Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 166 The Yuanyang Formation shocked everyone, and Xu Chu came
Liu Ming knew from the information obtained in his previous life that Xun Yu was a good expert in internal affairs, and it would be no problem for him to supervise the manufacture of ordnance and even the transportation of grain and grass to the rear.

Xi Zhicai, on the other hand, is good at strategy and can serve as a staff officer to the army to make up for the lack of counselors in this southern expedition.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed, and Liu Ming and Gao Shun went to train the Yuanyang Formation.

The specific command was carried out by Gao Shun. Liu Ming was not good at this. He could only put forward the effect to be achieved by this small formation. Because of the accumulation of information from previous lives, he could understand the main functions and mutual cooperation of the soldiers in each position. Require.

So after giving instructions for about half an hour, he went back to his tent to rest, leaving the rest to Gao Shun for full training.

In the Chinese military tent, he could still hear the shouts of killing during training in the military field outside from time to time. Gao Shun was serious, but he was serious about his work and left the training to him. Liu Ming was extremely relieved.

Liu Ming slept very soundly that night. He won the battle, acquired good generals and talents, and found a way to improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry and infantry. Moreover, he was not haunted by women who were like wolves and tigers when he slept, so he saved a lot. things so that he can recharge his batteries.

He originally wanted to sleep until he woke up naturally, but the sound of drums at midnight still woke him up.

Naturally, Liu Ming does not need to personally preside over the ordering of the officers and soldiers. Huang Wan, the great Sima Cheng, can take full responsibility.

As soon as Liu Ming finished his breakfast, Huang Wan, Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun and other generals came together. Gao Shun was very proud, while the others were angry.

Liu Ming felt surprised, "What's the matter with you, dear friends?"

Huang Wan smiled and said: "Gao Shun said that the practice of the Yuanyang Formation last night was very effective. Fengxian and Yide want to see the formation. Gao Shun wants to ask His Majesty to take a look first. They are just a little impatient."

Liu Ming was overjoyed and said: "Did it work? As I said, this formation is very powerful, far better than the fancy formations that are popular today."

Gao Shun's eyes were bloodshot, and he obviously didn't get much rest last night, but his face was full of excitement, "Your Majesty is truly an eternal sage. The general practiced with the soldiers repeatedly last night. The more he practiced, the more he felt that this formation had great potential. It's just a single formation." It seemed too weak to fight independently, and there were few changes. The general figured out the tactics of two formations cooperating with each other, and three formations cooperating with each other. They named them Liangyi Yuanyang Formation and Sancai Yuanyang Formation. Their power was greatly increased! Your Majesty, please move forward and review!"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. Although Gao Shun was young, he was a wise and courageous general. He was able to draw inferences about the Yuanyang Formation he had just taken over and develop new tactics. He was truly a rare talent.

"Okay, it's not in vain that I'm so fond of you! All my dear friends, go and have a look and review together!" Liu Ming stood up and said, "By the way, bring the other infantry to the school military field to watch."

When Gao Shun saw that His Majesty was so sure, he became even more excited, and the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. Originally, he was a little worried. If he tampered with His Majesty's newly created Yuanyang Formation in actual combat, would His Majesty be unhappy?
Now it seems that instead of blaming him, His Majesty greatly appreciated his improvement. This further strengthened Gao Shun's belief in serving the emperor. It seems that he made the right choice by following him and joining the army this time.

Everyone arrived at the school military field again. Gao Shun led his fellow warriors and stood in the center of the field holding weapons that were not neat and even looked messy, surrounded by infantry from various battalions.

There are the old troops of the Xiyuan Army, the Black Mountain bandits who surrendered, and the government soldiers who came from Yuzhou, totaling about 17,000 people.

There were doubtful looks in the eyes of the soldiers. They had watched Gao Shunxiang's military exercise yesterday, and to be honest, the invincible momentum really impressed them.

I don’t know why I still have to observe today, and the equipment of those local heroes today is even more unsightly.

Originally, an old farmer's uniform was enough to make the sky thunder roll, but now it's better, there are piles here and there, and the weapons in their hands are all kinds of, and there are even some with bamboo poles. To be honest, when they were thieves in Montenegro, None of them have such terrible equipment.

These are the troops and horses led by His Majesty the Emperor himself. Is this the equipment? Is this an attempt to laugh the rebels to death?

The people on the high platform were full of expectations. Their knowledge was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. Yesterday they had seen how extraordinary Gao Shun was, and today they wanted to see how magically he could evolve the formation designed by His Majesty himself.

They were not only looking forward to the results of Gao Shun's training, but also looking forward to the actual combat effectiveness of the formation developed by the emperor himself.

Gao Shun's military exercise began. This time it was different from yesterday's pure exercise. This time it was an actual attack and defense. One side had soldiers with ordinary equipment, and the other side had soldiers equipped and arranged according to the Yuanyang formation. They were also twelve people.

I saw ordinary soldiers charging forward. Before they could come into contact with the Yuanyang Formation, two long bamboo poles suddenly stretched out from the formation, with a giant bamboo tree head in front of them.

It is not very harmful, but it effectively blocks the opponent's attack speed and affects the opponent's line of sight. At this time, the four spearmen on both sides stepped forward and thrust their spears into the opponent's throat. If it was an actual battle, Then the few people who rushed in front of the other party had already been stabbed to death.

With just this touch, everyone could see the merits of this formation. However, if a formation was just such an attack method, it would be too simple and extremely easy to be broken.

They were not disappointed next. Gao Shun practiced a variety of changes. For example, the opponent's follow-up soldiers cut off the long bamboo tree heads while facing death. Unexpectedly, the remaining bamboo poles became sharpened bamboo spears. Just push forward and stab the opponent who was just chopping bamboo to death.

For another example, if the enemy rushes forward, how do the swordsmen and shieldmen in the front fight in close combat; if the enemy attacks from the flank and the spearmen cannot move forward, how do the steel forkmen support them; how does the captain conduct unified command; how does the crossbowmen at the rear fire? At what time will the javelins equipped by the whole team be launched, etc.

Finally, there is the mutual use of the so-called Liangyi Yuanyang Formation and Sancai Yuanyang Formation, and so on.

Everyone on stage and off stage were stunned to see how many offensive and defensive methods could be practiced in a seemingly simple and even unattainable formation in just one night?
Gao Shun is a true divine man, Your Majesty is a true divine man!
This formation is simply invincible. Unless they are the kind of daredevils who don't care about life and death, they can't get close at all and will be killed outside Changzhu's interference radius.

"Gentlemen, can we fight in this formation?" Liu Ming asked the civil and military personnel around him, but he couldn't help but show a proud look in his eyes.

"With divine help!" Huang Wan said sincerely, "I will definitely shine against the enemy!"

"Yao Mountain is the mountain of the great Yao. It is said that the descendants of Yao built temples for Emperor Yao on this mountain and raised dragons here. This is the place where the Dragon Xing Sage King came." Xun Shuang couldn't help but praise, "Your Majesty, the dragon body is here. Mount Yao raised his troops to destroy the bandits. This is a sign of the coming of the Holy King and the rise of the dragon in the Han Dynasty. This southern expedition is bound to be successful and will be a success!"

Is it really such a coincidence? After hearing this, Liu Ming was still very proud and became more confident in ZTE.

"Your Majesty, please quickly design an invincible formation for our cavalry." Lu Bu rubbed his hands and said with expectation.

Liu Ming said with a smile: "There is no need to sacrifice one's strengths to defeat the weak. The best way for cavalry to fight is the tactics you are currently using, charging hard, making detours. Of course, it would be better if it can be assisted by cavalry shooting."

Just kidding, Liu Ming is not a military expert, so he doesn't know about so many methods of training troops. The Yuanyang Formation was written down because he looked up relevant information when writing a book in his previous life. As for how to train the Cavalry Formation? This is Liu Ming's blind spot, so of course he doesn't dare to give random advice.

However, mounted archery should be one of the basic skills of the cavalry, and the newly trained cavalry are simply unable to shoot and kill enemies while the horses are running, and they still need training and improvement.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Lu Bu said, "After they become proficient in riding combat, the general will teach them how to practice riding and archery!"

Liu Ming looked at the audience. Gao Shun led several teams of mandarin ducks to stand solemnly, waiting for the emperor's instructions. "Very good, I'm very relieved!" Liu Ming said loudly, "He is simply an invincible army. Today we will promote it to the entire army immediately. Soldiers under Gao Aiqing who are already familiar with the formation can be sent to other battalions to direct the formation. The infantry battalions must be familiar with the Yuanyang Formation today. In addition to the necessary logistics support troops, cavalry units, and offensive and defensive archers, I will train eight hundred Yuanyang Formations, and I will definitely kill the rebels to pieces."

"The general will obey the order!" Gao Shun responded loudly.

Everyone was filled with excitement. One Yuanyang Formation was already so powerful. What would it be like to have eight hundred Yuanyang Formations? If there was still cooperation among the various formations, how could Sun Jian and Yuan Shu's rabble-rousers be able to stop them? Such a strong army?

Of course, although the Yuanyang Formation is strong, it is not possible to equip all combat infantry into the Yuanyang Formation. Some necessary offensive and defensive units must still be retained. For example, archers need a certain amount of concentration to be effective in killing enemies, and shield soldiers. , Spearmen, also need to retain a certain number for offensive and defensive purposes.

Otherwise, you will have no effective defense against the enemy's rain of arrows.

Soon there was a lively atmosphere inside and outside the military field, with people practicing the mandarin duck formation. Gao Shun sent a large number of soldiers into Yaoshan to cut bamboo to make wolf mills and javelins.

Affected by the atmosphere of this large-scale military training, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei also brought out their cavalry to practice their ability to kill the enemy.

During this great military training, Xun Shuang, Xun Yu, and Xi Zhicai admired His Majesty so much that they even felt that all the fatuous rumors about His Majesty in the past were someone with evil intentions and deliberately discrediting him.

Such a clear and enlightened king is rare throughout the ages!

Xun Shuang immediately resigned and went to take up a post in Yuzhou. Yuzhou is close to Nanyang and fighting in the front. He must provide backup and ensure stability in the rear. The responsibility on his shoulders is not small. He can't wait to do things for His Majesty.

Xun Yu began to check the amount of grain and grass, and urged the blacksmiths to speed up the production of stirrups.

Xi Zhicai stared at the maps of Jingzhou and Yangzhou and thought hard, looking for the best strategy to defeat the enemy.

Everyone quickly got into their work mode. Even the official who brought Gao Shun back from Chenliu, Liu Ming sent him back to Chenliu again and asked him to try his best to ask around when he saw Dian Wei. When I came back, I couldn't see Dian Wei and stayed in Chenliu.

He had to get Dian Wei, a good general, otherwise he would be in big trouble if he fell into the hands of others. He didn't want another strong general like Huang Zhong who threw himself into the enemy's camp.

Liu Ming had some time to spare, so he, Shi A, and He Man took more than 20 guards and rode around Yao Mountain to check the terrain and look for any ancestral halls dedicated to Yao.

He Man knew this area well, and after asking, he found out that Yao Mountain was the eastern part of Funiu Mountain.

Funiu Mountain? The name of the mountain sounded familiar to Liu Ming, but he didn't know if it was a memory from a previous life or a memory from this life. I just couldn't remember anything related to Funiu Mountain.

This place is still some distance away from Nanyang Pheasants, and Liu Ming is not worried about encountering enemies. In the worst case, they can just pat their horses and run away. Ordinary soldiers cannot catch up with these twenty light cavalry.

After walking around half of the mountain along the foot of the mountain, they suddenly heard the sound of shouting and fighting in front of them. Everyone hurriedly rushed forward to see what was going on. After a few miles, they saw two groups of people crowding the road.

But judging from their attire, they are neither official soldiers nor Jingzhou rebels.

One party's head is wrapped in a yellow scarf, which makes him look like the remnant of the Yellow Turban bandits. Although the other party is uniformly dressed, he does not have any armor. He looks more like a village servant of a wealthy family in the countryside who protects his family and courtyard. There are more than 300 people on each side facing each other.

In the open space in the middle, a general held a majestic sword and was fighting two yellow turban thieves. The two thieves were both holding long spears, one with a white face and one with a black face, fighting hard to attack.

But the man who wielded the sword was not in a hurry and was able to do it with ease. While fighting, he persuaded: "Xu accepted your majesty's imperial edict, but he has not accomplished anything yet. I just used you as a gift to meet him. If you surrender to Xu, you will naturally be indispensable." If you don't obey when it comes to wealth and honor, then I can even take your heads to ask for a reward."

"Fart, how dare you, a mountain man, dare to say such nonsense in front of me." A yellow scarf general yelled angrily, speeding up the moves in his hands.

However, the gap between the martial arts of the two yellow scarf generals and that of the sword-wielding warrior was obvious. Two against one, they were unable to withstand the opponent's sharp sword skills.

I saw the black-faced and yellow-turban thief roaring, jumping off his horse and stabbing with his spear. The spear went straight to the sword-wielding man's horse. His moves seemed to be more brave than on the horse. It was obvious that he was a powerful infantry general. .

He and the white-faced yellow scarf thief stepped off the horse and attacked the man and the horse. They cooperated tacitly. The man parried from left to right, but it was difficult to capture the two of them for a while.

At this time, an eunuch-like official in Zhuang Ding's team saw Liu Ming and couldn't help shouting in surprise: "Your Majesty, I am here. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my order and conquered General Xu Chu!"

When the man who wielded the sword hurriedly turned his horse to one side and looked forward, he saw more than twenty horsemen standing on the hillside, watching the battle. In the middle was a man with a golden helmet, who was very eye-catching.

Then he asked the eunuch: "Is that your Majesty?"

"It's your Majesty!" the eunuch said excitedly.

As soon as Xu Chu saw it, he immediately left the two yellow scarf generals and galloped up the hillside. When he got close, he rolled his saddle and dismounted, knelt down and kowtowed: "The common man Xu Chu has seen your majesty and thanks you for your kindness." .”

Is this Xu Chu?

Liu Ming was overjoyed and hurriedly dismounted and helped him up. Xu Chu was tall and tall, a head taller than Liu Ming. He was also broad and round. He looked like a powerful general at first glance.

"I have heard about Zhongkang's name for a long time, and I have long wanted to see him." Liu Ming said with a smile, "Now that Zhongkang is here, it will be easy for me to destroy the rebels. I wonder who I will have a conflict with in the front?"

When Xu Chu saw that His Majesty valued him so much, he couldn't help but look a little excited and said: "It's just a remnant of the Yellow Turbans entrenched in Funiu Mountain. I originally wanted to recruit him to submit to the imperial court, but he didn't expect that the two leaders had to fight. They were fighting. Now, His Majesty is here."

Liu Ming nodded and looked at the yellow scarf thief at the bottom of the mountain. The two of them were able to join forces and go in front of Xu Chu for so many rounds. They were quite capable, but he didn't know who they were.

"Your Majesty, I finally recognized them both." He Man said suddenly.

——PS: Happy Lantern Festival everyone!

(End of this chapter)