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Chapter 263: Revival of the Cavalry

Boyan took the letter and did not open it on the spot, which made Ali Hague's curiosity come to naught, although he is also the prime minister in his official position, but if he wants Boyan not to die, Ali Hague will always consider himself his subordinate.

"Well, wasn't it planned to ask for five hundred cars before, how can this one hundred and fifty cars be used? Did you stay with Xiangyang's men to do things sloppily, or did they take your orders inappropriately? You'll have to send someone to check it out. ”

Boyan put the envelope away and tapped Ali Hague lukewarmly.

Ali Hague personally sent the letter with a bit of a desire to invite merit, and another purpose was to know the content of the letter from the Great Khan, but he didn't want to be knocked by Boyan, so he hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Thank you Prime Minister for reminding me, I will send someone back to arrange the purchase of pig iron materials as soon as possible, so as to ensure that the matter of casting cannons will not be delayed in the link of raw materials."

After Ali Hague left, Boyan returned to the inner room, opened Kublai Khan's letter, and read it word by word very carefully, although there was no one around, but he did not neglect it at all. He has been reused since he was a young man, and has made countless achievements, but he has never been proud of his achievements, and his respect for Kublai Khan is also heartfelt, and there is absolutely no false meaning.

Kublai Khan appreciated Boyan very much, and he was never disappointed once, that is, before many courtiers and subordinates, he never shouted a word to Boyan. However, in today's letter, the wording is a little different from the past, and the tone is a little harsh, although there is no meaning to scold, but it is very dissatisfied with the progress of the battle in Guangzhou.

Boyan carefully put away the letter, put it into a leather bag, clenched his hands into fists in front of his chest, closed his eyes tightly and began to pray silently in his heart. He did not follow the shamanism of reverence for immortality, like most Mongols, but embraced Christianity imported from Europe, and of course it was because of Kublai Khan's tolerance and support for religious beliefs that other sects were able to spread and develop.

Boyan felt the anger from Yuan Dadu in his heart, if there was no obvious improvement in the battle situation in Guangzhou, I am afraid that his position as prime minister would not be guaranteed, and there is a great possibility that Kublai Khan will take the imperial conquest.

In his more than 20 years of conquest career, Boyan has defeated countless enemies along the way, and even spread in the mouths of officials of all sizes in the Yuan Dynasty that as long as Boyan goes out, there is nothing that cannot be done, otherwise the title of commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty will not fall on his head.

However, the defeat in Guangzhou was so complete, from the beginning of Li Heng's siege of the city, the Yuan soldiers who came to Guangzhou did not taste a victory, and the losses of several battles before and after added up, the loss of troops has exceeded 300,000, and it has been the largest city in the siege battle on the road of Mongolian crazy expansion for decades.

Not only in the face of huge losses in the past, but now Boyan is about to lose Kublai Khan's trust, and the coastal port cities are constantly backwatering, because he knows that he has always deliberately avoided it. There is only one thought in my heart, that is, after taking Guangzhou, all difficulties will not be a problem, and those cities that have the courage to rebel must be ruthlessly killed and bloodbathed in order to restore their majesty.

The atmosphere in the city of Guangzhou was tense and orderly, the people and soldiers were preparing for the next battle, the supply of supplies to Hong Kong Island was strongly guaranteed, the supply of arms was endless, and cargo ships sailed from the island to the city of Guangzhou almost every day.

And the two most nervous parts of the people in the city, except for Zhao Tianyou, who is focused on the martial arts hall, is Ling Zhen, who is responsible for reviving the cavalry, with nearly 50,000 horses for him to drive, and he can't train 30,000 cavalry, so he should really get a noodle and hang himself.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

A row of more than ten war horses galloped out of the queue, soldiers dozens of paces away held human-shaped targets in their hands, and cavalrymen holding sabers on horseback were training the strength and skill of chopping. On the same dozens of school grounds, dozens of different training subjects were being trained at the same time, and out of confidence in the defense of Guangzhou, the overall cavalry training and barracks were moved to the field a few miles south of the city.

Not only is it a spacious new training ground, but there is currently a workshop on Hong Kong Island that is producing custom-made sabers for the Canton cavalry, which surpass the scimitars of the Yuan soldiers in terms of the firmness and sharpness of the material.

The training on the bow and arrow is not something that can be caught up in a day or two, so Zhao Tianyou gave Ling Zhen the idea to strengthen the soldier's ability to fight hand-to-hand combat immediately, and the means of long-range shooting and killing are better than using enhanced protection means to close the gap in riding and archery skills.

The soldiers are all cowhide armor, and the metal chain mail is a high-end product, and the general small leaders can't wear it, but Hong Kong Island modifies the process, and the production of metal chain mail becomes fast and efficient. After a period of overtime production, the cavalry of the Song army was basically equipped with lightweight metal chain mail to protect the vital positions that were vulnerable to arrow wounds, and the weight was much lighter than the traditional one, and the protective effect was improved.

The change in equipment stimulated the enthusiasm of the Song cavalry for training, and the soldiers on the playground sweated like rain, and they were all training hard to achieve the most basic technical and physical indicators. The first batch of students from the lecture hall were sent to the cavalry for internship, and the most important technical management method of quantitative index management was brought to the cavalry team of the Song Army for the first time.

Every qualified cavalryman must meet a few basic requirements, and then determine your position in the team based on the score of the completed results. Under the management of this indicator model, any data can only be improved by your efforts, and the behavior of laziness and backdoor trust in the Song army disappeared in the cavalry ranks.

Ling Zhen couldn't put down these hundreds of intern students in the martial arts hall, and repeatedly found Zhao Tianyou and Wen Tianxiang, hoping to leave these hundreds of people in the cavalry, so that they could directly graduate and serve in the cavalry.

Of course, this request will be rejected, these hundreds of students can be said to be the hope of the Great Song Dynasty in the eyes of Wen Tianxiang, and they are also the pioneers in the eyes of Zhao Tianyou, who brought the new modern military management model into this era, how can they easily let go of the cavalry.

But in the end, he couldn't stand Ling Zhen's soft grinding and hard bubbles, Zhang Zhensun said good things in the middle, and after discussing with Wen Tianxiang, he finally booked eighty martial arts hall students for Ling Zhen, and after graduation, he directly served in the cavalry team.

"Tianyou, originally the cavalry you wanted to strengthen your strength the most, otherwise you wouldn't have allocated so many resources to serve the cavalry, but why couldn't Ling Zhen be reluctant? Only to leave him eighty people? ”

Wen Tianxiang didn't understand Zhao Tianyou's approach.

"Lord Wen, the cavalry needs to strengthen its strength, this is an urgent matter, but it takes too long to cultivate a strong cavalry, and it needs to be constantly fought and tempered to be able to create an iron army. But I have to control Ling Zhen's desires, just give it to someone else? In the future, he will not be a baby. ”

Zhao Tianyou looked at the smoke rising from the direction of the Yuan army's camp, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.