Chapter 172 The Awakening of Group Consciousness
Li Mengxi was very kind. He felt that since he had figured out the problem, he had to tell the local heroes both publicly and privately. So he went to tell Gouzi.
Li Mengxi just moved his steps and didn't take two steps.
"Stop! Stop!" The dog, who was holding a gun and poking at the phalanx, suddenly stopped.
Gouzi moved between the two formations, swung the barrel of his gun to push away some of the guns that had not stopped in time, "Brothers, stop first, let me say a few words."
Everyone stopped.
Gouzi looked around. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and cleared his throat, "This is wrong, brothers." Gouzi mainly said to a few senior and corps commanders, "It's about this."
Didn't the general tell us that the cone formation is a way to break the formation? To break the formation, you need to be fast and have a strong force. If you succeed in charging the formation, the enemy will die. If you fail to rush the formation, our army will die."
"There is a spear formation on the opposite side. If we also set up a spear formation and there is no conflict and we just poke each other, how can we be so fast? If we can't rush fast, how can we rush into the formation? Do you think this makes sense?"
Li Mengxi, who was about to go down to give a reminder, realized that he had underestimated the local heroes. He could have discovered the problem himself and there was no need for outsiders to say anything. Li Mengxi quietly retreated.
After Gouzi finished speaking, the corps commanders began to whisper. They thought carefully that it was indeed the case. Instead of breaking the cone formation, a spear formation was formed. How is that different from the square formation?
"Brother Dog, what do you think we should do?"
"That's right, Brother Dog, how do you fix it?"
Gouzi was the one who asked the question, and everyone looked at Gouzi.
Gouzi, who had no outstanding features among many low-level officers, now unexpectedly attracted everyone's attention because of his enthusiasm.
Gouzi frowned, pulled off the cloth on his head and stuffed it into his arms, scratching his hair irritably.
"The gun formation is indeed difficult to break, how about... let's do it together?" Gouzi didn't have any idea himself, so he looked at a few people in the crowd.
Things began to develop in a good direction. The village heroes formed their own formations to fight, and then they discovered the problem themselves. Now some people want to solve the problem by themselves. When they find that one person cannot solve the problem, they start to try to mobilize the collective power and think together.
Method.
This is the self-awakening of collective consciousness, which is of great significance.
It was very troublesome to attack the gun formation head-on. Among the captains who were gathering around to think of a way, some of them thought that maybe they could go around and attack from the side.
This method is really good.
However, someone soon put forward a different opinion. If there is a real fight, if you can go around the side of the enemy's formation, there is no need to form a formation and rush forward;
Therefore, bypassing is a very useful strategy, but all other formations can be bypassed. However, for the cone formation that is specialized in breaking formations, bypassing has no reference value at all.
Side-circling and cone formation are two opposing options. If you choose one, there is little need to choose the second.
When Li Mengxi saw that the rebels had stopped practicing, several small leaders gathered around and muttered something.
Standing far away and unable to hear, Li Mengxi felt as curious as a cat scratching his head. He hesitated and decided to sneak in and eavesdrop.
When the village heroes learn to think, they are not naive or stupid and have sufficient IQ, and their knowledge of formations is not too advanced to understand. Therefore, they can really analyze problems and have the ability to solve them.
Some people also say that before breaking the gun formation, you can shoot him with a crossbow to knock down the enemy and then charge forward.
We haven't discussed whether this method is good or not, but someone suddenly started thinking in the opposite direction.
"... Having said that, I remembered that if we charge into the formation, the enemy formation will definitely shoot us with crossbows. If we still let the gunmen rush in front, wouldn't we be shot down in large areas? Let me tell you, we still have to shoot down.
As usual, the shield soldiers are in front and the spearmen are behind."
"Okay! This way we can charge into the formation securely. Even if there is a crossbow coming from the opposite side, the shield hand in front has a shield and can block the arrows."
Everyone nodded, thinking that it was extremely necessary for the shield soldiers to be in front.
The shield soldiers must be in front, so there is no need to form a spear formation when the cone formation rushes into the formation.
There is only one question left - how should the sword and shield soldiers break the spear formation?
Xiang Yong accurately focused on one point, which is very impressive.
The chiefs were about to disperse when Gouzi suddenly saw a little head squeezing in from the crowd.
If it’s not Li Mengxi, who is it?
Gouzi smiled at Li Mengxi and opened his mouth to ask something.
"Very good, you are very capable. If you really find a way to break the formation, I will give you a reward!" Li Mengxi said.
Gouzi was immediately excited and couldn't control his excitement. He smiled stupidly at Li Mengxi twice and couldn't wait to run to form a formation.
The dog is still at the tip of the cone.
Different from the aimless training before, now the village heroes have a clear purpose and know what to do.
There were no junior officers in the square formation, and all the corps commanders and chiefs were gathered in the cone formation.
Small but complete.
The initial number of Liu Bei's soldiers who went to the countryside under Liu Bei's command was only 500. After recruiting the refugees, he recruited elites from the refugees. After further expanding the army, they only had just over a thousand people. Although there were few people, there were not many people who could serve as commanders or even low-level officers, not to mention
Only one out of ten belongs to the small group of people who have some ability.
A group of the most capable elite soldiers have gathered in the cone formation, preparing to study the method of breaking the formation. If we work together, we should gain something.
After the squad leaders gather together, they have to charge into battle again.
"The shield is raised!" Gouzi howled.
From the commander's point of view, the password for issuing orders should be short, powerful, concise, and clear.
Just shout "Raise your shield!" instead of giving orders verbally.
Li Mengxi, who was watching from the sidelines, discovered a small problem.
The rebel army was founded in the early days, and if you study it carefully, you will find that there are problems everywhere.
"Come!" Gouzi ordered.
With Gouzi as the leader, four captains, and seven corps commanders behind them, they rushed toward the spear formation with a huff and holding their shields.
Then they were shot to pieces by the gun array.
Forget about ordinary soldiers, the corps commanders and even the commanders were all respectable little people. It was a bit embarrassing for so many respectable people to be defeated by their own subordinates.
The chiefs looked a little confused, thinking that the charge was not strong enough.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So after the first charge failed, we organized a second charge without stopping.
It's better this time.
Finally, someone carried them through the gun array, but most of the people had been knocked down by the gun barrels. When the remaining two or three people reached the edge of the phalanx, not only did they lose speed, but they also twisted their bodies left and right because they were avoiding the gun barrels.
He is in an awkward position that is not conducive to exerting force.
Before the two or three skirmishers who were lucky enough not to be knocked down could stand still, the shield soldiers in the phalanx held their shields and knocked down the remaining three with two bangs.
If this were on the battlefield, even if they were not pierced by guns and were lucky enough to survive, or if they were lucky enough to rush to the edge of the phalanx, it would be of little use if there were only three or two people left.
Li Mengxi secretly thought it was a pity. If only five more people could rush through the spear formation, they would probably be able to threaten the phalanx.
Also feeling pity were the commanders. They thought the same as Li Mengxi, thinking that they didn't charge fast enough. If they had charged harder, they might have broken the formation just now.
Li Mengxi's tactical level is actually not that high. He is similar to the local warriors and is at a lower level.
With the idea that they could break through the formation with more force, the team leaders formed a cone formation and charged for more than a dozen times. In the end, due to physical exhaustion, they became more and more unable to advance.
The village warriors showed no signs of letting go because they were facing their own family members. The village warriors stabbed them as they should with their guns, without any ambiguity.
In the end, the exhausted and paralyzed captains were like defeated roosters, dripping with sweat. One by one, they either sat on their shields or lay directly on the ground, panting.
At this point, it is no longer just about breaking the formation, it is also about the dignity of the team leader.
More than a dozen squad leaders did not communicate with each other, but they all had the same idea. Their head was bruised and bloody after being hit in front of the gun array, and they were already disgraced. No matter what, they had to tear the gun array apart, otherwise they would be embarrassed.
Got home.
At some point, the sun rose higher, and the sunlight became blazing and hot.
After resting for a while, the squad leaders got up.
A new round of futile battle begins.
Time and time again, Li Mengxi gave up hope.
Various forums in previous lives said that the front of the phalanx was invincible. Li Mengxi thought it was probably like this. The front of the phalanx was truly invulnerable. It was normal for the shield soldiers to be helpless against the phalanx.
A sudden change came at some point.
When breaking the formation again, a certain corps leader was stabbed in the calf bone by the gun barrel, which hurt him so much that he became unstable and fell to one side. When he fell, he was like a drowning person trying to catch him with all his strength.
Something, even if it was just a piece of straw, he grabbed randomly with both hands.
The corps commander fell to one side. In the process of falling, he accidentally knocked away several gun barrels with his body and caught one in his hand. When he finally fell to the ground with a snap, he dragged the gunmen in the phalanx away.
The gun almost came off.
He fell to one side and fell down instantly, knocking several of the phalanx's guns off course.
The hole in the gun array suddenly appeared.
Chapter completed!