"It's amazing. Is this a warrior who has gone through high-intensity battles? It really makes people feel like they stand out from the crowd."
At this time, in a military camp outside Lishi City, Cao Chunzheng was commanding a combat exercise. The two sides were fifty personal guards who had followed Li Shushi to Xihe Karasuma and two hundred Yellow Turban Army veterans who had been training before.
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At this time, the battle between the two sides was coming to an end. Each of the two groups of troops on the field had "injury". Although the number of personal guards had dropped to more than 20, the number of veterans of the Yellow Turban Army on the opposite side was less than 40.
In terms of momentum, they were completely overwhelmed by the guards. Although there was still a slight advantage in numbers, the formation was in chaos and the defeat was already very obvious.
At this time, less than ten minutes had passed since the battle started. This made Cao Chun, who was serving as the referee outside the field, feel like he couldn't bear to watch, because the hundreds of light cavalry he had personally trained before had just been defeated.
He fell into the hands of the group of personal guards, and the time was not too long like this one. Such an obvious gap made the still young Cao Chun very depressed.
"This is normal. It's not like Zihe has never seen those veterans who came out of the Bingzhou Army. They are also outstanding. These personal guards are originally people with outstanding qualifications. After the baptism of cruel battles, they have naturally grown up to be outstanding.
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Lu Bu, who was standing not far away from Cao Chun and was watching the battle between the two sides with great interest, heard Cao Chun's slightly decadent voice and couldn't help but offer some explanations. After all, after such a long period of running-in, Lu Bu had no idea about this temperament.
The little boy who was a bit old-fashioned but meticulous in everything he did was quite fond of him, because Lu Bu felt Gao Shun's past style from him.
"Training is just to make them more skilled in technology, but they still lack experience in responding to various complex or unexpected events, whether in terms of response or processing. What's more, bloody battlefields are always full of soldiers.
The only way for us to become stronger, even fighting against wild wolves or wild boars is an opportunity for training."
Standing next to Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, who was deeply touched by this incident, couldn't help but sigh. After all, after communicating with the Karasuma people, Zhao Yun had a deeper understanding of the skills of riding and shooting. After some hard study, he
Even Lu Bu, a guy who has experienced all kinds of battles, may fail if he doesn't have enough energy. Although Zhao Yun's excellent qualifications are certainly responsible for this, it is more due to his passing and fighting skills.
Karasuma people have found a breakthrough for improvement by interacting with each other.
In order to quickly digest the valuable experience he had gained, Zhao Yun even put aside the horse training competition with his senior brother Zhang Xiu. This made Zhang Xiu, who knew the situation, not sure whether to laugh or cry. Li Shushi estimated that if
If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Ba Snake Spear as the prize was provided by himself, Zhang Xiu might have planned to postpone the competition between the two of them.
"But there is no need to be discouraged. Based on my experience, if it is the same two hundred people, there should be no problem in defeating the same number of Karasuma people as the lord's personal guards in this training ground. After all, the Xiliang cavalry is very good at close combat.
They have great advantages, and after being trained by Bo Ren and Zhong Kang, small-scale cooperation is also their strength, and those Karasuma people are not very good at this."
Seeing that everyone was in a low mood because of their distrust in the combat effectiveness of their own army, Lu Bu's unique soldier's intuition immediately made him understand that this atmosphere was obviously not conducive to future marches and operations. Being timid before fighting was a taboo in combat.
But even though he said those words, Lu Bu's pride prevented him from telling outlandish lies, so Lu Bu played a little word game, that is, he emphasized that the location of the battle was in the training ground. The reason for this
It is said that the scope of the training ground is limited after all. If
If the soldiers cooperate well, they can force the enemy into a limited space. At that time, they will not have the advantage of long-range strikes, nor the speed and flexibility of the cavalry. The Karasuma cavalry will face one to three or even
There is a natural danger of defeat when an enemy is outnumbered one to four.
Of course, that is only a danger, not a result. After all, the level gap between the two sides is probably greater than the two groups of people on the training ground now. It is hard to say how much damage the veterans of the Yellow Turban Army can cause to the Karasuma Cavalry.
And when they arrive on the vast battlefield, these infantrymen may only have to wait for the Karasuma cavalry to completely consume all the arrows in their hands before they have a chance to fight against the Karasuma cavalry who come and go like the wind.
How many survived the charge, only God knows.
However, Lu Bu will not say these words for the time being, because it is too demoralizing. For the Han Dynasty, there are usually three ways to deal with the grassland peoples - the simplest method is to train a group of cavalry to fight with the grassland peoples
, the most typical of which is the war against the Huns during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. However, although the Hu people in Xihe now cannot compare with the Huns who were very prosperous back then, Li Shushi's area is only a sparsely populated and economically not very developed place.
Li Shicheng.
The second method is as mentioned just now. After all, the arrows of the barbarians are rare strategic resources, and most of them are bone arrows that have little damage to armor. As long as the two sides are not so different in level that the Karasuma people
If the soldiers who can smash them with their own strength cannot resist, then the only thing left is a hand-to-hand fight between the two armies. With the Han Dynasty's better metallurgical industry than the foreigners, the soldiers were wrapped into iron cans. Those foreign soldiers wanted to
A tooth in the lower mouth will also be broken.
It's just that this method is very passive, and the enemy can retreat calmly. Only in places like the south where water networks are densely covered can it be possible to achieve the kind of training ground battle results that Lu Bu just mentioned by sealing off the waterways through naval forces.
As for the vast wilderness in the north, it is definitely not a paradise for infantrymen.
However, this method of warfare is very stable, and from a purely defensive point of view, it is the safest method - not seeking merit but seeking no fault is this fighting method. Cheng Bushi, a general of the Western Han Dynasty who Li Shushi liked very much
Especially good at this.
The last method is to combine the above two methods, use infantry to consume the long-range attack means and physical strength of the place, and then use cavalry to outflank. This method has higher requirements for scouts. After all, the enemies are also old slickers who have been on the battlefield for a long time.
, especially the grassland peoples have naturally cultivated a group of warriors who are excellent scouts in the Han army due to survival reasons, so it is not easy to successfully achieve the goal of encirclement, unless the enemy is jealous.
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As for crossbows, due to their rate of fire, they are very dependent on terrain advantages and the protection of melee soldiers, so they can usually be regarded as a method in the second combat method. As for the several typical battles in which crossbows defeated cavalry, there are
Its particularity cannot be universally promoted.
For example, in the most famous Battle of Panhe during the Three Kingdoms period, Gongsun Zan's white horse cavalry was completely crowded on a bridge, unable to give enough attack strength to Qu Yi's infantry deployed in front, allowing Qu Yi to easily maintain his defense line.
Stable and at the same time
It can also allow your archers to attack the enemy very comfortably. Moreover, due to the narrow bridge deck, when Gongsun Zan found that the situation was unfavorable, he wanted to withdraw his soldiers to the other side, but he did not change the direction, which eventually led to a battle.
Big defeat.
As for the Battle of Agincourt, which established the longbow's status on the European battlefield, it was more due to the muddy soil that delayed the movement of heavily armored horses and the extremely chaotic combat command system of the French army.
The purpose of Lu Bu and others' current training is to allow the infantry to delay the enemy's cavalry. As for whether their own cavalry or whether the cavalry can play a role is not what they need to consider now. After all, the number of horses in Li Shushi's hands is still
Too few. By the time he trains a group of cavalry of sufficient quality, there will probably only be three digits left in terms of both men and horses. "Report, Mr. Cao Chun, there is a group of people outside the military camp who want to see you. The leader calls himself
Your brother."
Just when everyone was commenting on the battle on the training ground and studying how to make improvements, a messenger appeared on the edge of the training ground and brought some news that made Cao Chun quite happy.
"Could it be that Zihe's brother was the guy who organized thousands of people to steal the camp that night and even escaped from Zilong and Ziyi's hands?"
Because Lu Bu led Cheng Lian and Wei Yue to find Xu Chu's trouble that day and did not meet Cao Ren, so he only knew about such a person. However, even if he had fought against Lu Bu, Cao Ren's level at that time could make Lu Bu remember him.
His name?
"That's my brother."
After hearing Lu Bu's words, Cao Chun's forehead was full of black threads. It was a stain that he could not erase for the rest of his life. Cao Zihe's first appearance on the battlefield ended up tragically running into a trap that had been dug long ago.
, and then he was seduced by beauty and fell into the thief ship of Li Shushi. If Li Shushi hadn't "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" in the end, he would probably have no hope in this life.
"Then let me go ahead and confirm whether this person is my brother. Please forgive me for leaving temporarily because of the matter here."
Although he felt that it was probably his brother, Cao Chun, who was cautious by nature, decided to confirm it himself. At the same time, he secretly found a few patrolling soldiers and quietly gave some instructions.
"I said, Zihe, although you are very happy to have arranged such a big scene to welcome your brother, that is, me, but can you please ask those guys behind you not to act like 'the guy opposite is
Look at your brother, that is, me, with an enemy expression."
After receiving a letter from his brother, he discovered that although his brother was now living in Xihe, a bitter cold land, he had become a powerful little boss. Cao Ren, who was originally not happy with the custom of three years of mourning, naturally felt that his brother
My younger brother expressed his full support for his decision, and he would definitely go north to Xihe. However, it was not to join Li Shushi, but just to help his younger brother and see if there was anything more exciting in the north.
However, the heavily armed Cao Chun and the measured but murderous soldiers behind him made Cao Ren clearly understand that perhaps he had made the wrong decision in his life.
p.s. I took a rest and I feel much better today. Also, the heating is not very powerful and the room feels a bit cold...
