The Royal Guards are an army dominated by firearms. The basic formation is the Spanish infantry phalanx, which is more suitable for plain combat. The four corners of the phalanx are mainly projected by muskets, cannons, crossbows, and grenadiers, while the central phalanx is composed of infantry marshals, shields, baggage chariots, spears, and crossbows.

The crossbow archer formation is similar to the musketeer formation. Cai Hua does not need too accurate archers, but requires firepower projection density. Therefore, most of the crossbow archers in the Royal Guards are longbow soldiers with longer ranges and higher firing speeds. Only elite archers use crossbows to accurately shoot enemies rushing to close.

From the beginning, Cai Yan never thought of being an enemy with the State of Song. His target was a female savage, the Jin Kingdom. Hebei, Henan, Liaoyang and other places were all plains. From the beginning, he did not think of being an enemy with the infantry of the State of Song, but instead used the elite cavalry of the State of Jin Kingdom.

The only one who can exerts the maximum power of the cavalry is in the plains. If Cai Yan cannot fight with the Jin soldiers in the plains, then don’t mention anything. It is a wise choice to stay on Daming Island honestly.

Cai Yan knew the power of cavalry charge, and even the Western musketeers in the Middle Ages were difficult to suppress the cavalry. It was not until the appearance of heavy machine guns that the cavalry gradually became baggage and patrol soldiers. However, the cavalry of this era had not experienced the baptism of artillery fire.

Not only did people in this era not experience the baptism of artillery fire, but the key was that Cai Yan had a serious phobia of insufficient firepower, the firepower of a division was almost equal to the firepower of an army in the medieval division, and the strictly trained guard infantry division was enough to fight with large cavalry on the plains.

But now the situation is different. The Ming Dynasty not only had to fight with the Jin cavalry on the plains, but also had to fight with the Song infantry on the high mountains and ridges.

When fighting with the Jin Kingdom, when the vast land of the Central Plains was not coveted, the Ming Kingdom did not need to have too many troops, but only tens of thousands of elite troops were required to strictly train elite troops. However, after being enemies with the Song Kingdom, he needed more troops and more soldiers to fight on more complex terrains. However, the population of Daming Island was insufficient, and it was impossible to cultivate hundreds of thousands of elite troops in a short time. He could only use the people under the name of the Song and Liao dynasties as soldiers.

It was better for the Liao people to be soldiers, and the people in the north had the same temperament. As long as the morale was still there, they would dare to fight and fight. But the cowardly Song people were different. Even if they wrapped their bodies tightly in iron, they would still flee. Unless the Song soldiers felt safe enough, they would still escape even if they armed the people to their teeth.

The Song people were shrewd and intelligent, and knew when to bow their heads. They would not proactively violate the military rules and regulations. Unlike the stubborn and arrogant northerners, they saw that the Song army was very obedient and hardworking during training, but it was not the case as soon as they went to the battlefield.

Given the cowardice of the Song people, when they decided to go south to capture Qingzhou, Cai Yan knew that there would be a fierce conflict with the Song Kingdom in the future, and they would inevitably use a large number of Song people as soldiers. After returning to Daming Island due to serious injuries, he was preparing to protect his chest and abdomen, plate armor, crossbow bows, grenades, scorpion crossbows, and waist knives that protected his chest and abdomen were standard equipment specially customized for the soldiers of the Song people.

Cai Yan never expected the Song soldiers under his name to fight with the Jin soldiers on the plains. He only needed these people to guard the city or fight in mountains where the attack speed was limited. As long as he could fight with the same Song people, it would be enough.

When you are far away, you use a crossbow to project a grenade. When you are close, you use a crossbow to greet you. When you are close, you use a grenade. When the enemy reaches the front, there are probably not many people. If you hit one of ten, you will probably be able to drive people away.

Cai Yan knew what Song Bing looked like many years ago. When he entered the Zhenjiang recruit training camp, he just walked around casually and ignored it. He allowed Pang Wanchun and Yang Zhi to supervise the training, and he and a group of staff members to plan the battle plan to enter Sichuan.

At first, no one realized Cai Huang's intention to enter Sichuan. After all, the Southwest Army had just taken over the two lakes, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guangdong had not yet truly stabilized. At this time, it was not a wise decision no matter where the attack was.

They thought he went to Zhenjiang just to train soldiers. It was not until Cai Yan and Gu Qinniang's letters were sent to Jiangning that a group of old cabinet men knew his true intentions. Jiangning City was no longer there and they all ran to Zhenjiang. It was like a questioning meeting. Cai Yan stood on the Zhenjiang official office and answered the confusion and concerns of dozens of old cabinet officials. The entire official office gate was closed. Except for Cai Yan and a group of foreigners in the cabinet, no outsiders were present, and no one knew anything about the questioning meeting.

The Song and Liao Pavilion Masters have never experienced the questioning meeting, but the Daming Island Pavilion Masters have experienced it several times, and the questioning meeting process is the "standard" determined by Cai Yan himself.

According to the rule of the Xujun rule of Daming Island, Cai Yan was just a clay carving and wood sculpture, defense meeting, questioning meeting, impeachment...all should fall on the head of Su, the chief minister of the cabinet. But when Daming Island landed in Jiangnan and established Guoming in Jiangnan, at the beginning, Cai Yan was just like on Daming Island, just in charge of the military. Apart from requiring low taxes in government affairs and loosening the ties for merchants, he did not interfere in government affairs. However, the cabinet only quarreled with each other for two months, and it was nothing serious.

Angry, Cai Yan built the General's Mansion, took the post of General, forcibly entered the state of "military government", and wiped out the entire cabinet in one fell swoop.

After entering the military government, all rights belong to the General's Mansion, and cabinet members have no right to raise "state of emergency" questions.

According to the questioning meeting standards formulated by Cai Yan, it is mainly divided into three aspects: one is the formulation of national and dynasty policies; the other is the formulation of laws and explanations; the third is the "state of emergency" questioning.

The formulation of national and dynasty policies is mainly formulated by the cabinet collectively. The questioners are mainly courts and local officials. If they involve confidentiality, such as the implementation of the Song and Jin strategy, there is no need to explain such secrets. The explanations mainly involve some national economy and people's livelihood, which are divided into public explanations and personal private messages to explain.

Inquiry of law and interpretation, such as judicial justice, must be explained no matter who is questioned, but such inquiry does not require the participation of the cabinet, and are explained by officials of the Censorate, Dali Temple or local judicial system.

The "state of emergency" questioning mainly involves the military. It is a questioning meeting conducted in order to ensure national security when there are major changes in the military. The military must also give the cabinet a reasonable explanation.

In times of trouble, only the army can end the war, and then enter a period of peaceful development, which is a process from military affairs to constitutionalism and imperial politics.

In Cai Yan's view, a thousand years later, whether it is constitutional monarchy, federal, republic, or actually constitutionalism, that is, the principle of governing the country with the constitution.

Military and political affairs are just a special period, an inevitable state during the war, and ultimately they will return to the period of constitutionalism and imperialism rationality.

As Cai Yan and his wife said, military and politics are extremely dangerous. It would be fine if they could absolutely control the army. Once they could not fully control the army, they would not only die, but also become more and more intensified, and the people would suffer. This is what Cai Yan did not want to do. Therefore, while military and politics, they should also appropriately increase rationality. This is also the necessity of "forming a Sichuan-Shu army and entering Sichuan" to dozens of cabinet veterans from politics, economy, military, strategy and future development.

The gate of the government office was closed for a day, and no one knew what Cai Yan said. Until the sun was about to set, dozens of old people left the government office with a tired look on their faces.
Chapter completed!