"Gongtai, send me a letter and call Zhongda here." Bai Tu said to Chen Gong.
"Well? Why did Mr. Bai ask Zhongda?" Chen Gong asked in confusion.
Chen Gong was still the only one who addressed his lord directly, Lu Bu, but Bai Tu also insisted on using the honorific title.
"Training troops!" Bai Tu said seriously and handed a few pages to Chen Gong.
Looking at the printed characters on it, Chen Gong knew that Bai Tu was printed directly by Cheng Ji using manpower.
But I didn’t say much. After all, it was difficult to read what Bai Tu had written in his own hand. In order to maintain the majesty of the “lord”, it was worth spending some manpower!
But after Chen Gong read what was written above, his eyes started to light up, and he continued: "There is no need to trouble Zhongda. He cannot be left out of Xiaopei's camp."
That's right, the "Zhongda" that Bai Tu and Chen Gong mentioned refers to Gao Shun, not the one who conquered Sima Yi in the dream!
When he first learned Gao Shun's cousin name, Bai Tu was also shocked, but gradually he also felt a little "unexpectedly" in his heart.
"Shun" and "Da" have mutual meanings. It is normal for Gao Shun to use "Da" as the epistle. Moreover, he happened to be the second child, so he became "Zhongda".
This can also explain why Gao Shun clearly appears in "Three Kingdoms" but has no name...
Normally, the ancients kept their names and names secret, but the names are exactly the same as the names of the founders of the Jin Dynasty. So it is normal that the "Three Kingdoms", which was written in the Jin Dynasty, removed the word "beep".
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Originally, after Bai Tu had selected his troops, he wanted to ask Gao Shun, who was good at military training, to come to Qu'a - no matter how hard Yuan Shu blocked it, Gao Shun could still come over with a few personal guards lightly armed.
After hearing Chen Gong's excuse, Bai Tu couldn't help but ask: "I have high hopes for this new army! Although it only uses the word 'qi', if it is used properly, it will be enough to cope with Yuan Shu's difficulties at the beginning of spring.
If Zhongda doesn't come, will my adoptive father be required to train new soldiers on his own?"
"And me!" Chen Gong introduced himself.
"Gongtai...there are no other important matters recently?" Bai Tu was a little confused.
It's not that I can't trust Chen Gong, but I didn't expect that Chen Gong would be interested in training new soldiers.
"Isn't dealing with Yuan Shu a top priority right now? Don't worry, Mr. Bai, just leave these new soldiers to me!" Chen Gong said with some excitement.
Bai Tu was a little puzzled by his attitude, but since Chen Gong had already said so, he agreed and said at the same time: "In Gongtai, you can do more work. The equipment of this new army... I will give you 10,000 yuan."
Manpower, you can raise the rest yourself."
Production purely through Cheng Ji and human labor is convenient, but the price/performance ratio is not high. The most efficient method is to use real craftsmen as technical guides and to assist labor "synthesized" labor.
"Here!" Chen Gong responded immediately.
Seeing Chen Gong leaving in a good mood, Bai Tu didn't understand what was good about him when he chose his military branch...
In order to form an army as soon as possible, Bai Tu did not choose a unit that was difficult to train or equipped with complicated equipment and technology.
Even the prototype of this unit was earlier than the Han Dynasty - the Macedonian infantry!
Its birth time was about five hundred years ago, and it was the weapon that the Macedonian dynasty relied on to sweep across the Mediterranean region.
Of course, Bai Tu is not sure whether there is such a thing as the Mediterranean in his world...
The training methods and equipment technology of the Macedonian infantry are not complicated. If it is really applied on a large scale, it may not be stronger than the standard infantry of the Han Dynasty, especially the weaknesses are too obvious, but its fighting method is very strange.
First of all, in terms of equipment, the main weapon of the Macedonian infantry is a spear with an average length of four meters per person, which is exaggerated among infantry combat arms.
Moreover, the fighting method was also to form a square formation, with spears in front, and cooperate with the Macedonian cavalry to harvest the enemy.
To a certain extent, the infantry phalanx plays the role of creating an output environment for the cavalry. It is difficult for the enemy to directly drive away the Macedonian infantry phalanx. Instead, it is easy for the enemy to be restricted by the phalanx like a forest of guns, which is conducive to the harvesting of the opponent's cavalry.
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Of course, its weaknesses are also very obvious. Once the enemy's long-range strike force exceeds the range that the small buckler equipped with it can withstand, and the cavalry cannot quickly solve it or contain its long-range output, the infantry phalanx will become a target.
And once the front row infantry fell and were killed inside the phalanx, the Macedonian infantry was also very good at melee combat with daggers...
There is even a problem with not being able to make sharp turns. As long as someone is being swerved back or sideways, they will immediately panic.
But it doesn't matter!
What Bai Tu values is the "wonder" of the Macedonian infantry.
The Macedonian infantry, which first appeared on the battlefield of the Han Dynasty, were safe at least in the first few battles. They could even cooperate with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry to give Yuan Shu a head-on attack!
Yes, another advantage of the Macedonian infantry for Baitu at this time is that there is no need to train additional cavalry. The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Lu Bu is definitely more powerful than the Macedonian cavalry. Just refer to the tactics of the Macedonian phalanx.
Moreover, there are no technical difficulties in the equipment, and even the Eastern Han Dynasty's own forging technology can upgrade it - after all, the original Macedonian infantry still used bronze.
As for Chen Gong...
It was precisely when he saw this unique way of cooperating between infantry and cavalry that he burst into countless inspirations!
Originally, Chen Gong had recently been designing a method of fighting the enemy that combined the city defenders and the cavalry, which was good at containing and attacking the enemy. He named this tactic "Tiaojiao Jie"...
"Tiao" does not mean "horn". "Tiao" means "pull", which refers to pulling the prey's horns, and by extension means to restrain.
However, there are still many immature aspects, such as... the city-defending army must have a "city" to defend, which would be inflexible and cannot be considered a "military formation". It can only be said to be "holding a corner".
"Position" to wait for the enemy.
As for Bai Tu's new army, Chen Gong saw a new way, which was to use infantry as a "city", and also derived a novel operation that actively created an output environment for cavalry...
That's why Chen Gongcai, while lamenting that Bai Tu knew everything and was a genius in the world, took the initiative to take over the training task of this new army!
This new army and new military formation inspired Chen Gong. At the same time, Chen Gong was also very confident that some of his ideas were not found in this military formation, and the two could complement each other.
Bai Tu handed over the new army to Chen Gong, while he mobilized officials from the three counties and recruited skilled craftsmen.
Equipment for defending the city must also be built, and both hands must be prepared.
In the spring of next year, Yuan Shu is bound to take action against Bai Tu, and what Bai Tu wants to do is to hit him head-on first, let him know that he is not easy to capture, and buy time to pacify Jiangdong, and then delay it until he becomes an emperor or something, and then he can destroy himself.