Chapter 10: Establishing Cavalry (Part 1)

The rewards of recruiting this time were far beyond expectations. When I first imagined, it would be good to be able to recruit more than I could. How could I have such a lot of soldiers come to Yingmo and the quality of soldiers was so good.

Looking at the recruits gathered in the military camp, Wu Ji's face turned red and his eyes were filled with flames. There were such good soldiers, and they had to be trained into an elite team no matter what.

The quality of these new recruits is much stronger than that of Li Mingchu and others. It would be a pity if they could not train to become elites.

"Carry basic training first." Wu Ji waved his hand, and Li Mingchu responded and began to train these recruits.

Wu Ji could command two thousand five hundred troops, Wang Shao assigned him one thousand elite troops, and with more than two hundred people from the original Converted Army, he could recruit more than one thousand two hundred new recruits.

For these recruits, queue training must be carried out. Although the queue is not very useful on the battlefield, it is the most basic and must be practiced. At the same time, the recruits must also explain the rules and regulations of the barracks to complete these, so that they can be divided into military branches and targeted for training.

Under the command of Li Mingchu, the new recruits received training. The Converted Army had a brilliant record. Although the training was hard, no one complained at all. They were eager to complete the training as soon as possible and develop the ability to kill the enemy so as to kill the enemy and make contributions.

Corruption in the Song Dynasty army became popular, and it was rare to find a general like Wu Ji among the 100 generals. Following Wu Ji will definitely have a bright future. Who doesn’t want to make meritorious service and reward?

Therefore, the recruits trained extremely seriously, and Wu Ji saw it and felt relieved in his heart.

After training for a long time, no one complained or tired. What makes people even more happy is that because of their good physical fitness, they are not very tired. This made Li Mingchu crazy and took some time to come to Wu Ji and muttered: "They eat well and dress well, not like us refugees who join the army, they can withstand the toss and troubles! If we had been tossing for a long time, they would have been so tired that they would have been fine. They were like nothing."

This is the truth. The converted army who participated in the training did not stop nodding in agreement. They were also refugees and could not survive at home. They had to enter the army for exploitation.

"They can still withstand and increase the training." Wu Ji stared at the recruits and ordered loudly: "You can use all your strength, don't worry, you can't practice."

"Everyone is as strong as a cow. If you want to train them to death, you must exhaust me to death." Li Mingchu teased and went to train again.

Originally, after such a big victory, Wu Ji wanted to give the Converted Army a holiday and let them go back to reunite with their relatives and friends. However, training new recruits was urgent, Wu Ji finally decided to take a rotation break, first take a half-person leave, leaving Li Mingchu and the others to train. When the holiday comes back, Li Mingchu and the others will be given a vacation.

No one has any objections to this move. Everyone understands that Wu Ji is the best way to deal with it, which not only allows them to take a leave, but also does not let go of their business.

"Commander Wu Du, should we train cavalry?" Huangfu Song looked at the new recruits who were training, his eyes shining, and he could not move away: "It would be a pity if such a good hero was not used to train cavalry."

The quality of the recruits is very high and they are born with cavalry. It would be a pity if they are not used to train cavalry.

Speaking of cavalry, Wu Ji looked regretful. Although the Congxin Army fought such a great victory and resolved the siege of Xiongzhou, it can be said that it became famous, but there were no cavalry. Thinking about the first time when Yelu Bodhisattva led his troops to attack Congxin, the Congxin Army defeated the Liao army, but because there were not enough cavalry and could not pursue it, he could only watch the Liao army escape.

The Liao army's second attack was converted. If it weren't for the Liao army being put into the city, it would be very difficult to wipe out Yelu Bodhisattva completely. It would be very difficult, very difficult, and difficult than to reach the sky.

Similarly, in the Battle of Xiongzhou, if the Liao army had not all entered the city, but outside the city, not to mention the complete annihilation, even a bigger result would not have been achieved. The Liao army had many cavalry and could not run away if they could not defeat it? The Song army with two legs could not run than the Liao army with four legs? It can be said that the great victory in Xiongzhou was a miracle.

The cavalry was the shortcomings of the Song army. There were not many cavalry in the entire Song Dynasty, so the Converted Army was even more straightforward, without a single cavalry. The original Converted Army had only a dozen inferior horses for orders and better horses sold out to He Wanquan. At that time, Wu Ji wanted to form a cavalry, but he had to give up because there were no war horses.

Now, Wu Ji has more than 8,000 war horses in charge, and the prerequisites for forming cavalry have been resolved. If there are such a good-quality recruit, it would be a pity if it weren't for forming cavalry.

"I have long wanted to form a cavalry, but there are no war horses. Now, there are war horses, and it just happens to form a cavalry." Wu Ji nodded in agreement.

"Okay! If we have cavalry, we don't have to be afraid of Liao Gou in the future. Not to mention anything else, if Liao Gou suffers a defeat, we don't have to foolishly chase four legs like before, and chase four legs with four legs. Who is afraid of who?" Qi Dabao cheered loudly.

Cavalry was the dream of all Song people, including the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but because of the shortage of horses, they had to give up.

"The cavalry must be formed, but we still need to discuss how to form it." Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "I have seen the cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army. Although it is good, I am not satisfied."

"The cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army is elite. Are you not satisfied?" Qi Dabao was a little surprised.

"It's not that they are dissatisfied, they should be said to be very dissatisfied." Wu Ji nodded and said, "The cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army is good, but they have several flaws. First, their long-range attacks are too weak; second, their chopping and slaughtering are not sharp enough; third, their usage is very problematic."

"You have many problems, there are only three at the first time." Huangfu Song was also surprised: "Tell me carefully, let's think about it carefully."

Wu Ji has never trained or commanded the cavalry. Although he has some ideas, he is not very familiar with it. It is inevitable to discuss it with them. He nodded immediately and said, "Let's go to the house first, let's discuss it carefully. Oh, and then invite Lord Zheng. He is knowledgeable and knowledgeable about the previous dynasty, and may give us some inspiration."

Zheng Tai is knowledgeable and has a wide range of knowledge. With his participation, he might be able to come up with many good solutions. Wu Ji, a scholar, was won by his ex, and he was not very familiar with military history, so he really needed someone like Zheng Tai to participate.

The three of them returned to the house, and soon, Zheng Tai rushed over to hear the news. As soon as they met, Zheng Tai asked happily: "Commander Wu Du, I heard that you are ready to practice cavalry. OK, do you have any ideas? Tell me quickly, let's think about it."

Rubbing his hands, he said with a smile: "When it comes to this cavalry, I feel very sorry. Do you know how many cavalry there are in China in the Han and Tang dynasties? It is tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of thousands. Thinking about that situation, it makes people excited. How many cavalry did Emperor Wu of Han defeat the Huns? When the decisive battle in Mobei, there were 100,000 elite cavalry alone, and 300,000 war horses dispatched. How amazing is that. There were more war horses in the previous dynasty. During the Tianbao period, the government of the previous dynasty had more than 700,000 horses and 700,000 horses, which is an amazing number. This is just the horses controlled by the government, and the horses of the people are not counted. If the people are added, the previous dynasty could easily take out this number of war horses, one million!"

"One million?" This number is a bit scary. Wu Ji, Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't believe it? There will definitely be no problem." Zheng Tai held his finger and settled the score: "Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night and destroyed the Eastern Turks. It was a grand event in China. Do you know why Jie Li Khan was scared when he heard that Li Jing came in person and left more than 100,000 troops to escape? It was because the army of the previous dynasty had many horses, and they moved quickly and moved like a gust of wind. Jie Li Khan thought that Li Jing had arrived in person, and the army of the previous dynasty came with it. However, he did not expect that the three thousand warriors who were attacking his lair were only the three thousand warriors selected by Li Jing."

He stroked his forehead, pondered for a moment, and said, "Actually, Jie Li Khan's thoughts are not unreasonable. The actions of the previous army were very fast. Although the army of more than 100,000 previous dynasties did not attack Yinshan with Li Jing, they were not far behind."

"It's a pity! There were so many war horses in the previous dynasty, regardless of the military, each with one horse, whether it's cavalry, infantry, archers, or riding horses is inevitable. If you march, you will ride a horse. When you start fighting, you should do whatever you should do." Zheng Tai knocked on the forehead and said depressedly: "How much time has passed? The Song Dynasty is so short of horses, which is really unexpected."

There were so many war horses in the Tang Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty, there was a serious shortage of horses, and even cavalry could not be formed, which was really sighing.

Wu Ji remembered a question, and the discussion post he saw online said: "This dynasty lost the place where horses were raised, and there was no desert and no sweet and cool place, and it was not surprising that there was no horse."

"Yes! This dynasty has thrown away all the places where the good horses have been produced. It's really nothing to lack horses." Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao agreed in unison: "The Hetao land, the south of the Mobei and the north of the Mobei are all in the hands of the Khitans. The Ganliang area is still in the hands of Xixia."

"Haha!" Zheng Tai looked at the three of them, and suddenly, he looked up at the sky and laughed loudly, as if he heard the funnyest joke. He laughed so hard that tears came out. He pressed his heart and said loudly: "It's wrong! It's wrong! That's what scholars don't know!"

After a brief pause, Zheng Tai explained the doubts for the three of them: "Let's not talk about the previous dynasty, but let's understand why it was such a mistake. Many scholars in this dynasty think that the place where horses are produced is in Ganliang, Hetao, the south of the Moon, and the north of the Moon. In terms of the situation of this dynasty, it is correct, but in the Han dynasty, it is very wrong."

"Ganliang, Hetao, Monan, and Mobei are indeed places where good horses are produced, and it is not entirely true. Who said that there must be good horses in these places? Before Emperor Wu of Han defeated, there were no such places in the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of Han still built a large Han cavalry and galloped across the board? Under the leadership of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, they still defeated the Huns? Where did Emperor Wu of Han get the cavalry? Where did the war horses come from? Do you know what the whole story is?"
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