Steel Dynasty - Chapter 994

[Chapter 987 The Chinese Empire]

“General Luo, it would be too hasty to attack now.”

Qi Guangyi showed an awkward smile after Luo Quan set the tone for the attack.

Looking at Qi Guangyi with a frown, Luo Quan asked, “What? Do you have any other ideas?”

Niu Ben and Luo Quan were both well-known generals in the Chongqing Kingdom, and Qi Guangyi and the generals in the Chongqing Kingdom were very fond of them. Respect, but in the process of military reform in Great Chongqing, they are confident that they can change faster than these veterans, and they think about some things more carefully.

After hesitating for a moment, he said: “General, 140,000 troops have gathered in Raozhou. If we act in a hurry, we will not be able to exert our true combat effectiveness. The general believes that we should let the rifle and cavalry joint drills get used to it, otherwise mistakes will inevitably occur during the battle. Especially the 8,000 carbines allocated by the emperor this time, we need to equip them and conduct a period of training.”

“This is naturally necessary.” Luo Quan calmed down. What he just said was that there is no need to fear the 260,000 barbarians. The cavalry does not mean to send troops immediately.

Niu Ben glanced at Qi Guangyi with admiration and said, “Qi Guangyi is right. You must be fully prepared for a war. From now on, the cavalry, artillery, and infantry will jointly practice tactics against the barbarian cavalry.” “

Yes, general.” Qi Guangyi breathed a sigh of relief.

The most important thing for him is to build this Lancer up, while thinking about how to play to the Lancer’s strengths.

He knew very well that the accuracy of shooting on horseback would be much poorer, but just like the original flintlock guns, they did not need to pursue accuracy, they just needed to fire dense bullets to destroy the enemy.

And although the range of the carbine is not as good as that of the Han-style rifle, the range of this percussion gun is still 500 meters. For the cavalry, this is an ultra-long-range weapon. It works with the two short-barreled muskets that no one is equipped with now. Enough to create long-range and short-range combinations.

At the same time, for him, this brand-new cavalry can also have more flexible ways of fighting. Simply put, horses are just their riding tools. They can dismount and fight under certain conditions, realizing infantry and Flexible conversion of cavalry.

After leaving the camp, Qi Guangyi immediately asked his generals to select 8,000 outstanding soldiers and formally established the First Lancer Division.

In the next month, he borrowed some officers from the army and used the cavalry as infantry in the morning to train basic shooting skills and combat methods.

In the afternoon, these soldiers were allowed to practice shooting skills and formation combination on galloping horses.

In addition to the normal training of the cavalry regiment, Niu Ben and Luo Quan began cooperative training among the artillery, infantry, cavalry, and lancers. For a while, Raozhou City was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

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Qingzhou.

Zhezi from Raozhou were piled high as a fist on Xiao Ming’s table. He knew everything about the military training from Niu Ben and Luo Quan’s arrival in Raozhou to Yaozhou.

In any era, the military expedition abroad was a matter of great concern to the court, because once the generals abroad had the intention of rebellion, it would bring great harm to the country, and even lead to the change of dynasty.

But for Xiao Ming, he has no worries. Compared with the lack of information before, he can grasp the situation in Raozhou in time and can respond in time.

However, in order to appease the cabinet, he still revealed the news to them from time to time, saving them from talking about it every day.

“You should feel at ease now, but this time I asked you to come because there is an important matter to discuss.”

Xiao Ming said after waiting for Pang Yukun and Fiji to read the excerpt in the imperial study room.

“Please express it clearly, Your Majesty.”

Pang Yukun and Fiji said to the same voice.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: “I have been thinking about the country’s name these days. Since I came to the throne, I have promoted reforms to give the Great Yu Kingdom a completely new look. However, the country’s name of the Dayu Kingdom is still a symbol of the old power of the wealthy family. If it is completely erased To remove the traces of the past, a new national title should be used to symbolize the country’s elimination of the old and ushering in the new.”

Pang Yukun heard this and said with a smile: “After more than ten years, the emperor destroyed the feudal kings, eliminated the wealthy families, promoted industry and commerce, and drove out the barbarians. The credit has long been lost to the saints of the past dynasties. Now that we are competing in the world, there should be a unified country. “

Fiji’s expression moved slightly, and he said:” What Pang Shoufu said was very true. The country of Chongqing was once divided, but now the country is unified. When there is a unified country, the titles of Wei, Zhao, Yan, etc. must also be cancelled, so as to avoid the separation between the people. “

Xiao Ming’s eyes turned around Pang Yukun and Fiji, and Pang Yukun looked happy. , after all, he followed Xiao Ming to conquer the country. For him, the country of Dayu has long been replaced by the sun and the moon, and the name of the country of Dayu is a burden.

Moreover, if a new dynasty is established, those who follow Xiao Ming will have a more famous name in the history books.

He also saw Fiji’s hesitation, because he thought that reforming the old country meant getting rid of the noble clans they once represented.

After all, the wealthy families that were wiped out at the beginning were all those who opposed Xiao Ming, while the wealthy families that supported Xiao Ming at the beginning were no longer in glory, but they relatively retained a large amount of wealth.

This wealth gave them a great advantage in the early stages of industrial and commercial development, and thus successfully turned many wealthy families into capital families.

The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty knew this very well, and Xiao Ming certainly knew it too, but he had no choice. The change of power was something that made him very helpless.

What’s more, these wealthy families are only one of the problems. The more important problem is that the people who followed him to conquer the country have unknowingly replaced the former powerful class and become the new powerful people.

Needless to say, Luo Xin represents the Luo family. Even a former wild man like Lu Fei has a bunch of relatives around him because of his increase in power.

And this phenomenon is not uncommon in the cabinet.

Perhaps they did not intentionally let their relatives benefit from the development of the country, but when officials learned that they were relatives of the powerful people of the day, they would inevitably be different from other common people.

Therefore, the change of country name this time was aimed at two groups of people, Pang Yukun and Fiji representatives, rather than targeting any one person. However, Pang Yukun did not expect that Xiao Ming’s mind was changing.

“Since you all agree, the country of Chongqing will be officially renamed the Chinese Empire. What do you think?” Xiao Ming said loudly.

“China, China. Since ancient times, literati and poets have called the Central Plains the land of China. In ancient times, the Chinese people mostly built their capitals in the north and south of the Yellow River. Because they were in the four directions, they called it China. At the same time, this was also the place where the Han people prospered. Later, The territory of each dynasty has gradually expanded, and everything under its jurisdiction is called Zhonghua. Today, the emperor changed the name of the country to the Chinese Empire, which is in line with the current situation. “Pang Yukun is very happy with this country’s name.

Fiji nodded slightly. He could see that Xiao Ming’s taking the title of Emperor of China also meant to awaken the national consciousness. After all, the Central Plains dynasty had been specialized in internal fighting for a long time.

But now foreign enemies are looking around, and a unified and stable Chinese empire is needed to confront them.

(End of chapter)