On the 17th year of Chongzhen, on the second day of the September 2nd, the headquarters of Gaocheng.

Chongzhen stood at the window of the second-story building, looking at the East Palace guards under the eaves of the corridor opposite - they were actually the private soldiers of the East Palace. After visiting the battlefield, he could now distinguish the meaning of the star emblem on the military's eaves, which made him even more curious about why those generals and schools in high positions would kneel at the entrance of the crown prince's study.

Isn’t the Eastern Palace trying to avoid kneeling and worship?

"Wang Cheng'en," Chongzhen shouted, "go over and ask what those people have committed."

Wang Chengen gritted his teeth. As he expected, these officers ignored him, pursed their lips tightly, without any joy of winning the battle. Until he caught a eunuch he had known in the palace, Wang Chengen asked, and it turned out that these generals were kneeling here to apologize.

Wang Chengen, who asked the reason clearly, quickly went up to the small building and replied: "Emperor, are these generals and schools here to apologize?"

"Ask a guilty crime? Didn't you win? Why would you ask for a guilty crime?" Chongzhen asked again, "Where is the crown prince?"

"Qiansui discussed military affairs with veterans of the General Staff in the study." Wang Chengen said.

Chongzhen frowned and said, "This is not my family's way of being loyal and brave and heroic officials. Go and tell the crown prince that since you have won the battle, no matter how big the mistake is, it is not impossible to forgive..." As he said, he saw the door of the study room open, and the generals of the General Staff headed by You Shiwei lined out and saw Xiao Mo and others kneeling under the eaves of the corridor, which was quite surprised.

After a while, Zhu Cilang came out in person and stepped forward to help Xiao Mo, Xiao Donglou, Tanning, and Zhou Yujiren. The six camp heads of the East Palace, except for Luo Yukun and Xiao Tugeng, the other four camp officials were all here.

"Didn't you hand over the report? Why are you doing this?" Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Just discussing the next deployment with several veteran generals inside, the room was very hot. Let's take a breather in this yard and cooler. Lu Suyao, go and prepare some fruits and ice soup."

"If General You is fine, let's talk together." Zhu Cixuan invited him to see that You Shiwei had not left yet.

"Dare not obeying the order." You Shiwei replied with his fists. He was still not used to the military salutes of the East Palace. Although he looked more grand, he was always a little strange.

Zhu Cilang called everyone to sit scattered by the pond. With the shade of trees and water vapor, it was really cooler. He said: "There are indeed many problems that I have read, such as Tanning did not leave the main force to guard the important roads of the rear, which is very unfair. But I also noticed that there was no relevant discussion on the meeting minutes of the Third Battalion. It can be seen that Zuo Guangxian, Niu Chenghu, and Hui Xian were obviously lucky and just wanted to arrive in Gaocheng as soon as possible to make contributions. They also have a responsibility for this. Of course, Tanning, you are the chief officer. You have to carry it for them."

"Yes, I understand." Tanning lowered her head heavily.

"Xiao Donglou, you know that haste is not enough now, right?" Zhu Cixuan was most troubled by the fact that he was lost on the battlefield. He said that he was bad luck, and he could not all be luck. He said that he was careless, and he was also rushing on the road very hard... In the end, he could only say in general: "In the future, you should make a charter and make steady progress, especially if you have to go farther, and you must do your best to prepare for the battlefield."

"The last general knows his crime! The last general dares to make a poisonous oath, and there will be no next chance." Xiao Donglou said in a deep voice.

Zhu Cixuan looked at Xiao Mo and Zhou Yuji again and said with a smile: "You two fight well, are you pulled to make up the numbers?"

"The last general is wrong in dealing with the battle. He is too dangerous." Xiao Mo said.

"The cavalry of the last general is still not trained enough. Several horses were shocked when they were in the battle." Zhou Yuji also said.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Okay, let me make a conclusion. The fault of Tanning and Xiao Donglou is actually a matter of experience. Xiao Mo and Zhou Yuji, you two are not good at the place of General Zhou. This is a hurdle that cannot be avoided. I am already very satisfied with being 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 were still more than ten horses in the last battle. If the enemy had not retreated, I would have probably suffered from casualties on my side.

In Europe, there are only one choice among the war horses that can charge. Not only does it have strict requirements on the size of the horse, but it also has extremely high requirements on the psychological quality of the horse. If it is an untrained war horse, it will avoid it when you see someone holding a stick in front of you. This is because of its nature, otherwise the wild horses would hit trees and endanger species long before they were domesticated.

Only war horses that have been strictly trained can charge against the enemy formation. Therefore, although the cavalry intensive formation charge improved by King Gustav II of Sweden seems simple, it has extremely high requirements for drilling, and the tactical effect is also amazing.

Zhu Ciyang believed that the Eastern Palace could copy the cavalry tactics of Guerrian II, which was the Eastern Palace's practice of military training more strictly and scientifically than in Europe today. Moreover, Sweden is also a poor horse country, and the current situation is very close to the Eastern Palace. At the same time, the Swedish cavalry did not even have armor, and the Eastern Palace Cavalry Battalion had the ability to equip the cavalry with breastplate.

This dense formation is also the nemesis of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry. The Mongols were standard light cavalry, while the Manchus were even more horse-riding infantry. At the same time, they lacked discipline and training. Their nationality and civilization make it impossible for them to replicate this charge tactic.

"As long as the training of war horses is over, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion will be higher." Zhu Ciyang comforted Zhou Yuji and immediately smiled and said, "How have the troops been replenishing these days?"

"The new recruits have already taken off their flag teams, and the tactical training is still being strengthened." Xiao Mo added more than 1,500 new recruits this time, and almost all the veterans were promoted to non-commissioned officers or officers. Although he tried to transfer veterans from the second and third thousand headquarters to enrich the 1,000 headquarters, the combat decline in the first part was still very obvious.

"The horses we got this time are pretty good," Zhou Yuji said, "not only can we make up for the losses, but we can also strengthen them."

"What is the sound among the warriors?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

"It's too late to train, so there's no sound." Xiao Mo said with a wry smile.

"I'm a little idle and I'm talking about when to transfer back to Cangzhou to garrison." Xiao Donglou said deliberately: "Your Highness, I'm afraid that those bastards are too idle, but they have to increase the training volume, and there's no reason to find. Do you think you'll change the training outline for the Second Bandit?"

Xiao Mo heard what Xiao Donglou meant and said to himself: I am going to expand into the Guard Division, maybe your second battalion will also come together.

"The training outline is still unified by the entire army, otherwise it will be difficult to set the assessment standards." Zhu Cixuan thought for a while and said, "From the current situation, before the decisive battle between Dorgon and Li Zicheng ends, our army will have a rest period. During this period, it is necessary to strengthen training and ensure discipline. At the same time, the soldiers must be combined with work and rest, and have a catharsis. What are the entertainments in the camp in normal times?"

"Jiuwei." Xiao Mo blurted out: "When there is nothing wrong in the camp, people often play."

"One-on-one?" Zhu Ciyang shook his head and said, "This does not fit the style of my Eastern Palace. It is best to play some team games... Well, yes, there is a game that is very suitable for playing in the army."

Everyone saw Zhu Cilang picking up a piece of dead branches, drawing a box on the ground, and gathering them to watch.

Zhu Cixuan drew a vertical line in the middle of the rectangle, divided the box into two halves, and said, "This is the enemy line." He drew three lines on each side of the line, so that the rectangle was divided into eight long strips. He finally drew a circle at the two narrow ends of the rectangle, which was considered to be a complete task.

"This game uses an elliptical ball." Zhu Cixuan explained: "Put two wooden barrels at both ends. Which side will send the ball into the barrel will be considered a point. After the normal game, the higher score will win."

"It's a bit like Cuju."

"Not Cuju," Zhu Cixuan corrected, "You can't kick with your feet. It's like this, for example, the six of us are divided into two teams." Zhu Cixuan casually tied You Shiwei and Zhou Yuji around him to his team, and said, "I'll kick the ball, you will be responsible for blocking it. I'll run forward with the ball, you can use various means to intercept me..."

Zhu Cixuan never likes group confrontation sports. He didn't even watch football in his previous life, let alone American football. But from the perspective of education and entertainment, football is indeed a very strong military sport. Letting two teams of people wearing armor run and collide because of a ball, summarizing offensive and defensive tactics is also a kind of training in itself.

He didn't know the rules of rugby, but any rules were perfected in practice and just need to play first.

ps:
Chapter completed!