Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

"Big Chanyu, the pressure on the left wing is huge, and four thousand riders have already been defeated by Zhao Guoren!"

"Great Chanyu, there is an urgent report from King Youxian on the right wing that three thousand cavalry have been repelled, and about two thousand cavalry from Zhao's side have also been disabled!"

"The Great Chanyu, Left Wing"

"Enough!" Uwe Shanyu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and roared angrily: "Where are the armored cavalry, where are the armored cavalry of Zhao State?"

A person who can become a Shanyu, especially a Shanyu who can successfully integrate the tribes of the Huns through a bloody battle, kneading the tribes of the Huns together to form a prototype of a country, obviously cannot be a war idiot.

In fact, for today's battle, Uwe Shanyu has been preparing for a long time.

The reason why he attacked the Western Regions was not because Uwe Shanyu was afraid of going south, but because Uwe Shanyu knew that the new and weak Xiongnu Kingdom was not enough to compete with Zhao Guo, and he had to get new blood from the Western Regions to supplement his losses. Only with strong national strength can we hope to go south again in the near future to compete with Zhao Guoren.

Although Uwe Shanyu is not ready enough now, for him who has no way to retreat, he can only give it a go with Zhao Guoren.

In Uwe Shanyu's view, the real key lies in Zhao's armored cavalry!

The armored cavalry is an invincible trump card in Li Mu's hands. It can always destroy all the enemies in front of it. It can be called the strongest cavalry at that time.

But there are pros and cons, as long as you can find a way to defeat the armored cavalry of the Zhao people, then the morale of the Zhao army will inevitably be hit very hard. At that time, Uwe Shanyu will fight back again, and victory will be a big deal for the Xiongnu. Not an impossible thing!

In order to target the armored cavalry, Uwe Shanyu thought hard for a long time, and made some very targeted plans.

The Xiongnu Chanyu felt confident that as long as his plan could succeed, the armored cavalry would not be invincible!

But the problem is that the war has been going on for almost half an hour now, Zhao Jun's central army is standing still, but there are no armored cavalry on the left and right wings at all!

This is obviously very different from Li Mu's use of troops in the past, and it is completely beyond Uwe Shanyu's expectations.

You must know that if it was normal, Li Mu would have used armored cavalry as the vanguard to charge frantically!

"Cunning Li Mu!" Uwe Shanyu cursed angrily, and after struggling for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and gave an order: "Come on, let Shanyu's heavy cavalry go out and attack Zhao Jun's central army! "

Chapter 43 Huns Heavy Cavalry (First update)

Yes, the Huns also had heavy cavalry.

In fact, this is also a very understandable thing. Since the Huns have been repeatedly defeated by Zhao Guo's heavy cavalry, they must also want to form a heavy cavalry to compete with Zhao Guo.

This is the learning and imitation of advanced nations by backward nations. Looking at history, you will find that such things are actually not uncommon at all.

Take the Warring States period as an example. In the early years of the Warring States period, Wei State became the hegemon because of Li Kui's reform, and dominated the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years. Wu Qi reformed in Chu State, Zou Ji reformed in Qi State, Wuling King Hufu in Zhao State rode and shot, and so on.

As long as there are benefits, there will never be a shortage of people to follow suit.Sometimes the old system really doesn't have much resistance in the face of the new interests.

The Huns' consideration of forming a heavy cavalry had already arisen when they were defeated by armored cavalry for the first time.

But the embarrassing problem is that the Huns did not lack war horses, but they lacked iron, and the smelting technology was completely blank.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Huns at that time did not even know how to smelt an iron pot.

In fact, until hundreds or even thousands of years later in history, when the nomads from the grassland went south to plunder, they liked the necessities of life such as iron pots, tea, and salt the most. Only nobles would like gold more. Silver jewelry stuff.

For a country that doesn't even know how to make iron pots, it is basically a dream to make a full-coverage steel heavy armor like an armored cavalry.

This dilemma has lasted for many years, until the Xiongnu invaded the Western Regions in a large-scale westward two years ago, this situation finally changed.

In the Western Regions, the Huns captured a large number of slaves by virtue of their victories. As a great foresighted Chanyu, Ubi Chanyu captured almost all the craftsmen he could find, especially blacksmiths. clean.

In addition, in the battle with the Bactrians, although the Huns finally returned home, the soldiers of the Huns still ravaged the northeast of Bactria, and also captured a large number of Bactrian areas. craftsmen.

It was also here that Uwe Shanyu got a crucial piece of information.

Among these Bactrian craftsmen was one who could forge the equipment of the Companion Cavalry!

The partner cavalry, also known as the partner cavalry and the Macedonian guard cavalry, is the most important cavalry elite unit under the command of Alexander the Great who was famous decades ago and swept across the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa.

In the famous battle "Battle of Gaugamela" in 331 BC, under the wise command of Alexander the Great, the partner cavalry defeated the Stechian heavy cavalry who were as famous as themselves, sounded the death knell of the Persian Empire, and fought And undisputedly became the world's first heavy cavalry at that time!

After the death of Alexander the Great, the empire he built fell apart, and Seleucus was one of the separated countries, and Bactria, the eastern region of Seleucus, had a large number of military craftsmen living here, even after dozens of years Years, but the descendants of these craftsmen still retain the craftsmanship of their ancestors, and even made certain improvements.

Accompanied by the sound of a loud horn, the sound of heavy horseshoes began to sound, and a heavy armored cavalry appeared in front of Uwe Shanyu.

The difference from the armored cavalry is that this heavy cavalry does not have so much heavy armor on their bodies, and their faces are exposed on their helmets, and their bodies are only covered in more important parts, such as the chest. Places like the abdomen and arms have heavy armor, while other places are still leather armor.

In addition, the Huns were originally shorter than the Central Plains people, so their hands were all scimitars from the Western Regions, and they did not have spears.

This is not to say that Uwe Shanyu is not willing to invest, but because the craftsmen are short of manpower and need training, and because they only know the craft formula, it will take time to rebuild a production line, so although more than a year has passed , But today's Xiongnu army only has a thousand heavy cavalry.

Uwe Shanyu looked at the thousand heavy armored cavalry in front of him, he couldn't help but feel quite emotional, and he was also vaguely proud.

This is the heavy cavalry of the Huns themselves!

A general of the Xiongnu rode his horse and came to Uwe Shanyu: "Da Shanyu, a thousand heavy cavalry are in place, waiting for your order!"

Uwe Shanyu nodded vigorously, and said: "Very good, Ben Shanyu has ordered the servants to attack, you should line up in front of the formation first, as long as the servants start to contact Zhao Jun, you can attack !"

"The Huns' infantry are charging up, Commander!" A scout galloped towards Li Mu and shouted loudly.

"Infantry?" Li Mu couldn't help being stunned when he heard these words.

That's right, the Huns still have infantry?

This was the first time that Li Mu showed an unexpected expression on his face during this war.

And this was also a big "surprise" for Li Mu from the Huns.

As a nomadic people, if the Huns were to go to the ground to fight, it would be quite tortured.

After all, after riding a horse for a long time, people will become bow-legged. Think about letting a group of bow-legged dwarfs sprinting and running with long swords and sabers to attack Zhao Jun who is sweeping the world. Isn't it courting death?

But no matter what, this news still aroused Li Mu's great vigilance.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

The Huns can produce an infantry now, but they may not be able to produce any moths later.

Li Mu did not make a judgment immediately, but issued an order: "Let the cavalry in front of the formation disperse, the governor wanted to see the Huns, after a moment, the smoke gradually dispersed.

An infantry unit suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu.

The infantry held a huge leather shield aloft, wore leather armor, and held spears in their hands. They formed a rather strict formation and approached Zhao Jun's central formation step by step.

As a general who led the army all the year round, Li Mu concluded with just a few glances that the Huns had about 8000 to [-] infantrymen.

But these Xiongnu infantrymen looked tall and tall, even taller than the people in the Central Plains of Zhao State, so they were obviously not Huns.

"I see." Li Mu nodded thoughtfully, "This must be the servant army of the Huns."