Chapter 128: The Wolf Spear Army
Huangwang Tower.
It became quiet in an instant.
The people around Cheng Mu remained speechless at the same time.
Several people looked over.
Inside Longhu Pass, there are endless military camps.
That green presence became the focus of Cheng Mu's attention.
Silver State Army...
Why did such a variable appear at this time?
Cheng Mu was originally full of confidence in this southern expedition.
His purpose was simple, which was to force the dying old emperor to come to him through war.
But today...
He kept feeling his right eyelid twitching. He looked up at the sky and wondered, God, is he finally going to stop favoring him?
Why?
Why!
He has been waiting for thirty years!
If his plan goes according to his plan, Long Yan's army will surely be defeated!
But the appearance of the Yinzhou Army disrupted all this.
"Military Advisor, Military Advisor, they are fighting again!"
Suddenly at this moment, a subordinate came hurriedly to report.
Cheng Mu gnashed his teeth and shouted, "What a bunch of useless guys! It's already this late and you're still fighting among yourselves!"
He hurriedly ran down with his men.
…
"Tomorrow..."
At this time, it was finally night.
Liu Zheng laughed at himself: "If your sister Yueru can't come, then we are really screwed."
Jiang Xuan said: "Don't worry, young master. Sister Yueru values her reputation the most. If she says she will arrive today, she will arrive today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden noisy sound outside.
"who?"
"I am Zheng Yueru from Yinzhou!"
Liu Zheng and his companions were overjoyed and ran out.
Because it was already night, the guards at Longhu Pass were still quite strict, to prevent the Xiongnu army from taking advantage of the night to cause trouble. How could they not check out a cavalry that suddenly appeared?
"Zheng Yuru, who is this?"
"Do you have a clearance document?"
"If you don't have any, arrest him as a spy!"
There was a commotion at the door and many people looked over.
Liu Zheng and Jiang Xuan hurried over: "They are ours, they are ours!"
Looking in the light of the torch, Zheng Yueru had a dusty face and dark circles under her eyes. When she saw Liu Zheng, she smiled, then tilted her head and fainted.
"Doctor, doctor, come quickly!"
Liu Zheng was startled and hugged Zheng Yueru who almost fell down.
Seeing that it was Liu Zheng who came out in person, the guards naturally did not stop him.
"Sir, Miss Zheng hasn't rested for seven days and seven nights!"
One who followed Zheng Yueru said with heartache.
"What?"
Liu Zheng's eyes turned red, and he hugged Zheng Yueru tightly, pinching her philtrum. Zheng Yueru slowly woke up, and when she saw that she was still in Liu Zheng's arms, she immediately felt embarrassed and whispered, "Brother Liu, are you satisfied with the bamboo pole?"
Liu Zheng felt a pain in his heart: "Satisfied, satisfied, don't think about it, just take a rest quickly, okay?"
In fact, he had not yet checked whether the bamboo pole met his requirements.
But Zheng Yueru was so tired because of him. He had always known Zheng Yueru's feelings for him, but he had been avoiding her. Zheng Yueru was not in a hurry and had been following Liu Zheng quietly. How could Liu Zheng not be moved by this?
Zheng Yueru was carried to the tent. The doctor took a look and said that there was nothing serious. Zheng Yueru was just overworked and needed to rest. Her pulse was still stable.
Liu Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, called Jiang Xuan and Qin Changfeng, and said excitedly: "Let's go!"
Jiang Xuan saw Zheng Yueru fainting from working so hard with some bamboo poles, and he complained in his heart: "Young Master, what's the use of bamboo poles in such a big battle?"
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "To decide the outcome! What do you think?"
Jiang Xuan didn't believe it.
Qin Changfeng didn't believe it either.
Liu Zheng didn't waste words. At this time, the more than 100 horse-drawn carriages responsible for transporting bamboo poles had been pulled to the Yinzhou Army's barracks. Liu Zheng took a deep breath when he saw so many. Zheng Yueru was a weak woman, but she was able to get so many in such a limited time. I don't know how much effort she put in. He asked Jiang Xuan to get on the car and pulled down the oilcloth that was responsible for covering it. It was full of very long bamboo poles, big bamboos! According to his request, even the branches and leaves on the bamboo poles were not removed!
"good!"
Liu Zheng was immediately overjoyed.
This is what he wants!
Jiang Xuan asked curiously, "Young Master, this bamboo pole hasn't been dried yet, what use is it?"
Qin Changfeng also had this question.
Liu Zheng laughed loudly: "Jiang Xuan, go get a Mo Dao!"
Although Jiang Xuan was puzzled, he followed Liu Zheng's request and held a Mo Dao in his hand.
Liu Zheng picked up a bamboo and held it in his hand, smiling faintly: "Attack me!"
Jiang Xuan was shocked: "Young Master, don't joke around, or you'll get hurt!"
Liu Zheng smiled: "Come on!"
Jiang Xuan shouted angrily. He was no longer the skinny boy he used to be. Under Qin Changfeng's training, he had grown into a real Liangzhou strong man. He was quite domineering when he wielded the Mo Dao. He chopped with great force.
Liu Zheng shouted “Oh my goodness” and thought to himself, is this guy trying to avenge Zheng Yueru?
But he was not in a hurry. He picked up the bamboo in his hand and stabbed it towards the strange knife!
Jiang Xuan's fierce knife was actually blocked by the branches of the big bamboo! No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move forward! Jiang Xuan's face changed slightly, feeling unhappy, he drew his knife again, and the next knife was the same!
Because the big bamboo was a full fifteen feet tall, Jiang Xuan couldn't even get close to Liu Zheng. Although many branches fell off when he chopped hard, there were still many of them, stubbornly resisting the extremely sharp blade of the Mo Dao!
"alright!"
Liu Zheng looked at the furious Jiang Xuan and smiled faintly.
Jiang Xuan and Qin Changfeng looked at each other in horror.
"Young Master..."
"this……"
"What's the logic behind this?"
A big bamboo can actually block the Mo Dao? Who would have dared to think so before?
Liu Zheng chuckled.
When he learned that the Hun soldier used an extended scimitar this time, three words popped up in his mind: wolf-whip soldiers!
The wolf-whip soldiers are a type of military force created by General Qi Jiguang in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The wolf-whip weapon is made of large bamboo. According to the Jixiao Xinshu, the main body of the wolf-whip is a large bamboo, about 15 feet long, with bamboo branches on the upper half. Iron spears are installed on the top of the bamboo and branches. When used, it is often closely combined with the "Yuanyang Formation", using branches to protect itself and spears to kill the enemy.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty's border defense situation was extremely tense, and the "Southern Japanese and Northern Tatars" problem that had endangered the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years broke out at the same time. In particular, the "Japanese pirates" in the southeastern coast had reached the point where they seriously threatened the national security of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates not only invaded the coastal areas, but also gradually penetrated into the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which were important financial areas of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty army could not resist their invasion, and had become a serious concern. However, due to the Ming Dynasty army's decadent spirit and low combat effectiveness, the Japanese pirates were composed of fierce Japanese warriors and pirates. They were not only fearless but also well-armed. The "Japanese swords" in their hands had extremely long and sharp blades, and the Japanese pirates were skilled in swordsmanship.
"He enters the battle alone with a sword, and five soldiers are unable to resist him", "He swings the sword so swiftly that the soldiers become afraid and are defeated whenever they encounter him".
It can be seen that the Japanese pirates at that time were as rampant and tyrannical as the Huns today.
After Qi Jiguang took charge of the anti-Japanese war, he worked hard to defeat the Japanese pirates. Based on the traditional martial arts principle of "an inch longer, an inch stronger", he worked hard on the innovation of Ming army weapons. He not only imitated the Japanese sword to create the "Miao Dao" with a special long blade, but also used poison to fight poison to create the wolf-shaped stick. The wolf-shaped stick is about five meters long and can be used for attack or defense. It not only puts the enemy out of the attack range of the Japanese pirates, but also can effectively kill the Japanese pirates, becoming a powerful weapon against the Japanese pirates.
Since the invention of the wolf-whip and the "Double-winged Formation" that went with it, the Ming Dynasty's anti-Japanese war has taken on a new look. Relying on the wolf-whip and the "Double-winged Formation", the Qi family army repeatedly created a battle loss ratio of killing hundreds of enemies while suffering less than ten casualties, killing the Japanese pirates and forcing them to retreat repeatedly.
So when Liu Zheng heard about the Huns' elongated scimitar, he suddenly thought, isn't this kind of knife the same as the Japanese sword?
So, when everyone was helpless against the Hun soldiers, this big bamboo came in handy!
Although it was too late to equip this big bamboo with bayonets at this moment, Liu Zheng had spearmen and wolf-whip soldiers to provide cover, while the spearmen's attack was a match made in heaven, wasn't it?
"Young Master, this bamboo is so useful?"
Jiang Xuan was very excited.
Qin Changfeng also took a deep breath and said happily: "With this bamboo, the Xiongnu will surely be defeated!"
At this point, they finally understood why Liu Zheng wanted fresh bamboo instead of dried bamboo. Because bamboo at this time is more resilient! No matter how hard the Xiongnu scimitar chopped, it couldn't cut the bamboo in one go. This gave the spearmen time and space to attack!
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "The Xiongnu cavalry is brave and good at fighting, and has a strong attack power. Jiang Xuan, what formation do you think we should use?"
Jiang Xuan immediately replied: "Young Master, if we use this bamboo to repel the enemy, we can use the Mandarin Duck Formation!"
Liu Zheng laughed with relief.
The wolf-whip soldiers and the mandarin duck formation are a powerful killing weapon!
Liu Zheng had given this Mandarin Duck Formation to Jiang Xuan when he was in Yinzhou. This formation consisted of eleven people in a team, with the captain in the front and the next two holding a long shield and a shield respectively.
The long-blade holder holds a long shield to block the enemy's arrows and spears. The shield holder holds a light shield and carries a javelin and a waist knife. The long-blade holder and shield holder mainly cover the advance of the rear team. In addition to providing cover, the shield holder can also engage in close combat with the enemy.
The next two are wolf-whip fighters holding wolf-whip. Wolf-whip is made of old and solid bamboo grown in the south. The end of the bamboo is cut obliquely into a point, and sharp branches are left around. Each wolf-whip is about three meters long. The wolf-whip fighters use the sharp blade at the front of the wolf-whip to stab the enemy to cover the advance of the shield fighters and the attack of the spear fighters behind. Next are four spear fighters holding spears, two on each side, to take care of the shield fighters and wolf-whip fighters on the left and right sides.
Following behind were two soldiers holding "镗帕" to serve as guards and support. If the enemy attacked from a roundabout way, the short-handed soldier would rush forward with a short knife to kill the enemy. The various weapons had clear division of labor, and each person only needed to be proficient in the operation of his own weapon. The key to effectively killing the enemy was overall coordination and strict discipline.
The "Mandarin Duck Formation" not only closely combines spears and shields, long and short weapons, giving full play to the effectiveness of various weapons, but also has flexible formation changes. According to the situation and combat needs, the column can be changed into a horizontal column, and one formation can be changed into two small formations on the left and right or three small formations on the left, middle and right. When it becomes two small formations, it is called the "Two Talents Formation", and the left and right shieldmen follow the left and right wolf-whip hands, long spearmen and short-handed hands respectively to protect their attack; when it becomes three small formations, it is called the "Three Talents Formation", at this time, the wolf-whip hands, long spearmen and short-handed hands are in the middle. The shieldmen guard on the left and right sides. This changed formation is also called the "Changed Mandarin Duck Formation". This formation is flexible and maneuverable, which just suppressed the Japanese pirates' advantages.
Qi Jiguang led the "Qi Family Army" and after practicing the "Mandarin Duck Formation" method, they won every battle against the Japanese pirates.
When Liu Zheng taught the Mandarin Duck Formation to Jiang Xuan in Yinzhou, he naturally did not have the Wolf-Whib Soldiers. But after all, he had the Rhodok Spear at that time, so even without the Wolf-Whib Soldiers, this formation was still useful.
And now, we have wolf-whip soldiers equipped with Rhodok spears!
Liu Zheng is more confident about tomorrow's decisive battle!
"Jiang Xuan, Qin Changfeng, listen to my orders!"
"I will be here!"
"Distribute the wolf whisks and practice overnight!"
"Tomorrow morning, there will be a decisive battle!"
"yes!"
