A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 495 Rebuilding the Modao Camp

Speaking of Bafengying, Cao Qing was silent for a long time.

"Could it be that Bafengying is just spreading rumors in the market?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.

Cao Qing shook his head.

"The Eight Winds Camp is an elite formed by the children of Qi County. The complete Eight Winds Formation is composed of eight thousand elites. Once this formation is formed extremely strong, even winds from all directions will not be able to enter."

"Appreciate further details."

Cao Qingdao, "The Eight Wind Array is said to have originated from Zhuge Wuhou, absorbing the arrangement and combination of Taoist Eight Diagrams,
The eight formations are named after the sky, the earth, the wind, the cloud, the dragon, the tiger, the bird, and the snake. Adding the Chinese army, there are nine large formations in total.The central army is composed of sixteen small formations, and the surrounding eight formations are each composed of six small formations, a total of 64 small formations.Among the eight formations, the sky, the earth, the wind, and the cloud are the "Four Righteousnesses", and the Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu are the "Four Oddities".In addition, there are still 24 formations deployed in the rear for maneuvering purposes. "

Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised to hear this, because when he was learning the art of war with Li Jing, Li Jing taught him this formation and praised it very much. Even, the twists and turns are opposite, the inner circle and the outer square, arranged in eight arrays, is actually a map of the eight trigrams of King Wen.

Each of the eight formations is composed of six small formations, taking the meaning of the six lines of the Zhouyi. The eight formations plus the Chinese army have a total of 64 small formations, which coincide with the 64 hexagrams of the Zhouyi.

Its strange and correct method, the strange is also the right of the right, and the right is also the strange of the strange, they are mutually exclusive, and the cycle is endless.

Zhang Xutuo's Bafeng Formation is exactly from the Jiugong Bagua Formation. It is said that he learned it from the battles under the two generals Yang Su and Shi Wansui in his early years.

When Zhang Xutuo hunted down thieves, he mainly used it for foot combat, incorporating eight weapons such as spears, broadswords, long-handled axes, and crossbows, which cooperated with each other and were seamlessly intertwined.

"At the end of the great cause, Zuo Xiaoyou gathered [-] thieves and stationed them in Kuugou Mountain in Donglai County. The army was strong, and all the officers and troops went to encircle and suppress but were defeated. In the end, Zhang Shuai led [-] children from Qi County to conquer.

We set up the eight-wind formation at the foot of the squatting dog mountain, and even if Zuo Xiaocai's 10 horses attacked repeatedly, they were as firm as a rock.

Zuo Xiaocai's 10 horses were blocked by 8000 of us on the squatting dog mountain. They could not break through and escape. In the end, the food and grass were exhausted and they had to surrender.

Eight thousand of us fought against one hundred thousand, and in the end we captured more than one hundred thousand.

Because of this, Zhang Shuai was conferred by the Emperor Daye as the ambassador of the twelve counties of Henan Province to arrest and depose him, and became the general accusation of the Central Plains bandit suppression. "

Eight thousand against one hundred thousand, 10 people were beaten and surrendered. It sounds like bragging, but anyone who knows the peasant army at the end of the Sui Dynasty knows that this is true.

The Peasant Army is also derogated as a bandit. There are a lot of people, but there are not many people who can really fight. Even most of them are just hungry refugees. They don’t even have weapons. There are many old women, girls and children. What they can fight is the old camp Even though people like Zuo Xiaocai engulfed 10 people, they were blocked on the mountain. So many people consumed more energy, and within a few days, they themselves would have to run out of food.

But if you want to be able to stand up to these people's dog jumping over the wall, you really need to be very capable.

Cao Qing recalled the past, he was there in that battle.

"At that time, Zuo Xiaocai had a horse battalion under his command. They were very elite. They fought desperately several times and tried to break through the formation, but in the end they were all defeated by Mo Dao."

The Mo Dao originated in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. This kind of double-edged sword has a blade length of one meter, a handle length of 1.3 meters, and a total length of two meters.

Cao Qing pointed to An Lushan who was carrying the saber in front of Huaiyu's horse, "Is the one he carried really Kan Leng's?"

"Well, the sage bestowed upon me a tailor-made knife by Kan Leng, named Pai Dao."

The sword that An Lushan carried for Huaiyu was longer than Xun's [-]-meter-long Mo Dao, a full foot long, with two blades.

When Kan Leng was the adopted son of Du Fuwei, and also a powerful general under his command, when he was fighting for hegemony in Jianghuai, Kan Leng, with his sword, could kill several people with every move.

Later, Li Shimin specially kept his giant blade. When Huaiyu went to Shuofang, Li Shimin rewarded him.

This knife Huaiyu has basically never been used. Every time it is carried by the soldiers, it is used as a guard of honor, and it is very deterrent.

Back then, Kan Leng used a sword that was ten feet long, and he was brave and unparalleled. He also had a battalion of only a few hundred people under him, who used a [-]-meter Mo knife.

"Back then, in our Bafeng Camp, there was a Mo Dao soldier. Zuo Xiaocai led his cavalry to attack, but in the end they were blocked by Mo Dao soldiers."

Mo Knife advances like a wall, and all the people and horses are smashed.

Even the elite rebel cavalry battalion couldn't resist that scene, let alone the old and weak refugees who followed behind.

The Mo Dao soldiers swung their knives and leaped forward. The cavalry who rushed to the front of the formation were split directly by men and horses. Amid the sound of war drums, the Mo Dao soldiers formed a group under the cover of the crossbowmen on both wings. The knife wall keeps advancing, smashing everything in front of it.

"It's a pity that Mo Dao is too precious, not cheaper than Ma Li, and the Mo Dao hands in Bafengying are only a few hundred,"

Wu Huaiyu is no stranger to Modao. As early as when he first entered the Longyou battlefield, he discovered that the Tang army had Modao, but most of them were equipped by elite archers. Heavy weapons such as big sticks and long-handled axes engage in hand-to-hand close combat with the approaching enemies.

The archers are all monsters with huge backs, waists and ape arms. They like to use this heavy and long weapon for melee combat. At that time, there were not many Mo Dao in the army, and they were basically elite archers. Some archers used the horse-killing sword , or other broadswords.

Established Mo Dao Bing is generally rare.

As Cao Qing said, the blade of Mo Dao is very long and heavy, which makes the manufacturing process of Mo Dao more difficult and requires better materials. Mo Dao is expensive and difficult to cast. A ratio of.

Unless it is an extremely elite army, no army will have a whole Modao army, which is like heavy cavalry with armored cavalry, very few.

"Is it difficult to make a Modao?"

"The blade is more than three feet long, it's really not easy,"

After all, the Mo Dao is a long soldier. Unlike the Heng Dao, the Heng Dao can be narrow and thin, but the Mo Dao must be both sharp and thick, and even double-sided. That is not comparable to ordinary swords.

Wu Huaiyu thinks that it is mainly due to the lack of steelmaking level and casting technology.

The reason for the lack of an established Modao army in the Tang army is simple. After all, the basic equipment of the government army system is self-prepared. Although heavy equipment such as spears, rifles, rifles, strong bows and crossbows are provided by the court, the court is short of money, so it is The archer team leaders or cavalry officers in the well-qualified soldiers will be equipped with Mo Dao, which may generally be passed down from family or purchased by themselves.

"Cao Canjun, you said that if I want to restore the Eight Wind Formation, is it feasible?"

"Restore the Eight Winds? First, there must be a Modao Battalion,"

"Eight hundred Mo Dao Army is enough for a battalion?"

"It's enough, five hundred will do, but Mo Daomen must have heavy armor, and they must select tall, burly and brave soldiers and train them so that they can face the charge of thousands of troops and still swing their swords like a wall. , chop everything up."

Modao, heavy armor, and elite soldiers are indispensable.

"After arriving in Youzhou, I'll take care of it. Eight hundred heavy-armored Modao battalions, and another thousand Youzhou sudden cavalry heavy armor. With them as the backbone, an eight-wind battalion of 8000 people will be formed, with 4000 auxiliary soldiers. Together with 2 regiments to train rural soldiers, this [-]-man army should be enough for us to go out of the Great Wall and directly attack the Turkic Dingxiang Khan Court."

Cao Qing was startled, "Shaobao really wants to attack the enemy's lair with partial division?"

"Well, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub!"

(End of this chapter)