Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "That's fine, you can just listen on the sidelines if you like."
Zhang Yanling walked up to the prince and said: "Your Highness, I will tell you a formation for soldiers to fight together. It is called the Mandarin Duck Formation. Your Highness, are you willing to listen?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "Yuanyang Formation? Is it used for combat?"
"The actual combat formation is extremely practical." Zhang Yanling said.
"Tell me and listen." Zhu Houzhao was very interested.
Zhang Yanling started talking eloquently, using a brush to draw pictures on paper to explain.
"The so-called mandarin duck formation is a team of eleven people, with the captain at the front, and the next two people, one holding a long card and the other holding a shield. The long card hand holds a long shield to block the enemy's arrows. The long card hand holds a long spear, and the shield hand holds a light spear.
The rattan shield is equipped with a javelin and a waist knife. The long card player and the rattan card player mainly cover the advancement of the rear team. In addition to covering, the rattan card player can also engage in close combat with the enemy. The other two people serve as wolves and hold wolves."
"By the way, Your Highness may not know what a wolf bamboo is. The so-called wolf bamboo is a kind of tough moso bamboo from the south. It is made from an old and solid bamboo, and the end of the bamboo is beveled into a sharp shape, leaving sharp branches around it.
Of course, this shape can also be cast with iron. Each wolf sword is about nine feet long, and the wolf sword hand uses the sharp blade at the front of the wolf sword to kill the enemy to cover the advancement of the shield hand and the attack of the spearmen from behind. "
"Then came four spearmen holding long spears, two on each side to take care of the shield bearers and wolf bearers on the left and right in front respectively. Following up were two soldiers holding "boring palladium" to serve as warning and support. If the enemy
To attack in a roundabout way, the short-handed soldiers rush forward with short swords to kill the enemy. This is the equipment and tactics of the entire Yuanyang Formation. The various long and short weapons in this formation have a clear division of labor, overall coordination, and prohibitions. Everything is detrimental. Although
It's just a small group of soldiers and horses, but multiple formations work together to advance and defend. An eleven-man formation can resist the power of a hundred people fighting in chaos. Does your Highness understand this?"
Zhang Yanling drew and explained, and Zhu Houzhao listened with great interest, paid full attention, and nodded repeatedly.
"What a great formation. This formation must be very powerful. How does uncle know about this formation? It seems that he has never heard of this formation." Zhu Houzhao asked excitedly.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "I know a lot of things, and this is just one of them. If you are interested, I can discuss it with the prince later."
"Okay, great." Zhu Houzhao's brows were happy, but he still looked a little sleepy and depressed.
Yang Tinghe looked on with cold eyes, angry in his heart. Zhang Yanling obviously liked him, so the prince was so happy. However, judging from the prince's performance, he was completely different from when he was teaching him articles. Maybe he really should find a way
Relaxation is the way to go.
"What's the use of talking about military tactics on paper? I've never heard of your formation. It may sound reasonable, but it may not work. Even if you teach military strategy, you can't just talk about it." Yang Tinghe said coldly from the side.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Your Highness, do you want to test it in actual combat?"
"Okay, okay, that's great." Zhu Houzhao jumped up. He was extremely interested in this kind of thing. The explanation on paper already made him very excited. He didn't expect to be able to practice it in practice, which was even more suitable.
Mind.
"Please ask Your Highness to summon some of the guards from the East Palace, and we will conduct a practical drill of the mandarin duck formation on the field in front of the gate to see the effect." Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly and shouted: "Liu Jin, Liu Jin, come quickly."
Liu Jin and others were outside eavesdropping on the excitement inside, and after hearing this, they hurriedly trotted in. Zhu Houzhao loudly ordered him to summon the guards from the Chunhe Palace to gather here. According to Zhang Yanling, the battle formation of these eleven people could withstand the attack of a hundred people.
So Zhu Houzhao asked him to call seventy or eighty guards for practice.
Liu Jin had some doubts in her heart and was worried that Zhang Yanling's secret would be exposed. However, seeing Zhang Yanling's nonchalant look and the prince's high interest, he no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the guards to come and gather.
After a while, more than 80 guards arrived, and they all lined up in the open space in front of Jingming Pavilion. Zhu Houzhao called the guards to lead Wu Zhuan, and told him about the formation of offensive and defensive formations. Wu Zhuan was very surprised, thinking that this was nothing at all.
Nonsense. In a real face-to-face attack, how can an eleven-man formation cope with the attack of more than seventy people? This is a bit fanciful. I also heard that it was the idea of Marquis Jianchang, and I felt that it was quite unreliable, and I cursed secretly.
The Marquis of Jianchang troubled people.
On weekdays, Zhu Houzhao liked to dance with swords and sticks, and often played some fake attack and war games with the guards of the East Palace. Therefore, there were all kinds of harmless fake weapons for training such as wooden knives, wooden guns, bows and arrows without arrows, and soon everyone was equipped with them.
It's complete. But all the weapons are there, but there are no wolves in the Yuanyang Formation.
Zhang Yanling looked at a clump of bamboo in the corner of the yard and said, "There are a few big ones in there, which can be used."
"Cut!" Zhu Houzhao immediately ordered.
Liu Jin and others rolled their eyes. It was a clump of precious gold-encrusted Polygonatum japonicus, which had been planted with great effort. The branches of the bamboo were golden in color, but there were shallow green grooves on each branch.
Each section is intertwined and looks like gold inlaid with jasper, hence the name. It is an extremely precious variety. I didn't expect that it would be cut down and made into weapons.
Not to mention, the branches of this gold-inlaid jade bamboo are overgrown. After cutting off the excess branches and leaves, there are thick branches in the front. It is indeed very similar to the appearance of the wolf bamboo that Zhang Yanling said, but the price is too high.
After everyone was ready, Zhang Yanling summoned eleven Yuanyang Formation soldiers to explain the essentials, how to cover the retreat, how to coordinate the attack, and so on. Even talking and gesticulating, the eleven guards were all selected elites. They were a little confused at first, but
He quickly understood the intention. Even Wu Zhuan, who was listening, found this formation quite interesting.
Yang Tinghe stood in the corridor, his face as sinking as water, watching a group of people busy at work, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Prepare!"
Zhu Houzhao held the colorful flag and raised it high happily, and all the soldiers were attentively waiting for the order. Zhu Houzhao waved the colorful flag, and the soldiers on the field immediately began to take action.
More than seventy guards shouted and rushed forward to attack the mandarin duck formation composed of eleven soldiers. The eleven soldiers had no confidence in their hearts and looked frightened. Zhang Yanling shouted loudly: "Pay attention to coordination and cooperate with each other."
Cover. The card is advanced. The wolf shield protects the card. The long spear protects the wolf shield, and the short soldier protects the long spear. Repeat each round, charge forward and open at the rear, open and close freely."
Following Zhang Yanling's shouts, the soldiers in the Yuanyang Formation also had some confidence. Several opponents from the front rushed towards them with swords, and the soldiers with large wooden shields stepped forward to protect the front of the formation. The wolf's hands were nearly two feet long.
The bamboo wolf spear thrust forward fiercely. The bamboo thorns at the front of the wolf spear forced the opponent to dodge quickly. The long spear thrust out from the side, and the spear head covered with soft cloth stabbed the attacking soldier's body several times, leaving behind
The white gray marks indicate that the opponents who were shot have died in battle.
After several rounds, seven or eight of the soldiers who rushed forward were stabbed and killed. No soldier in the Yuanyang formation was injured. And during these rounds, the soldiers in the formation gradually realized the synergy in the battle.
The key points of coordination can be used more and more freely.