Chapter 27                                                             �

Qi Jiguang's brain was extremely confused for a moment.

Qi Jiguang practiced martial arts since childhood and learned military tactics. It can be said that he is well-versed in ancient and modern military tactics. He was also well-versed in various tactical arrangements of the Ming army and his martial arts were not bad. Among the young men of Dengzhou Guard, he had no opponents. Ache, except for Wang.

With the ancient transportation conditions, it was difficult to have a real world number one, but it is truly possible to be invincible in a county.

Qi Jiguang actually has some conceits. It’s just that he pretends to be good. He is a young man and has never been exposed.

But now, what Zhou Mengchen said almost crushed Qi Jiguang's mind and reshaped it.

Although Sun Tzu also talks about temple calculations in the Art of War, he has never said how to calculate. Although there are many mathematical problems in the military, such as Han Xin's military order, these questions are more just borrowed. No one has ever analyzed all military problems from a mathematical perspective like Zhou Mengchen.

Qi Jiguang was completely unacceptable.

He has been learning military tactics for more than ten years, but now he tells him that you are wrong. You should learn mathematics. This kind of confusion can't be accepted by anyone.

It’s just that Qi Jiguang was not unreasonable, but he looked at everything Zhou Mengchen told him and felt that it seemed to make sense. He thought for a moment and said, “Teacher, you said that you can also measure it by mathematics. I don’t believe it.”

Ancient formations have always had a sense of mystery, with a sense of metaphysics. Qi Jiguang most admired Yue Fei's words about formations. After formations, the common and wonderful use of military tactics lies in one's heart.

That is, the orderly formation is actually the common military strategy, and only the wonderful way to use it is done by the general.

In other words, the dead formations formed by the formation are the ones that can be used to utilise them. In his impression, mathematics has always been dead. How can we deal with complex battlefields with different conditions?

Zhou Mengchen said, "Okay. Let's try talking about the war on the paper."

Immediately, Zhou Mengchen asked someone to bring a few pieces of paper, each of them, and asked him to draw a pattern.

General Qi immediately drew a Ming army formation diagram with the rules. The horse was three steps and seven steps, and the horse was front and back.

Zhou Mengchen drew a very strange formation, which was a hollow square formation. There was no horse army. Zhou Mengchen said, "I have added a small thing here, and I have always thought so." Then he brought a musket, tied a dagger to the musket, and said, "It is not difficult to add a snap on the gun head."

Qi Jiguang nodded and said, "No problem." As for Qi Jiguang's arrangement of his army, it was very simple. According to the customs of the Ming army, after three steps and seven horses, 30% of the musketeers in the infantry were all swords, shields and spearmen.

Qi Jiguang immediately attacked sideways with cavalry.

Zhou Mengchen did not move, but just explained the method of the three-stage attack of muskets. Qi Jiguang understood as soon as he heard it and said, "The old trick of King Qianning." That is, the tactics used by Mu Ying, were not unfamiliar with the Ming generals. Then Zhou Mengchen calculated for him how many bullets would be fired in one minute after the three-stage attack.

Although Qi Jiguang first learned many concepts, such as minutes. Only with clocks can this concept be found. Obviously clocks are new things in the capital, and the Qi family has not.

Qi Jiguang meditated for a moment and said, "The horse team can't rush up. Teacher, you are just a hedgehog formation, and your defense is OK. But if you really fight, I have a way to break you."

Zhou Mengchen laughed and said, "I haven't said that you can't break it. This is just a paper talk. Many rules have not been formulated. For example, if you really use the horse team to attack the musket formation, how many casualties will be, and how fast the horse team will be. It's hard to say. I'm just showing you an idea."

"This hollow square array only defends but not attacks. I calculated it. This is a way to maximize the firepower."

"Do you still think that mathematics is useless?"

Qi Jiguang was silent for a while. He never thought about how many casualties could be calculated? How to calculate? Many technical details made Qi Jiguang unable to understand even if he thought about it. But one thing, although he was reluctant, he also admitted it, that is, mathematics is very important to military tactics. But he still said stubbornly: "Teacher, no matter how much you count, people's hearts can never count."

Zhou Mengchen said: "You need to understand game theory? Forget it. Even if you can't calculate the human heart, can the art of war besides mathematics?" Zhou Mengchen only read a few books about game theory, but he did not know much about game theory. Moreover, in Zhou Mengchen's opinion, the most important thing now is to introduce mathematics into the military field. Things that are too profound are not needed.

Qi Jiguang said: "No."

Zhou Mengchen said: "I don't know much about military strategy, so you need to learn about this matter yourself under my school. You can just find me if you have any calculation needs or your senior brother. I will give you a task. As long as you complete it, you will start from my school. At least I have nothing to teach you about military strategy."

Qi Jiguang said: "What mission?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Wargame deduction."

This thing seems simple, but it is actually very difficult. It requires a lot of data. The military chess deduction that Zhou Mengchen wants is not a table-chess game, but a place for actual data. It depends on the speed of the army's march, the combat effectiveness of different armies, the casualties of fighting against the Tartars, etc.

If Qi Jiguang could figure this out.

Then Qi Jiguang's war thoughts have reached the level of the 18th century. Zhou Mengchen really couldn't teach him anything else.

After all, Zhou Mengchen was not from a military academy. His understanding of military thought ended here. As for the rest, Qi Jiguang had to explore it himself. Zhou Mengchen believed in Qi Jiguang's ability, and on this basis, he would definitely have an important military breakthrough.

When Zhou Mengchen thought of this, he understood what kind of pleasure it would be to cultivate talents.

Not to mention, Zhou Mengchen taught Qi Jiguang.

At this moment, there was a look of bleakness in the Tartar camp.

Altan's tent was filled with low pressure.

Victory and defeat are common in military affairs.

Altan is also a person with a strong mind and will not be so angry because of a failure. However, in Altan's view, this battle is not the outcome of a war, but the outcome of a kind of war.

It has been several days since the attack on Yongning Pass. Altan can do his best. His only artillery power has been put into it. The White Lotus Sect's loyalists were far superior to the Tartar headquarters in the siege.

Although Yongning Pass has reinforcements, the number of people is only a few thousand.

However, they still lost their troops and generals at Yongning Pass. Although it seemed that Yongning Pass had only one breath left, the Ming army won the final victory.

This makes Altan ponder a question?

That is, the Mongolian army, do they really have the ability to conquer the Ming army's strong city head-on?

Today’s failure is just a tactical failure, even if it is a little more important. Today’s judgment is a strategic judgment. Once this judgment is accepted, many strategic plans will need to be adjusted in the future.

Some plans won't come again.

For example, conquering Beijing City.

But Master Xiao was unwilling to let Altan accept this judgment and said, "Khan, although there were few Ming troops from this time, there were many firearms, so he must be the elite of the Ming army. Moreover, the guard general had never seen the art of artillery. In the Ming army, there must be not many such people. They were either old ministers or rising stars. The Khan did not have to be sad about what happened today. Although there were many talents in the Ming Dynasty, not every place was guarded by such famous ministers and generals."

"The walls around the Ming Dynasty will not be impeccable. I can always find a way. I ask for an order. I will go back this time and I will explore the roads in Yanshan myself. If I can't find a way for the army to sneak across, I will not go back."

When Altan heard this, he thought to himself: "You can not attack other places, but you need a place that must be attacked. There are no famous ministers and generals guarding them, Datong, Xuanfu, three inner passes, three outer passes, and even Beijing City? That place has a defense that is not far beyond Yongning Pass. There is no need for famous ministers and generals. As long as the guards do not make any moves, there is no hope for the army."

"And expect the enemy to go out for a war?"
Chapter completed!