Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1085
The cavalry that could be used in the Ming Dynasty was the Guanning cavalry back then, and only this cavalry could compete with the cavalry of the Qing army.

However, this cavalry betrayed the Ming Dynasty, which caused a huge gap in the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

The Hengchong Horse Army is a fine cavalry that followed Wang Yan all the way. It fought against Qingqi several times, and lost more than half of them several times.Although the rampaging horse army is not afraid of Qing cavalry, there is still a big gap in number and ability.

This gap is mainly due to the lack of generals who are proficient in cavalry and capable cavalry in the Ming Dynasty.

There were Manchus and Mongols in the Qing Dynasty. This kind of natural cavalry, the Ming Dynasty can only rely on acquired practice, strict military law and discipline, and a system of rewards and punishments to build its own cavalry.

Strict military law, military discipline, and the system of rewards and punishments, the Ming Dynasty can outperform the Qing army, but the Ming Dynasty has never been able to grasp the point of cavalry tactical training, but fortunately with Manchus like Tan Tai and some The Mongols surrendered and trained cavalry for the Ming Dynasty, which gradually opened up the cavalry training situation for the Ming Dynasty.

The news that the King of Chu was going to inspect Huguang had already spread, and the Ma Jun who was training in Hubei had already made preparations.

When Wang Yan saw the cavalry galloping, he stopped his horse to watch. He saw ten thousand horses galloping, and nearly ten thousand cavalry galloped over. They stopped in the wilderness half a mile away from him, and nearly ten thousand cavalry stood in silence instantly.

Seeing that the cavalry formation was in order and the horses stopped almost instantly, Wang Yan couldn't help smiling.

At this time, Qin Shangxing, who was behind him, suddenly waved a red flag, and nearly ten thousand cavalrymen were divided into several teams, and immediately performed various attack formations in the wilderness.

The cavalry practiced outflanking and outflanking tactics, charging with arrows and other tactics, rolling up yellow dust in the wilderness.

Wang Yan patted Wang Wendao who was sitting in front of the horse with one hand, hoping that he would be quiet and not be scared to cry by the cavalry, but his worries were obviously unnecessary.

Wang Yan knew that this must be because Ma Jun knew that he was coming to inspect, so he had practiced repeatedly in advance, but even so, Wang Yan was quite satisfied. At least on the surface, Ma Jun had already mastered various tactics and became an army. Elite cavalry.

Wang Yan kept smiling and nodding. After defeating Nanjing, the Hengchong Majun had reduced its personnel to less than 3000. Now that it has been expanded and supplemented, it is not easy to achieve such a performance.

"How many elite cavalrymen like this have you trained?" Wang Yan turned his head and asked.

Wang Shixiu urged his horse to be next to Wang Yan, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, there are 3 people in total, and the other 2 people are in the two big camps of Yunmeng and De'an respectively."

"Are there any elites like this?" Wang Yan said with a smile, "Don't lie to me, call in all the elites to make a scene here, and leave some crooked melons and cracked dates to hide in the camp to prevent me from seeing them!"

After he finished speaking, Zhao Shenkuan and others beside him touched their heads, their faces were a little embarrassed.

Wang Shixiu also blushed slightly, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, although the cavalry in front of you has been drilled beforehand, other troops can also do this."

Wang Yan nodded slightly, afraid that the people below would deceive others, "In four years, [-] fine cavalry is not bad. But if you want to go to the Northern Expedition, this number of cavalry is still not enough, at least double it!"

"Your Highness, there are venues, and the source of troops can also be drawn from various ministries. The key is that there are no horses!"

Wang Yan frowned, "How many horses are there in the racecourse now?"

"There are about 7 horses, including many old horses and foals. There are only about [-] war horses that can go into battle. The horse army can't ride with two horses!" Wang Shixiu replied.

War horses limited the number of horse troops in the Ming army, but He Tengjiao had already controlled the southern part of Qinghai, and the imperial court would be able to obtain a lot of war horses every year from then on. In addition, the resumption of the tea and horse trade with Uzang would also allow some war horses to be obtained.

With these two methods, plus the horse farm's own breeding, it is believed that the shortage of horses in the Ming Dynasty will be alleviated to a certain extent.

Sichuan also has a lot of war horses. If they train tens of thousands of cavalry and Huguang trains tens of thousands more cavalry, then Wang Yan will have confidence in the Northern Expedition.

"The imperial court will find a way to solve the problem of war horses. As for the training, can we call in 3 more horses, squeeze out [-] war horses, and let them practice in turns. In this way, once there are horses, it will be possible to quickly form war horses. Strength, shorten the training time!" Wang Yan made an opinion after thinking for a while.

Wang Shixiu and the others looked at each other. Right now there are 3 war horses and [-] cavalry in the Huguang Racecourse. Anyway, one person and two horses cannot be achieved. Then take out [-] horses and recruit another [-] people to train them in turns so that they can learn how to ride horses. And know some basic knowledge of taking care of horses, so that once there are enough horses, you can skip the basic training and shorten the training period. This method can indeed be implemented.

Wang Shixiu nodded, "Your Highness, this method can be implemented, but in this way, the [-] horses may retire early due to fatigue."

"Try to arrange it reasonably, but don't worry about the necessary loss!"

Ten thousand war horses came to train 3 people, and the war horses would definitely be too much for them, but Wang Yan did not hesitate. Seeing this, Wang Shixiu nodded and said that he would write a plan and submit it to the Ministry of War.

After discussing the matter, Wang Yan shifted his energy to the cavalry and carefully watched the cavalry drill.

At this time, Wang Yan discovered that the strength of the 2000 cavalry was still somewhat uneven. One of them, about [-] people, was extremely skilled in equestrianism. Hide under the horse's belly.

Wang Yan looked at it for a while, and found that the elite level of this team surpassed all other troops, and was even stronger than the Qingqi he had seen.

"Who trains that?" Wang Yan immediately pointed at the horsewhip.

"Your Highness, it is practiced by a humble job!"

Behind Wang Yan, Tan Tai suddenly clasped his fists on the horse. Wang Yan turned his head to see him when he heard the sound, and immediately realized that this team might be composed of Manchus, Mongols and Han people who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

"Very good, General Tan Tai has practiced well, I would like to give you a reward!" Wang Yan nodded and glanced at Tan Tai approvingly, then scanned the crowd, and found that Qin Shangxing and others were a little unhappy, knowing that they had feelings for the general. However, Wang Yan did not praise them, but said in a solemn voice: "You should ask General Tan Tai's opinion more about training in the future! The imperial court does not look at you. Because of his background, he only cares about the results of training, whether he can train elite soldiers, do you understand?"

After hearing the words, everyone hurriedly cupped their fists to express that they must learn from the experience of the general training in the future.

At this time, Wang Yan moved his eyes to the horse army, but found something strange again, and he immediately pointed again: "Why is the horse on the left taller than the other horse troops?"

On the left is an army of thousands of horses. The horses under the crotch are all majestic and tall, almost taller than the other horses by more than a head.

"Your Highness, those are the horses bred by the imperial court from the stallions transported by Dashi to Xiyi commissioned by the imperial court. At present, there are only a thousand horses. These war horses are tall and majestic. Although their stamina is not as strong as Mongolian horses, they have super explosive power and strong bearing capacity. The Ministry of War We are already customizing professional vests for them, and we are preparing to build a thousand armored cavalry!"

Wang Yan was a little happy to see this. He saw that the cavalry of the Ming army was no longer what it used to be. The strength of the cavalry of the Manchu Qing army gradually recovered, but the combat power and scale of the cavalry of the Ming army also increased.

Originally Xuzhou was defeated, and after hearing that the Manchus had defeated Zhungeer, Wang Yan was very depressed, but today he saw that the cavalry of the Ming army had begun to take shape and formed a fighting force, and his heart immediately relaxed.

(End of this chapter)