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Chapter 191 Second-line Army

"The command of Gao Jie's troops to immediately roam the junction of Shandong and Henan, but they must instruct Gao Jie that their mission is to attract Wu Sangui's army and not to fight against Wu Sangui's army, so as not to cause changes in the overall situation."

Zhu Cilang thought for a while and said.

Wu Sangui's army should be restrained, at least it cannot transfer all troops to the Huguang area.

But if the decisive battle was held in Henan, it would be inconsistent with Zhu Cixuan's current military deployment.

Now Zhu Cixuan has asked Ye Yun to solve the Huguang area first. The court can only support one battle now. If war starts again in Henan, the pressure on the court will be too great, so this level must be grasped well.

In addition, Gao Jie's current position on the Qufu front is also a bit embarrassing.

Gao Jie is on the surface of the same level as Hu Qiang, but Hu Qiang is Zhu Cilang's direct descendant, and everyone knows this.

The two lived together in Qufu. Gao Jie's qualifications are much deeper than Hu Qiang, but he had to obey Hu Qiang's orders in Qufu.

This made Gao Jie feel very uncomfortable. It would be better to lead troops to the war directly. Now the order given to him by Zhu Cixuan also alleviated the embarrassment between the two.

"How are the cavalry training around Nanjing City?"

After solving Wu Sangui's case, Zhu Cilang remembered cavalry training again.

When he was just reborn, Zhu Cixuan believed that the cavalry should withdraw from the stage of history. Even if the cavalry is more powerful, Zhu Cixuan did not have any attention. Zhu Cixuan believed that the mainstream of this era should be muskets and cannons.

But in this battle, Zhu Cilang deeply felt the power of the cavalry.

In today's era, if the cavalry were allowed to withdraw from the battle, Zhu Ciyang would lose one-third of the war, especially fighting an army like the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

The role of cavalry on the battlefield is obvious. Whether it is temporary reinforcements or harassing the enemy, they all play an irreplaceable role, so Zhu Cilang remembered this.

"If you go back to the Prince, cavalry training has been fully launched. Twenty miles west of Nanjing City, the training camp has been completed. Now the three cavalry regiments have been recruited. Together with the original cavalry regiment, the total number of people has reached about 40,000, but there are 8,000 people who do not have their own war horses."

When he was on the battlefield, Zhu Ciyang had already promoted General Li Yan. Now General Li Yan is the brigade commander of the Cavalry Brigade.

The cavalry that Li Yan trained was very good before, so all the cavalry training is now handed over to Li Yan.

As for the original training camp of the court, Zhu Cilang simply withdrew them. The cavalry you trained were too different from Li Yan, so don’t waste the court’s soldiers, horses, money and food. The court is not that rich now.

What Li Yan said made everyone frown, not that you can train cavalry if you have money.

In the history of China, most war horses were produced in the north, and the horses in the south were generally short. Although they had strong internal strength, they did not have much advantage on the battlefield.

Now that the Qing Dynasty occupied the north, it naturally blocked the trade between the two sides. If you want to collect enough horses, it would probably not be an easy task.

Zhu Cilang is from a modern society and naturally knows the level of war horses in this world.

European thoroughbreds are naturally put first. Although Mongolia also has the legendary sweat-blooded BMW, their bloodlines are all from Europe and the United States.

Mongolian horses can only rank second in this world, but even so, we don’t have that.

However, we have a business with foreigners, so we can discuss with foreigners to see if they can transport them.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang shook his head. The sea transportation in this era was too slow, and it was probably shipped from Europe.

I am afraid that a lot of death will die along the way. Even if there are some people who are alive, they will take a long time to restore their combat effectiveness after coming here. The cost is too high, and this one is not desirable for the time being.

If you want to improve the quality of war horses on a large scale, you may have to wait for us to take down the Mongolian grasslands, so you can only make do with it for the time being.

"First look for war horses in various parts of the south, and contact more smuggling merchants in the north. At worst, we can spend more money and get as much as we can."

Zhu Cilang's method is helpless, who can't make our geography do not have an advantage?

After asking about the cavalry, Zhu Cixuan asked about the training of the infantry regiment again. Now there are about twenty infantry regiments training around Nanjing City. After Zhu Cixuan came back, the training camps around Nanjing City were not enough.

"As for the construction of the training camp, you can continue to build it. All the money is taken from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and this money is absolutely impossible to save."

After experiencing the Battle of Qufu, Zhu Cixuan clearly felt that the army in his hands was not enough.

I originally thought that tens of thousands of troops could sweep the entire world, but now it seems that my head is so funny. Whenever I conquer a place, don’t I need an army to station here?

So in response to this matter, Zhu Cixuan also gave a new instruction to the army around Nanjing City.

Zhu Cixuan divided all the troops into two-line troops.

The front-line army naturally fights against the enemy. This group of troops is trained according to the original requirements, and when selecting soldiers, they must be strictly required. If it is not qualified, no matter who it is, it cannot enter the army.

This time the second-line army was added.

In the past, people never had the concept of a second-line army. Now Zhu Cixuan tells them what these second-line army do.

In principle, the second-line army does not participate in front-line battles. Their mission is to station here after the front-line army acquires the city and maintain local public order and production and life.

The selection and assessment requirements of the second-line army are 30% lower than those of the first-line army.

Of course, their salary is also 30% lower, which does not mean that there is no possibility of growth after entering the second-tier army. If you make military achievements or apply for individuals, you can reach the level of the front-tier army and you can enter the front-tier army.

After hearing the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the people below nodded.

Doing so can relax the standards for conscription and expand the source of conscription, while saving some funds for the court and completing public security work in the occupied areas. This is indeed a feasible solution.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, there are still 130,000 troops in Nanjing that have not been equipped with muskets, these people..."
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