At the end of the month, I'm rolling all over the ground and begging for tickets

On November 28, 1852, the autumn was crisp, Zhu Jishi held a meeting of the Mongolian princes in the Mulan paddock, and invited many friendly envoys, and a mighty review ceremony was staged.

Although there was a little unpleasantness because of the dispute in New Guinea, the British Empire was still regarded as a friend of the Ming Dynasty. Taken by Robert. The British delegation headed by Churchill was sitting on a makeshift viewing platform. That Robert. Churchill's "personal friend" Nevelskoy also changed into a British lobster soldier officer uniform, swaggered next to the fat man, and held a telescope to look around.

The first to appear was Zhu Jishi's brocade-clothed guards, all wearing gray military uniforms and big-brimmed hats, pedaling cloth shoes and cloth leggings, with brave eyes, stepping on drums and guns on their shoulders, and discharging one battalion after another, under the guidance of the dispatch of military flags and drums, more than 500 people raised their hands and walked over the stands, and the formation was not loose at all, as if it was an iron plate.

"How? Such an army can be considered elite, right? Qiu Fatzi glanced at Nevelskoy with a smile, "This is the guards under His Majesty of China, the training level is close to the army of Europa, all the officers have been trained in military schools, and most of them have actual combat experience!" I estimate that even if the regular army of the British Empire were to go out, it would only be able to defeat the Chinese army, which was twice its size......"

"Loyalty, Loyalty, Love, Country!"

"Swear, destroy, north, capture!"

The officers and men of the Guards who were passing by in a formation suddenly made a majestic sound, which made the people watching feel a strong sense of solemnity.

"Not bad...... It's very imposing, I think they can play a two-to-one exchange ratio with the Russian Army, right? Taking into account the numerical superiority of the Chinese. The country is already in an unconquerable position! ”

Looking at the neat battalion phalanx passing by. Nevelskoy commented with a blank face. The performance of the brocade guards had long been expected by him. If you can't even show such momentum. What kind of military parade did the Ming Emperor do?

However, no matter how elite the infantry is, it is not much of a threat to Russia...... China is certainly unconquerable, but how can Russia be afraid of the Chinese? Want to go to Siberia to play in line for shooting? Cold winters, long supply lines, and fortifications that have long been built will cost all invaders the hardest! Isn't the lesson of Napoleon's army profound?

"Watch out for the rifles they use!" Qiu Fatzi looked at the Russian Navy Colonel beside him, sighed, and kindly reminded, "Pay attention." There are no stabs on the sides of the barrels of those rifles! ”

"There are no pokes...... How to load bullets? Nevelskoy asked in a daze.

"No need to poke a strip, that's a rear-loading firing pin gun! It is the imitation of the Prussian Dreiser M1841 model, this rifle has a high rate of fire and an effective range, possibly up to 400 yards to 500 yards! At present, only Daming and Prussia are equipped with such advanced rifles in the whole world! ”

"Really?" Nevelskoy said in his heart, this breech gun is so advanced, what are you British Empire not equipped for? Are you so short of money? It seems that there must be some significant flaw in this weapon.

At this moment, a chaotic noise suddenly sounded in the stands, and I saw a group of men dressed in Mongolian clothes get up one after another and slap their hands vigorously. And loud shouting. Nevelskoy didn't understand, but he knew that he must be applauding.

He looked up. It turned out that the infantry phalanx had already finished, and the next thing to go on the field was a cavalry phalanx, from the 1st Guards Cavalry Cuirassier Brigade. A real elite! The crotch was full of military horses of Arab origin, and the knights wore black lacquered cuirass, and helmets on their heads. Each was armed with a saber and carried a revolver on his shoulder. But the most striking thing is that the 650 military horses of the entire phalanx all marched in unison, trotting all the way past the reviewing stand. Even Nevelskoy, who was born in the navy, knew that this cavalry was really no worse than the heavy cavalry of Europe!

And there was not only one phalanx of the Ming Guards cavalry, but a whole twelve! Of these, there were four regiments of lancers and eight regiments of cuirassiers. Nevelskoy knew that each phalanx was a cavalry regiment (the cavalry was smaller than the infantry, and the regiment below was a company), and the twelve regiments had a total of 7,800 heavy cavalry, which was a formidable force in Europe.

But in front of the Russian Empire, it is still not enough to see!

Nevelskoy was born in a noble family, his family had a large estate, and he had been riding horses in the manor since he was a child. And the number is only seven or eight thousand...... If it were placed on the Manchurian Plain and operated with the Ming army's large number of infantry, it would be a formidable force. However, in the vast northern desert of Mongolia, Siberia and even Central Asia, how much heavy cavalry could the logistics of the Ming army guarantee the operation of heavy cavalry? Without adequate logistics, how much power can these delicate Arab military horses exert?

It seems that the Ming army's idea of building cavalry was completely wrong, they were simply imitating the French and British, and did not take into account the actual situation of the mainland battle, and took a cavalry route of elite soldiers...... The heavy cavalry of the Chinese is simply used to fight positional warfare, not to fight movement warfare!

"Your Majesty, the next thing to come on is the cavalry of the Mongols!"

Opposite the grandstand where Nevelskoy was located, there was also a grandstand built larger and more beautifully decorated, on which Emperor Zhu was sitting, surrounded by the civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty and more than a dozen Mongol princes.

General Liu Jiong, Chief of the General Staff of the Army, was introducing Zhu Jishi, and he pointed to a large group of knights in colorful clothes and sparse teams approaching in the distance and said: "That's the horse team of the Six Banners of the Horqin Mongols, all of which are warriors selected by the Zasak of various banners. The Horqin Mongolian horse team is followed by the Chahar Eight Banners Horse Team, followed by the two banners of the Naturalized Tumut Mongols, the first banner of the Zarat Division, the first banner of the Durbot Division, the second banner of the Golros Division, the first banner of the Ao Han Division, the first banner of the Zheman Division, the second banner of the Bahrain Division, the second banner of the Zalut Division, the second banner of the Wengniut Division, the seven banners of the Ordos Division, the three banners of the Ulat Division, the six banners of the Ulanqab League, the ten banners of the Xilin Gol League, the five banners of the Zhuosuotu League, and the horse teams of the Tushetu Khan Division, the Chechen Khan Division, the Saiyin Noyan Division, and the Zasaktu Khan Department of the Khalkha Mongols...... However, only some of the four Khalkha tribes fled to Monan, and most of them fell into the hands of Yixin in Mobei. ”

"There are still no representatives from the five banners of Tangnu and Wulianghai, the four subordinate ministries of Kobdo, the two banners of Mongolia in Xitao, the Mongolian departments in Qinghai, and the Mongolian departments in Xinjiang?"

Zhu Jishi accepted Oyuntana as his concubine, and naturally he was not ignorant of the affairs of the Mongols. Compared with the Manchu population of just over 1 million, the number of Mongols is at least several times larger, and the distribution is also widespread, not only in the northeast, north and northwest of China, but also in Russia, Central Asia and even India. The so-called Eight Banners of Mongolia accounted for only a few percent of the total number of Mongols. Although the remaining Mongolian "Nomadic Eight Banners" also have the word "flag", they do not have the treatment of the children of the Eight Banners. Among them, there are many Mongolian tribes who have fought and killed the Manchus for hundreds of years, and have long formed a deep hatred.

For example, the Mongolian Junggar Department, which once dominated the northwest, was slaughtered by Emperor Qianlong's order, and even recorded the relevant edicts issued by Emperor Qianlong in the "Records of Qing Gaozu". Therefore, most of the Mongols did not support the Manchus very much, and the Mongol tribes who had not yet taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty were just because of the long distance and lack of information, or they were controlled by the two thieves Yixin and Yixin.

"That's right, there are still some Mongolian tribes who haven't sent people over, but it doesn't affect the emperor's honorific title of Tengri Khan." Cheling Gelji also followed Zhu Jishi's side, and took over the topic with a smile, "Weichen has already told the leaders of the various departments who came to the Mulan enclosure that they will present the Jiubai tribute to the emperor when the parade is over, and ask the emperor to lead the sweats of the various Mongolian tribes of me." (To be continued......)