In the past, Li Mengxi would be frightened when he heard there was a war, fearing that the rebel army would be defeated and the Yellow Turban rebels would rush over and chop him and his younger brother.

Now that Li Mengxi heard that there was a war, he felt very calm and even fell asleep while chatting.

"The enemy is stationed on the mountain?"

"It's on the garrison mountain."

"How many enemy troops are there?"

"I don't know."

"If we are only a day or two away from the enemy, then we should unite our troops together, shrink our sentries and cavalry, and move slowly to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy." Li Mengxi thought for a moment and said.

Neither Liu Bei nor Guan Yu had any objections to this proposal.

The enemy is too close, that's how it should be.

"The enemy is stationed in a dangerous position. How should our army attack the mountain?" Li Mengxi asked Guan Yu.

Guan Yu pondered, "No matter how we attack the mountain, if we attack from below, our army will suffer heavy casualties."

Guan Yu was not optimistic about the war.

When attacking from below, arrows shoot out like rain from the mountain. The arrow is accelerated by gravity and sinks with great force. However, when shooting arrows from the bottom of the mountain towards the mountain, the kinetic energy of the arrow will decay rapidly. As the arrows come and go, the gap becomes larger.

Besides, the spearmen formed a formation and rushed down the hillside. People ran faster and faster along the hillside, which was unstoppable.

When people at the bottom of the mountain climb up, they may stumble and roll down the mountain if they stumble a little. Similarly, if the enemy on the mountain rushes down and bumps them slightly with their shields, they can knock the attackers down the mountain.

The disadvantage of feint attack is greater than that of siege. There are still some siege equipment available for siege, but all equipment is useless for mountain attack.

Li Mengxi simulated a mountain attack in his mind and found it quite tricky.

This battle is difficult to win, and even if we win, the casualties will be high.

In the siege of Wen'an County, the most elite fellow villagers died and injured more than a hundred people, more than half of whom were wounded, and less than thirty people died on the spot.

Now, all the seriously injured people have died long ago, and many of the lightly injured people have died too. Only about twenty are left alive.

In the end, only 20 of the 70 or 80 injured survived, and the survival rate was less than one-third. The death rate was so frightening that Li Mengxi once thought that the hard liquor he had distilled was useless.

The enemy is ahead of us, so there is no way to avoid it.

Liu Guanzhang and Li Mengxi discussed for a while and both felt that it would be better to take advantage of the situation.

As the march continued, the road went uphill and became more and more difficult to walk. From this point, it was enough to feel that the Qingyun Mountains where the Yellow Turbans were stationed must be quite large, otherwise the altitude would not be enough to spread to such a large area.

The ancients knew geography when they observed the sky. Li Mengxi did not know mountains and rivers, but he also had some geographical knowledge that the ancients could not match.

We are almost approaching the Qingyun Mountains, and from a distance we can see the outline of the black mountains stretching across the horizon.

There was no sign of the enemy yet, so Li Mengxi, Liu Bei and Guan Yu had already had a full discussion about the enemy.

Discussing the battle, the three of them discussed in detail the combination of arms, formations, tactics, etc., and they discussed a complete set of mountain attack tactics.

The result of the discussion is that although crossbows have a disadvantage in attacking mountains, they are still indispensable. Attacking mountains and shooting from long distances with the enemy on the mountains are at an absolute disadvantage. Therefore, they cannot be used in long-range shooting with the enemy. Bows and crossbows are mixed with swords and shields.

, when you are in close combat with the enemy, get close and shoot.

Moreover, in mountain warfare, the muzzle velocity of crossbow arrows is faster than that of feathered arrows, and the arrow path is straight, making it more suitable for mountain warfare.

Since the term "arrow path" was mentioned, it goes without saying that this is another tactic that Li Mengxi thought of.

When attacking a mountain, the enemy throws stones and wooden stakes along the hillside and rolls them down the mountain faster and faster. If they hit it, they will die and if they touch it, they will be injured. How to defend?

The answer is that it cannot be defended. No shield can protect against falling rocks. You can only rely on hiding.

Since the only option is to hide, there are strategies for attacking mountains. Instead of using dense formations such as circular and conical formations, we should use scattered formations.

However, the dispersed array cannot be completely dispersed into individual individuals. Although completely dispersed into a single individual, although it can respond more sensitively to falling rocks, it can easily cause chaos.

Suddenly two big rocks rolled down the mountain. One of the two people wanted to run to the left, and the other wanted to run to the right. Then they collided with each other, and then it was over. The two people couldn't run, and they were both killed.

So, if 300 soldiers attacking the mountain are divided into 300 scattered individuals, then the degree of chaos is 300. If these 300 people are divided into five-person teams, then these five people can avoid the rocks at the same time and react in time. Three hundred

People, divided into five people as a whole, have a chaos level of 60.

Mountain battles, unlike those on flat ground, generally involve battles between small groups of troops. A tree, a big pit, or a small slope on the mountain is enough to fragment the terrain.

A team of five people, right? Li Mengxi suddenly smiled on his face. The smile was so obvious that Guan Yu and Liu Bei could see it clearly.

A five-person team, two shield bearers at the front, two spearmen at the left and right rear, and a crossbowman at the back. If there are wolves, you can add two more wolves. Are you familiar?

"Little Mandarin Duck Formation." Li Mengxi muttered to himself.

"Xi'er, what is the Yuanyang Formation? (What is the Yuanyang Formation?)" Guan Yu and Li Mengxi asked in unison.

Li Mengxi came back to his senses, with a strong confidence exuding on his face, "This battle uses a mandarin duck formation to facilitate close combat, which will greatly benefit our army."

Li Mengxi's confidence comes from the Ming Dynasty's anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang. The length of this formation can be either far or near.

After being tested in actual combat, a group of miners who had never experienced battle formations relied on formations to directly defeat Japanese pirates with fierce individual combat capabilities, often achieving unparalleled results of killing hundreds of enemies without causing any casualties.

This formation is simply unbelievable when used in small groups.

Now that we have to attack the mountain, it is the right time to use this formation.

Not only that, mandarin duck formations can also be used in flat ground battle formations. Because even if a battle involves hundreds or thousands of people, once the fight breaks out, the enemy and ourselves are often mixed, and it becomes a mess. Fighting between small groups of troops is still common. At this time, the mandarin duck formations are still common.

The formation is still sharp.

Fortunately, Li Mengxi had been studying square and round formations for a long time, and he had forgotten such a simple, effective and well-known formation.

If the Yuanyang small formation is promoted throughout the army, it will definitely be a method that can immediately improve combat effectiveness.

Li Mengxi thought about it, eager to try it.

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When Liu Bei heard this, how could he not agree? He immediately sent sentries everywhere and set up camp on the spot.

What's going on? We were only four or five miles away from the Yellow Turban. Just after noon, we suddenly stopped leaving.

What's the point of camping in the wasteland?

When forward Zhang Fei received the order to stop his troops and set up camp, everyone was stunned.

Zhang Fei returned with doubts. When he figured out what happened, Zhang Fei was speechless.

On the school ground, which is a piece of wasteland, six to seven hundred soldiers have gathered. Except for the baggage team, all the soldiers are here.

Li Mengxi, a short man, was teaching the village warriors how to set up a small mandarin duck formation and use this formation to defend against the enemy.

When the Yuanyang Formation was first created, it was tailor-made by Qi Jiguang for the Ming army, which had insufficient training and low combat effectiveness. One of its major features is its ease of use and simplicity of operation.

Li Mengxi told it once, and the five township warriors had fully understood what Li Mengxi meant and practiced well.

Guan Yu thought the Yuanyang Formation was some kind of magical formation, but it turned out to be so simple. It was just two shields in front, two spearmen in the back, and then a crossbowman.

This formation is mediocre and has nothing to praise.

"Xi'er, I'm afraid your formation is no match for the spear formation." Guan Yu was a little disappointed.

Gun array? Li Mengxi frowned and thought, then give it a try.

Then, there was a military drill in the school field, a hundred-man gun formation, and a small formation of 20 mandarin ducks.

The Yuanyang formation was completely defeated.

Li Mengxi couldn't help but frown. Is the Yuanyang Formation really not suitable for a grand battle?

The number of people was further reduced, fifty to fifty, and the Yuanyang formation was still defeated.

When the number of people reaches twenty versus twenty, the spear formation is too thin, and the mandarin duck formation and the spear formation have a mutual victory or defeat.

When there are ten people in the spear formation and ten people in the Yuanyang formation, the Yuanyang formation has a winning rate of 70%.

When five people fought against five people, and the fighting range was limited to a narrow area, the Yuanyang small formation achieved an overwhelming victory against the five spearmen.

Five versus five, the "enemy" is stabbing with his spear, and our shield soldiers block it with their shields. They are as stable as a rock, and their formation is not chaotic. But when our army stabs with their spears, the enemy has no shield hand in front, and they are either stabbed or forced to retreat. As soon as the army retreats, our army advances and pursues us, and our army's advantage expands.

Small-scale battles, capable of defense and breakthrough, and the perfect combination of long and short weapons, the Yuanyang small formation has the advantage.

The two carts were used as barriers and as two trees when attacking the mountain, leaving only a narrow fighting space in the middle, which was a space where only three or five people could spread out.

The result of the drill is that the ratio of soldiers in Yuanyang's small formation is much more advantageous than that of pure spearmen.

Guan Yu also saw the clue from the side. Since the spearmen couldn't do it, what about the shield soldiers?

So Guan Yu called five more sword and shield soldiers to fight again in Yuanyang's small formation.
Chapter completed!