Even if these horse bandits can't fight head-on, it's good to investigate and harass them. ，

The training of the regular rebel army is only some basic skills, and it is still lacking in fighting, and sometimes it is not as good as these horse bandits who are begging for a living on the knife edge.

Although military discipline and discipline are a little worse, Yang Qi admires the old ruthless methods.

It is by no means so easy to cultivate an elite cavalry force, Zhang Yan looked at Yang Qi thoughtfully.

Yang Qi was not interested in the future competition, and after watching the meeting, he bluntly said that he would go back.

Zhang Yan got up and saw Yang Qi away, looked at the distant figure, and said to himself: "Judging from today's situation, the handsome man is not disgusted with people born in horse bandits, and even has the meaning of appreciation."

Looking at the soldiers in the field, Zhang Yan sat on the high platform and fell into deep thought.

"Wang Wei, what do you think of their skills?" Along the way, Wang Wei led the way in front, and Yang Qi, under the protection of the guards, followed closely, and soon, he came to Nanyang Mansion City, but he entered Taishou Mansion in a moment.

Entering the room, Yang Qi saw the soldiers bring hot water, wash up, and after coming out, he called Wang Wei and asked him what he thought after watching the battle.

"What do you mean by those horse bandits? Agile and agile, he must be familiar with cavalry combat, and if he fights on a horse, he is afraid that he will be even more comfortable in water. Wang Wei replied truthfully.

"It's a pity that there are only a few dozen people." Yang Qi said: "The cavalry is not only difficult to train, but also too expensive, the number is scarce, and these horse bandits are really needed to fight on the plains!" ”

In the infantry army, Yang Qi does not need to be outstanding in martial arts at all, but people who do not know military discipline would rather use soldiers converted from honest peasants, but when it comes to cavalry, there is no choice now. ，

"With Master Zhang's ability, even ordinary peasants as soldiers will not be too strong." Wang Wei said with a very pertinent evaluation.

"You're right, just looking at the fists and feet, it's already good."

Early the next morning, there was a diligent personal guard who brought water for washing early, Yang Qi tidied up at will, and after a simple breakfast, he began to deal with military affairs, although Jiang Feng and his staff handled most of the political and military affairs, but important matters still need to be decided by Yang Qi.

At this time, Zhang Yan sent someone to invite Yang Qi to the cavalry base to watch the cavalry training.

Accompanied by more than a dozen guards, Yang Qi came to the outside of the base.

"Commander, my subordinates have prepared horses for you." Zhang Yan stood outside, upright, staring, and said respectfully.

Yang Qi looked at the solemn scene in front of him and nodded: "Let's go." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Zhang Yan then commanded the cavalry troops to advance.

Zhang Yan had already ordered someone to set up a chair for Yang Qi on the high slope, and under Yang Qi's signal, Zhang Yan issued an order, and the drill began.

There are two camps on both sides.

Each of these two camps, each with two soldiers, each with about a hundred men.

In the 600-strong battalion, except for one 100-person garrison stationed at the base, all other units participated in the exercise.

On the calm grassland, after the drill began, the cavalry of the two sides fought in an orderly manner, but after a while, they fell into chaos, which seemed to be chaotic, Yang Qi watched the battle on the high slope, saw some doorways, and nodded secretly.

Because it was only a drill, the weapons used by the soldiers on both sides were wooden knives, and the blades were coated with dye, and once they hit the target, they would leave traces.

Therefore, after a battle, many people were "killed" and "wounded", and I have to say that Zhang Yan has some talents, rehearsing both sides, and advancing and retreating to a certain extent.

"How many soldiers are there in the cavalry?" After the drill, Yang Qi asked, looking very satisfied today.

Zhang Yan saw that Zhang Yan was not dissatisfied, and his heart was slightly calm: "Marshal, there are more than 600 cavalry troops in total, this is already the limit." ”

"There are no more people in Nanyang Mansion City with six hundred people, which families are rich?"

Zhang Yan smiled bitterly: "Dashuai, there are few people who can ride in themselves, and the wealthy family has almost been cleaned up in the last conspiracy to assassinate Dashuai, and it will never be recruited again." Now the recruits can only say that they know how to ride horses, but cavalry combat is another matter, and now it is trained like this, it is really not easy, unlike Liangzhou and other places in the northwest, where there are many cavalry and horse thieves. ”

"There are no cavalry available in Nanyang Mansion City, how about now?" Yang Qi frowned and said.

Yang Qi understood that it was already the limit to be able to have so many cavalry now, and he didn't expect Zhang Yan to give a countermeasure, but he unexpectedly heard Yang Qi say: "Dashuai, there is no cavalry available in Nanyang Mansion City, you can recruit outside personnel, your subordinates are in the mountains between Anshan County and Yunxi County, I know such a person, there are hundreds of horse bandits under his hands, all of them are good men in the green forest, but they are from horse bandits, if you are willing to recruit them, your subordinates are willing to go and persuade them." ”

"Really?" Yang Qi was very happy when he heard Zhang Yan's words, and immediately said: "The rebel army has always employed people