Although the generals attach great importance to the training of military formations, forming a military formation does not take place overnight.

The generals in the army are mixed, but the three battalions of infantry, middle camp and Huben are relatively good. Most of the battalions are infantry, so it is somewhat easier to drill the formation.

However, it is not easy to organize a large cavalry camp, such as Yueqi, Huqi and Tunqi battalions, plus half a shooting battalion. It is even more difficult to form a formation without chaos during a fight. Disaster.

In the battle between Li Luo and Che Puye at the Lushui Camp in Dizhou, the power of the cavalry formation was evident. However, even so, less than 30% of the cavalry were able to form a stabbing formation at the time of the battle, let alone Luo Shang, the unwise general. Arranged.

The Luoshang Formation was originally embedded in the ancient cavalry formation and the chariot suspension. It is ever-changing, unpredictable, virtual and real, and practiced to the extreme. It is not an exaggeration to call it the Eight Cavalry Xuanxiang Formation.

If there were no cavalry in the camp, many of Li Luo's strategies would be difficult to carry out. The Xifu army wants to compete with the heroes of the world in Mobei, the Western Region. Without a cavalry camp that can stretch as wide as an arm, it will be difficult to move forward.

Li Luo discussed in detail with the generals, and each battalion stepped up their training of military formations so that they could achieve what the generals pointed out and the soldiers could do what they wanted.

Generals Li Luo, Shen Xiangdong, Di Jie and Yun Wuyan spent several days without sleep, sifting through several battle formations, shooting on foot, riding on horseback, and handing them over to the commanders of each battalion, ordering the officers and men in the battalion to practice rigorously.

Among the selected military formations, many have been slightly improved and are better than those recorded in the military books. Li Luo also wrote down the complete Luo Shang formation silently. Several cavalry generals in the army looked at it and were greatly amazed. Many of them were in the formation. The changes have become absolute and have not reappeared in the Dagan Army in the past hundred years.

Luo Shang's seventeenth formation, there is a formation within the formation, and there are hidden changes within the formation. No wonder the front page of this formation clearly states that without excellent cavalry, this formation can only adopt the first three changes. The generals were secretly stunned, looking at each other, and they were really unsure of what to do. There were many changes in Luo Shang's formation, but Li Luo was not surprised at all. He only asked some generals in the army to take the first two formations first, and gave them to the generals in the camp. After they were practiced and proficient, Li Luo made plans.

Then he sent an order to Chi Li to select the elite cavalry from the army and combine them with the left and right battalions of the Chinese army to number ten thousand. Li Luo and Shen Xiangdong personally directed the cavalry formations and still retained the title of the Chinese army. Chi Li and Hucha Dongchan The two generals served as the commanders of the two camps on the left and right. The officers in the camp were proficient in crossbows and horsemanship. Li Luo also ordered his soldiers to learn the art of throwing short spears and assassinating them. The Chinese cavalry, except for sabers, bows and arrows, was better than him. The cavalry officers and soldiers of the battalion brought out a few more short spears.

A battalion of cavalry is formed, with one cavalry and two soldiers. Although Dagan has a vast territory, there are not many states that can breed war horses. Only a few states such as Muzhou and Youzhou can produce war horses.

Dagan has been weak for many years. Only Prince Chun's Dingbei Army and Muzhou Marquis Huchaci's cavalry camp have a large scale. If the other tribes can gather thousands of cavalry, it will be considered a big deal. What's more, Not to mention the proficiency of bow and horse, it is just a window dressing at best.

Li Luo and all the generals in the camp had this in mind, so they added war horses to the list of tributes from Xirong. However, the war horses tribute from Xirong were far less than what the army required. Li Luo took advantage of his position as the manager of the Xifu to go to the south of Lushui. , the land was divided into pens, and two horse ranches with a radius of several hundred miles were built. The army sent soldiers who were good at herding horses and some wounded veterans who had nowhere to go home to take care of the pastures.

Li Luo attached great importance to the cavalry and aimed at Mongolia. Although Li Luo did not say it clearly, the generals saw it and had some hope in their hearts.

Compared with the Mongolians, Xirong is no more than a three-year-old child. Mobei has mountains and seas of grass and a vast territory. It is said that it has never seen the end of the road. It seems to be bigger than the Thirty-three Prefectures of Dagan.

A little.

There are many tribes in the sea of ​​grass, and the Mengjue is the largest among them.

Since the founding of Dagan, the Mongols have been dominant in Mobei. They have a long history and are far above Dagan. They have been a serious concern of Dagan in the past dynasties. However, even if the country was as strong as during the reign of Emperor Taizu Li Xia of Gan, Dagan was unable to do so.

Conquer the Mongols.

In the past two hundred years, they have been more defensive than offensive. If the Mengjue had not been wary of other Caohai tribes from time to time, the northern territory of Dagan would have been flattened by the Mongolian cavalry. Even now, only the Mengjue is known to be strong in the Dagan Dynasty, but

There has never been any precise information about how large the Mongolian territory was and how many soldiers and horses they had.

There is a new atmosphere in the Guannan military camp. In addition, as the New Year is approaching and the cold winter cannot conceal the joy of the soldiers, the camp is full of vitality inside and outside, giving it a sense of renewal.

Military training is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and Li Luo is not in a hurry. He just practices diligently every day, and he never gets anxious.

The fourth camp of Dizhou, the main camp is located in Guannan, Zhou Linhan led his troops to station in Xinye, Yuan Jun was stationed in the desert city to prevent the Mongols, Liu Ce was stationed at Yingchou Gorge, Li Luo and Di Jie both conveyed military orders and ordered each battalion to train diligently.

, changing defenses every six months.

Among the four camps, the art of war and military formations must not be kept private. The Guannan camp sent soldiers from the military battalion to teach the improved military formations. However, they were strictly guarded against other countries' attempts to make secrets. Under military orders, anyone who leaked the secrets of military tactics passed down by the army would be killed without mercy.

Now that Dizhou has been pacified, the remaining Zhengxi army and Mu Tianlang's army under Li Luo are united, and there are still 400,000 troops, and the expenditure on food and salary is huge.

Li Luo discussed with the generals in the army that it was better to have more elite troops than more troops, so he intended to reduce the number of old and weak soldiers and send them back to their hometowns to recuperate for the rest of their lives, leaving only the elite divisions.

All the generals in the army had their own concerns, especially those in the Western Army. No one responded for a while. In the end, Di Jie took the lead to break the deadlock. He said that long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain, and ordered his generals to reduce the number of those who were getting older.

Soldiers and wounded and disabled generals can be considered to have a good death if they are sent back to their hometowns.

Li Luo was quite helpless, but he had no choice. If he formed an army, it would be destroyed and would suffer chaos. He just ordered the generals to register those who were not good at fighting in each battalion after the end of the year and report them to Qi Shao's military department.

Double the salary and silver were sent back to their homeland, and all the generals responded one by one.

In three days it will be the New Year's Eve.

Li Luo was reading "Ten Thousand Miles of Wandering Clouds" written by Old Man Guigu in the Chinese army's tent. Ni Qing hurried in, took a few deep breaths, and said quickly: "General."

Li Luo put down his medical skills, smiled lightly, didn't care, and said calmly: "What's wrong?"

"General Hucha is back."

"Oh?" Li Luo was shocked and said in surprise: "So fast! Where is the person?"

"We have entered the camp and are heading towards the general."

Li Luo stood up and said, "Let's go out and take a look." Before Li Luo could finish his words, a voice called Cha Jing came from outside the tent: "General, the last general called Cha Jing, come and return."

Li Luo stepped forward and opened the curtain, and Hucha Jing had a dusty look on his face. He came back to life before he could wash himself. His face was tired and he couldn't hide his joy. General Helian Chengxian followed behind him. When he saw Li Luo, he saluted.

, Li Luo held his hands up and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Hucha. Are all the soldiers okay?"

"Back to the general, the last general found He Yitian's whereabouts thirteen days ago west of Sanchakou. After a battle, Leng Shaoxia killed He Yitian and several of his thieves with only one sword. The last general led the army.

The soldiers chased them for hundreds of miles. Nine days ago, He Tiantian and his group of more than 500 horse thieves were killed. No one escaped. They passed through Linxia in a few days. At the end of the day, in accordance with the general's military order, the horse thieves' heads were hung outside Linxia City.
Chapter completed!