Please ask me to be the emperor

Chen Changzhen was already very skilled in martial arts and was Zhang Shun's sworn brother, so he was a suitable candidate for the cavalry. Therefore, Zhang ordered him to hand over the soldiers to him and take full responsibility for the cavalry training.

Chen Changzhen had no objection to Zhang Shun's behavior of recruiting his own soldiers, but he was quite critical of Zhang Shun's "random" selection of men. But once Chen Changzhen got started, he discovered that Zhang Shun's selected personnel had made amazing progress in learning riding skills, and he couldn't help but marvel at Zhang Shun's astonishing vision.

In fact, this was Chen Changzhen's misunderstanding. In later generations, an invincible army selected cavalry and trained new soldiers through this method. It's just that Zhang Shun occasionally read relevant historical materials in his previous life and couldn't remember clearly. He vaguely felt that this was the right thing to do.

Speaking of the king of the cold weapon age - cavalry, it is not what many people imagine. Combining "nuclear-powered Mongolian horses" with elite soldiers armed with "Mongolian shelling tail-stabilized armor-piercing arrows" and wearing heavy armor is the invincible "nuclear-powered" cavalry unit.

The first step for this excellent cavalry unit is to choose horses. Horses in East Asia are obviously different from other parts of the world. Mongolian horses are the livelihood of herdsmen. In the harsh grassland environment, taller is not better. Instead, they are reversely eliminated and become a horse breed with a relatively small appetite.

However, the horses used by cavalry are required to be tall and strong, which is exactly the opposite of the requirements of herdsmen as their means of livelihood. However, as a racecourse that has trained war horses for generations, due to dynasty changes, wars, and the random command of various non-professionals, the excellent bloodlines and genes have been diluted by the huge Mongolian horse herd time and time again.

So the first step is to select a stallion with a shoulder height of more than four feet and a weight of more than 500 kilograms as a war horse. The second step is to train these selected horses to adapt to riding and become suitable war horses.

The third step is for the recruits to get in touch with the war horses. They first learn to serve the war horses, feed the horses, brush the horses, cut the horse grass and other daily tasks, and become familiar with the war horses. The fourth step is for the recruits to practice riding skills using tools such as stilts and wooden horses. Then learn to ride a real war horse and practice basic equestrian skills.

In the fifth step, they began to practice martial arts such as chopping knives and using guns on horseback, and even included skills such as archery and firecrackers on horseback. The sixth step is to practice queues, which generally include charge queues, encirclement queues, harassment queues, etc.

Fortunately, Zhang Shun took over a trained war horse. Although the shoulder height and weight did not quite meet the standards of an excellent war horse, it could still be used as a war horse.

After Zhang Shun heard Chen Changzhen's words, his head suddenly got big. The imperial court will be recruiting troops within these few days or even ten days. If something unexpected happens, I still want to put these cavalry to use. He pondered for a long time and asked Chen Changzhen: "What kind of martial arts can the cavalry master the fastest and form combat capabilities?"

Chen Changzhen thought for a moment and replied: "It must be the three-eyed gun!"

"Three-eyed blunderbuss?" Zhang Shun expressed doubts. He remembered that later generations would read forum posts and make the three-eyed blunderbuss worthless.

"Yes, the three-eyed gun!" Chen Changzhen affirmed again, "This weapon is not very powerful, but it is simple and does not require much training. When you encounter an enemy within twenty steps, shoot it with the gun; when you encounter the enemy close, use the gun to hammer it. It is good at both swords and spears, but the only things it fears are bows, arrows, birds, and muskets."

Could it be that Chen Changzhen has watched "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"? Zhang Shun complained secretly. However, after listening to Chen Changzhen's analysis, he really found that this thing was really good as a simple weapon. If the opponent's cavalry and infantry fight with spears, the three-eyed gun can spray them within twenty steps; if the opponent's cavalry and infantry fight with swords, the three-eyed gun can be used to hammer them. It is very wonderful to use long to control short. As for some flaws, we’ll talk about them later. For now, something is better than nothing.

Zhang Shun thought of this and ordered: "Okay, I'm going to give up my face and ask the second master to allocate some three-eyed guns for us. You can let the soldiers learn to ride horses and simple queues as soon as possible. When the weapons arrive, just practice shooting on horseback. The three martial arts of fighting and hammering infantry are sufficient.”

After Chen Changzhen received the order, he did not care about the feeding, grooming, and haying of the horses in front of the new recruits. All matters were left to five or six veterans and more than ten heavy troops to handle. He directly led the new recruits to start training on horseback. If they were not satisfied, they would be disappointed. Whip and stick serve.

And Zhang Shun went to "Zijinliang" to ask for the three-eyed gun. The reputation of this three-eyed gun among the Ming border troops was not very good. "Purple Golden Liang" not only agreed, but also advised Zhang Shun: "Little brother Optimus Prime, this thing is just a sound, it is not a firearm. In a war, the artillery must be powerful. If not We were chased by the officers and soldiers and had nowhere to go. We had already brought some common artillery such as tiger squat cannons and flannel guns to fight. Fortunately, you, a little brother, can cast cannons. Even if you turn to the government, you will definitely do it. be reused.”

People with different views do not work together, and Zhang Shun is not optimistic about recruitment matters at all. Everyone has read "Water Margin", but they have come to different conclusions. "Purple Golden Liang" believed that the deceased Wang Jiayin should be Chao Gai, the "Pagoda King", and he should be the "Sanlang Xiaoyi" Song Jiang. The reason why Song Jiang failed to recruit him to peace back then was because he was entrusted with an unworthy person. Now that he has taken refuge under Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, he should be able to achieve great success.

However, Zhang Shun was deeply influenced by the thoughts of later generations, and he rashly believed that recruiting an army was a sign of "revolutionary indecision" and a capitulationist style. As the representative of the reactionary forces, the Ming government will not let the peasant rebels go. To surrender is to surrender. Therefore, Zhang Shun was making excuses with the "Purple Gold Liang" while reorganizing his army to prepare for war.

Zhang Shun asked for fifty or sixty three-eyed blunderbuss, selected the best ones, and distributed them to the cavalry for use. Some of the untied rods that are not good will be replaced with new ones. Chen Changzhen was also very talented. It took only a few days to train these new soldiers to ride horses without any worries.

Therefore, in order to save time, Chen Changzhen asked the soldiers to practice the formation and practice the three-eyed gun at the same time. Among them, cavalry melee combat, which was originally thought to be the most difficult, turned out to be the easiest, because the handle of the three-eyed blunderbuss was longer, making it more convenient for both infantry and cavalry on horseback. The only troublesome thing is shooting right away. Originally, it was safe to hit or miss when shooting on the road. However, shooting right away often frightened the war horses. Several times, the recruits were knocked off the horses and injured. , fortunately no death occurred.

Those injured soldiers, unable to participate in the training for the time being, came to find Zhang Shun with a limp, crying bitterly, with their heads smashed, and begging Zhang Shun to punish Chen Changzhen for abusing everyone.

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