Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 69 The Wonders of Stirring and Saddle!

"I heard what Xu Fu said when we were at sea..." Zhao Si sneered and decisively threw the blame on Xu Fu.

"He's just a soldier, he knows how to train soldiers and fight wars!" Wang Li was amused when he heard it, and now Xu Fu, the liar, basically accompanied Zhao Si back from the sea and was completely nailed to death.

"Riding on horseback, you have to take care of riding on your body. How can you use all your strength to bend a bow and shoot an arrow, so riding a bow is not as good as walking a bow." Wang Li said.

"For example, you can pull three stone bows while standing on the ground, but you can only pull two stones on the back of a horse, or even one stone." Wang Li said.

"Not to mention, the Great Qin crossbow was already famous in the Six Kingdoms during the Warring States period. The barbarians rode horses, and before they reached the shooting range, they were already shot to pieces. , even with a difference of several times, there will be no chance to get on the horse again." Wang Li shook his head and said.

Zhao Si nodded and said, "Then, Daqin is already invincible when facing the Xiongnu and backing against the Great Wall?"

Wang Li paused for a moment... Then he was silent for a long time and said, "It's not wrong to say so."

"But that's not how wars are calculated." Wang Li said.

"The Xiongnu, first of all, there are many tribes, and the hearts of the people are inconsistent. Second, they don't do production. Their weapons and armor are far inferior to those of the Great Qin. In addition to the infantry, the Great Qin also has chariot soldiers. The cavalry are also famous all over the world. They are far better than the Hu. , relying on the Great Qin, as long as you don't rush into it, you are indeed invincible." Wang Likou replied.

"But it's not that cavalry can't fight infantry." Wang Li recalled the first battle against Chu that his father Wang Jian personally recounted for him. So far, Wang Li had a feeling of looking up to him because of that man's tactical thinking. .

"The infantry bow is far better than the cavalry bow. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for cavalry soldiers to rush into the formation, but there is only one thing, cavalry pawns are better than infantry pawns." Wang Li's expression was serious.

"verb: move!"

When Wang Li talked about rising, he simply drew a circle on the ground.Then I drew two small circles and wrote riding and walking.

"Look, assuming this is a battlefield, here are [-] infantry, and this is [-] cavalry. Now to fight, the mobilization speed of cavalry is far faster than that of infantry." Wang Li said.

"Secondly, assuming both of them arrive here and start at the same time, the cavalry will arrive before the infantry."

After Wang Li finished speaking, he placed a few stones one by one in the circle.

"What if these places are important roads for food and grass, granaries, and cities?"

"The cavalry arrived before the infantry," Zhao Si replied.

"But how did the cavalry attack the city?" Zhao Si asked back.

"If the cavalry dismount, will they not be able to fight? If there are not many defenders in the city, the difference in numbers is too large, and the city is not tall enough, and the difference in numbers is large enough, the city can be broken easily. If the city is strong, siege equipment can also be used. Make it now." Wang Li replied.

"Is there enough time for the pawns to come back?" Zhao Si asked again.It took too long to build siege equipment, and the pawns had enough time to return to help.

"How do you know if I built it or not? Is it really going to attack the city?" Wang Li asked back.

Zhao Si paused...

"Extend your strengths and avoid your weaknesses!" Wang Li smiled and shook his head.

"If the cavalry wants to defeat the infantry, it must move. If the infantry wants to defeat the cavalry, it must stop the cavalry." Wang Li said.

"That is to say, if the pawns are too exhausted, the cavalry may create a situation where fewer cavalry wins more. If the cavalry cannot move at all, the pawns are waiting for work at leisure, and the formation is solid, and they can also win more with less." Zhao Si Inexplicably, I thought of Que Yuezhen.

Liu Yu defeated the Wei army's [-] elite cavalry with [-] infantry.

"I think so too, but Father said that soldiers, no matter cavalry, infantry, chariot or soldiers, always win with the strong and the weak with the many." Wang Li shook his head.

"Then according to what you said, with horses and saddles, the gap between cavalry, shooting and infantry is not that big, and cavalry is far better than infantry." Zhao Si was puzzled again.

"That's not true, that's not true!" Wang Li shook his head.

"Even with the saddle and stirrup, the shooting range of the riding bow cannot exceed that of the step bow." Wang Li stood up, drew the bow and set the arrow.

"Look, even with a stirrup and a saddle, it's impossible to exert such strength on horseback." Wang Li's posture is the most typical back and forth side step, which is the best posture for exerting strength when drawing a bow.

Obviously, even if there is a saddle, even if you are standing still, the force posture is not as good as standing on the ground.

"The beauty of riding a saddle is to fight immediately!"

Wang Li excitedly spoke and gestured to Zhao Si, Zhao Si also understood.

When there is no horse saddle, the horse's back is really unstable, and it is difficult for cavalry to assault. It must be an elite soldier among elite soldiers.

Therefore, it is difficult to use long weapons on horseback.

The center of gravity of the long weapon is too unstable, and you have to use two hands, and the use of a short weapon with one hand cannot take advantage of the impact and condescending advantages, but you have to be stabbed with a long weapon.

So in this era, on the stage of the number one group arena in the Central Plains.The cavalry has so far been outnumbered.

People are chariots, standing in the carriage, holding a long weapon, you ride a horse and play with a hammer with a dagger, let alone a chariot, infantry formations can't get in.

If it weren't for particularly elite cavalry, the two armies handed over and suddenly collided, and they might have fallen off their horses before being killed.

With the saddle and stirrup, the cavalry can better and more easily take advantage of the advantages of impact and condescension.

"In the past, when confronted with infantry formations, if the opponent had already formed formations, they would even dismount and fight." Wang Li had a wry smile on his face.

This is a fact. Once the opponent's formation is strong, the shortcomings of using short weapons on cavalry horseback will be infinitely magnified.

"Didn't Daqin have cavalry capable of using long weapons?" Zhao Si asked.

"Yes, but very few. It doesn't add up to more than ten thousand."

Several conditions need to be met to fight with long weapons on horseback.

One: Use a long weapon with an unstable center of gravity when the body cannot fully exert its strength.

Two: Only rely on your legs to keep your body stable during sudden stops and rapid advances during high-speed sports.Because playing a long weapon with one hand is not something ordinary people can do.

Are there such soldiers who don't need to use cavalry on chariots?That's not out of my mind.

Therefore, it is difficult for cavalry in this era to charge into battle, even if they have a numerical advantage.

"But with the saddle and stirrups, it's different. It's easy to use long soldiers on the horseback! Although the power is not as comfortable as on the ground, the charge with the horse is far better than the infantry."

"Do you still remember what I told you just now?" Wang Li pointed to the sketch on the ground.

"With the saddle and stirrups, as long as the cavalry moves, they can easily tear apart the infantry phalanx." Wang Li said excitedly.

"Then does it mean that the cavalry will crush the infantry?" Zhao Si asked again.

"No...Even with saddles and stirrups, it is extremely dangerous for cavalry to charge into formation. With the same number of people, it is difficult for cavalry to move into formation. There are too many things that infantry can arrange..." Wang Li shook his head. .

"That's why I said that the cavalry must be superior in numbers, or the infantry must be under-prepared." Wang Li said.

Zhao Si understood at once, it turned out that the saddles of the horses improved the cavalry's ability to abuse food.

In other words, as long as the infantry is not elite enough, the current cavalry can completely attack and destroy at the speed of light.

Unlike before, you have to dismount and fight fiercely.

With the horse saddle, the original combat time can be shortened several times.

As for the fact that it is impossible to defeat infantry by relying on a three-piece suit on horseback, the advantage of cavalry has always been movement combat.

It's just that the current cavalry will become more flexible, have stronger assault capabilities, faster strike speed, and shorter reaction time and mobilization distance for the enemy.

As for the cavalry, they want to attack the infantry formation in a real sense.

unless!

It completely abandoned the ability to move and fight!
Heavy cavalry!
Zhao Si spoke with great interest.

"I have a bold idea!"

(All comparisons are based on the fact that cavalry and infantry are equally elite.

In fact, because of the preciousness of war horses and the diversity and possibility of cavalry operations, ancient cavalry soldiers were often more elite than infantry.A qualified cavalry is a qualified infantry when he dismounts, but a qualified infantry is not necessarily a qualified cavalry when he mounts.Therefore, the ancient battlefield can easily give people the illusion that cavalry is crushing infantry.The degree of sophistication itself is not a level.With the same military expenditure, the same food, the same quality of soldiers, and the same number, the number is more than 5000, regardless of mobile combat, and only by charging, the light cavalry will definitely not be able to beat the infantry. )
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