"It's a bait"

In Haifeng County, Huang Yingjie and Zhang Daoying said this. On the bank of Luo River, Chen Kai also told Du Hui, Ke Chenmei, Zhou Quanbin, Lang Deng, Shen Qi, Chen Bin and other generals. However, in

In Huang Yingjie's eyes, Chen Kai's bait was the Ming army's civil engineering projects on the west bank of the Luo River; in Chen Kai's eyes, the bait was Haifeng County, and those civil engineering projects were traps used to catch animals!

"Jingcheng, are you sure this thing is really useful? Why can't you see that the city is high and the pond is deep?"

The military meeting ended and the generals dispersed. Du Hui deliberately slowed down a few steps and came back to ask Chen Kai. Du Hui's face revealed not only doubts, but also concern for each other. Speaking of which, the two of them had not had a close relationship for many years.

They have become closely intertwined, but the past events of capturing the capital of Chaozhou together many years ago, thereby opening up the situation in Chaozhou, and the life-and-death friendship have not faded away.

"Don't worry, times have changed. It's time to show the Tatars their real skills."

Chen Kai pointed out of the tent. In the distance, on the west bank of the Luo River, behind the Ming army camp, a brigade of coolies was laying foundations and digging gullies. It was a lively scene.

Civil craftsmen drawn from various counties and a group of young people dressed as Confucian scholars gathered in front of a work site where they were digging ravines, pointing at the design drawings with complex patterns on a table made of rough wood.

They were even more noisy because of the straight lines and curves formed on the ground.

"According to the proportion, this line is 16 feet and 7 feet long. The length you plan to dig is only 15 feet and 9 feet!"

"Little brother, if we dig this long, the length of the trench behind it will be wrong."

"What's wrong? Look at the angle. From here to here, it's a straight line, and from here to here, it's a curve..."

"But this line..."

"This line has nothing to do with this ditch. It's a pile of protective walls!"

"Can I use the soil from the trench?"

"It says rammed earth structure. We don't know how to ram earth. It's up to you."

"..."

The drawings drawn by Chen Kai seem to be quite different from those used by civil craftsmen at this time. Fortunately, the students from the Guangdong Quality Surveying School can not only assist in the measurement work and help the craftsmen determine complex angles, but also serve as drawings

Translation with craftsmen avoids wasting time that is not abundant in the first place.

Thousands of coolies, under the supervision of the Ming army and supervisors, and under the command of craftsmen and trainees, sweated profusely and worked with all their strength. Amidst the sound of shouts, heavy ramming and pestles were placed on the bodies of two or several people.

Under the hype, the soil below was heavily compacted up and down. The excavation work was carried out at the same time, but this time, all excavation areas and depths were strictly regulated, and it was so exquisite that it seemed that it was not an ordinary walled city.

Simple.

The construction site was in full swing. In the camp, Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai had also discussed and finalized a plan for the town behind the suppression to assist other towns in practicing new tactics. However, the new tactics require a change in the organization, so it is also gradual.

During drills, there must always be troops capable of fighting to ensure that all measures are taken.

In the camp in Zhongchong Town, the rattan players were reorganized into groups of three. The rattan players held cards in one hand and wielded swords in the other. They stood in a dense position, which was nothing more than an area where ordinary sword and shield soldiers would dodge and move around. New battle

The method emphasizes cooperation rather than individual martial prowess, which is extremely important. As for the difficulty of the drill, more emphasis is placed on coordination, supplemented by the rattan player's own martial arts training.

"Ask the carpenter to make several wooden stakes, fix a wooden stick on the left and right, fix a sign on the left wooden stick, and fix a wooden knife on the right wooden stick. They must be firmly fixed and not easy to be damaged. It doesn't matter if they are made bigger, clumsier or thicker.

"

The civil engineering work is still going on, and there are many craftsmen who have been recruited from various counties to serve as corvees. After seeing the operation methods in Zhongchong Town, Chen Kai recalled some impressions in his mind and ordered his men to prepare. The things are not difficult.

There were plenty of materials to make it, and soon the stupid, bulky frame was delivered, and Chen Kai ordered a team of rattan players to come over.

"Treat this stand as a Tatar sword and shield soldier, and train it according to the method just now."

"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

The imaginary enemy was right in front of us. It was materialized, which was different from the fantasy in the order. The three rattan players, the principle of one defense and two offense remained unchanged. The rattan players quickly launched an offensive against the wooden frame, which seemed to be better than the previous drill.

It feels more like it.

"Just practice it like this first. If you need improvement, bring it up and let the carpenters with the army correct it."

The new tactics of the Ming army were not what Chen Kai paid attention to, nor was he aware of them. After looking at them, he returned to the camp on the other side of the river, where two standard battalions had already assembled, led by Lin Dezhong

, a dense jungle of spears emerged. But this time, with the accumulation of experience, many of the detours that Yiyong took at Changlin Temple can be avoided.

The spears are arrayed and thrust forward, while the gunmen are still practicing reloading intensively. The scene here is completely different from that on the other side, but the like-minded people are all training different tactics from those used on the Chinese battlefield in this era.

, but to achieve breakthroughs from different directions.

In terms of combat effectiveness, both the Ming and Qing dynasties were uneven. Just comparing the army here with the surrounding Qing army, even if the troops still use the old tactics, the military equipment is better, and the quality and configuration of the weapons are better.

Okay, and they have many battles and rich combat experience, so they are naturally more powerful than Sulina and other local bandits. But compared with the elites of the green camp brought by Li Chengdong, their combat effectiveness is still much inferior, and this

It was also an important factor in the Ming army's defeat in Chengxiang.

In comparison, the troops of the Ming army who organized and practiced new tactics were very comfortable on the battlefield in Fujian, and they defeated some of the elite troops of the Qing army in Fujian several times. Although there were also situations of setting up ambushes and using more to attack the smaller, but

War is like this. Not every battle will be fought in an upright formation. Especially in the terrain like Fujian, many frontal battles are not enough to support. These troops who have trained new tactics, such as Rongqi Town and Zuoxiang Town

, Right Pioneer Town, Assistance and Suppression of Zuo Town, and Qinding Town, the combat effectiveness of the troops must have surpassed those of the elites of the Green Battalion, because they themselves were the elites of the Fujian Ming Army, and many of them included veteran soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles.

Not much worse than the Qing army. But on the contrary, although more troops have trained new tactics, their combat experience still needs to be improved, but they are in another level.

However, in any case, there is no doubt that compiling new tactics has become a good way to improve combat effectiveness. At this moment, the Ming army is practicing intensively, making moves first and using the time on the road to spend a period of time.

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The Qing army was still on the way in a hurry. The Ming army should practice drills and build civil engineering projects. By the time Huang Yingjie and Zhang Daoying arrived with their army, the Ming army's initial preparation phase had been basically completed.
Chapter completed!