On the Qingdao wharf, Wang Defa, Captain Bao Wei and others reviewed the military parade of the Mamluk cavalry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Captain Bowie and the others were all happy for the tall horse, and they believed that they would ride such a big horse in the future!

The Mamluk cavalrymen were in groups of five, lined up in a neat line, and they all drew their sabers with their right hands and placed them on their right shoulders, and when they passed Wang Defa, they all turned their heads to salute him.

In the gaze ceremony, they all exuded a sense of respect and loyalty.

They were indeed warriors, however, they were first and foremost slaves, without personal freedom, they grew up in the barracks from an early age.

Originally, when they were in Egypt, they would only receive a small bounty if they fought ------ they could be rewarded by their master at any time.

They have no concept of home and property, and are either killed by their opponents in battle, or slowly die of old age in battle.

Their master, the great victorious king, sold them to the mysterious East, they are actually very calm in their hearts, where not to be slave soldiers?!

However, on the island of Liuqiu, they turned out to be not------ during the period of rest, they lived in a comfortable barracks and were curious about everything.

Their barracks were ten-person rooms, and everyone had their own bed, and even their own cupboard!

They can take a hot shower, they can use that fragrant soap.

They have their own wages and can go to the market on their days off.

Their captain, Habia, once said, "Don't disbelieve those pieces of paper, it works as well as Hannil in silver, and it is better to keep some every month, so that you can marry a wife for yourself when you are free."

Their interpreters were a few Hui merchants' retinues, who seemed to speak everywhere.

Captain Habya got along well with them and learned a lot of things from them.

The Mamluk cavalry found themselves treated the same as other regular soldiers, and they had to sigh that they had met the benevolent and generous lord of the island!

Therefore, they also have great respect for Wang Defa------ when they finished the parade, they jumped off their horses, and the so-called deputy cavalry jumped up.

Their outfits are the same, and so are their movements.

However, their control of the horses was noticeably less favourable than that of the Mamluk cavalry, and the ranks looked uneven.

It is certainly easy to ride a horse, but a qualified cavalryman has to go through at least a year of training, and now there can be no rush.

The barracks of these cavalry have already been built, and the location is chosen in Jiaozhou City.

So to outsiders, they always keep building houses.

Commander Zhao An's eyes lit up, he didn't care who these people were, but he didn't expect that he could build a cavalry team by buying and selling!

Tall horse, I'm very lacking------

Captain Huang Zu asked him how he would use such a team of cavalry if he had it.

At that time, the commander Zhao An hugged his shoulders, touched his chin and said: "I will never put them on the front of the battlefield to hedge against the Tatars, it is better to give full play to their surprise attack ability!" ”

Captain Huang Zu smiled in his heart, he was still influenced by himself, and said, "Zhao Commander really has a way!" ”

Since Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, split the Liuqiu Guard into two branches of the army, Captain Bao Wei, who is in charge of the army, moved his headquarters to Jiaozhou.

And Captain Guo Beyu, who was in charge of the navy, moved his base camp to Dengzhou, and his intention was obvious, that is, to seal the northern coast of the Tatars, so that they could not pass through a single sea ship, whether it was a navy or a merchant!

There was a lot of discussion about the use of these cavalry, and Wang Defa did not interject at the beginning, letting them discuss as much as possible.

Fortunately, none of these people offered to let them charge on the frontal battlefield, and they all offered to play their mobility.

Wang Defa affirmed it at the time, that's right, only by letting the cavalry flow will they exert their great power!

But first of all, let them act as patrols in the Jiaozhou area and the west bank of Jiaoshui, just to familiarize themselves with the terrain, and we won't go out on land, and choose this place as the preset battlefield.

Now is far from the time for a decisive battle!

But the sea still can't let go of the other party----- Captain Guo Beyu proposed that they also need a cavalry team when harassing the other party, and they can patrol far away and give early warning.

Wang Defa agreed without thinking about it, his request was correct.

One of the advantages of cavalry is that winning is winning, and if you can't fight, you can run away.

This time, Captain Guo Beyu wants to make a bigger city and rob Binzhou City!

In the Binzhou area, from the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, there was a Pugu country, the Qin Dynasty began to build a county, the Western Han Dynasty successively built a county or a country, and the Sui Dynasty began to set up a state, until now.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, it was also the birthplace of the famous politician Fan Zhongyan.

Ten years ago, during the Li Tan Rebellion, the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to land and fight here, and captured Binzhou City in a battle------ but they inexplicably went north to attack Cangzhou City, on the one hand, let the family rely on the city to defend, on the other hand, let the Tatar cavalry chase and fight behind them, as a result, their so-called northward operation, due to the unclear combat intentions failed, and fled back to the south in embarrassment.

I really don't understand, what are they going to do in the north?! If you are well prepared, you can go north, just three or five thousand people, what are you going to do in the north?!

Captain Guo Beyu certainly understands the overall situation of the current battle situation.

At the moment, the Tatar bandit group is amassing troops and military resources, and the same is true for their own side.

In terms of total troops, they are not at the level of the other party, and the plains in the north can completely allow the opponent's cavalry to come and go like the wind, so there is no need to fight them to the death, drag them down, and develop their own.

Of course, they released it in advance and explored the surrounding area of Binzhou City very clearly.

There were less than a thousand regular soldiers, two thousand van soldiers, and no cavalry!

The reason is very simple, they were all transferred away by Shi Tianze before------ they are in a panic!

There are also merchants with dhows or brigs who sneak to the Dengzhou wharf to do business, but now they are still dominated by local families.

For such a situation, Captain Guo Beyu allowed it, as long as they did not go south, such smuggling business exchanges were beneficial to the Dengzhou area.

For attacking Binzhou City, they are very confident, even the army of the Great Song Dynasty can be defeated, they are even more capable!

Similarly, they also took advantage of this opportunity to secretly install internal responses in Binzhou City.

They chose to start in the autumn, because at this time, the warehouse of the Yamen in Binzhou City was filled with all kinds of taxes they collected, and it was just right to serve it in one pot.

Over the years, they have taken a concept deep into their hearts, that is, a battle without gain, and it is easy not to fight!

Autumn has arrived, and the entire Shandong Peninsula is full of harvest scenes.

Compared to other places, the crops here are much more neat.

When they were quietly about to set off from the naval dock in Dengzhou, Wang Defa came from a nearby gold mine to see them off. (To be continued.) )