Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 20 The Son of Heaven Training Mandarin Duck Formation
Chang'an Daming Palace

Qinye, the triple town of jade steps, and the golden hall and four caves support Zhouyuan;

The Daming Palace is magnificent yet natural and peaceful.

There are separate palaces, pavilions and pavilions, and gurgling water.

Zhong Wu, deputy deputy of the second team of the first capital and second school of the Zuo Yulin Army, entered the Daming Palace for the first time.

Excited and frenzied.

At the entrance of the Qingsi Hall, there is a huge open space. It is said that this is the polo field of the late emperor.

Everyone received a new uniform at the gate.

It's just that different official positions have different colors of corresponding armbands.

The armbands of the military commanders are purple, those of the military commanders are red, those of the school commanders are blue, and those of the team leader and deputy are green.

Under the leadership of the servants, everyone went to the side hall to change their military uniforms. After changing, they were led to the field again.

The ground had already been marked with limestone numbers, and everyone stood at their respective points. There were piles of weapons not far from the formation, and they were neatly arranged horizontally and vertically. Even a spear was placed in a very particular position.

Each pile of weapons looked exactly the same. Someone looked carefully at them curiously. There were two large shields, two small shields, three long spears, several short spears, three sabers, four long bows, and moso bamboo. What is it for.

Even Sun Dezhao, Zhang Yi, etc. were puzzled. It was a rare thing for the emperor to call them to come to the training camp. Besides, they were generals who had led troops for many years.

Sun Dezhao almost collapsed when he saw Liu Chongwang, the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, also put on the military uniform of the military commander.

The emperor came very early, and a high platform imperial tent had already been set up at the entrance of the ideological and political hall, and the emperor sat high in the tent.

The servant He Xiang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the time has come, and all the soldiers are already waiting in the school grounds!"

The eunuchs at this time are not as beautiful as they were a few months ago. Most eunuchs of high grade have settled down in mass graves outside Beijing. You can also wear it.

Li Ye was wearing Mingguang armor and stepped down from the high platform.

For a team of more than 200 people, Li Ye can give lectures directly.

"Soldiers, come here, you are my robes, you are my brothers and sisters."

"I have newly obtained the military training minutes of Emperor Taizong, and I want to share it with all the soldiers. This time, those who are trained will be rewarded, and those who fail will be punished."

"I will advance and retreat with all the soldiers."

After just a few words, Li Ye asked the servants to receive their own weapons according to the divided teams, with 11 people in each team.

The so-called Taizong Minutes are actually Qi Shuai's mandarin duck formation, and choosing this method is also a helpless move.

The imperial army has been tossing so far, and they have already lost all their property in the treasury, and none of them have armor.

In the era of cold weapons, what does it mean to have no armor.

Only worthless wooden shields, spears, and moso bamboo can be used to train soldiers. This is also a relatively high combat power under limited resources.

As for the "Taizong Art of War."

This was used by Li Ye to bluff people. After all, during the Li Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong was the worst at fighting.

Zhang Yi, the general of Zuo Yulin Guard, didn't care at all, probably the emperor thought military training was just for fun, just like the first emperor, the first emperor was keen on polo, and the emperor was keen to use them as soldiers.

After all, it has never been heard that the emperor personally trained soldiers.

Even a little lost.

If the emperor ordered him to train troops, he would definitely be able to provide the imperial court with a mighty army.

But when Zhang Yi heard that the general taught Taizong the law, his eyes lit up immediately. The soldiers who led the army were naturally interested in military formations and military equipment, not to mention the Tang Dynasty, and even later generations especially respected Taizong's governance and military affairs.

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, has made outstanding military exploits in his life, and few people can match him.

After getting the weapons, Li Ye introduced from the side: "The big shield is in front, and the bow and crossbow are behind. Short spears, bows and crossbows shoot at them, wolves sweep them up close, long spears stab them, rattan armored soldiers chop horses' legs..."

Zhang Yi and Sun Dezhao understood the subtlety of this formation as soon as they heard it, the attack and defense are integrated, and the left and right cooperate, which can stop thousands of troops.

The most subtle thing is that this formation can enhance the courage of the army.

We must know that in the era of cold weapons, the two armies faced each other and fought hand-to-hand, relying on the courage of both sides.

Do you dare to go up, if you go up, you can cut others, and others can cut you, are you afraid of blood or death?
Normal people must be afraid of death. There are not too many idiots in this world.

The enemy army rushed over, either fleeing or fighting, all they had to do was have courage, who could survive the other.

The so-called heroic army of a hundred battles means that it has fought more battles, and its courage has come up. Compared with other armies, it has higher courage and higher fighting skills.

If others collapse, but you haven't collapsed, you are a strong army.

In the era of cold weapons, often the army has one tenth of the casualties, and the army collapses.

A large number of casualties were not caused by hand-to-hand combat, but were subsequently killed by the enemy after the rout.

The subtlety of this formation is the use of large shields, small shields, carts, wolves
Among the 11 soldiers, there are bows and crossbows for long-range attacks, spears for short-range attacks, spears for short-range attacks, and knives for short-distance combat. If you have protection, you will not panic, and if you have attack, you will not be happy.

How to march, how to camp, how to change when encountering infantry, how to change when encountering cavalry, and all kinds of changes are all mentioned in Ji Xiao's new book.

The two looked at each other, and both saw the shock in the other's eyes.

Taizong's art of war is really good. According to this method, if you form an army, the forbidden soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will not be weaker than the frontier soldiers of the vassal towns. However, why this method has not been handed down, but is shelved in the inner palace, I don't understand, I don't understand!
Just talking but not practicing fake moves, after the emperor finished speaking, all the soldiers were eager to try, and when the emperor gave the order, they hurriedly ran to their pile of weapons.

"Large shields and wolf rods need to be strong and strong, and the rest are different, as long as you are good at it, use it."

Zhang Yi formed an formation according to the diagram, and called the small school next to him to lead the attack.

The small school had already been attacked by regular soldiers, but before they joined the battle, they were rejected by a five- to six-meter-long wolf trap. The wolf trap was very vicious, and with just one sweep, the faces of three or five soldiers were covered with dense pimples. Wound.

The bow and arrows of the short spears were shot, and half of them fell down, while all the bows and arrows of one's own side hit the big shield.Occasionally one or two were missed, but they were also blocked by the rattan players who made up for the leak.

When the rest of the soldiers rushed up to meet them, four shields blocked the rest of them. Mao Mao, the opponent, was chopped down by spears and short soldiers before he saw it.

hiss!
"As expected of Emperor Taizong's method, if there are no heavy armored cavalry to charge into the formation, there is nothing we can do!"

All the soldiers practiced for a while, and they were naturally hooked.

At noon, the food is naturally excellent, mutton and fish soup, sticking pancakes to fill you up, there is no fluffy and soft steamed buns in Datang at this time, Li Ye also misses it very much.

When the generals and schools saw that His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the floor and eating at the same table as they were, their eyes were red and they were very excited.

Liu Chongwang, Minister of the Ministry of War, wanted to persuade the emperor to pay attention to the majesty of the emperor, but he was honest after being glared at by the emperor, and these gentlemen from the Ministry of War found a corner in the hall to eat.

(End of this chapter)