Xiao Chen Shuai has become more and more experienced in using soldiers, Chen Shuai used soldiers like this four years ago, and now Xiao Chen Shuai can do the same. ”

In the newly completed yamen of the Beiyang Military Mansion in Tianjin, although the summer has passed, the staff of the military government still do not forget to shake the fan, Zhao Shizhen is holding the gold folding fan, Xu Wei gently shakes the pu fan, and points to the war report returned by Japan: "The future is terrifying. ”

"Our handsome is terrifying, and the handsome used soldiers like this four years ago." Zhao Shizhen raised his head and said: "Four years later, the marshal will still use troops like this, Du Heizi has said that he can do it too." ”

Pu Fan, who was pointing at the country, paused, Xu Wei thought about Zhao Shizhen's words, as if this was indeed the case, and suddenly realized.

"The commander only expands his military strength in each place, and the rest of the troops are led by others." The old madman took a sip of tea, his expression was intriguing, and said, "Could it be that the handsome man can only bring so many soldiers?" ”

The two were gossiping in the yamen of the military government, and Chen Mu, who was wearing a helmet and armor on the school ground, had already rubbed his arms and strode into the yamen, and when he saw the two of them, he felt strange, and when he looked around, he didn't find anything wrong, and asked, "What are you two talking about?" ”

Xu Weiren is old and refined, and he calmly posed the pu fan and asked: "The old man talked to Chang Ji about Xiao Chen Shuai's use of soldiers and won the three flavors of the art of war, which is really terrifying. ”

Zhao Shizhen's skills were insufficient, especially after hearing Xu Wei's serious answer, he couldn't hold back the smile on his face, shook his head and sighed: "The student really doesn't know the mystery of the art of war of the great marshal - just like this training cavalry, like a foot soldier of the banner army, I don't see anything special, why can the handsome man assert that his army can win the captive cavalry?" It's all the same war horse. ”

"Only war horses are the same."

Speaking of war horses, Chen Mu gritted his teeth, he didn't have a horse army in his hands before, and he didn't feel how expensive it was to raise so many horses, but now it's different, Juniper ordered 9,000 war horses from various guards, military herdsmen, and mouth markets in northern Xinjiang, and he didn't have any money to give to others - he had so much silver in his hands, and he was counting on the newly recruited army to advance military salaries to settle down, and a large amount of silver transported by Nanyang was scattered in a blink of an eye, and only then did he bring back more than 2,000 horses in batches.

But this is also good, you can give the Beiyang Military Government enough time to demarcate wild pastures, such a huge number of war horses cannot be domesticated in a pasture, and it is not impossible, if you have money, you can, anyway, Chen Mu's financial resources can't afford it.

He sat down at the top of the military yamen, asked people to serve a large bowl of herbal tea, and said: "The pasture can be regarded as a good one, eighteen wild pastures, nine horse pen sheds, so that horses are raised only for a few months every year, and the financial expenditure is not large." As for the doubts that Tsuneyoshi said, let me ask you, what is a captive ride? ”

"Do not pit cavalry against infantry, cavalry is special only because four hooves run faster than two legs, only because they ride horses." Chen Mu didn't wait for Zhao Shizhen to answer, and said eloquently: "Chen's original words are not that the trained cavalry can defeat the northern captives, but that the Beiyang military guards can defeat the northern captives. Can the Mongolian lightly armed archers not assault with a sword, or can they not dismount and shoot on foot? ”

"Even if the war horses and the banner army will be consumed, I don't plan to train a cavalry for the purpose of charging with the armor cavalry or shooting at the archers and cavalry of the Northern Captives."

"The matter of military battle, not chess opponents, but to win with the right combination, you look at the battle report, Li Shi with cavalry can be described as the essence, the family is a heavy horse, but did not go to the impact assault, only in the collapse of the enemy formation each for the escape from the back of the attack, more than ten steps away from the bow gallop shooting, three or five steps in the chain flail smashed, hundreds of horses killed thousands of enemies in a battle, only three of their own horses fell off the horse."

"You let him fight and start riding a horse assault, the infantry will shoot a rain of arrows with a spear array, and under the stab of the second long pole, no matter how heavy the cavalry will be stabbed off the horse."

Zhao Shizhen probably understood what Chen Mu meant, and asked, "What kind of cavalry does the marshal want to train?" and he shall fight against the captives. ”

Chen Mu tilted his head and smiled, spread his hands and said: "Naturally, the enemy cavalry can shoot him when he is impacted, the enemy can chase him when he flees, and the enemy archers can shoot him from the flank when they gallop - in the final analysis, cavalry is just a functional type of troops, and only people who don't have horses will feel that cavalry is enough to decide the battlefield." ”

"Horse teams aren't there for assault?"

Zhao Shizhen's mind became romantic, and he danced with his hands and said: "Holding eight horses and spears, forming a formation to break through the enemy's formation, crashing out of the gap, and slashing and killing on all sides in the formation." ”

"Of course, if this tactic is used well, it can directly help the army achieve a complete victory - this is also the main focus of the military guard cavalry's training in the future, but this requires a lot of training, and not any cavalry can do it."

"Lots of training?"

"Can you take out a hundred peasants and give them bird guns, and let them get close to the enemy army to thirty paces and fire a salvo?" Chen Mu chuckled, shook his head and said: "Nanyang Weixiangshan Banner Army, in the battle of Juma River, the first salvo of 100 bird guns was only less than seventy percent. ”

"It's early, it's late, the gun is unstable, the people in the battle are imposing, the battle of courage between the two armies, intimidating each other, panic will minimize the ability of the soldiers, you find some peasant soldiers who can't even speak clearly to hundreds of people, let him release his guns in front of hundreds of people?"

"The reason why Chen has put the training of cavalry on the agenda now is not because he is about to set off on the Eastern Expedition, but because he has finally trained the infantry, and he has enough experience in theory and practice before he dares to start training the cavalry, and the combat power of the cavalry is not only in the cavalry, but also in their war horses."

Xu Wei knew the soldiers better than Zhao Shizhen, remembered the piles and runways that Chen Mu had repaired on the cavalry school field earlier, and asked, "So Chen Shuai's road gates and road piles are for training war horses?" ”

"Of course, the Mongol cavalry was very powerful, and their riders were the best riders, bold and fearless, and ordered strict orders to gather and disperse, but their horses were not, so it was difficult to make a charge." Chen Mu shook his head lightly and said: "I'm not saying that Mongolian horses are short and weak, no matter how short and weak the war horses are, they are also stronger than people, I just tried it today, as long as the horse runs out of five steps, the spear can pick up a hundred catties of big bags and fly three feet." ”

Chen Mu sat in the yamen and chattered for a long time, Zhao Shizhen had already seen him rubbing his arms several times, and asked, "That...... Handsome arms? ”

"Huh? No, after the stabbing, my head was hot and I wanted to do some tricks on the horse. Chen Mu covered his face with his hands a little ashamed, "I almost pulled myself off and pulled it." ”

The nine-foot horse lance is one inch thick, and the nine-pound thick wooden gun, Chen Mu has the waist strength to still be able to open it, but he can't contain his strength, and he made a big joke in the school field.

"Dashuai, this is retribution." Du Heizi stood behind him with a deflated face, and whispered: "Chapter 7 of the Banner Army Drill Code has thirty-seven orders for spears and spears, and it is not allowed to practice flower guns. ”

Chen Mu raised his head and laughed, and said: "This time they should know why they don't let them practice the flower gun, the military formation spear technique, only one hit and one poke, the rest are useless, this is the truth." ”

"The discipline of our army is extraordinary, and the next step is to train this cavalry, not only to make the soldiers disciplined, but also to train the horses how to walk!" /14_14088/