A knife in love

Chapter 1528

Murong Danyan could not help admiring Li Qiufeng's eloquent and eloquent account of the ins and outs of the fish-scale array.She thought about it for a moment, and then said: "Brother Li, I never thought that you are not only strong in martial arts, but also have such insight into military books and strategies. It is really admirable. My brother's martial arts may not be inferior to yours, but he doesn't like reading military books. , was often reprimanded by my father. My father also used the deeds of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, to convince him, saying that if Xiang Yu had not devoted himself to practicing martial arts, but had read more about military strategies, he would not have been defeated by Han Xin in the next battle. However, my brother was not convinced, saying that if he had confronted Han Xin back then, he would not have fought with Han Xin in any formation. Instead of spending all his efforts to lead the army to fight, it would be better to sneak into Han Xin's barracks at night , killed him with a sword, and then hung Han Xin's head high in front of the formation. He didn't believe that the Han army would not surrender. After my father heard this, his face changed with anger. If my brother didn't run fast, my mother would stop him Then, he will definitely be beaten by my father."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said, "I'm ashamed to say, I haven't read any military books and strategies. It's just that when my master lived in seclusion in Sichuan, he had nothing to do. His old man told me many ancient military strategies. The story of the battle. His old man once said that in order to attack Cao Wei in the north, Zhuge Wuhou stationed troops in Hanzhong and trained soldiers with formations. Among them was this fish-scale formation. However, Zhuge Wuhou made many changes to the fish-scale formation, making this The formation method is more powerful when it is driven."

When he said this, he turned his head and looked down the mountain, and then said: "Unexpectedly, the Fusang people also know how to use fish-scale formations to train soldiers. Liu Sheng Zongyan deliberately planned to seize the Great Ming Dynasty, and used the Han formation to deal with the Han. It is a great insult!"

At this time, another five or six fires were lit in the open space, making the surrounding area brighter.It's just that those black-armored sergeants still stood still, as if they were waiting for orders.Murong Danyan looked at it for a while, then turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Li, if they are really practicing the formation, why don't they move? Could it be that the fish-scale formation is just standing there to scare the enemy?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Miss, you are joking. The power of the fish-scale formation is that it puts the elite sergeants at the head of the fish. Once the battle starts, the striker will push forward without retreating, wedged into the enemy's formation like a nail, and rush straight into the enemy's army." The brigade is located in the belly of the fish. After the forward breaks through the gap in the enemy's formation, the brigade will follow up, covering the forward's flanks, while tearing the enemy's gap even wider. How can such an offensive-oriented formation stand still?"

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Just now we saw these soldiers and horses going out in the heavy rain, and we couldn't figure out what they were going to do. According to the current situation, most of the people in Fusang intentionally put them under the heavy rain. In order to practice formations and motivate soldiers, I want to train an elite army to deal with Ming Dynasty."

Murong Danyan nodded, with a worried expression on his face, he said: "Half a year ago, I slipped out of Murong Villa and went north. I saw many officers and soldiers along the way. Most of these officers and soldiers did evil things. You can't even hold your weapons securely. If you encounter these Japanese pirates, you will definitely be defeated."

Li Qiufeng said: "Young lady is very true. At the beginning of the founding of the country in the past, in order to raise the strength of the people, the Taizu recruited soldiers and changed them to field soldiers, thinking that the officers and soldiers could be self-sufficient and would not affect the people. But I don't know those shameless generals, generals and soldiers. The reclaimed land is regarded as private property, and they eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers, which makes the sergeants extremely exhausted. When I was in the capital, I heard that the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast were extremely arrogant, and often a dozen people could kill hundreds of officers and soldiers. I had to flee. At first I thought it was the Japanese pirates who were fierce, and one could stand up to ten. But later I saw that the so-called elite Japanese soldiers were old, weak and disabled soldiers. Moreover, the guardhouse was so empty that there were 200 people on the roster. In fact, if there are [-] sergeants, it is already burning incense, and the remaining vacancies are eaten up by the commander. Even if there are [-] or [-] sergeants left, they are still old, weak, sick and disabled. Usually they just Plowing the fields, doing some private work for the chief of the guard, practicing a few times throughout the year, you can hardly even hold a knife, gun, bow and arrow, so how can you talk about fighting Japanese pirates?"

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "The Fusi of Beizhen sent people to Putian, Fujian the year before last to do business, and they told a joke when they came back. There was a robbery and murder case in the local area, and the county magistrate was helpless. The officers and soldiers stationed in the county captured the prisoner and escorted him to the governor's yamen for execution. The governor knows that the chiefs of the guards in various places in Fujian are full of money, and there are not one sergeant in ten. How can there be such a kind of officers and soldiers who can help the county magistrate? The Yamen arrested the prisoner? Later, he sent someone to inquire about it in private, and only then did he know that there were 80 sergeants on the roster of the guard where the prisoner was caught, but in fact there were only more than [-]. And these [-] sergeants Among them, [-] to [-] people were originally green forest thieves. The Japanese pirates have been doing evil in Fujian, and their power is growing. They are clean, they have nowhere to make a fortune, they are extremely poor, and they really can't eat, so they even join the army and want to make a living. Although these thieves have no skills, they are better than those old and weak soldiers in the guard Too much. After committing crimes, the criminal who robbed money and murdered happened to meet this group of officers and soldiers who were ordered by the head of the guard to go out to sell stones. The two sides fought and the prisoner was defeated, so he was arrested and brought to justice. The governor knew about it Afterwards, he said with a wry smile, he never thought that the officers and soldiers who are most capable of fighting are actually a group of robbers."

Murong Danyan couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard what Li Qiufeng said.Li Qiufeng's heart was heavy, he thought to himself that the officers and soldiers were corrupt and incompetent, and it was impossible to rely on them to deal with Japanese pirates and Tartars.Seeing the neat appearance of the Japanese pirates at the foot of the mountain and their strict orders, even if the officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress them, I am afraid that they would not be the opponents of the Japanese pirates.

At this time, the fire was burning in the open space, illuminating the surrounding area brightly.The general in black armor on the horse waved his right hand, and the horn sounded again.Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan's heart trembled, and they couldn't help but shorten their bodies by half a point.After the sound of the horn stopped, all the sergeants put the torches in their hands on the ground, held their spears in both hands, shouted, and rushed straight to the north.

Murong Danyan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the army formation had finally moved.I saw the more than [-] Japanese pirates rushing forward under the mountain. Under the light of the fire, the momentum was quite astonishing.Murong Danyan looked at it for a while, then turned his head and said to Li Qiufeng: "No wonder it's called the Fish Scale Formation. From here, it looks like a big fish swimming in the water. If the Fish Scale Formation is really so powerful, these Fusang people will learn it. Isn’t it invincible? Isn’t there a way to break it?”

(End of this chapter)