Although Major Swede's regiment looks very different, Ding Yunyi knows that this is actually the development direction of the army in the future.

Muskets will completely replace cold weapons such as swords sooner or later. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you don't keep up with the development of the times, you will inevitably be ruthlessly eliminated.

Although swords and muskets are now not at a disadvantage on the battlefield, in a few years the brave and fearless warriors holding swords will not even have the power to resist in the face of muskets.

The only thing that dissatisfied Ding Yunyi was that the Chinese soldiers in the "Major Shiweide Regiment" wearing weird military uniforms looked too weird.

Moreover, Swede and Mansoura seemed not to be satisfied with this. They actually created a drum band, all of which played Thai musical instruments. Once the war broke out and Major Swede's regiment went into battle, these drumming bands would play music while

Fight with the enemy.

Ding Yunyi knew that this was also the habit of the Dutch, Spanish, and English people. He could tolerate such weird military uniforms, and let them do things like the drum band.

After listening to it for a while, I thought it was pretty good and could boost morale. Qin Yun was especially interested.

Hearing this kind of Thai and Western musical instrument, Ding Yunyi suddenly remembered something: "Fourth brother, how are you and that French woman Rachel Sha?"

Caught off guard, Qin Yun was a little embarrassed. After being coy for a long time, he quietly said: "Third brother, please stop making fun of me. Rachelsha and I are just a casual marriage."

Ding Yunyi smiled, he didn't want to have to interfere with these matters of his subordinates.

After leaving Shi Weide's military camp, he saw Li Guo from a distance and called him to his side. He asked about the current situation of the Pirate Alliance. Li Guo told him that during the period when Ding Yunyi left, the Pirate Alliance had an impact with the end of the Battle of Golden Eagle City.

The situation has intensified and their power has increased greatly. There are now 93 pirates with more than 200 ships. Among them are pirates from the Ming Dynasty, pirates from Luzon and other places, and even pirates from the Fusang Kingdom. Only a few pirates are still stubborn and refuse to

Join the alliance.

"Those who are unwilling to join will be resolutely eliminated." Ding Yunyi did not even ask why they were unwilling to join.

Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish! This is Ding Yunyi's only idea at the moment.

He no longer cares about how others view and evaluate himself. The only thing he thinks about is how to expand his power as quickly as possible to a point where he can resist any force.

And in Ding Yunyi's mind, he has already started planning for the second pirate conference. In the whole concept, pirates will be an important part of his military strength. At the first pirate conference, only six came. This time

The new conference will take on a completely different look.

"That's right." Li Guo suddenly said: "That time, a pirate from Fusang Kingdom came to surrender. He said that there was a pirate on an island in Fusang Kingdom, and he also got support from someone. He is quite powerful."

Ding Yunyi didn't pay too much attention: "Did he join?"

"No." Li Guo shook his head.

"Destroy him!" Ding Yunyi's answer was very simple.

Li Guo was a little embarrassed: "He did not move within the sphere of influence we demarcated. It is said that this man always goes to sea quietly with a few boats. No one knows where he goes. He often leaves for more than a month and returns.

I always come home with a full load.”

Ding Yunyi nodded: "Li Guo, tell me. Although the sea is boundless, ninety-three pirates want to fight for food on the sea. The merchant ships we protect cannot be robbed. They also have no power to rob the merchant ships protected by Zheng Zhilong. One pot of rice."

That's all, what do you think they should do?"

Li Guo was startled for a moment. Ding Yunyi then said: "So you send out my alliance flag. In March next year, the second pirate conference will be held in Golden Eagle City to mainly solve this problem. Our vision cannot be too short-sighted, we must take a longer view.

.”

Li Guo nodded in agreement.

At this time, the sound of drills came from the cavalry barracks that had just been established not far away. Ding Yunyi became very interested and walked over.

In addition to the 200 cavalry brought back from the Central Plains, Ding Yunyi temporarily carefully selected 100 soldiers to join the cavalry.

Most of these are Taiwanese locals who have lived by the sea since childhood and have never ridden a horse for a day, but Ding Yunyi decided to forge an elite cavalry here.

Hou Lu was explaining the essentials of riding to the new recruits. Huangfu Yunjie was sitting on a chair with a straight face and said nothing.

Originally, Ding Yunyi's intention was to let him rest for a while before starting up the cavalry. Who would have thought that he couldn't wait any longer and started training the cavalry early.

Ding Yunyi did not interrupt, and stood at the door of the military camp and watched carefully. After Hou Lu finished explaining, Huangfu Yunjie stood up: "What is cavalry? They are used to clash with the enemy, they are the best among the best! Those infantry, navy,

Not worthy to be compared with us!"

"Fuck." Li Guo was unhappy when he heard this and cursed fiercely.

Ding Yunyi smiled, but Huangfu Yunjie would not be happy to hear what he said.

Huangfu Yunjie's words came again over there: "Our cavalry's salary is higher than others, our weapons are better than others, and we also have war horses! The infantry has to rely on its own two legs, and the navy is nothing after getting off the ship...

.”

"If you have the damn ability, come and try it in the sea!" Li Guo muttered again with a gloomy face.

"We cavalry have the right to be arrogant. When you are here, it is your ancestors who burned incense." Huangfu Yunjie's voice became louder: "But when the cavalry arrives on the battlefield, they cannot be afraid of death and have to treat themselves as dead people! Charge,

We have to charge wherever the peak tells us to go, there is no room for hesitation or fear! We cavalry are the decisive force and are used to fight to the death!"

Are cavalry used to fight to the death? This is the first time Ding Yunyi has heard this. Raising a cavalry is much more expensive than raising an infantry. Not counting those special armors and swords, just raising a war horse is enough trouble. Could it be?

Did I take them to death when they were brought to the battlefield?

That’s a lot of money!

But Ding Yunyi has a characteristic. Since he has entrusted you with such a matter, he has unconditional trust in you. You will not interfere in anything.

Over there, Huangfu Yunjie continued:

"But it's not that easy for our cavalry to die. We two hundred brothers followed General Zhaowu in the Central Plains and killed the bandits in rivers of blood. In Xinyang, three hundred cavalry defeated 50,000 bandits; in Yingzhou, eight hundred cavalry defeated 40,000 bandits.

Thieves; Suzhou, two hundred cavalry defeated one hundred thousand thieves! Only our cavalry can accomplish such a feat!"

As soon as these words came out, Qin Yun and Li Guo's eyes suddenly changed.

We only know that Shenrong fought a bloody battle in the Central Plains, but Shenrong did not tell us the specific process. God, a few hundred cavalry defeated tens of thousands of people and they still won. Are they still human?

Ding Yunyi rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly. Huangfu Yunjie's words were a bit exaggerated.

Xinyang's three hundred cavalry attacked suddenly, while Yingzhou relied on its geographical advantage to hold on. As for Suzhou, the so-called "one hundred thousand thieves" actually only had a few hundred people at most capable of fighting.

But these things change their taste as they are passed around. Especially when spoken by a general like Huangfu Yunjie who has personally participated in all battles, the taste is even more different.

Sure enough, everyone's faces showed shock, envy, and admiration for those newly added things.

Ding Yunyi didn't give any clues, and listened to Huangfu Yunjie continue:

"General Zhaowu personally set three rules for our cavalry. All our cavalry must remember them from the first day! Look at that flag!"

He pointed his hand, and Ding Yunyi and others couldn't help but look over.

It was the time of the bloody battle in the Central Plains. A battle flag that was always flying on the battlefield, already dilapidated and full of blood:

The brave and loyal tiger guards!

Huangfu Yunjie said sternly: "The iron rules for cavalry! If you see the flag and don't advance, kill! If you hear the enemy retreat, kill! If you behead less than three levels, kill!"

"If you see the flag and refuse to advance, kill! If you hear the enemy retreat, kill! If you behead less than three levels, kill!"

Everyone's emotions were suddenly aroused, and they shouted in unison, with overwhelming momentum.

This place is very different from Major Shi Weide's regiment that Ding Yunyi visited just now. Shi Weide's Major regiment was orderly and calm, but here it is full of momentum.

"practice!"

Huangfu Yunjie roared, and the recruits quickly threw themselves into the training. When he turned around, he saw Ding Yunyi looking there for a long time, and hurriedly ran over: "General Zhaowu."

Li Guo snorted in his nose, and Huangfu Yunjie was a little surprised. Was he dissatisfied with him? He didn't offend him.

Ding Yunyi smiled: "Huangfu, are you satisfied with the soldiers you selected for you?"

"General." Huangfu Yunjie opened his mouth and actually said this: "If there was still room for choice, I would not choose them, but in these extraordinary times, we can only make up for it. If their quality is not the same as when they were in the Central Plains

Just like General Zhaowu, I can help General Zhaowu train the most elite cavalry within half a year!"

Hearing him talk about the brothers who died in the bloody battle in the Central Plains, Ding Yunyi's face turned a little gloomy, and then he calmed down: "Let's not talk about the past. Huangfu, if I give you a few years, I can drag you to the border and fight with Jin Lu.

What are your chances of winning in a cavalry battle?"

"I don't know." Huangfu Yunjie said honestly: "I have been fighting in the Central Plains all year round. Most of the time, I used cavalry against infantry. I have never fought against Jinlu. I just heard that Jinlu was good at riding and shooting, so he flew immediately.

A running arrow has no miss..."

"Nonsense, that was all made up by the Ming army general who suffered a defeat in order to cover up his incompetence." Ding Yunyi interrupted him: "You are a cavalry yourself. Just imagine shooting an arrow on a galloping horse. How can you be accurate?

Yan? I think it’s nothing more than stopping the horse to shoot arrows, dismounting to shoot arrows, and galloping on horseback to shoot arrows without missing anything, all of which are deceiving oneself and others. In the battle of Jinlu, we often have to wait until our Ming army is approaching and release arrows within ten steps.

The armor is poor, and it falls in response to strings, which creates the illusion that the Jinlu are quite fierce in cavalry and shooting."

There was a pause: "The characteristics of cavalry and archery are distinct, and the shortcomings are also distinct. They are highly dependent on terrain and are not good at attacking tough battles. During the Han Dynasty, the famous general Li Ling's five thousand infantry archers could fight against the Xiongnu's tens of thousands of cavalry archers. If not

Even if they run out of arrows and food, they will not surrender. The Mongolian cavalry and archery are almost invincible, but all sieges have to rely on the mechanical power of other nations. In the few sieges in which cavalry and archery participated, the Mongols and the general

There is no difference in the army, and the casualties are huge. So in my opinion, the power of this cavalry archery is exaggerated."

"How can we use cavalry to attack a city?" Huangfu Yunjie muttered.

"Yes, I have to rely on you when fighting in the wild." Ding Yunyi smiled and comforted: "Are there any difficulties now?"

"Yes!" Huangfu Yunjie said immediately, "General, there are too few war horses here right now. Where are the horses that the general promised me?"

"That's why I came to see you." Ding Yunyi said: "Fujian lacks good horses that can be used on the battlefield. I thought that it might not be easy to find suitable horses in other places where horses are abundant.

At present, war horses are needed everywhere, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to share them. There is only one place where we can try our luck... the border."

"Border pass?" Huangfu Yunjie was startled after hearing this: "We fight with the Jinlu there all the time. Although the horses are excellent, I'm afraid they won't give them to us."
To be continued...