It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the third year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty.

Xi'an, Dongkuo New Town, outside Changle Gate.

The flag was fluttering, and on the open plain outside the moat, soldiers and horses were like clouds.

Nearly 30,000 pro-troops on horseback stood in front of the tent, wearing helmets and bright red armor. They stood silently. These 30,000 pro-troops on horseback in front of the tent were roughly divided into three parts. One part was the cavalry army.

Two parts are infantry.

Among them, the horse army numbered about 4,800, forming four regiment-level square formations, which were lined up in the north of the temporary school field outside Changle Gate, occupying a large open space. All the knights stood beside their horses, carrying bows and arrows.

, with a saber on his shoulder and a carbine in his hand, standing with his chest raised and his belly raised, he looked like a door god in a painting.

Of the knights who made up the four regiments of cavalry in front of the tent, less than half were "old knights" who followed Zhu Youjian from the Xuan Mansion, and most of them were "new knights" recruited in Xi'an - there were 2 people who followed Zhu Youjian on the expedition at that time.

There are two cavalry regiments (both with two battalions), about 2,400 cavalry. Because 7800 cavalrymen were sent out to send infantry and young soldiers to serve as officers, there are only 16700 people left in the two cavalry regiments.

The two cavalry regiments almost became cavalry battalions.

Fortunately, there are many "loyal and loyal" people in Shaanxi. After the imperial list for recruiting knights and sergeants was posted, more than 10,000 people were quickly recruited. Zhu Youjian selected more than 3,000 strong men who could ride horses and archery, and "old men".

Knights" were mixed together to form four new cavalry regiments in front of the tent.

Throughout the winter, these four cavalry regiments have been training formations and group charges in a large Wangzhuang (belonging to the Palace of the Prince of Qin) east of Dongkuo New City in Xi'an - all the "Shaanxi Zhongliang" who can be selected are

They have good cavalry and shooting skills. Many of them are originally from the frontier cavalry, and some are even the servants of the frontier generals. Their martial arts skills are very good, but they are still not as good as the elite white armor and red armor of the Eight Banners. If you really want to fight in a melee or

Fighting alone, he is definitely no match for the white-armored soldiers and the red-armored soldiers.

However, Zhu Youjian's idea of ​​training the cavalry was not to let the knights fight the enemy alone, but to charge in formation and shoot with black guns (shooting with black guns is a tactic that is kept at night). However, the output of Lumi gun is limited - in Xu Guangqi's case

Under the auspices of Tang Ruowang and Tang Ruowang, a new artillery manufacturing bureau was opened in Xuanfu City, specializing in imitating 3-pound cannons and Rumi muskets. However, the output was very low and it was difficult to meet the needs of the increasingly large Zhangqian army. So now the newly joined Zhangqian

Knights can only focus on training queues and charges.

After practicing for two or three months, I was finally able to form a regimental-level "two-wall formation". If I cooperated with artillery and square infantry, I could fight against the Eight Banners soldiers.

Arranged on the left side of the 4 cavalry regiments are 5 infantry regiments. The infantry regiment of the Zhangqian Army is very large, with more than 4,200 soldiers. Except for a 200-person directly affiliated corps, the rest

4,000 people formed four thousand-man square formations - one battalion and one square formation. When fully equipped, this thousand-man square formation had 600 spearmen, 300 fire gunners and 100 swordsmen. And the contemporaries

It is similar to the Spanish phalanx popular in Europe.

However, the output of turtle dove fire guns in Foshan, Guangdong is still insufficient. In the winter of the second year of Chongzhen and the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, there were only 1,500 turtle dove fire guns shipped to Xi'an (these fire guns were all orders placed by Sun Yuanhua before leaving Foshan)

Including the approximately 3,000 turtle dove guns he obtained before, Zhu Youjian only has about 4,500 turtle dove guns in total. About 900 of them are spares (the turtle dove guns are of better quality and have a long service life, but there will still be losses, so

There must be a certain number of spare muskets), and the remaining 3,600 turtledove muskets were distributed to 3 infantry regiments.

These three infantry regiments formed the left division of the Zhangqian Infantry Army, commanded by Sun Chuanting, deputy general of the Zhangqian Infantry Army.

The remaining two infantry regiments did not have powerful turtle dove guns available for the time being, so Zhu Youjian could only ask the Bingzhan Bureau to get a batch of bird guns of decent quality for use.

These two infantry regiments using muskets formed the right division of the Zhangqian Army infantry, commanded by Sun Yingyuan, another infantry deputy general.

Although the right division of the infantry was newly established, its training was insufficient, and its equipment was relatively poor. It was not equipped with turtle dove guns. Therefore, its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, but their formation was not bad, at least they could not see it when they stood still.

No matter what goes wrong, it's still pretty awesome.

On the left side of the five infantry regiments of the Zhangqian Army are the so-called Yanshan and Daning Guards Corps. They are the loyal and brave men of Shaanxi who were not selected for the Zhangqian Cavalry, numbering about seven to eight thousand.

They formed teams of a hundred people and set up seventy or eighty small phalanxes. Each small phalanx of a hundred people included 40 spearmen, 30 sword soldiers and 30 archers.

In fact, they do not belong to the Zhangqian army, but to the field army in Yanshan and Daning towns. Although they are station troops, their treatment is not comparable to that of the original veteran military households.

As long as these new military households bring their families to Yanshan and Daning, they can immediately get 100 acres of land. These 100 acres of land are also job fields. Like the job fields of the knights in front of the account, they do not have to pay any taxes. Moreover, these jobs

Fields can also be inherited by the descendants of the Tun Army - as long as the heirs can bear the military service of their fathers and ancestors and continue to serve as soldiers for the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to job fields, these new military households can also receive a military salary that decreases year by year - in the first three years of settling in Yanshan and Daning, they can receive a total of 30 taels (stone) of food and salary every year, and their benefits and

The soldiers of the Zhangqian Army are exactly the same. Now the number of knights and infantry in the Zhangqian Army is the same, but the knights have 500 more acres of land.

The military household soldiers in Yanshan and Daning can also receive this amount in the first three years after settling down. This is because the land granted to them is different from the land granted by knights. The former receives mature land and rents it out.

You can earn rent right away. 500 acres of land can earn at least 200 shi of rent. However, the land in Yanshan and Daning is raw land or half-ripened land, and it takes money, time and effort to cultivate it. Therefore, Zhu Youjian has to develop the land

Before they come out, they will be given full military pay, and then it will be reduced year by year. After three years it will be reduced to 20 taels (stone), after six years it will be reduced to 10 taels (stone), and it will not be reduced again in the future.

In other words, in Yanshan, where mature fields are cultivated, the pay of Daning military household soldiers is one-third of that of infantrymen... It seems a bit small, but their service time is also short, and they only need to serve for one year.

4 months, and if there is no emergency, we will not serve during the busy farming period.

The infantry in front of the tent are in the camp all the time. When they are not going on an expedition, they only have 36 days of vacation a year (3 days a month), and the rest of the time is spent in the military camp.

As for the knights in front of the tent, theoretically they are in service for 6 months a year, and they are in camp at all times during the service. However, in the actual implementation process, their service time is much longer than 6 months. As long as they are on an expedition

Or after serving as a commission officer, there is no limit on service time.

As for the 30,000 troops gathered in Xi'an, the Yanshan, Daning and other armies are now in expedition mode, so they are in camp at all times, training hard in "997".

Although the training time is limited, it already feels like a powerful army!

Just by arranging in formation, one can feel the murderous aura rushing towards them!

"Prince Su, Prince Qing, is my newly sharpened sword useful?"

Standing on the tower of Changlemen Urn City, Zhu Youjian, who was quite proud of himself, was smiling and asking questions to the two princes who had just arrived in Xi'an.

These two princes are Su Wang Zhu Shihong and Qing Wang Zhu Shuai Zhen. Among them, Zhu Shihong is younger, only in his twenties. He is tall and elegant, and he really has the edge of a king. Zhu Shuai Zhen is a senior.

Although the older uncle has the word handsome in his name, he is not handsome at all and has a plain appearance. He is the kind of person who is difficult to find in a crowd. Moreover, his eyes always flicker, which makes

People feel timid and afraid of death.

"Long live my lord," Zhu Shuai Zhen said, "your sword is so sharp, I admire you so much... I heard that you want to entrust the king of Sai in the northwest, why not just grant it in Ningxia! I am old

I am weak, there are not many people at home, and I really cannot control the fiefdom. If I am willing to move inland, I can go anywhere."
Chapter completed!