After accepting the surrender, the 7,000 Ming Army cavalry began a large-scale reorganization. However, this reorganization was not directly adapted from the Tang Army cavalry, because the tactics of the Tang Army cavalry and the Ming Army cavalry were completely different, and
Different tactics bring about differences in training.
The difference in training and tactics brings about the difference in organization!
These 7,000 Ming Army cavalry are typical oriental traditional cavalry. Forcibly reorganizing them according to the Tang cavalry method may be counterproductive.
Therefore, after careful consideration, the Army of the Tang Dynasty did not reorganize the seven thousand cavalry according to the formation of the Tang cavalry, but retained their basic tactical organization.
Then seven cavalry regiments were reorganized, each regiment was capable of a thousand cavalry!
Then among these seven cavalry regiments, there are three cavalry regiments in relatively good condition. The cavalrymen in these three cavalry regiments were all selected, and then these three cavalry regiments were directly incorporated into the third cavalry detachment.
As a result, the number of cavalry in the third cavalry detachment led by Lu Yuzhi was expanded to 5,000.
The remaining four cavalry regiments were divided into two parts and organized into the Fifth Cavalry Detachment and the Sixth Cavalry Detachment.
In principle, the chief officers of the seven cavalry regiments mentioned above are all former reduced generals of the Ming Army, but the adjutants and chiefs of staff are all officers of the Tang Army.
Another very important point is that with the refinement of the reorganization, the two levels of grassroots officers in these cavalry regiments, the platoon leader and the captain, are officers transferred from the Datang Army.
Li Xuan spent such a high price and agreed to let these Ming army demoted generals continue to lead the troops, but it was definitely not without any precautions. The middle and high-level Ming army demoted generals could stay in their posts, and they could also continue to hold the position of regimental commander.
, but the grassroots officers of these reorganized cavalry regiments must be sent by the Tang Army.
Most of the original low-level officers of the Ming Army were sent to martial arts schools to study. After their studies were completed, they were sent to serve, and it would definitely not be these cavalry regiments.
Although many senior cavalry generals of the Ming Army complained about this after the surrender, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, not to mention that they had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so now they can only act with their tails between their legs and pretend not to see it.
The Tang Dynasty divided and recruited their subordinates.
The organization and tactics of these seven reorganized cavalry regiments are very different from those of the original cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, but this does not affect their return to the battlefield!
In order to prevent any accidents from happening, in addition to the three cavalry regiments that were organized into the Third Cavalry Detachment and went to Youzhou to fight with the main force of the Third Army, the Ming Army Cavalry after their surrender was dispatched to the Fifth Cavalry Detachment.
Arriving in Henan, he cooperated with the Fourth Army in fighting.
The Fourth Army has very few cavalry. Although its Fourth Cavalry Detachment has the name of a detachment, it actually only has 600 cavalry. The addition of the Fifth Cavalry Detachment can greatly alleviate the Fourth Army's weakness in cavalry.
As for the Fifth Cavalry Detachment, it was first under the direct jurisdiction of the Privy Council and currently operates together with the Guards.
During this time, the cavalry generals of the Tang Dynasty Army also continued to work hard to win over the divisions, trying to completely annex this cavalry unit and turn them into a part of the Tang Army's cavalry.
With the addition of these 7,000 Ming Army cavalry, although the Tang Army's cavalry had the weakness of having few cavalry, it could be considered that it had increased a lot.
In the northern provinces, the original cavalry of the Tang Army plus the 7,000 Ming Army cavalry, the total number of cavalry has exceeded 10,000, and the Tang Army also captured many Tatar war horses before. In order to use
These war horses, the Tang Army in the rear is now training cavalry recruits like crazy. Even the new cavalry who are not very skilled in riding and have average tactical abilities have been drawn out.
Using this batch of captured war horses, the Tang Army is expected to be able to add more than 5,000 more horses!
Calculating it this way, the current cavalry strength of the Tang Army in the northern provinces is not bad. At least for now, except for the nomadic tribes on the grasslands, other forces no longer have as many cavalry as the Tang Army.
The Tang Army's field combat ability was already strong. Now that a large number of cavalry have joined, the field combat ability is even stronger. Emperor Shaowu in Youzhou City and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are not stupid. Naturally, they know that if they leave the city, they will definitely
It's a dead end.
As for defending the city?
For Emperor Shaowu and many others, it was also a dead end, because no one thought they could defend Youzhou!
but!
For some people, there is a way to survive if they stay in Youzhou!
For example, those officials!
Nowadays, the attitude of the civil servants and generals in Youzhou City is very subtle. On the one hand, they continue to compete for power in the court, especially for control of the only 20,000 Ming troops in the city.
But on the other hand, no one is serious about deploying city defenses. Up to now, no one is even serious about recruiting and training young men. Many spare weapons in the warehouse are still sitting in the warehouse.
In the imperial city, after Emperor Shaowu spent the first few days of excitement after ascending the throne, he was no longer recognized by the ministers. At first he was scared, then angry, and then helpless. These two
Oh my god, Emperor Shaowu summoned his ministers every day, but it was of no use at all.
There are even people who resign at such critical moments!
The concubines in the palace are also panic-stricken. In the past few days, they have begun to discover that many eunuchs and maids have begun to secretly escape from the imperial city. When they escaped, they did not forget to steal a few treasures, and more importantly,
Yes, no one cares about this kind of thing.
Nowadays everyone knows that the building will collapse and everyone is out for themselves, who has time to care about others!
According to the news, the main force of the thief army has arrived outside Youzhou City. There are more than 20,000 troops, and the thief general leading the army is Hao Bainian. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to prevent chaos in Youzhou City.
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This evening, on the top of Youzhou City, a group of Ming soldiers guarding the city gate suddenly shouted. Everyone hurriedly began to put on their armor, pick up swords and spears, and followed their instructions.
Looking outside, he saw a group of Tang cavalry wearing dark blue military uniforms roaring towards them hundreds of meters away from the city!
The number of cavalry is not large, only more than a hundred. In the Tang Dynasty, this was a cavalry formation. These cavalry should also be regular cavalry of the Tang Army, equipped with muskets and standard new military cavalry.
, the formation is quite dense!
However, these cavalry did not rush directly towards the city wall, but stopped about three hundred meters away. Then a cavalry broke away from the queue and rode over, and it was obvious that he was still holding a bow and arrow!
Holding bows and arrows was a rare thing for the regular cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, because the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty were not equipped with bows and arrows. Those who were equipped with bows and arrows were the 7,000 surrendered Ming army cavalry.
The cavalry galloped wildly on horseback, and when they were dozens of meters away from the city wall, they began to bend their bows and shoot arrows!
However, the Ming soldiers on the city did not fire at the Tang cavalry, because they had already seen that this cavalry could not attack the city, but was here to deliver a message!
Sure enough, when the arrow hit the top of the city and was picked up by someone, you could see a letter tied to it. Naturally, the ordinary soldiers guarding the city couldn't read it. They couldn't read it even if they wanted to. They didn't recognize it.
Character.
They quickly handed the letter to a thousand households on the top of the city.
After the thousand households took it, they opened it and took a look. Sure enough, as expected, it was a letter persuading surrender, signed by Hao Bainian, Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, Lieutenant General of the Army, and Commander of the Third Army.
There is no need to elaborate on the content of the persuasion to surrender. It is nothing more than threats and inducements to make the defenders in the city surrender. This way, hello, me, everyone. As long as you surrender, Hao Bainian guarantees that he will definitely give the main defenders a good treatment, and ordinary soldiers can also do it.
For those who have meritorious service in saving their lives, he can even personally ask for merit from the Eternal Saint King for this person.
If you don't surrender, then don't blame Hao Bainian for being rude. When the time comes, thousands of artillery fire will be fired, tens of thousands of troops will be sent out, and there will be no chickens or dogs left in the city when the city is broken!
This letter did not stay in the hands of this thousand households for long. It was quickly handed over to the superiors, and then passed upwards. When night fell, it reached the hands of the important officials in the court.
The Ming ministers in the court couldn't stop arguing when they saw this letter of persuasion to surrender with threats and inducements!
Why can't they argue? Naturally, it's because someone wants to surrender the city. The reason is also very fair. For the sake of the people in the city, if they don't surrender, the bandits outside the city will come in and the whole city will be slaughtered. They will be there.
All people are sinners.
And some people naturally disagree. They want to resist until the last moment. At the end of every dynasty, there will always be foolish and loyal people. The difference is just a matter of how many.
However, more people have ambiguous attitudes. Surrender is not impossible, but how to surrender? What will happen to the officials after the surrender? What benefits can these people get? How will the royal family deal with it?
These are all they care about. Now Hao Bainian just told them to surrender, but how to surrender is debatable!
However, their dispute was a dispute, but they agreed on one issue, that is, the emperor should not know about the surrender letter!
Needless to say, those who wanted to surrender and those who wanted to obtain favorable conditions for surrender would not want Emperor Shaowu to know.
And those ministers who wanted to resist to the end also knew that it was better not to let the emperor know at this juncture, otherwise they might do something irrational in despair, which would have an even worse impact on the overall situation.
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At this time, Emperor Shaowu, who was deep in the palace, did not know that his ministers, who taught him the Four Books and Five Classics, how to be a king, were now quarreling over a letter of persuasion to surrender!
That night, countless people in Youzhou City stayed up all night!
Because along with a letter of persuasion to surrender, in the night, one after another great dramas were staged one after another!
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