Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 72
Xuncheng, school ground.

The corps commanders and chief commanders of the army sat in a group, and in the center of them were two phalanx formations practicing. One of them was an ordinary Han army formation, complete with swords, shields, and spearmen.The weapons on the other side are also the standard equipment of the normal army, except that there is an extra weapon about four or five meters long, with a spear tip on a bamboo top, dense branches, and a weird shape.

Soldiers holding such weapons stand at the front of the team, using the lush branches and the sword and shield hands on both sides of the body to block left and right to defend.Sometimes he would extend his weapon and use the thick branches to interfere with the enemy's sight, allowing the spearman to assassinate the opponent from between the branches.

The soldiers in the ordinary military formation were fascinated by this strangely matched square formation. The thick branches and the weapons with gun heads blocked their sight, and they could not poke anyone in the front.Wanting to pierce from below, the opponent's shield hand squatted down and held down his own spear, and the spearmen in the formation took the opportunity to thrust out.

If you raise your spear and pierce it from above, attacking from top to bottom, the opponent's soldiers with swallow-tailed shields will come forward and clamp your spear, and the opponent's spear will suddenly be thrust out from the dense branches.If you want to attack from the left, keep the shield hand still, the spearman on the left will stab the enemy with his spear, and at the same time, the short spearman will move forward to cover the spearman.

Whether it is a ten-person duel or a five-person duel, in a narrow space, ordinary military formations are basically restricted by the opponent.

It's not difficult to guess from this that this military formation is a modified version of Marshal Qi's Yuanyang Formation.When the Yuanyang Formation was originally designed, it was actually not to defend against Japanese knives, but to defend against spears.

Thanks to Huo Jun coming from Fujian in his previous life, he was well aware of Marshal Qi's anti-Japanese history, and thus understood the essence of the Yuanyang Formation.In addition, after traveling through time and being accustomed to marching in the army, he had a deeper understanding of the Yuanyang Formation.

The emergence of anything must have its objective existence. The core reason why Marshal Qi's Yuanyang Formation was born lies in the special terrain of the southeastern region, which has many hills and ravines, crisscrossing rivers and narrow roads.

In most cases, large-scale military formations are difficult to deploy and cavalry is difficult to use.Therefore, the desire to miniaturize the general formation was born, and Marshal Qi's Yuanyang formation was based on this point.

It would be unreasonable to copy Marshal Qi's Yuanyang Formation to the northern region for cavalry operations.This is why Marshal Qi went to the north to guard the border, gave up the mandarin duck formation, and focused on the car formation.However, the langzhen in the Yuanyang Formation are still used to resist horses in the army.

Since ancient times, there has been no formation that remains unchanged, can stick to the rules, and be victorious in every battle.The only way is to be flexible, learn from the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought, and use them for your own use.

When the training was over, Huo Jun called the soldiers from both sides over and asked: "How do you feel about facing Langzhen? Tell the truth!"

The spearman in the ordinary military formation frowned and said: "Langzhan has lush branches and leaves, and it looks quite powerful. Sometimes you will be timid when facing it with a spear. However, it is heavy and slow. If you fight it alone, the spearman will be afraid." You will definitely win against Langzhen.”

The soldier holding the wolf chop scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "When I hold the wolf chop, I feel that I don't have to panic. It covers my body more than enough. However, as Huo Si said, it is heavy and slow, making it difficult to kill the enemy. The only way is to rely on the sword." Only with shields and spearmen can you kill the enemy."

"Exactly!" The sword and shield hand responded and said, "Joining the army will make me stand behind Langzhen. When fighting, I will have a little more courage."

"Ha ha!"

Huo Jun laughed a few times, held his long sword in his hand, walked up to the people watching the battle, and said: "The essence of this formation lies in the wolf spear. The wolf spear looks weird, has a sluggish shape, and is difficult to move. It is not as easy to get in and out as a spear." , It seems that it is not a weapon of military formation. Little does anyone know that it is a barrier for the army. The door of an army is like a person's house. If there is no door to cover it, thieves can break in. "

Although the wolf spear is huge and longer than an ordinary spear, it cannot actually be used as an offensive weapon and is only used for defense.

Husband has the courage to fight!During the duel between the two armies, the wolf trap serves as a moving barrier, which not only interferes with the opponent's combat, but also increases one's own morale buff. It is low-cost to produce and extremely cost-effective.

Huo Jun gave instructions in front of everyone and said: "Everyone goes back to practice this formation. Anyone with a strong body and a stable temperament should hold a wolf spear. Those with long arms should use swords and shields; those with short bodies should use spears; those who are bold The people who are there will use short spears. When the formation is set up and the drums sound, if the wolves and swords advance, the swords and shields will advance, and if the swords and shields advance, the spear soldiers will advance. Anyone who remains late in the battle and fails to advance will be beheaded by military law."

"promise!"

In Huo Jun's modified version, short spears are used instead of boring palladiums. The short spear hand carries five javelins on his back and holds a shield as a support soldier.The sword, shield, and hand are equipped with a bow and crossbow, which can be fired before fighting.Langzhen is equipped with a spear in his hand. When necessary in battle, he will abandon Langzhen and use his spear to form a spear formation with the spearman.

All in all, Huo Jun regarded the magically modified Yuanyang Formation as an exclusive combat formation for hilly and ravine areas.Of course, the specific combat situation of the square formation must be dealt with differently according to the opponent.Huo Jun had thought about this magically modified Yuanyang Formation when he was in Jiangxia.After all, the Jiangdong area is not as flat as Jingbei. It has crisscrossed hills and dense water networks, making it difficult for large armies to fight.

When attacking Chaisang today, Huo Jun's feeling became more and more obvious. Chaisang is a typical Jiangnan area, facing lakes on both sides, mountains to the south, and the Yangtze River to the north, making it impossible for large corps to launch operations.Therefore, they moved their troops to Xuncheng and the generals went to recruit troops. Huo Jun stayed in the army to tinker with the magic and reform the Yuanyang Formation in preparation for the more brutal war to come.

While Huo Jun was giving instructions, Huo Du and Gao Xiang came over. Apparently they had military affairs waiting to be handled.

Seeing this, Huo Jun clapped his hands and said, "You guys, please go back to the camp to practice first, and the wolf traps will be distributed."

"No!" Everyone clapped their hands in response.

After everyone left, Huo Du and Gao Xiang came up to greet them.Huo Du handed over the roll call and said: "Join the army. I have been touring the countryside in the past few days. With the help of Liu Youzhi, I have recruited a total of 530 soldiers, most of whom are miners or mountain villagers."

The military system of the Eastern Han Dynasty was different from that of the Western Han Dynasty. The Western Han Dynasty was dominated by county and state soldiers. After the Eastern Han Dynasty and Liu Xiu's resurgence, the military system of prefecture and state soldiers was basically abolished.Later, wars broke out frequently, and the central troops were not enough to cope with them, so they had to recruit them temporarily.However, due to the cancellation of the imperial examination, the soldiers recruited were untrained and had low combat effectiveness, so they had to rely on recruitment.

Especially after entering the late Han Dynasty, recruiting soldiers completely became the mainstream.There are two types of recruiting soldiers. One is to recruit soldiers with money, which is what Liu Bei and Cao Cao did in the early days. The second is to recruit local soldiers on the condition of not collecting taxes, which is how Sun Ce went to Jiangdong to raise troops.

Both types of recruitment have their own advantages and differences.Tax exemption is a condition and you need to have prestige.Without prestige, recruitment methods may be rough.As for Huo Jun's endorsement, it came from Huang She and Liu Biao.After all, Xuncheng is close to Jiangxia, and they also know Liu Biao and Huang Zu.

Liu Biao gave Huo Jun a quota of [-] troops, which actually meant that Huo Jun was allowed to recruit troops on his own, and then exempted from taxes as a condition for recruiting troops.This is why Huo Jun wanted to inform Huang She that he would come to Xuncheng to recruit soldiers. Not only would he recruit soldiers, but he would also be exempted from taxes on the soldiers' families.

"Can rations be distributed to his family members?"

"Distribute them all!"

"I have also communicated with his family about the land. Most of them think that the war is difficult to end and dare not go down the mountain. They are willing to wait for the war to subside before receiving the land." Gao Xiang replied.

Although these people who can go to the mountains to take refuge do not know how the war situation will develop, they know that the war will definitely not subside in a short time.If you have the destiny to lead the fields, if you don’t have the destiny to cultivate the fields.

Hearing this, Huo Jun nodded slightly and said: "It's normal for the people to have doubts when Chai Sang comes down. Then let them wait for a year or two and wait for the war to subside before we talk again. Tax exemption will also make it easier for them."

"promise!"

Huo Jun flipped through the list and said: "You will take the newly recruited soldiers in half and half, and form them according to their kinship in the village. Each will recommend a corps commander. Jun will personally appoint the commander. After a few days of getting to know each other, we will rush to Haihun. Assist the army in fighting."

Huo Jun also stayed in Xuncheng for less than half a month, and the pressure on Liu Bei was increasing. It was time for him to rush there to help Liu Bei deal with Tai Shici, Sun Ben and others.

Let's see if we can defeat Tai Shici and others, otherwise Sun Quan will attack from Wu Commandery, and the army will fall into a situation of fighting from the east and south.

"promise!"

　It will be released on the 11th, so I have taken the time to save it recently.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)