Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But in this era, the cavalry itself is just a unit that follows the infantry brother and does chores for the infantry brother. If you want to get a squire to serve you, it can be said to be quite amazing.

However, there is no way to do this. You must know that whether this heavy cavalry is a man or a horse, the armor is quite heavy.

Since it is very heavy, it is naturally impossible to wear it for a long time, otherwise, it is unbearable for humans and horses to bear armor weighing dozens of kilograms.

Therefore, not only does each heavy armored cavalry have a horse specially used to transport equipment, but there are also two followers who are used to take care of the equipment and horses respectively.

It is precisely because of this that the cavalry wearing armor must be tall and strong, so that they have the strength to fight against the enemy with dozens of catties of armor.

Therefore, among the cavalry led by Li Mu, there were very few nomadic tribes such as Lin Hu and Lou Fan, and they were basically big men from the original hometown of Zhongshan State and the northern part of Zhao State.

After all, the height of nomads is naturally not tall enough, whether it is the Loufan Linhu of today, or the Huns, Turks or even Mongolia in the future, this is because the living environment is doomed.

Immediately after Li Mu's order, thousands of followers brought the armor in twos and began to put on armor for Li Mu and his heavy cavalry.

After the man has put on the armor, the horse has to put it on too.

After such a toss, a quarter of an hour had passed by the time Li Mu, who was fully armored, returned to his horse and started slowly running out of Zhao Jun's main formation with his brothers under his command.

Li Mu's 500 men were not the only ones fighting. After all, it was a battlefield where 40 troops were fighting each other. What could 500 men do?

On Li Mu's left and right sides, there is a cavalry team as the flanks, and there are two cavalry teams behind Li Mu to raid the formation. In this way, there are [-] heavy cavalry plus [-] Zhao's traditional light cavalry.

More importantly, all these cavalry are under Li Mu's command!

Full of confidence, Li Mu headed towards the center of the battlefield.

Chapter 369 Zhao Guoren's brain must be broken (second update)

When the two armies were fighting, although many cavalry would raise dust in front of the formation in order to obscure the opponent's sight, it was naturally impossible for a large-scale mobilization of nearly [-] cavalry to be deceived by the opposing Yan army.

So soon, the news reached the ears of Rong Yan, the leader of the Yan army on the opposite side.

Rong Yan was also wearing armor and a crown today, standing on top of the chariot. He was already tall, so he looked even more majestic, quite the demeanor of a famous general.

"Zhao Jun dispatched cavalry, the number is about three to four thousand?"

After hearing these words, Rong Yan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, showing a disdainful smile, and quickly gave the order.

Pass on the order and order the general Rong Sheng to lead the troops to fight!

Rong Sheng is Rong Yan's second son.

Rong Yan felt that Pang Nuan, who was opposite him, must have lost his head.

The two armies were fighting, and they sent cavalry first to call for battle?

How can this mere auxiliary unit be an opponent of infantry?

Who in this world doesn't know that Zhao's cavalry is famous for its "Hu Fu cavalry and shooting"?

To put it bluntly, Hufu is the clothes that nomads wear every day!

Such clothes, of course, cannot have any protective properties.

Since there is no protection at all, it only takes a few rounds of crossbow volleys. Aren't these Zhao cavalrymen directly shot into a sieve by the crossbowmen of Yan?

As for the kite tactics that the Hufu cavalry are best at, that is, shooting while running, it is even less of a problem for the current Yan State army.

You must know that all the cavalrymen hold bows, which are far inferior to the powerful crossbows equipped by the crossbowmen of the Yan Army in terms of range.

Before the cavalry of Zhao State began to enter the range where they could draw their bows, the crossbows in the hands of the crossbowmen of Yan State had already begun to harvest their lives!

This is not a fantasy in Rong Yan's own head, but the experience of Yan Guo in the process of conquering Donghu!

At that time, Qin Kai, the general of Yan State, relied on Yan State's powerful crossbow to fight every step of the way on the grassland, killing the heads of Donghu people, expanding the territory of Yan State thousands of miles, and taking the entire Liaodong Peninsula, forcing Donghu and Jizi North Korea to be at the same time. Pride.

So no matter from which point of view, Rong Yan felt that Pang Nuan had made a bad move, an out-and-out failure, and a victory and contribution to the army of Yan State for nothing.

That being the case, then of course this kind of credit and victory cannot be taken advantage of by others.

Therefore, without even thinking about it, Rong Yan sent out his second son, Rong Sheng, who led the army to fight.

Rong Sheng has a total of 3000 Yan troops under his command, including more than [-] archers and [-] cavalry as assistants.

Judging from previous experience, it is definitely enough to use so many troops to fight three or four thousand cavalry.

What's more, this son Rong Sheng has always been regarded by Rong He as his future successor. He has long taught him all the art of war and skills, and he is also very confident in Rong Sheng's ability to lead the army.

Soon, Yan's command flag also began to dance in the air.

Rong Sheng, who is already 32 years old this year, received the order to lead the [-] troops of the Yan State to march out of the main formation of the Yan Army, ready to teach Zhao Guo's inexplicable vanguard a lesson, by the way Give Zhao Jun's coach Pang Nuan a disarm.

Like his father Rong Yan, Rong Sheng is also full of confidence.

The lieutenant general of the Yan Army yelled loudly, and gave orders to the lieutenants and generals under his command: "Come on, set up a formation for me, all the archers are in front, advance step by step! Two thousand cavalry Cover the flanks and wait for the general's order!"

Rongsheng's troops set up their formation and moved forward slowly.

As the distance gradually narrowed, Zhao Jun's cavalry began to appear in Rong Sheng's sight.

As soon as he saw the Zhao army cavalry in front of him, Rong Sheng couldn't help but widen his eyes: "This, what kind of cavalry is this?"

To be honest, it wasn't that Rong Sheng was ignorant, it was that the Zhao Army cavalry in front of him was a cavalry force that Rong Sheng had never seen or even heard of.

Rong Sheng smacked his mouth and couldn't help murmuring: "Why are these Zhao cavalry equipment so weird?"

To be honest, Rong Sheng was somewhat overwhelmed.

Although Rong Sheng could tell by visual inspection that the Zhao Guo cavalry, which looked quite intimidating, only had 500 soldiers, accounting for about one-tenth of all the Zhao Guo cavalry, but this Everyone in the cavalry unit is wearing black armor. In addition, these heavy cavalrymen are all very tall. Sitting on the horse is like a moving steel shell, giving people a very strong sense of shock. feel.

Rong Sheng took a deep breath and made a decision: "Come here, order two thousand cavalry to attack and test it out!"

Rong Sheng also has [-] Yan State light cavalry under his command, and now that the enemy's situation is unknown, Rong Sheng felt that he had to test the Zhao State cavalry in front of him first, to see how strange Zhao State's armored cavalry was. There is something famous in it.

On the opposite side of Rong Sheng, Li Mu's body was already shaking with excitement.

The enemy, the enemy!

The hard work of the past few months, the hard work and sweat of every day and night, will finally be verified today.

Li Mu had been waiting for this moment for too long.

But even so, Li Mu did not order the charge immediately.

After all, the word "heavily armored cavalry" is not a joke. If you charge too early, it is estimated that the horses will start to slow down due to exhaustion before they have even met the enemy's soldiers.

These hundreds of days and nights of practice have already made Li Mu understand such a truth, that is, speed is better than everything else!