Chapter 431

"Macedonian phalanx!"

In the Tai Chi hall, Li Shimin looked at the memorial in his hand, which described in detail the brilliance of the Macedonian square array, and his mind was full of thoughts.

Merton pointed to the West and said, "Your Majesty, Macedonia is a small city-state of the far western country, adjacent to the hometown of Socrates. Its territory is only a state of the Tang Dynasty. It relies on a square array of 16 people in depth, and under the leadership of its leader Alexander, it has fought from the far western country to Tianzhu, forming a super empire with an area of ten thousand miles."

"Hit Tianzhu, covering an area of thousands of miles?" Li Shimin was immediately moved.

Tianzhu is the closest country in the western regions to the Tang Dynasty. It is separated from the far western country by Persia, Daqin and other places. Who would have thought that a small country could make such great achievements. Among them, the invincible Macedonian policy can be said to have made the first contribution.

Merton solemnly nodded and said, "this is a time when businessmen in the western regions are familiar. Your majesty will know when you ask."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and immediately believed it. There were many businessmen in the western regions of the Tang Dynasty. Merton could not lie about this matter. In addition, the war after war in Merton's memorials was very detailed. He was moved by the military strategy, which could not be imagined by Merton's three knives.

"I didn't think there were such heroes outside the country! I really despise people in the world!" in his opinion, Alexander's experience is very similar to his. They both immediately beat the world and made great achievements. The only thing that makes him taste is that it seems that Alexander's achievements are more brilliant than him.

"This is the matrix of Macedonian policy!" Merton saw that Li Shimin believed it and stretched out his hand to offer a picture axis.

"Oh!"

Li Shimin was delighted at the sight of hunting. He was a great military man. He was naturally itching for this invincible battle array.

He couldn't wait to open the scroll. Li Shimin immediately took a breath. On the scroll, teams of fully armed soldiers stood up, each with a long gun of two feet, like a long forest of steel.

Merton spent a lot of time on this memorial and used his new painting skills incisively and vividly. He painted several pictures in succession, including Macedonian square array formation, Macedonian square array attack formation and defense formation. Each picture is lifelike. His dense gun forest, even through the picture album, still makes Li Shimin feel cold. He has led the Xuanjia iron cavalry, Naturally, I'm afraid the cavalry are most afraid of this kind of long gun array, and the Macedonian square array is even worse. The six meter long gun is like an iron hedgehog, which makes the cavalry's head broken and bleeding.

"Guns are like a forest! Forge ahead!" Li Shimin couldn't help himself excitedly.

Merton nodded and said, "if Alexander had not died young and continued the eastward expedition, the invincible Macedonian array might have met the invincible state of Qin."

In later generations, many people have speculated that if Alexander the great continued his eastward expedition, the first thing he would encounter would be the state of Qin, which was already the head of the seven heroes of the Warring States period. Although most people have always tended to be baptized by war, the Qin cavalry who can unify the six countries will surely defeat Alexander the great, However, it is undeniable that the Macedonian side was still one of the most powerful forces at that time, and even set a precedent for infantry to restrain cavalry for the first time.

Although Li Shimin was also inclined to the state of Qin, he realized the strength of the Macedonian square array. However, when he saw the end, he could not help frowning and said, "unfortunately, the last Macedonian square team was still defeated!"

In Merton's compromise, he did not exaggerate the role of the Macedonian array, but detailed that although Li Junxian had the upper hand, he was still embarrassed. The Macedonian team opposite could maintain the formation in several rounds of shooting. It seemed that the cavalry had an advantage. In fact, they had lost half.

"I don't know which general is in charge of the infantry team!" Li Jing looked at the infantry team. The fully armed general couldn't help asking. He was able to command calmly in the face of all kinds of arrows. There was a wind of great general.

Merton bowed and said, "general Hui Li, this is general Su dingfang. I heard that general Su dingfang is proficient in walking and riding, so I specially asked general Su to command the infantry instead."

Li Jing suddenly nodded and said, "when I attacked Turks, general Su was a forward. I was deeply impressed. He is a good general! He will become a great weapon in the future."

Merton couldn't help but praise Li Jing's fierce eyes. In history, Su dingfang fought East and West all his life. From the yellow desert to the rough sea, the front was nearly ten thousand miles. He attacked the Three Kingdoms before and after, and captured his master alive. He can be described as the second generation of military God of the Tang Dynasty.

It is recorded in unofficial history that Su dingfang studied the art of war from Li Jing, but now Su dingfang is over 40. From Merton's point of view, this method is nonsense. However, Su dingfang is indeed a late bloomer. At the moment, Su dingfang is just like Li Jing who just came to the Tang Dynasty. He has just emerged and has shown his edge.

With the drum, the second round begins. This round is a frontal attack.

With the sound of drums, Su dingfang showed a firm look under his heavy armor. Recalling the attack mode of the Macedonian team that Merton personally explained to him, he waved his hand and shouted loudly.

"Forward!"

Suddenly, the hundred people regiment led by Su dingfang strode towards the hundred horses led by Li Junxian.

Li Junxian tried to appease the horse under his crotch. With a finger in his arm, he was unwilling to show weakness and shouted, "a hundred horses rush!"

The cavalry is the strongest arm. Li Junxian naturally doesn't want to lose without fighting, and they are both proud people. In addition, Li Shimin is watching and wants to fight for a breath.

"Boom!"

Two pairs collided.

However, the result was surprising. The advantage of the long wooden spear, which is one inch long and one inch strong, is too obvious. In front of the dense wooden spears, almost one cavalry faced at least five wooden spears. One by one, the elite hundred cavalry soldiers had no time to show their skills, so they were picked off one by one.

"This!"

Looking at the hundreds of cavalry soldiers being picked off their horses, Hou Junji couldn't help but open his mouth. Naturally, there was no need to say more about the elite of hundreds of cavalry. However, he had no power to fight back in front of these Macedonian phalanxes.

Li Shimin and Li Jing also immediately took a breath. This was just a drill, and they used wooden spears. If they used steel spears, I'm afraid it would be a massacre.

On the martial arts field, under the command of Su dingfang, the spear infantry moved forward step by step, and the formation was always stable, while the hundred cavalry retreated step by step. Until the last moment, when more than a dozen spears stood against Li Junxian's armor at the same time, Li Junxian's weapons suddenly fell to the ground.

This time, he was defeated. He was completely defeated and had no ability to fight back. He was also a man who had been in battle for a long time. He had never seen a dead arm that would restrain the cavalry. However, although Li Junxian was defeated, he was keenly aware of the weakness of the team, that is, on the flank and rear wing.

The third martial arts show was an unrestricted battle.

Li Junxian got on his horse and attacked the flanks and rear wings of the spear array without stopping. Although Su dingfang did his best to command, due to the poor flexibility of the spear array, Li Junxian finally seized the opportunity to break through the array and eventually the whole army was destroyed.

So far, in the three performances, both sides have drawn, won and lost.

But it seems to be a draw. You should know that Baiqi is the most elite cavalry, while the infantry team led by Su dingfang has just been established, especially the cavalry has more natural advantages over the infantry. This martial arts exercise immediately showed the power of the Macedonian team.