Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, after all, the Yan army has been in the Central Plains for a long time. Although there is the Liaoxi grassland, the number of war horses is far less than that of the Wei State, which has deserts in the north and south. I understand this deeply, just like the Southern Yan,
Almost took away most of Hou Yan's remaining army horses, and added them through trade, and there were only more than 200,000 horses, distributed throughout the Qilu land. We seem to be a lot, but if you really go
When I cross the grassland, I see horses not in numbers but in groups. Within sight, there are groups of horses grazing and galloping everywhere for hundreds of miles. The kind of psychological shock and impact is not
Words can describe it.”
"When I left the grassland, Tuoba Gui had almost unified Monan. The various tribes in Mobei also expressed their surrender and often presented horses as tribute. This donation was thousands of horses. The one-eyed man in our army, Kuai En,
In the past, he was a horseman on the grassland. He could manage more than 400 horses by himself. The Tuoba tribe alone had more than 100,000 war horses available at any time, which was almost as much as half of the Yan Kingdom. Therefore, he only
Talking about the number of horses, the Northern Wei Dynasty had far more horses than the Murong clan of Yan State, with over a million horses at least."
Liu Muzhi took a breath: "There are so many? Then why do people in the world still think that Yan's armored cavalry is the most powerful?"
Liu Yu sighed: "Because the people of Yan raise horses for their finesse rather than their prowess. They can wear horses that can wear heavy armor and carry a heavily armed knight weighing more than three hundred kilograms, as well as a full set of dozens of kilograms."
Weapons and equipment, which can also charge with full force, require extremely high strength and endurance of horses. Usually, these armored cavalry must be fed with refined rice, plus some secret strength-increasing feeds and even medicines, in order to be able to
Let these horses be as powerful as thunder and unstoppable in an attack. So if you look at the Yan army's armored cavalry, they all have one person, two horses or even three horses. Normally, the horses do not even have people on them, and they are changed before the attack.
Changing horses is just to rush that point."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "I see, you know better. In this way, the number of war horses in the Northern Wei Dynasty far exceeded that of the Murong clan in the Yan Kingdom, but the quality was still not as good as that of the Ju armored cavalry. This is why Tuoba Gui has always dared not
Is it the reason for the head-on battle with the Yan army?"
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, if the Yan army sent out tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of armored cavalry, Tuoba Gui would always stay away and not dare to confront them head-on. The reason why after destroying Hou Yan was that he
They didn't dare to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Nan Yan on a large scale because they knew that Murong De had tens of thousands of armored and cavalry troops, and it was impossible to take advantage of the disputes among the clan kings of the Yan State to find opportunities like before, so they simply gave up when they saw the opportunity.
, and maintained peace. But in the final analysis, it was because even if he occupied the entire Bingzhou and Hebei, and had four to five million infantry and cavalry, he still had no confidence in defeating Nan Yan head-on. And the most important thing was that the armor and cavalry were all equipped.
"
"But the victory or defeat of a war is never determined by a decisive battle from the front. In terms of military tactics, you can avoid the enemy's sharpness, strike him back, avoid him from the front, and steal his food routes. This is the specialty of the Wei army. In the past, he participated in the Battle of Hebei
At that time, they blocked the Yellow River for defense, so that the Yan army's cavalry could not cross the river. As time went by, the food and grass were insufficient, and they spread the news of Murong Chui's death. The most important thing was that they sent a large number of rangers to cut off the food route to the rear of the Yan army.
and letters, so that the Yan army on the front line did not know what was happening in the rear. This aroused the desire of the kings to seize the throne and rushed back to the army. No one wanted to be a rear guard, so they were given the opportunity to follow and pursue them all the way.
, finally wiped out the Yan army's 70,000 armored cavalry in one fell swoop at Shenhebei. From then on, the vitality of the Yan state was severely damaged. This proves that on the battlefield, mobility is better than frontal attack power."
Liu Muzhi smiled and said: "This is in line with common sense in the art of war, especially the use of mobility. Fight if you can, and leave if you can't. Set up camp to block the danger and hold a stalemate, and then send light troops to copy the enemy's food route. If the enemy cannot fight, they will retreat.
If the enemy loses its position, it will be defeated in one fell swoop when it is tired. The cavalry of the grassland barbarians in the past dynasties can destroy the seemingly very powerful Central Plains mixed vehicle and infantry legions. Most of them did it this way. In this way, this time the Yan army did not use mobility to follow
We are fighting to cut off our food supply, but to fight us head-on. Is this a big mistake?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "If we were on the grassland, the black robes would definitely fight us like this, but this time we entered the land of Qilu, their grain fields and cities, and the families of the soldiers were all in the city, and there was nowhere to escape.
Heipao also felt that he had an absolute advantage in military strength and could defeat our army head-on, so he chose to finish his work in one battle. We won a great victory in this battle and eliminated a large number of the main force of the enemy army, especially the main force of the Xianbei people. It can be said that it has also become the end of the country.
However, just because this tactic can be used against Southern Yan does not mean that it will be equally effective against Northern Wei."
"The Wei army does not have the powerful armored cavalry of Nan Yan, which can be invincible on the frontal battlefield, but it has no less than 200,000 highly mobile cavalry, which come and go like the wind. If they feel unsure of the front, they will detour hundreds or even thousands of miles.
Cut off our food routes, plunder our cities, destroy our farmland, and destroy our war capabilities by destroying and destroying our production. Therefore, if we want to compete with the Northern Wei Dynasty, we may not be able to claim full merit by relying only on our current heavy infantry.
Especially when fighting on the northern plains, the mobility of the cavalry is brought into full play, which is not the strength of our infantry."
Liu Laozhi's expression changed slightly: "Don't our army also have cavalry? Can't we restrain the opponent's cavalry?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "Our army is mainly based on infantry, with a small amount of cavalry as auxiliary. There are only a few thousand people. If we fight the enemy head-on like this time, it will be miraculous if we use it well. But if we fight guerrilla warfare with the enemy, we must fight for mobility."
Sex, then these few thousand people are not enough to feed the enemy's tens of thousands of cavalry, let alone more than 100,000. Without the infantry, they are very dangerous. Therefore, just like the Han Dynasty general Wei Qinghuo did to defeat the Xiongnu, he wanted to follow him.
The wind's cavalry can only rely on the same cavalry to compete in an all-out battle on the plains or even on the grasslands."
Liu Muzhi breathed a long sigh of relief: "I understand what you mean, Ji Nu, you want to say that you have to defeat the cavalry with the cavalry. Our Beifu soldiers come from the south, and many of them can't ride a horse. Even if they can ride, the riding skills
It is difficult to compare with the people on horseback, these barbarians, so you want to form a pure cavalry force in the north, right?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Just like when Huan Wen wanted to control Jingkou, he came here specially and said that Jingkou can drink wine and soldiers can be used. We have the best infantry in the world in Jingkou and Huainan, but the best in the Central Plains
The cavalry has been the king's people since ancient times, that is, the good family sons in Guanzhong, the old Qin, and the Han Dynasty, and the old men in Guanzhong today. Just look at Suo Miao, Lu Zongzhi, and Mao Dezu, and you will know that they are elite soldiers who are not weaker than us, so
All they need is a commander who reassures them and convinces them!"
This chapter has been completed!