Five thousand heavy cavalrymen galloped past Zhao Hongrun and others with a rumble.
It is actually not accurate to say that it is galloping, because the charging speed of this cavalry is not very fast, but the momentum makes the sect guards excited and speechless.
It was as if I was shouting one sentence in my heart: This is how a man should be!
In fact, Zhao Hongrun was also very excited. After all, heavy cavalry can be called the most violent unit on the cold weapon battlefield.
"It's so... so amazing..."
Princess Yulong murmured with her eyes wide open. Perhaps because she was shocked, her legs were slightly weak, so she held Zhao Hongrun's arm to support herself.
"It's awesome, but it's a pity that it can't last long..."
Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly when he heard this.
Sure enough, the heavy horse cavalry that passed in front of Zhao Hongrun and others gradually stopped charging not far ahead. Immediately, the cavalrymen wearing heavy armor climbed down from their horses, panting and untied their armor.
Wearing heavy armor, some cavalry simply fell off their horses and lay motionless on the ground.
At this time, a group of reserve soldiers poured out of the military camp and hurriedly took off the heavy armor from the cavalry, and also took off the heavy armor from the horses.
Seeing this, Princess Yulong's eyes lit up and she said to Zhao Hongrun: "Hongrun, can I go and have a look?"
Ma You looked at Princess Yulong in surprise. After all, in his eyes, Princess Yulong was just a guard wearing brocade armor. But this guard seemed to have a special identity?
"Go." Zhao Hongrun nodded with a smile and said, "Let's all go."
The latter sentence was addressed to the sect guards. After all, he had already noticed that the eyes of Lu Mu, Mu Qing, Zhou Pu and others were also shining at this moment.
As a result, Princess Yulong and the Zongwei disappeared without a trace, leaving only the Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao who still remembered his duties and stood beside Zhao Hongrun.
"Wei Jiao, aren't you going?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.
"No." Wei Jiao resisted the temptation in his heart and shook his head firmly.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun stopped trying to persuade him and turned to Ma You and asked, "How do you feel?"
Ma You's expression seemed a little complicated. After hesitating for a moment, he said with a wry smile: "This heavy cavalry, to be honest, does not conform to the tradition of our Yu Ma Army."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Indeed, the tradition of the Youma Army is that Rangers, that is, wandering light cavalry, are cavalry that are good at attacking the enemy strategically, such as harassing the enemy, chasing down enemy scouts, sneak attacks on the enemy's food routes, etc.
Heavy cavalry are tactical cavalry. They are useless at the strategic level, but on a single battlefield, they possess instant explosive power that is enough to destroy several times the enemy's army in a short period of time.
Therefore, from a rational point of view, transforming the ranger cavalry into heavy cavalry is actually a very stupid and visionless decision. After all, the rangers have a strong ability to protect themselves, while the heavy cavalry relies too much on friendly forces. If
If you form an army alone, you will most likely be eaten whole by the enemy.
But the problem is that the only Wei cavalry under Zhao Hongrun is the Youma Army. After all, Zhao Hongrun cannot mobilize the cavalry of the Sixth Battalion in the garrison. Furthermore, it is impossible for him to hand over such sharp weapons to the Northern Sichuan Cavalry.
After all, Zhao Hongrun still had selfish motives. After all, the Youma Army was a cavalry composed of Wei people and a few people from Shangshui County, so it was naturally more trustworthy than the Northern Sichuan cavalry.
"...Don't blame me for making random changes. Now in our great Wei Dynasty, apart from the sixth garrison battalion, you are the only one with the foundation of cavalry. You garrison six battalions, I can't mobilize..." As he said, Zhao Hongrun
He changed his tone and said with a smile: "Throw aside the tradition of the Yuma Army, what do you think of this heavy cavalry?"
Ma You shook his head when he heard this, frowned and said: "Endurance is the biggest problem. Whether it is a person or a horse... the power of a short-distance charge is indeed amazing, but your highness has also seen that these knights just ran away.
After only a short period of time, everyone is out of breath from exhaustion. If this really comes to the battlefield... From the beginning, I am not optimistic about this kind of heavy cavalry."
When Zhao Hongrun heard this, he glanced at Ma You with slight surprise. After all, Ma You could see through the weakness of the heavy cavalry at a glance. He was worthy of being a veteran of Yuma in Dang County, and he understood the essence of cavalry very well.
Is the essence of cavalry lies in destroying the enemy on the frontal battlefield?
No, dividing the enemy's formation on the frontal battlefield, cooperating with the infantry to attack the enemy, and harassing the enemy at the strategic level, this is the essence of cavalry - mobility and flexibility!
Although the violence of heavy cavalry on the frontal battlefield is remarkable, in the final analysis, it is actually the wrong development path of cavalry. Although it has absolute dominance on local battlefields, compared with light cavalry, heavy cavalry has limitations.
Sex is just too much.
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Zhao Hongrun took a long breath and said quietly: "In terms of cavalry, South Korea is already far ahead of the Wei Dynasty... Even Dangjun Yuma was not completely sure that he could defeat the Korean cavalry, right?"
Ma You nodded silently. Although he had always been proud of being a member of Dangjun Yuma, he was not arrogant enough to believe that Dangjun Yuma could stabilize the Korean cavalry in the war.
After all, to a certain extent, the creation of Dangjun Yuma drew on the training and tactical use of Korean light cavalry.
Having said that, even Dangjun Yuma cannot guarantee that they will not be able to defeat the Korean cavalry. Can the heavy cavalry do it?
In fact, heavy cavalry can really do it.
Because heavy cavalry is the most violent tactical unit on the cold weapon battlefield, even if it is a head-on confrontation with the Korean cavalry, the opponent will definitely lose in the end.
"...It's like two people running a race. Since the person running behind can no longer speed up, we have to find a way to make the person running in front slow down. It's best to make the other person fall." Zhao Hongrun joked with a smile.
road.
Ma You was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the knights in the distance and nodded thoughtfully.
He naturally understood what Zhao Hongrun meant: As long as the Yuma heavy cavalry broke out on the battlefield with strength that shocked South Korea and defeated the Korean cavalry head-on, South Korea would definitely follow suit and vigorously cultivate this kind of heavy cavalry.
The terrible thing is that the cost of building a heavy cavalry is not small. If South Korea gets hot-headed and decides to build a heavy cavalry of tens of thousands, then His Highness King Su in front of him will probably laugh.
"I'm afraid South Korea won't be fooled..." Ma You said with a wry smile.
"They will be fooled." Zhao Hongrun said with a chuckle.
After witnessing the brutality of heavy cavalry on the battlefield, it is impossible for anyone to reject this violent force. Even Zhao Hongrun, knowing that the heavy cavalry was destined to be a short-lived phenomenon, could not help but fantasize in his heart about commanding a hundred thousand heavy cavalry.
The wonderful sight of crushing enemy troops.
Because that feeling is too violent, too exciting, and too exciting.
"...Of course, the premise is that the Yuma Army must perform well." Zhao Hongrun warned.
Ma You nodded. He knew that whether he could cause the Korean cavalry to stumble would depend on his performance on the battlefield.
Perhaps seeing that Ma You was too serious, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile but not a smile: "Stop keeping such a straight face, as if I am pushing you to do some hard work... Even if it is you, do you dare to pat your chest and say
Have you ever been moved by the indomitable feeling of personally leading this cavalry charge on the battlefield?"
Ma You was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at the cavalry in the distance again, and then an awkward smile appeared on his face.
Indeed, if he was not moved at all, why did he not only not stop the "unwise suggestion" put forward by a certain King Su, but instead fully cooperate with it?
"Yes, the general also wants to try that feeling. Wearing thick armor, riding a horse also covered with thick armor, charging unscrupulously on the battlefield, no matter how many enemy troops there are, moving forward indomitably, crushing everything along the way.
The obstacles blocking our army's front..." Ma You licked his lips and whispered in a somewhat excited mood.
Indeed, no heroic man can resist this temptation.
"You will get your wish." Zhao Hongrun said confidently.
He knew that even though heavy cavalry had huge drawbacks, it was undeniable that before the world fully understood this arm, it would dominate the battlefield until it was strategically defeated by light cavalry.
After that, Zhao Hongrun and Ma You hung out for a while, then said goodbye and returned to Daliang.
While the two were talking about this unit, Princess Yulong and the Zongwei tried to wear those thick armors.
Unfortunately, Princess Yulong failed to do so in the end, because the armor was too thick. The thick armor was much heavier than her whole body, and she could not move at all after wearing it. Even the Zongwei,
After putting on such heavy armor, it seemed quite strenuous.
Only Zongwei Chu Heng, wearing heavy armor, was still punching vigorously, as if he was not affected at all, and shocked a large number of Ranger cavalry.
On the way back, Zhao Hongrun carefully told Princess Yulong and the Zongwei not to reveal the situation of the Yuma Army. After all, he was planning to trick South Korea twice with this heavy cavalry - he spent a huge amount of money to have the Smelting Bureau build thousands of them.
Wearing this kind of armor, he would feel a loss even if he cheated South Korea even once.
When Zhao Hongrun and his party returned to Prince Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun was surprised to find that his third uncle, Zhao Laiyu, had actually arrived at the mansion.
"Third uncle, you came a little too fast..."
Zhao Hongrun greeted Zhao Laiyu and at the same time ordered the family to prepare dishes to welcome the third uncle.
"It's not too soon." Zhao Laiyu shook his head and whispered: "As far as I know, your uncle (Zhao Laituo) has also arrived at the clan mansion..."
"Little uncle?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment. The little uncle with whom he had a good impression at the beginning appeared in his mind, and he said with a strange expression: "Second uncle...could it be that he lacks confidence?"
"Hmph." Zhao Laiyu chuckled and said lightly: "Don't talk about Yuan Yan, even I don't have enough confidence. After all... that is the Wei family in Longxi, the head family of my Zhao family, Hongrun, you are in need right now.
Let’s all be open to the outside world.”
It can be seen that the third uncle is not very reassured by a certain junior who is not only aggressive outside, but also in his own home.
"I know, I know." Zhao Hongrun responded casually.
In early July, the Wei family in Longxi finally passed through Chenggao Pass. This group of people swarmed into "Xingyang", "Mi County", "Wusa", "Yan County", "Ancheng" and other counties to take over.
Protected the city defenses of various counties.
Even Chenggao Pass was taken over.
After learning about this incident, the court officials frowned: This food appearance is too ugly!
Although the Wei family in Longxi sent an envoy to explain the matter and said that they were staying temporarily, the Zhao family of Wei State and the imperial court still felt unhappy: I, the great Wei Dynasty, took you in for the sake of being the same clan, but because of your attitude,
It seems that you want to turn your back on guests. What does this mean?
Just because the Wei family in Longxi is the head family of the Zhao family in Wei?
For a time, the atmosphere in Wei State also became tense.