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Liu Liangzuo sat on the horse, looked at the battle formation in front of him, and finally nodded in satisfaction.

A low-pitched ox horn sounded, and a group of flags appeared on a low hill in the distance. The first was the black dragon flag representing Zhu Youjian, which was the imperial dragon flag rarely displayed in the Black Banner Army.

Zhu Youjian put on the black military uniform and mask armor that he hadn't worn for a long time, rode a tall black horse, and led the cavalry of the Black Banner Army slowly over.

"All dismount!" Liu Liangzuo took a look and continued to order.

Immediately after the trumpeter gave another burst of bugles, there was only a sound of "Shua, Shua, Shua!", and all the cavalry got off their horses and stood beside their horses.

When Zhu Youjian approached the first row of cavalry, with a sound of "Shua!", the first row of soldiers knelt down on one knee and made a standard Ming Dynasty military salute.Zhu Youjian didn't look at it, and continued to lead the Black Banner Army forward.

Every time a line of soldiers passed by, the soldiers would kneel on one knee.Until Zhu Youjian inspected all the queues.

"Thump, thump, thump!" After the review, Zhu Youjian went to the high platform, facing Liu Liangzuo and all the cavalry, Liu Liangzuo got off his horse and knelt down on one knee again.

"Liu Liangzuo, Commander of the First Cavalry Army, kowtow to my emperor. Long live, long live, long live!"

"Flat body."

"All the soldiers have worked hard!"

"Da Ming Wan Sheng! Da Ming Wan Sheng..."

You can't play this kind of face project too much, but you can't have none.Zhu Youjian felt that if the soldiers were not given this collective sense of honor for a long time, the soldiers would forget the honor.Most people need face, which is also determined by human nature, and the real pure rational psychology does not absolutely exist.

After inspecting the troops, Zhu Youjian dragged Liu Liangzuo to inspect everywhere. Anyway, Zhu Youjian has been inspecting various places for the past two weeks.

"How is it? Are you satisfied with the official position I gave you?" Zhu Youjian looked at Liu Liangzuo with a smile, and Zhu Youjian didn't feel too embarrassed about this flamboyant Liu. After all, Liu Liangzuo was from the regular army of Ming Dynasty. Liu Zeqing's kind of rotten person.

Of course, if you have to say how trustworthy you are, it’s not enough. Zhu Youjian, based on the principle of curing diseases and saving lives, will observe and observe for two years before talking.Daming's cavalry could not form combat power in a short period of time, so naturally there was no big threat. Zhu Youjian was completely at ease in handing over the cavalry to Liu Liangzuo.

Fortunately, Liu Liangzuo was not bad, he devoted himself to training the cavalry and made it look good.

"The food is so good, there is wine and meat every day, and I have already gained a lot of weight." Liu Liangzuo said with a smile as he patted the belly of the general who was afraid of himself.Why doesn't he understand Zhu Youjian's mind, but it is considered good that Zhu Youjian can continue to give him the right to lead the army.Among the four towns in Jiangbei, Huang Degong was the one who ended up the best.But he, Liu Liangzuo, couldn't compare with Huang Degong after all, he had a tough background!Compared to Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie, he is already very good.

"Can this horse farm in the south of the Yangtze River raise horses?"

"Your servant is incompetent. You can only feed horses here, but you can't raise war horses. One is that the war horses captured this year are all castrated horses. There are occasional stallions, and the success rate of breeding is not high;

Second, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is too hot, which is not conducive to the growth of young horses.When horses come here, they are particularly prone to illness and die a lot. "

Liu Liangzuo shed tears as he spoke, and it seemed that he was indeed a little sad.

There is no way around this. There are many bugs in the south, and there are also many parasites in the river water. Schistosoma is the most typical one.

Before the liberation of this kind of thing in later generations, there were more than 1000 million patients in the country, and 128 million people were threatened by infection. The area with snails was nearly 13 billion square meters, and the disease was distributed in [-] provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions.

"Thousand villages of Xueli people leave arrows, ten thousand households of Xiao Shu ghosts sing" is the most true portrayal of it.In this day and age, there is no way to carry out large-scale governance efforts.

Another example is cockroaches, which have never been seen in the north, but they are the most normal thing in the south.

"Can you have one horse for each person now?" Zhu Youjian looked at the horses in the stable, they were well-raised, at least they were smooth and smooth.

"It can't be done, only one horse for each cavalry. Others still use mules instead. To raise horses in the south of the Yangtze River, you must feed clean horse feed and clean water. The water we feed horses here is boiled. It is only used after opening. After the alfalfa is harvested, it must be washed many times and dried before feeding.” The person in charge of breeding replied.

"How is the training of the cavalry? Can the combat power be compared with the Mongolian cavalry?"

"No. Only one-third of our current army is former cavalry, most of whom are from the south. It takes half a year just to learn how to ride a war horse. It is even more difficult to be able to ride and shoot. No one In three to five years, I can't train at all."

"Three to five years? Longer than archer training?" Zhu Youjian was frightened. He could train a pilot in three to five years. Why is it so difficult for Ming to train cavalry?

"If you want to be proficient in bow and horse, it will take three to five years." Liu Liangzuo said firmly.

Zhu Youjian looked at the racecourse in front of him, feeling distressed.This is not only money, but also a treasure that has been piled up with effort.It is so difficult to raise more than 1 cavalry. If you raise [-] soldiers, why not drag Daming down?

"I don't know how to raise horses, and I don't know how to ride and fight. But I have brought you something, and I hope you can see its advantages."

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he raised his hand, and two soldiers of the Black Banner Army came over carrying a leather box and placed it heavily in front of Liu Liangzuo.Liu Liangzuo opened the box, and there were five long swords on one side.But these swords are different from all the swords that can be seen so far.This is a long sword with a typical Western style. The blade is very narrow, straight, and has a long stab; the wrist guard and sword handle have a curved guard.This sword does not have any excessive decorations, it looks slender and slender, without any sense of deterrence.

Liu Liangzuo didn't think this thing was useful, speaking from experience, it might not be able to use any force at all when chopping.And if it is assassinated, such a narrow blade may be easily broken.

"Try it." Zhu Youjian pointed to a wooden stake not far away and said.

"Bah!" Liu Liangzuo raised his hand and stabbed, and the long sword immediately pierced into the stake without bending or deforming at all.

"Huh!" Liu Liangzuo felt that this long sword still had something special about it, perhaps it was made of the legendary hundred-refined refined steel.

"How about it? This is called a cavalry sword. It is specially equipped for you cavalry soldiers. Each of you has one." Zhu Youjian smiled and picked up a cavalry sword and handed it to Liu Liangzuo again.

"One for each?" This surprised Liu Liangzuo, this is not ordinary steel, almost every sword can be regarded as a family heirloom.How much does the emperor have to spend for each one?

Why can the modern cavalry defeat the ancient cavalry? In the Battle of Baliqiao, the cavalry of the Anglo-French allied forces and the cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also fought. This proves the strength of the French cavalry created by Napoleon with practical examples.

The famous American general Patton also had a hard time deciding whether the cavalry should use a scimitar or a straight sword. In 1912, after a week of in-depth study from European professional fencing champion Clary, he finally surrendered to the French skills. The combat action changed from slashing to stabbing, and the 1913 cavalry sword equipped by the US military according to Patton's research was also called Patton's sword.

The cavalry long sword brought by Zhu Youjian was made according to the style of Barton's sword. This premise is that the smelting technology has been improved, and the narrow sword body can be manufactured in batches.

Chapter 265: Shotgun

The Barton Sword is a very typical straight-edged cavalry knife with a total length of 94 cm. The blade is straight and the blade is similar to a triangle.

Moreover, the hilt of the Barton sword is not straight, but slightly curved downwards, so that the tip of the sword is easier to move forward when holding it.

Liu Liangzuo picked up the sword again, and then made a few moves, obviously still not used to it.Especially in this era, special emphasis is placed on chopping and slashing movements. The range of movements is large, and the gaps exposed by oneself are also large.

"There is a Western tactic called fencing, which is heavy stabs but not heavy slashes. For example, if two people fight each other, the one who stabs with a long awl and the one with a large knife, who will be afraid? Who will be faster?"

"As long as it's not a heavy cut, it won't be fatal on the spot if it doesn't hit a vital point. If it's stabbed once, it's almost fatal, especially the upper body. And the spike can pierce armor, fish scale armor."

Liu Liangzuo thought for a while, this kind of sword is a long thorn, sharp and hard, and the speed of the sword is even faster.In the case of equal distance, the time taken by one slashing action is enough to assassinate twice.But this thing is really not heavy, it doesn't feel as strong as the previous cavalry sword in the hand, and it feels light.He was worried that the thing would break.

"Don't worry! It can't be broken." Zhu Youjian seemed to have read Liu Liangzuo's mind.

"If you encounter the opponent's cavalry and archery..." The cavalry and archery of the Han people is not as good as that of the grassland soldiers, and they are famous for their cavalry and archery.

"Of course it still needs to wear armor, and the armor has also been improved. I have brought samples." After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, the soldier brought another box and opened it. It was a new set of half-body armor.It is also the armor style of European postmodern cavalry.

When Zhu Youjian came here this time, he just stopped by to change the cavalry's outfits, and at the same time change his combat thinking.

Daming is about to enter the era of standard firearms. It would be too wasteful if Zhu Youjian still used the cavalry in the position of confronting the enemy.The cavalry he wants is the flank guard for the artillery. In the age of firearms, artillery is the magic weapon for victory.

"The truth is only within the range of the cannon." Bismarck's words resounded loudly.

"I decided to build the artillery experiment field on the edge of your horse farm. First, it can play a role in keeping secrets; second, it can also let your cavalry be familiar with the sound of the cannon."

"We are going to make cannons? Is it a red cannon?" Liu Liangzuo was very excited. There is no general who does not like to make cannons. The thicker and bigger the better.

"Of course, I, Ming Dynasty, also want to build cannons, and I want to build better cannons than the red cannons."