Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 427 Zhu Wei's Cavalry Archers
After hearing Zhang Xiu's description of Zhu Wei's cavalry, it really attracted Xia Houyuan, Cheng Yu and others.

Although this year's cavalry is not a regular formation of the army during the Three Kingdoms period like it is in TV and movies, the power of the cavalry is still enough to attract the attention of heroes everywhere.

Especially when Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry was begging for Dong, the heroes of the world saw the powerful combat effectiveness of Xiliang cavalry.

"Liangzhou big horses run rampant all over the world" is also a word of praise for Xiliang iron cavalry in later generations.

Now that Dong Zhuo has died, his remaining Xiliang cavalry are divided into the hands of northwest warlords such as Li Jue, Guo Bang, Zhang Xiu, etc. The once powerful Xiliang cavalry has gradually lost its original combat effectiveness, so it seems that the Xiliang cavalry has gradually been People take it lightly.

But in the future, with the rise of Ma Chao, the reputation of Xiliang iron cavalry will spread in Guanzhong again.

In the original history, Ma Chao used the power of the Xiliang cavalry to fight against Cao Cao in six battles against the Weishui River. Cao Cao who was killed cut off his beard and discarded his robe, and fled in embarrassment, which shows the strong combat effectiveness of the Xiliang cavalry.

Of course, it can also be inferred from this that the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang cavalry originally commanded by Dong Zhuo will definitely not be weak.

However, the Xiliang iron cavalry's fighting method still relied on the charging power of the cavalry, allowing the armored cavalry, armed with spears, to rush into the enemy's formation and forcibly break through the enemy's defensive line.

In history, Cao Jun once described Ma Chao's soldiers and horses with exclamation. The elite horse army, who are accustomed to using spears, rushed together like a stormy sea.

Therefore, it can also be analyzed that Ma Chao and other Xiliang iron cavalry should be cavalry units accustomed to using spears.

And when the Xiliang cavalry went out to battle, they also gathered into a dense cavalry regiment like infantry and charged at the same time. For a while, thousands of horses galloped and rushed towards the enemy formation at the same time, which made the enemy infantry formation look unmatched. a feeling of.

Only elite soldiers with firm will can stand firm in front of such an offensive, and then use spears and shields to block the cavalry's surprise attack.

But now the horse archers trained by Zhu Wei are using the Mongolian tactics of Mangu. They will never foolishly break into the enemy's formation. They will only rely on bows and arrows to kill the enemy. Vigorous force is the main military purpose, with the help of bows and arrows to shoot down the enemy's army formation.

Therefore, depicting it from the perspective of Zhang Xiu, who is good at commanding Xiliang cavalry in battle, will naturally make Xia Houyuan, Cheng Yu and other generals of the Cao army here also curious.

Now the tiger and leopard cavalry on Cao Cao's side probably haven't been trained yet, but Cao Cao also has cavalry as an auxiliary unit, but the cavalry on Cao Cao's side has also learned the collective raid tactics of the Xiliang cavalry, and they will only pull out at critical times. Go up to raid the enemy's army formation, or use the speed of the cavalry in the middle and late stages of the war to raid the enemy's chaotic army formation and pursue the enemy's fleeing army.

However, such a tactic meant that the cavalry had to charge hard every time, so with every battle, there would definitely be a lot of casualties.

The casualties of cavalry soldiers can be replenished by population, but if the war horses are lost, it is not so easy to replenish them. It can be said that war horses are more valuable than soldiers these days.

But now the Zhu Wei cavalry archer depicted by Zhang Xiu seems to have brought a new tactical method to the cavalry. If such a tactical method is used, it may really be possible to bring out the speed of the cavalry while reducing the speed of the cavalry and horses. battle damage.

In particular, Zhu Wei can pull out an archer and cavalry army of more than [-] troops, and can actually form an army of cavalry to fight alone, which means that the cavalry using this tactic seems to be able to transform the cavalry from an auxiliary force form a regular army.

In this way, senior generals and military advisers with certain identities in the Cao army, such as Xia Houyuan and Cheng Yu, of course need to be paid attention to.

Regardless of whether their side can replicate the cavalry trained by Zhu Wei, at least they need to know some information about Zhu Wei's cavalry unit so that they can find restraint methods on future battlefields.

"General Zhang, according to the general, Zhu Wei's cavalry archers seem to be guerrilla-based and not good at attacking fortified positions? Well, that doesn't seem to be a cause for concern!"

Cheng Yu didn't know what he was thinking, but on the surface, he seemed to belittle the role of Zhu Wei's cavalry archers, as if he had seen through the flaws of these cavalry archers.

"Well... if you use this kind of cavalry to storm the camp, it is indeed less of a threat, but if both sides are fighting in formation on the plain, it is indeed more difficult to deal with. Unless you use cavalry to chase and protect, otherwise you will be attacked by the cavalry." Continuous harassment, there is a big situation where you can't fight, and you can't defend!"

After hearing what Cheng Yu said, Zhang Xiu recalled the situation when he faced Zhu Wei's archers and cavalry, but he did not completely deny Cheng Yu's statement. Zhu Wei's archers were indeed not good at directly attacking cities guarded by camp walls and fortresses. The military stronghold, but if one side is in the wild, without the protection of this kind of wall, it will feel a headache.

In particular, these cavalry archers are all light cavalry, and the burden of weapons and equipment on their bodies is very light, so they can run much faster on horseback.

And Zhang Xiu's Xiliang iron cavalry is wearing iron armor, holding a spear in his hand, and his body weight is at least two or three hundred catties. Such a heavy burden on the horse will naturally make it impossible to increase the speed of the horse, and it lacks durability. combat effectiveness.

So when Zhang Xiu led the Xiliang cavalry to fight against the cavalry archers led by Mulan and Teng Yuyan, Zhang Xiu's Xiliang cavalry was able to rely on their armor and not be afraid of bows and arrows at first, and pursued and threatened Zhu Wei. But the two sides chased and killed the cavalry for a while, and then Mulan and Teng Yuyan's cavalry turned to chase and kill the weak Xiliang cavalry.

Zhang Xiu didn't say anything about this matter here, but what he has said is enough to make Xia Houyuan, Cheng Yu and others here draw a picture of a scene of cavalry archers fighting against their own army in their minds .

"Well, Miaocai, it seems that if our army breaks through Bowang Slope, within the Nanyang Basin Valley, we should be careful of these Zhu Wei's bows and horses! However, the old man is also curious, where did Zhu Wei come from? How about getting more than [-] war horses?"

Cheng Yu thought about it but he didn't worry about Zhu Wei Gongqi's matter. Since he couldn't think of a way to deal with this kind of thing right now, he should go back and think about it slowly, and he would always be able to think of a countermeasure.

So Cheng Yu changed his mind, but then focused on the source of Zhu Wei's war horse.

After all, Zhu Wei's power was developed in the south of the Yangtze River. If the horses needed to form a cavalry force of more than [-] people are added, if the loss during training is added, how many horses are needed to maintain such a force of more than [-] people? The formation of cavalry ah.

Cheng Yu, as Cao Cao's military adviser, of course knew that the money needed to form cavalry was at least several times that of ordinary infantry, but now Cheng Yu didn't believe that Zhu Wei would spend so much money on a light cavalry...

(End of this chapter)