Xu Zhilong immediately smiled, and said reluctantly and modestly: "The general praises falsely, how can you take responsibility for being humble." ”

Hao Fenglou waved his hand, leaned back on the chair, looked at him with a smile, and said, "I can't afford to take responsibility, this is my judgment, you don't have to be humble." As for the grenadier battalion, there are not many people, one guard is no more than one battalion, and one battalion is no more than three hundred, they have advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that they are extremely powerful, once they are thrown intensively, no one can stop them. But the shortcomings are also very obvious, subject to many factors, if you can't do it, it will become a burden. ”

"If it is against the infantry, the power of the grenadiers is not small, but once they encounter the cavalry, if the opponent swarms and kills, the mobility ability will inevitably be weaker, and it is easy to break up. Moreover, grenadiers are not strong in field combat, but they do have their strengths in attacking fortifications and defending. You proposed to build a grenadier cavalry, this idea can make up for the lack of mobility, but when a person is riding on a bumpy horse, does the throwing hand bounce up, but it will get in the way? ”

Xu Zhilong shook his head and said: "General, the humble is the one who has led the soldiers, and it is naturally difficult to let the grenadiers get on the horse, on the one hand, they are not proficient in equestrianism, on the other hand, they are immediately bumpy, whether it is strength or calibration, there will be some difficulties." Originally, there were indeed a lot of troubles in these things, but after all these years, only one sentence was recognized, the matter was man-made, there was no soldier in this world who could not be trained, just to see whether he was willing to work hard, just like the fire gun team back then, to do a volley in turns, how could it be so easy, at the beginning, didn't everyone have confidence? However, the general made a drill plan, whether it was cold or hot. The daily drills were endless, and after that, not three hundred people were like one, following the general. If the general is really willing to agree, then this grenadier cavalry must not only be trained, but also must be trained well, so that they can become rangers, and if they encounter a thief army, they will take the initiative to assemble. You can flock to them, take advantage of their unpreparedness, and give them a round of hand bullets. After throwing, you can turn around and go, lose all your bullets, and you can fight in close quarters. Let them be equipped in addition to hand bullets. They must also be equipped with swords, their arm strength is the three armies of the brave champion, as long as they are willing to work hard to practice, even if it is a horse battle, they can make the thief army invincible. Lang Son and Shenji Four Guards have always lacked cavalry, even if there are some war horses. That's just for scouting, and it's okay to deal with the Western countries. But once they encounter a real enemy, will they run into our guns? ”

"So the humble view is that with the grenadiers as the backbone, the formation of cavalry, can not only be harassed by grenadiers, but once it reaches a critical moment, they can also become the vanguard of the iron cavalry, about this, the humble is to a few of the old brothers in charge of the scout to ask for advice, they said, to form a cavalry, in fact, it is not difficult, we are all following the general out, where I don't know, no matter what kind of soldiers to train, as long as the drill is fierce, practice for a year and a half, and then pull out to see the blood, this soldier, it will be trained. The main problem of cavalry is the problem of configuration, first, we can't have to wear heavy armor, the first thing is flexibility, so the grenadier cavalry, the first thing is light cavalry; The second is the problem of war horses, there are no good horses in the West, and the cost of raising horses is also large, there is not enough money, but it is difficult to build. Third, there is still a problem of manpower, the grenadier battalion has a small number of manpower, and if it is necessary to form a grenadier cavalry in the future, it will not be possible if there are not enough manpower. I humbly thought that if I really wanted to do it, I had to be decent, at least 5,000, if it was not enough, 10,000 was fine, and the instructors in the training ground could be drawn from the scout battalions and grenadier battalions of the guards, and the combat strength must not be a problem. ”

Xu Zhilong already had a premonition that the general had plans to build a cavalry, so when he saw Hao Fenglou coming to be interested, his body was more straight, he opened his mouth widely, and there were 5,000 to 10,000 grenadier cavalry, and he didn't expect that it would be difficult for this cavalry to be formed.

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Hao Fenglou did not rush to answer, but leaned back on the chair, his body was slightly slanted, and his eyes fell on Xu Zhilong's body, as if he was considering.

After half a cup of tea, he smiled slightly, and said: "Just 10,000, to set up a special Xiao cavalry guard, the commander of this guard, you will be responsible, the previous grenadier battalion is still in the formation, this Xiao cavalry guard, to be different from the other guards, all the personnel, must be re-recruited, the money spent on military supplies, here in Tiance Mansion, try to raise it, this is not something you worry about." As for the war horse......"

Hao Fenglou knocked on the table and said: "Here in the West, there are no good horses, but the big food horses have always been good, it seems that there are few people, to buy from the big cannibals, in the short term, to raise and raise so many horses, it is not easy, but it is not without a compromise solution, now many big food merchant ships come to our Haiphong Port to do business, let them sell horses, they may not be willing, after all, the price of horses is high, but this way across the ocean, to take care of the horses, to prepare horse material in the cabin, is far less profitable than selling other goods, It's just ......"

Hao Fenglou thought for a while: "I can only make a fuss about tariffs, for example, a ship with a thousand materials, if it transports ten large horses, it can be exempted from tariffs, if so, it is feasible, but in this way, this tariff will be a lot less." As for the people who raise horses, it is also in short supply, you have to find a way to recruit some, naturally, you don't have to worry about these things, you have to do it, I have to discuss it with my father in a few days, people have no near worries, there must be long-term concerns, if this cavalry can't be built, it will be a trouble in the future, we are now, no longer as small as before, this cavalry, is a rainy day, but what should be done, I will do it, what you need, draw up a list, a military supply, Tiance Mansion here, only a lot more, but the drill, but you are responsible for it, Within a year, I will form a preliminary combat strength, if I spend so much money and manpower at that time, and in the end it is a half-pull, then I will not say more, you can do it yourself. ”

This is definitely the support of all his might, and for Xu Zhilong, all he has to do is to do his own thing, Xu Zhilong felt the heavy responsibility, and his heart was rejoicing, so he hurriedly got up and said: "I am willing to give a military order, if it is not effective, I would rather ......kill myself."

Hao Fenglou waved his hand: "Go, go, go, it's useless to do less here, in short, how many people do you need for that Xiao cavalry guard, report it immediately, I will transfer it to you, and then you spend some time researching, and then decide how to set up this shelf, this burden is not light, I don't want to put any pressure on you, I just hope that you can live up to your mission, go." ”

Xu Zhilong saluted and left.

As soon as he went out, Hao Fenglou shook the bell, and the scribe arranged for the next military attache to be invited.

Hao Fenglou's work in the past few days is probably like this, there is nothing to show for it, but every job is very necessary, and the so-called joy of the case is probably the same.

And in just a few days, the imperial court's mission finally arrived.

In fact, before that, Hao Fenglou once guessed that the imperial court might appoint a messenger to come, the reason is actually simple, the imperial court does not want to go to war now, since it does not want to, then it is inevitable to come to appease, but he never thought that Zhu Gaosui's reaction was so fast.

At this point, Hao Fenglou couldn't help but look at Zhu Gaosui with admiration, this person has endured for so many years, so hypocritical, and finally succeeded, it seems that it is not just by luck, his behavior is not affected by personal likes and dislikes, he only cares about the relationship, he just escaped with his front foot, he appeased him as soon as possible, even if he was furious and hated himself to the bones, he never hesitated, based on this alone, it can be seen that this person is a qualified opponent, It is far from being as simple as Hao Fenglou knows.

Since he came to Qincha, Hao Zheng naturally wanted to call Hao Fenglou to discuss.

The father and son have the same idea, that is, to treat the Qin Cha, the etiquette should be exhausted, but they must not show weakness, no, not only can not show weakness, but also demonstrate, they must let the court know the strength of the Hao family, so that they can be jealous.

And the former, naturally, is Hao Zheng's business, as the king of Dingnan, he is responsible for receiving the Qin mission, and he will inevitably have to sing white faces. The latter is Hao Fenglou's business, as a general of Tiance, commanding the three armies, how to let Qin Cha see the strength of Langshan and let them know the strength of the Hao family, it is inevitable to work hard.

After all, Jinling had hardly revealed any news before, that is to say, what did this Qincha bring to the Hao family, and what to use to appease the Hao family, but it is unknown for the time being.

In any case, there is no need to speculate about this for the time being, and the most important thing at the moment is, of course, to be prepared for this.

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The first chapter is delivered. (To be continued......)