The night is long, perhaps this gray sky is as full of holes as the era of the late Ming Dynasty, and the stars that should be shining and filling the night sky are so scarce, as if shrouded in endless clouds. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it, and the armor light opens to the sun; The sound of horns fills the sky with autumn colors, stuffed with swallow fat and night purple; Half a roll of red flags is in the water, and the frost is heavy and the cold is not loud..."

Talking to himself here, Xiao Yihua turned around and chuckled: "This Li He and I don't have the same thoughts, it's just that." ”

No longer reciting, leaning outside the bedroom, staring at the night sky of Chongzhen for four years, Xiao Yi had mixed feelings in his heart.

Occasionally, a few loud rooster crows came from the city of Ulju, and before I knew it, it was another night.

Walking out of the mansion, there were already few pedestrians on the street, and the two Zhenwei battalion soldiers in front of the door were still standing meticulously with guns.

Seeing Xiao Yi come out, he was surprised that Xiao Yi got up so early, and the two soldiers hurriedly hugged their fists and said: I have seen the general!

That is, on the morning of that day, the guerrilla general Xiao also ordered that 240 men should not be collected at night, and all of them were promoted to the cavalry battalion and naturalized as regular soldiers.

Zhou Baotai, the commander of the Yong'an Army, supervised the training of the cavalry battalion, and put Wei Zhongwu and Lai Damao as his deputies.

At the same time, the more than 200 reserve horsemen recruited by Zhou Baotai for many days have become night non-collection, and now only 200 people are no longer able to meet the needs of the whole army's sentinels.

Wang Dayong, the commander of the Yongan Army, was in charge of the recruitment and training of the night detachment, and Liu Sheng, the deputy commander-in-chief, was in charge of the recruitment.

There are two general units under the night detachment, with a full quota of 480 people, and Xiao does not count them as regular soldiers, so he does not report them.

However, this is not allowed by the Ming system, and now Xiao Yi's soldiers and horses are not only two battalions of regular soldiers, but also more than 3,000 Zhenwei battalions, baggage battalions, firearms battalions and the newly established night detachment.

If the full quota of 2,000 regular soldiers that is far more than the guerrilla generals can receive, if it is known to officials such as Futai and the governor, it is a serious crime to hold heavy troops.

However, among the officials in Datong, Xiao Yi has no such concerns, and Futai Cai Jiahe and the general soldier Han Shimeng attach great importance to Xiao Yi, so naturally they will not ask and say more.

As for Nie Kegang, the soldier of the East Road, he has long had the heart to recruit Xiao Yi, and he often turns a blind eye to Xiao Yi's affairs in Ulzhou, and he can't say much if he can.

For example, the last time Xiao Yi expanded the army, although everyone knew about it on the East Road, few people knew about it when he left Datong, and even Nie Kegang, the military commander, only inserted a few words lightly in his daily official documents, and he couldn't notice it if he didn't look carefully.

More than 200 years after the Ming Dynasty, by this time, officials everywhere were already dying, and the people in charge of investigating this matter had already run out.

No one has investigated this matter, and now the status of martial artists is unprecedentedly high, and no one who does not know each other dares to provoke a military general with heavy troops, let alone Xiao Yi, who has made great contributions several times.

If it is reported, it is difficult to say whether Xiao Yi can be convicted, but the person who reported it must have no good result.

……

Although there were only more than 200 people in the cavalry battalion, Zhou Baotai was still overjoyed, smiling every day, going back and forth between the military camps and warehouses inside and outside the city, and often sitting alone at night.

The dream that has been a long time has finally come true, Zhou Baotai is happy, but also worried, can these two hundred veterans listen to their words willingly?

Everyone who entered the regular soldier was shocked and surprised by the news, and the cavalry, this name made people thunderous.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the champion Hou Huo went to the sick to seal the wolf Juxu, and the iron hooves deterred Beihu; Changping waited for Wei Qing to attack Gaoque and break the Huns; General Li Guang garrisoned the border fortress, and Beiyi bowed to him.

Twenty-eight generals of Yuntai of the Han Dynasty, sixty-four generals of the Wucheng Temple of the Tang Dynasty, and seventy-two generals of the Wuwu Temple of the Song Dynasty are all famous in the long river of Chinese history.

Almost all of these people are cavalry as the main force, which proves that the cavalry of the Han people has never been weaker than the barbarians!

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This day was the last day of the Yong'an Army holiday, and Lai Damao, the former commander of the night non-collection team and the current general of the cavalry battalion, was full of joy, because just a few days ago, the brothers who did not collect at night had received a great news.

All of them will be naturalized soldiers, which also means that they are about to become real cavalrymen, riding horses and whips on the battlefield, wielding broadswords and fighting to the death against the barbarians, which is the dream of everyone who does not accept these nights.

On the wooden table in front of Lai Damao, which is not big or small, there is shiny armor, and everything naturally needs to be replaced after becoming a cavalryman.

The fine armor that he was wearing was replaced by a two-layer horse heavy armor, and the six-break bright helmet on his head was replaced by a thickened iron helmet.

The leather boots on the feet were replaced with riding boots with light iron plates added to the sides, and there was usually a sharp spur at the bottom of the riding boots, which was learned from the Mongols in order to better drive the war horse.

This is just the armor worn, there are a lot of weapons standing on the side of the wooden table, including heavy knives, stainless steel tiger guns, etc., the original commonly used invincible bamboo general is gone, replaced by a short-held horse three-eyed gun, which is to learn from the experience of the Guanning cavalry, can be far and near.

Lai Damao put on his armor, brought his sword and gun, walked out of the door, and saw the old brothers of the cavalry battalion who were also wearing armor with himself, laughing and greeting each other.

Seeing the war horse tied outside the door, Lai Damao was also full of joy and turned over on the horse energetically.

Because each cavalry needs to bear a lot of weight, so Xiao Yi will have such recruitment conditions, and now the cavalry is up to standard, and the rest is the war horse.

The horses under the crotch of each cavalry were changed from light Mongolian horses to carefully selected strong horses, and each person used to have two horses when they were not harvested that night.

First, the horses and money were not as good as they are now, and second, they did not collect sentries at night, and it was enough to change to two horses after fatigue.

But this time it became a cavalry, and considering that running thousands of miles should be a common occurrence in the future, Xiao also equipped each cavalry with four strong horses.

This is actually not much, the Mongolian horse team during the period of Genghis Khan, each person had at least five fast horses, which could ensure the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry.

Even in the current Houjin, the normal Eight Banners cavalry soldiers still have to be equipped with four to six strong horses in addition to heavy armor, and their usual roundabout outflanking tactics also benefit from this.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves suddenly rose in the streets, and one by one the soldiers of the cavalry battalion in full armor jumped on their horses, and did not go to the usual horse farm in the city, but ran directly out of Ulju City.

Since cavalry training is different from night sleep, a lot of space is required.

Xiao Yi groaned, so he handed over the school field outside the city to Zhou Baotai to be used as a daily training place for the cavalry battalion, so as to avoid the sound of horses' hooves and shouts during cavalry training to disturb the people too much.

Zhou Baotai was naturally overjoyed.

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The sky is not beautiful, Wei Zhongwu, Lai Damao and his party just rushed out of Ulzhou City, just now it was still sunny and daylight, but in an instant it turned into a cloudy cloud, lightning and thunder in an instant, the sky seemed to leak a big mouth, and it was pouring rain.

However, although the rain was heavy, it still could not extinguish the excitement of these cavalrymen, listening to the sound of the rain falling on the helmets, Lai Damao and others in the gallop were even more excited.

Soon, small puddles of different depths appeared on the ground, and the horse's hooves stepped heavily on them, and the water splashed everywhere.

"Hahaha, drive~"

Wei Zhongwu roared excitedly, this feeling was too pleasant, they never dreamed that they could become a cavalryman, a real cavalryman!

The group jumped on their horses and raised their whips, opened their mouths and screamed wildly, and soon came to the school field twenty miles south of Ulju City.

When they arrived at the school field, the school field seemed lonely and deserted, and the group slowed down their horses and walked slowly into the school field, in this huge school field, Wei Zhongwu, Lai Damao and others only saw one person, that is, the heavily armed Zhou Baotai.

Zhou Baotai held a big flag, regardless of the wind and rain, but stood still on the platform in the northernmost part of the school field.

Under the leadership of Wei Zhongwu, Lai Damao and others, all the cavalry gathered their minds, controlled the horses, and finally lined up in front of Zhou Baotai.

They saw the big flag in Zhou Baotai's hand, a fierce horse that was galloping wildly jumped over the flag, and his wild and uninhibited demeanor was fully displayed, the cavalry battalion flag!