"One car, forty soldiers, one team; the thirteen teams are a small battalion; the ten small battalion is a large battalion."

After seeing Yu Dayou's idea of ​​the military camp, Wei Guangde murmured.

After continuing to look down, I realized what was going on with a combination of forty people in a chariot.

The forty people Yu Dayou equipped each vehicle with is not pure infantry, but a squad with mixed troops. He now advocates a small-cost tactic of winning with infantry surprises, which is similar to the tactics of Wei Guangde who saw Qi Jiguang train new recruits in Zhejiang.

Wei Guangde was also famous in later generations of Qi Jiguang's tactics, which was the Mandarin Duck Formation, a small team of soldiers used a variety of weapons to cooperate with each other to kill Japanese pirates.

The battle formations were varied, and they could not only encircle and suppress the single Japanese pirates, but also confront and even attack and kill a large group of Japanese pirates. This also allowed Wei Guangde to know why later generations made the Mandarin Duck Formation magical.

Needless to say, the battle formation designed by Qi Jiguang must have been very effective in use, otherwise it would not have been passed down to later generations and became a myth.

However, when Wei Guangde went to Hangzhou to kill Wang Zhi, the recruits had not conducted large-scale actual combat, so Wei Guangde was not inconvenient to brag about anything to Qi Jiguang in front of Emperor Jiajing.

Moreover, when he was in contact with Qi Jiguang, Wei Guangde keenly discovered that Qi Jiguang and Hu Zongxian had a deep relationship.

Although everyone was very polite when Wei Guangde and Hu Zongxian met several times, Wei Guangde stood on the side of King Yu and was naturally hostile to Yan Song and his group, or officials of King Jing and his group.

Qi Jiguang seemed to have boarded Hu Zongxian's ship, so he didn't need to make wedding dresses for his enemies and flatter him in front of the emperor.

Yu Dayou's chariot formation uses ten infantry, twenty cavalry, one chariot, ten infantry, a total of forty people.

When encountering the enemy, they use a chariot to line up in front of them. The soldiers on the chariot fired their bows, crossbows, guns, and cannons. The infantry rode their horses out of the battle. When they were close to each other, they fired guns and arrows when they intersected with the enemy horses. After that, they returned to their own formation. If there was a chance, the cavalry took the opportunity to rush into the enemy formation and cut the heads. Ten infantrymen were responsible for cutting the heads.

The chariot type is a unicycle wheel, with a spear in front of the car, which is light and easy to transport, and can be lifted if it encounters a pit.

"Wheelering tank?"

Wei Guangde touched his head and then turned out the last page of the letter, which was a pattern of a wheelbarrow drawn with a brush.

However, the wheelbarrow designed by Yu Dayou is still very different from the wheelbarrows that Wei Guangde has seen.

The wheelbarrow used by Yu Dayou has four feet and six inches in diameter and two large woods are laid directly, each with one or two feet long. There are three small woods in the middle for the two large woods to be pushed and transported, and there are three ropes for shoulder lifting.

A piece of six-foot-long wood is placed horizontally in front of the car and two small straight wood are installed vertically as a barrier.

There are four large spear heads on the car, one big Buddha Lang machine, two shields, two small moon flags, and one curtain.

There is a standing wooden in the middle of the rear of the car, which is equivalent to the steering wheel of the car. The team officer is grasped by one person. There are two brackets in front of the car. When parking, it is placed as a frame. There are two iron cones behind the car. They are inserted into the ground when parking, which is equivalent to an anchor.

The vehicle itself, plus the guns, cards, guns, etc. on the vehicle, the total weight is only 300 kilograms. It is carried out in 16 people in shifts, and even the rugged and dangerous roads can pass smoothly. The vehicles cooperate with each other, and when they move, they form a formation, and when they stop, they are camp.

However, the border town lacks horses, and Yu Dayou's 30 cycling per car is just an ideal idea, and it will definitely be significantly reduced in actual operation.

For example, horse-riding infantry can almost only stay in the conceivable stage. The court did not have enough military and horse supply, and they would only be infantry in the end.

Of course, Wei Guangde also understood the reason why Yu Dayou organized as many as thirty horses, "and asked for a price everywhere and paid back the money by land."

No matter how simple the design of the military formation was, if the court approved it, a large part of it would be cut down, and the strategic resources of horses would definitely be the first to bear the brunt.

When Wei Guangde thought of this, he couldn't help but smile when his lips raised, General Yu also learned bad things.

At first, Wei Guangde thought it was strange when he saw Yu Dayou asking for ten horse-riding infantrymen. Can a wheelbarrow run a war horse?

What do you need so many cavalry to do?

It is better to arrange the infantry to go up directly. If you need any transportation tools, don’t the chariots and soldiers walk on their legs.

Wei Guangde was not clear about what Yu Dayou said in his letter, his achievements in the border towns of his chariot tactics. He had never heard of Datong’s victory in the capital recently.

"Have the messenger arranged to stay?"

Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji next to him.

"He has been arranged to live in the front yard, and he claims to be Lord Yu's servant."

Zhang Ji hurriedly replied.

"You go and see. If the person hasn't gone to bed, ask him to come. If he goes to bed, he will talk about it tomorrow."

Wei Guangde knew that these letters often made the errands travel day and night. Now there are bandits of all sizes everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. It is very dangerous for them to travel like this, which can be said to be a great test for both physiology and psychology.

Soon, Zhang Ji came back to report: "Master, the house is out of date and should go to bed."

"Then I'll remind me tomorrow that I'll go home for lunch to have lunch."

The Hanlin Academy is not far from home, so it will not be out for lunch with its colleagues. When you go home, you will meet the messenger and ask about the situation in Datong.

Yu Dayou is smart.

Wei Guangde was happy when he looked at the letters on the desk.

Of course, the imperial court wanted to find a way to defeat the Mongolian Tartars, and it would definitely be welcome to develop this new tactic to attack the enemy.

But Wei Guangde also knew very well that the court actually had another dilemma, that is, there was not much money in his hand.

The financial dilemma of the Ming Dynasty was almost unsolvable, at least in Wei Guangde's view.

It is OK to solve the problem, but it is almost an enemy of gentry and scholars all over the world.

The Ming Dynasty's silver that can be received every year is about 3 million taels, of which nearly 2 million taels are military expenditures, and all of them are supplied to the military pay of the nine sides. This is still a bit insufficient, which does not include the grain and other materials transferred from the south.

Even if the physical items are stored, the official price of the color discount is more than 20 million taels of silver, including grain, cloth, tea, etc.

It can be said that the extremely high military expenditure of the Nine Borders has always been a major problem that the Ming Dynasty court was eager to solve.

Why did Zeng Xian's plan to recover Hetao as a barrier and obtain the source of horses not be approved? He died and died. In fact, the most important reason was that his idea of ​​gathering large corps to fight and earning his contributions in one battle exceeded the ability of the Ming court.

The Ming court could not pay for his military operations. It might be fine if he won, but if he failed, Emperor Jiajing could not bear the responsibility.

Establishing a military camp will also significantly increase the military expenditure of border towns. Although it will increase sharply in the short term and will decline in the later period, it will definitely increase in expenditures.

According to Li Wenjin's idea, it is definitely a risk to submit a direct sue for the court to make a decision.

The most important thing is that according to the meaning of Yu Dayou’s letter, Li Wen brought up a military chariot camp for him. He seemed to have had a fight with the Tartars in the border area, but he did not see the results.

What impact will it have if something without practical effect be sent to the court?

When Yu Dayou thought of it, Wei Guangde naturally knew that to repay the merits, he had to make achievements first. He had to have a reasonable victory, so that the court felt that the money was worth it.

The purpose of Wei Guangde's attempt to meet the messenger was naturally to ask what the situation was in Datong, and the detailed process of Yu Dayou's military camp fighting with the Tatars in the border town, and based on this, how to deal with this matter.

Now Wei Guangde feels increasingly that he seems to be able to serve as the Grand Sima, and it seems that the things he participates in are related to the Ministry of War.

Forget it, don't think so much.

Even if I am the Minister of War, my family’s military status will not be cancelled. If the hereditary hundred households can be upgraded to the hereditary thousand households, command will be the goal.

At that time, even if the position is from the elder brother, his kid can get into the garage office without any help. No matter how bad he is, he will have some food to eat.

Military status does not affect the family's becoming a landlord and gentry.

At this time, the maid next to Xu Jianglan came over and reminded that it was getting late, so I asked the master to go back to the house to rest earlier.

Wei Guangde put away Yu Dayou's letter, stood up, walked out of the study and headed straight towards the bedroom.

The next day, Wei Guangde returned home from the Hanlin Academy at noon, which had been decided long ago.

In the flower hall of the outer courtyard, Wei Guangde met the messenger from Datong and Yu Dayou's servant.

When I first looked at the person who came, he found that the man had dark skin and didn't look like the military households in Datong, but like the people on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so I asked curiously.

"When Chen You was in Fujian, he always followed the general as his personal soldiers, and is now the general flag of the Datong Military Vessel Camp."

The man replied after saluting Wei Guangde.

"Oh, you have always been General Yu's personal soldier?"

Wei Guangde nodded when he heard this and signaled him to sit on the stool next to him and talk.

"Is General Yu OK when he arrives in Datong?"

Wei Guangde was too lazy to ask how these personal soldiers went to Datong. I guess it was the arrangement Lu Bing made at that time.

Afterwards, Chen You briefly told Wei Guangde about Yu Dayou's experience after he arrived in Datong.

I have to say that those with ability do not have to worry about food anywhere.

After sending the official documents of Yu Dayou to Datong, Li Wenjin saw that the court was dealing with the Zhejiang General Yu Dayou. Although he didn't know how Yu Dayou made such a fuss, he knew that Yu Dayou's ability to lead troops to fight.

So after Yu Dayou and his group arrived in Datong, they were received by Li Wenjin. As for the exile, even if they were exiled here, would they really have to use the general of the town as a soldier?

Yu Dayou also had a person who couldn't rest. After a few days of rest in the yamen, he asked Governor Li Wenjin to go out and take a look around Datong.

Yu Dayou's request was naturally approved by Li Wenjin, and he began to carefully check the various garrisons and border forts in Datong, and inquire about the way the Tatars fought from the lower-level soldiers.

With the introduction of the lower-level soldiers, although it was Yu Dayou's first time to go to the north, he probably figured out the main reason why the border town suffered from the poor performance of the Tatar cavalry in recent years.

He had already been accustomed to the army, so he naturally didn't want to be idle at home, so he thought about how to narrow the difference in combat power between the Ming army and the Tartars, which led to the emergence of the unicycle.

"I see General Yu's letter saying that the wheelbarrow chariot has been used in the border fort and it works very well. What's going on?"

After knowing the whole story, Wei Guangde asked curiously again.

If there is really a convincing record, the unicycle can still be mass-made and equipped with troops, but Wei Guangde has not thought about how this thing will fight.

How much combat power can a wheelbarrow improve?

Wei Guangde expressed doubts about this.

"Mr. Wei, when Governor Li drew a group of troops from his battalion to be commanded by my family, he set up camp outside the city for training, and was also exploring the tactics of using wheeled chariots.

At that time, more than a thousand people from the Tatars wanted to attack Niuxin Castle on the East Road of the Right Guard on Datong. News came that our troops were not far from Niuxin Castle, and there were nearly a thousand people on our side. In addition, Niuxin Castle also stationed three hundred households under the Right Guard. So my elders sent people to report to Datong City, and took us up to pick up the enemy."
To be continued...