nanming man

Chapter 547 War Preparation
In southern Henan, during the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Jiangbei, Wei Wujun was also preparing to intervene in the war.

As the Qing army broke through the Huaihe defense line, Gao Yihuan's nerves became tense, and he dispatched scouts to keep listening to Jiangbei's news, worried that the Ming army would collapse across the board.

For sending troops to Jiangbei, Gao Yihuan has a bottom line, which is the gains and losses of Yangzhou. Yangzhou is still in the hands of the Ming army, which indicates that there is no problem with Jiangfang. If Yangzhou is lost, then he will fight Duoduo to force Azig to return aid.

At this time, Wei Wujun had been preparing for several months, and the equipment transported from Xiangyang and Nanyang had been distributed to the soldiers.

Now Gao Yihuan has an army of 20, and there are [-] armored soldiers wearing the armor of Wei Wujun.There are about [-] men and horses wearing Shunjun armor, Ming army armor, and Qing army armor together.

In this way, Gao Yihuan's men already had [-] armour, and the equipment of the other [-] troops was a little short, except for a jacket.

The rice and grain shipped from Huguang also piled up in the warehouses in southern Henan, and the new money minted in the coin workshop has also been put into the bank.

A few months ago, Gao Yihuan assembled 10 troops in southern Henan. Now the weapons, money and food are all ready, and he is only waiting for Gao Yihuan's order to send troops.

At this time, outside Nanyang City, tens of thousands of Wei Wujun soldiers were stationed in the wilderness to the north of the city. Large tents were connected to each other, spreading neatly and stretching as far as the eye could see.

The flags in the camp were all over the place, fluttering in the wind, and the scene was spectacular.

At this time, outside the camp, a horse army of more than 3000 people was practicing. The soldiers on horses galloped wildly, charged steep slopes, jumped pits, and jumped obstacles.

From capturing horses in Shandong, sneaking into Zhengzhou, and the two wars between Ruzhou and Runing, Gao Yihuan captured a large number of war horses. However, because he had no experience in breeding and raising horses, a batch of captured war horses would be eliminated every year.

Gao Yihuan originally wanted to obtain horses from Qinghai and Snow Regions from Longxi, but because of Zhang Xianzhong's occupation of Hanzhong, his channel for obtaining horses was cut off.

Now Gao Yihuan only has about 5000 horses in his hands. Among them, the tiger horse army has one man and two horses, accounting for more than 6000 horses, and the dragon riding battalion has one man and one horse, accounting for more than 6000 horses. The horses were distributed by the scouts and generals of the various ministries.

It takes at least three or four years to train a horse army before it can barely fight against the Tartar cavalry.

Obviously, Gao Yihuan couldn't wait for such a long time, so in the training of the cavalry, he adopted the strategy of training the dragon cavalry first, and then selecting horse troops from the dragon cavalry battalion.

Dragoons are infantry on horseback. They don't need to master tactics such as cavalry confrontation and surprise attacks, as long as they can ride horses and be able to station horses and shoot.

This training is much simpler. In three months, the infantry of the Dragon Riding Battalion can master the skill of horseback riding, be able to maneuver quickly, and form combat effectiveness.

A dragoon soldier has been in the cavalry camp for a year or two, and his riding skills are naturally superb, and then he is selected for the tiger camp. After a period of training, he can become a qualified cavalry soldier.

In this way, the war horse in Gao Yihuan's hands was fully utilized.

Of course, there are still many problems with this method. The best way is to recruit soldiers who are good at cavalry.

After ambushing Mandahai, Gao Yihuan also had a Mongolian army of more than 500 soldiers in his hands, and his riding skills were indeed better than those of the Tiger Horse Army.

At this time, thousands of horse troops were galloping across the wilderness, followed by more than a dozen bronze cannons pulled by horses, as well as baggage vehicles pulled by horses, moving very quickly.

This made the eyes of the generals behind Gao Yihuan brighten, and Bai Wang couldn't help praising: "If the commander has a hundred thousand troops like this, then no matter where the war starts, we can arrive quickly!"

The generals of the Shun line had a lot of experience in mobile combat, so they could see the purpose of this horse army, but the number was smaller.

If there are tens of thousands of people, it would be too easy to use tactics of attacking east and west, avoiding the real and pretending to be empty.

"Haha~" Gao Yihuan laughed, "I think so too! It's just that war horses are hard to handle!"

While speaking, a series of gunshots sounded from the wilderness, attracting the attention of Gao Yihuan and the generals.

Beside the training ground of the Dragon Riding Battalion, thousands of soldiers armed with self-igniting fire blunderbusses were firing blunderbusses in rounds, beating the wooden boards seventy steps away until sawdust splattered, and the school grounds were filled with thick smoke.

The flintlock is also the self-generated firecracker of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for Gao Yihuan not to pay attention to it.

At this time, mainstream Western countries have begun to equip flintlock guns on a large scale. More than 30 years later, Ottoman Turkey equipped with matchlock guns will be defeated by Western troops equipped with flintlock guns in Vienna. From its heyday, it will decline and begin to shrink step by step. .

Flintlock guns were relatively new in the Ming Dynasty, and only a few people knew that more than ten years ago, in 1635, Bi Maokang, a firearms researcher in the Ming Dynasty, also made flintlock guns.

Gao Yihuan couldn't make other more advanced things, but the flintlock gun, a weapon that already had a technical foundation and was nearly mature in craftsmanship, could still be made.

In July, when Gao Yihuan inspected the firearms workshop, under the guidance of Portuguese craftsmen, the workshop had already produced [-] self-generating guns.

Gao Yihuan asked the workshop to increase production, and Chen Huiting suspended the manufacture of Lumi guns. It took more than four months to produce another [-] rods.

Now that the 5000 rods have been equipped with the army, Gao Yihuan mobilized [-] elite firearms players to form a battalion of self-generated guns, equipped with artillery, rockets, and guards. The cold weapon killer team has a total of more than [-] people and is named Desheng Battalion. Hand it over to King Kong Xiangang.

Earlier, Gao Yihuan led the generals to the workshop to see the craftsmen test shooting, but today they saw more than a thousand soldiers shooting together, the generals were still a little scared, and they were a little surprised at the shooting speed.

Gao Yihuan has an army of 20. Most of the soldiers and horses are of mediocre combat power and have no outstanding features. However, the selection of the Tiger Horse Army, Dragon Riding Battalion, Victory Battalion, and Frontal Battalion are his trump cards. After recovery, it can play a huge role on the battlefield, and even determine the victory.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was watching the army drill with many generals, but Chen Mingxia galloped over on a horse, looked at Gao Yihuan with a smile on his face, "Commander, it's a happy event and an urgent event!"

Gao Yi laughed and said, "Sir, what's the matter with you, I'll listen to the happy event first!"

Chen Mingxia said: "Then I have to congratulate the commander-in-chief first. The Nanjing court bestowed a marriage on Princess Kunxing to the commander-in-chief. The princess is already preparing to go to Huguang from Nanjing."

"Hahaha~" Gao Yihuan couldn't help laughing, and the generals around him also expressed their congratulations. They all said that the handsome is still very powerful, and the princesses of the old Zhu's family have to sleep with the handsome, so we can sleep with the daughter of a high official anytime.

Gao Yi laughed happily, but then he realized what urgent matter Chen Mingxia wanted to talk about.

Zhu Cihong refused to agree to his request before, but now he throws face and offers the marriage. It is obvious that Jiangbei is in a hurry and wants to ask him to send troops.

"What about Jiang Fang's crisis?" Gao Yihuan asked suddenly.

When to send troops, Gao Yihuan has already planned, and will not change because of the marriage. Kunxing is not the reason for him to send troops, it is more like Li Shimin taking the princess of the Sui Dynasty, in order to reduce the power of Zhongming, and resist him in the future.

Chen Mingxia nodded, "The master has a great plan!"

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