The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 15: Practicing the Mandarin Duck Formation

The first thing Yue Wenxuan did when he woke up in the morning was check his Douyin account. His video views were trending upward, increasing daily. The X Video Partner Program had brought him a few dozen yuan in revenue. He had also sold a few Guan Erye and Qi Jiguang figurines, earning him a few dozen yuan in commission.

Although it is not as much as what my parents give me, the money I earn myself is more fragrant.

Okay, I’m going to work hard on making a new video today as well.

I was just thinking about what to film when I saw a new comment from my old fan Wu Jianxia on a video about Qi Jiguang training his troops: "UP host, your Qi Jiguang training troops is just about training the formations, not the Mandarin Duck Formation. I've heard of the fame of the Qi Family Army's Mandarin Duck Formation for a long time, but I've never seen it in action. Why don't you just film a video of the plastic figures fighting in the Mandarin Duck Formation so I can learn from them?"

This suggestion made Yue Wenxuan's eyes light up. Yes, this is a very good topic.

Qi Jiguang has had the rebel soldiers practice formations and memorize military regulations for several days. The mob has now begun to behave properly. It is estimated that Qi Jiguang will enter the next stage and teach them actual combat formations.

Yue Wenxuan's eyes turned to the sand table...

At this time, the rebel soldiers had already eaten breakfast and were ready to start training.

In recent days, they have been eating "immortal rice, immortal noodles, and immortal pigs", and their bodies are gaining weight at a speed visible to the naked eye. Shandong people all have big frames and good foundations. As long as they eat enough, their growth is simply terrifying. Zhang Dashu, who is the biggest and has the best foundation, has gained more than six kilograms, and the others have also gained three or four kilograms.

With their bodies healed, their spirits naturally lifted, their confidence began to soar, and they all stood up, their walking posture becoming arrogant. But when they stood in front of Qi Jiguang, they instantly became as obedient as quails.

Qi Jiguang was reciting the training content according to his "character setting": "You, a bunch of rabble, have finally become somewhat humane. It is time for me to teach you the true art of defeating the enemy in battle formations."

The soldiers were overjoyed, but no one cheered because they were not allowed to talk while in formation, and cheering would result in being tied up and beaten with forty sticks.

Madam Gong Er had already picked out five reliable soldiers to form a "military law team". If Qi Jiguang pointed at someone and said "martial law", these five people would rush up and beat him until he cried for his parents.

Qi Jiguang said loudly: "This governor wants to teach you a formation called the Mandarin Duck Formation."

Yue Wenxuan was overjoyed: Oh, you really want to teach me this.

Qi Jiguang: "The Yuanyang Formation is based on squads. Each squad has twelve soldiers, including a cook to cook, guard, cut heads, and do odd jobs. The actual battle formation consists of eleven people, including a squad leader, a long shield bearer, a rattan shield bearer, two wolf-whip bearers, four long spearmen, and two halberd and mace bearers. The captain leads the unified command, and the following ten soldiers follow in two squads, each five people forming a column, arranged symmetrically on the left and right..."

The concept of formation is very abstract when you just hear about it.

The rebel soldiers were illiterate and had low comprehension abilities, so they were confused and didn't understand what they heard.

Madam Gong Er, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but whisper to Qian Zhuoqun, "Second Uncle, do you understand?"

Qian Zhuoqun shook his head. "I have no idea what this formation is. Those wolf-whip and halberd are probably divine weapons from the heavens. We mortals don't even have them, so how can we set up this formation?"

Madam Gong Er: "I can't think of it either."

Just as the two of them were chatting to this point, they heard a light sound beside them, as if something had fallen to the ground. Turning around at the same time, they saw Master Wenxuan, who was wearing a robe, coming down to the earth again.

The two of them quickly bowed deeply: "Greetings to the True Lord."

Yue Wenxuan smiled and said, "I saw General Qi teaching you the Mandarin Duck Formation from the sky, but the soldiers looked confused after hearing it, as if they didn't understand."

Madam Gong Er quickly said, "I'm stupid and didn't understand." "It's normal that you didn't understand." Yue Wenxuan smiled and said, "General Qi, call your subordinates and demonstrate it to everyone. Hearing you say it a thousand times is not as good as seeing it with your own eyes."

After saying this, he thought about everything, took over Qi Jiguang's body, and said with a smile: "As you command!"

This "acting" surprised Gong Erniang and others, and they thought to themselves: General Qi is a heavenly general, and he actually said "Yes, sir" to Master Wenxuan. It seems that the relationship between the two is not just ordinary friends, but a relationship between superiors and subordinates. Master Wenxuan holds a very high position in heaven.

Yue Wenxuan raised his right hand and pointed it towards the sky.

More than ten soldiers fell from the sky one after another. They were a set of "miniature models of the Qi Family Army's Mandarin Duck Formation", and it was a "low-profile version", that is, a version without the bird commander.

This miniature model set is not cheap. It has 16 soldiers, including 12 soldiers from Qi's army forming the Mandarin Duck Squad, and 4 Japanese pirates positioned on the opposite side to form a siege formation. The whole set costs 225 yuan on Taobao. When Yue Wenxuan bought the Qi Jiguang model, he also bought the Mandarin Duck Formation model set, and now it finally comes in handy.

As soon as these sixteen soldiers landed, they automatically assumed their "factory settings." The twelve members of the Mandarin Duck Formation stood in formation, their positions perfectly aligned. Meanwhile, four Japanese pirates, armed with swords and spears, formed a semicircle facing the Mandarin Duck Formation.

Yue Wenxuan thought to himself: After I put Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in, I can't put another general in. My command power is only enough to put two special generals. But now that I have Qi Jiguang in, I can put these sixteen soldiers in. It seems that the command power required for these sixteen soldiers is only enough to match that of one special general.

Another rule of the sandbox has been mastered: the command ability required for miscellaneous soldiers is far lower than that required for special generals.

At this time, the "heavenly soldiers" were already in place and had formed a beautiful formation.

The rebel soldiers didn't dare to speak, but just stared at this group of "heavenly soldiers" with wide eyes, especially the strange-shaped weapon like the wolf-whip, which was the most eye-catching. Almost everyone's eyes fell on this strange-shaped weapon.

Madam Gong Er couldn't help swallowing her saliva and whispered, "Heavenly soldiers!"

Qian Zhuoqun whispered, "Although I don't quite understand it, it looks very impressive."

Qi Jiguang (controlled by Yue Wenxuan) said, "Everyone, open your eyes and watch carefully. Next, the heavenly soldiers will demonstrate the Mandarin Duck Formation's method of defeating the enemy. You must memorize it carefully. I will test how much you have learned. If anyone can't tell me a single word when I ask them, I will spank them."

After hearing this, the soldiers dared not watch carefully.

Zhang Dashu, the dumbest guy in the team, was sweating profusely at this moment, thinking: I am stupid and have a bad memory. If I fail the test later, I will be beaten again.

Thinking of this, his eyes widened into a circle, and he really didn't dare to be distracted at all.

Yue Wenxuan's mind was focused on everything outside the sand table. Cameras One and Two were in place, and his cell phone was set up to film as well. He said to the twelve Qi Family Army soldiers, "Destroy the Japanese pirates."

Then he said to the four Japanese pirates: "Kill the Qi family army."

At the command, all the plastic men moved instantly. A Japanese pirate soldier raised his Japanese sword with both hands, roared, and took the lead in slashing at the Yuanyang team.

He chopped with his sword fiercely and violently, and the blade flashed coldly.

When the rebel soldiers saw the power of this knife, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and thought to themselves: If I faced this knife, I would probably be unable to withstand it.

(End of this chapter)