When Li Mengxi encountered a question that he couldn't figure out, he jotted it down and prepared to find the answer later, instead of forgetting it after hearing it.

A long time ago, I saw that the hilts of Liu Bei's male and female swords were not round, but had a strange eight-fold shape. I didn't know why at the time, so I kept it in my mind.

Unexpectedly, when I was building the siege ladder later, I unexpectedly got the answer.

If the steps of the siege ladder are cylindrical, it is especially easy for the feet to slip. When siege, if the foot slips, there will be one more casualty. Considering this, the siege ladder was changed at that time, and the steps were changed.

It was cut into square shapes.

Let’s think about the reason later. It turns out that the core principle is the difference between rolling friction and sliding friction.

Just like coins, if the money is rolled into a tube and put in the pocket, the money roll is like a small wheel, it is very easy to slide out, so the money is easy to fall out.

The same goes for placing it on the steps of a siege ladder.

So, why is the hilt either square or flat and oval, but not round? Here is the answer.

The round handle of the sword is slippery and has no grip, which makes it feel poor in actual combat.

Li Mengxi, who didn't know much about weapons, realized the secret of practical weapons. He was very happy at that time.

With this good experience ahead of him, Li Mengxi would not give up when faced with problems again.

Maybe one day we will understand this problem.

Once I understood the hilt, I understood the technical key to the hilt of all practical weapons.

If one day we understand the key to why swords are reduced in strength when roasted by fire, maybe we can understand the key to forging and metallurgical technology. Maybe Li Mengxi can combine what he has learned and become a powerful swordsmith.

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Liu Bei and Guan Yu finished their meal and waited for a while. About the time, the civilians also finished their meal and began the essential daily military training session.

When Liu Bei's soldiers went to the civilian camp and shouted, they were forty young and strong, no one was holding them back, and they all came happily.

The army is so boring that going to training is just a pastime.

We have been training for several days, but there is no progress. We are still only practicing commands, gathering and dispersing, aligning, counting, standing still and standing at attention. We haven't even started to turn, or even started to walk.

A torch-lit training ground.

As usual, we still practice assembling and disbanding twice first.

"gather!"

Liu Bei shouted loudly.

The new recruits dispersed with a crash.

In less than two seconds after the command was given, the four long rows of forty people standing in place were all gone.

Liu Bei glanced around.

"Gather!" he ordered again.

After hearing the command, the new recruits scattered in all directions and quickly came back with a roar.

Convergence, positioning, and alignment were all going on at the same time. Five seconds later, the queue was complete.

Liu Bei crossed his arms and walked back and forth in front of the queue to look at them. They gathered and dispersed like the wind. Liu Bei was extremely satisfied.

"Xi'er, do you think there are any shortcomings?" Liu Bei stopped, turned around and asked Li Mengxi.

The military training method belongs to Li Mengxi, and Liu Bei is helping to do it for him, so he naturally has to ask Li Mengxi for his opinion.

What's lacking?

Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei. When he saw Liu Bei's folded arms, Li Mengxi knew there was something missing.

"Xuan De Gong, the shortcomings are all yours." Li Mengxi said in a deep voice.

What he said was a bit excessive, as if he was saying that Liu Bei was incompetent.

Liu Xuande was a man of great magnanimity and would not care about such a trivial matter.

"Oh? The shortcoming is mine?" Liu Bei didn't know why, "Please explain clearly." Liu Bei bowed slightly and bowed his hand seriously to Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi returned the greeting and then said, "Mr. Xuande, when you issue an order again, you should pay attention to your etiquette.

I asked Mr. Xuande, how should a sergeant stand at attention?"

Standing at attention, Liu Bei thought for a moment and answered, "Stand up with your chest and head, look forward, shoulders slightly open, arms hanging naturally, hands on the outside of your thighs, legs together, heels together, and soles of your feet spread apart."

Liu Bei perfectly recited every detail of the standing posture that Li Mengxi once talked about.

Li Mengxi nodded and said, "This is the key.

Duke Xuande just ordered him to fold his arms. This is inappropriate.

When the order is given again, one should stand at the side or in front of the formation. As a training officer, he should stand in a military posture, standing like a gun.

Just imagine, if when issuing an order, the ordering officer stands crookedly, or even presses his nose while issuing an order, or gnaws a melon while issuing an order, how can he be intimidated?"

"Therefore, as a training officer, the sergeant stands very upright, and the training officer must stand twelve points upright.

As mentioned before, his body is upright and he does not act according to orders. Isn't it right at this time?

If the training officer does not stand straight, how can he teach the sergeants in the team to stand straight?"

After the conversation, Liu Bei was greatly impressed. He took half a step back, bowed to Li Mengxi, and bowed down.

Li Mengxi looked serious, bowed and bowed in response.

With Li Mengxi's correction, Liu Bei knew how to continue training.

Pulling up his clothes, sleeves and collar, Liu Bei took a few steps to the front of the queue, stepped forward with his feet together, and stood in an almost standard military posture, standing like a gun.

Then, Liu Bei stood still, not moving his legs, hands, or head, looking straight ahead.

"All of them, aligned to the left!"

Liu Bei's voice was loud and he ordered the soldiers in the queue to swing their heads to the left at the same time, take small steps, and quickly adjust their positions.

Li Mengxi's experience in military training only included a limited number of military trainings.

The level of ability is another matter, but the vision and knowledge are really not low.

He had seen the guard of honor and the parade during the military parade countless times on TV and in various information.

Therefore, the ability of the training queue may not be as good as that of real military personnel, but he can see the quality of the queue.

From Li Mengxi's point of view, the level of the current queue of forty people is roughly the same as the level of the junior high school students in the previous life who were just learning for a few days.

From this point of view, basic queue training can probably be completed in one month.

It is enough to reach eighty points.

Then, these recruits with a level of 80 in the queue will be trained for 40 people each. At the end of the second month, there will be 1,600 low-level training officers in the army.

At this rate of military expansion, in three months at most, the army will no longer be short of soldiers capable of arraying themselves in battle.

Queue operations are very useful.

Li Mengxi's age and height made him unsuitable for military training. He yelled for commands and became mute after two nights of shouting. After shouting commands for a while, he became tired.

An important advantage of modern queue operations in later generations is simplicity and efficiency. Simplicity means that it is easy to popularize, and efficiency means that results can be produced quickly.

Therefore, Li Mengxi taught Liu Bei how to train in formation. Liu Bei learned it seriously and worked hard, and he quickly learned it.

With better candidates for training, Li Mengxi was happy. Liu Bei was training his troops, and Li Mengxi was standing by to help look for deficiencies.

While Guan Yu was away, Guan Yu was busy arranging the infantry armor. The infantry armor was of great importance. As long as there were three sets of infantry armor, in front of the formation, the cone head composed of three heavy armored soldiers would break the formation in one fell swoop, directly determining success or failure.
Chapter completed!