Chapter 2189 The significance of the existence of the Military Academy
Each has its own opinions, which means that it is often difficult for generals to cooperate with each other. Perhaps only fathers, sons and brothers know what the other party is thinking when they arrange their troops in such a way.
This means that everyone has to discuss it before the battle. I have set up the formation like this to let you cooperate. If you run in the wrong direction, something will happen.
This naturally greatly limits the general's ability to adapt to the situation, and it may be necessary to examine everyone's tacit understanding.
If one side does not change the formation according to the negotiation, the other side will have to follow in a hurry. This is not only a matter of tacit understanding, but also a matter of face.
If it were in the past, it would be true. In troubled times, generals often brought their own troops to battle, and father and son went into battle together. Of course, the old (*) son and his son learned a set of military tactics, plus the soldiers and horses under their command.
They are all soldiers and horses trained by their own family, so there is no problem. The son does not even need to give orders from the old(*)zi, the son knows what his father wants to do.
Discuss? My son still needs to discuss such a simple matter with his father? After the war, he will have to ask the family to take care of him.
But it is different now. After being reorganized again and again, the Han army is no longer the army of a certain family, but the army of the Han Dynasty. It is an army loyal only to His Majesty. Therefore, among the generals of the various armies, there is a conflict
It is very likely that they were not familiar with each other before the battle broke out, and had not even met each other. For example, this time Wei Yuancheng and Xue Wang, one was stationed in the northwest and the other had been fighting in the Northern Expedition. Let alone meeting each other, they even had names.
Never heard of it.
Especially in the absence of a central coach to take command, rashly changing formations on the battlefield or directly setting up formations without consultation may often directly lead to flaws being exposed, and the enemy can take advantage of them after being caught.
The significance of the existence of the military academy is naturally to guide generals to become familiar with some of the most basic methods of formation and formation changes, so that everyone can use the same methods to deal with common enemy situations and naturally be able to cooperate with each other.
After all, the possibility of catching a flaw and succeeding in a battle is often relatively small. In China's five thousand years of history, there have been countless wars, large and small, but how many can be called famous generals in the end?
How many are classic battles?
In most cases, the war is still about you coming and going, you attack and I defend. If you injure the enemy one thousand, you will lose eight hundred.
Therefore, it is naturally better to use a standardized formation method based on the experience of previous generations than to operate it according to your own preferences.
Furthermore, as new weapons such as firearms are gradually installed in the army, how to command the Han soldiers equipped with new weapons to fight, instead of just fighting randomly and relying on the power of the weapons to crush them - when one's own troops are not large enough or the new weapons are used,
When there are not many weapons in the field, the crushing force you imagined may be crushed by the enemy's more dominant force. Moreover, if you take the initiative to send them to the door, you may not be able to run away.
What's more, when muskets and artillery have not yet been installed, the generals can say that they have already experienced repeated victories. How to operate the formation of troops, do they need the academy to teach them?
Especially since there are often many former defeated generals in the academy. Don’t you feel ashamed to teach instead?
But now with these new weapons, no one can object.
Given a hundred musketeers, how do you maximize their power and deal with an enemy's attack that is several times greater than yours?
Many generals who had never even touched a musket before were naturally dumbfounded, and in the end they could only obey the lesson.
The tacit understanding between Wei Yuancheng and Xue Wang today does not come from the fact that both of them are battlefield veterans and know what the other party is planning, but that they have been taught this situation during training before.
Make the most correct decision naturally.
When establishing the Military Academy, Li Xingchen also considered whether this would cause the Han army to be too rigid in combat. Many generals also raised such concerns. In addition, Li Xingchen, as a later generation, knew very well that there was really such a situation in history.
An emperor who once escaped in a donkey cart liked nothing more than to draw a formation map and let the generals take it to fight. He kept the same in response to all changes, but in the end he ended up defeated.
Li Xingchen had no way of determining whether drawing formation diagrams was the main reason for the army's repeated defeats, but as long as there was such a possibility, he could no longer knowingly commit the crime.
However, Wu Mingche, Wei Xiaokuan and others who were in charge of teaching at the Military Academy later pointed out that the formation method taught by the Military Academy was not to let students go to war with fixed formation diagrams, but to let students know how to deal with different situations.
The specific details of how the troops should be arranged according to the battle situation can of course be adjusted according to the actual terrain and the enemy's formation, but it will not lead to a direct chaos in the formation, causing the friendly forces to be at a loss as to what to do.
And think about the many art of war atlases handed down from ancient times. In fact, many methods of arranging troops are clearly recorded in them. Didn’t the ancient sages consider this issue? In fact, it is conceivable that they
These formation diagrams and the like are only used as a reference. If you keep the same in response to all changes, one day the enemy will think of a way to deal with it. It is impossible for the sages to hold the same formation every day.
Total Annihilation.
Future generations should learn from his bones and know why the sages arranged their troops in this way, what are the advantages and disadvantages, and then make certain adjustments according to their own understanding and actual situation, retaining its essence and adapting to changes in the situation. This will be enough to bring out the whole thing.
The best effect of formation.
At this time, Xue Wang and Wei Yuancheng formed this formation together in the blink of an eye. This formation obviously originated from the Queyue Formation that Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, became famous for, but the river turned into a mountain wall. Liu Yu's command
It lacked cavalry, and since the Han army had cavalry, they naturally could not huddle in the formation and occupy space, but should roam around the periphery, firstly to cover the flanks exposed without the river, and secondly, to wait for opportunities to attack.
"General Wei!" Xue Wang got off his horse and stepped forward to salute him.
Wei Yuancheng had already come forward and said with a smile: "General Xue fights fiercely, I admire him!"
Although he had scolded Xue Wang countless times in his heart, Wei Yuancheng also knew that Xue Wang was capable of retreating unharmed after repeated fierce battles with the enemy. The scouts had previously sent back the news, and it was precisely because of Xue Wang
The cavalry under Wang's command rushed back and forth at several ferries and almost ran out of arrows and ammunition before buying precious time for the Han army.
Otherwise, it would have been absolutely impossible for Wei Yuancheng to advance to his current position and still occupy the terrain and arrange his troops.
Moreover, Xue Wang himself was able to retreat with so many soldiers and horses, which in itself shows that his ability is very good.