The drill of cavalry attacking the musket formation is a must-do for the National Guard Army.

This can train the psychological quality and stability of the musketeers, and also allow the recruits and war horses to gradually become accustomed to the loud noises of muskets and artillery, preventing the war horses from being frightened by the sound of gunfire and artillery on the battlefield.

Zhu Cixiang nodded and turned around. Behind him, Zhou Yuji, Manyi, Xu Xing, Li Fang and other generals immediately raised their hands and saluted:

"I have met His Highness!"

"Excuse me, how is the training of the soldiers? Can they participate in actual combat?"

Zhu Cihong walked to a chair and sat down. Zhou Yuji and other generals stood respectfully on both sides of him.

Hearing the crown prince's question about military training, Zhou Yuji saluted again:

"Your Highness, the new recruits have been training for three months. The new recruits who cannot endure hardship have been eliminated. The remaining ones are all hard-working and mature men. The training effect is very good. We should find an opportunity to test their actual combat capabilities!"

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"Okay, we will train for another two months, and then we will bring them out to suppress the bandits. Let the bandits test the new recruits' abilities first, and then they can work as slave builders. In a few days, all the equipment will be in place.

There is one more thing I need you generals to do, give me all the best artillery, and the National Protectorate Army will form a Royal Artillery Regiment."

When Zhou Yuji heard that the Royal Artillery Regiment was to be formed, his heart suddenly agitated. He could imagine the shocking scene of thousands of artillery pieces of various types firing in unison. No matter whether you were a slave or a rogue, they would all be annihilated...

"In compliance with the order, I will definitely recommend the best artillerymen from the Weiwei Battalion to His Highness. I look forward to seeing the shocking scene inspired by the thousand artillery pieces."

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said:

"From your point of view, Zhou Yuji, which branch of the National Guard Army has the best artillery?"

Zhou Yuji cupped his hands and said:

"The Duke of Xiaoguo has many artillerymen from the Yuanshenji Battalion under his command. After several months of intensive training, we should be able to produce quite a few, but the general believes that the strongest artillerymen are in the Huben Army.

The Yongwei Battalion is not like those veteran soldiers from the Beijing Camp. They have never stopped training in various branches. The artillery is the most powerful weapon of the Yongwei Battalion. Now Lao Huang may feel distressed!"

Zhu Cixiang smiled faintly:

"Why are you distressed? I have equipped the Tiger and Ben Army with so many muskets. Their combat effectiveness has now far exceeded that of the previous Yongwei Battalion. Huang Degong has not had time to thank me. How dare he not give it to me?"

Zhou Yuji chuckled and scratched his head:

"The general is joking. Your Highness, don't pay attention. Otherwise, if Lao Huang finds out, he will definitely curse..."

Zhu Cihong was of course joking when he said this. Huang Degong would definitely support him if he formed an artillery regiment. Now the National Guard Army is a big family, and the head of the family is Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cixiang thought of the two people and looked at the training ground again, but he couldn't see clearly among the 30,000 people talking about He Rongxi, so he took out his binoculars and looked at the training ground.

Zhou Yuji's eyes followed the movement of the crown prince's telescope. When he saw the telescope in the prince's hand moving around, he guessed who the prince was looking for and whispered:

"Your Highness is looking for Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, right?"

Zhu Cixiang did not see the two of them. When he heard Zhou Yuji's inquiry, he slowly put down his telescope:

"Well, where are they and how are they doing?"

Speaking of Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, Zhou Yuji's face immediately showed a satisfied smile:

"Your Highness, they are practicing with the cavalry, and they have performed very well since arriving. As President Qian, I am not pretentious at all. They eat, sleep, and train with the recruits. Both of their soldiers performed well. They will definitely have a future!"

Can two of the three anti-Qing heroes be different?

However, Zhu Cixiang would not tell Zhou Yuji this, as long as the two of them did not disappoint him.

After a good year of training in the National Guard Army, they will face the Jiannu Kou border again next year. That will be the real test of the Three Dukes of Resistance to the Qing Dynasty!

"Have a look!"

After Zhu Cixiang finished speaking, he stood up and walked down from the podium. It seemed unfair to put the three anti-Qing masters in training together with the soldiers.

Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, together with their subordinates, were practicing a three-row salvo with the cavalry. Each of them held a rifled gun in his hand. While directing the battle, he simulated shooting with the soldiers.

"First row fires!"

"Second row fire!"

…

When the cavalry reached eighty paces, the two men ordered the three platoons of their men to fire a volley. Upon hearing the order to fire, the soldiers under their men immediately raised their guns and fired in turn.

Although it was training, the recruits were faced with hundreds of cavalry charging, and the soul-stirring feeling of the cavalry charge still gave them a great shock.

However, after dozens of days of repeated drills, they had gradually adapted psychologically and calmly raised their rifles and pulled the triggers.

Then they squatted down to load ammunition, the second group quickly pulled the trigger, and then the third group started shooting...

After three consecutive rounds of volleys, the cavalry arrived about 20 meters in front of them. Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun shouted:

"Fire the bayonet!"

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers immediately took out their Mitsubishi bayonets from their waists and mounted them on their rifles, waiting for orders.

"prick!"

After the two men gave the order, a row of soldiers immediately thrust out their bayonets.

"receive!"

"Stab...!"

Just when they were about to order another stab, they suddenly saw the Crown Prince approaching. They hurriedly waved to stop the drill and saluted the Crown Prince:

"Stand at attention and salute!"

"Shua..."

Two thousand soldiers immediately saluted the crown prince:

"Hello, Your Highness!"

Zhu Cixi smiled and nodded at them:

"No courtesy, just rest where you are!"

"Thank you, Crown Prince, for a thousand years!"

Zhu Cixiang only met them once, and at that time they both looked like Confucian scholars.

I almost didn't recognize them when I saw them again today. Both of them were as tanned as black coals. They seemed to have suffered a lot!

"Boy, are you used to training with soldiers in the army?"

The crown prince actually came to see them, which moved Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun very much. They hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. When they saw Shangguan kowtow, their soldiers cheered and knelt down in large numbers:

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. The army is very good, with good food and better housing. We have become accustomed to life in the army and are always at your disposal to fight for the country!"

Zhu Cixi helped the two of them up and shouted:

"Everyone, get up. From now on, no one in the army will kneel down and worship anyone except the emperor!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The soldiers thanked him for his safety. Zhu Cihong took the rifled gun from Feng Houdun and said:

"To deal with the oncoming cavalry, you cannot hold a bayonet-mounted musket to fight, otherwise you will definitely be knocked over by the horse and injured. You must place the first and second rows of rifle butts on the ground as a support, and the bayonet tips of the two rows should be pointed in the same direction.

Slant outward, allowing the opponent's horses to hit the bayonets directly, and the third row of soldiers fire to kill them. This is the best way to deal with cavalry with blunderbuss and bayonets..."

The Ming army had never used bayonets to deal with cavalry. In the past, the Jiannu cavalry had never been close to the East Palace Guards or the National Guard Army. The bayonet attacks they usually trained were against infantry.

Facing the cavalry attack, Chen Mingyu and others chose to stab the cavalry directly with their bayonets, which was wrong.

Zhu Cixiang knew that this was not their problem, but that he had not taught them properly. When he saw something was wrong, he showed them how to fight.

Zhou Yuji and the others knew how awesome the Crown Prince was, so they were not surprised by what the Crown Prince said.

But when Chen Ming met Feng Houdun, they didn't know what the crown prince was capable of.

The person in the dream was awakened by the prince's words, and he immediately looked at the young prince in front of him in disbelief, his eyes full of shock... I like the Ming Dynasty, and the prosperous age began with the prince supervising the country. Please collect it: (https://www.myxls.net)
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