Chapter 11: Cavalry
"My lord, a batch of military horses arrived last night, about 50,000. The person who escorted the military horses said that they were military horses from the Qinling Royal Horse Farm and that they were sent to us according to His Majesty's will. When Yun Xing saw Zhou Yi coming to the barracks, he immediately greeted him and said.
Zhou Yizheng was surprised, why there were so many military horses in the barracks, and when he heard what Yun Xing said, he immediately understood. This must have been the result of Zhao Mu's operation, and he knew his plan to develop archers.
"Well, what's coming?"
"The soldiers in charge of the escort were the soldiers of the military horse farm, about the formation of a brigade, and they left in a hurry after breakfast. It is said that there will be military horses sent one after another, and the number is as many as 300,000!" Yun Xing remembered the scale of military horses that people said, and he was still secretly smacking his tongue until now.
"Don't think about it, this is what I begged His Royal Highness the Great Prince to send! Zhou Yi looked at Yun Xing with a look of surprise on his face and said.
"Yes, my lord! There are so many military horses, and the whole army will become cavalry!" Yun Xing looked at Zhou Yi and felt that this adult had changed a lot. The skin on his face was glowing with a hint of luster, and his momentum was restrained, and there seemed to be a terrifying power hidden in his body.
This is the effect of the Dragon Elephant Gong Forging Body, the acquired impurities in the body are reduced to a certain extent, and the hair and skin will be as clear as beautiful jade.
"Don't be careless, cavalry doesn't happen overnight. What's more, I plan to organize the Eight Banners Legion into an archer cavalry corps, and it is even more difficult to ride and shoot on a war horse!" Zhou Yi reminded him that he must also strengthen his training.
"Hehe, adults don't know. These Eight Banner sergeants have always been hunting in the mountains and forests. Not only are they good at bows and arrows, but they are also quite agile. It only takes some time to get used to the war horse, and it is not a problem to ride and shoot. Yun Xing's words were a bit boastful, but they were not untargeted. Of course, if it weren't for the half-elf clan having such skills, Zhou Yi would not have chosen the army plan of the archers.
"Compared to those imperial cavalry who have been on horseback all year round, you are still far behind! Not to mention the wolf cavalry of the orcs! It is a good thing to have confidence, but you must not be arrogant!" Zhou Yi solemnly reminded him again.
"Yes, my lord, I don't dare to forget my lord's advice, we will urge them to step up their training. Yun Xing quickly restrained his smile and replied solemnly. Since Zhou Yi made such a solemn arrangement, they couldn't take it lightly. Otherwise, when the time comes, something will go wrong, and they will never want Zhou Yi to be disappointed in the half-elf clan.
"Now, these 50,000 military horses are starting to train first, so that most of them have a chance to get on the horses. You can only wait for people, not horses!" Zhou Yi was actually a little anxious in his heart, and he didn't know what the military situation in the south was. Huangfu Lesheng led the Ninth Army to the south, but there has been no news so far.
When he left that day, the entrustment of Huangfu Lesheng was still echoing in his ears.
The elven invasion army is large and menacing, and it must not be so easy to dismiss. The Eight Banners Legion must be as strong as possible, otherwise, once there is a change in the south, the empire will definitely send the Half-Elf Clan to participate in the war, after all, the Eight Banners Legion is the closest to Baiyue County in the south.
"Yes, we will immediately arrange for each flag to take turns to start training!" Yun Xing said, and then Ye Changxun, Yuewu and the others and the eight Dutong also rushed over when they heard the news.
"Leave it alone, I'm here to find an open place to practice martial arts. Zhou Yi waved his hand and let them be busy with their own work, so that their arrival did not have to affect their training.
Regardless of them, Zhou Yi hurried to the martial arts training ground, trying to adapt to the new power.
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Vientiane County, in an unknown cave in the Lianyun Mountains.
Zhu Chengsi fell to his knees on the ground, opening his arms to the void and praying.
"Great Mammun God, save your faithful believers!"
After the failure to capture Zhou Yi, because he met Jiang Lifu, he was worried that he would be punished by the military academy for his actions, so he did not return to Luojing immediately.
After all, Zhou Yi was still the eight pacification envoys canonized by His Majesty the Emperor, and Jiang Lifu must have thought that he wanted to assassinate Zhou Yi. Although the military academy is not afraid of the royal family, if it causes trouble for no reason, the head of the academy will definitely be suspicious.
"Hmph, even a little acquired martial artist can't handle it, what use do I want you?" Ma Meng's voice came from the void, and he was very angry at Zhu Chenghe's incompetence.
"Ah...... , forgive me!Great Mamon God, forgive me!" I didn't see any movement from Mameng, but Zhu Chengsi held his head in pain with both hands, rolled on the ground and wailed, and kept begging for mercy in the void.
If Zhu Chengsi didn't believe in Mamon, with the situation that Mamun was about to fall, he would not have the ability to influence him at all. But when he gave his faith to Mammon, Mammon was able to control him from his soul, and even let his soul fly away.
"Hmph, if it weren't for the shattered divine body of this seat back then, only the broken divine soul would have been retained. There was an urgent need for him to spread his faith and restore the soul of the gods and reshape the divine body. With the strength of this waste, he would have devoured him a long time ago!" Ma Meng thought resentfully in his heart, and then had to lightly punish Zhu Chengsi and let him go.
Zhu Chengsi lay on the ground gasping for breath, quietly waiting for Ma Meng's divine decree.
"I already know that it's because the head of the Rite House has arrived, so you didn't succeed. Since you can't spread the faith in the Qinling Empire according to your original plan, let's go to the Tiger Orc Kingdom!" said Mammon after pondering for a moment.
Orcs belong to the allies of the Demon Realm, of course, that is on other planets, and here because of the existence of the Holy See of Light, the Orcs are not believers in the Demon Realm. However, the belief of the chaotic camp hidden in the hearts of the orcs has a great possibility of spreading Mammon's faith.
"Yes, great Mammon God!So what should I do when I get there?" Zhu Chengsi was a little puzzled, the orcs were very unfriendly to the human race, especially to the Chinese people in the Eastern Continent. He didn't know what he could do when he went to the Tiger Kingdom?
"Hmph, this seat tells you to go, you will go! This seat will naturally arrange for you to act!" Mammon's voice revealed a hint of impatience.
"Yes, great Mammun God!, your humble believers will set off at once!" Zhu Chengsi knelt up, lying on the ground with his hands, and bowed with his palms facing the sky.
"Well, go ahead!" Mammon said silently, going back to the unknown void to think about his future plans.
After Zhu Chengsi knelt for a while, he saw that God Mameng had no new will, so he got up and headed north.
"Hmph, Zhou Yi! You little warrior, you actually hurt me and was punished by the god Mameng, I won't let you go! And Jiang Lifu! And the court! Let the god Mameng be dissatisfied with me, you all have to pay the price!" His psychology has been completely affected by the negative divine power of the god Mameng, and he has been overshadowed by the negative hatred!
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In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and 200,000 military horses have arrived here in Nightingale City one after another, and the training of the Eight Banners Legion is also in full swing.
More than 160,000 people are equipped with one or two military horses, from the capital to the small soldiers, who are required by Yunxing and others to eat and sleep, they have to ride on horses, and a group of half-elves who have climbed over the mountains and mountains with two feet in the mountains and forests and walked like flying like a flight are all complaining.
Recovered from the excitement of the first few days of contact with the horses, they began to numbly repeat the movements of the horses every day, while also making sure that they were firmly attached to the saddle, and many of them had frayed skin on both sides of their thighs.
There were also some soldiers who couldn't keep up, so Yunxing and the others directly ordered someone to tie them to horses for training.
Under such frantic training, the agility of these half-elves was well played, and most of them were used to the bumps on horseback, and could sit firmly in the saddle and draw the specially made cavalry short bow to shoot arrows.
However, being able to shoot an arrow with a bow does not mean that it can shoot accurately, Zhou Yi shook his head after visiting a riding and archery performance.
The commanders of the Eight Banners originally dispatched the best soldiers of each banner and prepared to give Zhou Yi a good performance. They didn't expect that Zhou Yi was very uninterested in the deliberately arranged performance after being nurtured in his previous life.
Zhou Yi ordered three thousand-strong teams to be randomly selected for cavalry and archery exercises, and sure enough, they could see the true level of the Eight Banners Legion at random. Nearly six adults missed the target when shooting, and one percent couldn't even balance their bodies on the horse, and the rest of the people shot their arrows at the target, but the accuracy was really flattering.
"Alas, although I have formed a half-elf clan in the way of the nomads in my previous life, it is really not so easy to train successfully in mounted archery! I still take it for granted! If I want to play the Mangu tactics of the Mongolian army, it is not so simple!" Thinking in his heart, Zhou Yi said: "I still have to continue training! Also, soldiers who really can't ride and shoot on horses should be issued javelins and scimitars!"
can only do this, after all, time waits for no one, who knows when an order comes down, the Eight Banners Legion will go to the battlefield!
Yun Xing and the others naturally hurriedly agreed.
The soldiers below saw that this half-elf clan saint master and the Lord of the Eight Divisions of the pacification envoy shook their heads, and while they were ashamed in their hearts, they couldn't help but cry in their hearts, and the fatal training must be strengthened.
Sure enough, Ye Changxun, the eight county kings of Yunxing, and the newly appointed Eight Banners all looked at the clumsy cousins, and their faces were all blue. They are all ruthless in their hearts, and they must practice well when they go back.
Especially Yunxing, he boasted about Haikou in front of Zhou Yi, and now this appearance made him even more embarrassed. The way he looked at the Yunbu Du Tong was really unkind, and it made people feel chills in their hearts.
After watching the performance, leaving them to continue training, Zhou Yi returned to the City Lord's Mansion with some interest.
Fortunately, the academy is already on the right track, Yun Yisheng's large class is explaining the "Disciple Rules" one by one, Zhou Yi's small class has a good foundation, and the "Three Character Classic" and "Disciple Rules" have been told.
Zhou Yi took out some of the scholars who had learned well and sent them to Yun Yishang to help teach the students, which also reduced the pressure on Yun Yisheng.
Yan Xun took the initiative to ask to follow Zhou Yi to continue his studies, and Zhou Yi did not refuse. After all, although Xu Huai beside him is diligent, his cultural knowledge is really not high, and he will have more contacts with the imperial court in the future, and he really needs scholars to take refuge.
Now every day, Zhou Yi is writing and drawing in his study, and he sent a large number of half-elf scouts to the front line of Baiyue County and Vientiane County to reconnoiter the situation and draw topographic maps. After being sent back urgently, he summarized the situation, and Yan Xun assisted in sorting out and making a military map of the front line.