Many of the soldiers of the Tengxiang Guards were indeed infantry, and some even didn't even ride horses. When Sun Chengzong learned that Zhu Youxiao wanted to train the Tengxiang Guards into cavalry, he also strongly opposed it, believing that the Tengxiang Guards did not have this foundation.

Traditional cavalry relies on excellent equipment and superb martial arts to measure whether they are powerful. However, what Zhu Youxiao wanted to train was not traditional cavalry, but the "regular cavalry" that appeared through pre-modern Europe.

This kind of regular cavalry relies on discipline to win.

Modern cavalry has strict discipline and uniform charges, like a running "cavalry wall". When cavalry charges, they do not need to tighten the reins, because shoulder-to-shoulder side by shoulder, horses next to horses, and the left and right cavalry can guide them, and then they do not need very superb riding skills, as long as the riding skills are almost the same.

Cavalry with strict discipline, maintain dense formations, and charge in an orderly manner. Whether it is attacking the flanks of local cavalry or the front, traditional cavalry will be defeated by such "regular cavalry". Because under the same width, a traditional cavalry often has to face the attack of 2 to 3 weapons of regular cavalry.

This is the tactic of tigers that cannot stand the wolves. In the face of the "iron wall" queue, even if the party that disperses has higher personal martial arts and armor protection, it can only be overturned by the instantly rushing people.

Discipline is the key to cavalry.

Zhu Youxiao organized the four guards of Tengxiang into cavalry units, one to prevent mutiny, and the other to use the Qing cavalry as the main target.

The combat effectiveness of the Qing cavalry was relatively strong from the perspective of traditional cavalry. First, the Qing cavalry, as a hunting nation, was good at riding and shooting. Second, as the scale of robbery continued to expand, the Qing Dynasty acquired craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty, which made their military equipment extremely well-equipped.

However, the discipline of the Qing cavalry was relatively bad. From historical books, we can often see cases of the Qing cavalry being defeated by the Ming army. However, the Qing cavalry was highly mobile and could not be beaten.

As long as Zhu Youxiao had a sufficient number of regular cavalry, he could easily defeat the Qing cavalry on the front battlefield.

This kind of regular cavalry does not have too high requirements for cavalry and personal martial arts, and it is in line with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty. As an agricultural civilized country, the military skills of soldiers are generally average. However, the advantage is that they can adapt to this harsh discipline and uniform military life.

Traditional nomadic peoples are basically impossible to adapt to this system, and they are not so disciplined.

Before formal training, Zhu Youxiao changed the organization of the four guards of Tengxiang, and organized 10 people into a row, 100 people into a company, 500 people into a battalion, 1,500 people into a regiment, and 3,000 people into a division. After the adaptation, it became the "Tengxiang Cavalry Division" and the "Wuxiang Cavalry Division", and it was also equipped with a platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, and division commander.

The reason for adaptation to this is mainly because Zhu You proofreads the white households and thousand households in the Ming Dynasty. There is no clear concept, so he simply changed it to the military organization he is familiar with.

When the training was first started, it seemed a bit chaotic, but this situation only lasted for a short period of time. As Zhu Youxiao was in the military camp and putting strict disciplines into place, the four guards of Tengxiang were changing rapidly.

The scattered army has disappeared completely. Every morning, I get up and go out for fun, and then continue to receive various training.

The one who practices the most is the cavalry ranks.

The cavalry's dense formation charge is the essence of regular cavalry. In the future, although such cavalry will not be able to defeat musketeers equipped with bayonets, it is still an indispensable force on the battlefield. The problem is that although the Qing Dynasty would obtain artillery, it did not use muskets on a large scale.

This kind of cavalry is very ideal for dealing with the Qing cavalry.

Not only were the officers and soldiers training, but Zhu Youxiao was also practicing riding skills, and the effect of setting an example was very good. After Zhu Youxiao dealt with several soldiers who violated the discipline, all soldiers began to study discipline carefully. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao rewarded officers and soldiers who had made significant progress in training, which immediately increased the enthusiasm of officers and soldiers to train.

In just a few days, officers and soldiers who had a basic riding skills were able to arrange dense queues to jog, but after running for a while, they would still be disconnected. But there was no big problem, so you can continue practicing.

The armor, spear, sabre and other equipment made by the Royal Military Factory were also handed over one after another. Zhu Youxiao armed the cavalry in batches, and set up night schools and martial arts lecture halls.

It is not enough for an army to have discipline alone, but also to have faith and goals.

To put it bluntly, it is necessary to conduct in-depth brainwashing. If you want to conduct more in-depth brainwashing, you must give soldiers a certain culture and then learn the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor.

In terms of indoctrinating the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, the eunuch school in the palace had sufficient experience and was familiar with it. In order to make it easier for the soldiers to learn culture, Zhu Youzhai spent some time to create the pinyin and also asked the pennant dictionary to be revised in the palace.

Every night, the soldiers of the two cavalry divisions of Tengxiang and Wuxiang learned to recognize words in the night school. Zhu Youxiao gathered officers to explain to them the characteristics and tactics of regular cavalry.

After several days of explanation, these officers also understood what the form of regular cavalry is and why queue training is required.

As for the power of regular cavalry, it has not been verified yet. However, all officers believe it. After all, those who are a little smart can think of it. Once the cavalry is really trained to conduct intensive charges, it will definitely be invincible in the cavalry duel.

After these officers understood the key points, it became much easier for Zhu Youxiao to train these cavalrymen.

The core of regular cavalry is actually relatively simple, and the requirements for riding and martial arts are not high. The core is discipline and hard training. With the improvement of these officers, a complete training system is quickly formed.

Zhu Youxiao also practiced riding diligently in the military camp, practicing martial arts while dancing swords and guns every day. As a man, he basically had some ambitions to gallop on the battlefield. Zhu Youxiao also wanted to become a horse emperor.

Zhu Youxiao practiced hard for more than ten days, and his body became much stronger and his appetite increased dramatically. He could eat three big bowls of rice in one meal, and his riding and martial arts also made significant progress.

The military camp soon became a military important place, and idlers were not allowed to approach, so that after these days, the ministers in the court did not know what Zhu Youxiao had trained the four guards of Tengxiang to form.

The morning court is still once every seven days, and Zhu Youxiao will arrive on time. Every morning court, Zhu Youxiao still has no opinion and allows the Donglin Party to control the government.

The Donglin Party hoped that the emperor would continue to maintain this state, while excluding the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties in the court. The Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party are officials represented by the landlord class, and are just as greedy as the Donglin Party. However, the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party are still using money to do things. After all, the emperor is the representative of the landlord class, and they still have common interests with the emperor. The Donglin Party is the master who takes money and does not do things. They represent the interests of merchants and are completely in conflict with the interests of the emperor.

As long as the emperor did not like to manage the government and was willing to obey their words, the Donglin Party naturally did not care what the emperor did on weekdays. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao often ate and lived in the military camp, and the Donglin Party did not care at all. Instead, he waited to see jokes and looked forward to what kind of mob the emperor would train.

On the other hand, Zhu Youxiao's carefully prepared bank also officially opened and operated in early February of the first year of Tianqi.>
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