The "Six Tao" that Zhuge Liang lent to Zhang Xi was not the full text, but only the "Military Way" chapter of the "Ministry of Literature" in the "Six Tao", which specifically talks about military training and cooperative combat between arms.
There are sixty-one chapters in the entire Six Tao, totaling more than 20,000 words. How could Zhuge Liang be willing to lend all of them to Zhang Xi.
Books of this era are rare, not to mention military books.
But this is enough for Zhang Xi.
Regarding military operations in this era, Zhang Xi only had the human sea charge in the TV series in his mind, and had never seen what a real multi-arms cooperative operation looked like.
It is said that Zhuge Liang's Eight Formation Diagram is this kind of multi-arms joint combat idea, and it is not something like placing a few rocks on the Yufupu river beach to pretend to be a ghost.
Well, this is what Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, said, and it cannot be false.
Now that Zhang Xi can finally get a glimpse of the thinking of military combat in this era, he is naturally very happy.
By the way, Zhang Xi also kindly asked Xu Shu if he wanted to lend it to him to look at... Just now at Zhuge Liang's side, Zhang Xi noticed Xu Shu's envious eyes.
But Xu Shu waved his hand and refused.
The reason is very simple. Xu Shu has seen it a long time ago.
Not only this volume "The Art of War", he has read the entire "Six Tao".
Xu Shu always went to Zhuge Liang and read books in Zhuge Liang's study. This is how he learned a lot of his knowledge.
It's just that Kong Ming has never borrowed such an important military book, so Xu Shu envied Zhang Xi.
But Xu Shu also understood.
Xu Shu needs to stay with Liu Bei and help Liu Bei organize and plan the overall strategy. It is impossible to do everything by himself.
As for Zhang Xi, he was responsible for training Liu Bei's soldiers. He just lent the "Six Tao" to Zhang Xi so that he could train according to the law, so that he could come in handy in the future.
The division of labor was different, so Xu Shu only envied Zhang Xi's good luck, but he didn't mean to be jealous.
After the two returned, Zhang Xi naturally read and understood "The Art of Soldiers" while discussing with Zhang Fei the areas that needed to be improved in soldier training.
Zhang Fei's attitude towards Zhang Xi has been particularly good recently. He greets her with a smile all day long, and he doesn't smell of alcohol at all. From time to time, he even pulls Zhang Xi and the two of them to have long conversations.
Because Zhang Xi was so generous, he actually explained the content of "The Art of War" to him.
Zhang Fei really didn't expect that Zhang Xi could really get "Six Tao"... even though it was just a fragment of it.
Although Zhang Xi was very stingy and refused to show Zhang Fei the original text, Zhang Fei was already very satisfied with Zhang Xi's narration.
Zhang Fei really wanted to learn the art of war.
Zhang Fei doesn't like reading, he just doesn't want to learn those mysterious and mysterious literature about falling out of the bag. For military books, Zhang Fei, a half-way monk, still likes it very much.
And "The Art of War" is more suitable for Zhang Fei's appetite. It does not talk about the concept of war, but about the actual training of soldiers and commanding combat. Zhang Fei feels that this is the art of war he wants.
Whether the war should be fought, whether it can be won, and how much preparation should be done before the war, these are things that the eldest brother and the second brother need to consider. He, Lao Zhang, only needs to know how to win this battle.
Therefore, Zhang Fei was unexpectedly good-tempered during this period. He was good-tempered towards Zhang Xi and the sergeants under his command.
The sergeants are still wondering. Has their black-faced general recently changed his gender? !
He just said last month that he would be rewarded with fine wine from his collection by those who had meritorious service this month, and now he behaves so amiably... Won't the three generals be swapped out? !
Well, for the soldiers, this kind of thing is always a good thing. Although the training has been very hard recently,... the soldiers still hope that the days of having meat to eat and not being whipped can last longer. A little is better.
Zhang Xi discussed with Zhang Fei for a long time, used military books and Zhang Fei's actual experience to start making changes to the military's ordnance drills.
Originally, the soldiers in Zhang Fei's army were basically trained with long swords or spears.
In the age of cold weapons, it is true that every inch grows stronger.
Originally, it should also be equipped with long swords or long knives for soldiers, but because Liu Bei was poor, they were omitted for the time being.
These soldiers also knew that no one had any complaints.
But you can't just save money by not equipping your soldiers with long guns, right? !
What's the point of growing bamboo poles for me? !
And he also emphasized that the horizontal branches on the bamboo poles are not allowed to be cut off... What does this mean? !
The soldiers were puzzled, and Zhang Xi had no intention of explaining...Don't say you don't understand something like Langzhen, no one will understand it for another thousand years.
Yes, Zhang Xi plans to create a simulated version of the Yuanyang Formation.
The Yuanyang Formation can be said to be the pinnacle of ancient cold weapon light infantry. All arms work together to overcome the distance gap caused by long spears and short knives. The most important thing is that the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves is extremely outrageous, so outrageous that you simply cannot believe it.
It is said that the Yuanyang Formation had just been trained. During the first battle against the Japanese pirates, they fought nine times in a row and only paid the price of nine deaths and dozens of injuries. They defeated two thousand Japanese pirates and beheaded hundreds of them.
The most outrageous casualty ratio of Yuanyang Formation was the killing of Japanese pirates "Level 672" with zero casualties in the Battle of Ushida... Zero casualties, even the Anti-Japanese War dramas dare not shoot like this.
Zhang Xi has long wanted to create the Yuanyang Formation, but the reason he has never dared to do so is because he doesn't know how to command and operate the Yuanyang Formation.
I didn't pay much attention when I went online and just stared at the results. Now when I really want to use it, I don't know how to operate it at all.
It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't know the specific configuration of the Yuanyang Formation. Zhang Xi knows it. There are many pictures on the Internet and you can tell it at a glance.
Zhang Xi even knew the weapons, equipment and responsibilities of each soldier in a Yuanyang Formation team.
But once you know this, it’s actually of no use.
Because Zhang Xi's station was not very long, what he wanted to command was not his ten soldiers.
He is a marching commander and the second-in-command in the army. What he needs to know is what the coordination and dispatch of the entire army should be like, not how any individual soldier cooperates.
You can't just let a group of soldiers equipped with mandarin duck formation weapons rush up when they see the enemy... So what's the difference between this and the human sea tactic? !
Don't dare to train soldiers based on your own imagination. If you really go to the battlefield, these soldiers will die because of your whims.
But things are different now, Zhang Xi has "The Art of War".
Although this book mainly talks about the coordinated operations of chariot soldiers, infantry, and bows, there is nothing about the mandarin duck formation... but some principles are the same.
It was Zhao Kuo who studied hard and memorized it fluently. A person who truly knows military skills should not only understand theoretical knowledge, but also be able to integrate it thoroughly.
If you truly understand "The Art of War", you will know the specific functions of each arm, what formation should be used when marching, what formation should be used when facing the enemy, when to use which arm to organize defense, when to use which arm to attack, and What each unit should do when defending, what formation should be put in, how to attack when attacking, when it is necessary to attack together, and when it is necessary to attack in turns.
This is real command, this is real military training.
If one could train the Qi Family Army simply by knowing its equipment and team responsibilities, then could the Battle of Hunhe River be lost? ! Can the Ming Dynasty still die? !
Originally, Zhang Fei did not agree with Zhang Xi's messing up the army's establishment.
He feels that although there are no chariot soldiers in the book now, there are still infantry and lunges. Training by imitating cats and tigers will never go wrong.
There is no need to introduce some completely unseen weapons and team configurations. No one knows what the effect will be.
But Zhang Xi felt uneasy.
Although there is nothing wrong with practicing this way, you can also train good soldiers... but the problem is that you will face Qingzhou soldiers and tiger and leopard cavalry in the future.
Zhang Xi really doesn't think that traditional methods can be used to train an army stronger than Qingzhou soldiers and tiger and leopard cavalry in a short period of time.
Therefore, Zhang Xi discussed with Zhang Fei and asked Kou Feng's team to come over.
For the other five teams, Zhang Fei still trained according to the requirements of "The Art of Soldiers", while Zhang Xi, based on his own understanding of the "Art of Soldiers" and the characteristics of the Yuanyang Formation, thought about the training and Command style.
After a month, test each other to determine which training method to use.
Zhang Fei agreed.
Then Zhang Xi began to discuss with Kou Feng to make arrangements.
The wolf fork is easy to get, just cut bamboo outside the city, but Zhang Xi requires that the wolf fork must be more than three meters... It really embarrasses the officers and soldiers.
The longer something is, the heavier it is to swing due to torque.
Zhang Xi finally understood why Marshal Qi did not require the wolf soldiers to have any other skills, as long as they were strong.
As for other weapons, Zhang Xi did not copy them mechanically. After all, muskets are not available these days.
Not to mention muskets, even rattan is not easy to get. If you want to find the tough and strong rattan these days, you have to look further south, go to Jiaozhou or Ugo country to find Wutu bones.
Therefore, Zhang Xi had no choice but to arrange two long-brand soldiers to show off, and the original four spearmen behind him were changed to two spearmen and two waist swordsmen with bows and arrows.
As for the rearguard, they were the short-sword soldiers who were responsible for the support. Of course, these short-sword soldiers could not be equipped with fire guns. Zhang Xi had to go to Xu Shu and ask for thirty hand crossbows, which could be regarded as a supplementary firepower.
Xu Shu expressed his confusion. There are still people who use crossbows these days? !
The hand crossbow is not the bed crossbow used to defend the city. The bed crossbow has a long range and great power, but it is too bulky and can only be used to defend the city.
It's not the kind of crossbow that's commonly used in the army. That thing is not bad, it can kill people outside the range of the bow and arrow, but it is more troublesome to operate, and it requires at least three people to work together.
When Sun Bin ambushed Pang Juan, he used 20,000 crossbowmen like this. With a single order, ten thousand crossbows fired at once, which was extremely powerful.
What Zhang Xi wants is a hand crossbow, which is a smaller version of a pedal crossbow that is held by a single soldier.
Well, the infantrymen disliked that its range was not as good as that of bows and arrows, and its power was not as good as bows and arrows. Once the enemy broke through the range of bows and arrows, it would be easier to use this thing than just draw the sword and prepare for melee combat.
The only advantage of this thing is that it is simple to operate. Unlike archers, which require special training, it can be used by individuals.
The original function of the hand crossbow was also to equip the cavalry, and it was not used for frontal combat of the cavalry, but for the cavalry to kill enemies on horseback during guerrilla warfare.
The cavalry of these days did not have stirrups...or to be more precise, there were no bilateral stirrups.
There are single-sided stirrups, but they are just for the convenience of mounting the horse. They are not the double-sided stirrups that can maintain stability and free both hands in the traditional sense.
Therefore, those who can shoot on horseback are the elite among the elite cavalry. After all, they are only a minority.
Most cavalry who are unable to mount and shoot on horseback will be equipped with some hand crossbows to increase their lethality.
But now Liu Bei's army has no cavalry at all... Zhao Yun, Liu Bei's main cavalry, does not have enough horses to form a cavalry unit. Naturally, these hand crossbows are sitting in warehouses gathering dust.
Then it was so cheap for Zhang Xi.
