Yongcheng North Racecourse.

The sound of neighing horses came from here, and now this horse farm has more than 18,000 horses and 6,000 cavalry soldiers who have just been recruited, and they will train hard here to become the first cavalry unit under the command of Yongwang Guo Qi.

The selection of these cavalry soldiers was very strict, first from the Ya guards and soldiers who could ride horses, and the remaining insufficient number was recruited from the Tuntian soldiers and township soldiers.

However, there are too few people who can ride horses in the entire Yongzhou, and there are only more than 4,000 people who can ride horses together, and the more than 1,000 people who are still missing are selected from the Ya guards and soldiers; Therefore, the 6,000 cavalry soldiers concentrated in the horse farm are all top elites; However, they were far from being truly elite cavalry.

In addition to this cavalry, Guo Qi also organized a small-scale cavalry in each province, and each province was allocated more than 500 horses, which was able to form a cavalry of two or three hundred people, as a rapid reaction force, to serve as reconnaissance, raids, orders and other tasks.

"Hurry up, hurry up, what are you doing?" Tang Bi rode on a war horse, brandishing a whip and shouting.

"Smack!" Tang Bi went up with a whip, and scolded in his mouth: "The one who stepped on the horse, said you!" How. ”

Just when Tang Bi was wielding a whip and training cavalry, Guo Qi rode the black wind and stood quietly in the distance, after Tang Bi found Guo Qi, he immediately patted his horse and came to Guo Qi, and the cavalry saluted: "My lord, the First Cavalry Mansion of the Hussar Guard is undergoing 'equestrian splitting' training, please make it public." ”

"It's good at the end of training, keep trying." Guo Qi said with dissatisfaction.

"No! Commanded by Humble Duty......"

"Let's go, go to the Second Cavalry Mansion." After looking at it for a while, Guo Qi said to Li Wu.

The training ground of the Second Cavalry Mansion is not far from the First Cavalry Mansion, and the horseback riding is only half a pillar of incense, and the First Cavalry Mansion trains 'equestrian splitting', the Second Cavalry Mansion trains 'horse archery', and it is not easy to shoot arrows on horses, because horses are moving, even if they shoot stationary targets, it is very difficult to hit.

After walking around the entire horse farm, Guo Qi's face was very ugly, all the cavalry training did not have any rules, the cavalry of the five provinces basically trained their own, the training progress was not uniform, and the queue was not neat, to say that it was unpleasant to ride a horse and run around.

After returning to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Guo Qi threw the horsewhip aside, and said to Li Wu with a gloomy face: "Li Wu, send someone to call all the captains of the five mansions to this king." ”

"No! Let's do it. ”

Soon the captains of the five mansions arrived, namely Tang Bi of the First Cavalry Mansion, Ma Ying of the Second Cavalry Mansion, Wei Ying of the Third Cavalry Mansion, Hou Ji of the Fourth Cavalry Mansion, and Liu Yanzong of the Fifth Cavalry Mansion; Among them, the 1st to 4th Cavalry Houses are light cavalry, and the 5th Cavalry Houses are heavy cavalry.

The captain of the five mansions came to Guo Qi and saluted, "Meet the lord." ”

"Get up!" Guo Qi's face was still not good-looking: "Just now, this king went to your training ground in various prefectures and walked around, and the angry king wanted to scold his mother, what kind of thing are you doing, running around the racecourse?" There is no rule at all, this king will promote you one by one, and you will do it for this king! If you can do it, do it, if you can't do it, get out of the way......" Guo Qi became more and more angry the more he spoke, and finally roared angrily.

"Tang Bi, this king transferred you from the Yajun Guard to the Hussar Guard as a deputy general, not only to manage the First Cavalry Mansion, but when this king is not there, you have the responsibility to control the entire Hussar Guard; If you don't do a good job, this lieutenant will say it early, and this king will be replaced immediately. ”

"The lord trusts the last general so much, and the last general will swear to the death." Tang Bi knelt down on one knee and said.

"From now on, all the training matters of the hussar guards will be taken care of by Tang Bi, and the next time this king comes to see it, if it is still like this, then don't blame this king for not being merciful."

"My lord, cavalry is different from foot soldiers, it requires a high degree of cooperation between people and war horses, riding stabs, riding archery, riding splitting and cavalry combat formations, which are not achieved overnight, and must be trained for many years; First of all, it has been less than half a month since the hussar guard was established, and it is not easy to have today's momentum. Ma Cheng stood up and said.

"Then you say, how long will it take for the hussars to really become an army?"

"It will take at least half a year."

"Do you think the Xijon Army will give me half a year?" Guo Qi asked sharply: "This king tells you that there is no time, from the beginning of our capture of Huangyuan City, the Xirong army may attack us at any time; This king will give you another month, and after a month the hussars must be pulled out and beaten, otherwise they will all be punished. ”

"The lowly (last general) commands."

"Tell your brothers, don't be afraid of hardships when training, don't be afraid of being injured, and getting injured on the training ground is better than losing your life on the battlefield."

"Lord, how should I train, please tell the Lord." Tang Bi asked.

"You ask this king! What your brain is doing to eat, think for yourself. After Guo Qi finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.

After Guo Qi left, everyone turned their attention to Tang Bi.

"Vice General Tang, you still have to make up your mind about this training!" Ma Ying said to Tang Bi.

Tang Bi's face was solemn and silent for a long time, and he walked around the big tent several times; He thought to himself: "Although the hussar guards have not yet formed an army, the lord has regarded them as a sharp blade in his hands, otherwise it would be impossible to invest such huge manpower, material and financial resources;

It was a test for me to put the hussars under my command, but how could I make the hussars train in a month? Lord, you're really a problem for me! ”

"I wonder if you have any quick fixes?" After a long time, he asked in front of everyone.

"This ......" The crowd couldn't think of any idea for a while.

"Do you know how the lord trained the tooth guards in the first place?" Tang Bi then asked.

"Vice General Tang, do you want to?" Ma Ying frowned, and then objected, "No, this is absolutely not good, the cavalry is not a foot soldier, under the charge of the war horse, the slightest carelessness will be gone." ”

Tang Bi said with a firm face: "During training, all cavalry must tie themselves to their horses, replace all weapons with wooden ones, wrap a layer of cloth around their heads with wooden spears, and remove arrows from all arrows, isn't this the end!"

The lord just said that it is better to be injured on the training ground than to lose his life on the battlefield; Just do it, if something happens, the lord will blame it, and I, Tang Bi, will bear it alone. ”

"Yes......" the crowd ordered.

As one of the two elites in Guo Qi's hands, the hussar guard is very luxurious, and its fifth cavalry is a heavy cavalry, which is a full set of armored cavalry, plus a set of chain mail, in addition to a horse lance, a riding spear, two scimitars, a riding bow, and a pot of arrows; Each of them was given four horses, one of them, two pack horses, and one marching horse. (Note 1)

The other light cavalry of the four provinces were also fully armed, each with a set of chain mail, a set of leather armor, two riding spears, two scimitars, a riding bow, and two pots of arrows; Each person was given three horses, one of them a war horse, one pack horse, and one traveling horse.

Note 1: Whether it is heavy cavalry or light cavalry, chain mail is worn on the inside, and iron or leather armor is put on the outside; In addition, the cavalry is not fully armed when marching, especially the heavy cavalry, all the armor and most of the weapons are carried by pack horses, and when marching, they do not know the war horse, but the horse.

The light cavalry was slightly different, the light cavalry would wear a set of chain mail on the march, carry some weapons, and be ready to change horses at any time to meet the battle, and the rest of the equipment and baggage were carried by pack horses; War horses are generally not easy to ride, and they usually have to be well served, and they will only be ridden when it is time to fight.