"Yes, there is no problem."

Duoer is very sincere, after listening to Zhu Dayong's introduction, he bowed and apologized to him: "As long as the cavalry is on top first, even if I lead it." ”

"Later we caught some of the escaped rogue cavalry." Zhu Dayong said: "After interrogation, I learned that there were dozens of border soldiers there, and a few of them didn't collect at night. ”

"What about people?" Duo'er hurriedly said: "If these people don't collect at night, they will be good at receiving the cavalry." ”

"All the people were cut down." Zhang Han smiled and said: "These people are ambitious, first as deserters, and then kill good, full of blood and unrepentant, without a trace of humanity, even if such people don't accept them at night, what is the use of me keeping them?" ”

Duo'er first said, and then said, "That's what I said. ”

Duo'er said again: "But our cavalry is still too weak. ”

When she said this, Do'er was full of regret and inadequacy.

"I'm thinking about cavalry tactics and equipment," Zhang Han got up and said, "You first choose a spiritual one and practice more riding skills." Duo'er, you don't have to return to your post for the time being, we will expand the archer on a small scale recently, you pick the first when people come, as long as you are qualified, the cavalry will pick first. ”

"Yes, sir!"

Duo'er and Zhu Dayong were both very happy, they both bowed upright and agreed, and the rest of the officers present looked at each other.

Everyone dispersed for a while, only Wang Changfu and Liang Xing made a look, and the two stayed together.

Wang Changfu said: "My lord, at the moment, it is still mainly to suppress bandits, the cavalry does not lose too much if it is not heavily armoured, and the heavy armor is not able to run long distances, and it is not easy to enter the mountains." ”

Zhang Han praised: "Changfu is the general manager in the end, and the words are in a very critical place!" ”

What Wang Changfu said is indeed the key to this cavalry battle, and Duo'er and Zhu Dayong may have thought of it just now, but it may not be as simple and accurate as Wang Changfu said.

Ordinary cavalry warfare is hedging, after entering the firing range, shoot at each other, throw weapons, if it is cavalry to infantry, you can keep sprinting and archery, disrupting the infantry queue, blocking the grain road, harassing the rear, there are many tactics, the Mongols who fought all over the world are good at using heavy cavalry and light cavalry to cooperate, the peak of China's heavy cavalry is the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, the Northern Wei period is the golden age of heavy cavalry, those Xianbei warriors ride tall war horses, horses are armored, people are heavily armored, soldiers are the rest of a hundred battles, the armor is the strongest iron armor, When thousands of heavy cavalry charged, it was like shaking the ground, only the heavy cavalry could fight against the heavy cavalry, and the Xianbei warriors used the heavy cavalry as the main force, and the cavalry attendants were infantry and servants, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated, and made great achievements, and finally the law of cavalry was inherited by the Northern Zhou and Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty was the peak period of China's armed forces, and the Tang Dynasty began to go downhill under the Tang Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty also had a step armor and a divine arm bow, and although the Ming Dynasty drove away the violent Yuan to restore China, but in terms of pure dynastic force, in addition to the highlights of firearms, The level of cavalry and infantry has dropped significantly, and the level of armor and weapons has also declined, not to mention that the times are progressing, these things will improve, and to be honest, the level of ordinary battalion soldiers in the dynasty is not even comparable to the army of the Warring States period, let alone compared with the strong Han and Tang Dynasty.

Now Zhang Han's subordinate cavalry is very ordinary in terms of tactics and equipment, Duoer they train very carefully, but the cavalry is not trained only by training, cavalry is more difficult to practice than archers, good elite archers can not come out without a few years of hard work, the battlefield is so tense, full of arrows, good archers can also shoot arrows calmly, physical strength is not lost, the arrows are basically accurate, it is difficult to do without ten years of work, the cavalry is galloping forward on a high-speed galloping horse, and then facing the arrows and throwing guns to shoot back at the enemy, Dodge and aim on the back of a bumpy horse, and then use a weapon to slash or stab the enemy when hedging, use the horse's speed to drive the killing and wounding of the enemy and protect yourself, and you have to avoid being dropped to the ground by the horse, if you are harassing the infantry, you have to calculate the distance, kill and injure the infantry from afar, and at the same time you need to find gaps and weak points, rush into the formation, and kill and injure the enemy......

Qualified cavalry has to undertake a wide range of tasks, including sweeping in front of the formation of beam horses, sentinel horses, transmission of news, do not collect at night, plundering the main light cavalry, and the most important task of the cavalry is to urge the front to fold the formation, trap the enemy's cavalry, rush across the enemy's military formation, and chase and annihilate the remnants of the defeated and fleeing enemy!

Zhang Han has always attached great importance to cavalry, he didn't say it explicitly, but he knew very well in his heart that cavalry was a very important part of the future war in Liaodong!

How can a pure infantry, in a vast area as white mountains and black waters, guarantee thousands of miles of grain routes and logistical supplies? Even if you can fight head-on, without strong cavalry, how can you force them to fight you, and how can you ensure your own advance?

Is it really to build the fortress all the way through? How much manpower and material resources do you need?

The Eight Banners are now very poor, many bannermen do not wear armor, or only cotton armor or chain mail, war horses are not very sufficient, and many bannermen do not have horses, otherwise the old slave will not set up such a military position as "no horseless follower" under the Eight Banners.

But this situation will soon be reversed, from the end of Wanli to the Chongzhen period, the Eight Banners will continue to attack the Mongolian tribes, Lin Dan Khan will move westward, a large number of tribes will take refuge in Houjin, and the war horses will continue to import equipment to the Eight Banners, and when Zhang Han is qualified to enter Liaodong, there is no large number of well-prepared cavalry, what will he do to play with the Jurchens?

Wang Changfu and Liang Xing glanced at each other, and both understood each other's meaning in their eyes...... The big man in front of him, the proprietor of the old days, has never done things without purpose, he is prepared, and it seems that the problem of cavalry is to be solved.

"You two don't be sneaky." Zhang Han scolded with a smile: "The equipment is easy to manage, the important thing is the soldiers, whether it is salary or food, clothes or daily welfare, even injuries and illnesses, and pensions after death, I have done everything I can, and the things below still depend on you, if you can't train strong soldiers, everything is in vain." ”

Liang Xing smiled: "We understand." ”

Wang Changfu said on the side: "My lord, let's stay, mainly because we want to ask...... When to go into the mountains to suppress bandits? ”

"What, there's another movement?"

"Yu Shiqian and his gang were scared by us, they shrank in the eastern vein of Hengdong, I heard that they grabbed some grain and shrank in the mountains, and even the town under the mountain did not dare to sweep, there is news from the Military Intelligence Bureau, they only have about 500 people left, and they are still a large force among the bandits, and their strength is also strong, after all, we didn't fight too hard that day, and most of their old brothers remained, which means that the core is still there."

Wang Changfu said fiercely, and said with excitement on his face: "Now that the morale of the army is revived, and we are not afraid of disturbing the people in the early winter, it is better to follow the channel map collected by the brothers of the Military Intelligence Bureau and go into the mountains to ruthlessly suppress Yu Shiqian and his gang!" ”

Liang Xing said at this time: "Last time, we defeated the thieves and beheaded a lot, and the adults reported their merits, what did the boss say?" ”

Zhang Han heard that the opinions of the two chief officials were not so identical at this time, and most of them were Liang Xing but they didn't have face, and when it came to the matter of credit, of course, it was pouring cold water.

It's good for someone to cooperate, Zhang Han said lightly: "The boss only gave a few words of encouragement, saying that we have merit in defending the land, but we have left the land without permission, and the merits and demerits are offset, so forget it." ”

"Whew!"

Wang Changfu's face was red and his neck was thick, and he scolded rudely: "We are not serious military generals, my lord's inspection has made such a great achievement, at least we should raise the military position by a few levels!" ”

Zhang Han said with a smile: "Forget it, I don't point to this matter to get promoted and make a fortune, if you really want to go up, it is better to send some money quickly." ”

Because of this military merit Zhang Han did not plan to operate and be promoted, it was difficult for some people in the court to do things, and all the yamen were deliberately making things difficult, Zhang Han was not a toast, not a hereditary inspection, and it didn't mean much to him to add officials, the key was that he didn't want to make too much limelight and provoke too many people...... Li Zhuang has been attacked by many people here, and it is not a good thing to praise the martial arts of his subordinates, which is too strong.

In the eyes of those bigwigs in Datong, Taiyuan and even Xuanfu, this is just to defeat some low-grade mud-legged thieves and kill some people, but so, it is not a big deal at all.

Yu Shiqian used to be a little famous, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

Another point is that when these people above admit Zhang Han's credit, aren't they just slapping themselves, admitting that they were weak in dealing with it before, and they didn't care about the local life and death at all?

If this point is implemented by the department, impeached, and the self-defense is replied, how can this be good?

For various reasons, even if Zhang Han has a strong backstage in Datong and Yanghe, this matter can't change everyone's minds, neither Governor Wen nor Zheng Bingbei can take a huge risk to offend so many colleagues and make the entire officialdom their opposite.

"My lord, there are many people above who will admit it."

Liang Xing said a word, and then continued: "Changfu, no profit can not be early, Yu Shiqian came to fight Lingqiu, let's fuck the guy, now that he is disabled, he has honestly stopped, we are still chasing him to fight, he may die, and he will consume a lot of money and food, and the top is not good, there may be gentry in the local area who say strange things, why do you say this!" ”

"Alas, in that case, let's focus on training recently." Wang Changfu sighed and said.

Zhang Han said with a smile: "A year ago, it was mainly training, anyway, the funds have already been approved to you, and how to use it is your own business." ”

"Yes, sir."

The two generals really reached an agreement, Wang Changfu was happy, but Liang Xing was smiling, he deliberately took a step late when he went out, and after Wang Changfu went out, Liang Xing flashed and came in again, and said to Zhang Han: "My lord, Changfu is a little dead-eyed, and you must not beat Yu Shiqian again at this time." ”

"You mean?"

"We're going to keep this thief." Liang Xing said excitedly: "There are these big ones, and those small ones, our inspection department has nothing to say to recruit others, usually go out to practice, the people see how much they boast that our soldiers are good at protecting the territory and the people, if there are no bandits, we will become a thorn in everyone's side, a thorn in the flesh." ”

"Nonsense." Zhang Han had nothing to hide from this henchman, so he kicked and scolded with a smile: "I have already decided, otherwise why didn't I completely eliminate them this time." ”

"I just said that the cavalry was dispatched at that time, and a few more people died, and Yu Shiqian's gang was all finished, why didn't the adults make this decision, no wonder."