The cavalry that the Ming Dynasty could handle was the Guanning Iron Cavalry of that year, and only this cavalry could compete with the cavalry of the Qing army.

However, this cavalry betrayed the Ming Dynasty, causing a huge break in the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

The rampaging horse army was a fine cavalry that followed Wang Yan and fought all the way, and fought with the Qing cavalry several times, and lost more than half of them on several occasions. Although the rampaging horse army is not afraid of clear cavalry, there is still a big gap in terms of number and ability.

This gap is mainly due to the lack of generals who are skilled in cavalry warfare in the Ming Dynasty, as well as elite cavalry.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty had Manchus and Mongols, this kind of natural cavalry, the Ming Dynasty could only rely on the practice of the day after tomorrow, as well as strict military law and military discipline, as well as the reward and punishment system to build their own cavalry.

Strict military law, military discipline, and reward and punishment system, these Ming Dynasty can be stronger than the Qing army, but for cavalry tactical training, the Ming Dynasty has not been able to grasp the essentials, but fortunately, with the surrender of Manchus like Tan Tai, as well as some Mongols, the training of cavalry for the Ming Dynasty gradually helped the Ming Dynasty open up the situation of cavalry training.

The news that the king of Chu was going to inspect Huguang had already spread, and the horse army trained in Hubei had already made preparations.

When Wang Yan saw the cavalry galloping, he stopped his horse to watch, only to see 10,000 horses galloping, nearly 10,000 cavalry galloping over, stopping in the wilderness half a mile away from him, and nearly 10,000 cavalry stood solemn in an instant.

Wang Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw that the cavalry was in a neat formation and stopped his horse almost instantly.

At this time, Qin Shangxing, who was behind him, suddenly took a red flag and waved it, and nearly 10,000 cavalry divided into several teams and immediately performed various attack formations in the wilderness.

The cavalry practiced tactics such as outflanking and charging in arrows, and rolled up billowing yellow dust in the wilderness.

Wang Yan touched Wang Wendao sitting in front of the horse with one hand, hoping that he would be quiet and not be frightened by the cavalry, but his worry was obviously superfluous.

Wang Yan knew that this must be because Ma Jun knew that he was going to come to review, so he had repeatedly rehearsed it in advance, but even so, Wang Yan was still relatively satisfied, at least on the surface, Ma Jun had been proficient in various tactics and had become an elite cavalry.

Wang Yan kept smiling and nodding, after the battle in Nanjing, the rampaging Ma army has been reduced to less than 3,000 people, and now after the expansion and replenishment, it is not easy to have such a performance.

"How many elite cavalry like this have you trained in total?" Wang Yan turned his head and asked.

Wang Shixiu urged the horse to Wang Yan's side, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, there are a total of 30,000 people, and the other 20,000 people are in the two camps of Yunmeng and De'an. ”

"Are they all such elites?" Wang Yan opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Don't lie to me, transfer the most elite here, make a scene here, and leave some crooked melons and cracked dates hidden in the camp to prevent me from seeing!" ”

After he said this, Zhao Shenkuan and the others around him touched their heads, and their faces were a little embarrassed.

Wang Shixiu's face was also slightly red, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, rest assured, although the cavalry in front of you has been drilled in advance, other men and horses can also do this." ”

Wang Yan bowed slightly, for fear that the people below would deceive him, "Four years, 30,000 fine riders, it's not bad." But if you want to go on the Northern Expedition, this cavalry is still not enough, at least double! ”

"Your Highness, there is a venue, and the source of troops can also be drawn from various departments, the key is that there are no horses!"

Wang Yan frowned, "How many horses are there in the horse farm now?" ”

"There are about 70,000 horses, including many old horses and foals, and there are about 40,000 war horses that can go into battle, and the horse army can't do one person and two horses!" Wang Shixiu replied.

War horses limited the number of Ming army horses, but He Tengjiao had already controlled the southern part of Qinghai, and the imperial court would be able to obtain a lot of war horses every year in the future.

With these two ways, coupled with the breeding of the horse farm itself, I believe that the shortage of horses in the Ming Dynasty will be alleviated to a certain extent.

There are also a lot of war horses on the Sichuan side, if they train 10,000 cavalry, and Huguang trains tens of thousands more cavalry, then Wang Yan will have confidence in the Northern Expedition.

"The problem of war horses, the imperial court will find a way to solve it. When it comes to training, can we send another 30,000 people over, squeeze out 10,000 war horses, and let them take turns to practice. In this way, once you have a horse, you can quickly form combat power and shorten the training time! Wang Yan pondered for a while and then put forward an opinion.

Wang Shixiu and the others looked at each other, at present, there are 40,000 war horses and 30,000 cavalry troops in Huguang Horse Farm, anyway, they can't do one person and two horses, so take out 10,000 horses, and recruit 30,000 people to train in turn, so that they can learn to ride horses, and understand some basic knowledge of taking care of horses, so that once there are enough war horses, they can skip basic training and shorten the training cycle, this method can indeed be implemented.

Wang Shixiu nodded, "Your Highness, this method can be executed, but in this way, the 10,000 war horses may retire early due to fatigue." ”

"Try to arrange it reasonably, but don't scruple about the necessary wear and tear!"

10,000 war horses to train 30,000 people, the war horses will definitely be unbearable, but Wang Yan did not hesitate, Wang Shixiu nodded when he saw this, and said that he would write a plan and hand it over to the military department.

After discussing the matter, Wang Yan shifted his energy to the cavalry and carefully watched the horse army's drills.

At this time, Wang Yan found that the strength of the 10,000 cavalry was still a little uneven, one of them, about 2,000 people, with extremely superb equestrian skills, this cavalry galloped back and forth, hiding its body shadow on the side of the war horse from time to time, and some even hid under the belly of the horse.

Wang Yan looked at it for a while and found that the elite of this group of centaurs surpassed all the other centaurs, and was even stronger than the Qing horses he had ever seen.

"Who's training that?" Wang Yan immediately pointed at the horsewhip.

"Your Highness, it's a lowly practice!"

Behind Wang Yan, Tan Tai suddenly clenched his fists on the horse, Wang Yan turned his head to see that it was him when he heard the sound, and immediately reacted, knowing that this group of men and horses may be composed of Manchus, Mongols and Han soldiers who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

"Very good, General Tan Tai has practiced well, I want to give you a reward!" Wang Yan nodded approvingly at Tan Tai, then glanced at everyone, and found that Qin Shangxing and the others were a little unhappy on their faces, knowing that they were repulsed by the Manchu generals, but when it came to the training of the Ma Army, Wang Yan did not praise them a few words, but said solemnly: "In the future, you should ask General Tan Tai's opinion more!" The imperial court doesn't look at your background, it only cares about the results of training, and cares about whether you can train elite soldiers, do you understand? ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly clenched their fists and said that they would definitely learn from the experience of General Man's training in the future.

At this time, Wang Yan's eyes moved to the Ma Army, but he found something unusual, and he immediately pointed again: "The man on the left, why is the war horse taller than the other Ma Army?" ”

On the left, there is an army of 1,000 horses, and the war horses under the crotch are all majestic and tall, almost more than a head taller than the other war horses.

"Your Highness, that is the horse that the imperial court commissioned Xiyi to breed from the stallion brought from the Great Food, and there are only 1,000 horses at present. These war horses are tall and majestic, although their endurance is not as good as that of Mongolian horses, but their explosive power and negative gravity are super strong, and the military department is already customizing professional vests for them, preparing to build a thousand ironclad cavalry! ”

Wang Yan was a little happy to see this, he saw that the cavalry of the Ming army was no longer what it used to be, and the strength of the Manchu cavalry was gradually recovering, but the combat power and scale of the Ming cavalry were also enhanced.

Originally, after the defeat of Xuzhou and the defeat of Jungger by the Manchu Dynasty, Wang Yan was very depressed, but today he saw that the cavalry of the Ming army had begun to take shape and formed a combat force, and his heart immediately relaxed.

(End of chapter)