Following Li Xiu's military order, the army that had just left the capital soon divided their troops under the command of Erwazi and Zhou Yuji.
At the same time, several cavalrymen rushed back to the capital with fast horses and conveyed Li Xiu's emphasis on the situation in Mongolia to Cao Huachun, who had already admired the East Factory.
Li Xiu himself led the remaining army and still slowly headed towards the predetermined area.
As the saying goes, the sky is high and the birds are flying, and they are not limited to the closed camp in Jintaifang, and Li Xiu is also much more happy.
Of course, he naturally couldn't rest.
Since Emperor Tianqi ordered the reorganization of the Yongwei Camp, its purpose has been only for the Emperor's personal army, and for the Emperor's personal army, stationed at the foot of the imperial city. Its purpose of the army building is naturally to focus on infantry battles.
Although there are cavalry, there are only hundreds of cavalry, and their functions are only used as commands and scouts to investigate.
Since Li Xiu took power to the Yongwei Camp, he realized the future situation and was naturally unwilling to let it go. Yongwei Camp was just a simple guard force.
In this era, cavalry is naturally essential for an army to have fierce offensive capabilities.
Under this consideration, Li Xiu also tried his best to promote the construction of the cavalry of the Yongwei Camp. For the Ming Dynasty today, it would be not easy to get tens of thousands of war horses at once, but getting thousands of horses is not difficult. It doesn’t even need to go through the outer court, and the inner court’s Imperial Horse Supervisor can make up for it.
So, with the order of Zhu Youjian, more than 4,000 war horses were mobilized by the Imperial Horse Supervision of the Inner Court and sent to the Yongwei Camp.
As soon as the war horse arrived, Li Xiu immediately reorganized a cavalry battalion in Yongwei Battalion.
One man and two horses, more than two thousand cavalrymen. In order to find a suitable training place for this cavalry, Li Xiu also specially built a piece of land in the imperial village in the western suburbs of the capital to serve as a training place for cavalry.
Now, this cavalry battalion has been in less than two months since its establishment. The system has just been completed, so naturally there is no combat power at all.
But Li Xiu naturally would not throw this cavalry battalion in the capital, not to mention, just this long-distance marching was a good exercise for this newly built cavalry.
During the march, under the constraints of various military rules and regulations, Li Xiu was very relieved against the infantry under his command. In addition, the speculation about the Later Jin's advance to Mongolia also made Li Xiu focus most of the attention on this cavalry battalion.
There are more than 2,000 cavalrymen, and the system is already complete. The soldiers and generals have drawn good horses from the Yongwei camp, so there is no need to remember to worry too much about the discipline system.
Nowadays, the focus is naturally on practicing cavalry tactics.
The cavalry warfare method has evolved from ancient times to the present, through the catalysis of countless wars, and has long evolved into an extremely mature system.
Reconnaissance, harassment, intercept, division, charge, retreat, surround, raid...
An elite cavalry, in this era, has even been decisive in its role in a war.
Of course, it is also an easy task to train an elite cavalry.
Although the Yongwei Battalion only has only two thousand cavalry, the cost of these two thousand cavalry is comparable to that of nearly ten thousand cavalrymen!
People's food and drink are still good, but the offering of war horses is absolutely valuable. It can even be said that 90% of the people in this era did not eat well as war horses.
In addition to the armor and weapons provided by the cavalry, everything is added up and the resources consumed can be said to be huge.
And these are just the basis for training cavalry.
The training of cavalry is still an extremely long process.
Just like the cavalry battalion of the Yongwei Battalion, it has been in the army for two months and is also trained by elite soldiers for a long time. Now it can only be called an infantryman riding a horse. There is still an extremely long way to go before a real cavalry.
If it were on weekdays, Li Xiu naturally did not need to be urgent. He had plenty of time to polish and train this cavalry battalion. But now, after learning about the situation in Mongolia, out of concern for the future, Li Xiu did not have time to let the cavalry battalion grow at a normal pace.
In special times, special things should be done!
...
"Transfer the order, assault into a cone array!"
It immediately stood on the slope, Li Xiu stared at the cavalry running on the plain in front of him, and said something faintly.
After the military orders, the battle flag suddenly changed, and the rhythm of the drums changed accordingly.
Soon, the group of cavalry raiding on the plains also slowly changed.
The cone 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.
Not long after, the rushing cavalry group slowly changed. Although the connection was still awkward, there was no big mistake. It successfully turned into a conical formation. Two thousand iron cavalry, like a sharp blade breaking the formation, rushing onto the plain.
"Transfer the order, the back team will become the front team, and retreat!"
After one military order after another, the more than two thousand cavalry were also constantly changing in various cavalry formations under the trouble of one military order after another.
Of course, there must be a scattered scene in it.
If this scattered scene appears among the infantry army of the Yongwei Camp, it will naturally lead to thunder and anger. Maybe even a few people will be killed.
However, shortly after the cavalry battalion was formed, although Li Xiu was strict in his military administration, he was not ruthless.
For him, if it doesn't work once, then it's twice, if it doesn't work twice, then it's three times...
The cavalry battalion must have combat capabilities as soon as possible.
After several hours of struggle, people were exhausted and seeing that the sky was getting dark, Li Xiu finally issued a military order to stop practicing.
But for this cavalry battalion, it is not over yet. They still have to launch a long-distance raid to join the infantry that had been marching for a long time.
"This kind of exercise should be kept normal before arriving at Zhending. The cavalry battalion should form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"
During the march, Li Xiu ordered the cavalry battalion Qian Shun beside him.
"Don't worry, General, I understand."
Yan Shun looked serious and bowed his hands to respond, and was sonorous and powerful.
"Well, as soon as possible, we may not have that long..."
Li Xiu nodded, his tone quite sighing.
Yan Shun glanced at Li Xiu in confusion. Although he was puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions. He retreated silently and patroled the cavalry in a marching state.
"call……"
After glanced at Yan Shun riding away, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning.
He asked Yan Shun to take charge of the cavalry camp, and what he valued was Yan Shun's implementation of military discipline and his character of obedience.
But after today's inspection, it is obvious that if Yan Shun was allowed to take charge of the infantry and attack or defend, he would definitely do a very good job.
But if the guard cavalry, a military force that needs flexibility, is a hindrance.
Chapter completed!