At this time, Qi Jiguang explained: "Your Majesty, the purpose of staying awake these nights is to show off your equipment!"
Emperor Wanli naturally saw it clearly, but he still asked: "Why are there so many bits and pieces on these Ye Bu Sui? There are long spears, waist knives, crossbows, short muskets, and even ropes and flying claws." ! There are a few things I can’t even name!”
Qi Jiguang said: "Your Majesty, this is not surprising! Because these Ye Bushou have to swim alone outside the army, they don't know when they will come into contact with the enemy! So they have to use the fastest speed to kill the enemy in front of them, so as to lead them with them. Bring back the military information! So they are not conducive to long-term battles, so if they have more equipment, they will have more ways to deal with the enemy! Only in this way can we bring back the most important military information!"
Emperor Wanli suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly: "That's it! There are so many sects in this army, I didn't know!"
The others nodded repeatedly when they heard Qi Jiguang's explanation! Just now they saw that Ye Bushou had too many things hanging on his body, and they felt it was cumbersome, but they didn't realize that all these things were of great use!
By the time everyone watched Ye Bushou begin to assemble at his original position, the infantry of the first phalanx had already assembled at the bend! As soon as everyone turned their attention, they heard the officer shout loudly: "Definitely!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the soldiers in the team stamped their feet vigorously, and the squirming team instantly stabilized! At the same time, the soldiers all pulled out the swords from their waists and stood them beside their right shoulders! The shield held in his left hand was also slightly raised to protect his left chest!
Then I heard the officer shout loudly: "Okay!" Then the team began to slowly walk towards the Dianjiangtai! Before anyone arrived, the sound of neat footsteps could already be heard!
At this time, Emperor Wanli asked again: "Qi Aiqing, I haven't been to the army many times, but I found that most of the orders in the army are one or two words! Is there any allusion to this?"
Qi Jiguang said: "Your Majesty, there is actually no allusion here! There are two reasons! One is that the army must pursue conciseness and clarity when issuing orders. What can be explained clearly in one word must not be used in two words! Because the battle formation is Things are changing so fast that there is no time for long speeches, so the shorter and clearer the military orders are, the better!”
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "I understand this, but what about the second one?"
Qi Jiguang continued: "Your Majesty, please think carefully. Are all the military orders you heard in an accent?"
When Qi Jiguang was explaining to Emperor Wanli, everyone listened to his explanation with open ears. After hearing what he said, looking back, it seemed that this was really what happened! I couldn’t help but feel a little strange! Emperor Wanli thought for a while and then said directly: "It seems to be true! Why is this?"
Qi Jiguang said: "Your Majesty, the sound of killing in the battle formation is so loud, and there are gongs, drums and cannons. If the sound is lower, you can't hear it clearly at all! So you can only use your accent to make the sound as loud as possible. It is not easy for subordinates to accept orders. Error! Therefore, the orders in the army are mainly short and concise, and can be expressed loudly!"
Everyone felt that they had grown up and gained some knowledge after hearing Qi Jiguang's explanation! Just when Emperor Wanli was about to express his approval, he heard Qi Jiguang shout in surprise: "This, this, this, how could this happen?"
Emperor Wanli was startled by him. He hurriedly pressed his hands on the armrests and looked down, saying, "What happened? What happened?"
But when he looked down, he didn't find anything unusual! It's a square formation approaching the general platform! Seeing this situation, Emperor Wanli said angrily to Qi Jiguang: "What's wrong with you? Why are you shouting? What happened?"
Qi Jiguang already knew that he had caused trouble, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "I accidentally disturbed the Holy Master, and I really deserve death! But I was really surprised, because those soldiers were able to keep Let’s go, we’ve walked almost fifty steps!”
Emperor Wanli looked back and saw that the phalanx below was getting closer and closer, and there was nothing unusual about it at all! He turned around and said, "Isn't it normal for them to walk like this?"
Qi Jiguang hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this is completely different! It is possible to have the soldiers and horses under my command march in a line, but it is absolutely impossible to do it this neatly! But these soldiers are still very neat and orderly, like this The way they march is something no army in the world can do! That’s why I lost my composure when I saw it!”
Emperor Wanli turned his head and looked at Liu Haojia in surprise when he heard this! He only knew that Liu Haojia had the ability to train troops. Unexpectedly, the world-famous Qi Jiguang admitted that the soldiers and horses he trained were powerful, so he wanted to see if Liu Haojia had an explanation. Did Qi Jiguang make a mistake?
As a result, he noticed Liu Haojia's proud look and knew that this matter must be true! So he turned around and asked: "Get up first, and then explain to me!"
After Qi Jiguang stood up, he stared at the phalanx below for a while, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the first priority in military operations is formation! Because the current combat method is different from the past, individual bravery is no longer emphasized! Therefore, the army's team formation during combat is Shape is particularly important! As long as the soldiers can form a formation, they can stand firm and fight the enemy!"
Hearing this, Emperor Wanli said impatiently: "I know this! I'm asking you why are you so surprised to see these soldiers marching all the time?"
Qi Jiguang organized his speech and said: "When the enemy and we are approaching, we must keep our formations neat and complete! Because once there are too prominent places in the formation, they will be hit hard by the enemy, especially at this time, their flanks have no defense, and soon They will be defeated! And the place where the formation is sunken will at least take a few more rounds of feather arrows than others when approaching the opponent. If there are more casualties, morale will drop very quickly! Therefore, the more aligned the formation is when approaching the enemy, the better! And anyone who has ever been a soldier knows that those who can form a neat formation are strong troops, so when they see the opponent's formation being neat and pressing like a mountain, they will be frightened, and their morale will have already weakened by three points without taking the fight! So in If you can get out of an orderly formation when fighting, you don't need to form a team halfway, and you are basically guaranteed to win!"
Emperor Wanli finally understood after hearing this. He asked again: "Can the Qi Army under Aiqing do what you said?"
Qi Jiguang shook his head in embarrassment and said: "I can't do it! Now when the soldiers under my command are taking ten steps to meet the enemy, they have to stop the whole team, otherwise the formation will break up!"
