Yang Qiu got on the horse and ran around the school grounds, waving the spear in his hand and making assassination movements. The biggest advantage of the bilateral stirrups and the high-bridge saddle is that it can liberate people's strength and allow the cavalry to focus on their energy.
They are all used for operating weapons, and there is no need to clamp the horse's belly hard when necessary as before to ensure that it does not fall to the ground.
Yang Qiu tried assassination and archery several times, then jumped off the horse and said with joy: "Good baby, really good!"
Generals such as Xu Rong and Li Kan also tried it, and it was indeed much more convenient. After using these equipment, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was greatly enhanced.
"There are many craftsmen in the city. Let them work quickly. The saddles and stirrups do not need to be exquisitely made, as long as they are usable. Let them practice the horseshoes with other animals. When they are proficient, they can then shoe the war horses." Chen Cheng said:
"Choose some people who are good at riding. It doesn't matter whether they are Han or Qiang, or Huns. On that day, you go and pick out three or four hundred prisoners of war who are willing to join us."
"In addition, with these things, longer and heavier weapons can be used on horseback, allowing craftsmen to make more long spears. The short spears used by the Huns are generally less than one foot, so our weapons only need to be larger than the Huns.
As long as it's long... well, just one foot or two feet."
Just as Xubu Guduhou was rushing to his hometown in a hurry, the people in Linrong City were also so busy that they were on their backs. They were making new equipment and shoeing their horses... In the city
The sound of "ding-dong-dang-dang" kept ringing from morning to night.
Chen Cheng rode his war horse to explore along the banks of the Yellow River, inspecting all the nearby places suitable for crossing the river. His "detection" skill has now been upgraded to the fourth level, and he can detect the situation within a radius of forty miles, but he still has to see it with his own eyes.
, you have to ride a horse on it yourself to get a clearer picture.
Although it is said that the Yellow River is full of dangers and is only about profit, the two banks of the Yellow River between Linrong and Lian County are almost barren without the obstruction of Helan Mountain. Some grass can grow, but it is not as good as the crops at the foot of Helan Mountain.
There is no need to think about it. The climate conditions will only get better when you get near Linrong because there are Yinshan Mountains in the north.
According to the results of Chen Chengcheng's investigation, the terrain to the west of the Yellow River in the middle section is relatively flat, unlike the hills and mountains in the east. When the Huns went south, they walked a certain distance south, crossed the Yellow River, and then started from the west of the Yellow River.
Invading the Northland.
Chen Cheng judged that when the Huns came back, they would also take this route. Because this was the most convenient and fastest way. In order to grasp the movements of the Huns as quickly as possible, he spent all day
He was wandering around thirty or forty miles south of Linrong with a small number of soldiers and horses, so when the Huns began to build a pontoon bridge thirty miles away from Linrong, he was immediately discovered.
When the two pontoon bridges of the Huns were almost completed, Chen Cheng also ordered three thousand cavalry in Linrong City and attacked in the direction of the Huns crossing the river. Among these three thousand cavalry, they had new stirrups and saddles, and
There are no more than a thousand people using long spears measuring one foot and two feet. Making these equipment requires craftsmen to spend a lot of time, but nailing horseshoes is simpler. As long as you are skilled, it is not a problem to nail dozens or hundreds of horseshoes in a day. So the three thousand horses that went out were
The war horses are all shoed.
With horseshoes, war horses can gallop on some mountain roads or uneven roads without having to worry about the horseshoes breaking, which greatly increases the mobility of the cavalry. Thirty miles is neither close nor far. For horses with shoes,
For the cavalry, they can rush over in less than half an hour. Even if they advance in small steps to save power, they can get there in an hour.
The three thousand cavalry under Chen Cheng were divided into three parts. The thousand elites with new weapons and equipment were naturally led by himself. Xu Rong led the 1,600 cavalry selected from the Han people and Qiang people.
Then he led four hundred Hun prisoners of war.
When the three thousand cavalry drove out of the city gate, a Hun wizard with bright feathers on his head and a long beard was performing a dance at the gate of the city. The Huns have the most primitive totem belief. This wizard was driven out that day.
Rescued from the knife point, he has been very cooperative these days and helped pull many prisoners of war over.
Chen Cheng naturally doesn't believe in these mythical things, but even if others don't believe it, they will be affected to some extent. Those Huns are very superstitious. Not only the slave herdsmen at the bottom believe this, but also the noble leaders at the top
Most people believe it.
When Ri Zhu's soldiers and horses left the city, he rode up to the wizard and asked loudly: "Is our attack a good thing or a bad thing?"
The wizard shook wildly for a while, then stopped and breathed heavily and replied: "Good luck, good luck!"
That day Zhuri was filled with joy and asked again: "Does that mean we will win?"
The wizard took a peek at the Han soldiers beside him and said with certainty: "We can win! And it will be an absolute victory!"
That day, Rizhu turned around and shouted to the Hun soldiers behind him: "Did you hear it? The wizard said that the gods will protect us and win!"
These Huns came here anyway, and their morale was very average. I thought there were quite a few who ran away on the way, but in fact, several of them ran away secretly in the past few days. On that day, Ri Zhu raised his butcher knife unceremoniously and executed
The military discipline of "fighting with a team" is adopted, that is: if one person escapes, the entire team will be killed!
After hearing the wizard say that they would achieve a great victory, the morale of these evil-minded Huns became a little stronger.
Three thousand cavalry moved forward unhurriedly, and it took an hour to arrive at the place where the pontoon bridge was. The Huns had already come a lot, and people on both sides of the Yellow River raised their horses and neighed. When the first row of cavalry appeared in the distance,
After landing on the mound, the Huns on the east bank of the Yellow River immediately started a commotion.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
The noble leaders loudly scolded the soldiers under their command, whipped their panicked subordinates with horse whips, and asked them to mount their horses and prepare for battle. Under the urging of the leaders, some Huns cavalry ran towards the north, preparing to charge after the formation of the team.
Ao defeated the enemy in front of him.
However, Chen Cheng did not immediately lead his troops to attack. Instead, he took the time to go down the mound and arranged more than a thousand cavalry in three rows. Each row had more than 300 cavalry, about fifteen meters apart from front to back and about 15 meters from left to right.
It is about one meter and one or two miles wide when unfolded.
These more than a thousand cavalry are all assault cavalry, equipped with bilateral stirrups and high-bridge saddles, and carry long spears and shields more than three meters long. In addition, they also have Beiyou throwing spears and ring-head knives. Because the long spears are rushed out, the quality
It's very bad. It will probably break after just a few assassinations. At that time, it will have to be replaced with other weapons. The soldiers are all wearing armor, and most of the armor in the army is concentrated on the first row of assault cavalry.
The four hundred Huns cavalry that day were in the second formation, using traditional short spears, bows and arrows and other weapons. Xu Rong led 1,600 cavalry, the largest number, but their combat effectiveness was definitely not as good as the more than a thousand cavalry in the first formation.
.Placing them at the end is because their combat effectiveness is very average, and secondly it is to monitor the Huns in the second formation.
Na Rizhu knew this very well, but he could only obey obediently. There were Han troops in front and behind him now. If he dared to have any evil intentions, he would be attacked from both sides and would be completely destroyed in a short time. Moreover,
After seeing the power of the cavalry led by Chen Cheng himself, he had no doubt that he could win the battle.
Besides, he personally chopped off the heads of so many Xiongnu nobles. Even if he wanted to jump repeatedly, the Huns would have to accept it.
The Huns at the pontoon bridge were divided into two parts. A small number of soldiers and horses stayed in place to protect the pontoon bridge. Most of the Huns quickly formed a team and rushed towards the mound. Their soldiers and horses had already crossed the river.
With nearly 8,000 troops, even if only half of them were taken out, it would still be more than the Han army here on the mound.
In the understanding of the Huns, in field battles, the greater the number of cavalry, the greater the advantage. It does not matter even if the equipment is a little inferior, as long as there are enough people and horses, victory can be achieved.
Nearly seven thousand Xiongnu cavalry rushed over, with great momentum and overwhelming force, but there was no order. At the beginning, the formation could be seen, but within two miles, they were completely mixed together, and there was no organization at all.
. Seeing that the Huns' equipment and tactics had not changed much, Chen Cheng knew: Although the battle had not yet been fought, he had already won.
The Huns began to charge, and Chen Cheng immediately ordered the soldiers to launch an assault. Under the guidance of the general's flag, three rows of assault cavalry quickly rushed towards the Huns. The confrontation between cavalry and cavalry, victory with more troops, was originally like this
However, this time, Chen Chengjun used epoch-making weapons and equipment to teach the Huns who once dominated the grasslands a lesson, teaching them the correct use of cavalry.
The three-meter-long lance easily knocked off the Huns who were using short spears less than two meters long. Many Huns struggled to stab the opposite side with the short spears in their hands, but they found helplessly that the weapons in their hands could not reach them at all.
.And the enemy easily used the long cavalrymen to tie them into meat skewers one by one.
Many Huns angrily threw their spears and used them as spears, causing some damage to the Liangzhou army, but it could not change the situation on the battlefield.
After Chen Cheng routinely shot two arrows, he immediately switched to the melee mode of spear and shield without caring about what he hit. After using the new equipment, his combat effectiveness was stronger than before. It was deafening.
Amidst the sound of horse hooves, a four-meter-long lance pierced the body of the Huns on the opposite side. The tip of the lance pierced the enemy's chest and lifted the enemy off his horse.
The Huns who were not yet dead stared with eyes like dead fish and struggled desperately on the lance. Chen Cheng used his right hand to shake the gun barrel and threw the enemy out. There were "puff, puff" and "click" sounds behind him.
, the former is when the lance pierces the flesh, and the latter is when the gun barrel explodes under the high-speed impact.
After using horseshoes, the maximum speed of the war horse becomes faster, and the lance is longer, so there is a certain chance that the lance will break every time you attack. After all, it is a temporary weapon and cannot be compared to a well-made one.
Ma Shu.
The first row of assault cavalry broke up the Huns' formation, and the two rows of assault cavalry in the back completely tore the Huns' battle formation apart. Although the first row only had more than a thousand cavalry, the impact they showed was even more powerful.
