Da Yu, deeply worried about the future of Huaxia, walked aimlessly through the camp.
Before long, he saw He Da Zhuang and a few others discussing matters.
Curious about the actions of these young men, Da Yu approached them, intending to hear what the group was up to.
Ying Xuan, Zhang Hao Ran, the four of them, Meng Gang, He Da Zhuang, and the Wang Er Zhuang brothers, a total of eight people, were gathered in a small circle for a meeting.
"Brothers, we all know our own capabilities. In terms of leading troops, apart from Meng Gang and Er Zhuang, who are skilled, I can only count as half, and the rest of you are probably not much better," Ying Xuan said, looking at everyone with a serious expression.
"That's right. Our martial brotherhood is good at individual combat or formations, but leading troops in war is indeed not our strong suit. Old He, if you let him lead brothers to seize territory, in the world of outlaws, no one can compare to him," Zhang Hao Ran nodded, strongly agreeing with Ying Xuan.
He Da Zhuang chuckled and said, "This is not a big deal, brothers. We all have to take this step sooner or later. Let's just use these lizardmen to practice. If you ask me, instead of each of us taking 50,000, let's just ask Grandpa Ouyang for a total of 200,000 men. With Er Zhuang and Old Meng in charge, and the rest of us assisting."
As soon as He Da Zhuang finished speaking, Da Yu, who was hiding nearby, nodded with satisfaction.
See, most of our Huaxia children are good kids. They have such self-awareness. These children are definitely not lacking in character or ability.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his proposal, He Da Zhuang continued, "Old Zhang and Old Leng are out clearing the perimeter. They told us when they left, about cavalry, heavy infantry, and so on. We shouldn't choose these this time. Old Lin brought troops with strong armor-piercing weapons this time, so we can focus on that."
Wang Er Zhuang took over the conversation and said to everyone, "My elder brother is right. You've all seen the attribute reports of the lizardmen. I believe the troops we choose this time should mainly be composite units that can form battle formations. Old Meng, what formations do you think we should choose?"
Meng Gang's ancestor, Meng Tian, was a famous formation master in the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, Meng Gang, as the legitimate son of the family, also received the true inheritance from his ancestor Meng Tian.
Meng Gang thought carefully for a while and drew on the ground: "We can adopt a small ten-person formation similar to the Mandarin Duck Formation, but with some modifications."
"Old Lin's batch of weapons includes hook-spears and javelins. My plan is to have a group of 12, led by a captain with two sword-and-shield soldiers at the very front, followed by two hook-spear wielders. The hook-spear can not only stab and hook enemies, but more importantly, when it pierces the enemy's body, it can resist the enemy's forward momentum, leaving the sword-and-shield soldiers at the front to kill them. Then, four spearmen will be added to hold the left and right flanks. Old Lin's spears all have extremely strong armor-piercing three-edged heads, so the spearmen can already kill lizardmen of the same level on their own. The third row will have two javelin throwers and one sharpshooter. The terrain in the great marsh is varied, and we often engage in ambushes with lizardmen in various narrow terrains, so javelins are more useful than crossbows. If we were elsewhere, I would replace the two javelin throwers with mass shooters."
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing Meng Gang's words. Professional matters must be handled by professionals. The young men of Huaxia best understand their own limitations and would never do things beyond their capabilities.
Wang Er Zhuang nodded and said, "Then we will configure 10,000 such squads according to Old Meng's plan, which is 120,000 men. For the remaining 80,000, I plan to have 10,000 repeating crossbowmen. Those have strong firepower and good power. Organized repeating crossbows can be used when we are ambushing reinforcements."
"Next are the spearmen, I plan to have 30,000. The spearmen of the elite legion, once a large-scale battle occurs, these 30,000 spearmen can directly form a defensive line. The remaining 20,000 sword-and-shield soldiers will cooperate with the spearmen and repeating crossbowmen to form a large military formation." Su Dan Novel Network
He Da Zhuang chuckled and said, "Then there are still 10,000 left. I plan to have a 10,000-strong Great Saber Division. I know that the entire group army only has a Great Saber Division of 100,000 men in the Thunderclap Legion. That is the Lin family's treasure. I don't want much, just 10,000."
The Lin family's Thunderclap Legion had two special troop types, whose members were all platinum-level warriors: the first were Thunder Warriors, skilled in halberds and spears. The second was the Great Saber Division, who practiced Lin family saber techniques, and were the main two units in the Thunderclap Legion for close combat, breakthroughs, and tackling tough opponents. Previously, each unit only had 50,000 men. Later, Young Master Lin became prosperous, and his family's Thunderclap Legion naturally advanced. Zhang Zhen and Lin Shan He waved their hands and directly expanded the troops, increasing these two special troop types to 100,000 each.
After hearing the arrangements of the young men of the Huaxia team, Da Yu, who was hiding nearby, felt his body and mind relax instantly.
Look, this is the true next generation of our Huaxia. This is the next generation that will awe all heavens and not be notorious in the future.
Seeing that everyone had agreed, He Da Zhuang quickly said, "Then let's act quickly, get the troops ready, and then we have to go find you, Hua Shi Jiu."
Zhang Hao Ran and the others were stunned: "Da Zhuang, why are you looking for Shi Jiu? Isn't he at the field hospital?"
He Da Zhuang said with a sinister smile, "I asked Shi Jiu to prepare a large amount of powerful anesthetic. When we get back, we'll coat the weapons with the anesthetic. No matter how tough the lizardmen are, as long as they get a scratch, they won't be able to stand up again."
"Holy cow, Old He, you're still the most cunning. This is a great idea. Let's try it first. If it works well, we must advocate for the whole army to use it. This will reduce how many casualties our soldiers suffer."
"Old He, how much did you ask Shi Jiu to prepare? Is it enough?" Everyone was very interested in He Da Zhuang's idea and asked continuously.
"Heh heh, brothers, don't worry. Shi Jiu has prepared enough anesthetic for me to poison the weapons of 1 million men. That's enough for a big operation," He Da Zhuang said with a mischievous smile.
Watching the few of them walk away with their arms around each other, Da Yu instantly felt like crying without tears.
This is truly carelessness. Birds of a feather flock together. What good people can come from associating with that scoundrel Lin Zhan?
Da Yu shook his head and sighed, "Alas, Huaxia's reputation is completely ruined this time. There's no point in having a good reputation in the future."
Seeing Da Yu sighing, Shang Tang walked over from the side and said, "Old fellow, don't worry about it here. Zhan'er said that he'll kill everyone who knows about Huaxia's bad reputation, and then everyone left will only speak well of Huaxia."