In the Jinlianchuan grassland, outside the main gate of the Ming Emperor's line, Chen Dexing's tall figure was riding on a horse, but the red cloak behind Ren was blown by the wind on the grassland.

Seven thousand horsemen, heavily armed, lined up, just waiting quietly.

These infantry cavalry subordinate to the Guards are all elites selected from hundreds of thousands of Daming field regiments, equipped with the most advanced weapons, and undergo the most rigorous training.

The 1st Guards Musketeer Brigade that came out today is equipped with the latest Heavenly Dao seven-year flintlock smoothbore gun. Two infantry regiments of nearly 5,000 infantrymen, all in steel cuirass and carrying muskets with bayonets on their shoulders, lined up in three horizontal formations, like a steel wall.

Along with the musketeers, there were two regiments of the Guards Cavalry Brigade, both of which were teams of 1,000 men, and both had only steel helmets. One regiment was equipped with high-quality Mongolian horses and bows and arrows, and belonged to the light cavalry regiment.

The other regiment had Andalusian horses brought from Europe, all of which were horses more than five feet three inches tall, with strong muscles and well-proportioned bodies, and they were excellent war horses that had been artificially bred for a long time. The long-distance endurance of this horse is not as good as that of the Mongolian horse, but the short-distance sprint power is much stronger than that of the Mongolian horse. Equipped with a horse lance, and after a long period of rigorous training, he has honed a set of wall charge tactics, and it is definitely a heavy cavalry with amazing impact!

The generals who followed Chen Dexing to the north were all wearing gorgeous battle jackets and armor, but they just rode horses and stood behind Chen Dexing, looking at the seven thousand elites around him who were strictly organized to the extreme, and they couldn't help but show a solemn and somewhat excited look.

During the days when he was waiting for Haidu to come, Chen Dexing also organized several military exercises on the Jinlianchuan grassland, in which the Musketeer Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade of the Guards Army fought several face-to-face "battles" with the Second Guards Infantry Brigade, the 30th Brigade under the 10th Division of the Army, and the 4th Cavalry Division.

The result was a landslide victory for the Guards Musketeers Brigade and the Guards Cavalry Brigade, which adopted new tactics!

Although there were still many skilled archers in the Ming army, they could kill and wound musketeers from a distance of 100 paces. But the proportion of archers in the infantry of the Ming army was very low, and there were no more than 300 archers in a brigade - good archers are too rare! There are no ten or eight years of hard work and natural strength. I can't practice it at all. Even in the Ming Army, there are only tens of thousands of people with such skills.

And for the same number of musketeers, there were more than three thousand muskets! That is, one archer against ten musketeers!

And in real combat exercises, the archers had to face not only musketeers, but also the opponent's artillery. Due to the preciousness of the archers. They are naturally the priority targets on the battlefield. As soon as it comes within range of the opponent's artillery, it will immediately be bombarded by artillery. At the beginning of the exercises, the archers were "wiped out" before they even showed their might.

In the next few exercises, these valuable archers could not get on the line at all, and could only throw feathered arrows in their own phalanx. However, this means that your own sword and shield men and pikemen will be killed and injured by the opponent's musketeers, and they will not even have the strength to fight back...... If it weren't for the drill, these samurai in steel armor would have been in chaos when they saw the opposing team's musketeers coming.

The fighting style of not fighting back and standing to the death just after being beaten is not something that ordinary troops can bear!

After several military exercises. Even the most conservative army generals have to admit that the army, which is mainly equipped with smoothbore guns, has a huge advantage.

Of course, there are still different voices, that is, when the musket infantry meets the all-archer Mongol army, I am afraid that it will not be as good as the traditional infantry.

However, their opinion was not that the musketeers did not have enough firepower, but that their protection was insufficient. Musketeers armed only with steel armor and helmets have a clear advantage over opposing armies with a small proportion of archers. And when dealing with an enemy with a full archer. You will need to be fully armoured.

But today, when the Mongolian Great Khan Haidu appeared in everyone's eyes with the cowardly Xue army of "all archers". It was also discovered that the Mongol archers were no match for the musketeers. Because the artillery fire of the opposing side is almost zero. In the face of an infantry division equipped with 36 3-inch cannons and 18 rocket launchers, it will definitely be defeated.

Unless it is the kind of army that has the same number of artillery and enough good archers, it is possible to compete with the musketeers of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a strange army, I'm afraid it doesn't exist in the world at all, right?

When the hearts of the people are turning. Haidu Khan also saw the Ming army from a distance. This strictness, this momentum has taken him by surprise. Raising the telescope to take a closer look, Haidu's eyebrows have been twisted into a ball.

The sect king of the Chagatai lineage, Bara, was a supporter of Haidu, and this time he came to the Jinlianchuan grassland with Haidu. Seeing Haidu frowning, he leaned up and asked, "Great Khan." What's wrong with you? What do you see? ”

Haidu put down his binoculars and took a deep breath: "Musketeers! All are musketeers......"

He handed the telescope in his hand to Yara, "Yara, you can take a look too." ”

Bara also raised the binoculars and observed for a while, and his brows furrowed: "That musket should be the seven-year style of the Heavenly Dao, without a fire rope, it uses flint to ignite H medicine, and it is very lightweight, and it can be used by one person." There was also a knife stuck in the barrel, which seemed to be used as a short spear. Such...... The musketeers will be able to fight hand-to-hand! I didn't expect that not long after this gun came out, there were already infantry with all-muskets. ”

The appearance of the seven-year musket of the Heavenly Dao was not a secret to the Mongolians of the Haidu lineage, and the fine work sent by the Haidu to the Han region had already sent the relevant information back to the grassland.

In fact, the Ming court was not afraid of the sea at all, imitating guns...... If the Mongols were willing to throw away their bows and arrows and play in line to be shot, Chen Dexing was even willing to give away a factory that produced guns!

"Everyone in an army has a musket, and everyone can fight in close combat!" Haidu shook his head, he knew very well the lethality of the musket. His army was also equipped with some Heavenly Dao Second Year style muskets. However, soldiers who used the Heavenly Dao 2nd Year Musket were basically not allowed to participate in hand-to-hand combat, because the musket was too heavy to move even if it was loaded with a bayonet.

"A musket that can be used in hand-to-hand combat, a cannon and a steel armor......" Bara sighed, "It's still the Great Khan's wisdom, this Great Ming Fruit is not a country that my Great Mongolia can fight against." I really didn't expect that the strength of the Han people would rise so fast! ”

"Not to mention the rapid rise...... Haidu's whole person was a little sluggish. lowered his voice, "I'm afraid that the future battlefield will be more than who has more guns!" I only have horses and bows and arrows in my Mongolian steppe, where do I get the guns? ”

"This ......," Hachira's face was hard to look at. He and Hai are both descendants of Genghis Khan, and although they are now bowing to the Ming Dynasty, they both have the idea of enduring humiliation and burdens in order to restore the former majesty of Mongolia.

In their opinion, the reason why the Han people are strong is because there is a king from heaven - both of them are heavenly disciples. At first, I didn't believe that Chen Dexing was a half-immortal, but after listening to the sermon every day and thinking about it carefully, I felt that this Chen Dexing was really a half-immortal. Because of him, a half-immortal, the Han people will survive in a desperate situation.

And the Mongols must be patient now, and when the Han people's half-immortals return to heaven, most of the powerful Ming Empire will be as prosperous and declining as the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty in history. Then the opportunity for the revival of the Mongols will come!

However, the H medicine weapon invented by the Han people has always been pierced in their hearts like a hard thorn. If the future war changes from a competition of archery and horse martial arts to a comparison of guns, will there be a chance for the revival of Great Mongolia?

"Great Khan. Our Great Mongolia may not be without opportunities. Yara frowned and said, "We have tried on the grassland, and one condor shooter can replace five musketeers!" ”

It turned out that Haidu and the others had been looking for a way to break the Daming musket! And the solution they found was simple, which was to train enough condor shooters. Have the Condor Shooter ride to within fifty paces of the musketeers, then dismount and shoot the opponent in the face with a bow and arrow, taking cover from the horse.

"But what about them?" Haidu asked rhetorically.

No matter how good the skills of the condor shooter are, it is impossible to charge with the shotgun of the cannon. Moreover, the body of a war horse could not stop the shotgun from the cannon, and the archers hiding behind would still be killed--Haidu had people experiment with live war horses and scarecrows in armor.

"As long as the cannon doesn't lose to them." Yara replied. "Hold it down with a cannon. Then let the Condor shooter charge. ”

Haidu glanced at him, "How is that possible?" How many cannons does Daming produce in a year? How many cannons can we cast in Mongolia in a year? How can we fight with them? ”

Mongolia can now also forge cannons! It really took a lot of effort to succeed in stealing the teacher. But the output is not at all. The cannon cast in a year is also in double digits.

On the Ming side, the four major official arsenals of Mingdu, Beijing, Jiangdu and Temasek alone can cast hundreds of cannons of various calibers a year. Moreover, the license of the commercial arsenal has long been issued, and the famous Meng Ji gun shop is a commercial one, and Meng Ji has a cannon casting factory. Even if it is the output of a commercial arsenal, there is no difficulty in casting thousands of cannons a year in the Ming Dynasty!

Fighting cannons with the Great Ming, the Mongols are definitely going crazy.

"It's not a cannon with Da Ming. Rather, fight the cannon with Kublai Khan! Yara gritted his teeth.

"Fight with Kublai Khan?"

Yara nodded: "Yes! We can't stay in Mongolia forever, and we can't stay there...... Mongolia is too poor! Even if we can endure it, the warriors below can't help it. These days, many thousands of households have reported that there are warriors fleeing! ”

The Mongolian warriors who ran away from Haidu appeared with the spread of Heavenly Taoism! While preaching, Tiandao is also spreading the Chinese language and culture. Let the Mongols on the steppe know about the situation of the Han land and the overseas colonies of the Ming Dynasty. Mongolian warriors who can ride horses, shoot arrows, speak Chinese, and believe in Taoism, but they can find good food everywhere......

"I'm afraid I can only go west......" Of course, Haidu knows that there are people running away every day, although there are definitely not a few, but this trend is very bad!

In the past, the nomads on the Mobei grassland have been robbing the goods of the Han land. But now that the Han army is so strong, it is not weaker than the cavalry Han people. What other Mongol king dared to take his subordinates to the Han land to rob?

Without the looted goods from the Han land, it would be difficult for the millions of herdsmen on the steppe to live a better life by trade alone, not to mention the tens of thousands of Mongolian nobles on their heads!

Therefore, going to Han to be a mercenary and a guest has become a way out for some Mongolian herdsmen with more flexible brains.

"That's right, ask Daming for cannons, use our bows and arrows plus the cannons given by Daming to seize the sea and Kublai Khan's territory!"

"But why did Daming give us cannons?" Haidu shook his head again and again. Why did Chen Dexing give himself a cannon? Is it any good for him to calm the sea and Kublai Khan himself?

"Because we believe in Heavenly Taoism!" Bara smiled slightly and said in a low voice, "Aren't Heavenly Sects and Christianity both having holy wars?" Why can't our Heavenly Daoist Sect fight a holy war? We are all devout Heavenly Daoists, and the purpose of the Western Expedition is to spread the belief of Heavenly Taoism! In this way, can King Ming still support us? ”

Haidu was stunned and stunned, "That's ...... Can it really work? ”

Ba Ra smiled and said: "I heard that Princess Kubalun has become a disciple of King Ming, can you let her go and probe the mouth?" ”

……

At this time, Zhu Sijiu rode up a high slope, looked east, and looked at a wooden fort on the bank of the Ili River in the distance, which was the South Twelve Fort in Yinan County, and it was also a castle at the forefront.

"Sijiu, are you worried about the safety of Ili Mansion?"

Guo Kan didn't know when he drove the war horse up the high slope and behind Zhu Sijiu.

Zhu Sijiu listened to his words, and did not turn his head, but just looked at the depths of the cloudy sky in the east.

"There is nothing to worry about in Yili Prefecture, each infantry division has left an infantry brigade plus two artillery companies, a total of six brigades and twelve companies of artillery, there are almost 26,000 men and 72 cannons, and there are still 10,000 soldiers...... Such a defense is not weak. ”

Guo Kan nodded, there were quite a few defenders in Yili Mansion, and there were no strong enemies nearby.

"Are you looking east at the Central Plains? Homesick? ”

Guo Kan asked with some emotion.

Zhu Sijiu smiled a little bitterly: "I can only go back to my hometown in my dream...... Since you've taken this step, you can't go back in this life......"

Guo Kan looked at Zhu Sijiu steadily, and just smiled reluctantly: "What is there to go back to?" The big husband can't be without power for a day, let's go west to open up the territory and build the country, which is the foundation of the century! When I went back to the Central Plains, I was just a rich man who had nothing to do. ”

Zhu Sijiu waved his horsewhip fiercely and replied loudly: "Old Taishan is right!" We're going to start a hundred worlds! If I want to be a rich man, why should I come to the Western Regions? Isn't it enough to be a county prince in the Central Plains? ”

As soon as the words fell, he had already struck his horse and rushed down the hillside, and dozens of knights swarmed up, sweeping west like the wind. Leaving a cloud of smoke in the back! (To be continued.) )