjian with anticipation.

The vast majority of people in the audience are low-level people. To them, being an official was something they didn't dare to think about before, let alone having an official position recognized by the government.Even Li Yan's subordinates are the same. They used to fight against the government, and they never thought that they would become officials one day.

"Are you very envious?" Chen Zilong saw Deng Zhirong secretly lying on the door frame of the kitchen and staring at the playground.

Deng Zhirong's mood at the moment is very complicated. If it wasn't for his own mistakes, he might be the one standing in the front row. "Of course, I used to be the captain."

"The head of the regiment seems to be the biggest officer, right?" Chen Zilong had only been here for a few days, and he still didn't understand the strange titles of officers in the army.

"No, the brigade commander is the biggest. One brigade commander is in charge of four regiments."

Chen Zilong thought about it, and felt wrong: "There should be an officer older than the brigade commander."

Deng Zhirong rolled his eyes at him: "Of course, the commander is older than the brigade."

"I mean, there are now fifteen brigade commanders. There are too many. There should be officers who are older than the brigade and younger than the commander." Chen Zilong piled up a pile of briquettes, without looking at Deng Zhirong, and said casually.

"What you said seems to make sense. It is impossible for the commander to directly command 15 people. This is unreasonable. There should be an officer who is better than the brigade commander." Deng Zhirong was thoughtful. He found that this new guy seemed to be smarter than him. The problem is clear at a glance.

"Do you want to be that officer who is older than the brigade?" Chen Zilong continued to pile up briquettes.

"I still have a chance?" Although Deng Zhirong felt that Chen Zilong was talented, he didn't think he still had a chance, at least he didn't have the confidence.

"Everyone here has a chance, except for the two commanders." The two commanders are Zhu Youjian and Li Yan.Even Li Nian and Hong Niangzi were only in charge of logistics and ordnance manufacturing.

"Then what should I do?" Deng Zhirong didn't express his expectations in his heart, but it didn't mean he didn't dream about it.

Chen Zilong looked at Deng Zhirong and said, "Are you courageous?"

Deng Zhirong rolled his eyes and said contemptuously: "No one in this camp knows that my nickname is Deng Daudao. When I was in Dongchang Mansion at the beginning of the year, I led a dozen people and rushed straight into the cavalry formation."

"Then you can go to the commander later and ask to be transferred to Antonwei, that's right here." Chen Zilong said while drawing a rough map on the ground with tongs.

Deng Zhirong glanced at it, puzzled: "Why do you want to go here, it's very close to Haizhou."

Chen Zilong looked at Deng Zhirong playfully, without explaining much, he put down the tongs and went on to other things.Deng Zhirong squatted down, looked at the map on the ground, and woke up after a while.

The territory of Liu Zeqing's Huai'an Mansion is actually small, but they are very rich.There are only three major cities, Huai'an, Yancheng and Haizhou, and Haizhou is Lianyungang.

Deng Zhirong is not stupid, Zhu Youjian wants to clean up Liu Zeqing, this is something anyone who pays attention to the situation can guess.Shandong soldiers going south will not directly contact Gao Jie's troops for the time being. The first city you want to occupy is Haizhou.