my wonderful zoo

Chapter 139 Stride Forward
Sun Zheng and Lai Qingyun believed that although they only have 5000 people, these 5000 people are all elites who have undergone intensive training for half a year, and they can at least fight one against five.

Moreover, if there are more people than there are, the tens of millions of refugees "created" by the diversion of the Yellow River can be used by Chen's army. They only need some food to quickly recruit a large number of cannon fodder recruits.

These "begging for a living" cannon fodder recruits only need to go to the battlefield a few times, and those who survive are all more elite and powerful soldiers than the Song Imperial Forbidden Army.

As for food, grass, weapons and equipment.

If there are things in Song Ting's warehouse, just go and "get" them.

For the two people's "daring" ideas, if it had been left out ten days ago, Chen Xun would have definitely scolded and stopped them.

He would choose to play slowly and steadily, eating as much territory as he has the appetite to eat, step by step, relying on strength to encroach on Song Ting's territory.

Accumulate food widely and slowly become king.

When enough strength has been accumulated, another wave will be used to crush the remaining forces of the Song Dynasty, and another wave will be accumulated, and then the northern expedition will be carried out by the Jin Kingdom, Liao Kingdom, Xixia and other powerful northern countries; the south will be conquered by the Li Dynasty, Mayi and other small Southeast Asian countries; and the eastern expedition will be carried out. Goryeo and Japan; unified East Asia.

Finally, concentrate on developing science and technology, colonizing other continents, and establishing an empire on which the sun never sets.

This is Chen Xun's lofty dream, and it is also his long-term plan that he dare not tell others.

However, this time, he broke into the Forbidden Army camp alone, moved freely among hundreds of thousands of troops, and easily stole [-] horses from the Golden Army. Chen Xun realized that he might have far underestimated his own strength.

Maybe I can take a bigger step.

"The plan you are considering is indeed possible, but have you ever considered how the new territory occupied in Hebei will be able to withstand the counterattacks of Song and Jin? And where will the qualified officials come from to govern this area? Vast land?" Chen Xun asked.

None of the three people considered the concept of "unbeatable" at the same time. It seemed that the two or three people had reached a consensus on Song's "weakness".

However, the East China Plain and the North China Plain have been undefeable since ancient times. The Taishan Mountains in Shandong are also located in the middle of the continent. The southeast and northwest of the mountains are plains or hilly areas. Unless you hide in Taishan, you can only fight in the field with the invading enemy. .

The same problem as the one that stopped immediately after occupying six counties in Guangzhou last year: it is easy to occupy but difficult to defend and govern.

Before occupying Guangzhou, Chen Xun had already selected all the officers with civil affairs talents in the Chen family army. If he occupied several more states in Hebei, he would definitely have insufficient manpower.

If the officials of the Song court who surrendered were used, the result would only be more troublesome.

"But such a good opportunity is so rare." Sun Zheng could not answer Chen Xun's question.

"Yes, if Song Ting is allowed to recover, we will have to spend a lot of manpower, material resources and energy to achieve the same goal today." Lai Qingyun echoed.

"Opportunities are indeed hard-won." Although Chen Xun knew that during the transition between the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, the management vacuum of the Song Dynasty was still long.But the chaotic scene of natural disasters, man-made disasters, and wars like now is only this time.

Moreover, he now has [-] war horses in his hands. It only takes five to ten days for these war horses to undergo preliminary transformation in the zoo and become more humane, easier to control, and stronger.

While the three of them were talking, they arrived at the training ground for the Musketeers.

I saw a battalion of [-] musketeers standing in two three-row military formations, conducting a three-stage attack drill.

Loading, shooting, clearing, charging, shooting... the time of a shooting process has been compressed to a little more than three breaths. Chen Xun estimates that each person should take about 20 seconds to shoot one round. If you shoot in three stages, 1 minute will suffice. Shoot out nine rounds of volleys.

According to this kind of shooting intensity, even if the enemy is a war horse charging into the formation, it can be suppressed with a dense volley of guns and unable to get close.

"Do you think that if these musketeers were equipped with war horses, so that they could ride on horses when marching and dismount to form a formation to shoot when encountering an enemy, would their combat effectiveness be much improved?" Chen Xun asked.

This is purely a matter of knowingly asking.

The type of arms Chen Xun mentioned was the dragoons of later generations. In military history, the standard definition is horse-mounted motorized infantry.

powerful!There is no doubt about it.

"What a good idea! In this case, the mobility of the musketeers will be no worse than that of the cavalry!" Sun Zheng's eyes lit up: "It is that the infantry's combat effectiveness on horseback is much worse than that of the cavalry, but the advantage of the musketeers' short training time is that of the cavalry. Far from reachable.”

"I don't think so. I've seen the short-barreled muskets developed by gunsmiths in gunsmith shops. They look like the barrels of long guns have been sawed short. Although the shooting accuracy is greatly reduced, it is within the range of the bow and arrow. , the power is still very impressive." Lai Qingyun added: "If each of these musketeers is equipped with a short barrel musket, they can use short guns when riding horses and long guns when dismounting."

The more Lai Qingyun talked, the more excited he became: "This should make him invincible."

"Is there really a short gun? I have to write a letter back and ask them to send some." Sun Zheng was also excited by Lai Qingyun's description.

"I just don't know if there are so many war horses for these infantry." The two looked at Chen Xun at the same time, expecting him to say: Horses are not the problem, there are more.

Chen Xun was a little stunned. He just mentioned the concept of "mounted infantry", and these two people almost supplemented the equipment of mature dragoons.

"Why not equip each infantryman with a pickaxe. After dismounting, he can quickly build a chest-high earth wall to defend against the enemy's long-range attacks. He can also dig a bowl-mouth pit in front of the position to prevent the enemy's cavalry from rushing into the formation. ." Chen Xun made up for the last shortcomings of the dragoons.

"That's right!!" Sun Zheng patted his thigh: "It would be better if each person could have two horses, one to carry people, and one to carry weapons, equipment, grain and grass supplies. Their mobility would definitely be unparalleled in the world."

"Such an excellent unit should have a resounding name. I'm sure it will shock the world in the future and leave its name in history." Lai Qingyun suggested.

The three people's topics have become irrelevant, and it seems that they have reached a consensus.

"How about calling them Dragon Cavalry?" Chen Xun suggested.

"Dragon? Why are they called dragoons?" Sun Zheng was puzzled.

Chen Xun realized that he was affected by the memories of later generations again.

The name dragoon originated from the West. The dragons in the west breathe fire. When dragoons fire at the enemy, the huge roar and graceful fire will make the enemy think that a fire dragon is coming, so they are called dragoons. .

The abilities of the Eastern Dragon are very complex. In mythology, the main responsibilities of the dragon are to control wind, rain, and water, and it really has little to do with fire.

Among the mythical beasts, the phoenix plays with fire.

"The dragon is the leader of scale insects and the head of all beasts! It is called dragoon, which indicates that our musketeers will become the most powerful unit in the world." Chen Xun explained somewhat far-fetchedly.

(End of this chapter)