On the twenty-seventh day of January, that is, the third to last day, Li Mengxi taught the village soldiers the last combat skill-the Mandarin Duck Formation.

On the school grounds, Li Mengxi started teaching step by step. He randomly recruited six village soldiers, two in front to act as shield soldiers, two spearmen in the back, and two crossbowmen in the back.

When the village soldiers heard about the Yuanyang Formation for the first time, they thought it was powerful when they heard the name. They thought it was something extraordinary, but who knew it was just a few people standing in a pile.

The Yuanyang Formation is simple enough, so simple that you can immediately imitate its appearance at a casual glance, but it is only a resemblance.

The rural soldiers were in groups of six, and they set up a similar mandarin duck formation. When Li Mengxi sent Julu sergeants to cooperate with the training, once they entered actual combat, the superficial formation of the rural soldiers was immediately exposed. Various shortcomings.

The problems exposed by the rural soldiers include, but are not limited to, some teams are timid, and those at the back retreat faster than those in front; some teams are so courageous that the entire team does not care about swordsmen, shield soldiers, spearmen, or crossbowmen. , everyone rushes to fight; in some teams, the sword and shield players are sword and shield players, and the spearmen are spearmen, and there is no coordination with each other.

The chiefs and centurions, including Li Mengxi, were walking around the school grounds giving guidance.

Walking in front of a group of rural soldiers, Li Mengxi stopped the drill, called the rural soldiers to the front, and said, "The shield soldiers in the front can't be too brave. Look at you running left and right, and the spear soldiers behind are all too brave." I dare not raise my gun for fear of injuring you.

Let me tell you, you shield soldiers, remember that the fight does not depend on you, but on the gunmen and crossbowmen at the back. As long as you can hold on, don't worry about anything else.

Also, for the two shield soldiers in front, you'd better keep your body lower."

The shield soldiers followed Li Mengxi's request to lower their heads and hunched over their backs, but they did so, but they still didn't understand the purpose of it.

"Lancer, change the spearman's technique and use the backhand style." Li Mengxi instructed the spearman again.

The spearman looked confused, not knowing what "backhand" meant.

Li Mengxi had no choice but to demonstrate in person. The backhand method is to raise the gun high above the head, as if holding a beam. This backhand marksmanship can launch an attack at the height of the head.

This backhand shooting method is completely designed to cooperate with the Yuanyang Formation. In the ordinary shooting method, the gun is held at the waist. At the height of the waist, there is a shield soldier blocking the front. If you want to attack the enemy, you can only attack from the waist. Attack from the side with left and right piercing flowers.

However, as a result, the spearmen came out from the side and were exposed outside the shield formation, making them vulnerable to enemy attacks.

Very early on, when Li Mengxi, Guan Zhang and others were exploring the Yuanyang Formation, it was Zhang Fei, who was proficient in spear skills, who proposed the backhand gun-holding style.

When the backhand gun-holding tactic was added to the Yuanyang formation, the cooperation between the shield soldiers and the spear soldiers became almost perfect. During the battle, the shield soldiers held their shields in front, and the spear soldiers hid behind the shield soldiers and thrust their guns from the top of the shield soldiers' heads. Go out. The direct benefit of such a tactical action is that the spearmen do not have to take risks to exit from the left and right sides. The indirect benefit is that the spearman's gun extends from the shield soldier's head. If the gun moves slightly, the shield soldier can see everything clearly. Chu, in terms of coordination, the shield soldiers can know the movement intentions of the spear soldiers in time, and the cooperation efficiency will be extremely high.

After all, holding a gun in the backhand is different from the ordinary way of holding a gun. As far as gun skills are concerned, as the saying goes, the gun comes out from the waist. Holding the gun in the backhand makes the gun far away from the waist. When exerting force, the force is sharply reduced, and the damage is naturally insufficient. But this

The question actually doesn't matter. In Yuanyang Formation, all arms cannot be regarded as a single type of arms, but should be regarded as a unified whole. In Yuanyang Formation, the main force is neither sword and shield bearers, nor spearmen, nor crossbowmen, who kill the enemy.

It does not rely on shield soldiers, spearmen, or crossbows, but on everyone.

The combat method of the Yuanyang Formation is like this. The spearmen do not have to have the tyrannical power to kill with one blow. They only need to poke and poke with the gun to pose a threat to the enemy, so that the enemy has to distract and defend. When the enemy has no time to concentrate,

When the attack is concentrated and repeatedly interfered by the spearmen, the Yuanyang Formation itself, if there is a compound defense such as the Yuanyang Formation, including the defense of the shield soldiers and the blocking defense of the spearmen, the opponent will face a compound attack, and the opponent will face

The threat of spears, the crossbowman's ability to shoot an arrow from time to time, and the need to be on guard against the sword and shield man who might pounce on him.

In this coming and going, the Yuanyang Formation has double defenses, and the enemy has to face triple deterrence. As it enters and exits, the Yuanyang Formation has a huge advantage.

As a part of the tactics, the tactical positioning of the spearmen in the Yuanyang Formation is different from that of the spearmen fighting alone. The spearmen fighting alone must have the combat power to cause death, while in the Yuanyang Formation, the killing effect of the spearmen is

It is weakened and its auxiliary effect is improved. In the Yuanyang Formation, as long as the spearmen can smoothly poke out to deter the opponent, as long as they can block the enemy's attack, it is enough.

However, you only need to be able to poke the gun out and dial it. It does not require too much force. The force of holding the gun in the backhand is enough.

There is another question, the attack distance issue. When the attack method changes from left and right flower arrangement to backhand gun holding style, then, is the attack distance closer or farther?

The answer is that the attack distance of the backhand gun is longer.

The reason is this. The backhand gun is aimed at the enemy, while the left and right weapons are used to attack the enemy diagonally. There is no doubt that the diagonal attack requires a longer length to reach the enemy.

Furthermore, because the backhand gun does not require enough attack power, the gunman can use a longer spear. Anyway, although the spear is longer, the power of the spear must be weaker, but in the Yuanyang formation, the power of the spear is weaker.

It doesn't matter.

After Li Mengxi explained to the village soldiers the essence of holding a gun backhand, the soldiers suddenly understood.

After Li Mengxi's instructions, the village soldiers' mandarin duck formation changed drastically. A group of six men became a mandarin duck formation. The two men in front stood together with their shields on their backs, their swords raised, and their backs crossed.

Behind the shield soldier, two spearmen held their spears high above their heads with their hands in tandem. The spears were held diagonally high, with the tail high and the tip low. The barrel of the spear was crossing the head of the shield soldier in front and extending out from the top of the shield soldier's head.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! There is one thing Li Mengxi did not tell the rural soldiers. There is another small advantage of the backhand holding gun, that is, compared with holding the gun in the forehand, the holding gun

It is a condescending attack. Under the acceleration of gravity, its attack speed and strength will be slightly enhanced. Moreover, the height of the backhand gun is at the height of the human head, and it can easily stab the enemy's head. From the perspective of deterrence, the enemy

When the soldiers saw the tip of the spear stabbing their own eyes, nine out of ten soldiers were frightened. They held the gun with their backhand to directly threaten the enemy's head, which was more intimidating.

The improved Yuanyang Formation immediately showed its power. The Julu sergeant who was facing him had no choice but to use the Yuanyang Formation, which was capable of both offense and defense. The soldier wanted to move forward, and the gun placed above the head of the soldier's shieldman swung.

He stabbed him, and the soldiers responded with their spears. Once he stabbed him, he had to go through two stages of consumption. The spear he thrust out would first be flicked by the gunner from the opposite village soldier. With this flick, his strength was greatly reduced, and his direction was also deflected.

Then, what was blocking the front was the shield of the country soldier's shield bearer and the sword in the shield bearer's hand.

If you add the weapons of the shielder, the lance of the spearman, the shield of the shielder, and the weapons of the shielder, under the triple resistance, it will be even more difficult to successfully attack.

What's even more frustrating is that there are crossbowmen in the Yuanyang formation. From time to time, the crossbowmen jump out and shoot arrows, scaring everyone to death.

In small groups of less than five or six people, the Yuanyang Formation has an absolute advantage. The six-man Yuanyang Formation, equipped with both shields, spears, and crossbows, is more powerful than six pure crossbowmen and more powerful than six shield-piercing men.

, more powerful than six pure gunmen.

Lancers cannot guard against arrows and have weak defense, shield soldiers have short hands, and crossbowmen cannot fight at close range. Therefore, if one of the three is missing, there must be a flaw.

Li Mengxi saw that this group of rural soldiers were becoming more and more skillful in their cooperation, so he managed to say a few words to everyone and continued to patrol down.

After a while, the leader of the rural soldiers came unexpectedly.

The leader went to Li Mengxi and talked hesitantly. Li Mengxi roughly understood what he meant. What he said was to use short men in front as shield soldiers.

"I think it's better if the shorter one is in front. If the shorter one lowers his head, he won't be in the way, and we don't have to lift the gun as hard as possible. Military advisor, do you think this is true?"

Li Mengxi glanced at the captain of the rural soldiers unexpectedly. It makes sense. It is true. In the tactical movement of the spearman holding the gun with his backhand, it is really better for the shield soldier in front to be slightly shorter.

But then Li Mengxi realized a problem. The sword-and-shield soldier had some requirements for the quality of its soldiers. The sword-and-shield soldier had to fight with people at close range, hit them with a shield, and slash the opponent's sword back with one strike.

, Sword and shield soldiers must have a minimum of courage and strength. People who are short and lack strength are not suitable for being sword and shield soldiers.

But thinking about it again, the Yuanyang formation is different from ordinary fighting. In the Yuanyang formation, the shield soldiers also play a supporting role as a whole. In the formation, the defensive role of the shield soldiers is greater than the attack role. When the shield soldiers really need to move forward to kill,

There is a high probability that one's own gunners or crossbowmen have already exploited the enemy's weak points. At this time, attacking them is just a missed attack. Even a slightly weaker shield hand can still be fatal.

Furthermore, who says that if you are short, you must have less strength? There are always some short and stocky people. Such short and stocky people are as hard as a small top, and they may not be able to beat others. Besides, short people are as hard as a small top.

A taller person has better stability, while a taller person is more likely to fall down.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi suddenly thought of his own lying-knife tactic. The discoverer and pioneer of his lying-knife tactic was an extremely short and thin soldier named Shouhou. He was only five feet tall, but he was just like this

He is a thin and small guy, but precisely because of his thinness, his movements are very flexible. In addition, because of his small stature, his target is not big. The thin monkey rolled on the ground holding the shield, and it was not easy for others to poke him.

Among the shield soldiers, among all the shield soldiers' tactical systems, only those who are thin and flexible have an advantage in the skill of lying on the ground with a knife.

Combining two and one, the Yuanyang Formation requires a slightly shorter sword and shield hand, and the slightly shorter sword and shield hand is slightly less capable of fighting. Therefore, why not add the sword and shield hand to the Yuanyang Formation. During the battle, the sword and shield hand will see

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gulu immediately rolled towards the enemy. The bigger the enemy was, the slower his reaction was, and the easier it was for him to be caught off guard by this tactic of rolling on the ground.

Li Mengxi finished deducing the tactical process in his mind. It was great. He had another excellent tactic. He took out a pen and paper and wrote it down.

After I finished writing it down, I looked up and found that the captain of the rural soldiers was still standing.

When the captain of the rural soldiers saw that Li Mengxi had finished writing, he smiled sheepishly, "That's right, just... I heard, didn't you come up with an idea for meat, fifty pounds..." The captain of the rural soldiers scratched his head and said.

Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, "Oh!" He shouted, patted his head, and then smiled, "Look at me, I'm so busy that I forgot about everything. Your method is good, of course I have to give it to you.

Meat!

Come here! Go get fifty pounds of meat and give it to this brother."

The attendant immediately went to fetch the meat, which soon reached the hands of the captain of the rural soldiers.

The captain of the rural soldiers went back happily carrying the meat.

Li Mengxi stared at the retreating figure of the rural soldier captain. He found it very interesting. Unexpectedly, the Julu Army's mandarin duck battle formation, which they thought was irreversible, was actually improved by a rural soldier who didn't know much about fighting.

Let’s talk about the country soldier who carried the meat back. The country soldier carried most of the pig back. When the country soldiers next to him saw it, their eyes widened.

To be honest, the captain of the rural soldiers didn't show off much at all, for fear of delaying the business, he didn't say much to others, and just said a few words about the reason. However, profit is a huge driving force, and the huge reward of fifty pounds of meat

It's enough to make all the country soldiers think.

The news spread like the wind, and the village soldiers soon learned that another villager had come up with a good idea and rewarded him with fifty kilograms of meat. The soldiers' minds were once again agitated.

Li Mengxi wandered around the school grounds, and soon, a group of soldiers came over.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The village soldier opened his mouth and said, "The crossbow is too slow, can you change the bow?"

"Well, that's it," Li Mengxi sorted out his words, "The reason why the bow and crossbow are matched with one bow and one crossbow is because although the bow is fast, the crossbow is strong. In this way, one is fast and the other is strong, and the two work together to cope with changes.

also.

As you said, you said the crossbow was slow to string, but you didn't see that the crossbows you fired were all hand crossbows, so hand crossbows can't be that slow, right?"

Although the suggestions raised by the Xiang Bing were issues that Julu Jun had already thought of, it is commendable that the Xiang Bing could independently come up with such useful suggestions.

"Well, since our army already knows what you are carrying, we won't reward you with fifty catties. How about I reward you with ten catties?"

Although he failed to get the fifty kilograms of meat he expected, ten kilograms was not bad. The soldiers happily took the meat back.

From this point on, the village soldiers came one by one and presented various suggestions.

Some people say that shield soldiers can also hold crossbows and can shoot from a distance. This opinion is not good. If shield soldiers hold crossbows, it's so stupid. Shield soldiers can only hit each other once, and then they can use their bare hands, unless they have a hand cannon.

Some people say that if you want to put a gun on the shoulder of a shield soldier, the person who says this must be a lazy person who doesn't even want to take the gun and has to rely on other people's shoulders to save energy. This opinion is valuable. As far as Li Mengxi knows, the super long spear formation,

The spears in the back row were placed on the shoulders of the spearmen in the front, because the spears were too long to hold.
To be continued...