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Chapter 722 The Praetorian Guards To Be Broken

In order to live, or to avoid giving Li Kui a chance, Cao Fang also fought hard.

He gritted his teeth and insisted on all the exercises issued by Li Kui, not seeking to do the best, but being qualified and not giving Li Kui any chance to attack him.

But what made Cao Fang feel so upset was that Li Kui seemed to have always been hiding his hands and did not learn how to train troops. Always modify the "Murchants Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors

In fact, even Li Kui had a headache. Don’t look at the cavalry, infantry and musketeers were all army.

But the training between the army is completely incompatible.

Infantryers value formations. Musketeers need not formations, but uniform actions, and powerful outputs in a short period of time. This is different from the military training in the Song Dynasty and even in any previous period.

Li Kui even established night school in the army.

Soldiers must be allowed to understand the simplest words so that they can better grasp the weapons in their hands.

Speaking of weapons, the Iron Supervisor has not made a sample yet. But it is said that it is almost done and can be handed over to the Imperial Guard within a few days. Therefore, the weapons in the Imperial Guard are made by carpenters in the Ministry of Works, which look like wooden sticks that look like muskets. Fortunately, the bayonet has finally been built, so that every soldier can be divided into one.

Li Kui did not choose a bayonet like Mitsubishi. On the surface, Mitsubishi prick seems to be very useful, with great lethality and good puncture effect. But one thing cannot be ignored. Can infantry with bayonet defeat the cavalry?

Nothing, nothing is possible.

The reason why Li Kui asked the Iron Supervisor to create 3,000 bayonets was mainly because the infantry in the Song Dynasty had the tradition of carrying hand knives. Hand knives, like watermelon swords, are generally shabby and simple. This is the tool and final weapon for soldiers in their daily processes. Ordinary hand knives will be between one and a half feet and two feet long. Li Kui ordered the Iron Supervisor to create a one and a half feet bayonet, plus the determined length of a flintlock gun, which can allow soldiers to have a killing power of more than one meter seven meters after adding bayonets.

The bayonet can first replace the effect of the hand knife, and at the same time, it becomes the last method for musketeers to protect themselves when needed. At the same time, Li Kui has simplified the musketeers' armor in large quantities and only retained a small part of the breastplate, in order to make more physical strength and slack weapons and ammunition.

Although, in Li Kui's eyes, the prototype of the Song Dynasty Imperial Guards has appeared bit by bit, but in the eyes of outsiders, and even in the eyes of the chief general Cao Fang, there is still no hope.

The musketeer with a wooden spear on his back and only a bayonet can cut people, looked like he was playing and vulnerable.

"Young Master, I'm resting. Thank you first and have a drink of water."

Cao Fang sat on the ground with his butt, wearing a thick mouthful of air, and his underwear was soaked. He took the kettle from his retainer and took a big mouthful of water. The kettle was obviously frozen, and it was not ordinary boiled water, but sour plum soup. After one sip, the heat on his body suddenly dissipated without a trace, and it felt like he had come back to life.

"You guys should hurry up and take a rest for a while. Master, I'll be confused for a while and I'm almost tired!"

After saying that, Cao Fang pillowed on a flat brick under the wall. As soon as he closed his eyes, he snored. Several Cao family retainers looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Ordinary generals naturally don’t need Cao Fang to be like this, and they lead by example. They even eat and live with soldiers. Although they still have some privileges, Cao Fang basically lost the young master’s habits. However, Cao Fang was competing with Li Kui, and Li Kui didn’t see it. However, Cao Fang believed that he must firmly control the morale of the imperial guards and prevent Li Kui from taking advantage.

In less than half a month, Bai Jing's young master Yangzi seemed to have changed. Although he looked at the dark and dirty, he was more energetic than he could at any time.

"Young master, wake up and get some food."

"oh--"

After just woke up, Cao Fang stretched, picked up his own rice bowl and walked towards the chef's shed. While walking, he also complained: "It's stewed with melon again. When will this pig food be the first?"

Cao Fang complained like a lot, but his feet were honestly queuing in the direction of the shed. He had once been angry and didn't eat. He fainted from hunger after not completing the afternoon training.

In addition, he was punished to go hungry several times. After several experiences, he rushed to eat even pig food.

My stomach was so hungry that my eyes turned green, and I really didn't want it anymore.

Doudu--

As soon as he picked up the rice bowl, he had not eaten a few bites. The lieutenant on duty at the camp gate blew his whistle.

Cao Fang angrily bounced from the ground, speaking with a strong Nancheng accent, and cursed angrily: "Is there any end to it? I'm going to tossing people all day long." What's so annoying is that he is the chief general of the Imperial Guard, but he doesn't count on the Imperial Guard from training to rules.

However, when he saw Li Kui riding the big black horse given by the emperor, he immediately shut up. Li Kui's people and horses merged into the gate like a whirlwind, jumped off the horse, and walked to the bottom of the dining shed to serve himself a pot of pig food from Cao Fang's mouth.

In fact, the food of the Imperial Guards is very good, even better than that of all Imperial Guards.

Dishes like stewed pork with woma are not common in other military camps. In the Imperial Guards, some are eaten every meal. Of course, if you eat too much of the same dish, you will inevitably get tired of it.

Fortunately, the soldiers were all satisfied and no one dared to complain in front of him.

After all, Li Kui fought as soon as he said that the officers of the Imperial Guards, and even the chief general Cao Fang, would beat him as soon as he said that, let alone other people.

"Sir, why are you here? If you have something to send me a letter, I will go to the Military Control Bureau to listen to the instructions of the master." Cao Fang had learned his lesson for a long time. Li Kui was open-minded and humble... they were all lying. Li Kui was the most stingy. Not only was he stingy, but he would also get even more revenge.

"No, I have to look at your queues. The most important thing about muskets is to queue up during marching. If you can't do these well, the musket array will not be able to exert its due combat power."

Li Kui snatched rice and ate the fragrance of thieves in the ground, which made Cao Fang a little envious. He would definitely not be able to learn to be as careless as Li Kui. Of course, since he ate and used it in the military camp like soldiers, he found that he seemed to be loved by the soldiers a lot. This reminded him of an old saying: People's hearts are full of flesh, treat others with sincerity and repay them with sincerity.

This made him very proud. At first, he thought he had the capital to compete with Li Kui.

However, on the first day Li Kui came to the barracks, not only did he admire his soldiers' eyes attracted by Li Kui. But even several generals in the army were eager to see their godfather, just like despair of being betrayed by their relatives.

But what his uncle Han Deqin said to him worked: "If one day you can achieve the achievements of a great man, you can enjoy the glory of Li Kui when you go to any military camp in the Song Dynasty."

This is true, but it is obviously a fool who is cheating on the other fools.

But Cao Fang believed it, he wasn't really stupid enough to think he could be the same as Li Kui.

There is one thing he probably won’t be able to catch up in his life, and he is a Jinshi.

Li Kui's identity as a civil servant naturally crushes military generals. The pride of any warrior is not in the face of Jinshi. This is a height that Cao Fang will never be able to do in his life.

Fortunately, Li Kui did not have to deal with Cao Fang's thoughts next, but he was dragged too much energy by the training of musketeers. In just one thing, musketeers' marching and battlefield formation were very particular. The original training and combat experience of infantry, crossbows, and cavalry completely lost its effectiveness.

Li Kui poured all the rice into his mouth, chewed it for a few times, and then slapped it on the ground.

Soon, mountains, rivers and rivers appeared in front of us. This ability was also a method that Cao Fang wanted to learn but could not learn it.

Li Kui pointed to the drawn battlefield and said, "If such a battlefield is fought according to the previous battle, the slope will definitely occupy it. In addition, the army will gather in these three relatively high places as fulcrums and spread out layer by layer. In order to prevent the Dangxiang cavalry from occupying the slope and launching a charge. But have you ever thought about how to set up the formation of musketeers?"

"this!"

After all, Cao Fang is a son from a general, and he can learn some ways to marching and fight through his eyes. He just has no chance to go to the battlefield and only has the means of talking about war on paper.

But even this method is not clever.

When Cao Fang heard that Li Kui could not even use the original formation, he was shocked. Li Kui didn't care whether Cao Fang really thought he was hiding his own private life.

In fact, he did not hide his own privately.

Musketeers lined up, a tactic that the West has been using from the 17th century to the 20th century. However, this tactic is very unfamiliar to Li Kui.

He has never been a soldier, and just a little understanding of military training is not enough to systematically learn how to arrange the musketeers.

Fortunately, he has a lot of experience in commanding operations and can squeeze out some useful pictures from a little memory.

For example, the array during the Napoleon battle formation period (the scene in the movie). Even Li Kui knew it was unreliable, so it was also a period of his best temper during the training period.

It can be said that "The Musketeer's Divine Collection" is also the essence that Li Kui has put into practice. Of course, some are useful, some are useless. Fortunately, there is no need to go to the battlefield immediately. Even if you are wrong, discovering it in advance can make up for the shortcomings in the battle formation.

Li Kui pointed to a road after all on the battlefield and said to Cao Fang: "The advantage of muskets is that they are fast and lasting. A musket soldier with complete strength can carry fifty ammunition and shoot them all out under relatively accurate conditions. However, musket soldiers also have a flaw, the battlefield movement speed is slow and there is no tactical depth. If I use crossbow soldiers, such terrain will use the Yanyue Formation, the Plum Blossom Formation, and the Three Talent Formation, which can easily fight the enemy. But musket soldiers are not good. In addition to giving artillery gaps, musket soldiers need a relatively long line of defense to compress the enemy's battlefield movement space bit by bit."

"Without the infantry phalanx and without the thick and dense infantry assistance, the distance along the line may even reach three miles or even four miles wide. How do you think it is appropriate to pass the order? How can soldiers within these three miles march forward together without any inconsistent situations? The general ordered that the entire army needed to cooperate, how can they cooperate as soon as possible?"

Cao Fang was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this.

Even a long snake array with a character is connected to the end and can be changed in a variety of ways. But musketeers... are like a tide, there is no possibility of connecting to the end and end at all. This is a line moving forward, and any prominent part will become the target of being hit. It is difficult to support.

Of course, Li Kui did not ask Cao Fang to solve the problem, but he found a solution: "I have two ways to solve it. One is the flag language. This is the flag language in my Song army, and I added some commanded flag language. Secondly, use drum beats as the speed of soldiers' marching. Each team must have two drums to control the entire army. This is easy. There are soldiers in the army who sound gold and drums, so they can choose the drum that can be tied to their waists. The other is the trumpet. I have pondered it for a while and it is not difficult to learn. It is easy to get started, and I can almost learn it once. I have summoned you a few good players to teach the soldiers in the army. As long as the flag language and drum music and peaches are fully matched, the battlefield operation will be no problem."

Cao Fang was solemn and respected Li Kui, but he didn't expect Li Kui to be so open-minded.

He thought Li Kui was hiding it, but he didn't expect that Li Kui was just like him and was also groping forward.

Thinking of this, Cao Fang said a little ashamed: "Sir, the last general..."

"No need to say much, I have thought of the solution for you. Your task is to use the people summoned by me so that there will be no problems with the command." Li Kui waved his hand, and he also worked hard to do things.

As for whether it can make the muskets stunning as soon as they appear on the battlefield, it is really not possible to rely on him alone.

Dongdongqiang—

Mali is spicy-

After Li Kui left, Cao Fang arranged the musicians who played drums and drums in the army, but when the drum beats and the trumpets blow, Cao Fang felt a sense of bad luck.

Especially a few trumpet blowers would habitually shout before playing: "Send the master to the road!"

By the way, the trumpet is also called tidi, and there is also a louder name, called suona. This is a loudspeaker introduced from Arabia to the Central Plains during the Han and Jin Dynasties. You can play when you are happy, and you can also play when you are sad.

There is no way to do this. Apart from the suona, the Song Dynasty could not find any loud sounds, terrifying movements, and musical instruments that could be used on the battlefield. The sounds of the playing pottery and sheng are low, and they are definitely not suitable for use in the army. Flute and Xiao are even worse.

As for the military name, Li Kui also wants to have it, but the problem is that there is no, he can't make one, right?

He really doesn't.

Cao Fang pointed to the trumpet-playing musician in the lead, and asked with a disgust in his heart, "Where did Lord Li find you?"

"If you go back to the general, the villain was doing business at the South Gate before."

"Are you the funeral musicians of Nanxunmen?"

"Yes, General. Lord Li came to us to teach us the skills to the musicians in the imperial guards, and asked the general to select the military master who was preparing to learn the arts. Lord Li had already given the money, and calculated it according to the great ritual of 774 to 49 days."

Nanxunmen is the place where funerals in Kaifeng Prefecture are hit. They make banners, sell coffins, cymbals, collect burials, cry, and play and send people to the road... As long as the people who need funerals in Kaifeng are needed, they can be found in Nanxunmen. It can be called a one-stop funeral...

Cao Fang then understood why these people would yell before playing: "Send the master to the road..." Why did he feel extremely discouraged? This is not about going to war, but about funerals!

As for Li Kui?

Just make do with it! If you have something to use, it is better than if you don’t.
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