But when he thought of this, he immediately put an end to the idea! After all, he has already taken refuge with Zhang Juzheng. If he takes refuge with someone else, whether he can succeed or not, he cannot afford to be accused of betraying his master! So he could only sigh secretly in his heart, and then cheer up to observe the entire exercise!
At this time, Liu Haojia said to Qi Jiguang: "Master Qi has been at the border wall for a long time, so he must be familiar with the offensive and defensive methods of the Japanese. How about you play the role of the Japanese this time?"
Liu Haojia's statement surprised everyone on the high platform! How can Qi Jiguang act like this by himself? After Emperor Wanli asked this question, Liu Haojia explained: "This question is actually very simple. As long as Mr. Qi tells the changes in the army's team, you are not afraid even if there is a killer move hidden in it! Then I will command the troops and horses to respond, What do Your Majesty and you all think?"
Everyone felt very interesting when they heard this method, as if the war had been turned into a game! So they all encouraged Qi Jiguang to take up the challenge. Qi Jiguang also wanted to fight Liu Haojia to see if he could take on the role of a general. More importantly, he wanted to see the true quality of this army.
So he agreed immediately, but he still asked: "Master Liu, I just don't know how many troops I have here?"
Liu Haojia chuckled and said, "Xiaguan has 10,000 soldiers and horses here! As long as the army's soldiers and horses do not exceed 50,000, Xiaguan is confident that we can hold it!"
Qi Jiguang looked strange when he heard this! In his opinion, Liu Haojia was already suspected of bragging! He has never heard of a battle between 10,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry being possible! So he decided to teach Liu Haojia a small lesson, so he bowed his hand to express his agreement!
So Liu Haojia stood in the upper left corner of the high platform and called a soldier up from below. This soldier had nothing but six rolled short flags on his waist. Qi Jiguang stood at the upper right corner of the high platform, constantly sizing up the troops below!琇书蛧
After Anjiang came down from the high platform, Qi Jiguang suddenly said loudly: "There are cavalry galloping in, and the dust is flying for more than four miles! Because it is covered by the dust, I don't know where the cavalry is!"
When everyone saw him looking at Liu Haojia, they knew that he had finished speaking, and turned to Liu Haojia to see how he would respond? Liu Haojia thought for a while and laughed and said: "It is a habit of the *** cavalry to stir up dust by galloping! It is to conceal their own military strength, and it is also a means to intimidate the opponent! But what Master Qi said is not complete! I am afraid it is for Do you want to see if your subordinate can tell?"
Everyone felt strange when they heard this. How could this be unclear? But they still looked at Qi Jiguang together! Then I saw Qi Jiguang laughing loudly and saying, "Master Liu is indeed very capable! I did accidentally forget something just now! Listen carefully now, I am telling you that the dust is twice as high as the cavalry, and they are rushing from the front, left, and right. Surround you with a half-moon formation! How many cavalry do *** have?"
Before everyone could turn their heads, they heard Liu Haojia say without thinking: "Thirty thousand!"
After speaking, he whispered a few words to the soldiers beside him, and the soldiers immediately pulled out the red and white flags and danced in the air! At this time, he forgot the point and asked: "Qi Aiqing, I guessed that you have 30,000 cavalry, you were right!"
Qi Jiguang said loudly: "You guessed it! Because when the cavalry gallops, the dust is very high! If there are many people, the team must be thick, and the dust will float very high in the air and cannot fall! But if the dust only floats twice as high as the cavalry, it means the thickness Not big! And they are coming from three directions, so we can roughly estimate the number of cavalry!"
When everyone heard Qi Jiguang's explanation, everyone nodded and smiled, indicating that they knew this method! The civil servants were surprised. They never thought that the number of troops could be judged just by the height of the dust! Zhang Juzheng looked thoughtful, and I didn’t know what he was thinking!
At this moment, everyone discovered that the phalanx below had begun to move slowly! It seemed that the huge phalanxes of a dozen or so were moving very slowly, but in just a moment, the situation below had changed again!
The more than ten phalanxes that were originally a horizontal formation slowly shrank and combined into a huge phalanx! However, the small square arrays are not merged, but are clearly independent and staggered, but they are indeed one square array.
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As soon as the phalanx stabilized, there were sword and shield soldiers running out of the position with their shields on their backs! In their hands they all carried something similar to a wooden stake taken out of a baggage truck. I saw them pulling and pulling in front of the formation, forming a row of resisting horses half a man high! Then in the blink of an eye, two rows were placed in front of each square!
Qi Jiguang took a telescope and looked at it for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Mr. Liu, your setting up of rejecting horses is so sinister! The two rows of rejecting horses are not high enough, and those *** cavalry can pass by! But the distance between the two rows of rejecting horses is unlucky Too close, and if the cavalry jumps over the first row of resisting horses, they will lose their speed and hit the second row of resisting horses!"
Liu Haojia smiled and said, "Master Qi, you don't have to jump! Let the fire gun soldiers kill your cavalry in front of the horse. How about that?"
Qi Jiguang laughed twice and did not respond to the question. Instead, he said loudly: "You said they are my cavalry, so I am waiting for the cavalry! Look, my cavalry has no intention of stopping. It is now a thousand steps away!" "
Liu Haojia immediately said loudly: "The whole army is on alert! No shooting without orders! This is just a last-minute threat from the ***! Everyone, hold still!"
At this time, I heard Qi Jiguang yell again: "Qianbu has accelerated! It's 800 steps away from the front of the formation!"
Everyone was a little nervous at the roar, and immediately turned to look at Liu Haojia, wondering what order he would give? But I saw Liu Haojia standing there motionless with his left hand behind his back and his right hand across his chest!
Seeing Liu Haojia's calm look, everyone was just a little relieved when they heard Qi Jiguang shout loudly: "The cavalry is speeding up again! The cavalry in the front row has already started to draw their bows!".Ь.
When everyone heard this, they looked at Qi Jiguang, who turned his head halfway and then turned back to look at Liu Haojia, but he still stood there silently! It seems that the previous order will be maintained!
At this time, Qi Jiguang shouted again: "We are four hundred steps away from the front of the formation! The cavalry have not slowed down yet. Mr. Liu, how are you doing?"
Everyone turned to look at Liu Haojia again and saw that he was still as motionless as a mountain! However, everyone has already sketched a scene in their minds, that is, a large group of Japanese cavalry carrying dust, roaring loudly, rushing over quickly! Some people even feel that they can taste the fishy smell of dust in their mouths! I can smell the smell of cattle and sheep in my nose! I felt the shock caused by the cavalry under my feet! There were even beads of sweat on some people’s foreheads!
