Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei

Following a military order from Li Xiu, the large army that had just left the capital, under the leadership of Erwazi and Zhou Yuji, divided their troops away in a mighty manner.

At the same time, several cavalrymen also hurried back to the capital, conveying Li Xiu's importance to the situation in Mongolia to Cao Huachun, who had already been admiral of Dongchang.

On the other hand, Li Xiu himself led the remaining army and headed towards the predetermined area in a leisurely manner.

As the saying goes, the sky is high and the bird is flying. Li Xiu is also much more enjoyable than being confined to a closed camp in Jintaifang.

Of course, he couldn't be idle either.

Since Emperor Tianqi ordered the reorganization of the Yongwei Camp, its purpose was only to be used by the emperor's own army, but for the emperor's own army, stationed at the foot of the imperial city, and its purpose of building the army was naturally based on foot warfare.

Although there are cavalry, they are only a few hundred cavalry, and their function is only used as a messenger and scout for reconnaissance.

And since Li Xiu took power in the Yongwei Guard Battalion, he understood the future situation, and naturally he was not reconciled that the Yong Guard Battalion was just a simple guarding force.

In this era, if an army wants to have a sharp offensive capability, cavalry is naturally indispensable.

Under such consideration, Li Xiu also tried his best to promote the construction of the cavalry in the Yongwei Battalion. For today's Daming, if it is necessary to get tens of thousands of war horses at once, it is naturally not an easy task, but getting a few Thousands of horses is not a difficult task, even without passing through the outer court, the inner court royal horse supervisor can make up seven, seven, eight, eight.

As a result, with the order of Zhu Youjian, more than 4,000 war horses were assembled by the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the Inner Court and sent to the Yongwei Camp.

As soon as the horses arrived, Li Xiu immediately reorganized a cavalry battalion in the Yongwei Camp.

One person, two horses, and more than 2,000 cavalrymen. In order to find a suitable training ground for this cavalry, Li Xiu also deliberately got a piece of land in Huangzhuang in the western suburbs of the capital as a training ground for cavalry.

From now on, this cavalry battalion has been formed in less than two months.

But with such a rare opportunity to go on an expedition, Li Xiu naturally wouldn't leave this cavalry battalion in the capital. What's more, if nothing else, the long march alone was a good exercise for this newly built cavalry.

During the march, under the constraints of various military regulations, Li Xiu was very relieved about the infantry under his opponent. Coupled with the conjecture of Houjin's march into Mongolia, most of the current Li Xiu's attention was drawn. on this cavalry battalion.

There are more than 2,000 cavalry troops, and the system is already complete.

Today's focus is naturally placed on the training of cavalry tactics.

Since ancient times, the cavalry method of warfare has evolved into an extremely mature system after being catalyzed by countless wars.

Scouting, harassing, volleying, splitting, charging, retreating, encircling, rushing...

An elite cavalry, in this era, the role of a war can even be said to be decisive.

Of course, it is also an easy task to compile and train an elite cavalry.

Although there are only 2,000 cavalry soldiers in the Yongwei battalion today, the cost of these two thousand cavalrymen is comparable to the nearly 10,000 Yongwei infantry!

People's food and drink are not bad, but the support of war horses is absolutely worth the money. It can even be said that 90% of people in this era do not eat as well as war horses.

Coupled with the cavalry's matching armor and blades, all added up, the consumption of resources can be said to be massive.

And these are just the basis for training cavalry.

Cavalry training is an extremely long process.

Just like the cavalry battalion of the Yongwei Battalion today, it was formed for two months, and they are all well-trained elite soldiers. Now it can only be said that it is a mounted infantry, far from a real cavalry. There is still a very long way to go.

On weekdays, Li Xiu naturally does not need to be in a hurry. He has a lot of time to polish and practice this cavalry battalion, but now, after learning about the situation in Mongolia, out of concern for the future, Li Xiu has no time to let this battalion go. The cavalry battalion grew at a normal pace.

In special times, do special things!

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"Send the order, attack in a cone formation!"

Immediately on the high slope, Li Xiu stared at the cavalry charging on the plain in front of him, and spit out a word.

With the order of the army, the battle flag changed suddenly, and the rhythm of the battle drum also changed accordingly.

Soon, the raiding cavalry group on the plain also slowly changed.

Cone formation is undoubtedly the most commonly used formation for cavalry assaults, and it is not difficult for this cavalry battalion that has been established for two months.

It didn't take too long for the surging cavalry group to change slowly. Although the connection was still jerky, it didn't go wrong, and it successfully turned into a cone formation. Two thousand iron cavalry, like a sharp blade that broke the formation, rushed on the plain.

"Send the order, the back team becomes the front team, retreat!"

One after another military order was issued, and the more than two thousand cavalry were also tossing one after another, constantly changing the various cavalry formations.

Of course, among them, there must be a scattered scene.

If this chaotic scene appeared in the infantry of the Yongwei Battalion, it would naturally be without thunder and anger, UU reading www. uukanshu.com might lose a few heads.

However, not long after the cavalry battalion was formed, Li Xiu was not unreasonable even though he was strict in governing the army.

For him, if it doesn't work once, it's two times, and if it doesn't work twice, it's three times...

The cavalry battalion must become operational as soon as possible.

After tossing for several hours, people were tired and horses were exhausted, and seeing the sky getting dark, Li Xiucai finally issued a military order to stop the training.

But for this cavalry battalion, it is not over yet, they have to launch a long-distance raid to join the infantry that has been marching for a long time.

"This kind of drill must be normalized before reaching the true determination, and the cavalry battalion must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

During the march, Li Xiu gave orders to the cavalry battalion thousand commander Yan Shun beside him.

"Don't worry, General, you will understand later."

Yan Shun's expression was serious, and he cupped his hands in response, sonorously and powerfully.

"Well, as soon as possible, we don't necessarily have that long..."

Li Xiu nodded, his tone rather sighed.

Yan Shun gave Li Xiu a puzzled look. Although he didn't understand, he didn't ask any more questions. He silently stepped back, and started to inspect the cavalry that was on the march.

"call…"

Glancing at Yan Shun who was riding away, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning.

He put Yan Shun in charge of the cavalry battalion, and what he valued was Yan Shun's implementation of military discipline and his obedience.

But after today's inspection, it is clear that if Yan Shun is in charge of the infantry, whether attacking or defending, he can definitely do extremely well.

But the cavalry, a type of arm that needs to be flexible, this kind of character is actually a hindrance.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiu kept this idea deep in his heart, at least for now, he still doesn't have a suitable candidate...