On the school field of the right guard of the government army, guns and cannons rumbled.

Four thousand soldiers with three-eyed firearms in their hands, dressed in light leather armor, sat upright on horseback, motionless like rows of terracotta warriors. Suddenly, there was the sound of drums at the back of the queue, and the terracotta warriors seemed to come to life, took off the medicine bag from their straps and poured it into the fire gun as quickly as possible, and stabbed three projectiles into it with stabbing strips one after another.

After that, they adjusted the position of their waist knives, one of the commanding generals shouted, the flag guards held high the sun and moon banner of the Ming Dynasty and the surname of the general, and the four thousand knights galloped towards the front almost at the same time.

The gunners at the rear of the position pushed the cannons into the emplacements, filled them with gunpowder according to the ruler, and stuffed the shells into them, waiting for the commanding order.

Song Xuan stood on the high platform, raised his clairvoyance with both hands and looked into the distance, and waited for the cavalry to rush to a certain position and then ordered to open fire. In an instant, twenty cannons opened fire at the same time, and the shells hit more than thirty feet away from the forefront of the cavalry charge, blowing up the wooden box placed there.

The cavalry also hurriedly stopped when they heard the sound of the cannon, raised the three-eyed fire bolt flat, quickly shot out all three projectiles, and then carried it to their backs, drew their waist knives and waved them.

"Not bad, not bad. Cao Xing, Song Xuan, you two have trained well, and the artillery and cavalry cooperation is already very proficient. Yun Xi put down his clairvoyance, turned his head and smiled at the person beside him: "I am very satisfied with this level of artillery cavalry." ”

Of course Yunxi is satisfied. Although the distance between the cannonballs and the cavalry is still a bit far, considering the accuracy of the cannons in this era, it is already very good to dare to let the cannonballs fall at this distance, and he did not have the luxury of being able to play the level of artillery and cavalry coordination of the elite cavalry of France and Russia during World War I.

"The soldiers did a great job. Whether it is reloading ammunition before charging or firing after stopping, it is very neat and clean. Spread my will, and treat all the soldiers tonight. ”

"The ministers and soldiers thank Your Majesty for your favor." Cao Xing and Song Xuan bowed and saluted.

"Alright, let's get even." Yun Xi said this, and after the two of them stood up, he commanded: "I have watched the cavalry drill first, and then watched the cavalry's artillery and cavalry coordination exercise, I have nothing else to see, let the soldiers disband." After lunch, the soldiers can take half a day off and come back before dark. Cao Xing, you also sent someone to the left guard of the government army to give an order, so that the soldiers of the left guard of the government army would also have a half-day vacation. ”

The two of them bowed down to receive the order, and after Cao Xing saluted, he immediately asked, "Official, but are you going to let the left and right guards of the government army rush to the northwest?" ”

"That's true." Yun Xi said: "The other Shangzhi guards who are ready to be sent have already set off and traveled to Iwu in a railroad to prepare for the battle with Samarkand. It's time for the two of you to set out for their guards. ”

"According to the information we heard from Samarkand, Timur will send troops about the beginning of March, and now the advance should have reached the Alashan Pass, and twenty days from the Alashan Pass to Urumqi is enough. Several generals intend to place the place where the war with the troops of Samarkand will be in place, the Gurbantunggut Basin, and if you don't set out again, I'm afraid you won't be able to start the war in time. ”

"Obey." Cao Xing and Song Xuan were happy again and bowed down. But the two of them were happy for different reasons. Cao Xing is because he is finally going to the battlefield and can fight, and Song Xuan is because he has not seen his father for several years, and he can meet his father when he goes to the northwest to fight this time.

Yun Xi ordered the two of them a few more words, got up and left the garrison of the right guard of the government army.

After he left, Cao Xing immediately raised his right hand happily and said loudly: "Finally, I am going to leave for the northwest, and I can go to work for Timur." He complained again: "It's just that it's still too late to set off, we are cavalry and cavalry infantry, but we are the last to set off from the guard, and by the time we arrive, it is estimated that the army has already fought several battles with Samarkand." ”

"It won't." Song Xuan said: "Your Majesty, Lan Shuai, Chen Shuai and others mean very clearly, the beginning of the war is to drag on, delay time, consume the morale and grain and grass of the soldiers of Samarkand, and then find an opportunity to break the enemy after the enemy army is anxious." "Ordinary soldiers of grand strategy don't know, but of course generals of their level know.

"Hopefully, we'll be on the front line just as the time for war has begun." Cao Xing said.

"I don't think it's the same. Even if the railroad is both straight and fast, it will not be able to reach Yiwu in two months, and then it will take at least half a month to rush from Yiwu to the Gurbantunggut Basin, and by the time we arrive, it will already be late July or even early August, and we will almost have to fight back after another month. Song Xuan said.

"Why wait another month?"

"The weather in the northwest is still hot in August, and the sun is shining, but it is not a good time to fight, and it is best to wait for the weather to cool down in September."

"So Timur also knows that this is a good time to fight, I think he will fight first, or wait for our army to show flaws and then take advantage of the situation to attack, with Xu Huizu's caution, it is estimated that it will drag on for another month. Lan Zhen was also cautious in fighting, and this time he was dealing with such a strong enemy, so he decided to be the same as Xu Huizu. "Cao Xing himself is also the heir of the marquis, and he is very familiar with Xu Huizu, Lan Zhen and others, so he speaks casually.

"It's good to be cautious."

"Caution is not a bad thing, but being too cautious may delay the warplane. If King Kaiping had been too cautious at the beginning, it would have been impossible to capture Beiping in the first year of Hongwu. ”

Song Xuan didn't speak again. These are two different concepts of war, it is difficult to say who is higher and who is lower, and it is even more meaningless for him and Cao Xing to debate on this.

Cao Xing muttered a few more words, and finally said: "That's it, it's good to fight in autumn, it's not hot." Just don't put it off until winter. ”

"It's not going to drag on until winter." Song Xuan said again.

"Why?" Cao Xing asked a little strangely. If there is a good way to destroy the enemy, he will not be unaware.

"I don't know, it's just the feeling." Song Xuan also somehow felt that the war would not drag on for too long, and it would definitely end before the winter came.

"I hope so."

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Yun Xi left the camp of the right guard of the government army, and successively went to Jiangwutang and Guozijian to tell Yu Zhouwen, Zheng Xuan, and Jin Shan that they must not slack off, nor can they accept anyone's request. Especially since the Guozijian was just restructured last year, and the system is not perfect, Yun Xi is very afraid that someone will take advantage of his absence to stuff people inside, so he repeatedly instructed Jin Shan.

"If someone asks you for help, you will delay for a long time, and when I come back, I will definitely dismiss the person who asked you for help and never use it." Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kim Sun bowed down and agreed.

Yun Xi then returned to the palace, but called Yang Shiqi, the envoy of the Gezhi Academy, into the palace and instructed him: "During the time when I am not in Beijing, you must not slack off, and the questions I told you to think about will be checked when I return." ”

"The minister will not dare to slack off." Yang Shiqi hurriedly bowed down and agreed.