In his hand, he held a saddle and stirrups, simple constructions that could change the pattern of history.

After bringing a horse and installing this set of things, everyone has seen many clues.

Most people drive here, and many people ride bareback horses.

In the Shang Dynasty, there were merchants' horseback slave hunting teams in the Central Plains.

And in the Warring States, even in the Chu State, which was far away from the grassland, there were many nobles who could ride bareback horses.

Most of the people present were agile and nimble, and after a little remark, everyone present also understood what this thing was for.

Shi let Gong Zaoye come forward to help lead the horse, and the choice was originally a rather obedient horse, and after riding these things, Shi stepped on the stirrup and turned over on the horse's back.

On horseback, with both feet in the stirrups, he stood up slightly and made a gesture of drawing a bow, and everyone nodded.

Just a gesture for these battle-hardened people to know how important it is.

It is said that Yidi rode a horse, rode a sheep since he was a child, and when he grew up, he could bump on horseback.

However, even if the bumps do not fall, it is not easy to open the bow on the horse, and it is necessary to clamp the horse's back with both legs extremely forcefully to perform it.

Everyone knows how comfortable it is to stand on the ground and shoot a bow.

Shi did not stand on the ground, but stood on the horse with a simple stirrups.

Then, Shi said loudly: "In addition to firing the bow, you can also use the sword to chop and slash and stab, or hold the spear to attack with the help of horse speed." ”

"As soon as this thing comes out, we will not be able to prepare the chariot."

"In a decisive battle on the plains, with firearms, cannons, and stirrups, we may not be invincible."

Tactics is a system, not a competition of equipment, and everyone knows that Shi is not the kind of person who does not know the importance of it, and after Shi jumped off the horse, everyone present surrounded him.

Clearing out a piece of sand, Shi took a wooden stick and said slowly: "Taking the battle of Shangqiu as an example, if we fight during the day, what are our chances of winning?" ”

Gong Zaoye shook his head and said, "There is no chance of winning." The Chu archers shot and the chariots attacked, even though we were in a tight formation and could defend, but the number was too small, and it was easy to break through the flanks and backs. ”

Shi drew a square and asked, "That is to say, if the opponent has no archers, and we can defend on the flanks and behind us, then we cannot be broken through in front with the spear as a formation?" Right? ”

This is known to everyone, and it is unknown elsewhere, but the Peixian righteous master trained with the elite of the Mo family's city gate as a template can guarantee to resist the opponent's attack head-on.

Seeing that everyone nodded, they drew a large square on the ground and said, "This is a spear array." ”

He drew some small squares on the four sides of the large square, and said: "These people are armed with firearms, and they can shoot at the enemy archers from a long distance and maintain an advantage. ”

Then he drew a few more large squares, and while gradually forming a formation, he drew some long strips in front of the large squares, and said, "This is a cannon." ”

"It is not easy for the chariot to turn, it can only be attacked from the front, and with the cooperation of artillery, firearms and spear arrays, the chariot will inevitably be defeated."

"The soldiers behind him are without chariots, and they cannot be angry, nor can they fight."

He drew a few more triangles, sandwiched them between the phalanxes, and said, "These are the elites, who use short swords, wooden shields, and gunpowder mines. ”

"If the opponent does not retreat and engages the spear formation, and the firearms retreat behind the spear to seek refuge, these elite soldiers will throw gunpowder mines to tear apart the opponent's formation, or prevent the elite sergeants from breaking into the formation and destroying the spear formation."

Speaking of this, everyone began to nod their heads as they recalled the weapons they had seen earlier.

Shi drew some circles on the flanks of the phalanx and said, "These people are horsemen with saddles. It is not easy for the chariot to turn, and they do not need to hedge with the chariot, but protect the flanks and rear. ”

"If there are many enemies and they will not retreat, seize the opportunity for the generals, let these horsemen attack, attack the enemy's flank, and crush the enemy in one fell swoop."

"Horsemen are faster than chariots."

The Mo family is good at defending and is better at defending and counterattacking, which can be seen from Mozi's experience in defending the city, especially the counterattack that seizes the opportunity after each siege retreats, which proves that the defensive counterattack tactics are easy to accept by the Mo family.

He is talking on paper, but everyone present is a figure who has experienced a fight, and the appropriate imaginary enemy is just a common situation in the world at this time: chariot soldiers and apprentices, and the three armies face each other in a decisive battle.

This is a cumbersome and slow tactic, but it is most in line with the temperament of the Mo family and the love of non-offensive defense and counterattack, and he only said it roughly, and everyone has already tasted some flavor.

The important thing in this formation is that the formation is not dispersed, as long as the flanks and rear can be protected, it is almost difficult to break through in front.

At this time, there are still remnants of a dignified formation, and the chariot, as the main assault force, also determines that frontal impact is the decisive battle method at this time.

It is impossible for chariots to go far to attack the flanks, but only to crush the opponent in a head-to-head battle or to support the left, center and right armies.

At this time, there was no regular shock cavalry, and there was no situation where the flank sneak cavalry won the victory.

In the future, with the diffusion of technology, there may be, but the Mo family will take the lead and continue to accumulate experience on the battlefield, and they will go faster than others.

When Mozi saw the rounded corners of these checkered squares drawn by Shi, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he actually thought of the time when he and the public defeat squad attacked and defended each other in Chudu forty years ago with belts as cities and wood chips as soldiers.

Seeing that Shi was still talking there, he drew his sword with his backhand, drew a few squares opposite the military formation that Shi drawn, and said with a smile: "What you said is to defend first and then attack, but the battlefield changes, if the opponent uses a bow and crossbow to suppress the formation, what should it do?" ”

Shi smiled and said: "If the other party sticks to it, he is obviously afraid of my Mo family's master." At that time, we will be enough to restrain the world, and they will not dare to attack easily, so won't the purpose of killing the army also be achieved? ”

Mozi smiled and asked again: "If the three Jin join forces at this time, they will attack the Song Dynasty." If the three Jin join forces, the division of the Mo family cannot be defeated. ”

"However, just like the battle of Xiaqiu a few years ago, the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei joined separately and met in Pingyin. If the division of the Mo family wants to win, they can't defend the decisive battle in Pingyin, but they need to break one of them first, and let them retreat before the three families are encircled, we have to attack, what should we do? ”

Shi pointed at the long "cannons" with a wooden stick and said, "First shell with cannons." The cannon was far away and the bow was close, and they could not return fire. ”

"If it lasts for half a day, it will be impossible for them to hold on, and they can only attack under heavy pressure."

"If there is still no attack, the phalanx will slowly move forward, and the firearms will be loaded in front of them, following the footsteps of the spear array. When engaging the enemy, the Ma army instigated on both flanks, and once engaged, the Ma army went around the enemy's back and broke it in one fell swoop. ”

Mozi laughed and said, "These are all abbreviated statements. All of this you said requires a premise. It's neat and not chaotic. ”

Shi Ye smiled: "The formation is neat and not chaotic, for doctors from other countries, it may be extremely difficult." However, for the Mo family, it is the easiest. ”

"A man who prepares for the city gate, the giant has been trained for many years, and what he needs is to be in a complete formation and not disperse."

"The second is the popularization of crop and iron tools, no longer recruiting peasant soldiers, but full-time soldiers, training for several years, then the formation will be integrated with peasant soldiers."

"The three are now the Peixian righteous teachers who are walking the method of spear formation, and the elite of my Mo family also pays attention to obeying orders. These men numbered about seven hundred, each of whom was the chief of the army, and the branches and leaves of the base were immediately flourishing in two years. ”

"Four rules...... The Jin and Chu struggles for hegemony have risen again, and the war has been endless within a few years, and the Mo family still has time to complete the training, in order to benefit the world in the future. ”

"In a few years, it will be no problem to become a teacher of 8,000."

Tactically, it looks like everything is a revolution around gunpowder.

Strategically, however, it is still a military reform under the trend of the times.

The chariote-free model is no longer in tune with the times, and has begun to fall behind, and at this time technical things are more of icing on the cake.

All countries are trying to find ways to strengthen the centralization of power and find ways to reform the military system, and the effect is difficult to say, but Wei Zhiwu, for example, is following the path of the semi-professional recruitment system.

Mozi heard the words of the Eight Thousand Divisions and looked at Shi Dao: "You have always known the importance of food and civilian sufficiency. Peixian and Pengcheng, if there are 8,000 divisions preparing for war, and they are out of production and training, I am afraid that some will not be able to support it. ”

This is true, if 8,000 off-duty soldiers exist, according to the configuration after the advent of the gunpowder age, it is enough to defeat the troops of the two counties of Chu State.

However, the 8,000 soldiers who were out of work consumed a huge amount of materials.

With a sudden loss of 8,000 light and strong laborers, the development of Pei County will also be greatly affected: on the one hand, it is really difficult to dig ditches, mine iron ore and coal, and reclaim land.

Shi had already thought of it and said: "These 8,000 people may not all be full-time. ”

"With 200 people from my Mo family, 300 volunteers from Pei County, and then select 3500 from those people from all over the world who come here, make up 1,000, these are full-time soldiers."

"They are well paid enough to support their families."

"Based on the households in Peixian, Pengcheng and other places, one person for every three households will be trained for three years, and after three years, they will either stay in the army or return to their hometowns to farm. This can produce thousands, and the flow is endless. ”

"Once the world is really threatened, after ten years, several times as many soldiers can be conscripted."

Shi smiled and said, "In addition, the evil boys, cultivators, and landless people in the giant cities and cities can all come here to join the army. ”

"We only need to spend a certain amount of money so that they can reach Pei County, and presumably those who have no land to help them will continue to come."

"There are also a lot of these people every year, although they may not have any intention of benefiting the world, but they can turn the copper of the sword into a sword."

As long as we ensure that this sword is in the hands of my Mo family, then the sword itself is beneficial to the world, and whether the copper gradually has the heart of benefiting the world...... Independent! ”

In this way, it sounds like he is only talking about the military system, but in fact he wants to say two things.

One thing is that the Mo family should appropriately relax the conditions and let more people join, on the premise of ensuring that the two places in Peipeng City and the military armed forces hold hands, the scale of the Mo family can be expanded, and the number of people should not be so elitist, resulting in too few people.

The other thing is the various profitable trades that he has always wanted to do. Arms, luxuries, armor pieces, and other things that can be profitable nowadays.

Only when there is money can the army be expanded. Only by expanding the army can we restrain the world. At least, in front of Mozi, this truth can be said in this way.

If they don't take advantage of the opportunity of the Jin and Chu hegemony and the Central Plains war to bury their heads in development, the Mo family will miss the opportunity.

I thought about it, a helmet made of iron pieces would be sold to a nobleman at this time according to the level of the iron helmet of Yan Kingdom, and it should not be a problem to exchange it for some gold. As for gunpowder, Shangqiu became famous in the first battle, where is there anything in the world that the monarch doesn't want to buy?