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Chapter 52 Formation Performance and Combat Power

Lu Hong became the leader, which made the other guards very jealous. When Yu Jiaao heard that he used crossbow archers as the guard, he immediately looked for Zhou Shixiong, hoping to serve as the captain of the guard. Li Xiaobin then arrived and expressed his interest in this position. Zhou Shixiong remembered an old saying, "Don't worry about the lack of people and the unevenness." He counted the soldiers in his hands, and there were 4,500 horse and infantrymen, and five of them were released to serve as the Thousand Generals. The crossbow archers had a small number of people and had a high status. I believe that Yu Jiaao would not be dissatisfied even if he was half of the Thousand Generals.

Ding Qirui and Liu Liangzuo finally entered the city. If they hadn't reported Zhou Shixiong's Dabao last year, no one would have paid attention to them. As for the five hundred Taiyuanying Guards who had worked hard to travel, they squatted under the city under the custody of Jingying, and would never dare to make trouble again.

"If Lord Ding doesn't have any other jobs, it's better to stay in the cavalry barracks for a while." Zhou Shixiong did not want to recruit civil servants like Ding Qirui, but he swallowed all the soldiers in his hands, kicking people away with one kick. Anyway, since the cavalry barracks were first established, there were still many vacancies that needed staff, and there were not many more.

"Mr. Xie Zhou is very kind. The subordinates have to go to the Ministry of War to submit their duties. What will depend on the arrangements of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel." Ding Qirui is a very traditional literati and has never had any good feelings for Qiu Ba. This time, the superiors were implicated by the border army's wages, and he was determined not to continue dealing with the military officers.

"Mr. Liu Qian, please follow Zuo Qianhu first and help me supervise the guard." Ding Qirui was not tactful and was too lazy to say more. He sent Liu Liangzuo to Zuo Liangyu, and by the way he gave Zuo Liangyu a job as a captain in his personal army, replacing Yu Jiaao and others as errands.

The people were given official positions and were also granted the title. Zhou Shixiong stayed in the capital for one day, and the next day, the next day, the Duke Biaoying led the city out of the city and marched towards Changping. His destination was Huairou. According to known information, Jiannu captured Shunyi and did not continue to approach Huairou. He only left thousands of infantry defending Shunyi. The large army gathered in Tongzhou, and it seemed that he would concentrate his strength to attack the capital.

Of course, Zhou Shixiong was not as simple as passing by. He was thinking about the ten thousand guards in the hands of Changping General You Shiwei. According to Fang Zhenghua, although the guards were also composed of children of noble relatives and noble relatives of the royal family, they were completely different from the garbage in the five military camps. These nominal relatives and noble relatives of the royal family were all descendants of the dilapidated family. They had neither arrogant capital nor domineering talent. Another even more deadly reason was that once the emperor's tomb had trouble, these guards might be beheaded at any time.

Due to the mixed combination of the above factors, the Guling Guard is the most obedient force among the seventy-two guards in the Jingying camp. Sun Zushou also confirmed this rumor, "General You's guardian military discipline is strict and he is not as good as his subordinates." The honest and obedient soldier is very attractive to Zhou Shixiong. He was not trying to steal You Shiwei's military power, but just wanted to find a useful bait.

"General Black, Governor Sun, I will take a step first, you can follow me, I will be in Changping and you will be around you." If you march normally, it will take at least a day and a night to travel. Zhou Shixiong led the 500 crossbow archers and cavalry team to travel at full speed, and with the assistance of the robot, it was shortened by half, and arrived in Changping before dark.

Zhou Shixiong's new mounts, the little red horse and the little white horse, is easy to run a hundred miles, and other war horses do not have such good qualifications. If Zhou Shixiong's robots do not help regulate physical functions, they will be exhausted at least half of them. In order to improve the survival rate on the battlefield, Zhou Shixiong spared no effort to input 100 robots to each war horse to completely transform the genetic structure of Mongolian horses. He wanted to artificially create a batch of Ahaltekin horses.

In the past, there was no gene map of a stallion in the chip, so we could only passively adjust the genes and let the horses choose their own evolution direction. Now with the specimens, Zhou Shixiong certainly will not abandon it. No matter how successful the transformation is, as long as it is effective, even one percent of Zhou Shixiong will not give up. Anyway, the war horse is not his, and it will not be distressed if it is broken.

You Shiwei was supervising the training of new recruits in Changping City. After receiving a report from the city gate, he rushed to the south gate to greet him. You Shiwei was a Hui civilian with a medium-sized figure and a beard with a beard on his face. You Shiwei turned over and got off the horse and bowed, "The last general of Changping You Shiwei paid homage to the Governor."

"General You don't need to be too polite." Zhou Shixiong came to Changping to ask for help from others, and naturally he would act like a respectful attitude of a virtuous man. He jumped down from his horse and reached out to help You Shiwei up. "General You, I heard that the military discipline of the guards of the tombs was strictly enforced. He is a model of the guards in the Beijing camp. I wonder if he can open his eyes?"

When Zhou Shixiong came, he had to read the military appearance, and You Shiwei felt a little upset. But the order of the governor of the Beijing camp was not something he could refuse, as a small general. While calling Zhou Shixiong and others into the city, he called his elder brother You Shigong to explain in detail. After a hurry to use supper, Zhou Shixiong, Fang Zhenghua, Zuo Liangyu, and Liu Liangzuo followed You Shiwei to the military camp.

Generally speaking, the Yue Army must of course be during the day, and what can you see when you are dark at night? Zhou Shixiong said to You Shiwei, "Clustering troops at night without chaos is the foundation of a strong army."

In ancient times, there were often sayings of bombing camps and whistling camps. Because the Han people in ancient times ate less meat, most ordinary people suffered from night blindness and could not see anything after dark, which was easy to develop fear. When they heard a little wind and grass, they would be shocked. It would be easy to deal with it if they were alone. The most fear was that there were many people who developed herd mentality, and they would all follow the trouble and evolve into bombing camps.

Therefore, in ancient times, if you want to attack the enemy camp at night, you must first solve the problem of night blindness, and secondly, you must consider whether you can attack others by sneaking attacks. The reason is very simple. No matter what level of generals, you cannot lead a group of blind men to fight. Northerners often eat meat, and the night blindness is slightly better. The Datong soldiers under Mangui are relatively alternative. Most of them are Mongol people, Jurchens and other young people, and have been eating meat for generations, and they are not troubled by night blindness.

Although You Shiwei was a Hui Ren, most of his subordinates were Han people. Eating meat in the Beijing camp where food was barely guaranteed. Therefore, Zhou Shixiong saw a group of blind men who had been notified long ago and positioned them with his hands on the teaching ground in the middle of the military camp, barely standing up a strange-shaped formation.

Zhou Shixiong hadn't figured out the situation at the beginning, so why would there be so many blind people in the guard guard? "General You, is there any problem with your subordinates' eyes?"

Zhou Shixiong's words made the generals around him laugh and cry. When he heard the scriptures, he knew that the governor had never brought any soldiers. He didn't know the common sense that all the military officers in the Ming Dynasty knew. Zuo Liangyu, as the new captain of the personal soldiers, explained in a low voice in Zhou Shixiong's ear. Zhou Shixiong knew that he had made a joke again. "This is a minor illness. I will prescribe a prescription and cook the medicine soup for the soldiers to drink."

In order to save face, Zhou Shixiong wrote a prescription and handed it to You Shiwei, asking him to take medicine according to the prescription and give it to the soldiers. He took Fang Zhenghua and others to leave the barracks in shame and returned to the yard arranged by You Shiwei for him.

Early the next morning, Zhou Shixiong came to the military camp again and finally saw the true appearance of the disciplined Changping Guling Guard. The Ming Dynasty's Yuejun was much different from the Modern Guard. The Modern Guard mainly performed in a group of people in a marching manner. In ancient times, this was not promoted. The Guardian changed its formation in the teaching ground with the flags in the hand of You Shigong and formed various formations. This was the most important formation in the ancient army.

Then there was a performance of bow and arrow shooting and cavalry cutting wooden stakes, and finally a personal force performance. It took most of the day to let Zhou Shixiong truly see what ancient military military was.

Zhou Shixiong saw these things for the first time, and there was no way to tell whether it was good or bad except for watching the fun. Zuo Liangyu and Liu Liangzuo showed disdain, and Fang Zhenghua had no expression at all, so he did not judge Zhou Shixiong his opinion. Zhou Shixiong could not ask in front of You Shiwei, and said vaguely and left. When there was no one around, he asked Fang Zhenghua, "Xiao Fang, can these guards be used?"

"Sir, there is no need to doubt the military discipline of the guards, but the combat power is really not worthy of praise. The official thinks it's better to forget it." Fang Zhenghua's statement was polite. Zuo Liangyu shook his head and smiled, "Sir, they just look at the mountain guards and tombs. Take them to fight tombs. It's better to take them to kill the enemy? It's better not to bother people." Liu Liangzuo came here, not familiar with Zhou Shixiong's temperament, but just nodded on the side but did not dare to interrupt.

"I think these soldiers are not very old, and they are quite neat in their operations, so why can't they do it?" Zhou Shixiong couldn't understand what the formation was. From the perspective of large-scale formation performances, these guards were not very accurate in dragging and moving. However, killing the enemy in battle has nothing to do with the performance formation, so why can't they do it!

"Sir, these guards will delay at least half an incense stick of time each time they change the array. If the flag is used to break the array, half an incense stick of time is enough to break the array." Liu Liangzuo took the courage to answer the conversation, and found that Zhou Shixiong had no bad expression, and he felt relieved.

"I don't understand what the use of this formation is. I don't use the formation anyway, and I'm healthy enough." Zhou Shixiong set his tone and no longer discussed the role of the formation with his subordinates. He wrote a warrant for Zuo Liangyu to give it to You Shiwei. He asked You Shiwei to draw 5,000 guards to coordinate with the Supervisor Battalion to gather in Huairou.

Huang Taiji stopped and had a direct relationship with Mangourtai. He led the Eight Banners' Lords and generals, including the Great Bele Daishan, the Second Bele Amin and the Seventh Bele Abatai, and were besieging Tongzhou. After receiving a messenger sent by Mangourtai, he learned that Mangourtai was trapped in Xianghe and could not advance or retreat. However, the battle in Tongzhou was very important. Even Huang Taiji wanted to rescue Mangourtai, but he could not withdraw troops. Ajige complained privately that Huang Taiji wanted to kill his two younger brothers, so he insisted on sending troops to rescue him.

Everyone knows the hatred between Ajige, Dorgon and Dodo and Huang Taiji, and they basically agree with Ajige's statement without saying it. From Huang Taiji's perspective, if this unknown Ming general destroys the brothers Mangurtai and Dorgon, Huang Taiji might be very happy. This means that Huang Taiji can justify the right to take back the Zhenglan Banner, Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid White Banner, and how helpful it will be to his centralized policy.

ps: Naked is force majeure, running is an attitude, facing force majeure, I can only cry!
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