Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

And Li Xiu himself, leading the rest of the army, still walked towards the predetermined area in a leisurely manner.

As the saying goes, the sky is high and birds fly, and Li Xiu is much more relaxed than being confined in the closed camp of Jintaifang.

Of course, he couldn't be idle either.

Ever since Emperor Apocalypse ordered the reorganization of the Yongwei Battalion, its purpose was only to be used by the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and it was stationed at the foot of the Imperial City for the Son of Heaven's pro-army.

Although there are cavalry, there are only a few hundred cavalry, and their functions are only used as messengers and scouts for reconnaissance.

After Li Xiu came to power the Yongwei Battalion, he understood the future situation and was naturally unwilling to reconcile that the Yongwei Battalion was just a simple guard force.

In this era, if an army wants to have a strong offensive capability, cavalry is naturally indispensable.

Under such considerations, Li Xiu also tried his best to promote the construction of the brave guard cavalry. For today's Ming Dynasty, if it is necessary to obtain tens of thousands of war horses at once, it is naturally not an easy task. Thousands of horses are not a difficult task, and they don't even need to go through the outer court, and the Inner Court Horse Supervisor can make up seven or eighty-eight.

Ever since, following Zhu Youjian's order, more than [-] war horses were mobilized by the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the inner court and sent to the Yongwei Camp.

As soon as the horses arrived, Li Xiu immediately reorganized a cavalry battalion in the Yongwei Battalion.

One man and two horses, more than [-] cavalry, in order to find a suitable place for this cavalry to practice, Li Xiu also purposely acquired a piece of land in Huangzhuang, the western suburb of the capital, as a place for cavalry practice.

From now on, this cavalry battalion has been formed in less than two months, and the establishment of the system has just been formed, so naturally there is no combat power to speak of.

But with such a rare opportunity to go on an expedition, Li Xiu naturally wouldn't leave this cavalry battalion in the capital, not to mention, the long-distance march alone was a good exercise for this newly-built cavalry.

During the march, under the constraints of various military rules and regulations, Li Xiu was quite at ease with the infantry under his opponents. In addition, the conjecture of Houjin's march into Mongolia also made most of Li Xiu's attention at present. Put it on this cavalry battalion.

There are more than [-] cavalry, the organizational system has already been completed, and the generals are all good horsemen drawn from the brave guard battalion, so there is no need to remember to worry too much about the discipline system.

Now the focus is naturally on the practice of cavalry tactics.

Cavalry warfare, since ancient times, has evolved into an extremely mature system through the catalysis of countless wars.

Scouting, harassing, intercepting, dividing, charging, retreating, encircling, rushing...

An elite cavalry, in this era, can even be said to be decisive in a war.

Of course, it is not easy to train an elite cavalry.

Although the Yongwei Battalion only has two thousand cavalry, the cost of these two thousand cavalry is comparable to nearly ten thousand brave infantry!

People's food and drink are still good, but the support of war horses is absolutely precious. It can even be said that 90.00% of people in this era do not eat as well as war horses.

Coupled with the matching armor and weapons of the cavalry, everything added up, the resources consumed can really be said to be massive.

And these are just the basis for training cavalry.

Cavalry training is still an extremely long process.

Just like the cavalry battalion of the Yongwei Battalion today, it has been in the army for two months, and they are all elite soldiers who have been trained for a long time. Now they can only be regarded as an infantry on horseback, far away from a real cavalry. There is still a very long road to go.

If it was on weekdays, Li Xiu naturally didn't need to be in a hurry. He had a lot of time to polish and drill this cavalry battalion, but now, after learning about the situation in Mongolia, Li Xiu didn't have time to let this cavalry battalion out of worries about the future. The cavalry battalion grew at a normal pace.

In special times, do special things!

……

"Command, attack in a cone!"

Immediately on the high slope, Li Xiu watched the cavalry rushing on the plain in front of him, and said a word lightly.

With the order of the army, the battle flag changed suddenly, and the rhythm of the drums also changed accordingly.

Soon, the rushing cavalry group on the plain also slowly changed.

The conical formation is undoubtedly the most commonly used formation for cavalry assaults, and it is not difficult for this cavalry battalion that has been established for two months.

It didn't take long before the rushing cavalry group slowly changed accordingly. Although the connection was still jerky, there was no big mistake, and they successfully transformed into a conical formation. Two thousand cavalry, like a sharp blade that broke the formation, rushed on the plain.

"Order, the rear team becomes the front team, retreat!"

Military orders were issued one after another, and the two thousand cavalrymen, under the tossing of one military order after another, kept changing the various cavalry formations.

Of course, among them, there must be a scene of chaos.

If this scene of chaos appeared among the infantry of the Yongwei Battalion, it would be inevitable that Thunder would be angry, and they might lose a few heads.

However, not long after the cavalry battalion became an army, although Li Xiu was strict in managing the army, he was not unreasonable.

As far as he is concerned, if one time is not enough, then two times, if two times is not enough, then three times...

The cavalry battalion must have combat capability as soon as possible.

After tossing for several hours, people were exhausted and horses were exhausted. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Li Xiucai finally issued the military order to stop the drill.

But for this cavalry battalion, it is not over yet, they will launch a long-distance attack to join the infantry that has been marching for a long time.

"This kind of drill must be normalized before reaching Zhending. The cavalry battalion must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

During the march, Li Xiu gave orders to Yan Shun, Chief Qian of the cavalry battalion beside him.

"Don't worry, general, you will understand in the end."

Yan Shun had a serious expression, and he clapped his hands in response, sonorously and forcefully.

"Well, as soon as possible, we don't necessarily have that long..."

Li Xiu nodded his head, his tone was rather embarrassing.

Yan Shun glanced at Li Xiu suspiciously. Although he was puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions. He retreated silently and began to inspect the marching cavalry.

"call……"

Glancing at Yan Shun who rode away, Li Xiu couldn't help but frown.

He let Yan Shun take charge of the cavalry battalion, and what he valued was Yan Shun's implementation of military discipline and his character of obeying orders.

But after today's inspection, it is obvious that if Yan Shun is in charge of the infantry, whether it is attacking or defending, he will definitely be able to do a very good job.

But for a branch of cavalry that needs flexibility, this kind of character is actually a hindrance.

After thinking for a while, Li Xiu kept this thought deep in his heart. At least for now, he doesn't have a suitable candidate...

Chapter 115 Wang Yangming's Manuscript

The so-called... Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer!

After leaving the capital and marching for several days, the scene that had been seen countless times appeared in Li Xiu's field of vision every minute and every second.

On both sides of the official road, naked bones and bodies can be seen everywhere. On the vast plain, groups of skinny walking corpses can be seen from time to time.

It's just that even though they were numb, most of these refugees, who were no different from walking corpses, retreated far away in the face of the mighty forest and cold war.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. Perhaps because of military discipline, the brave guards never did anything that would kill people like other troops. Many victims of the disaster knelt down on both sides of the official road, kowtowed and begged, just for a bite of food that was enough to survive.

Even though Li Xiu had seen such a scene countless times and experienced it himself for a period of time, and now his hands were stained with an unknown amount of blood, it was still difficult for Li Xiu to completely ignore it when he saw it again.

"Masters, please go ahead..."

"Master Jun, please do me a favor, save my mother, save my mother..."

"Master Jun, Lord Jun..."

People are not plants, so how can they be ruthless? Many soldiers also showed expressions of unbearable in such a cruel scene, but under the restraint of military discipline, they could only pretend not to see it.

"Pass down the order, those who hurt the people without reason, beheaded!"

"Let the rear army send an additional team to strengthen the guard of food, grass and weapons."

Seeing that the size of the victims was not small, Li Xiu also issued several military orders one after another.

As for the relief of the victims, for him, that is a matter of powerlessness.

Every piece of food and grass is precious to the Yongwei Battalion, and once the opening of relief is opened, it will definitely attract countless victims to flock to it.

Don't worry about the shortage but the unevenness, if you open a relief hole, but don't have enough relief capacity, and therefore will undoubtedly gather too many victims, that is the real disaster!

At that time, it will not be the current indifference, but raising the butcher's knife to these poor people and brutally suppressing them.

"General, the size of this group of refugees is not small. Do you want to select some strong ones to join the army?"

A general couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Li Xiu once again looked around at the pitiful scenes on both sides of the official road, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said: "Go, follow the regulations, and reiterate that you must not harm the people for no reason, and those who violate it will be executed! "

"The last will obey!"

The general took the order and left. Li Xiu looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed softly.

After a long silence, Li Xiucai suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind, took out a cloth bag from his arms, and looked solemn.

He carefully opened the wrapping cloth, and only then did he reveal the items under the cloth wrapping.

Three compiled manuscripts!

Obviously, if it is an ordinary book, it will not be treated so solemnly by Li Xiu.

These three volumes of manuscripts are the only copies taken out of the arsenal of the inner palace back then!

The content of the manuscript made Li Xiu look forward to it ever since he got it.

It comes from the manuscripts written by Wang Yangming himself collected by the imperial court, and then compiled by the masters of Xinxue into three volumes of manuscripts.

Undoubtedly, just the name of Wang Yangming is enough to explain the rarity of these three manuscripts.

If you say that the ancient books you read before are the crystallization of wisdom left by ancient sages.

These three volumes of manuscripts can be said to have gathered the wisdom of a great sage today.

After studying for more than a month, although the system panel has not yet shown what Li Xiu expected, but compared to the previous volume of the Tao Te Ching, this time, Li Xiu's confidence is much stronger.

The manuscripts written by the sages are collected and compiled, and there should be some gains.

It has been more than a few years since I came to this world, and after reading through it many times, Li Xiu has a bit of ink in his chest, but after reading through these three volumes of Wang Yangming's manuscripts for more than a month, Li Xiu also feels that he can't match his comprehension.

The reason why sages are called sages is that their ideological realm and way of thinking already make Li Xiu feel that they are beyond reach, as if they are extraordinary and refined?It seems to overlook all living beings?

All kinds of feelings are hard to describe in words.

Li Xiu even felt that if it wasn't for the current world but the low-martial world, these sages might be regarded as the power to suppress for a lifetime!

Thoughts flickered, and Li Xiu's attention was completely immersed in the manuscript. As for the noise from the outside world and the bumping of the horses, they were all ignored in front of the wisdom of the sages.

Time passed bit by bit, until the guard reminded him that he had arrived at the scheduled camping place, and Li Xiu came back from the sea of ​​books.

As usual, Li Xiu has long been familiar with a series of procedures of camping, defense, investigation, and alert, and he is also extremely familiar with the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion.

In less than half an hour, a temporary camp stood on the plain.

Around the camp, the cavalry wandered around, vigilantly investigating everything around them.

In the camp, the pots are buried for cooking, the smoke is curling up, and everyone performs their duties in a strict and orderly manner.

As for Li Xiu, after inspecting the situation in the camp as usual, he returned to the tent of the Chinese army commander.

A large map hangs in the handsome tent, and the carbon black arrows represent the two forwards and the handsome one led by Li Xiu.

Although the locations of the three parts are different, the arrows point to the Zhending Mansion.

Looking at the civil unrest in Northern Zhili today, although there are many Caotou kings in various places, the most troubled one is none other than Zhending Li Erdong.

Bringing tens of thousands of victims, occupying several cities, and even threatening Zhendingfu City.

Of course, the court had already issued an order, and the Zhending Mansion had already mobilized the army of the guards to encircle and suppress Li Erdong's family.

In just over a month, although there was no news of the defeat, the imperial court's army of bandits also did not have any outstanding achievements.

Obviously, if it develops normally, it is estimated that it will take a stalemate for a period of time, just like most of the time when the imperial court suppressed thieves. Only when the imperial court mobilizes troops from other places to fully occupy the superiority of troops will there be results.

It's just that now, other prefectures and counties in Beizhili are suffering from disaster victims, and it's too late to protect themselves. There is no spare force to support Zhending Prefecture.

Therefore, under the influence of so many conditions, the expedition of the Yongwei Battalion was able to proceed smoothly.

After staring at this map for a long time, Li Xiucai looked at the many files on the table.

These dossiers and documents are all information about the disaster victims and civil unrest in the northern Zhili area sent by Dongchang Jinyiwei.

Based on the summarization of a lot of information, Li Xiu is undoubtedly well aware of the civil unrest and the situation of the victims in the entire Northern Zhili.

The enemy is clear and we are dark, the enemy's whereabouts and information are well known, the enemy is a mob, and one's own soldiers are strong and horses, and the armor is sharp. Such a battle with predictable results is really a bit boring to Li Xiu.

Chapter 116

Zhendingfu.

It is about tens of miles away from Zhendingfu City.

The army stronghold has been established, and the soldiers will stand still, heavily guarded. At the gate of the camp, horses and horses are riding in and out without rest.