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Chapter 1491 The army of the Great Song Dynasty, it is indeed time to change (second change)

Chapter 1500

"Not to mention the Musketeers, they will be better at surprise attacks and harassment. For example, they can launch a surprise attack while the enemy is on the way, and flee away directly after the battle..."

With the change of the sound of the drum below, the blue cavalry retreated, and those aggrieved red pawns finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally they didn't have to stay where they were in despair, staring at the blue cavalry in a daze. The musketeers played tricks out of their range.

What followed was a wonderful cavalry chase, with two thousand Song Hong cavalry chasing the one thousand blue cavalry.

With the speed of the horses of the two sides not much different, the red cavalry had no power to resist whether they were chasing or being chased.

The other party will always keep enough distance in a vicious and vicious way, and use the muskets in their hands to solve the problem.

All the great Song civil and military people present could see it very clearly, even if they were hundreds of feet away from the red cavalry, they could still feel the resentment and despair of those cavalrymen Taotian.

What's more, with the blue cavalry's wretched and treacherous attack, they can only eat ashes in the back, and the grumpy people have already started to curse.

The voice of obscene words even spread high above the sky.The faces of the military chiefs immediately turned black, and they looked at the emperor with some concern, for fear that the bastard words of these guys would offend the emperor.

Unexpectedly, instead of being displeased, the Son of Heaven, Zhao Xu, said to Wang Yang beside him with a cheerful smile on his face. "It seems that this musketeer cavalry is really powerful. Those guys can't fight or catch up. If I, Da Song, can form such a cavalry and put it behind the enemy, it will be wonderful."

"Your Majesty, if my Da Song can have a musketeer cavalry of sufficient strength to join in, if the enemy is standing firm and waiting for reinforcements when facing the enemy, then our Da Song can first bombard it with Yuanyou Shenwei. Make it collapse, and then use it to attack the enemy." Musketeers hit it..."

Listening to Wang Yang's words, even Su Dongpo, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty who had always been in front of the battle, could imagine the kind of scene that would definitely cause the enemy's army to collapse.

If the enemy army wants to fight with our Song army, they will first avoid being bombarded by artillery, and then those Musketeers, relying on their mobility and super long range, whether it is harassment or pursuit , will make the enemy desperate.

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When the emperor Zhao Xu and others got off the hot air balloon that day, nearly an hour had passed, and all the generals and soldiers who participated in the military exercise were inspected by the emperor.

Emperor Zhao Xu appeased the red square cavalry who were both mentally and physically battered. After that, he naturally praised the newly formed musketeer cavalry, which made these young elites full of excitement. His face was flushed.

After visiting the military exercise and returning to the palace, Emperor Zhao Xu glanced at the many civil and military soldiers who were discussing the pros and cons of the musketeer soldiers in an enthusiastic atmosphere.

Even those officials of the old and new parties who don't like military affairs, most of them have adopted a praiseworthy attitude towards this new and cutting-edge army.

After all, everyone is not blind. With their super long range and superior maneuverability, the Musketeers have already conquered everyone present.

And Wang Yang, as the initiator and mentor of this musketeer cavalry, stands here to accept the consultations of those civil and military people who have visited the military exercise.

Compared with the Yuanyou armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty, the Musketeers are more like light cavalry, because they only wear thin and weak leather armor.The leather armor on them is mainly used to defend against long-range bows and arrows, without facing the enemy's face-to-face attack.

Compared with the Yuanyou Jiaqi, which is similar to the heavy cavalry, the war horse has a lighter load and is more conducive to long-distance maneuvering.

In addition, the musket cavalry can not only form an army alone, but also cooperate with the cavalry of the Song Dynasty, which can provide powerful long-range fire cover for the cavalry of the Song Dynasty.

"You can think about it, when the cavalry of the Song Dynasty encountered the same number of enemy cavalry, the cavalry could directly confront the enemy, while the musketeer cavalry could cruise to the two wings of the enemy cavalry and use their muskets to attack the enemy. Riding to deal a fatal blow.

It is easy to disturb the formation of the enemy army, making the enemy cavalry focus on one thing and lose another, and when chasing the enemy army, it makes it difficult for the enemy army to effectively organize an effective defense line when retreating. "

"That's right, even if they lose their horses, if they cooperate with our elite infantry of the Great Song Dynasty, they will certainly be able to inflict a lot of damage on the attacking enemy army and boost morale." Wang Hou nodded approvingly, agreeing authentically.

Hearing Wang Houzhi's words, Cao Shi suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly said loudly.

"That's in the future, not now, haven't you heard Mr. Wang said that now the output of muskets at the Military Arms Supervision is only more than a hundred guns per month.

But now everyone has also seen that muskets are incomparably sharper when combined with cavalry, so the cavalry should be given priority, and as for the infantry, we will talk about it later. "

"I said General, what do you mean by that?" The commander of the guards, pro-army and infantry made Wang Hou's face darken immediately, what the hell, you old Cao.

Cao Shiqian smiled and bowed to Wang Hou, but still said honestly.

"Hey, old Wang, it's not that I, Lao Cao, are unkind, but that I, Da Song, have been extravagant in the past few decades, and now I have managed to cobble together tens of thousands of elite cavalry. Naturally, I will do everything possible to make us big Song's cavalry can run well, and can achieve the greatest results with the least casualties."

As for Di Yong, the old driver stood aside and watched the two brothers fight with each other with a face of nothing to do. There was no way, Lao Cao was the commander of Ma Jun's bodyguards and Ma Jundu, and Wang Hou was the commander. The guards in charge of the infantry are all commanders of the infantry.

As for myself, hehe... all the commanders in front of the hall, that is to say, no matter how noisy they are, it has nothing to do with me.

At this time, the emperor Zhao Xu could only stand up and be a peacemaker. "Wang Qing, I understand your thoughts very well, and you can rest assured that I will arrange for the Military Weapons Supervisor to expand its production capacity, and strive to meet the needs of our Song horse and infantry armies for muskets as soon as possible."

Hearing what the emperor said, Cao Shi and Wang Hou had nothing to say, the emperor paused, and walked slowly in the hall.

"The army of the Song Dynasty should indeed change. Before, there was an extra artillery cavalry in front of the imperial court. Now, the musket cavalry is so sharp that you ministers have already seen it. Therefore, I am going to be like the artillery in front of the imperial army. .”

"Your Majesty is wise, but I don't know how many people are there in the rear of the musketeers in front of the imperial army?" Cao Shi, the leader of the Sanya who is in charge of the cavalry, had his eyes lit up, and hurried out of the crowd, and asked the emperor Zhao Xu impatiently. .

"Eleven Lang, if the Military Weapons Supervision side is fully producing muskets, how much can it produce in a month? What is the cost?" The emperor did not directly answer Cao Shi's words, but set his sights on Zhao Ji, the current Military Weapons Supervision on the guy.

"Your Majesty, the musket workshop now has 200 craftsmen and [-] machine tools. After several modifications, it can now produce [-] revolving muskets a month, and the cost of each musket is about eight guns. "

"If it is mass production, the production speed can be further improved, and there is still room for a certain reduction in the cost of the musket."

(End of this chapter)