Chapter 9: The Terrifying Battle Formation
In the study.

Ye Feng recorded the [Heavenly Soul-Breaking Art] he created and gave it to Zhang He.

Zhang He became obsessed with it at first sight.

After reading it through, he finally came to his senses and looked at Ye Feng apologetically: "I was distracted for a moment, please forgive me, lord."

Ye Feng waved his hand: "People who practice martial arts naturally love their skills, it's not rude."

"I have a few points to discuss with you regarding the next military training."

"Ok?"

Zhang He was stunned and said quickly, "My lord, please give the order."

Ye Feng patted Zhang He on the shoulder: "It's not an order, but a suggestion."

"If you think it's feasible, then implement it. If it's not feasible, then you don't have to follow it."

Zhang He nodded slowly, but made up his mind that as long as it was not too outrageous, he would try not to refute.

Ye Feng told Zhang He about the last-in-first-out method, reward method, queues, turning left and right, marching, and most importantly, ideological education that he had learned in his previous life.

At first, Zhang He just nodded repeatedly, his brows full of contemplation.

When he heard the training method of turning around and marching in neat formation, his mouth suddenly opened wide, his eyes full of excitement: "Lord, do you still know that long-lost battle formation method?"

"The method of battle formation?"

Ye Feng was stunned, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

He just incorporated elements of training from various countries in previous lives into his training, how can that be the method of battle formation?

When Zhang He saw Ye Feng's expression, he knew that he had guessed wrong.

There was a hint of disappointment in his heart, but he still explained: "I once heard from the teacher that the reason why Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Dou Xian and other generals were able to trample the grasslands, seal the Wolf's Lair, and outline Yanran was not only because of their command ability, but also because they mastered the art of battle formations."

"All soldiers of the army obey the command of the commander-in-chief and stand in different positions. This can gather the strength of all soldiers and add it to the commander-in-chief to fight against the powerful enemy together."

"Even a human general (a second-rate general) who has mastered the bright energy may be able to challenge a higher-level general (a first-rate general) with this blessing."

"Otherwise, facing the Earth General and the Heaven General, how can ordinary soldiers resist them?"

"It is said that the Blood Evil Formation that Champion Marquis mastered could even allow him to reach the level of a God General. However, this formation consumed too much energy and blood, and the backlash was too great, which is why Champion Marquis Huo Qubing died young."

"Now these battle formations have disappeared, leaving only the most basic circular formations, cone formations, and goose formations."

"These basic formations have almost no effect on combat power."

"And if you want to learn the battle formation, you need all the soldiers under your command to follow orders and coordinate left and right. If any one link goes wrong, the battle formation cannot be launched."

"So when the lord mentioned left-right training, formation training, and coordinated training, I thought that the lord had mastered this lost battle formation method."

A gleam of light flashed in Ye Feng's eyes, and he asked with interest: "The battle array method is really amazing."

"Is there no one in the world who can master the art of battle formation?"

Zhang He hesitated for a long time: "Some ancient noble families, the imperial court, and military families may have some, but they are all incomplete."

“I haven’t heard the complete version.”

At this point, Zhang He suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "My lord, have you heard of the White Horse Volunteers of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou?"

"I heard that this cavalry has learned a battle formation, but Gongsun Zan has never used the Qi and blood coagulation technique, so it has not been confirmed."

Ye Feng nodded slowly: "If we can add the arrangement of battle formations during training, we can get twice the result with half the effort, and our combat effectiveness can be rapidly improved." "It seems that we need to come up with a method of battle formations."

Zhang He said: "Of course, but the battle array method is extremely precious. Who is willing to share it?"

"I'm afraid"

"Since you don't have any, then learn a set of battle formations yourself."

"Um?!?!"

Zhang He was about to say "what a pity" when he was stunned for a moment. Then he said in disbelief, "Understand it yourself? My lord, are you going to create your own battle formation?"

Ye Feng smiled and said, "How difficult is this?"

"I have also seen the Goose Formation and the Cone Formation, and I have some understanding of them. Why can't I deduce the method of battle formation?"

"Since they originated from the art of battle formation, they naturally have something in common."

"Our ancestors were able to create something out of nothing, so why can't we even deduce it?"

As he spoke, he closed his eyes and concentrated, searching his mind for the goose-shaped formations, cone-shaped formations, and circular formations he had seen before.
Zhang He wanted to persuade Ye Feng but when he thought about how Ye Feng was able to perfect the Soul-Breaking Technique after only one practice, and even created his own technique the second time, he held back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

If someone else had told him how to create a battle formation, Zhang He would not have believed it at all, and would even have cursed: "Why the hell don't you go to heaven? How is it possible to create a battle formation out of thin air?"
But when Ye Feng said this, he was really looking forward to it.

Seeing Ye Feng closing his eyes and concentrating, sometimes frowning and sometimes relaxing his brows, Zhang He didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing Ye Feng's inspiration.

[You observed the goose-shaped battle formation, cone-shaped battle formation, and circular battle formation, combined with the principles of the battle formation method just now, and the key points of military books and military tactics from your previous life memories, and gained a lot, and perfected the goose-shaped battle formation, cone-shaped battle formation, and circular battle formation.]

[Goose Formation Battle Formation]: It is the predecessor of the Goose Formation, and belongs to the human-level battle formation method. After learning it, one can easily mobilize 15 soldiers to form a battle formation. After the 15 people cooperate skillfully, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can be increased by %, and the combat effectiveness of the commander can be increased by %.

[Cone Battle Formation]: It is the predecessor of the cone formation and belongs to the human-level battle formation method. After learning it, one can easily mobilize 15 soldiers to form a battle formation. After the 15 people cooperate skillfully, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can be increased by %, and the combat effectiveness of the commander can be increased by %.

[Circular Battle Formation]: It is the predecessor of the circular formation and belongs to the human-level battle formation method. After learning it, you can easily mobilize 10 soldiers to form a battle formation. After the 10 people cooperate skillfully, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can be increased by %, and the combat effectiveness of the commander can be increased by %.

The levels of battle formations: human level, earth level, and heaven level.

Human-level formation: Increases the combat effectiveness of the commander and soldiers by 0-20%. (Depending on the complexity of the formation.)
Earth-level formation: Increases the combat effectiveness of the commander and soldiers by 20%-80%. (Same as above)

Heaven-level formation: Increases the combat effectiveness of commander and soldiers by 80%-150%.

After carefully reading the three deduced battle formations, Ye Feng frowned slightly, showing dissatisfaction with them.

I wanted to continue the deduction, but the knowledge of battle formations in my mind was too scarce, and I still wouldn't gain much if I continued.

After all, his knowledge of battle formations came only from Zhang He's oral narration.

How can you comprehend the wonder of it if you have never truly seen and felt it?

Slowly opening his eyes, Ye Feng could only give up the deduction of the earth-level and heaven-level formations for the time being.

His appearance dimmed the mood of Zhang He, who was waiting expectantly, but he was soon relieved.

After all, Ye Feng is a human, not a god. How could he easily comprehend this kind of battle formation?

"My lord, the method of battle formation is not so easy to deduce."

"Since ancient times, many extremely intelligent people have found it difficult to comprehend, let alone understand."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Feng came back to his senses, his eyes full of wonder: "Who said I didn't deduce the method of battle formation?"

(End of this chapter)