After leaving the palace, Wenyuan and the three of them got into the car. Yunxi and Cao Xing rode with the guards to the station of the left and right guards of the government. However, Yunxi specifically gave a few words to a guard, who bowed and agreed after hearing this.
, did not take the same road as Yunxi, and rode to other places.
After a while, a group of people arrived at the station of the right guard of the government army. Yunxi dismounted his horse from a distance and ordered the three children to stay in the car while he, Cao Xing and several guards came over here.
After walking only a few steps, he heard shouts of killing coming from the camp, and then there was another thunderous sound. Yunxi nodded and said to himself: "Song Xuan is good. The sun is quite high now. It's still there."
This is how soldiers are trained."
While he was talking to himself, he heard a voice from in front of him: "I wonder what business this gentleman has come to our right guard of the army?" He looked up and saw a man wearing a red battle coat of a Ming Dynasty soldier standing there.
In front of him, he asked respectfully. This man is not stupid. Although Yunxi is not wearing official uniform, he looks like a big shot with his appearance. He is also young. He is probably a son of a noble family who has an errand in the army. He dare not offend him.
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Yunxi replied casually: "According to your Majesty's order, I have something to tell Song Xuan, commander of the right guard of the government army." He motioned Chen Lijie to show this man his guard badge.
This man checked his waist badge and was a little confused: 'If they are all guards, why is this leader so dignified? If this person is not a guard, then what identity can he lead the guards to deliver a message to the commander?'
He thought for a while and felt that only a certain prince could do this, so he became more respectful and led him into the camp.
When Yunxi walked into the camp, he saw smoke billowing from the school grounds, and the shouts were loud. The soldiers emerged from the smoke and lined up neatly with weapons in their hands. From time to time, they shouted slogans and walked forward. Yunxi walked forward.
While walking with this man, he carefully looked at the soldiers on the school field, nodding or talking to himself from time to time.
After a while, the group of people walked to the high platform of the school ground. The leader was about to lead them up to meet Song Xuan. Suddenly Yunxi reached out to stop him and said, "Tell Song Xuan to come down and see me."
The man's expression changed, but thinking that he was probably a prince, he gave the order, so he agreed and passed it on. Yunxi stood below, looking at the soldiers who were practicing.
Song Xuan was watching the soldiers' drills on the high platform, giving some instructions to the people around him from time to time. Suddenly, he heard the soldier guarding the gate saying that someone sent by the emperor had something to tell him, and he was very impressive and asked him to go down to meet him. He was suddenly curious:
Who did the emperor send to deliver the message? It couldn't be the guards, they didn't dare to give such an order. But it definitely couldn't be the prince as mentioned by the disciples. Although the emperor was very kind to the vassals, he didn't want them to touch the power in the center.
It is still very taboo, and there is no way that a prince will be sent here.
But no matter who it was, Song Xuan had no choice but to go down and take a look first. He ordered his commanding officer and walked down with two guards, and then saw Yun He who was looking around the school field.
Song Xuan was startled: "Why did your Majesty suddenly come to our right guard?" But without stopping at all, he hurriedly walked to Yunxi, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Song Xuan, has seen you."
After the ceremony, Song Xuan stood next to Yunxi. Yunxi pointed at the school ground and said with a smile: "Song Qing, you are very good. I know that the training at the Beijing Health Center has been slack during the days when I have been away from Beijing. Even if I return to Beijing,
It was just a little tight for two days. Seeing that I was busy and didn't mention the matter of the guard station, I slacked off again." After saying this, Yun He sneered: "I thought I didn't know."
Song Xuan was shocked when he heard this: This is another time to rectify the rhythm of Shangzhiwei. Since Yunxi succeeded to the throne, although Shangzhiwei's salary has improved rapidly, it has been rectified twice. This is
The third round of rectification is needed, and the frequency is too high.
Yunxi didn't know that Song Xuan had thought so much, and that he actually had no intention of large-scale rectification. The Zhiwei must be the main force in the Battle of Timur. Now large-scale rectification will weaken their combat effectiveness, and Yunxi will not do it.
For such a thing, he just planned to give a little warning, and at the same time, he would kill the chicken and show the monkey by replacing the commander of the left guard of the government army with Cao Xing, so that others would restrain themselves.
However, these words had nothing to do with Song Xuan. He ordered the guards to bring the three children in, and he said to Song Xuan: "Song Qing, how many firearms have the right guards of the government replaced? Has the cavalry been abolished?"
"Your Majesty, in accordance with your Majesty's wishes, the Ministry of Works and the Internal Affairs Bureau will first try their best to meet the firearms required by one guard station before supplying them to the next guard station. Before, they just gave out a few firearms for everyone to see.
.The two cavalrymen of our guard, Qianhu, are all still alive."
"Just in time. I want to add cavalry to the Shangzhi Guard. After much deliberation, Song Qing and Cao Qing are both good at using cavalry, so I want you two to command this army." Yunhe said with a smile. He then said
My own idea of two cavalry guards.
Contrary to what Cao Xing had guessed, although the soldiers of these two guards will all be equipped with horses, they will not all become cavalry. First, as Cao Xing said, it is difficult to find so many high-quality horses; second,
, the majority of the soldiers in these two guard posts were not cavalry before, and it is too late to start training now. It will be difficult to form a tacit understanding of coordination when cavalry are transferred from other guard posts. Although the cavalry will be unified into one unit in the future
, but it will not be reformed like this now.
According to Yunxi's idea, there were four cavalry Qianhu in each of the left and right guards of the government army. As real cavalry, they were trained according to the drill method he and Cao Xing instigated. The remaining six Qianhu were used as mounted infantry, regardless of whether
The equipment and clothing are the same as the firearms infantry, except that they can ride horses. They use horses as a means of mobility during battles. After arriving at the combat location, they dismount and fight on foot. The other nine direct guards, including the Tiger and Ben Left Guards who are planned to be artillery guards, will still retain a separate
Thousands of cavalrymen.
Fortunately, as the direct guard of the emperor, the proportion of horse equipment in Shanzhiwei is much higher than that of ordinary guards, and there are also many more soldiers who can ride horses. Although most of them are not very skilled, it is better than starting from a blank piece of paper.
Practice should be easy.
Cao Xing felt a little depressed after hearing what Yun Xi said. He originally thought he would form a pure cavalry unit, but who knew it would be this kind of semi-cavalry unit. However, Song Xuan nodded slightly. The cavalry is not that easy to train, and there is no such thing as five or six years.
Kung Fu cannot produce an elite cavalry, and the war against Tamerlane only lasted for two years. If it were really changed to all cavalry, the left and right guards of the government army would not be able to go to the battlefield.
But Cao Xing was depressed for a while, but he cheered up again. Even if it was just half a cavalry, it didn't matter. There were a total of eight cavalrymen, and he would train them hard to become the most elite cavalry in the world!
After that, they talked for a while about how to train these cavalry. At this time, the guards sent by Yunxi alone had also arrived, holding a strange-looking firearm in their hands. Yunxi picked up the firearm and pointed at them
He said: "Cao Qing, this is the three-eyed firecracker I conceived. Let the Ministry of Industry make a sample to see if it can meet the requirements. Song Qing, you don't know what kind of firearm this is yet, right?
This is the firearm I conceived to equip the cavalry. It has three long tubes, each of which can be loaded with gunpowder to launch projectiles, and can also be used as a weapon for close combat." After speaking, Yunxi waved it a few times and said with a smile:
"It's not worse than a mace."
Song Xuan curiously took the three-eyed fire gun, weighed it, and said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed a good thing, but the requirements for soldiers are higher. First, they must be able to load gunpowder and projectiles on horses; secondly, this pure iron
The firearm is much heavier than the wooden mace, and the soldiers may not be able to use it freely for a while."
"It's only a dozen kilograms. I can use it freely. Can't the soldiers?" Yunxi said: "I'm really not familiar with it for a while, but I don't want them to take this to the battlefield right away. There is also training.
when."
Although Song Xuan was still a little worried, since the emperor said so, he could not refuse and agreed.
Immediately, Yunxi took them to test the three-eyed fire gun. When he turned around, he saw Wenyuan and the three of them had already come over. When Yunxi turned his eyes, he hurriedly saluted.
Yunxi handed the three-eyed fire gun to Song Xuan, walked over and stood beside them, pointed at the soldiers who were still training and said: "Wenyuan, Wenyao, Wenqi, you see the soldiers of the right guard of the government.
How does it feel to practice, do you feel powerful and majestic?"
"Dad, um, father, so many soldiers are practicing on the school field. Erchen, um, I don't know how to describe it. I just feel that heat suddenly rises in my chest, but I can't let it out." Wen Qi said first.
At this time, Wen Qi's eyes were shining. He had never seen so many people performing actions in unison according to the same order. This shocked him beyond compare.
"Father, the sons and ministers thought of an ancient poem to describe this scene. Xin Qiji's "Broken Array: A Poem for Chen Tongfu":
When I was drunk, I lit up the lamp and read the sword. I dreamed of the trumpet blowing company camp. Eight hundred miles away, my subordinates were burning, the sound of fifty strings turning over the wall, and the autumn order of troops on the battlefield.
The horse's movements are so fast, and the bow is like a thunderbolt string. He has accomplished the king's affairs in the world and won fame both during and after his life. Unfortunately, it happened in vain." Wen Yao said. He was also quite excited. After all, he was two years older, and he usually held the piano and often taught him.
When he grew up, what would happen in his own fiefdom? When he saw so many soldiers, he couldn't help but think about how he would command thousands of troops in the future and command the soldiers not to do anything they couldn't do.
After hearing their answers and seeing their excited expressions, Yunxi was very satisfied. He smiled and turned to Wenyuan and said, "What do you think, Wenyuan?"
Contrary to Yunxi's expectations, Wen Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Father, this exercise is indeed magnificent, but my son is not as excited as his eldest brother and third brother. I prefer reading."
Yunxi's face froze. It wouldn't be good if he only had to pay back the previous sentence, but also the latter sentence.
While he was stunned, Song Xuan said: "Your Majesty, I congratulate Your Majesty."
"The emperor's eldest son and the emperor's third son are very impressed by the training of the soldiers. They will become the barriers of the Ming Dynasty in the future. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes to read, and he will also be a wise king in the future."
Several people present heard this and immediately bowed and said: "I congratulate Your Majesty."
Wen Yuan was startled by what they said in unison, and couldn't help but take a step back, accidentally stepping on Wen Qi's foot, and quickly stood back up.
When they said this, Yunxi didn't know what to say. He took everyone to a shooting range to test-fire the three-eyed fire musket, and then tried the close-quarters combat. If it went smoothly, he could see if there was any room for improvement.
After recording the advantages and disadvantages of this trial-produced three-eyed fire gun, Yunxi gave Song Xuan a few words and left the right guard of the government army.
Yunxi then led Cao Xing to the left guard of the imperial army. The original commander of the left guard of the imperial army performed the worst among all the commanders of the upper straight guard. He was used as a chicken to show the monkeys. Yunxi dismissed him on the spot and opened a vacancy.
Go home and appoint Cao Xing as commander. As for the rest, it is Cao Xing's own business.
