Anshan New City Fuguang Army Battalion Commander's Tent, the generals of the Ming Dynasty stationed in Liaodong gathered together, the current Jiliao Governor Zhang Bin arranged the garrisons in various places, glanced around majestically, and then said solemnly, "Guanning Iron Cavalry was the elite of my Ming Dynasty, and now?" Although the elite cavalry has been selected from the Liaodong Army to supplement it in recent times, the number has reached 40,000, but what about the combat power of these 40,000 Guanning iron cavalry, can they withstand the 40,000 Jiannu cavalry? ”

When the generals heard this, most of them showed regret, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was originally a prestigious force, and even in the face of the Jiannu Cavalry, it was not left behind, but in the past few years, this elite team of the Ming Dynasty has not only failed to advance bravely, but has declined rapidly, and now, they are about to withdraw from the ranks of the elite.

Zu Dashou and the other Liaodong Army and Guan Ning Army were blushing and ashamed.

The decline of the Guanning Iron Cavalry is due to the blind tossing and turning of Hong Chengchou and Shi Wei, and the generals of the Liaodong Army and the Guanning Army also have a certain responsibility, because they have no enterprising heart, neglect to practice, and get by, which makes the strength of the Guanning Iron Cavalry plummet.

Zhang Bin didn't mean to blame these generals, he shook his head, and continued, "Look at the Fuguang Army, the Battle of Haizhou, the southwest side, the 40,000 Fuguang Army not only withstood the onslaught of the 60,000 Jiannu cavalry and the 60,000 Mengyuan cavalry, but also disabled the Mengyuan cavalry, and the Jiannu cavalry did not get any benefit from them, the same is 40,000, you say, if the 40,000 Fuguang Army and the 40,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry face each other, what will be the result?" ”

As a result, there is no need to ask, the 40,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry will definitely be beaten and will not be able to find the north!

At this time, Zu Dashou was already ashamed of himself, he was the chief general of the Liaodong Army and the chief general of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the rapid decline of the Guanning Iron Cavalry had a lot to do with his negligent management, he wanted to stand up and admit his mistakes, but this leg was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he couldn't step out.

Zhang Bin said that of course, these are not to make Zu Dashou unable to step down, he is just to pave the way for seizing control of Guan Ning Tieqi.

Zu Dashou has been embarrassed by him at this time, and it is almost the same with this heat, if the foreshadowing continues, it will not be good for Zu Dashou to come out and admit his mistakes.

Speaking of this, Zhang Bin suddenly changed his heavy tone and said tolerantly, "Of course, this official is not looking for trouble with anyone today, there are many reasons for the decline of Guanning Iron Cavalry, and it is not caused by a certain person, what we need to do now is not to take out all the relevant people and scold them, but to revitalize Guanning Iron Cavalry, so that Guanning Iron Cavalry will once again become one of the best elites in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all lifted their spirits, especially Zu Dashou, he originally thought that Zhang Bin wanted to criticize him, but it turned out that Master Taishi wanted to revive Guanning Tieqi, which is a good thing.

Zhang Bin then said, "Everyone has also seen the combat power of the Fuguang Army, a new army is not weaker than the Jiannu cavalry, and even stronger than the Jiannu cavalry, what makes the Fuguang army so strong?" You may think that it is mainly due to weapons and equipment, but this official believes that generals are also an important factor, so how to make the Guanning Iron Cavalry as strong as the Fuguang Army? In fact, it's very simple, if we lack weapons and equipment, we will supplement weapons and equipment, flintlock pistols, tiger squat cannons, and thunderstorms, which the Fuguang army has, and Guanning iron cavalry can also have, and even, we can also equip all cavalry and war horses with light armor so that they can become real iron cavalry! There are also generals, Cao Wenzhao, the chief general of the Fuguang Army, was originally transferred from the Liaodong Army, and he also commanded the Guanning Iron Cavalry, just right, transferred him back, and trained the Guanning Iron Cavalry to be as powerful as the Fuguang Army. ”

Cao Wenzhao was transferred from the Liaodong Army, but he was not a native of Liaodong, but a border soldier in Datong Town.

However, it is not easy for Zu Dashou to say anything at this time, Cao Wenzhao is indeed the general of the Liaodong Army, and it is not wrong that he has commanded some of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and he has a very good relationship with Cao Wenzhao, and he is against the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is the commander of others, and he really can't say this.

Zhang Bin saw that Zu Dashou was standing there and was not angry, so he hurriedly clapped his hand and said, "This official has decided to transfer Cao Wenzhao, the former general soldier of Fuguang, to the general army of Dingliao, and to command the iron cavalry of Guanning, and to promote Cao Bianjiao and Zu Dabi to the deputy commander-in-chief of Dingliao, as an arm help, and at the same time transfer 10,000 Fuguang troops to supplement the strength of the iron cavalry of Guanning. ”

Now Zu Dashou has nothing to say, Zhang Bin is so face-saving, even his second-stunned brother has been promoted to deputy chief soldier, what else does he have to say!

It is precisely because Zu Dabi is a stunned Zhang Bin that he promoted him, because this guy is a heartless person, he doesn't care about the ball, he can fight, and he will be promoted to the deputy commander of Dingliao, he will not care about anything, and more importantly, he can also use the act of promoting him to comfort Zu Dashou, why not.

The meeting was almost over, and then Zhang Bin ordered Zu Dashou and He Kegang to lead the Liaodong Army to take over the defense of Haizhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Zhenjiang, Xuancheng and other places, and replace all the Dongjiang Army, Qin Army, and Fuguang Army that were originally stationed there, and gradually assemble to Anshan New Town.

The weather is slowly getting colder, Anshan New Town is also slowly taking shape, in the wilderness outside the Guanning Iron Cavalry Camp, Zhang Bin and Cao Wenzhao rode side by side on a high dirt slope, seriously looking at the Guanning Iron Cavalry soldiers who were practicing not far away.

After reorganization and more than a month of training, the Guanning Iron Cavalry has changed greatly, they are no longer as dull as before, there is no fighting spirit, all the soldiers are full of energy, tiger and tiger, and the movements have become clean and neat, neat and uniform, at a glance it is a rare elite division.

However, after Zhang Bin looked at it for a while, not only did he not praise Cao Wenzhao, but shook his head and sighed, "Alas, it seems that this chariot and artillery carriage are really not suitable for equipping cavalry." ”

Cao Wenzhao did not have any dissatisfaction on his face, because he did not come to Zhang Bin to show his merits, but to discuss the issue of Guanning Iron Cavalry equipment.

He found that after being equipped with chariots and artillery carts, the overall advance speed of the Guanning iron cavalry was at least half slower, which was definitely not possible, as soon as Zhang Bin's words fell, he sighed and said, "Yes, the biggest advantage of the cavalry is speed, if its speed is only as fast as the chariots, then why bother to form a separate cavalry unit, just turn all into chariots, so, I think, the cavalry should not be equipped with chariots and tiger squat cannons, it is directly pure cavalry, so that the movement speed is fast, whether it is a surprise attack or support, can have a surprising and winning effect. ”

Zhang Bin nodded slowly and said, "Well, what you said is very reasonable, forget about this chariot and tiger squat cannon, let's hand it all over to the Fuguang army, anyway, they are not too much." What about flintlock pistols, what do you think, is it appropriate for cavalry to use this? ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and then said in embarrassment: "This, to be honest, I feel that it is a bit of a waste to equip the cavalry with a flintlock pistol, because there is basically no way to change the bullet when the cavalry charges at full speed, and the effective range of the flintlock pistol is only about two hundred steps, this distance is the time of two fingers for the cavalry, even if they can change the bullet when they are trained, such a short time is just enough for them to replace the bullet, at that time they have already rushed to the enemy, It is better to kill the enemy with a flintlock pistol than with a saber or a spear. That is, even if the cavalry is equipped with flintlock muskets, they can only reload their bullets before charging and fire one shot at a distance of two hundred paces from the enemy, and then the flintlock muskets are useless. ”

Zhang Bin also considered this problem, the best way is, of course, to improve the flintlock pistol, to load the flintlock pistol with a magazine, so that there is no need to replace the bullet, however, it is not so easy to design the magazine, and the current bullet is not suitable for loading the magazine, these can only be said later.

He nodded and said, "That's okay, just the original 10,000 cavalry of the Fuguang Army are equipped with flintlock pistols, and the soldiers of the original Guanning Iron Cavalry don't need to be equipped, so you don't have to waste time teaching them to use flintlock pistols." ”

The equipment of the Guanning Iron Cavalry was set in this way, the chariot and the tiger squat cannon were not equipped, and there were only 10,000 flintlock guns, which was not much different from before, and the biggest difference may be the light armor, similar to the light armor of the chain mail, if it is made by hand, 50,000 sets I don't know how much time it will take, but the machine will stamping the iron sheet quickly, 50,000 sets, and it will only take a few months.

If the Guanning Iron Cavalry is all equipped with light armor, it will become a real Iron Cavalry, plus there are experienced generals like Cao Wenzhao and fierce generals like Cao Bianjiao and Zu Dabi, and it is just around the corner to revive the former majesty.