Yan Zhuo saw that the soldiers' emotions had been aroused, and he gradually relaxed. He ordered the guards on the side to bring out all kinds of weapons standard in the army.
The standard weapons of the Jiangzuo Dynasty were divided into long weapons, short weapons and long-range weapons.
The main weapons for long soldiers are spears, spears, and spears. The spears are one to eight feet long and have a wider head. They are mostly used as equipment for cavalry. As for spears and spears, the one with a long blade is a spear, and the one with a short blade is a spear. Spears and spears
It is very popular among Jiang Zuo's army, almost everyone has one.
The main weapons for short soldiers are knives. The knives in the Jiangzuo Army are divided into two types: Heng Dao and Mo Dao. Among them, Mo Dao is the main type and is mostly equipped with infantry.
Long-range weapons are also divided into two types: bows and crossbows. Bows and crossbows occupy an important position in the Jiangzuo Army. In elite troops such as the Beifu Army, each bow and arrow is equipped with three bowstrings and thirty feathers.
However, in local government troops, the number of bows is based on the number of people. Generally, there are ten bows for every one hundred people. As for the Nujiang Left Army, they are not equipped with individual crossbows, but are equipped with heavy crossbow carts operated by multiple people.
In addition to these, Jiangzuo's army was also equipped with a square shield, which was equipped with sharp blades and barbs on the upper and lower sides. It could be used offensively or defensively. It was mainly equipped at the front of the infantry camp.
Yan Zhuo introduced these weapons to his soldiers one by one, and introduced the pros and cons of various weapons based on the characteristics of Japanese pirate weapons.
He called Wang Zhanjin, holding a Japanese sword in his hand, and demonstrated the Japanese swordsmanship.
"The swordsmanship of the Japanese pirates pays attention to the three firsts, the first before the first, the first before the first, the last before the first, the move is swift and fierce, and the victory is won quickly."
Yan Zhuo said this, and Wang Zhanjin came towards him with a Japanese sword in his hand. Yan Zhuo grabbed a long spear, took the first blow from Wang Zhanjin with the tip of the spear, then twisted his toes, withdrew the spear and stepped forward.
The butt of the gun had hit the back of Wang Zhanjin's head.
Yan Zhuo continued: "The Japanese bandit wants to win quickly. Then let's use a static approach. If he shoots the head of the gun, I will fight back with the butt of the gun. If he shoots the tail of the gun, I will hit him with the head of the gun."
When all the soldiers heard what Yan Zhuo said, they clapped and cheered. Then Yan Zhuo demonstrated how to use other weapons to deal with the Japanese pirates: "Japanese pirates usually use archers to cover the infantry charge, so as long as the Japanese pirates attack
If you keep the distance, their Japanese swords will not be effective."
Hearing what Yan Zhuo said, a soldier below asked: "When the Japanese pirates attacked Zhenhai, they pretended to be civilians and attacked suddenly. What should we do at this time?"
Most of these soldiers had experienced the Battle of Zhenhai and knew the cunningness of the Japanese pirates, so they were deeply touched by what the soldiers asked.
"You asked a good question!" Yan Zhuo affirmed the soldier and ordered his guards to take out the bamboo poles prepared in advance, "This is my method!"
bamboo?
The soldiers below whispered.
"What's the use of relying on this bamboo pole? The Japanese sword is so sharp, and the bamboo pole will be chopped bare with just three swords!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Seeing the soldiers talking about it, Yan Zhuo was not in a hurry. He only smiled slightly and said: "It seems that you don't believe that this thing can restrain Japanese pirates. Then I will demonstrate it to you."
As he spoke, he called a group of Jingkou guards and asked them to stand in the middle of the martial arts platform according to the previous formation. Then he selected twenty strong soldiers from the military formation and equipped them with Japanese swords, and launched an attack on the Jingkou guards from the left and right.
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The twenty soldiers were all very strong. They stared at the group of Jingkou guards with unconvinced expressions and said, "General, if I chop down your bamboo, don't you want our brothers to pay for it? Hahahaha."
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"Not only do you not have to pay any money, but if you can break this formation, I will award you fifty taels of silver each!" Yan Zhuo said.
"There is no such thing as joking in the army!" The soldiers' eyes grew hot, for fear that the general would go back on his word.
"I keep my word!" Yan Zhuo said.
There was a leader in that group of soldiers named Wang Erhu. He was a strong man with broad shoulders, a wasp's waist, and mantis legs. He was quite prestigious in the army. He swallowed a gulp of saliva, tightened the Japanese sword in his hand, and said to the people around him.
: "In a moment, you lead ten brothers to feint attack from the left side, and I lead people to sneak attack in a roundabout way, stabbing their rear, so that the Jingkou Guards will also know how powerful we are."
"Erhu, don't worry!" With that said, this man and his ten brothers rushed towards Jingkou Wei with Japanese swords raised.
Each of these ten Japanese swords was extremely sharp, shining with a terrifying cold light in mid-air.
The Jingkou guards looked at the soldiers who were raising their swords to kill, but they were not in a hurry. They had fought with Japanese pirates several times, and they had a lot of experience in dealing with Japanese swordsmen.
I saw the shield soldiers in front and the bamboo soldiers behind. The shield soldiers were holding up the front, while the bamboo soldiers put the bamboo pole on the shield, using the shield as a fulcrum, sweeping left and right.
The small team had just raised their swords to kill. They hit the bamboo and wanted to chop it with their swords, but the bamboo stubble was getting deeper and deeper. Even the sharp Japanese swords could not withstand the sweeping force of the bamboo poles.
He was frozen in place, not daring to move forward.
At the same time as the first team launched the attack, Wang Erhu flew from the left to the front of the formation. The speed of this sweep was extremely fast. The bamboo soldiers were taken advantage of before they could react. The shield soldiers wanted to resist, but there were bamboos on their shields.
I couldn't move it for a while.
Wang Erhu held the knife and charged forward, with an evil smile on his lips: "I, Wang Erhu, want these one thousand taels of silver for my brothers!"
Just when he was determined to win, four feathered arrows were shot at him together. Before he could blink, he felt a pain in his chest and broke out in a cold sweat.
He froze in place, his eyes rolled around, and he slowly lowered his head and looked at his chest. Seeing that there were no wounds, he reached out and carefully touched his chest.
"Brother, stop touching it. You're fine. The arrows have all been pulled out, but there are no arrows!" Kyoguchi Wei said with a smile.
Wang Erhu looked at the arrows without arrows on the ground and breathed a long sigh of relief. He loosened his palms and dropped the Japanese sword: "I, Wang Erhu, are defeated by the general's formation. Erhu admires it!"
Seeing Wang Erhu say this, all the soldiers were shocked. They cheered, and their expressions of joy were as if they were happy after getting these fifty taels of silver.
"No need to be afraid of the Japanese pirates anymore!"
"yes."
They muttered like this, and then shouted in unison: "The general is mighty! The general is mighty!"
Yan Zhuo raised his hands and accepted the cheers and love from all the soldiers. Then he walked up to Wang Erhu, put his arms around his shoulders and said, "What's your name, good boy? You have good skills. Are you interested in joining the Jingkou Guard?"
Wang Erhu looked at Yan Zhuo, then at the brothers behind him, grinned and said: "General, my name is Wang Erhu. I know you think highly of me, but I am used to dealing with my brothers. If I
If I leave alone, these brothers will poke me in the back, and besides, our navy is no worse than your Jingkou guards!"
Upon hearing Wang Erhu's words, Yan Zhuo was fine, but Wang Zhanjin blew his beard and stared, anxious!
"You kid..."
Wang Zhanjin wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Yan Zhuo. He looked at Wang Erhu and smiled: "You have some backbone, okay. I'll reward you with a hundred taels of silver and go have a drink with your brothers!"
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When Wang Erhu heard this, his eyes widened with disbelief on his face. He originally thought that he had contradicted the general and would be ignored even if he was not punished. However, he never thought that there would be no punishment for reward. He hurriedly said: "Thank you, General."
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Yan Zhuo waved his hand for Wang Erhu and others to go down, and whispered in Wang Zhanjin's ear: "Are this Wang Erhu and that Wang Feihu related?"
Wang Zhanjin snorted: "If he is related to Wang Feihu, how can he still be a soldier here? My surname is also Wang, why don't you say he is my relative."
Yan Zhuo nodded and said with a bad smile: "This guy is a good player. You have to take care of him in the future!"
"A good player? I think he's just a thorn in the side."
Although Wang Zhanjin was not satisfied with the Beifu Army, he still had a deep sense of honor for the Beifu Army. The Beifu Army was the elite of Jiangzuo and was a professional soldier who pursued obedience, while the Zhenhai Navy, as a local army, had a garrison system.
These soldiers have to work hard during busy periods, and have very little time for training in a year. Their military quality is not even a little bit worse than that of the Jingkou Guards of Beifu.
Therefore, Wang Zhanjin could not look down on Wang Erhu's wild approach.
Yan Zhuo patted Wang Zhanjin on the shoulder, with a smile on his face, turned his head and shouted to the soldiers: "Now everyone should have seen the power of my bamboo formation. I will divide everyone into twenty groups, and each group will
There are 250 people, and each group is equipped with 5 instructors. I will teach you how to practice the bamboo formation. Do you all understand?
As he gave instructions like this, a soldier asked from below: "General, what is the name of this bamboo pole? We can't just keep calling him bamboo pole. It's not domineering at all when others ask!"
Yan Zhuo was stunned for a moment when he was asked. He had never thought of this question before. His mind was blank and he seemed a bit embarrassed. What would be a good name for him? Seeing that he looked like a wolf, he was called Lang Yazhen (mentioned in this article).
The wolf fangs and formations are all taken from the anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang).
"This bamboo pole is called Langya Zhen! If these Japanese pirates dare to invade our Kyushu waters, we will eat their flesh and drink their blood like hungry wolves!"
