Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 797, fifty thousand cavalry

Liu Jinmei enjoyed a meal of mutton hot pot beautifully, then rode a horse and galloped on the grassland, heading towards a military camp on the grassland.

When you come to the grassland, enjoying mutton is only incidental, and doing business is the most important thing.

After the new year, the imperial court will use troops against the Western Regions. The Western Regions are vast, and the absolute main force of the war is the cavalry. Only with a strong cavalry can we use troops against the Western Regions and conquer the Western Regions.

For this reason, at Liu Jin's suggestion, Emperor Hongzhi had already started to prepare for all these two years ago.

Since the grassland was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and since the compulsory military service system was implemented in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to build a powerful cavalry on the grassland.

With enough horses, a strong national power, and a place to train cavalry, Emperor Hongzhi formed an elite cavalry force of [-] on the grassland in more than two years.

On the vast grassland, there is snow and the wind howls.

A huge military camp stood on the ground, the roar of horses resounded through the sky, and the sound of thousands of troops and horses galloping on the grassland could be faintly heard, and the ground trembled slightly.

Tents were lined up neatly, and the snow on the aisle was swept away. In the center of the barracks, the bright yellow Daming Dragon Flag fluttered against the cold wind.

"Stop, this is the grassland camp!"

Liu Jin led Battelle, Hu He and others to the gate of the camp on horseback. At the gate, the soldiers on guard were wearing thick wool coats, thick felt hats, and carrying muskets and guns on their backs. A bow and arrow, a saber pinned to his waist, and long snow boots under his feet. This equipment alone cost a lot of money.

"I'm Liu Jin, Minister of the Household Department, and I'm here to inspect by the order of the emperor!"

Liu Jin took out the documents given by Emperor Hongzhi to Tiger Talisman and the Five Armies Commander's Mansion.

Upon hearing this, the other party took a look at Liu Jin's tiger talisman and documents, and immediately said, "Please wait a moment, I will report right away."

Liu Jin didn't wait for too long, Poluhou Yang Yun came hurriedly with someone, and before the person arrived, he shouted happily: "Haha, why are there magpies chirping today? It turns out that you are here, Mr. Liu." gone."

"...Where did the magpies come from in this winter?"

Liu Jin looked at Yang Yun, smiled and said.

They are also old acquaintances. Nowadays, there are very few generals in the imperial court who are good at fighting. Yang Yun is one of them. In the past few years, he has also fought with Liu Jin in the south and north. war.

After he returned to Beijing from Nanyang, Emperor Hongzhi immediately sent him to the northern grassland to take over the [-] cavalry. The purpose was very simple, that is, to prepare for the use of troops against the Western Regions next year.

"Haha, Mr. Liu, where is your sense of humor?"

Yang Yun immediately smiled even more happily, and opened the gate of the barracks to welcome Liu Jin in.

"You came just in time. I'm preparing to kill sheep and eat mutton here."

While leading Liu Jin inside, Yang Yun also said with a smile.

"I'm tired of eating mutton. I came here this time mainly to see how the cavalry training is going for His Majesty, and whether it can be of great use."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Then let's go, I'll take you to see my Daming's iron cavalry."

When Yang Yun heard this, he immediately smiled and said confidently.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi sent Liu Jin to inspect, and he had expected it, because he could already clearly feel that the imperial court was preparing to use troops against the Western Regions.

The newspapers delivered recently have also been discussing whether to use troops against the Western Regions.

Cotton and wool prices skyrocketed, and the textile industry was in a panic.

Both the government and the opposition are speaking to Emperor Hongzhi, hoping that Emperor Hongzhi will attack the Western Regions now and take the Western Regions as soon as possible, so that the wool and cotton in the Western Regions can be obtained faster.

He rode his horse and followed Yang Yun to the training ground. With loud howls, the cavalry on the training ground quickly assembled.

In a short period of time, men and horses were neatly lined up on the vast training ground, and cavalrymen were lined up neatly on horses. In the winter, the white air breathed by horses and people burst out, Tens of thousands of horses gathered together, causing the temperature in this place to rise rapidly, and the snow was trampled off.

Liu Jin rode a horse, walked slowly, and looked carefully.

These cavalrymen are tall, strong, and high-spirited, and their clothes are also armed to the teeth.

Carrying muskets and bows and arrows on their backs, holding a white saber, wearing a cotton overcoat, even wearing woolen gloves made of cowhide on their hands, and wearing snow boots on their feet.

The warhorse he was riding was also fat and strong, tall and strong, and he knew it was the best warhorse at a glance, and it was a cavalry built at a high price.

"It really cost me money~"

Liu Jin also couldn't help sighing that such a luxurious cavalry was unimaginable before. That is to say, now that Emperor Hongzhi has money, it is easy to do things with money, and the cavalry formed is really armed to the teeth.

From the horses the cavalry rode, to the clothes they wore to keep out the cold, to their weapons and equipment, to their daily meals, they were all spent with real money.

Just for the [-] cavalry, Emperor Hongzhi invested several million taels of silver every year, which was much larger than the military expenditure of the previous Ming Dynasty.

This is why Emperor Hongzhi only raised [-] cavalry, because he couldn't afford too many cavalry, so he could only raise [-] first, and then decide whether to continue to expand after seeing the combat situation of the [-] cavalry.

"Poluhou, you can start training!"

Liu Jin observed carefully, nodded slightly, and said to Yang Yun.

"Yes~"

Yang Yun nodded solemnly, and then nodded slightly to his subordinates, who immediately began to order: "Training begins!"

Soon, the cavalry at the front began to walk slowly, and soon, the speed was getting faster and faster. After the speed was raised, it was accompanied by an order.

I saw that these cavalrymen took off their bows from their backs in an almost uniform manner, and then bent their bows to shoot arrows. Arrows shot towards the position of the target, and soon hit the target.

"How high is the hit rate?"

Liu Jin didn't speak, but Battelle and Huhe next to him couldn't help opening their eyes slightly.

These cavalrymen are so skilled in horseback riding and archery. They are no worse than those of the prairie people. They are even stronger. Day after day, year after year of long-term training can do it.

Standing archery is nothing, but archery on horseback is the real test of skill.

Row after row of cavalry continued to start, like rows of waves. After each row of waves, a burst of arrows flew by, and there were more and more arrows on the target.

After horseback riding and archery, there is musket training again. They are also cavalrymen who shoot on horseback, but they can only fire one shot because there is no way to load bullets on horseback.

But muskets have a long range and great power, and even a single shot is enough to cause terrible damage.

After that, there was the horseback hacking and killing. Under the command of the commander, the teams of horsemen were orderly, raising the sabers in their hands, and as the speed of the horses became faster and faster, they rode on the horses and hacked down the dummy on the ground.

All the cavalry are very skillful in their movements, as if they grew up on horseback. The horseback riding skills are very strong. Bows, arrows, muskets, and slashing are all done in one go, very coherent.

Moreover, all the cavalry and horses can still be neatly assembled, quickly assembled, and quickly form a combination, and the cooperation between them is very tacit.

Tens of thousands of horses can quickly form attack formations on the grassland with one order after another order, or go straight with a knife, or form a crescent-shaped encirclement, or form waves of bow and arrow attacks one after another.

"too strong!"

Battelle and Huhe looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

For a long time, the prairie people have been the ancestors of cavalry, and no one can beat them.

But now, both of them have to admit that the cavalry in front of them is really powerful and terrifying.

All kinds of movements are extremely skillful, and the combat is very organized and disciplined. Whether it is from the individual technical level or the overall team combat, this cavalry is definitely the most powerful cavalry in history.

What's even more frightening is that Daming equipped this cavalry with the most powerful weapons and equipment.

The musket in his hand is the latest flintlock musket, loaded with bullets in advance, and shoots immediately; the bow, arrow and saber in his hand are all produced by Miyun Iron Works, and the quality is extremely excellent.

Not only is he wearing warm cotton clothes, but he also has excellent armor produced by the Miyun Iron Works outside, which is light in weight but very powerful in defense.

The war horse he was riding was the best war horse produced on the grassland. It is said that the imperial court also specially established a war horse breeding base on the grassland, and imported improved war horses from all over the world.

"With such a cavalry, no one in the world can beat Daming."

Battelle sighed. As the leader of the prairie tribe, he was too aware of the power of such a cavalry. This cavalry was armed to the teeth and trained hard for many years. It was an extremely sharp sword. The sharp sword in Daming's hand Once the sword is out of its sheath, it will definitely shock Daming's enemies.

　What is the most important thing about cavalry?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)