"Yuan Aiqing, I heard that the Guanning cavalry had fought head-on with the Houjin cavalry in the Battle of Ningjin, but is there such a thing?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's heavenly might, the Guanning cavalry took the lead in this battle, and it was indistinguishable from the Houjin cavalry for a while." Yuan Chonghuan said.

"Tomorrow, my Imperial Forest Army will hold a show, and you will see if it is possible for my new army to fight the Houjin Army in the field?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"No."

……

On the second day, Zhu Youxiao arranged for 30,000 Imperial Forest troops to participate in the exercise, including 5,000 cavalry, and 30,000 formed three infantry phalanxes to serve as Party A. And Party B is not a real person, but a dummy, or even an imaginary enemy. Although this kind of military exercise is not as real as the confrontation between the two sides, the generals who have been in a hundred battles on the scene can still see the advantages and disadvantages.

The command model of the new army now adopts a combination of the command flag and the sound of drums. The new army was already fully armed with bayonets, eliminated the previous spears and broadswords, but retained the daggers.

With Zhu Youxiao's vigorous support, the artillery of the new army began to be standardized and large-scale, and a 10,000-strong contingent was equipped with 150 to 200 cannons, mainly tiger squat artillery and cavalry artillery, of which tiger squat artillery was the largest, accounting for about two-thirds. If the war requires siege, the army will be equipped with howitzers and cannons, after all, the main enemy of the empire does not have artillery for the time being.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao obtained the technology of casting iron cannons from the Dutch, which greatly reduced the cost of casting cannons, but due to the limitations of steelmaking and other technologies, the number of cast iron cannons is not large at present, mainly with heavy cannons.

After the establishment of the Imperial Artillery Academy, new technologies such as "point-and-release techniques" and "commensurate with medicine and ammunition" were popularized in the new army, and even Zhu Youxiao prepared to popularize telescopes in the new army.

The artillery casting technology of the Ming Empire and the artillery operation of the new army have been inseparable from those of the Westerners. Moreover, in the configuration of gunpowder, the technical standards of Western black powder are adopted to standardize the production of black powder.

The only regret that makes Zhu Youxiao regret is that the Apocalypse Gun has not yet made a breakthrough in the production process, not to mention that 100 people are equipped with an Apocalypse Gun, and so far, even every 1,000 people cannot be equipped with an Apocalypse Gun.

At that time, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and the performance of the Royal Forest Army officially began, and suddenly the guns rang out.

"This kind of phalanx is specially used to deal with cavalry, no matter how the enemy cavalry changes the direction of attack, the phalanx can shoot without dead ends, and at the same time cooperate with the artillery in the formation to suppress the cavalry." Sun Chuanting explained.

"This array has obvious advantages in dealing with cavalry, and the disadvantages are also obvious, Zhao Aiqing, tell me, where are the shortcomings?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"No, if our side is cavalry, we can only attack when the opponent's foothold is not stable and the formation is not yet formed, and we will definitely be able to break it in one fell swoop; If the formation has been constructed, to break this formation, you need to combine foot and cavalry, to have a chance, if you are also a Shenji battalion with heavy cavalry, it is not difficult to break this formation, if it is not a Shenji battalion, it will be much more difficult to break this formation, and it takes archers to perfectly cooperate with heavy cavalry to have a chance; In addition, after the victory, this array cannot pursue the enemy and expand the results. This is the opinion of a foolish minister, please comment on your majesty! Zhao Shujiao thought about it and said.

Zhu Youxiao just smiled and didn't speak. At this time, the phalanx began to change formations, and a group of cavalry rushed out.

"If the other party is also fully firearmed, the Royal Forest Army will adopt such a formation, taking a combination of infantry and cavalry, the cavalry is the dragoon, which is equipped in all armies of the new army, and the dragoons are cavalry when they get on their horses, and they can form an infantry phalanx when they dismount." Sun Chuanting explained.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Zhao said with a lecture.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The others saluted together.

"The dragoons are the main cavalry that I want to build, and now they are mainly controlled by men and horses, and can only be deployed in small quantities." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister found that the artillery bombardment of the Imperial Forest Army was very accurate, is there a trick?" Yuan Chonghuan asked.

"There is indeed a trick, and this trick was learned at the Artillery Academy." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

"Please leave a few artillery soldiers to Liaodong, Liaodong has sufficient artillery, but the artillery operation is far inferior to the new army." Yuan Chonghuan said.

"I will leave a hundred artillery men for Liaodong." Zhu Youxiao said.

As he spoke, the Imperial Guards changed formation again.

Sun Chuanting explained: "This formation is used to prepare for the pursuit of the enemy, and of course the dragoons are the main force of the pursuit. ”

……

The entire exercise was less than an hour, but this was also the first time that the generals of Liaodong had seen the combat methods of the new army. What impressed the generals of Liaodong the most was not the formation of the new army, but the extensive use of artillery in the new army, and the use of artillery was extremely skillful.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that relying on the new army has every chance to defeat Jianguo on the battlefield, why doesn't Your Majesty use the new army to use troops against Jianguo?" Sun Chengzong asked suspiciously.

"If I use troops against Jianyu, I must be completely sure, the number of dragoons is far from meeting my requirements, and I plan to use troops against Mongolia first to obtain enough horses and cavalry." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"When is Your Majesty going to use troops against the Mongols?" Sun Chengzong asked. Now the Manchurian and Mongolian alliances are gradually increasing the pressure on Liaodong, and if they can take the lead in defeating the Mongols, the pressure on Liaodong will be much reduced.

"This fall, this is also the reason why I sent Zu Dashou to the Tiger Leaping Army. Zhao Aiqing, I am going to make you the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, and the dragoon of the Royal Forest Army, are you willing? Zhu Youxiao said.

"The minister is willing, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" Zhao said with a lecture.

"Well, from now on, you will be the deputy commander of the Royal Forest." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, when you come to Liaodong, you will poach the two generals one after another, and the minister has a request." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

"My division, the generals of Liaodong are familiar with cavalry warfare, and I need such talents, if my division has any requirements, please mention it?" Zhu Youxiao also said with a smile.

"The minister also wants to set up an artillery academy in Liaodong, and I hope His Majesty will support it." Sun Chengzong pleaded.

"I heard that Houjin is also making cannons, and this place is too close to Jianyu, if people are taken away by Jianyu, Jianlu's momentum will be shocked. Our division can send people to study at the artillery academy. Zhu Youxiao said.

"That's very good." Sun Chengzong nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, Zu Dashou is here." That's when someone walked in to report.

"Pass him in." Zhu Youxiao said.

Zu Dashou walked into the hall quickly, bent his knees and said, "The minister knocks to see Your Majesty!" ”

(End of chapter)