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Between the north of Yongning City and the Jinghubao Mountains is a wilderness with flat terrain and dry land and a lack of canals. In the past, some military households lived here, but a few months ago, all the original residents moved away, and this radius of dozens of miles was all designated as a military restricted area as a training ground for the Shunxiang army.

Many of the military camps of the Shunxiang Army are located on the west hill in the northwest of Yongning City, and the dense camps are lined up, looking like a castle.

The military camp is located here, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at the foot of the mountain is the Qingshui River, which is convenient for drinking water. The training ground is located in the wilderness in the northwest of the mountain, which makes it very convenient for the Shunxiang army to conduct large-scale training and joint training. In fact, there is a martial arts performance outside the east gate of Yongning City, but Wang Dou thinks that it is dilapidated and narrow, so he has already abandoned it and split another place.

At this time, standing on the west hill and looking to the north, I saw smoke and dust billowing on the wilderness at the foot of the mountain, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder was non-stop. Nearly a thousand cavalrymen charged through the wilderness in a tight formation, all of them, all dressed in cotton armor, in several formations, armed with spears in the front rows, and sabers in the back.

During the march, the officers kept shouting and shouting, and the sergeants beside them should keep the queue tight, whether men or horses, and try to be in a straight line when charging. As the horses picked up, they rushed to their targets, marked fat scarecrows one by one.

The standard was getting closer and closer, and the spears in the hands of hundreds of cavalrymen in the first two rows were densely poked out, and the spears in their hands stabbed the vital parts of the scarecrow one after another. Many people abused the barrel of the gun and died the moment before they were stabbed.

There were also experienced men whose spears stabbed their "fragile and boneless" targets in the neck, so when they passed by the scarecrows, the spears in their hands were still firmly in their hands.

Obviously, when the cavalry is attacking at high speed, it is extremely difficult to practice the technique of being able to play the virtual stab and let go instantly. Even playing with stabbing in the neck, not attacking the imaginary enemy with strong armor to protect it, strong rebound and easy to jam the chest and abdomen of the spear, are the hundreds of veterans who have been in the cavalry for a long time in the front row.

The rest of the cavalry who followed up several rows, they had to honestly wave their swords, and after passing by Daofengren, some scarecrows were "in different places", and some scarecrows were divided into two sections.

But there are also a lot of sabers that fall into the air! There is a trace of victory.

The cavalry got into a "scuffle", or slashed the scarecrows with their sabers, or drew their handcuffs from their saddles and opened fire on the scarecrows. They were all shooting, crackling sounds, and smoke and fire from the handcuffs kept rising.

"Those veterans are already good, but the new cavalry needs to be trained."

More than 100 steps away from these cavalry training, Wang Dou looked at the field surrounded by all the generals, and watched the training of Li Guangya's cavalry, he said thoughtfully.

After Li Guangyagao completed the reorganization a few months ago, he had a complete cavalry Gao with nearly 1,000 sergeants. There are hundreds of veteran cavalrymen who have been trained since Chongzhen's ten years, and they have also experienced the vicious battle in Shezhen's eleventh year, and their combat power and psychology have made a qualitative leap.

"General Mingjian, as long as you give the last general another half a year, it is to fight against the Dongnu cavalry, and the last general is not afraid at all."

Li Guangya, the commander of the cavalry, said loudly beside Wang Dou, his words were full of confidence.

In the cavalry battle with the Qing soldiers at the beginning of the year, Li Guangya's cavalry broke through the worshipping cavalry, which greatly increased Li Guangya's confidence. Facts have proved that the cavalry with strict discipline and strict queues, that is, the horsemanship is not perfect, and the cavalry of the Shangqing State is still very good at winning against the cavalry who are skilled in bows and horses of the Shangqing Kingdom.

Therefore, after returning to Baoanzhou, the sergeants were adjusted, and Li Guangya's requirements for the strict organization of the array reached a harsh level in the following cavalry training.

In his cognition, although there are a lot of new cavalry troops, there are hundreds of strong cavalry in the original department, all of which meet the requirements of integrating men and horses and being able to charge into battle. With these old armies as the vanguard, the new army then rushed forward in a rigorous formation, whether it was against Shangdongnu or Liukou, no matter how high their individual riding skills were, that kind of scattered formation would not be the opponent of their own cavalry.

Listening to Li Guangya's confident words, Wang Dou smiled slightly, and Gao Shiyin behind him said loudly: "I said Lao Li, are you too ruthless in your practice?" My sons and daughters were not killed or wounded on the battlefield, and if you let them ride horses, they were many disabled, and if they were infantry troops, not cavalry, you could not train them in the same way as cavalrymen. ”,

It seems that Gao Shiyin has long been dissatisfied with this issue, and at this time, taking advantage of Wang Dou's presence, he took the opportunity to make a fuss.

After listening to Gao Shiyin's words, Wen Fangliang and Zhong Xiancai, who were beside Wang Dou, glanced at each other, and their expressions were deeply approving.

Now Wang Dou's army, even the commander-in-chief Gao, and the thousand general headquarters, a total of 920 sergeants, including 800 soldiers. Excluding Sun Sanjie's baggage department, he now has a total of six infantry and one cavalry, totaling more than 6,400 people.

In Wang Dou's plan, if these thousands of people can all be trained into cavalry and infantry, they must also be trained to ride horses to improve the mobility of their army.

Therefore, in the past few months, in addition to the Han Dynasty in Laishui, Zhong Tiaoyang, who was far away in Baozhou, Wen Fangliang, Zhong Xiancai, Gao Shiyin, Yang Guodong (Yang Guodong is still in Jiangnan and has not returned, and a general agent of military affairs is assigned by the ministry) and other people's infantry teams, after the sergeants dispensed their horses, all of them were taught by Li Guangya's subordinates to ride horses.

In the training of these men, Li Guangheng also threw them on bare horses and fell for three months, just as he had trained cavalry in the past. Although all those horseed infantry were able to ride horses skillfully in the past few months, it was at the cost of many people who were injured and disabled, which made Gao Shiyin extremely dissatisfied.

Listening to Gao Shiyin's words, Li Guangheng glared and said angrily: "Mr. Gao Qian, this general trains sergeants, and they all follow the general's teachings. If Gao Qian always thinks that Ben will treat the soldiers harshly, he can propose to the general, your subordinates will ride horses and drills, Ben will look at his angry appearance, Gao Shiyin is willing to show weakness, and also shouted: "Old man Li, don't think that you have killed your son-in-law, you can take my subordinates out of anger, I ......"

Li Guangzhi's eyes suddenly turned red, and he was silent like a deflated ball. "Bastard!"

Wang Douji shouted and reprimanded, Gao Shiyin was shocked to realize that he was speechless, and hurriedly stopped his mouth, and saw that Wang Dou was angry, and hurriedly knelt down, like a defeated rooster.

Thirsty Fang Liang coughed and said in a low voice: "Lao Gao, after you said this, you still don't ask President Li Qian for guilt and confess to the general?" ”

Wang Dou's eyes swept over Gao Shiyin and Li Guangya, and frowned, Gao Shiyin's mind was as rude as his appearance, so he just said something unacceptable, and the punishment was just enough.

But Li Guangya...... It seems that since Han Zhongzhan died, his temper has become much more irritable, and I heard that he often drank heavily, and even often punished his soldiers.

He said lightly: "Chi Zhifu, Gao Qian is always speechless, attacking colleagues, how to deal with it according to the law?" ”

Chi Dacheng saluted Wang 4 and said coldly: "According to the law, you should be responsible for twenty military sticks!" Wang Dou shouted: "Execute it immediately!" Chi Dacheng said: "The subordinate receives the order."

As soon as he waved his hand, several five big and three thick sergeants from the Zhenfu Division came up, pressed Gao Shiyin down, took off his pants, and started the military stick with a crackle.

The occasion was silent, and even the sergeants of the various units who were training not far away were shocked to see this situation, and they all whispered. Seeing that the eyes of the officers swept over, they hurriedly trained separately.

The heavy military stick hit his body, Gao Shiyin didn't make a sound, Li Guangheng looked at it blankly, and saw that Gao Shiyin had been beaten with ten military sticks, and hurriedly pleaded with Wang Dou with his fists: "Gao Qian is also unintentional, and he will intercede for Gao Qian." ”

Wen Fangliang, Zhong Xiancai, Zhao Yi, Wen Daxing, Sun Sanjie and others also pleaded, and the executing sergeant also stopped to see what Wang Dou meant.

Chi Dacheng said: "The law is glorious, and the general orders the officials to punish Gao Qianzong, if it is exempted because of human favors, how can my Shunxiang army be an army?" ”

Wang Dou was silent, waved his hand, and the pacifying sergeants continued to execute. After the beating of the twenty military sticks, Gao Shi Yinbaihua's ass was already covered with blood. He bared his teeth, patted his buttocks and stood up, put on his pants, and saluted Wang Dou: "Thank you for the punishment of the general." ”

He glanced at Li Guangya in annoyance and said, "Old man Li, I, Gao Shiyin, am sorry for you...... Second Brother Han, we were also a lifelong friendship back then, and I also felt uncomfortable when he went...... I was offended by the words just now. ”

Li Guangya stood for a long time, and suddenly gave a deep salute to Wang Dou: "General, the last general knows that when he comes back from Julu, his mind is much more irritated, and he violates military discipline. In a few days, it will be the period of the last general's vacation, and the last general wants to ask the general for permission to return to Baoan Prefecture to rest for a few days and sort out his mind.

At present, the thousands of veterans of Baoan Prefecture around Wang Dou have unknowingly become off-duty sergeants, and in order to alleviate their needs in all aspects, the Shunxiang Army has made regulations a few months ago. Both officers and soldiers have five days off every month, and they can go back to Baoan Prefecture to see their families. ,

However, Li Guangya was buried on the training ground all day, and he had not returned to Baoan Zhou to see his family for several months, and he knew that he was not right. also gave birth to the idea of going back to Baoan Prefecture to see his wife and daughter, and quietly adjusted his mind.

Wang Dou nodded: "Mr. Li Qian's daily training of sergeants is indeed hard, and you are allowed to take a month of vacation and go back to Baoan Prefecture to recuperate." ”

Li Guangya thanked him, and after he left, the matter of the ministry would be handled by the deputy Qianzong, and nothing would happen. However, he still recommended a talent to Wang Dou to assist in the training of cavalry, that is, an officer named Liu Cang who had been recruited from the Acropolis a few months ago.

This Liu Cang has the official title of the commander of the security guard, and I heard that he is also good at riding. For this person, Wang Dou also had the impression that after Chongzhen defeated Abatai's subordinates in the ninth year, when he went to the Acropolis to meet Xu Li Yi'an, who was guarding at that time, he had seen this Liu Cang at the reception banquet.

At that time, he was widowed and happy, drinking alone and looking unwilling, but he didn't expect to be taken under Li Guangya's command.

This is also a good thing, there are subordinates to help recruit talents, and it also reduces a lot of energy for Kao Dou.

"The handcuff rose is a spontaneous style, which is really much more convenient, and there is no need for a fire rope, and the convenience of firing is a little higher than the dumb fire...... However, each cavalry is equipped with two or three handguns, but it also makes up for this shortcoming, Wen Fang Liang saw that the atmosphere in the field was dull, and quickly changed the topic, and sure enough, everyone was attracted by him.

At this time, Li Guangya's cavalry was still training in the field, and in addition to his cavalry commanders, there were several thousand people training to ride horses and arrange formations in the vast wilderness. Everyone in the field seemed to have horses, and the difference between the cavalry and the mounted infantry of each department was that Li Guangheng's subordinates were dyed uniform red on both their mane and the round shield on their left arm, while the mounted infantry did not.

The cavalry were still fighting at the scarecrows, and their handcuffs struck the scarecrow from time to time. The close-range firepower made the scarecrows fly. If it is the enemy on the opposite side, it will be too early to die again.

After Wang Dou discussed with Li Guangya, the cavalry was equipped with cotton armor, spears, waist knives and handcuffs, and the combat tactics were spears and sabers when charging, and handcuffs during melee. A large number of facts have proved that the cavalry is a waste of ammunition when shooting at high speed, and it is better to use the impact of the cavalry and use the handcuffs after breaking through the enemy position.

Wang Douyuan thought that the caliber of the handcuffs should be increased, but the idea was canceled after training. When the two sides are in chaos, they are only a few steps apart, and with the power of the handcuffs, within a few steps, it is enough to break through the opponent's heavy armor, if they fight with the Qing soldiers in the future.

If it is a rogue, the power of this handcuff is even greater, and it is very lethal to unarmored soldiers within ten or twenty steps, and the power can be compared with that of a horse bow.