Chapter 1836 Don’t think about it. If you think too much, it will be for nothing.
Wen County.
Inside Sima's Wubao.
The discussion about hussars and horses is not over yet.
Some cities are similar to passes, which cannot be crossed without breaking through the city, while some cities are just like large forts to facilitate the control of surrounding farming. Wen County falls into the latter category.
"Lang'er, you might as well take two carts of grain and grass and send them to Wen County..." Sima Fang said slowly, with a kind of light shining through his drooped eyelids.
Sima Lang said with some confusion: "Why? Didn't you just hand in the draft a while ago?" Wang Tu's soldiers wanted to eat and drink, so naturally they had to recruit from local big families. Of course, the Sima family was not exempt.
Sima Fang laughed hoarsely twice and said: "Haha, you might as well tell me how awesome you are then... No matter whether the hussars succeed or fail, Captain Wang will not be able to escape the crime of fear of war... If he is forced to do so...
No, it’s impossible to say that the war will cause harm to the countryside..."
In fact, Cao Cao himself may not have any good intentions in letting an unknown Wang Tu come to Wen County.
To Cao Cao, Wen County was like a piece of chicken ribs.
After all, if the Heluo area cannot be completely controlled, it is obviously too close to Hangu and Luoyang, and not as deep as Shanyang, so the one sent to Wen County is such a little-known Wang Tu.
Wang Tu is like an early warning chess piece, placed here in Wen County. Even if it is lost, it actually doesn't matter much. In other words, having Wang Tu here means that Wang Tu will be there when needed.
The "loss" here is that when they actually encountered the hussars, they actually just stood firm on the city wall. They clearly saw the hussars go around and still didn't make any move. This went against the original intention of sending Wang Tu here.
, so Sima Fang said that Wang Tu would definitely be convicted.
Sima Fang asked Sima Lang to go to Wang Tu to express his so-called "goodwill". Naturally, it was not purely to please Wang Tu or to have a relationship with Cao Cao. However, he would probably jump over the wall once he was cornered, so it was better to give him some sweeteners in advance.
, at least it makes the dog feel less anxious...
Even when necessary, some subsequent measures can be used.
After Sima Fang's warning, Sima Lang understood, immediately responded, and then went to prepare.
Sima Fang sat in the hall, meditating, and did not move for a long time, just like a statue.
In fact, Sima Fang's worries are not just that, he is also considering what the future of the Sima family will be if this incident continues to develop.
Although the Hussar General has made a lot of bets, Sima Fang still feels that he cannot put all his wealth on the Hussar General, but now...
Cao Cao was obviously a little wary here, and even regarded Wen County as an abandoned son. This made Sima Fang feel a little chilled, and even felt that Cao Cao was nothing more than that...
Therefore, this battle between the Hussars General seems to be just a fight between two people, but in fact it is related to the changes in the entire world!
Sima Fang stood up and walked to the front of the hall with his crutches. Looking at the changing clouds in the sky, he couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "There are hussars in front of you, and there are hussars behind you. The wind and clouds are moving, and they are all caused by one person."
Those who move the world, hey..."
……╭(￣▽￣““)……
At this moment, it was not only Sima Fang who was sighing, but also Cao Cao. Not only was he sighing, but he was also uncontrollably angry and uneasy about having his plans disrupted.
Xia Houyuan in the middle went into battle without permission!
It would be fine if he defeated it, but it happened...
"This General Bai Di!" Cao Cao couldn't help it and cursed.
Let's turn the time back a little and see what happened in Chenliu County...
Xia Houyuan got his wish and led his troops straight to Luoyang to prepare for a pre-war fire reconnaissance.
At the beginning, Xia Houyuan was very confident, thinking that the Hussar would repeat his old tricks and set up some kind of ambush waiting for him to take the bait. Therefore, Xia Houyuan even thought about what he would say if he really encountered such a situation.
Destroy the opponent's morale and boost your own spirit.
However, Xia Houyuan never expected that from the beginning of the battle, the entire battle direction would completely deviate from his original vision...
It was Zhao Yun who faced Xia Houyuan.
In relatively open terrain like Heluo, large-scale troop mobilizations are often easily detected by distant scouts when the weather is clear and the vision is clear. Therefore, when Xia Houyuan met Zhao Yun, he
I didn't feel surprised, but rather excited. I shouted and rushed forward with my men, without even stopping to organize the queue!
This is an urgent trip!
Before the opponent can form a team, deliver the first round of blows, and then expand the advantage of the blow until the opponent is defeated. This battle mode was summed up by Xia Houyuan himself, and it is very practical in these days when the north and south are fighting.
, achieved good results, so it was natural to use it in front of Zhao Yun.
However, this time, Xia Houyuan met Zhao Yun.
Regardless of whether it is Yanzhou or Yuzhou, in fact, most people have never had the opportunity to ride horses since they were young. They are not as good at riding as people in counties near Hudi.
In history, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry chased Liu Bei and gnawed at Liu Bei's butt. Although his momentum was fierce, after all, he couldn't keep Liu Bei in his tracks, right?
Therefore, innately, the cavalry recruited in Yanzhou and Yuzhou are inferior to the cavalry in Yongzhou and Bingzhou. At the same time, not only in terms of software, but also in terms of hardware, Cao Cao's current cavalry is inferior to the hussars.
The general's men and horses are also much inferior.
Especially the stirrups, saddles and soles, the three treasures of cavalry, are basically equipped with all hussars. However, on Cao Cao's side, there are still many people who use soft stirrups, and even single-sided stirrups.
The stirrup can be said to be an epoch-making invention in the history of cavalry development, but it does not mean that without stirrups there is no way to fight, or even large-scale cavalry operations. In the pre-Qin period, chariots were still the main mobile strike force.
At that time, the so-called "Chou Cavalry" auxiliary operations had already been established. There are many records of early large-scale cavalry operations abroad...
The second misunderstanding is that stirrups are only hard stirrups, which are metal or wooden structures. However, in fact, the Hu people used leather ropes to assist in getting on and off horses very early, and they almost fell in love with the Huns.
Do the Han people, who have been killing each other for hundreds of years, learn nothing from it?
Obviously it is impossible. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, soft stirrups should have been a common weapon for cavalry. As for why they did not appear in tombs, it was probably because ropes and leather could not withstand the ravages of time like metal...
The third misunderstanding is that stirrups are of great use to generals, so that after generals change to stirrups, their military strength will increase by leaps and bounds, like a tiger with wings. But in fact, they will benefit from these equipment.
The biggest one was not a general with superb riding skills, but an ordinary soldier.
For example, stirrups, saddles, etc. can add ten or twenty points to the riding skill, which is more or less the same meaning. And the general's riding skill is not bad to begin with. I estimate that most of them are in the eighties or nineties.
, the top ones are even close to 100. Adding these, the gain is only about 15%, or even less. For example, for Lu Bu, whether he has stirrups or not has little impact on him, but if a riding skill is originally
No, ordinary cavalry with only 30 or 40 values can instantly improve their riding skills by 50% with the addition of these equipment!
How could Zhao Yun, who often had encounters with barbarians in the north, be afraid of Xia Houyuan's fighting methods? Even for Zhao Yun, this kind of fighting mode is the most common!
When fighting against the Xianbei people, what time would there be to wait for formation? Aren't they all automatically organized during the battle, and the two sides rush to kill each other as soon as they meet?
Therefore, when Xia Houyuan looked at his men, he always felt that they were pretty good. However, when he actually fought with the Qiaoqi men, he suddenly realized that the gap was very big.
The first thing that widened the gap was mounted archery.
In many Three Kingdoms games, perhaps only white-horse Yi Cong can ride and shoot, but in fact, most cavalry can do this, it's just a matter of accuracy or inaccuracy.
According to the requirements of Cao Cao's cavalry training code, a qualified cavalry must complete a shot within three leaps of the war horse. That is, when the horse's four hooves are in the air for the first time, the bow should be loaded with an arrow, and when the horse is in the air for the second time, the bow should be half-opened.
Okay, shoot when you are in the air for the third time. And so on.
It sounds long and slow, but in fact the galloping horses are very fast, so this standard is quite high.
However, Xia Houyuan encountered the cavalry of General Hussar...
The arrows thrown by Cao Jun's cavalry were scattered and inconsistent, like the forks of a middle-aged man's urine. Even though they tried hard, they still couldn't be gathered together. They were clearly shot out, one on the left and one on the right. Even though there were some
The hussars were shot. Firstly, the quality of the hussars' armor was very good. Secondly, the scattered arrows could not give the cavalry enough braking force, so even if the hussars were slightly injured, they could still follow the original plan.
Formation sprint.
On the other hand, the arrows fired by the hussars are quite different. The uniform rain of arrows is not only highly lethal, but also has a considerable braking effect on the cavalry. Imagine running in the hail in the summer and being attacked head-on.
The hailstones were so severe that their heads were bruised, their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they came in large pieces...
Therefore, Xiahou Yuan's cavalry suffered a loss from the beginning of the fight.
The backbone of Cao's army is naturally the Qingzhou soldiers, but the problem is that the Qingzhou soldiers are all naked, uh, horseless, so these Cao's cavalry are actually better than the Qingzhou soldiers in terms of courage and battlefield momentum.
It was only one section short, and in addition, the high-ranking people usually looked down on ordinary infantry. They were so arrogant and arrogant that they were suddenly hit by such a blow, which made them a little confused. As a result, the cavalry in front were somewhat afraid and did not dare to let go.
However, the cavalry in the rear did not know what was happening and still urged their horses forward desperately. The entire formation was somewhat out of shape.
Xia Houyuan immediately regretted it, feeling that he had been reckless, but at this moment, even if he regretted it, it was too late...
If he were an ordinary general, he might not be so sensitive to the movements of Xiahou Yuan's troops, but what happened was that Xia Houyuan encountered Zhao Yun. How could a general who was used to fighting with barbarians who were so skilled in horseback riding that they could sleep on their horses notice it?
Can't you understand the disparity in riding skills of Xia Houyuan's cavalry?
The war horses were like the wind, and the spears were like the forest. After exchanging several rains of arrows, the two sides collided directly like two running hedgehogs!
The sound of gold and iron clashing immediately resounded throughout the countryside, and the screams and screams became increasingly dense. Xia Houyuan's cavalry also wore armor, but most of them used hard leather armor for the sake of horseback agility.
The protective range is very narrow, just the chest, and the arms and legs are still exposed. Secondly, the protective power is also weak. A stray arrow from a hundred steps away may be difficult to penetrate, but a direct or projected shot within a hundred steps will have a huge impact.
Possibility penetrates through the armor. As for spears and spears, hard leather armor only has a small chance of immunity, and most of them cannot be defended. Therefore, when encountering hussars, you will suffer a second loss.
And this loss is also fatal.
Because after all, people are fighting on the battlefield, regardless of their individual differences, one thing is the same, that is, when injured, the body will instinctively produce a "stiffening" effect. Even if you have extraordinary abilities, once you are penetrated by a knife or a gun,
In the body, most people will deform their movements or even fall off their horses when in pain.
On the battlefield, everyone knows that the more complete the array, the stronger the combat effectiveness. Once the array is scattered and leads to individual fighting, the combat effectiveness will plummet...
Although the two sides collided head-on, Xia Houyuan's cavalry, who were suppressed in terms of riding skills, equipment, and even tactics, were like ripe fruits in autumn. When the wind blows, the horses will flutter.
It fell off its back and disappeared into the smoke and dust of the galloping horses' hooves!
With just such a contact, most of Xia Houyuan's front cavalry collapsed!
"Outward! Outward!"
Xia Houyuan's face turned pale after all, and he had to change his original plan, trying to direct his men to deflect and get out of Zhao Yun's extremely sharp edge!
In a cavalry battle, if both sides fight for the inside, they will eventually collide, forming a huge mutual grinding machine. If both sides choose the outside, they will collide, then separate, go around in a circle, and then choose the next time.
Hit or flee.
And when one party chooses the inside and the other chooses the outside, as is the case now, the one who chooses the outside will expose his flank, and then Zhao Yun will cut off a large piece of flesh and blood!
Xia Houyuan suddenly regretted it and felt that his action this time was a mistake. However, Xia Houyuan did not take this opportunity to break away from the battle immediately. Instead, he felt that since Cao Chun was following him, he only had to hold Zhao Yun back and wait for Cao Chun to lead him.
After the men arrive, they can still defeat Zhao Yun, and even save face, so that they won't lose their troops in vain...
