There were many types of camps in ancient times.

The most common one is the marching camp.

This kind of camp is temporary, only for the army to rest at night, or to station briefly, and is generally used for a stay of less than ten days.

This type of camp is the simplest. Whether you need to set up a tent depends on the location and weather.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not the rainy season, spring or winter, tents are rarely set up to rest at night.

Even if it is built, it will not be built according to the requirements, because it will be too troublesome to put it away early the next morning and continue on the road.

Everyone has been walking all day, who doesn’t want to rest more at night?

In addition, the outermost perimeter of the camp is surrounded by vehicles. This is the recommended camp wall to prevent large beasts and enemy sneak attacks at night.

The most important thing is to prevent wild beasts. There are very few people attacking at night these days, so everyone's defenses are not that sufficient.

Otherwise, how could the Han army burn Sima Xin's food and grass so easily?

The other is the camp of the Chu army opposite Han Xin.

Compared with the marching camp, the level of this camp has increased.

According to the regulations, a tent was set up and a wooden wall was built. The wood of the wall was thigh-thick and could not be broken open by human power.

Unless you push a siege car to hit it hard.

The protection level of this kind of camp is also higher, and the walls are not perfectly seamless.

Standing outside, you can even see the situation inside. The distance between the two wooden piles is about as wide as two palms side by side. Every half meter above and below, there is a piece of wood as thick as an arm fixed horizontally to prevent a single wooden pile from being pushed over.

If you encounter an enemy situation, you can place the shield in the gap, squat behind, and use the gap to carry out long-range attacks on the enemies outside.

When the enemy gets close, you can use spears and other weapons to stab them, and the effect is very good.

Dealing with this kind of camp is not difficult at all, nor is it easy at all. It only belongs to a medium level of difficulty.

The most difficult one is the one with added configurations in this version.

At the top, wooden thorns that are pointed downwards are fixed at a 45-degree angle to the wooden stakes to prevent enemies from climbing up.

In addition, at the top, a second-level position will be built, with higher specifications, and even three levels.

In fact, it is to build a platform with wood, which will be divided into two and three layers for simultaneous defense.

And if you encounter a camp like this, you will have to leave a lot of people behind if you want to capture it.

Perhaps the Chu army did not expect that the Han army would come, let alone that it would come so quickly.

But they don't seem to be ready to continue upgrading the camp.

Soon, several hundred-man squads held up their shields and left the formation.

The ten people in front are lined up side by side, with their shields next to each other. The front shield is pressed against the sides of the left and right shields. When receiving force, they can use the strength of the two people next to them to counteract the opponent's attack.

The left and right sides continue to rely on the shields on their left or right, and there are five shields on both sides to defend, using the same method.

The others stood in the middle and raised their shields above their heads.

To describe it more accurately, it is a tortoise shell formation. In such a formation, even a sharpshooter cannot ensure that every arrow can be shot through the gaps.

The shield array moves very slowly because it requires coordination. People who have never been trained really can't do this kind of technical work.

Don't think that the shield formation has no offensive power just because it makes you look like a bastard.

The Chu army on the opposite side had already reacted, and when they saw the shield formation, they couldn't help but be stunned.

It seems that they don't understand what the Han army on the opposite side wants to do?

"You dare to attack with just a few hundred troops? Who are you looking down on?" The Chu army general looked at the opposite side angrily.

So after the shield array entered the shooting range, he waved his hand and circled him...

For a time, arrows from all directions hit several shield arrays at the same time.

Who let them into the shooting range?

When viewed from the outside, the scene is extremely spectacular.

Some arrows were directly inserted into the shield, while others were bounced away.

The clanging sound continued, and more and more arrows were fired at the shield formation.

But the effect...

I can only say that it is just to comfort my heart.

If you want precision in large-scale arrow attacks, don't think about it. It's more about completing regional strikes.

And behind the formation, looking at the performance of several shield formations, Han Xin expressed that he was very satisfied.

"Not bad, I didn't expect that after just a few days of training, I could have such cooperation!" Han Xin praised with satisfaction.

So far, on average, each shield formation has been attacked by no less than a thousand arrows.

But so far, no one in the shield array has fallen.

If Han Xin hadn't personally trained people, even he would have found it hard to believe that the hundreds of people in front of the shield formation were composed of novices.

"Hey, general, I didn't expect them to be so calm on the battlefield, especially the one on the right, look..." Tian Zong, the soldier next to him, pointed at one of the shield formations and smiled.

In order to train these shield formations, he worked hard.

Fortunately, the results are good, and these people are quite up to date.

Han Xin set his sights on the shield array on the right and looked at it carefully for a while.

Sure enough, some differences were discovered.

"Not bad. The marching pace is uniform and neat. The height of the shield from the ground is just right. It's so coordinated that you can't find any problems."

The biggest difficulty in shield formation training is coordination.

A well-coordinated shield formation and a poorly coordinated shield formation have two completely different endings on the battlefield.

A well-coordinated shield formation can drag five hundred or even a thousand people with only a hundred people on the battlefield.

If it were a thousand-man shield array, the effect would be even better.

Not only can it make the opponent helpless, but it can also cause a lot of damage to the opponent.

The shield formation not only protects oneself, but also thrusts the spear out along the gaps. This is a hedgehog formation.

The people in the formation can project arrows through cooperation to kill enemies at greater distances.

And the only ones with the ability to restrain the shield array are two.

One is the close-range shooting of a large crossbow, which relies on the powerful impact to break through the shield defense and open a gap for the infantry.

The second is to rely on the impact of the cavalry to attack the shield formation fiercely and forcefully open a gap without regard to casualties.

Although it sounds cruel, it is actually very efficient. Basically, a dozen or so cavalry can break through this defense without risking their lives.

Of course, this is just a break. A well-trained shield formation will fill the gap as soon as possible, and then clear out the cavalry that enters the formation.

And it's far more than that. The shield array can also turn into a big mouth that can swallow people. When you come, open your mouth and let it in. When you come in, close your mouth again, and the reinforcements from outside can't get in.

, the ones inside have lost their speed and cannot break through the defense, so they will slowly wait to be cleared.

But the premise is that you can withstand the pressure from the outside, because the shield formation is not invincible.
Chapter completed!