The improvement of the mandarin duck formation was basically a fantasy that even in the eyes of these officers in Chen Wenjun who had existed as members of the Qi family army in the Ming Dynasty.

The reason is not only the reputation of Qi Jiguang and the Yuanyang Formation, but more importantly, since the establishment of the army, the Ming army under Chen Wen, has almost rarely lost in hand-to-hand combat with the fine-tuned anti-Japanese war and the Yuanyang Formation in the north. Even if the new recruits face the advantage on the side battlefield, the Qing army can still struggle to hold on for a certain period of time to fight for the attacking troops to defeat the enemy.

The characteristics of the Yuanyang Formation with both offense and defense have allowed the Ming army under Chen Wen to benefit a lot from hand-to-hand combat. However, since the Qing army has begun to try to find a way to restrain the Yuanyang Formation and has noticed the role of the wolf squid, he needs to prepare in advance for this.

"Brother Wu, Brother Lou, you two have ancestors who followed Qi Shaobao and even their ancestors, and they have also served in a very low position. So why did Qi Shaobao invent the Mandarin Duck Formation, I guess it's clear, right?"

When Qi Jiguang was fighting against the Japanese in the south, he faced an enemy with Japanese pirates who used two-handed Japanese swords, bamboo guns, and bird guns. Most of the Japanese pirates were pirates and ronin, and they had very strong combat capabilities in individual soldiers. However, due to the corruption of the guards, the Ming army could not fight, and they often faced Japanese pirates at once.

The Yuanyang Formation is both offensive and defense, and at the same time, it forms a combat system in which long and short soldiers intersect and cooperate with each other in the unit area. The warriors who rely on to destroy the strong and trapped formations are good at fighting alone and need space to wield weapons. In this way, a situation of fighting with more and less will be formed on the battlefield. Even if the Japanese pirates who fight with individual soldiers are brave, they will fight with one against two, five, or even twelve, they will inevitably die under the chaos.

The reason why the Ming army under Chen Wen was able to suppress even in hand-to-hand combat was that the Qing army, which was more experienced, was that the Qing army's current battle formation was like the Japanese pirates, relying on the so-called warriors to break the formation with personal bravery. The result was that each soldier must have a gap to facilitate wielding weapons. The relatively dense battle formation of the Mandarin Duck Formation is the nemesis of such opponents.

Hearing Chen Wen's question, Wu Dengke and Lou Jiye nodded naturally. However, they did not say anything, but waited for what Chen Wen wanted to say next. Because they knew very well that Chen Wen's understanding of the legendary army and the famous general was even deeper than that of them, but they just didn't know where Chen Wen's knowledge came from.

"When Qi Shaobao was fighting against the Japanese in the south, he invented the Yuanyang Formation in view of the characteristics of Japanese pirates being good at single-handed combat. He used his strength to overwhelm the enemy, so he was invincible. When he went to the north to guard the border, since the Mongolian Tatars' fighting methods were completely different from those of the Japanese pirates, Qi Shaobao decided to use the infantry camp, horse camp, chariot and cannon camp to form a joint combat system of multiple arms. Moreover, the Yuanyang Formation also made corresponding changes, so it was still invincible."

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Mongols' combat methods remained the same as the Yuan Empire era. The light and heavy cavalry cooperated with each other, but they were far less clear than their ancestors. In this case, the Mongols facing Qi Jiguang in Ji Town often destroyed the formation with cavalry shooting, and then completely tore the formation with large-scale cavalry charges to achieve victory.

As the opponent's combat methods change, the response methods will inevitably change, which is extremely normal among military strategists in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. Qi Jiguang also responded. Qi Jiguang's car cannon battalion and baggage battalion used side vans to protect the infantry behind the chariots, and used firearms such as Franz, tiger squat cannons, and bird guns to kill, and then launched an attack with cavalry that used firearms on the same large scale to defeat the opponent.

Even if the array of the side van is broken, the infantry behind the formation can also be arranged in the improved Yuanyang formation, relying on the firearms of the firearms team and the bows, javelins, guns, sticks, and sticks used by the Yuanyang formation killers to resist the attacks of the Mongolian cavalry, and then the cavalry will push back. Therefore, Qi Jiguang often defeats tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry with thousands of people in Jizhen.

"In the battle behind the Simingshan Palace and the subsequent consecutive battles, although the Tartars we face formed a formation to attack and defend, they still had to rely on those soldiers holding swords and shields to destroy the formation. Since the weapons required space to wield, each soldier had to be separated, which gave the Yuanyang formation the opportunity to fight less. Just like the Qi army in the past when facing Japanese pirates."

"But in the battle of Xiaoshun Town a month ago, the Tartars had realized the power of the Yuanyang Formation and began to try to use spears to curb the formation pressure effect of the wolf wizard and the momentum of attacks by various soldiers in the formation. Finally, they defeated the royal army by relying on the war of attrition. Although we won that battle, the Yuanyang Formation was no longer as unfavorable as before. If Nantang Camp had not used artillery to approach bombardment, the Yiwu Camp might not have been able to persevere to break the formation with infantry."

Hearing this, Wu Dengke immediately stood up and knelt down, saying that he was guilty of death. Chen Wen was not actually trying to hold him accountable, so he quickly helped him up and continued to speak his words to everyone present.

"If during the Longqing period, Qi Shaobao wrote a letter to ask garrisons across the country to go to Jizhen for training, the plan to be implemented, facing the mandarin duck formation that had been planned by millions of people in our emperor, only tens of thousands of males were not enough to hold on. But there is no word "if" in this world."

"Today we can succeed by copying Qi Shaobao's successful experience, but Qi Shaobao is no longer there. When the Tartars discovered and tried to copy or restrain Qi Shuai, we must continue along this path and carry out more deepening changes. Only in this way can we move towards the final victory step by step."

Chen Wen's speeches or debates always use more exciting words to enhance the effect of incitement and persuasion while presenting facts and reasoning. Many speeches in later generations have similar patterns. For Chen Wen, he just listened too much and got used to it.

However, the facts and principles mentioned by Chen Wen have indeed aroused some thoughts and resonance among the people here, so that the opposition in the future is no longer as firm as before. Chen Wen is not thorough in improving the mandarin duck array, at least the original mandarin duck array needs to be retained before the improvement is achieved.

"This time, the improvement of the Yuanyang Formation is temporarily limited to the Third Battalion of the Warriors. The killer teams of each garrison force remain unchanged. Moreover, one or two old versions of the Yuanyang Formation Killer Team must be retained in the four infantry teams of each whistle,"

Many of Chen Wen's various garrison troops need to be stationed in cities or dangerous places to achieve actual military control. These troops that are not built for the purpose of flat terrain field battles should have better effects than those of the improved version. After all, the improved version is essentially used to strengthen the thickness and density of the battle formations so as to gain an advantage in the war of attrition against the advantageous Qing army, rather than pursuing omnipotence like the old version of the mandarin duck formation.

"Master, the fire soldier's pointed shoulder pole?"

“Continue to keep it.”

Hearing this, Lou Jiye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if he had lifted a thousand pounds of burden, while Wu Dengke just nodded, and it seemed that he was already waiting for the next issue.

"There is no objection to the problem of the Yuanyang Formation Killer Team, so I will continue to talk, and the next one is the Firearms Team."

In Chen Wen's initial plan, all the firearms teams belonging to each infantry team were equipped with bird guns, but the caliber of the bird gun itself was relatively small and still within the category of light combroach guns. The killing effect of the Qing army wearing cloth armor was far less than expected, so Chen Wen planned to make something else, but he was still a little far from the equipment troops, so he could only pay attention to this for the time being.

No one raised any objections to the firearm team. After all, the new equipment sounds better to kill, and they do not have the plot of bird guns like the Mandarin Duck Formation, so they were soon recorded by Gu Shouli. The next artillery and water battalion still needed relevant officers to continue discussing, so it was not within the scope of the discussion, and only the cavalry caused some problems.

During the process of returning to the army to rescue Yiwu County, Chen Wen once led the cavalry team to fight with the cavalry of Fubiao Battalion. Although he suffered a certain amount of casualties, even his arm was injured, the overall casualties were far smaller than those of the Qing army.

This is related to Chen Wen's previous combat plan, and Li Ruixin's long-term training is also indispensable. At least as far as Chen Wen knows, Li Ruixin spared no effort in training cavalry, especially after the battle behind Simingshan Palace. Even some family-born techniques were taught without hesitation, only the magical skill of shooting archery with his feet was not out of the box.

Chen Wen knew very well why Li Ruixin was so active, and he could understand his mood. However, after the last cavalry battle, Chen Wen felt that fighting with five or ten people in a group with different numbers of Qing cavalry was more beneficial to the Ming army. So it would be better to simply form cavalry based on Qi Jiguang's horse camp, and in terms of thinking, it was also necessary to maintain the principle of fighting less with more. It was just...

"The Grand Commander, there is no objection to the method of forming a cavalry team of the battalion by Qi Shuai. It is just that our unit has insufficient number of muskets, and it is necessary to use the firearm team. It is difficult to complete the establishment of Qi Shaobao's gun cavalry."

The problem raised by Li Ruixin does exist, and Chen Wen also thought of a solution. "The bird gun cavalry in the gun cavalry was cancelled, and the cavalry team was organized according to the left and right horse teams of the horse camp. It is just that the three-eyed gun or the cavalry bellows are used specifically, these things are to be determined."

The reason why it is to be determined is that in addition to Chen Wen’s lack of equipment in the new organization, it is more important that the serious shortage of materials and military supplies cannot be alleviated for the time being. At least if Chen Wen does nothing, the maximum amount of materials in his hands will be able to last until March, which is far from enough.

"I will discuss the issue of military supplies with the prefect Sun, so you don't need to worry too much. However, before the new equipment is mass-produced, the army will continue to use old equipment for training and combat, and the equipment of the new equipment will also give priority to combat the barracks, followed by each garrison."

"The lower official obeys the order."

After the war was over, Sun Yu was completely involved in the work of the prefect of Jinhua, while the quarantine officer was temporarily under the charge of Gu Shouli. Hearing Chen Wen's order, Gu Shouli quickly stood up and said that.
Chapter completed!