These two thousand horses and two thousand oxen are also used for foot power, and the convoy is more than 5,000 vehicles, plus the materials of the people and the mission, and the baggage of the Jinyi guards are several hundred more.

Horses, cattle and sheep are abundant outside the customs, but they are not available everywhere, especially the requirements for these animals are not low, the physique of the horse must meet the standard of military horses, or even exceed some, the cattle must also be strong and enduring, as for the sheep is used as food, there are not too many requirements.

Moreover, looking at the Tatar generals and the three thousand elite horsemen lined up behind him, he was also surprised.

It's an iron army.

He could see at first glance that this was definitely a hundred battle masters, and everyone seemed to merge with the horses sitting down, turning into statues, and they didn't move at all.

The phalanx of 3,000 men was like a fortified city.

Besides, he wondered in his heart: If he used his own tactics, could he tear apart this solid phalanx with 3,000 elites?

He shook his head, I'm afraid it's difficult, it probably takes at least 5,000 people or maybe 6,000 people to tear open this phalanx, and then outflank the left and right flanks, and his own Chinese army will attack with 3,000 people to surround and eat these 3,000 people.

Of course, in this case, he will not have enough people, and there are only 500 people left on the left and right wings, and he will not be able to complete the task of outflanking at all, but will be in danger of being eaten by the other party.

Then the only tactic is to tear apart the opponent's phalanx with 6,000 people, and then 2,000 people on each flank to outflank them, and these 2,000 people must ensure that none of the enemies who are torn into two pieces can run away, and then the 6,000 people who tear and break up the opponent's phalanx will turn back and divide the troops, and on one side they will divide 3,000 people to assist the other 2,000 people to eat one side, and the same will be true on the other side.

This is already a three-to-one advantage, and there is no guarantee that they can really eat the opponent at once, and it is difficult to say what happened in the middle.

He had thought that he had trained a soldier who could compete with the Tatar cavalry, but now he seemed to be a little optimistic.

Of course, the 3,000 elite cavalry sent by the Tatars this time should also be the best, and it is suspected that they are one of the Praetorian Guards of the King of Alta. If the Tatar cavalry were like this, this battle would still be a fart, the Tatar 100,000 elite cavalry would have taken down the Ming Empire a long time ago, at least Beijing would not be able to keep it, and the northern region north of the Yangtze River would also be in danger.

Of course, it is just a simple comparison of cavalry tactics, his subordinates are not only these, but also the formation taught by Qi Jiguang, and there are also strong bows and crossbows, bird guns and handguns, these big killing weapons, so if you really want to fight, besides, it is not very difficult to eat this 3,000-person elite cavalry.

However, this has already made him feel like a frog at the bottom of the well, it turned out that in the capital, those leaders of the Beijing army said that his soldiers could draw with the Tatars one by one, and Qi Jiguang said the same.

It seems that what they are talking about is only the general situation among the Tatar elite, and not the elite of the elite of this special training.

This is understandable, just as the Tatars have the same misunderstanding of the Ming army, they scoff at the combat power of the Ming army, thinking that the ratio with their own combat power should be ten to one, and the real battle situation is similar, five or six times the Ming army does not dare to fight a decisive battle with the Tatar cavalry, they can only watch from a distance, and the Tatar cavalry has the slightest sign of attack, they will avoid it from afar.

However, it cannot be said that this tactic is really useless, the Tatar cavalry hated this style of play of the Ming army, as if there was always a wolf pack around you, but the wolves just lingered around you, looking for an opportunity to speak, but did not take the initiative to attack. If you hit it, he will run, and if you go, he will follow, it is simply a shadow that cannot be caught and shaken off, but this threat cannot be ignored.

The various ethnic groups outside the Saiwai repeatedly attacked the interior, most of them were defeated by the Ming army's way of playing, there are strong cities everywhere, and they can't take it in a short time, and then there are Ming troops around who can't get rid of it and don't fight with you at all.

Of course, this is only a common phenomenon, after all, the Ming army still has generals who dare to fight, leading the soldiers to attack the army outside the Saiwai, although the progress is not big every time, but it also makes the army outside the Saiwai suffer a lot of losses, and the loss rate of each battle is not high, but the fragments add up to a small amount.

Therefore, every time the various clans outside the Saiwai enter the Guannai, they are in full bloom, and after exiting, they are like a scarred old lion, no longer majestic, and often need to recuperate for many years to recover.

There are also trump cards in the Ming army, such as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which even the elite of the Tatars do not dare to underestimate, and many attacks on the Guannai are to avoid the Guanning Iron Cavalry stationed in the pass, the imperial court in order to ensure the safety of Beijing, and did not dare to let the Guanning Iron Cavalry leave the defensive ground to take the initiative to meet the Tatar army, which made the Tatar Iron Cavalry rampant in the interior.

The iron army led by Qi Jiguang also gave the Tatar army a lot of shock, and the king of Alta calculated that if there were more than 100,000 such iron troops in the Ming army, they would not be able to attack the interior, and it would be good if the Ming army did not sweep them.

It's a pity that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty can't afford the cost of 100,000 elites, and the maintenance of the Guanning Iron Cavalry every year has consumed most of the military budget, and this army is still supported by the emperor out of his own pocket.

This time, Qi Jiguang came to Jizhen to train troops, that is, he trained 6,000 people, and this was the military expenses that Zhang Juzheng personally went to the military department to discuss, fight famine with the household department, and loot from all corners. Qi Jiguang also knew that Da Ming had this little family background, and if he wanted more, Hubu Shangshu would have to resign.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty maintained a large number of officers and soldiers was that the officers and soldiers were often from military families and did not have to bear too much cost from the state.

Binghu was one of the uglier systems of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not unreasonable for some people to attack and say that it suddenly pulled the Ming Dynasty system back to the Middle Ages from the most advanced centralized system.

In fact, the main point is that their ancestors have been soldiers of the imperial court for generations, and they usually farm for the people, but they do not need to pay rent and taxes, but each family needs to send someone to the imperial court as a soldier, and the expenses have to be taken care of.

When war comes, or when they want to attack other tribes or in the Guannei, they will gather Ding Zhuang from every household to form an army, ride their own horses, hold their own weapons, and have to follow the Great Khan to fight.

Of course, Tatar also has a fixed army, which maintains a certain number, that is, elite troops, but most of the army is still in the above situation. The advantage of this is that there is no need to spend a lot of military spending, and the army can always maintain a large quantity, but the quality can be imagined.

Moreover, he and his men were watching the elite cavalry of the Tatars, and the other party was also watching them all the time.

Although the horses of the Tatar cavalry were also very strong, they were not like the horses ridden by his subordinates, which were all selected from the military horse farm, but the horses of the Tatar cavalry were very proud, with their heads held high, and seemed ready to jump out to compete with these military horses at any time.

The two teams are walking in the opposite direction, not only the people are looking at the people, but also the horses.

The Tatar horsemen were also dressed in light armor, with the same sabers in their hands, and the spears and halberds were probably in the baggage vehicles behind them.

Their light armor and the saddle bridles of their horses bear traces that cannot be washed off, which are left over from countless wars and have been baptized by war.

Moreover, the brocade guards were all in bright armor, their uniforms were beautiful, the people were even more handsome and strong, the saddle bridles of the horses were also new, many parts were made of brass, and some of the ornaments were gilded, which did not look like a combat team, but like a guard of honor ready to go to the review ground for review.

The Tatar cavalry, though not making a sound, had a contemptuous smile on their faces, and in their eyes, their men were a bunch of spectacles, useless in their eyes, nothing more than silver pewter spearheads.

Although there were 10,000 men under their command, these Tatar cavalry did not care, they felt that they could almost kill the 10,000 men with a single charge, and then they surrendered obediently.

What made their eyes warm were the horses on which the guards sat down, and they did not have such good horses, not to mention the beautiful saddle bridles, which were of fine workmanship and at no cost, which were all symbols of wealth.

These people's saliva can only be swallowed in their stomachs, and it is really a river of roar.

When they saw the deeds, especially the ten royal horses, their saliva could not hold back any longer, and they went from their clothes to the legs of the horses, and drenched the horses.

It's a Pegasus, but it's used to pull a cart!

For this reason, they all want to hack to death.

This is a tyrannical thing, this is a crime, and it is the greatest crime.

Even the king of Altan could not pick out ten such good heavenly horses in his stables. Moreover, the king of Alta's account is also pulled by oxen, and he will definitely not spoil the Tianma to pull the cart, which will make the people on the grassland curse to death.

Knights are as friendly and affectionate to horses as they are to people, and even more friendly and affectionate than they are to people of their own kind. A horse is not only a friend, a companion, a comrade-in-arms for a knight, but also a second life for himself in many cases.

Not to mention them, even the Tatar general Zhehan also opened his mouth wide at this time, and his saliva flowed like a river, and he wiped his mouth embarrassedly when he realized it.

Besides, he can understand their thoughts very well, but this is not his idea, this is the emperor's arrangement, and he can only accept it.

But at this time he has developed a great sense of superiority in front of these people, and don't you consider yourself a horse nation? Doesn't it claim to have the most and best horses in the world? Then look at our style in the hinterland, the best horses are used to pull carts.

He was glad he didn't say it, otherwise it would have caused a riot.

"Your Royal Highness, can you go?" General Meng rode over and asked with a military salute.