The rise of the prince

Cooperative combat
"Father, my son will never let you down!" Wan Yanli said excitedly.

Wanyan Wugunai nodded, "I'm relieved if you have such ambitions, but you have to remember that the Jing army can't even defeat the Liao people, but a lion fights a rabbit with all its strength, so don't be arrogant main idea."

Wan Yanli nodded.

After talking for a while, Wanyan Wugu dismissed everyone, and then he beckoned to leave Liu Xu behind.

Everyone in the tent left, only the two of them were left, the fire flickered on and off, Wan Yan said: "Mr. has been wronged for so many years."

Liu Xu also sat down, "Your Majesty is serious."

"No, it's not serious at all." Wan Yan Wu Gu Nai shook his head exhaustedly. The pain brought about by the Southern and Northern Wars for many years has tortured him for a long time, and a brazier should be placed in the big tent in summer, "It's me again I was thinking, what would you do if you were a Jurchen, in this way, they would not be able to find all kinds of unreasonable excuses to squeeze you out; but suddenly realized, if you were a Jurchen, how could you help me change the world and make me big Kim looks new. Like you told me, you can't have your cake and eat it."

Liu Xu said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to think too much. If you didn't have Your Majesty back then, I would have died of famine and become a lonely ghost. It was Your Majesty who saved me."

"Yes, from your point of view, it's lucky that you were saved by me, but from my point of view, it's not my great fortune to save you." Wanyan said with emotion: "Who can tell the things in the world, probably Only the Buddha knows all the reincarnation of cause and effect. Between you and me, it is not as simple as a life-saving grace, but a mutual fulfillment. Maybe we have a destiny in the past life, so we can meet with Mr. in this life. If there is an afterlife, I am also willing Let’s get together again with Mr. to plan the world’s major events together!”

"Your Majesty." Liu Xu's lips trembled, and he was speechless for a while.

"But I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on anymore, my body is weak and my strength is gone, this feeling is increasing day by day, I'm afraid I'm going to the Western Paradise." Wanyan sighed, "Once I leave, sir won't be relieved , I know that there are many people who want to harm you, and they do it both openly and secretly. When I was here, they didn't dare to be presumptuous. If I leave, I don't know what they will do."

After Liu Xu listened, he calmed down instead: "Your Majesty, Liu is older than the Emperor, but he has lived a similar life. Confucians don't talk about the bliss of the West, but they talk about the destiny, which is the destiny. I can face it calmly. Your Majesty doesn't have to. Worry about me."

Wu Gunai nodded, and stretched out his hand to hold his arm: "It would be great if you could also go to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss."

Liu Xu didn't speak. An old man, a frail middle-aged man, was about to reach the end of his fate at the same time.

Li Xingzhou rode Meixue, and was about to go to Yongyue Pavilion to pick up Gillian, Qifang and Yue'er, Di Zhi followed behind on horseback, and several carriages from the palace.

Gillian invited some talented men and women to hold a small poetry meeting in Yongyue Pavilion, with the theme of reciting the latest Jingguo martial arts, the purpose is to teach children the theory of poetry and words.

Li Xingzhou felt that this kind of teaching was very good, so he agreed. Gillian was very happy, and dragged him and the people in the yard.

But Shiyu was too busy, Qiuer was experimenting with the second-generation steam engine, only Yueer was with her, and when she met Qifang who was resting, she was called, and Li Xingzhou himself was too busy.

He taught singing in the new army, yes, he taught singing, the military song of the new army.

Not only singing, but also accompanied by rhythm and drums that can step.Because military songs have at least two functions, one is to enhance the cohesion of the army.Another one is for command.

Yes, it is the command.

On the battlefield, using drums to command the march and letting soldiers step on the drums to advance is the basic practice in the era of Suifa guns. The reason for doing this is that it is impossible for the command to rely on people to shout all the time. It is not so loud and irregular. And discipline can increase combat effectiveness.

So not only did Li Xingzhou teach them how to sing, he also taught the drummers in the army the beat, and commanded the troops to move forward with the drumbeat.

Di Zhi told him about the new army while walking. Some people are naturally sensitive to military affairs, such as Han Xin, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing. The talent for war flowing in his blood will instantly feel like a fish in water.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were both 16 years old when they made great military achievements. Many people may not dare to think about it. There are so many old generals in the Han Dynasty, why it happened that two young boys beat the Xiongnu to death.

This is the keenness and extraordinary talent for war.

Di Zhi was obviously the same kind of person. He used to be just a small captain, but after he became the deputy commander of the new army, he was the first to think differently from the others and proposed that all the cavalry of the new army should be light cavalry.

Including Wei Yubai, Shen Lin, Yan Shen, etc. all believed that since the palace has the ability to build invulnerable tool steel full-body plate armor, it should take advantage of this advantage and arm a large number of heavy cavalry.

Only Di Zhi objected. He felt that the new army did not need heavy cavalry, but light cavalry, because no matter how thick the armor was, no matter how good the protection was, the role of heavy cavalry was to attack and suppress the enemy head-on.And this work, handed over to the musket, the artillery will be better, and the plate armored cavalry is simply redundant and redundant, which is not conducive to combat.

What the new army lacks is the ability to pursue and destroy the enemy's vital forces after defeating the enemy on the frontal battlefield, so light cavalry is needed.

When he heard what he said, Li Xingzhou was stunned. Apparently, Wei Yubai, Shen Lin, Yan Shen and others were still stuck in the old thinking of cold weapons and wars in the face of such new things as firearms and artillery. And Di Zhi has fully understood the advantages and disadvantages of firearms, how to make use of the advantages of firearms, his concept is completely different from others.

So Li Xingzhou was very relieved to hand over the new army to him for training.

While walking to Dizhi, he reported to him the main content of the recent new army training.

"My lord, my subordinates have discovered that compared with the bow and crossbow, firearms are more powerful and have a longer range. Another issue must be considered, that is, the coordination between cavalry, musketeers, and artillery. The previous army You don’t need to think too much about this issue, because the power of the bow and crossbow is limited and the range is limited, but in front of the guns, if you let the cavalry cooperate with the guns without training and deduction, it is easy to cause accidental injury.”

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Then how do you train?"

"The cavalry of the new army must have a concept of the range and power of the guns, so I specially transfer the cavalry every morning to watch the musketeers and artillery shoot targets. They are not familiar with the range of the guns, and they are likely to be accidentally injured by their own people.

The subordinates asked them to conduct joint drills. The guns fired from the front, and the cavalry outflanked from a safe distance. However, they still injured their own people a few times. Fortunately, they were not fatal injuries. At first, the cavalry tended to underestimate the range of the guns. "

Li Xingzhou patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, the palace will compensate you if you are injured, this kind of training is necessary."

"After you go back, write down what you think, why you fought like this, what you think is the advantage of the new army, and the tactics you have prepared for the new army, and write it into a report. Write whatever you think of, and submit it to me for a look." He then continued ordered.

Di Zhi said clearly, "Yes!"

Li Xingzhou was thinking in his heart, what a fucking talent, and he has started to study multi-army coordinated operations. This is exactly the trend he hopes the new army will develop!
(End of this chapter)