Many of the soldiers of Tengxiang Siwei are indeed infantry, and some can't even ride horses. When Sun Chengzong learned that Zhu Youxiao wanted to train Tengxiang Siwei into cavalry, he also strongly opposed it, thinking that Tengxiang Siwei did not have this foundation.

Traditional cavalry relies on sophisticated equipment and superb martial arts to measure whether it is strong. However, what Zhu Youxiao wanted to train was not traditional cavalry, but the 'regular cavalry' that appeared in pre-modern Europe.

This kind of regular cavalry relies on discipline to win.

Modern cavalry with strict discipline, when charging uniformly, like a galloping 'cavalry wall', cavalry in the charge, do not need to tighten the reins, because shoulder to shoulder, horse next to horse, the left and right cavalry can be guided, and then do not need to be very skilled horsemanship, as long as the riding skills are almost enough.

The cavalry was strictly disciplined, maintained a dense formation, and charged in a uniform manner, so whether it was attacking the flank of the local cavalry or the front, the traditional cavalry would be defeated by this kind of 'regular cavalry'. Because at the same width, a traditional cavalry often has to face the attack of 2~3 weapons of regular cavalry.

This is the tactic of the tiger that cannot stand the wolves, in the face of the "iron wall" queue charge, even if the scattered side has a stronger personal martial arts and armor protection, it can only be turned over by the person who rushes in an instant.

Discipline is the key to cavalry.

Zhu Youxiao organized and trained the Tengxiang Four Guards into cavalry troops, firstly to prevent mutiny, and secondly, to take the Manchu cavalry as the main target.

The combat effectiveness of the Manchu cavalry was relatively strong from the perspective of traditional cavalry. First, the Manchu cavalry, as a nomadic people, was good at riding and shooting. Second, with the continuous expansion of the scale of robbery, the Manchus obtained craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty, so that their military equipment was extremely sophisticated.

But the discipline of the Manchu cavalry was relatively bad. From the history books, we can often see cases of Manchu cavalry being defeated by the Ming army. It's just that the Manchu cavalry is highly mobile, and they can run if they can't beat it.

As long as Zhu Youxiao had a sufficient number of regular cavalry, he could easily defeat the Manchu cavalry on the frontal battlefield.

This kind of regular cavalry does not have too high requirements for riding skills and personal martial arts, which is in line with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty. As an agricultural civilized country, the riding skills and martial arts of the soldiers are generally average. But the advantage is to be able to adapt to this harsh discipline, as well as the uniform life in the barracks.

Traditional nomads, on the other hand, are basically impossible to adapt to this system, and they are not so disciplined.

Before the formal training, Zhu Youxiao first changed the establishment of the Tengxiang Four Guards, and organized 10 people into a platoon, 100 into a company, 500 into a battalion, 1,500 into a regiment, and 3,000 into a division. After the reorganization, it became the 'Tengxiang Cavalry Division' and the 'Wuxiang Cavalry Division', with platoon commanders, company commanders, battalion commanders, regiment commanders, and division commanders.

The reason why it was adapted like this is mainly because Zhu Youxiao did not have a clear concept of the white households and thousands of households in the Ming Dynasty, so he simply changed it to the military establishment that he was familiar with.

At the beginning of the training, it did seem that some horses were chaotic, but this situation only lasted for a short time, with Zhu Youxiao eating and living in the barracks, after formulating strict discipline, Tengxiang Siwei is changing rapidly.

The casualness in the army has completely disappeared, and I get up early in the morning to go out for exercises, and then continue to receive various trainings.

The most practiced is still the cavalry queue.

Cavalry charging in a dense formation is the essence of regular cavalry. In the future, this kind of cavalry will not be able to defeat musketeers armed with bayonets, but it will still be an indispensable force on the battlefield. The problem is that the Manchus, although they would have acquired artillery, did not use muskets on a large scale.

This type of cavalry was ideal for use against the Manchu cavalry.

Not only are the officers and men training, but Zhu Youxiao is also practicing horsemanship, and the effect of setting an example is very good. As Zhu Youxiao dealt with several soldiers who violated discipline, all the soldiers began to study discipline attentively. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also rewarded the officers and men who had made marked progress in training, and immediately increased their enthusiasm for training.

In just a few days, the officers and men who already had a foundation in riding skills were already able to form a dense queue for jogging, but after running a certain distance, there would still be a disjointed phenomenon. But it's not a big problem, you can continue to practice.

The armor, spears, sabers, and other equipment manufactured by the royal military factory were also handed over one after another, and Zhu Youxiao armed these cavalrymen in batches, and set up night schools and martial arts halls at the same time.

It is not enough for an army to have discipline, it must also have faith and a goal to strive for.

To put it bluntly, it is necessary to carry out deep brainwashing, and if you want to carry out more in-depth brainwashing, you must let the soldiers have a certain culture, and then learn the idea of loyalty.

In terms of the inculcation of the idea of loyalty, the eunuch school in the palace has sufficient experience, and it is also familiar with driving. In order to make it easier for the soldiers to learn culture, Zhu Youxiao spent some time to get pinyin out, and at the same time asked the palace to revise the pinyin dictionary.

Every night, the soldiers of the two cavalry divisions of Tengxiang and Wuxiang learned to read and write at night school. Colonel Zhu Youxiao gathered the officers and explained to them the characteristics and tactics of regular cavalry.

After a few days of explanation, these officers also understood what form regular cavalry was and why they had to conduct platoon training.

As for the power of regular cavalry, it has not yet been verified. But all the officers were convinced, after all, anyone with a little brain could imagine that once the cavalry was really trained to charge intensively, it would be absolutely invincible in a cavalry duel.

After these officers comprehended the main points, it was much easier for Zhu Youxiao to train these cavalrymen.

The core of the regular cavalry is actually relatively simple, and the requirements for riding and martial arts are not high, and the core is discipline and hard training. With the perfection of these officers, a complete training system was quickly formed.

Zhu Youxiao also practiced riding diligently in the barracks, while practicing martial arts, dancing with knives and guns every day. As a man, he basically has some lofty ambitions to gallop on the battlefield, and Zhu Youxiao is the same, he also wants to be a son of heaven.

Zhu Youxiao has practiced hard for more than ten days, his body has become much stronger, and the amount of food has skyrocketed, he can eat three bowls of rice in one meal, and his riding skills and martial arts have also improved significantly.

The military camp soon became a military stronghold, and idlers were not allowed to approach, so that these days, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee did not know what Zhu Youxiao had trained Teng Xiang Siwei to.

The early dynasty is still once every seven days, and Zhu Youxiao will arrive on time. Every time in the early dynasty, Zhu Youxiao still had no opinions, and let the Donglin Party control the government.

The Donglin Party very much hoped that the emperor would continue to maintain such a state, and at the same time hurriedly squeezed out the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties in the court. The Qichu Zhejiang Party was an official represented by the landlord class, and was as greedy as the Donglin Party. However, the Qichu and Zhejiang parties still use money to do things. After all, the emperor was a representative of the landlord class, and they still had common interests with the emperor. The Donglin Party was the master of taking money and not doing things, and they represented the interests of businessmen, which were completely in conflict with the interests of the emperor.

As long as the emperor doesn't care about the government and is willing to obey them, the Donglin Party naturally doesn't care what the emperor does on weekdays. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao often ate and lived in the barracks, and the Donglin Party didn't care at all, but waited to see the jokes, looking forward to what kind of rabble the emperor would train.

On the other hand, Zhu Youxiao's carefully prepared bank was also officially opened for operation in early February of the first year of the Apocalypse.