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Chapter 216 Cavalry Preparation

The emperor's preference for military generals is not hidden.

Most of them are rough men, and they are sometimes rude and never blame them. After summoning, there are many rewards. Anyway, the emperor has prepared a lot of swords, swords, armor, and short spears.

But the generals did not dare to act rashly, and they tried their best to maintain the etiquette of the monarch and his subjects. Although this made the emperor a little unhappy.

"My dear friends." Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile on his face, "You can speak freely about the establishment of the cavalry battalion. What I said is nothing more than paper talks, and there must be something wrong."

If you know it’s wrong, you still say it? I don’t know that you are the emperor, so it’s not easy to tell it!

Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji, Cao Wenzhao and others looked at each other, and a look of hesitation appeared on their faces.

The organization that the emperor mentioned was a bit of a hodgepodge. There were two thousand flying cavalry in the three thousand cavalry battalions, plus six or seven hundred lancers, and three or four hundred cavalry artillery, which could not only ride horses and kill, but also bombard guns and shoot.

It sounds good, omnipotent! It's great whether it's cavalry hedging or using gunfire to disrupt the enemy's formation!

The emperor also had to equip two thousand flying cavalry with flintlock guns, and first fired the left and right shots to the enemy at more than ten or twenty meters, and then drew a knife and slashed hard. Isn’t it amazing?

But the generals each have their own considerations. Some think that such a staffing is not very impactful, so giving the emperor a face, it's okay to do this.

Some people think that the battle is victorious on the battlefield, life and death cannot be allowed to make the emperor think about it without any trouble. Although it sounds good, it may not be good in actual combat.

Sun Yingyuan smiled bitterly in secret. He was the highest official position in the Beijing camp and wanted to stay and defend the capital and protect the emperor. The emperor trusted so much that he was not a loyal minister, but he was no longer a loyal minister.

Of course, Sun Yingyuan didn't think that the emperor's suggestion was unreasonable. However, the training of the flying cavalry has been completed, and adding new tactics may delay time. Moreover, success or failure still requires repeated verification.

"Long live the prologue." Sun Yingyuan stepped out and bowed to report, "The training of flying cavalry is very effective, but carrying weight is the key. If you don't want to be on guard against bows and arrows, the ministers would like to remove the cavalry's armor and let them only wear leather armor, or even civilians."

Zhu Youxiao blinked his eyes and suddenly felt that Sun Yingyuan's words seemed to have been verified in history, and the French cavalry seemed to charge in only military uniforms.

Well, I understand. Equipping the flying cavalry with flintlock guns and ammunition has increased the load. The Ming army's war horses were not as tall as those in Europe, and were more sensitive to loading.

Zhu Youxiao was a little helpless and understood that he was a little bit of a matter of course, which was far less practical than [Biquge www.biquge.co], who had personally learned experience after a long period of training.

The one who took the flintlock short gun was the breastplate cavalry? Zhu Youxiao remembered it and didn't want to play with this high-end military.

"You agree with General Sun's statement, right?" Zhu Youxiao looked around the generals. Seeing that they all bowed and bowed their heads, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then there is no need to equip the flying cavalry with muskets."

As soon as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor spoke again: "But it is necessary to mix the flying cavalry with the dragon cavalry. I think it is more appropriate to have three thousand cavalry battalions, two thousand flying cavalry and one thousand dragon cavalry."

After saying that, the emperor turned his eyes to Zhou Yuji and asked, "Zhou Qing, please answer, when will the flying cavalry not be able to exert its power, and there is a possibility of a crushing defeat."

This question is not difficult. Martial arts have been studied and answered.

Zhou Yuji bowed and replied: "It takes a certain amount of time for the cavalry to organize a wall-type charge, so when the encounter is not too late, it is not only impossible to exert its power, but also because our army's cavalry is not high, there is also a possibility of a crushing defeat."

Wall-style charge depends on collective strength, organization, discipline and training. When it comes to cavalry, it is definitely not as good as Jiannu, nor as good as the Mongols.

Therefore, in a sudden encounter or surprise attack, flying cavalry who do not have time to organize will fight alone with the enemy and will definitely be at a disadvantage.

"How to avoid it?" the emperor asked briefly.

"Strengthen reconnaissance, avoid encounters, and make it difficult for the enemy to attack." Zhou Yuji replied.

The emperor nodded and said, "Then add the protection of the dragon cavalry. The cavalry battalion can not only fight against enemy cavalry on the battlefield, but also have long-range fire projection, and the ability to rely on the strong to defend or block."

After pausing, the emperor finally swallowed up the words of the artillery on the cavalry again. The almighty army is not bad, but it is too complicated and becomes a four-dimensional sign and is not easy to command.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao believes that infantry has flintlock rifles and bayonets, or infantry line tactics, which can already resist or defeat cavalry on the battlefield.

However, with the cavalry breaking the cavalry and the cavalry also have the speed of chasing, the killing of the enemy will be greater.

"There are my husbands who obey the order." The generals bowed and accepted the compromise proposed by the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao’s arrangement was also reasonable. It was originally planned that the Beijing camp would dispatch more than 10,000 flying cavalry, almost two-thirds of all flying cavalry.

Just based on 12,000 flying cavalry, combined with the dragon cavalry, six cavalry battalions can be formed. Three cavalry battalions are organized by cavalry cooperation, which is two major cavalry groups.

In addition, the naturalized cavalry of Mangui and Fan Hualong's dragon cavalry were mixed together, and there were three iron cavalry in Liaodong, which were just distributed to western Liaoning, southern Liaoning and Liaodong.

Moreover, six generals could be arranged in six cavalry battalions, and Zhu Youxiao was decided. Huang Degong, Liu Xingzuo, Jin Riguan, Yang Guozhu, Cao Bianjiao, and Hou Shilu. The two cavalry teams were mainly composed of Zhou Yuji and Cao Wenzhao.

All of them are elite soldiers and powerful generals. The most famous ones in history are Cao Cao and Zhou Yuji, who guarded Ningwu Pass to death.

And who else can be equipped with such a luxurious lineup besides Zhu Youxiao? This does not include Xiong Dazhaozui and Captain Mao, as well as the many strong players under their command.

Not only are there people, but there is also money. If you can't beat Jiannu, Zhu Youxiao thinks that's really a hell.

The list of the summoned guests was personally designated by the emperor, and those who went to Liaodong were naturally included. In order to make up for the officers who were selected by the Beijing camp, Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Tingchen and others were added to the Beijing camp.

The Nine Gates of the Admiral was finally replaced by an internal official, and Zhu Youxiao promoted the new eunuch Fang Zhenghua to serve as the eunuch of the Silijian.

Even if the elite flying cavalry were drawn from the Beijing camp, there were still tens of thousands of troops. There were also factory guards, Zhu Youxiao was not very worried about the safety of the capital and the safety of the palace.

You should know that Cao Bianjiao, Huang Degong and others sent to him were all able to fight. Those who could not fight but were loyal, or those who had insufficient experience, would stay in the capital camp so that the emperor could continue to firmly control the military power.

As for the imperial commander-in-chief, Zhu Youxiao had thought about it, but he was afraid of death and was even more afraid of becoming a burden for the generals to command the battle. Instead, the slaves failed to destroy them and led to failure.

Zhu Youxiao thought it was unlikely to be killed by the enemy on the battlefield. However, he was always alert to the assassination from within the Ming Dynasty and did not dare to relax.

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