Chapter 528 Western Military Array
Just after Kato Tatsuzo reported the information about the Aira family in Minami-Hai, Yamamoto Kansuke immediately suggested that Masara deliberately use the secret chess he had arranged secretly before.
"Yeah." Masayoro nodded after hearing this, obviously agreeing with Yamamoto Kazusaki's opinion, but did not issue an order immediately. Instead, he continued to ask Kato Kusato, "In addition, what are the abnormal movements in Minami Hime?"
"In Shishiyicheng County, the military power of the Omiya Shi family's Dao Shang Castle and Kenshida Castle seem to be mobilizing, and the direction of mobilization is Kikuchi County."
"Lord, the Omiya Shi family was injured a lot in the last night attack. It is said that the governor of the Omiya Shi family, Asu Weifeng, seemed to be sick in bed. The person responsible for commanding the Omiya Shi family's army to resist the family this time was Asu Weifeng's legitimate son Asu Weifeng." Yamamoto Kanasuke also said immediately.
"No wonder he made such an unwise move!" Zhengliang shook his head and said after hearing this.
"Lord, I can take advantage of the situation..." Yamamoto Kazusuke immediately whispered his thoughts to Masarura.
"Well, this plan is feasible. Since almost most of the wealthy families of Himeguro are moving now, then I will add a fire to make Himeguro's family lively." Masarara said after listening to Yamamoto Kazusuke's words for a while, "Duan Zang, are you in contact with Himeguro's Isaacsen?"
"The lord has no contact, but due to the previous cooperation with the Kikuchi family, my family actually knows some ways to contact Yixiangzong." Kato Duanzang immediately replied.
"Lord, have you forgotten the group of Yamakashi County monks who were given away by our gifts?" Yamamoto Kanasuke also said at this time.
"Oh? Haven't these monk soldiers left their territory yet?" Zhengliang asked immediately in confusion.
"No. Lord, these monk soldiers have entered Kikuchi County and should be about to enter Heshi County. In order to ensure that these monk soldiers did not do anything to harm the family after leaving their territory, the ministers sent several detective fans to secretly follow them along the way. Judging from the current situation, their purpose seems to be Shimoi Castle County." Yamamoto Katsusuke immediately reported.
"Haha, God is really helping me. I will write books in the future according to your methods, and give them to Yixiangzong's contacts and these monk soldiers respectively, so that you can ensure that Yixiangzong receives these letters." Zhengliang said with a smile.
"But even so, it may not make Yi Xiangsong moved." After Masara agreed to his suggestion, Yamamoto Kanasuke frowned.
"Haha, I have already been concerned about this matter, don't forget that there is Minghejia there." Zhengliang said confidently.
"Neika family? Is the lord planning?" Yamamoto Kansuke immediately woke up after hearing this.
"Yes, since it's a grand event for the Queen of Fatty, Minghejia is naturally indispensable." Zhengliang nodded.
"Lord Takashi." Yamamoto Kansuke said with conscience.
So, in the end, Masara asked Yamamoto Kansuke to compile three letters of letter, and then asked Kato to hide it and immediately gave it to the Mingwa family, the monk soldiers who had just left Yamakashi County and the local Isozo Sect in Kikuchi County.
After Kato Duanzo took the letter, Masara immediately summoned Nobusuke Akaba, Nobuo Shintoshi, Tomohisa Oishi, Ander and others to discuss.
The discussion mainly concerns the application of the Western military formation that the Luo family has trained for nearly a year in this Kikuchi County strategy.
The square formation is a product of the Cold Weapon Age, and the famous ones are like the Greek square formation, Macedonian square formation, Roman legion square formation, etc.
The reason why they were arranged in square arrays is because the era of cold weapons was that the thicker the ranks of people were. The stronger the array was, and there was another important reason. In the era of cold weapons, the general combat significance of the army was very weak, and the looser the ranks were. Once the war on the side was unfavorable, soldiers would easily become deserters.
In the era of hot weapons when the combroach guns came into play, the combroach gun also relied on the dense advantage of many people to fire. For example, the Western square array is the dense central spear array plus the back-loading tactics of the two-wing musket team. The cooperation between these two types of troops requires a regular queue and a backward movement.
Speaking of queue training, Prince Morris and Gustav II are the most famous here. Whether it is Prince Morris or Gustav II, they conduct strict training on the troops' queues. Their army can quickly form and transform formation under various complex terrain conditions.
The "Morris's Practice" written by Prince Morris even records in detail the queue training methods such as turning left, turning right, walking in unison, and walking in a straight manner, which are often called for modern military training. These training methods were later inherited by his outstanding student Gustav II.
Later, the maturity of firearms and the emergence of flintlock rifles and bayonets led to the continuous innovation of the army's linear queue formations, and queue training was maintained.
Especially in the hands of the Prussians, who were famous for their rigorous and old-fashionedness, Emperor Friedrich II evolved the queue to the extreme with strict military training.
In the later Napoleon era, more flexible and changeable column tactics gradually replaced rigid linear tactics.
It was not until the rear-mounted rifle appeared that the European continental armies finally took the linear queue. Such tactics were eliminated, and the straggler line tactics began to become popular.
As for modern times, the emergence of aircraft and tanks and the combat methods of marching in queues have become synonymous with being shot in line.
The queue training in modern military has long been deviated from its original military purpose and has been changed to a training of discipline and obedience to the troops. Of course, in this era of cold weapons, especially in the Western square formation, queue training is absolutely effective.
This is also the real reason why the first army established by Masayoshi began to carry out queue training since he came here. Of course, since there were no muskets in the past, the role of queue training was more to train soldiers' discipline and obedience. Since the large-scale iron cannons, Masayoshi began to consciously let the long spear, bow and arrow, samurai and iron cannons cooperate with each other to practice the Western square formation.
The Kikuchi County that entered this time was mainly based on the plains, which also provided conditions for the Western square formation to take over. With the pace of the Luo family's battle for hegemony in the future, the pace of war will inevitably become more and more frequent. Masayoro was determined to pilot the Western square formation in this strategy to prepare for future wars.
Of course, this is a real war, not a general daily military exercise. Once it fails, it may very likely mean the defeat of the army of the formation. Therefore, Zhengliang only selected a part of the standing preparatory to form a new square formation. The rest of the formation still maintained its original organization and was ready to enter the battle at any time. The so-called "saying defeat before you say victory," so that once the Western army formation is defeated, the rest of the formation can be quickly filled.
Chapter completed!