C58 Xiao Wen's Cavalry Reform(part I)

The sound of the horse's hooves trampling next to Xiao Wen's ears rang out. A squadron of cavalrymen swept past Xiao Wen's side, bringing up a cloud of dust.

Xiao Wen immediately covered his mouth and nose, squinting his eyes to prevent the smoke from entering his mouth, windpipe and eyes.

With Cai's help, Xiao Wen and the others received letters from spies in Manchuria for the first time.

These letters, without exception, were handed over to Xiao Wen to translate.

Thus, through their letters, they learned that in a month's time Nur Haji would draw a flag from the front and attack the clouds in secret by way of the Mongolian kingdom of Yuan.

After hearing the news, Lee Yanyi immediately gathered the army and looked ready for battle.

Of course, because of Xiao Wen's guidance, He Heshen had become a target for him to guard against.

Although the left general of the Darkhan Kingdom still didn't believe that He Heshen was a spy sent by Man Qing, but Li Bo Ke still hid his plans from him.

Seeing the cavalry pass by, Uncle Li next to Xiao Wen had a look of doubt on his face.

He asked, "Mr Xiao, the Eight Flag Cavalry of Qing can also be considered a strong army. Even though it was the burly man, as well as the Qin and Tang kingdoms at the same level, they had almost never fought with them. But judging from our respective combat records with the Ming, these guys are also first-rate elites. Would a temporary five thousand cavalry units really be enough to defeat these eight banners? "

In the eight banners system of full Qing, one flag had a total of five A La, and one A La had five A La. However, each Niu Record had a total of three hundred people.

In other words, every single flag in the entire city had a total of twenty-five cow-record warriors of seven thousand five hundred men.

These 7,500 people were all Battle Soldiers. Compared to those armies that liked to include logistics, support, and other non-combat personnel, the quality would not be reduced.

"I have a total of one hundred thousand men under my command. However, among these hundred thousand people, the number of soldiers was only thirty thousand. The number of cavalrymen, on the other hand, was only two thousand five hundred. "If they stuck close to the city walls in the clouds, those horsemen would surely take a detour to the other cities in the north."

"As long as we can delay until His Majesty ends the war in the east and returns to the north, I will close this gate in the clouds that leads to the plains and shut down the gates. I will ensure that the flag of Nur Haji will never return."

This was what Uncle Li had told Xiao Wen during the war council half a month ago.

However, Xiao Wen didn't feel reassured.

Although Cai had promised Xiao Wen that they would deal with Heshen together.

However, he was not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

If Heshan had a backhand in the clouds, even if he was exposed, when the Manchu cavalry arrived, he could still play a trick of working with them from the inside out.

If that happened, all of Xiao Wen's efforts would have been in vain. All the people he knew would be reduced to ghosts under the blades of the Manchu cavalry.

In order to avoid such an outcome, Xiao Wen planned to eat this flag's cavalry in the field.

"Mister Xiao, there's no need to joke around. Not to mention that my cavalry is only one-third as strong as the entire city, even if we were three times as strong, it would still be very difficult for us to take down the enemy." After hearing Xiao Wen's words, Uncle Li didn't think well of his thoughts.

After all, although the Han State borders the plains, it does not occupy a decent horse farm like the Tang Kingdom.

This restricted the development of their cavalry.

Today, the Han Dynasty is made up mainly of heavy infantry and long-range projectiles. If the army was going to be tough, perhaps they wouldn't be afraid of the whole pack.

However, in the entirety of the Han Chinese Empire, only the Tang Country would dare to compete with the cavalry of the Hu on the prairie.

After all, the Han State at this time was still an emerging nation under the rule of Liu Bang of Henggao.

There was still a certain distance from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when she fought the Huns, kicked the walls with her feet, and taught the military powerhouses of South Vietnam a lesson.

However, despite Lee's pessimism about cavalry warfare, Xiao Wen persuaded him to carry out a military reform of the cavalry.

This was a tradition of the Han Empire.

Ever since Zhang Liang, the duke of Liubang, brought innumerable benefits to Liu Bang, the country has been on a different path from the rest of the Confucian Chinese.

By relying on Liu Bang's policies to support them, the odd people of hundreds of families took the opportunity to meddle in the military affairs of the Han and strengthen the Han army through their own knowledge, which seemed to be a common practice.

Therefore, after Xiao Wen established his prestige in the army, Uncle Li didn't oppose his military reforms.

Of course, this was also the reason why Xiao Wen's target was the cavalry.

If Xiao Wen dared to use Bo Li's Heavy Infantry soldiers and ranged troops to study Spanish policy, the general would probably kick him out of the military base without saying a word.

"Although the cavalry of the Darkhan Kingdom is not as extravagant as the wealthy Tang Dynasty, they are able to have one person and three people, and even have the luxurious configuration of one person and four horses. However, one cavalry soldier with two war horses is also a standard equipment. " Xiao Wen came to this conclusion after investigating the cavalry soldiers of the Han Army.

"Then what do you want to do?" Looking at Xiao Wen, a hint of curiosity was written all over Uncle Li's face.

"Very simple." Xiao Wen said, "The configuration of one man, two cavalry, is built on the basis that the cavalry may need to engage in long-distance or high-intensity combat. We are only defending now, so we don't need that many warhorses. Therefore, I suggest that we lower the standard of a person riding two horses to one person riding one horse, and use the extra warhorses to expand the cavalry. "

"Nonsense!" At that time, when Uncle Li heard Xiao Wen's words, he exploded.

He said, "Even though you didn't need so many warhorses to defend yourself, I still think it's reasonable. But if we save up a war horse, where are we going to recruit cavalrymen? "

The burly man's Northern Cavalry only had two thousand five hundred men in the hands of Uncle Lee, and the rest were called to the Eastern Front by Liu Bang.

In the entire north, there were no talented cavalrymen who could be recruited.

"In the Heavy Infantry." Xiao Wen lightly said.

"Then you can only recruit infantrymen who can ride horses. Their immediate skills are all in shambles. " Uncle Li said disdainfully.

Xiao Wen did not care about Uncle Li's expression. He looked like he was smart and said, "However, I only need infantrymen who can ride horses. Your immediate kung fu or whatever is useless in my plans. "

"There's no immediate battle, and five thousand cavalrymen against seven thousand five hundred full cavalrymen is not a big advantage in numbers. Tell me, how are you going to win against all five hundred full cavalrymen?" In the eyes of Uncle Li, there was no hope of defeating the Manchu cavalry.

In his eyes, relying on the wall and the advantage of heavy infantry and ranged troops to defend was the right choice.

However, at this moment, a very confident aura appeared around Xiao Wen.

It was as if he was standing on the peak of a mountain of countless knowledge. He looked down at Uncle Lee from above and used a proclaiming tone to say two words to the general …

"Discipline!"