Recently, I was used to waking up to the sound of roosters crowing every day. Suddenly, I moved to a different place and there was no roosters crowing. I wasn't used to it, so I overslept.

Li Mengxi finished his breakfast hastily and walked out of the tent. The sun was dazzling outside and it looked like it was getting late.

There were sounds of drills coming from near or far, and it was very lively. Out of curiosity, Li Mengxi followed the sounds and walked over.

When they arrived at the place, Li Mengxi saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu with their backs on their backs. Xiao Bian held Liu Bei's head and rode on Liu Bei's shoulders. Li Mengxi grinned and said, "Just pamper him."

The main camp is in the east, surrounding the east gate of Nanhe City, and training is in the open space to the west of the camp. Across the camp, the Yellow Turbans cannot see the training process.

Li Mengxi walked over and said, "Xiao Brick, come down!" Li Mengxi felt that it was inappropriate for his younger brother to climb on Liu Bei's neck and that it was unseemly, so he asked his younger brother to come down.

Hearing Li Mengxi's voice, Liu Bei looked over, and so did Xiao Zhuan.

"I can't come down!" Xiao Zhuan hugged Liu Bei's head tighter, as if he wasn't afraid of Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi was about to reprimand, but Liu Bei smiled and said, "You don't care what he does."

Li Mengxi opened his mouth, but had nothing to say.

Standing aside, Li Mengxi looked towards the training ground.

There are a lot of people at the training ground, and the teams are widely separated. As far as the eye can see, there are people practicing everywhere.

If you look carefully, you can see that there are ladders, and the ladders are covered with shields. They rush back and forth. Obviously, they are practicing the ladder-raising stage of the tortoise-shell siege ladder tactics.

There was a man standing beside him, following the siege echelon, shouting as he ran, "Follow me! Lift the shield in your hand! Block your waist, don't let it hang down!"

The turtle shell siege ladder tactic can be used to cover the ladder with a shield, so that the siege ladder can be used as a defensive weapon to defend against the rain of arrows shot from above. However, in actual combat, the siege team still has defense flaws. The two people carrying the ladder at the head still have

People with ladders to their left and right are easily hit by arrows coming from the front and left and right, so there are tactical adjustments specifically aimed at this.

The best weapon configuration for a siege warrior is a sword and shield. A shield is indispensable, one for each person. The most important thing about the shield is to defend against stray arrows. Even for heavily armored soldiers who are not afraid of stray arrows, a shield is also essential.

The armor of a soldier will not be penetrated by arrows, but if the hot oil from the city falls on his body, he will be no different from an ordinary soldier. At this time, he can save his life by covering his shield.

In order to enhance protection, the sword and shield soldiers carrying the siege ladder should raise the shields in their hands to chest height to resist incoming arrows.

Those who carry the siege ladder, those on the left, hold their shields on the left side, with the shields at chest height, and those on the right, hold their shields on the right side to resist arrows flowing from the left and right.

The reason why the shield must be raised is because the chest and abdomen are vital points and must be defended first.

As for the leg, being hit by an arrow would be a traumatic injury at best.

The shield on the turtle shell siege ladder not only provides defense, but also has another function. After the shield on the ladder is removed, it can be used as backup rescue supplies.

What are spare rescue supplies? It means that after the tortoise-shell siege ladder reaches the bottom of the city wall, the ladder is pulled out, and the shields are unloaded all over the ground with a crash. The shields fall at the foot of the city wall. When the siege begins, there will be many enemies under the city wall.

People who fall to the ground and howl after arrows have regulations in the military. For these wounded wounded by arrows, they should provide as much help as possible. You can find two shields and cover the wounded casually to prevent the immobile wounded from becoming a target and being shot to death.

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At this time, the shields thrown all over the ground when the turtle-shell siege ladder was unloading the shields could be easily picked up to cover the wounded.

Here Li Mengxi was watching carefully, and over there, Shi Chang shouted, "Fourth one from the left, come out!"

Li Mengxi thought the fourth one from the left had made a mistake and shouted out criticism.

What happened next was beyond Li Mengxi's expectation.

The man who was called left the ladder and ran out and stood aside, while the siege team continued to run forward carrying the ladder.

Li Mengxi looked at it blankly, pulled Liu Bei's sleeve next to him, pointed at it and asked, "There, a man ran out halfway up the siege ladder. What does that mean?"

Liu Bei followed what Li Mengxi pointed at and said, "When we were attacking the city, before the ladder came close to the city, some of the soldiers carrying the ladder were injured by stray arrows. Ten people were carrying one ladder, and one person was hit by an arrow in his foot, which instantly dragged down the whole team."

Therefore, we should practice the method of withdrawing from the team. If anyone is hit by an arrow, he should immediately withdraw from the team without dragging down the whole team. This is the method that Yunchang added this morning."

After listening, Li Mengxi nodded.

I thought that the tortoise-shell siege ladder tactic was already close to perfection and could not be changed. I didn't expect that during today's military training, there would be new methods.

The siege echelon retreat method is very simple to say. A group of people are lifting things together. They are originally in a stable situation, but if they suddenly stumble, the entire team will be brought down in one fell swoop.

The shield covering the tortoise-shell siege ladder was pulled by the hand of the person carrying the ladder through the ladder and stuck on the ladder. Although it would not fall off if it swayed, someone suddenly lost strength and affected the rhythm of the entire team.

It is inevitable to be hit by an arrow while running. The person hit by the arrow will definitely affect the speed of the siege echelon, so this adverse impact should be minimized as much as possible.

If anyone is going to be hit by an arrow, immediately let go of the ladder and jump away to avoid any trouble.

But since then, there seems to be another problem.

There are only so many ladders, and there are only so many people to carry them. One less person to carry the ladder will not have much impact, and two less people will not have much impact. But half of it will be missing, in case a certain siege echelon is attacked by the enemy.

, half of the people were hit by arrows, at this time, can the remaining half still lift the siege ladder?

Therefore, there should also be a replacement program.

The one who was hit by the arrow automatically left the siege ladder and retreated. The sword and shield team immediately behind the siege ladder immediately sent people to replace it.

Li Mengxi said what he thought of.

Liu Bei smiled and pointed to one place, "My second brother and I also expected this. Look at that, aren't we practicing as a substitute?"

Li Mengxi turned around and saw that it was true.

There was another attacking echelon, and the leader kept shouting people out of the ladder-carrying queue. Every time he called out someone, there were sword and shield soldiers behind him and ran forward quickly with their shields in hand. First, they touched the siege ladder with their hands.

Then follow it for a while, and when it reaches the same speed, take the opportunity to cut in.

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Li Mengxi suddenly remembered a sport - relay running.

When running in a relay race, the passing of the baton is the most important thing. The person behind has to pass the baton to the person in front. Should you run faster to pass the baton more smoothly, or run slower to pass the baton more steadily?

The answer is, relatively static.

If the person behind is running at a speed of five meters per second, and if the person taking over the baton does not move, then the relative speed is five meters per second, which is equivalent to catching a high-speed moving object.

The correct approach is that the person taking over the baton also starts running, running to five meters per second, and then the two speeds are equal, which is equivalent to a static handover. It is very safe and the baton is not easy to drop.

Now, instead, the replacement of personnel during the ladder lifting process is the same as the principle of relay running.

Replacing the lift may seem simple, but in fact it is easy to make mistakes.

The siege ladder is carried forward and runs quickly. If the people behind want to fill in, there is only one correct action. They must keep their own speed the same as the speed of the siege ladder, and then join the queue for carrying the ladder.

When the time comes, you can't stop and you can't slow down.

Otherwise, if you stop and slow down, people behind you will bump into you, causing chaos.

Relay running is not without difficulty, which means that if the movements are not rigorous and without training, mistakes will almost certainly be made.

Every time a person joins, the siege echelon will collide and stop suddenly. Every time a person joins, there will be a pause, which greatly affects the speed of the siege echelon.

The traveling speed of the siege ladder affects the efficiency of troop deployment, and ultimately affects the wounded and the success or failure of the siege.

It is really unexpected that relay running can be used in cold weapon warfare, and the place where it is used is to carry siege ladders.

It makes people wonder whether relay running is a sport invented in modern times or is it a form passed down from classical sports.

No wonder there is a close connection between sports and war.

Li Mengxi looked at the siege echelons again. Sure enough, he saw that when they were alternately lifting the echelons, situations frequently occurred.

When some people cut into the siege echelon, they stopped suddenly, and the people behind them bumped into them with a thud, immediately causing chaos among the three or five people and the subsequent chaos of the entire echelon team.

Some people did not stop directly. When they joined the escalator team, they did not control their speed. The speed suddenly slowed down a lot. People behind them still bumped into each other, causing chaos again.

Li Mengxi watched for a while, and there were already several collisions. This didn't work. The siege ladder was stumbling and he couldn't get up quickly.

Li Mengxi looked up at Liu Bei and found that Liu Bei was also looking towards the siege echelon, but Liu Bei didn't react and seemed to think it was normal.

Li Mengxi couldn't help it anymore, so he called Liu Bei and Guan Yu to discuss it together.

Three people... four people, and Xiao Bian, gathered together, drawing pictures on the ground and discussing.

"That's right. I see that when the people behind me step forward to take over the task of carrying the ladder, they often make mistakes.

There are subtleties in this. If you don't explain it clearly to the soldiers, you won't be able to practice it well in a day.

This makes sense, and the reason is [relative speed].

What is relative speed?

The two horses were galloping and were facing each other head-on. Both horses broke their necks and died.

One horse was galloping, and the other was standing still. The galloping horse collided head-on with the other horse, and both horses were injured.

Two horses are running in the same direction, both galloping. The rear horse chases the front horse's tail and collides vertically. The force is minimal and no injuries are caused.

The siege ladder was still in good order. The people carrying the siege ladder ran as fast as flying. The ladder was heavy and fast, almost as fast as a galloping horse.

If a person is coming towards the ladder from the opposite side and touches the ladder, he will be hit and unable to hold the ladder, making it difficult to lift the ladder.

If a person is moving in the same direction as the ladder, but his speed is not up to speed, and he enters rashly, his speed is slow, but the person behind him is fast, and the speed is not coordinated, a collision will occur.

Within a few inches of the ladder, two people collided, affecting several people. If several people were confused, the entire team would be in chaos.

Therefore, the subtlety here is that people who want to lift the ladder must arrive quickly and always remember not to be delayed, especially when entering the ladder. At this time, they must step, lift the ladder, and follow the team.

In the past, several movements occurred in one breath, which could easily lead to chaos.

Therefore, we need to practice more here."
To be continued...