None of the cavalry scouts sent out came back, but the news came back. If the Qin army had not come out of Jiyi, how could this be? Although the scouts suffered losses, Xiang Yan was happy. He made a right judgment that the victory might be a lasting period.

Judging from the existing information, the Qin army on the northern route entered Magu with great fanfare to lead its troops to the battle. At that time, Chengyang City's troops were empty, and the Qin army in Jiyi was just cutting off its retreat and then surrounded Chengyang and attacked it.

If they do not leave the city to fight against the Qin army on the northern route, they can also attract their attention and relax their vigilance against Xieyi (now Pingchang Pass) at the Huai River Ferry. Jiyi goes to Chengyang, and the only dangerous place is Xieyi on the east bank of the Huai River. If the Qin army on the southern route grabs Xieyi ferry, the Qin army on the northern route does not go south but advances east after leaving the valley, and occupying Xiaoyi (now Minggang) 50 miles north of Chengyang, they can transport grain from Daoyi of Wei.

In short: if you are deceived and leave the city, the north road is a lure, and the south road is a hook; if you are not deceived and leave the city, the north road is a virtual, and the south road is a practical. The strategy is not clever, but it is very effective. However, with the 20,000 people discovered by the Qin army on the north road, the Qin army on the south road is estimated to be no less than 100,000.

Hundreds of thousands! Xiang Yan gasped - the army was in the hilly area at the junction of Chu and Qin. This rectangular area was sandwiched by the winding Huai River and Tongbai Mountain into a rectangle. Behind him (east), in front of him (west), on the right (north), on the left is Huai River, and on the left is Tongbai Mountain. It is more than 60 miles long from east to west and about thirty miles wide from north to south. Two armies facing each other will bump into each other if they accidentally.

"You can send an order to detach the camp and head north." Xiang Yan couldn't sit still. He was not only worried about hitting the Qin army, but also worried about the Qin army's scouts. There are many places to raise horses in the Qin territory, and it is an unignorable fact that the Chu army is not as good as the Qin army's horses.

"General, it's getting late, and the camp is about to be dusk..." The army's Sima Peng Zong also found the joy of the Qin army, and I wonder why Xiang Yan wanted to move the camp.

"It's going to be dusk, and Xiang Yan has already stood up, "The Qin army and I are less than twenty miles away, so why not the camp? Not only will the camp be pulled out, but we also need to cover the pillar holes at the foot of the tent with weeds to prevent the Qin army from scouting and investigating them."

"Twenty miles?" Peng Zong woke up and said, "Why don't our army attack him?"

"No." Xiang Yan had long thought about this. "The Qin army has entered my territory, and the guard must be strong, and the reconnaissance cavalry will also be four times. Before I reached the formation, he had heavy armored chariots and I was just an armored infantryman. How can I attack it?"

Xunzi and Pang Nuan discussed troops in front of King Xiaocheng of Zhao. They once said that the characteristics of the Chu army were "light profits and sluggish soldiers, and soldiers were like floating winds." The floating winds were not without cost. The Chu army led by Xiang Yan now had no cars and few armors. It is possible to attack the Qin army's logistics and heavy land Jiyi unexpectedly. If they faced the Qin army, they would be looking for death.

Peng Zong was stunned by Xiang Yan's question, but he still didn't give up and said, "If you attack halfway, can you?"

"No." Xiang Yan still shook his head, "There may be 100,000 Qin army, but our army is only 16,000. Even if we attack halfway, the Qin people will only lose two or three thousand people. Once they cross the river, I have to retreat to Chengyang. If I can avoid its attack and attack its rear and kill the enemy, I can burn its food and destroy its weapons. The attack will not be fought in battles in a battle, and there is no food but few weapons. Even if there is a large army, it will not be pulled out."

Xiang Yan, who was in the sight of victory, couldn't help but say more, but he returned to normal after a while and said, "Get out quickly and hide his traces and go north while the night."

*

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!" The soldiers of Yingdu Palace either raised barbarian spears or carried large shields, lined up to get familiar with weapons and practiced military formations.

The problem that the Yijiu soldiers could not carry shields has been solved, and the solution is similar to that of the Macedonians: the shield was hung on their necks and placed on their left arm, so that the soldiers could hold spears in both hands. This problem was solved, and the 5x10 Yijiu square formation looked a little. However, this does not mean that Xiong Jing would let the Chu army use this type of square formation in the future, it was just for the exercise.

——To train an army, it is necessary to establish a military academy to train enough officers, and officers are the core of the army. However, before opening a military academy, military tactics must be studied. In modern China, whether it is the Beiyang Army or the Northern Expedition Army, they all follow the ready-made military system and tactical system in Europe. Some foreign instructors will be asked to translate the script and translate the script, and then delete and reduce the military academy.

Xiong Jing could not get such a cheap price. He had to test out an effective tactic that was suitable for the Chu army, and then set up a military academy or instructor. During this period, he had to practice hard, but also practice with real swords and guns. Otherwise, everything would be talked on paper and useless.

Alexander's Formation, Roman Tortoise Array, Qi Jiguang's Formation, English Longbow (poor he had only heard of the English Long, but he didn't know about the Turkish Flying Bow), Mongolian cavalry, Lord of the Rings, heavy cavalry, crossbows, and catapults... Any military formations and weapons he had seen and thought were good, or the famous military formations and weapons in history had to form a small army of about a thousand people to try it, fight, and then make a choice.

Originally, Xiong Jing set the test exercise for two years, but now he didn't want to wait for a moment. On the day he returned to the palace, he called Gong Yindao and Deng Sui: Gong Yindao asked him to speed up the production of the straits, big shields, short and dull swords, javelins, and longbows. Deng Sui was the general of the palace sanitation. The King of Chu went on an expedition and the sanitation was under the command of Xiong Jing, who was in charge of the country, so Xiong Jing asked his thousand people to join the trial.

The current distribution is that the soldiers of the East Palace practice spears; the sanitation of the royal palace practices swords and shields; the specific weapons of the Mandarin Duck Formation are temporarily put on hold; the English Longbows are only 100 people who can shoot arrows in the East Palace and the sanitation, and the purple-shirted wood they found is not much better than the mulberry wood. The mansion is also doubtful to use a large bow of 1.8 meters (the Chu bow is only 1.6 meters, and the bows and arrows need to be made separately), so it was not possible to form an army; the cavalry was the worst, and all went on the expedition, and only a dozen people who could ride horses were left; the crossbows were also on the expedition, and the catapults were still being built.

"Your Highness, this shield is really heavy, and it is inconvenient for the soldiers to stop." Deng Sui carried a large Roman shield with a little difficulty on his face. "Can you make the building a house smaller?"

The large shield was built before, and the size was totaled by Xiong Jing and Gong Yindao: one meter long, sixteen or five meters wide, and one centimeter thick. This is seventeen centimeters longer and ten centimeters wider than the existing large shield of Chu State. It is also heavier. The large shield of Chu State is only seven kilograms. This large shield with an arc weighs ten kilograms, which is indeed heavy for ordinary soldiers.

"Make a small?" The soldiers raised their spears and carried shields, and Xiong Jing also had a small sword in his hand. This was made of Ou Chou's remaining steel material from the five-foot king sword. The sword was only thirty centimeters long, so he still felt heavy when he held it. "If you make a small one, can you form a formation?"

The tortoise shell formation was indeed awesome. The day before yesterday, the sanitation formed this formation under the guidance of Xiong Jing. Whether it was Deng Sui, Cai Bao, or soldiers, they were all shocked. The first reaction of everyone was that this formation was not afraid of arrows, and when they saw that the army formation was shrinking into a group could move forward and backward and left and right, they felt that this formation was most suitable for mountain battles. Unfortunately, the sanitation was good at using sluggishness but not good at using swords. It took some time to make a formation.

Deng Sui knew the benefits of the tortoise shell formation, so he naturally calculated the size of the shield to form the formation. He heard this and said, "Your Highness, you can form a formation with a large shield of three or four inches, but the gap between them when forming the formation is a little small. However, most of the soldiers in the Chu State are about seven feet tall, and the shield is of no use, so the soldiers cannot raise them."

Sanitation and Palace A were selected, with a height of mostly 1.7 meters, while ordinary soldiers were only over 1.6 meters tall, and many were less than 1.6 meters. The average family of Chu State had a better diet than the poor people in the Sanjin State, but they were hard to eat meat several times a year. Can they fight if they don’t eat meat? When siege attacked the city, it was almost the same to consume the enemy’s arrows and roll the wood.

"The shield can be made small, but the common people should eat more meat." Xiong Jing answered inexplicably. The first thing he thought of was raising pigs, but pigs eat food, and it is difficult to raise corn without sweet potatoes and corn; the second thing he thought of was fishing, preferably whales, but it requires sea boats and ice cubes.

"Your Highness is kind." Deng Sui praised. The king went to war, and Xiong Jing seemed to be the King of Chu.

"How about this formation?" Xiong Jing thought of a lot of things in an instant, but now he had to retract his thoughts.

"This formation is wonderful." Deng Sui praised again. "Only soldiers are not good at using swords, and the sword is too short. I heard that the building mansion can make a five-foot huge sword..."

"Too short?" Xiong Jing disagreed with his point of view. "Swords can be made long, but it is inconvenient to wield a long sword formation. Three feet is enough. Don't you know how to fight?"

"My name," Deng Sui was ashamed, "I can't understand the essence of this formation."

"Nothing exquisite." Alexander's Formation Xiong Jing had just watched a movie, and the Roman Army was not just a movie. "It was just a battle on the third line, and they were just a rotation during the formation. Bu Ning had already drawn a sketch last time."

"Your Highness, most of the soldiers are illiterate." Deng Sui was not only ashamed, but also sweated on his back: "I am also illiterate."

"You can't read?!" Xiong Jingyang looked at him for a while. He remembered that Deng Sui made many suggestions after the last exercise, and there were two volumes of books and books, which were very clear. Unexpectedly, he was illiterate.

"I... I am ashamed." Deng Sui's face turned red. He was a noble clan. It was not that he had no conditions to read, but that he didn't like it, and he forgot about it after learning it.

"Okay. I understand." Xiong Jing nodded helplessly and murmured: "It seems that not only needs to eat meat, but also need to read."

"Kill! Kill! Kill..." The soldiers in the open space were still practicing, carrying the shield and swinging the sword, and the spearman tried hard to stab them. The sweat had already wet their clothes and leather armor, but at this time Xiong Jing looked at them completely differently.

"An army without culture is a stupid army, and a stupid army cannot defeat the enemy." Weak and stupidity are probably the current situation of the Chu army. If it weren't for the fact that when I sent my father to the war that day, Xiong Jing would have quit.

"Master, how many people in my State of Chu know how to read?" It was Huang Xie's class in the afternoon, and after class Xiong Jing bowed to ask for advice.

"Learn literacy?" Huang Xie looked at his student. He no longer regarded Xiong Jing as a child. "What does Zi Jing want to do?"

"What are you not trying to do, you just want to know how many literate people are." Xiong Jing replied.

"Does Zijing know that most court officials are illiterate?" Huang Xie asked, "The officials are also illiterate, especially the hereditary nobles. However, scholars without official positions and so on..." He saw the temple maids in the East Palace and added: "Oh. There are also temple maids in the palace, palace maids, and actors in the female city, most of them are literate."
Chapter completed!