Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 82

"Your Highness, the key to opening a bow is "brain strength". The real difficulty is not opening a bow and archery, but the timing of archery."

"Because the horse's back is undulating like a wave, it is necessary to find a suitable release point to ensure that the enemy can be shot."

Lu Wenzhao taught Zhu Youjian. With the previous two teachings, he knew Zhu Youjian's talent better, so he spoke more carefully.

"Mounting shooting is definitely much worse than foot shooting, but it's hard but not as hard as people think."

"Presumably, when His Highness galloped just now, he should have discovered that there is a time for a war horse to leap in the air."

"This time is also the time for sitting up and down. There will be a hover at the moment when you reach the highest point and prepare to go down. This instant release can greatly reduce the impact of the horse's back up and down."

"Well, I really feel it." Zhu Youjian nodded, and Lu Wenzhao continued:
"The cavalry of the frontier army, the archers who are often able to open the nine-power bow, can shoot arrows at any time, which really requires effort."

"As for archery such as left and right bow, back bow, back shot, etc., these shooting skills are very difficult, but this thing is definitely not the main skill on the battlefield."

"Unless the army is chasing after the opponent's cavalry, it is still useful when shooting while running, but this is basically equivalent to acrobatics, and the hit rate will be extremely low if the distance is a little farther away."

"The role of light cavalry is to test and harass, which is also the favorite method of Tang Taizong Li Shimin."

"Every time the two armies confront each other, Li Shimin will personally lead the light cavalry to pass over the enemy's position to test the enemy's reality, and will also shoot arrows in the process."

"The bow of cavalry shooting needs to be stronger than that of the infantry bow to achieve the power of infantry shooting. Therefore, cavalry archery cannot shoot the opponent's infantry against infantry."

"As long as you wear armor, unless you hit the cheek, even if you hit the opponent, you will not be able to penetrate the armor."

Lu Wenzhao talked about the difference between horseback shooting and footwork in detail, and also talked about the power of horseback shooting and footwork. Horseback shooting is not comparable to footwork.

Often with the same bow, infantry can shoot [-] steps, while cavalry shooting can only shoot [-] steps. Therefore, the most important thing for cavalry is mobility and harassment.

Zhu Youjian read so many military books and had a few chats with Man Gui, so he also knew that normally the light cavalry mainly went around the enemy's formation to find weaknesses.

If the light cavalry think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of a certain place, they will try to shoot a few rounds to find out the truth.

They would gallop their horses to full speed and shoot their arrows in a projectile.

Such a projectile range can completely harass the enemy's bow and arrow.

If the enemy's formation is harassed, then they may have found the weakness of the formation, and then the master will mobilize the heavy cavalry behind to attack this weakness.

It doesn't matter if the enemy's formation doesn't respond at all. Anyway, the light cavalry is highly mobile, so just change the position and try again.

And for such a temptation, it is not necessary to send only one light cavalry to test, the master general can send many light cavalry to test everywhere or even repeatedly.

Unless the enemy's formation is really monolithic, as long as there are loopholes, he will soon be tested by him. With this tactic, Tang Taizong Li Shimin can find a suitable breakthrough in almost every battle in history, and then Jingqi charged into the formation. The opponent's formation broke up.

On the battlefield, as long as the formation of the army is dispersed, for the enemy army, it can only be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, only waiting to be slaughtered.

Of course, the enemy is not stupid. If you send light cavalry to try and harass you, they will not sit still, and they will also send light cavalry to counter-harass you.

And it is very likely that the light cavalry on both sides will exchange fire first, and then those tricks such as left and right bows may come in handy.

However, even if the opponent does not have light cavalry to fight against you, you may not be sure of victory. For example, Cao Wei's iron cavalry can be said to be unbeatable in the world, but there is no way to meet Zhuge Liang's chariot formation.

Because they can train their soldiers to the point where there is no weakness, you can test them casually, and they will surround you with eight formations, and it doesn't matter which angle you attack from.

So although Sima Yi holds an iron cavalry, he can only use one trick to deal with Zhuge Liang, and that is to shrink back.

Because of the poor mobility of infantry, although Sima Yi couldn't beat Zhuge Liang in field battles, Zhuge Liang couldn't do anything about him as long as he stayed in the camp.

The main advantage of cavalry and archery lies in mobility, but if you really encounter an impeccable army formation, no matter how maneuverable you are, it is useless. However, there are very few people who have trained soldiers to the level of Zhuge Liang throughout the ages, so the advantage of cavalry and archery mobility is still very big.

Therefore, after understanding cavalry tactics, Zhu Youjian probably knew how to ride and shoot when Lu Wenzhao casually instructed him.

"drive!"

In front of everyone, he lightly clamped the horse's belly, and then rode the horse towards the target.

He stretched out his hand to pinch the quiver, and the three arrows were held between his fingers, tightly clenched.

However, he didn't shoot arrows at the beginning, but after getting familiar with the ups and downs of the pony under his crotch hitting the waves, he turned around and drew his bow and arrow.

Accompanied by three sounds of "咻", two of the three arrows hit the red heart of the target, and one shot to the edge of the red heart.

"it is good!"

A group of eunuchs didn't need Zhu Youxiao to applaud, so they applauded consciously.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao also laughed very happily, and then said loudly:

"An arrow that misses the bull's-eye doesn't count."

"It's my first time ejaculating, so the first ejaculation is naturally not counted, brother give me another chance." Zhu Youjian yelled from a distant horse.

"Okay! Then I'll give you another chance!" Zhu Youxiao also shouted happily.

As soon as he shouted, Zhu Youjian continued to turn back, and shot three arrows at a distance of ten steps away from the target, none of them missed the target, and they all hit the bull's-eye.

"His Royal Highness is very talented. He has such a sharp shot at the age of ten. I am afraid that after he reaches the crown, he will be able to draw a ten-strength bow on horseback, as brave as Liu Ting and Liu Zongbing."

Lu Wenzhao couldn't help sighing, which made Zhu Youxiao laugh.

Although Liu Ting died in the battle of Sarhu, except for the last battle, the Jin army faced his army and was defeated one after another along the way.

Moreover, Liu Ting's bravery was so strong that he was hailed as the number one fierce general in the late Ming Dynasty. The iron knife he used weighed more than [-] catties, and it turned like flying immediately, known as "Liu Dadao" in the world.

Naturally, these words are a bit exaggerated. The one hundred and twenty catty big sword is used by Liu Ting in his daily martial arts training, and his weapons on the battlefield only weigh more than ten catties.

But even so, the bravery he displayed in the battle of Saarhu was jaw-dropping.

"The Addendum to the Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty" records that Liu Ting was shot by an arrow and injured his left and right arms.

This kind of bravery is extremely rare, and the next time it appears again, it will be Li Dingguo singled out the elephant.

Therefore, in Zhu Youxiao's view, this kind of bravery shows that his younger brother is in good health, so he will not die halfway like other younger brothers.

Feeling relieved, he couldn't help laughing at the back of Zhu Youjian shooting arrows on horseback.

(End of this chapter)