golden scales

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, on the second day of September, Gaocheng Xingyuan. .

Chongzhen stood at the window of the second-floor building, looking at the guards of the Eastern Palace under the eaves of the opposite corridor—in fact, they were the private army of the Eastern Palace.After going to the battlefield, he can now distinguish the meaning of the star emblem on the soldier's shoulder badge, which makes him even more curious about why those high-ranking generals would kneel at the door of the crown prince's study.

Isn't Donggong trying to avoid kneeling and worshiping?

"Wang Chengen," Chongzhen called out, "go over and ask, what happened to those people."

Wang Chengen bit the bullet and went.Just as he expected, these officers ignored him, all of them pursed their lips tightly, showing no joy of victory.It wasn't until he caught a eunuch whom he knew in the palace that Wang Chengen finally asked. It turned out that these generals kneeled here to plead guilty.

Wang Chengen asked the reason clearly and hurried up the small building, and replied: "Your Majesty, are these generals here to plead guilty?"

"Apology? Didn't you win the battle? What other crimes are you asking?" Chongzhen was amazed, and asked again: "Where is the crown prince?"

"Chitose is discussing military affairs with the veterans of the general staff in the study." Wang Chengen said.

Chongzhen frowned, and said: "This is not the way my family treats loyal and heroic officials. You go and tell the crown prince that since you have won the battle, no matter how serious your mistakes are, you can't forgive them..." As he spoke, he saw that The door of the side study opened, and the generals of the General Staff headed by You Shiwei came out in a line. It was quite surprising to see Xiao Mo and others kneeling under the eaves.

After a while, Zhu Cihong came out in person and stepped forward to help Xiao Mo, Xiao Donglou, Dan Ning and Zhou Yuji.Apart from Luo Yukun and Xiao Tugeng, the six battalion heads of the East Palace, the other four battalion officers are all here.

"Didn't the report be handed in? Why are you here?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "I just discussed the next deployment with a few old generals inside. , to cool down. Lu Suyao, go and prepare some fruit and ice soup."

"If General You is fine, let's chat together." Seeing that You Shiwei hadn't left yet, Zhu Cihong invited.

"Dare not to follow orders." You Shiwei clasped his fists in response, he was still not used to the military salute of the East Palace, although he looked more grand, but there was always something strange.

Zhu Cihong invited everyone to sit scattered by the pond.With the shade and water vapor, it is really much cooler.He said: "I read the report and there are indeed many problems. For example, Dan Ning did not leave the main force to guard the main road. This is something that should not be done. But I also noticed that there was no relevant discussion in the meeting minutes of the third battalion. It can be seen that Zuo Guang Xian, Niu Chenghu, and Hui Xian obviously took chances and only wanted to go to Gaocheng as soon as possible to make meritorious service. They are also responsible for this. Of course, Dan Ning, you are the chief officer. You have to recite it for them."

"Yes, I understand." Tan Ning bowed his head heavily.

"Xiao Donglou, now you know that haste makes waste, right?" Zhu Cihong was most troubled by getting lost on the battlefield, saying that it was bad luck, and it couldn't all be attributed to luck.Calling it negligent, he is also on his way with all his heart... In the end, he could only say in a general way: "In the future, we still need to make a good rule of law, and fight steadily. In particular, the horses should be set farther away, and the preparations for the battlefield must be done well."

"The last general is convicted! The last general dares to swear a poisonous oath, and there will be no next time." Xiao Donglou said in a deep voice.

Zhu Cihong looked at Xiao Mo and Zhou Yuji again.He smiled and said, "You two played well, were you pulled here to make up the numbers?"

"The last general made a mistake in his response...it was too risky." Xiao Mo said.

"The cavalry of the last general is still not well practiced, and a few horses disturbed the formation when they were approaching the battle." Zhou Yuji also said.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said: "Okay, let me make a conclusion. The fault of Dan Ning and Xiao Donglou is actually a matter of experience. Xiao Mo and Zhou Yuji, you two are due to lack of time. Especially here with General Zhou, our Ma Yuan Not good. This is an unavoidable hurdle, and I am already very satisfied to be able to practice to this level."

Zhou Yuji felt ashamed, and thought to himself: The horses in the first row are all selected from the best, and there are still a dozen or so horses that are out of order.If it weren't for the enemy's rout, I'm afraid the casualties on my side would not be low.

In Europe, the horses that can charge are also rare.Not only does it have strict requirements on the body shape of the horse, but it also has extremely high requirements on the psychological quality of the horse.If it is an untrained war horse, if it sees someone holding a stick in front of it, it will avoid it left and right.This is due to its nature, otherwise wild horses would have been hit by trees and become extinct long before they were domesticated.

Only horses that have undergone rigorous training can charge against the enemy formation.Therefore, although King Gustav II of Sweden improved the cavalry phalanx charge, although it looks simple, it requires extremely high drills, and the tactical effect is equally astonishing.

Zhu Cilang believed that the East Palace was able to replicate the cavalry tactics of Gu Er, because the drill and training methods of the East Palace were stricter and more scientific than those in Europe today.Moreover, Sweden is also a poor horse country, which is very close to the current situation of the East Palace.At the same time, the Swedish cavalry didn't even have armor, and the East Palace Cavalry Battalion still had the ability to equip the cavalry with breastplates.

This kind of phalanx is also the nemesis of the Mongolian cavalry.The Mongols are standard light cavalry, and the Manchus are even more mounted infantry. At the same time, they all lack discipline training. Their nationality and civilization make it impossible for them to replicate this charge tactic.

"As long as the training of horses improves in time, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion will be even higher." Zhu Cihong comforted Zhou Yuji, and immediately smiled: "How are the troops replenished these days?"

"The recruits have already disbanded, and the tactical drills are still being strengthened." Xiao Mo recruited more than [-] recruits this time, and almost all the veterans were promoted to non-commissioned officers or officers.Although he tried his best to transfer veterans from the [-] or [-] headquarters to enrich the [-]th headquarters, the decline in combat in the first part was still very obvious.

"The horses we got this time are not bad," Zhou Yuji also said, "Not only can they make up for the losses, but they can also be strengthened."

"Is there any voice among the soldiers?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Take the time to train and it's too late, so there's no sound." Xiao Mo smiled wryly.

"I'm a little busy here, and I'm talking about when I will be transferred back to Cangzhou to be stationed." Xiao Donglou deliberately said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid that those bastards are too idle, but we need to increase the amount of training and find another There is no excuse. Do you want to change the training outline for the Second Battalion?"

Xiao Mo heard Xiao Donglou's meaning, and thought to himself: I'm going to be expanded into a guard division, maybe your second battalion will also be merged.

"The training syllabus should be unified by the whole army, otherwise it will be difficult to set the assessment standards." Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said, "From the current situation, our army will have a rest period before the decisive battle between Dorgon and Li Zicheng is over. During this period, it is necessary to strengthen training and ensure discipline, and at the same time, let the soldiers combine work and rest, and have a vent. What entertainment do you usually have in the camp?"

"Squawk." Xiao Mo blurted out, "When there is nothing to do in the camp, people often play with it."

"One-to-one?" Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "This doesn't fit the style of my Eastern Palace. It's better to play some team games... Well, yes, there is a game that is very suitable for playing in the army."

Seeing that Zhu Cihong picked up a dead branch and drew a square frame on the ground, everyone gathered to watch.

Zhu Cihong drew a vertical line in the middle of the rectangle, divided the box into two halves, and said, "This is the line to meet the enemy." He then drew three lines on both sides of the line, and in this way, the rectangle was divided into two parts. Eight strips.He finally drew circles at the two narrow ends of the rectangle, and he was done.

"This game uses an oval ball." Zhu Cihong explained: "Put two wooden barrels at both ends, and whoever sends the ball into the wooden barrels will get one point. After the normal game is over, the one with the highest score wins."

"It's a bit like Cuju."

"It's not Cuju," Zhu Cihong corrected, "you can't kick it with your feet. That's it, for example, the six of us are divided into two teams." Zhu Cihong casually put You Shiwei and Zhou Yuji beside him into his team, and said: "I When you come to kick off, you are responsible for intercepting. I hold the ball and run forward, and you can intercept me by hugging, pulling, pushing, and bumping..."

Zhu Cihong never liked team confrontation sports. In his previous life, he didn't even watch football, let alone American football.But from the perspective of entertaining and entertaining, rugby is indeed a sport with a strong military atmosphere.Let the two teams in armor run and collide because of a ball, and summarize the offensive and defensive tactics, which is also a kind of training in itself.

He doesn't know the rules of rugby, but any rule is perfected in practice, it just needs to be played first.

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