Three Kingdoms: Marry Sun Shangxiang at the beginning

Chapter 620 Cavalry restructuring, musket cavalry came out

Pontus, east of the Asia Minor peninsula, is an ancient capital near the Tigris River.

"Soldiers, we drove the Sarmatians to the north of the ice sheet. Now that the ice sheet is about to snow, we can't hunt them down."

"But we have captured more than 40 people from the Alan tribe."

"We can lead our troops to the south and join His Majesty to participate in the battle to capture and kill the Roman Emperor Elagabalus."

Zhao Yun held his spear straight away and stood in front of the formation. When he set off from Mengzhou, the number of iron cavalry under his command was 20. Now, after fighting for a whole year, there are only 12 left.

The Baima Yicong, Xiqiang Cavalry, Xiliang Cavalry, Baipao Army, Beiwei Army, Xiliang Cavalry, and Youzhou Cavalry are no longer established cavalry. Come back to life.

"it is good!"

Behind them, the 12 cavalry pawns cheered up one after another, raising their arms and shouting.

"Then now, this general will read out His Majesty's will."

"From now on, our army will no longer need heavy armor, one man and three horses, light vehicles and simple."

"Each of you carries thirty spears and one thousand arrows. We will carry the two spare horses on our backs. We will advance along the coast north of Asia Minor towards the Strait of Istanbul where the Roman legions retreated."

"We don't want to rush to kill people when we see them. We shoot arrows first, and after killing most of their vitality, we continue to charge forward."

"Don't worry, His Majesty has supplemented us with a 10 cavalry team."

"They are all new soldiers who have just rode into battle. They will not participate in this battle. Under the command of veteran horsemen from various tribes in the Western Regions, they will only send us supplies for this battle."

"Everyone present here can receive half a tael of silver a month. The monthly salary of our cavalry is already the first in the Han army, second only to the soldiers on the iron-clad ships today."

"So, His Majesty gave me another good job."

"As long as you can learn to shoot the enemy with a musket on horseback, then you will become a cavalry team. Later, after our Western Conquest Cavalry Corps is disbanded, you can be incorporated into the Shenji Battalion as a cavalry team." formed separately."

"Moreover, in addition to a monthly salary of one or two taels of silver, each person can also eat meat for every meal, and there is a lot of allowances. Those who left the Shenji Camp are now sent to any state or county. They are all promoted to two levels and retained."

"Tell me, okay?"

"But General, who do we learn from?" A soldier of the Western Qiang Iron Cavalry couldn't help asking.

"Yes, we are good at horseback archery, but we can shoot and kill the enemy on horseback. We know how to aim at the enemy, but we are not skilled in changing ammunition. It's better to draw a bow and set an arrow. Your Majesty, why not form a team?" A cavalry team that has been trained in cavalry tactics in a new way."

Seeing the cavalry pawns behind him starting to boo, Zhao Yun's expression turned serious.

"Your Majesty said that after the Roman Empire is pacified, the army will be restructured."

"At that time, how many soldiers will be eliminated?"

"You are all veterans in the army. In the past year of fighting with this general, which one doesn't have dozens of heads?"

"After you go back, you've been promoted, you've been promoted, and you've been transferred outside, all of you have grown stronger wings, right?"

"If you don't want to make progress, then the white horse followers under Zhao Yun's command will all have to be reformed."

"General Chen Dao's Bailu soldiers, in the first battle of the Parthian Empire, smashed a 10-strong army of the Parthian Empire, ambushed 10 people with ten thousand people, and smashed them. This is the power of firearms."

"If you don't learn, do you still want to be a soldier in the future?"

Seeing the 12 cavalry in the arena instantly fell silent, Zhao Yun's face softened a little, "I heard that the city defense battalions guarding various places in the future will have a team of musketeers, at most a hundred in a county."

"Tell me, you know how to ride war horses. Wouldn't it be good to be a centurion then?"

"Our big men now have more than 200 million war horses, and the cavalry will expand to 40 to [-] in the future."

"Tell me, can these people all be heavy armored cavalry?"

"No matter how rich our Han Empire is, can we afford so many cavalry?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to have a Lancer in light armor?"

In an instant, the officers and men below also understood what Zhao Yun meant.

If you don't study, you have to lag behind others.

Eliminated by the army.

"This general is here, and I will also explain to the brothers."

"The general begged for a hundred dragoons from the military academy. They are all sharpshooters in the army. Now there are [-] magic battalions in the army, all of them have been taught by themselves."

"You are here to study with them for a day, and then set off."

"On the way to the west, His Majesty will provide each of you with at least [-] rounds of ammunition."

"If you haven't learned it after you drove the Romans into the sea in the Western Expedition, then these cavalry will only be able to fight on horseback and archery forever."

"And this group of people will be eliminated by [-]%."

"hiss……"

For a moment, all the soldiers gasped.

That is to say, if there are [-] cavalrymen left after the battle, only [-] will remain in the ranks. The servants of the county government...even retired.

For them who have been fighting hard for a year, this is simply a bolt from the blue.

Who wouldn't want to be promoted to the rank of captain and earn a plaque on the door of his family's home of meritorious service?

As long as they are officers of the first rank of lieutenant who have made meritorious service on the battlefield, they can get it.

Only by staying in the army can you have the opportunity to make meritorious service.

"We would like to have muskets."

"Please tell the general that we are willing to change our costumes and carry out new cavalry tactics."

"it is good."

Zhao Yun was overjoyed, "Then, now the [-] Baima Yicong under my command will be the vanguard, and everyone will replace their short weapons with tactical sabers, receive a flintlock rifle, and receive five boxes of ammunition."

"Here."

"The rest of the ministries, first continue to contact the marksmanship for ten days, and then go south."

"Here."

This time, none of the formed cavalry was unconvinced.

Pound just pouted.

"General Zhang Ren, do you really want most of our Han cavalry to be reorganized?"

"I don't know." Zhang Ren shook his head.

"However, raising more than 200 million horses is indeed too much of a burden for my big man's money and food."

"If you raise more musketeers who are good at shooting, they can fight on horseback."

"Train some sword skills, it seems that in the raid battle, you may not lose to us."

"Besides, muskets are more capable of piercing armor. Now we have the method of fixing paper shells and copper core bullets, so there will be no delay in replacing gunpowder."

Zhang Ren patted the flintlock pistol on his waist, "Anyway, I think it's pretty good."

(End of this chapter)