Chapter 147 Horse Team

"Mr. Demons is here?"

Liu Chang felt secretly happy that he had bet on delaying the attack this time, and Demons indeed brought a ship of arms to arrive in time.

For war, weapons are not a decisive factor, but those who master weapons, those who can pull the fingers of the board machine, but for Liu Chang and Hongjun now, the cost is too small and their strength is too weak. There is no other choice except to strengthen their own strength to the greatest extent.

Liu Chang had a big plan, but the premise was to take down Huang Yan and Linhai first, otherwise he would not have the time and resources to implement this plan at all. Now every day is so precious.

Whether it is Qu Zhenhan's strategy for northern Fujian or Ni Tingmo's attack on Chuzhou, Liu Chang is not optimistic about it, but if these two places suffer setbacks, then all the troops in the entire Qing army's Zhejiang and Fujian war zone will be suppressed by the Hong army, and Liu Chang must take down a territory that is enough to stand before they collapse.

Under this circumstance, Demons' Western arms became an indispensable weapon in Liu Chang's army. Moreover, with the two expansions before and after entering Taizhou, the number of weapons could not keep up with the increase in the strength of the troops. Now at least half of the soldiers do not even have a flintlock rifle.

More importantly, Demons should buy a batch of Western artillery this time, right? Such Western artillery is indispensable for capturing cities like Huangyan and Linhai with a large number of defenders and solid city walls.

"How many arms did he bring?"

The messenger came from Panshi Village. He told Liu Chang: "It should be a ship of arms, and the water is very deep, but he only agreed to trade with the inspector!"

Although there is a considerable amount of deposits and other cash in Panshi Village, for such a large-scale transaction of tens of thousands of silver dollars, Xian Xina, the battalion responsible for Panshi Village, is now in charge of Panshi Village, cannot make any decision, and Demons is not at ease to contact other Chinese people other than Liu Chang.

He knew that Liu Chang was the supreme leader of the entire Hongjun army and had supreme power, while others were just Liu Chang's subordinates and could not make critical decisions, especially regarding the ordering of the next batch of arms. In addition, based on the bad habits of the Chinese officialdom, if he knew about the Chinese officialdom, he had to take out a large amount of profit to share the profit. The Chinese call it "kickback". It is precisely for this consideration that Demons refused to trade arms with Xianna or others.

However, while waiting for Liu Chang, he had decided to buy some local special products from Panshizhai and nearby, such as tea that Westerners like, transported to Shanghai for sale.

After hearing the messenger say all this, Liu Chang nodded: "Okay, I'll explain, let's go south now!"

But when he saw Shi Tinglan who was very arrogant there, he suddenly felt his heart moved: "I wonder if I can ask Miss Shi to check the quality of this batch of arms together this time?"

Shi Tinglan's mouth curled slightly: "I am a weak woman, but I don't have any horses to change at any time like a checkpoint!"

It turned out that I was a little resentful about this matter, but now it was not like when I entered Taizhou. Since Zhou Xiuying seized a lot of military horses in Jinyun, the company commanders of some main companies of the Hong Army can ride horses. Therefore, Liu Chang put forward his own suggestions: "Then let's go with my horse!"

Shi Tinglan packed her luggage and replied: "You are such a gentle little horse, you don't want to give it to me. My country's sect has several Western horses in Tianjing, which is the real handsome horse!"

"Okay, okay!" Liu Chang was a little moved when he saw Shi Tinglan: "When I got a batch of Western horses, how many horses will I give you? How about your riding skills?"

How about riding? Shi Tinglan immediately told Liu Chang: "I came to Jinling with barefoot from Guangxi. I can ride a fierce horse and hold a rattan card to fight. I have fought in the enemy for countless times, but I am not like you, I can't even tame a pony!"

Her riding skills are indeed much better than Liu Chang. As soon as Liu Chang rode on the horse, she became nervous. In the horse team, both Shi Tinglan and Zhou Xiuying were all good riding skills. These two horses were trained by them as if they were using their fingers.

However, as soon as she saw Zhou Xiuying and the cavalry guards, Shi Tinglan's face became a little frost. She immediately activated the war horse, and the horse ran out quickly, leaving Liu Chang alone.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xiuying also urged the horse to get close to Liu Chang, but instead of talking about the issues between Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei, she shouted directly: "Check it out!"

The war horses around suddenly dispersed, but they were both guarding Liu Chang and Zhou Xiuying.

"What's wrong with Company Commander Zhou?"

Liu Chang glanced at Shi Tinglan who had already run away, and then looked at the group of cavalry under Zhou Xiuying: "You have trained the horse team well!"

Now with the escort of the horse team, if you rush back to Panshi Village from Taiping County to rush back to Panshi Village, it will take less than a day, which will make Liu Chang's itinerary much easier.

This time, Zhou Xiuying brought all his cavalry out to protect Liu Chang. There were two platoons of 60 people in total, and the flintlock rifles on their backs, such a lineup could protect Liu Chang without any mistakes.

This horse team was established for a short time, but now Zhou Xiuying's leadership seems to be concise and eye-catching. Although it seems a little immature, it already has a bit of the modern iron cavalry. After several actual combat in Taiping County, when he appeared, he chased the militia, the remaining soldiers, and the local brave men had no way to escape. He was recognized as the first-class ace force in Nanxi Camp.

Zhou Xiuying generously accepted Liu Shuang's praise and asked a question: "Check it out, I heard that we are going to separate our Niu Daolian from Nanxi Camp?"

This means upgrading to infantry battalion. Now even new companies like Anhai Company have been upgraded to ** battalion. As the fourth established Niu Dao Company in the entire Hongjun, it is natural to expand into infantry battalion: "That's right, but Battalion Commander Huo wants to keep Lu Ziyun, he said that Nanxi Shuangyun is always named!"

But Zhou Xiuying had her own thoughts: "It's okay for Lu Ziyun to stay, but I just want to lead the horse team!"

"Captain?" Liu Chang felt the difference keenly: "Don't you want to upgrade the Niu Dao Company to an infantry battalion?"

"No." Zhou Xiuying told Liu Chang his thoughts: "If Niu Dao Lian upgrades, I can still lead the team. I just want to lead the horse team now. I am willing to give up the position of Niu Dao Lian to Lu Ziyun."

"Yeah!" Liu Chang fell into deep thought after a moment: "Let me think hard!"

There are a total of 120 officers and soldiers in the Niudao Company, but the cavalry occupies two platoons, with a total of 60. It can be said that it is the essence of Niudao Company.

Now in southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang, the role of cavalry is still somewhat limited, but to establish an invincible rainbow army, there must be a powerful cavalry. Now, although most of the cavalry under Zhou Xiuying is still a cavalry fighting on horseback, it is a good start.

But now Zhou Xiuying is in charge of both infantry and cavalry. When it comes to how to use this mixed infantry and cavalry force, Zhou Xiuying feels that she has no idea. Either the cavalry breaks too far or the infantry falls behind. She personally thinks it is better to simply lead the cavalry team, so that the cavalry can separate the infantry from the infantry to perform tasks in one direction.

Listening to her troubles, Liu Chang nodded. The combination of horses and stances was too difficult for the new cavalry unit. Even in modern times, the combination of infantry and mechanized units was still a big problem. Now letting the horse team get rid of the infantry and keep moving for the time being is a terrible keenness, although it is Zhou Xiuying's intuition, but it is terrible.

"If that's the case, your Niudao Company will set a precedent. An infantry company will be upgraded to two battalions, which is the first case created by our Hongjun!" Liu Chang was unwilling to feel wronged Zhou Xiuying: "One infantry battalion, one cavalry battalion!"

"I only have one cavalry company commander." Zhou Xiuying answered Liu Chang's question cheerfully: "These sixty cavalry under my command can only form one cavalry company!"

Liu Chang disagreed: "How can this work? Even if you agree, the cadres below cannot agree. With the infantry on Lu Ziyun's side, they can expand into a battalion, and the cavalry has two platoons, but they can only form one cavalry company. Let's do this first..."

He has made a preliminary decision: "You can just know the matter of splitting Niu Dao into two. If you don't convey it to the bottom for the time being, I don't have any talent to lead the horse team under my command. The next leader of the horse team will still have to be your Battalion Commander Zhou."

Zhou Xiuying knew that such a thing would definitely cause countless waves when she was open. She was a little worried: "Niudao Company expanded into two battalions. Is this step too fast?"

"No, no!" Liu Chang told her one thing: "The next thing we will be to form the first infantry regiment of our Hong Army! The cavalry battalion temporarily maintains the system of two cavalry companies, but you'd better take action first to see if you can buy a batch of military horses. Although our Zhejiang area lacks military horses, we can always get a batch of military horses when we try our best to do it!"

Zhou Xiuying nodded, but could not sympathize with Lu Ziyun who was staying in Niudao Company: "There are too few backbones on Ziyun, and it is more difficult to expand an infantry battalion than our horse team. What should I do?"

It doesn't matter if a cavalry battalion keeps the size of one hundred people for the time being, but the infantry battalion cannot. Even according to the size of the ** battalion, there are still as many as four hundred people. However, Liu Chang directly Anwei: "It doesn't matter, Huo Qiu will help."

"How could it be? Although he is one of the twin clouds of Nanxi." But the next moment, Zhou Xiuying had already understood: "Is it really going to build an infantry regiment?"

She had heard that Liu Chang had wanted to form the first infantry regiment before. According to convention, the Dragon Gun Battalion must have taken the lead, and Nanxi Camp was upgraded later. Although Niudao Company was upgraded, it may still be within the Nanxi regiment system and is still one of the famous Nanxi Double Clouds.

She secretly blessed her good luck with Lu Ziyun. If there was no such conversation, she and Lu Ziyun might have missed this great opportunity.

But at this time, Shi Tinglan in front had turned her head and came back.
Chapter completed!