Xu Zhilong immediately smiled and said modestly: "General praised him, how can he take responsibility for the humble person?"

Hao Fenglou waved his hand, leaned on the chair, looked at him with a smile, and said, "I can't take responsibility, but I'm going to judge you. You don't have to be ashamed of yourself. The grenade battalion has a small number of people, one battalion, and one battalion has only three hundred people. They have strengths and weaknesses. The strengths are extremely powerful. Once they are thrown intensively, they will be unstoppable. But the weaknesses are also very obvious. Due to many factors, if they cannot be used, they will become a burden."

"If it is against infantry, the power of the grenadier is quite large, but once it encounters a cavalry, if the opponent flocks to it, its mobility will inevitably be weaker and it will easily disperse. Furthermore, grenadiers are not good at field battles, but attack and defense have their advantages. You proposed to build a grenadier cavalry. This idea can make up for the lack of maneuver power, but if a person is riding on a bumpy horse, will the throwing hand bounce, which will hinder the problem?"

Xu Zhilong shook his head and said, "General, the humble one has led the troops. It is naturally difficult to get the grenadiers to get on the horse. On the one hand, they are not proficient in equestrians, and on the other hand, they are bumpy at the horse. Whether it is strength or calibration, there will be some difficulties. Originally, these things have indeed been a lot of trouble, but in the past few years, they only recognize one sentence. There is no soldier in this world who cannot be trained. Just like the musket team back then, it is not so easy to shoot in turn. At the beginning, didn't everyone have any confidence? But the general formulated a training plan, no matter how severe the cold and the heat, and the practice was endless every day. After that, there were still not three hundred people who followed the general. He made many great achievements, and the humble one was thinking, if

The general is willing to agree, so the grenade cavalry must not only be practiced, but also must be practiced well, so that they can become rangers. If they encounter a thief army, they can swarm over and take advantage of their unpreparedness and give them a round of hand bullets. After throwing, they can turn around and leave, throw all their hand bullets, and fight in close combat. In addition to equipped with hand bullets, they also need to be equipped with sabers. Their arm strength is the most brave of the three armies. As long as they are willing to work hard to practice, even if they fight horses, they can make the thief army invincible. Langsan and the four guards of Shenji have always lacked cavalry, and even if they have some war horses, that is only for reconnaissance and scouts. It would be fine if they deal with Western countries. But once they encounter a real strong enemy, will they hit our guns?"

"So the humble opinion is that using grenadiers as the backbone to form cavalry, they can be harassed by grenadiers. Once the critical moment comes, they can also become vanguard cavalry. Regarding this, the humble man asked several old brothers in charge of scouts for advice. They said that it is not difficult to form cavalry. We all came out with the general, and we don't know where to practice. No matter what kind of soldiers we need to practice, we can practice hard for a year or two, and then pull them out to see the blood. The main problem of cavalry is the configuration problem. First, we must not wear heavy armor. The first thing is flexibility. Therefore, grenadiers,

The second is the problem of war horses. There are no good horses in the West, and the cost of raising horses is large. If there is no sufficient funds, it is probably difficult to build them. The third is the problem of manpower. The grenade battalion has fewer personnel. If it is to form a grenade cavalry in the future, it will not be possible. I am humble and think that if you really want to do it, you must be more decent, and at least there must be a 5,000. If it is not enough, ten thousand is enough. The training instructor can draw from the scout camps and grenade battalions of each guard. The combat power must not be a problem. After all, it is still a matter of determination. If you really have the determination to do it, there is nothing that cannot be done."

Xu Zhilong had already had a premonition that the general had planned to build a cavalry, so when he saw Hao Fenglou was intrigued, his body became even more straight. He spoke loudly, and at first, he was a grenade cavalry of 5,000 to 10,000. He did not expect that it would be difficult to form the cavalry.

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Hao Fenglou did not rush to answer, but leaned on the chair, his body slightly tilted, and his eyes fell on Xu Zhilong's body, as if he was considering it.

After half a cup of tea, he smiled slightly and said, "Just 10,000, you need to form a special cavalry guard. The commander of this guard will be borne by you. The previous grenade battalion still has to be organized. This cavalry guard must be different from other guards. All personnel must be recruited again. The cost of money and military supplies will be raised as much as possible in the Tiance Mansion. This is not something you are worried about. As for the war horses..."

Hao Fenglou knocked on the table and said, "There are no good horses here in the West. The big-food horses have always been good. It seems that they are indispensable. To buy them from the big-food man. In the short term, it is not easy to raise and raise so many horses, but there is no lack of compromise. Now many big-food merchant ships come to our Haifang Port to do business and ask them to sell horses. They may not be willing. After all, the horse prices are high. However, it is far less profitable to take care of horses and prepare horse materials in the cabin. But..."

Hao Fenglou thought for a while: "You can only make a fuss about tariffs. For example, if a ship with a thousand materials is transported by ten large horses, it can be exempted from tariffs. If this is the case, it is feasible. However, this tariff will be a lot less. As for horse-raising people, it is also in short supply. You have to find a way to recruit some. Of course, you don't have to worry about these things. I will discuss with my father in a few days. There is no need to worry about people. If this cavalry cannot be built, in the future.

It is indeed a trouble. Now, we are not as small as before. This cavalry is planning ahead, but I will do what you need. What you need? Make a list of military supplies. There are only a lot of things here in Tiance Mansion, but you are responsible for the training. Within a year, I will form initial combat power. If so much money and manpower is spent at that time, it will be a half-finished one, then I won’t say much, you can do it yourself.”

This is definitely a full support. For Xu Zhilong, what he has to do is just do what he has to do. Xu Zhilong felt a heavy responsibility and was happy for it. He quickly stood up and said seriously: "I am willing to issue a military order. If it does not work, I would rather commit suicide..."

Hao Fenglou waved his hand: "Go, go, go, don't do these useless things here. In short, how many people do your cavalry guard need? Report it immediately and I will draw it out for you. Then you spend some time discussing and then decide how to set up this airs. The burden is not light, and I don't want to put any pressure on you. I just hope you can live up to your mission, go."

Xu Zhilong bowed and left.

As soon as he left, Hao Fenglou roamed the bell, and a clerk arranged for the next military officer to invite him to meet.

Hao Fenglou's work these days has been like this, and he is not good at it, but every job is very necessary. The so-called joy of document writing is mostly like this.

And in just a few days, the imperial envoy from the court finally arrived.

In fact, before this, Hao Fenglou once speculated that the court might have appointed an imperial envoy to come. The reason is actually simple. The court does not want to go to war now. Since it does not want to, it will inevitably come to appease it. But he never thought that Zhu Gaosui's reaction was so fast.

At this point, Hao Fenglou couldn't help but look at Zhu Gaosui with admiration. This person has endured so many years and is so hypocritical that he can succeed in the end. It seems that it is not just by luck. All his behaviors are not influenced by personal likes and dislikes. Everything is only concerned with powerful relationships. As soon as he ran away, he comforted him immediately. Even if he was furious and hated him to his bones, he would never hesitate. Based on this alone, it can be seen that this person is a qualified opponent, far from being as simple as Hao Fenglou knew.

Since the imperial envoy was here, Hao Zheng naturally wanted to call Hao Fenglou for discussion.

The father and son both had the same idea, that is, treating the imperial envoy, they should be treated with all the etiquette, but they should never show weakness. No, not only should they not show weakness, but they also had to demonstrate. The court must know the strength of the Hao family and make them feel fearful.

The former is naturally Hao Zheng's business. As King Dingnan, he was responsible for receiving the imperial envoy, and he was inevitably behaved. The latter is Hao Fenglou's business. As General Timce, he was in charge of the three armies. How can the imperial envoy see Lang San's strength and let them know the power of the Hao family, he will inevitably put some effort into it.

However, the father and son of the Hao family were quite looking forward to the purpose of the imperial envoy. After all, Jinling had almost no news before. In other words, what did the imperial envoy bring to the Hao family and what to use to appease the Hao family, but it is unknown for the time being. The Hao family is now a noble title and is hereditary, but they don’t know what capital Zhu Gaosui will use.

No matter what, it is really unnecessary to guess this for the time being. The most important thing at the moment is of course to be prepared for it.

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Chapter 1 is delivered. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!