Li Zicheng's elite knights were all elite men of the world, and Zhang Nai's personality was full of magical charm that could easily influence other soldiers.
Combining the two, Zhang Pizhu's persuasion had no impact at all on the pro-army cavalry in the middle camp of Yihou.
These imperial cavalry, whose helmets are pierced through armor and whose bodies are shining with golden scales, are dazzling in their armor and their equestrian skills are far superior to the most elite Three Wall Cavalry under Liu Fangliang.
After Zhang Nai made up his mind to counterattack despite Zhang Pili's repeated persuasion, the Suwei elite cavalry from the middle camp, all like one man, followed Zhang Nai in unison and put down their chins.
Riding the horse out of the city.
The courage of this group of cavalry was so amazing. They formed dozens of cavalry in a row and filed out of the city. Even the dust raised was full of fighting passion.
Zhang Piyu, who stayed behind at Tumen Pass, put his hand on the hilt of his sword. Although he was very uneasy, he was also impressed by Zhang Nai's courage and the vigor of this standard knight.
"Unexpectedly, the elite soldiers of Zhongying were even better than Chu Chuang's elites..."
After Li Zicheng led the soldiers and horses of the middle battalion to occupy the three northwest sides, especially after occupying the famous horse-producing area of Ningxia and Hexi, the quality of the Dashun Army's war horses has been improved by leaps and bounds.
The quality of the Suwei Xiaoqi war horses under Zhang Nai's command is of course far superior to that of Chu Chuang's cavalry.
After all, the Huguang area where Chu Chuang has been active for a long time is not a good horse-producing area. Some of Li Laiheng's war horses were captured from the Ming and Qing armies, and some were rogue horses purchased through Kendeji's trade channels. The quality was not the same.
Compared with Zhang Nai's Xiaoqi.
Li Laiheng was appointed as Jianghuai Economic and Strategic Envoy by Li Zicheng, and led his troops to the northern expedition to Huaibei and Shandong. Later, he conquered Xuzhou, crossed the Yellow River, and crossed Hebei. This was considered to have obtained a batch of relatively high-quality war horse resources from the north.
But compared to the stable high-quality war horse resources in the three northwest sides, the quality of Li Laiheng's cavalry, in terms of the most basic war horses, is far behind Zhang Nai.
Of course, there are fundamental differences between the Chu Chuang cavalry and the cavalry from all the major forces in the world in terms of organizational form and charging tactics. We are not actually competing on the same track, and the difference in the quality of the horses does not necessarily mean that
The difference in combat effectiveness between Chu Chuang cavalry and Zhongying cavalry.
However, at this time, Zhang Nai led his troops to gallop with thousands of horses. The vigorous and heroic appearance of those excellent war horses still opened Zhang Pili's eyes.
Zhang Pili always had an unrealistic sense of admiration for Li Laiheng in the past, and therefore had a lot of contempt for other members of the intruders such as Zhongying.
The fact that Zhang Nai refused to listen to the persuasion and insisted on venturing out of the city also made Zhang Pili feel that as one of the founding marquises of the country, Yihou's military skills were not high.
It was only now that he saw the galloping posture of Zhongying's guards, that Zhang Pili felt a "slap in the face" feeling, and suddenly felt that Zhongying's strength was much more powerful than he had expected.
If a heavily armed cavalry sprinted for ten miles at full speed, most of the horses would die of exhaustion halfway. Zhang Nai was not only a heroic and brave warrior, he was also a brilliant cavalry general in the Shun Army.
After Yihou led his troops to rush out of Guancheng, he first asked the Suwei cavalry to line up. The imperial knights first advanced at a pace of several tens of meters, and then slowly increased their speed.
The footwork of the intruder cavalry can be divided into several types: slow step, quick step, running, attacking step, etc. When the heroic cavalry warriors of the central camp rushed out of Guancheng, they were using the slow step, which is characterized by the independent movement of each limb of the war horse.
Rise and fall, and move with diagonal limbs crossing each other in order. The order is left front, right back, right front, left back.
Zhang Nai's cavalry, which was advancing at a slow pace, could slowly align themselves in formation, showing Shen Yi's firm posture. Then, during the advance, they slowly adjusted their acceleration to a quick step. The quick step is when the horses move forward diagonally.
The hind limbs move at the same time, alternating with each other, and only two hoof sounds are heard after each step.
Both the slow step and the quick step allow the cavalry to move forward steadily for a long time, and can gallop dozens of miles without affecting the condition of the horse.
Then after accelerating to canter, the war horse's limbs land on and off the ground three times. When running with the left front, the right hind limb steps first, then the right forelimb and left hind limb step at the same time, and finally the left forelimb touches the ground with strong forward extension.
The running posture is the beginning of the charging stage. The cavalry running at this posture and speed pays more attention to the impact force rather than the physical strength of the war horse.
The final step is the impact posture used by Zhang Nai's cavalry when charging. At this time, the horse's walking method is similar to running, but in the second movement, the two diagonal hooves touch the ground separately, which actually forms four sounds.
The hoof sounds are just because of the extremely high speed. It is difficult to distinguish the first, second hoof sounds, and the third and fourth hoof sounds.
After the cavalry of the middle camp lined up, their speed continued to increase, and they kept changing their appropriate galloping postures midway, and soon caught up with the rear soldiers of the Qing army's siege troops who hadtily retreated.
Under the command of Zhang Nai, they lined up, walked slowly, walked quickly, ran, and charged. All these actions were completed as smoothly as clouds and flowing water. The armored cavalry ferociously charged into the ranks of the Qing army. It seemed that the Donglu had no intention of fighting to the death from behind.
Determination was almost broken at the first touch. Zhang Nai personally led dozens of cavalry to break through the Qing army's rear column and penetrated into the enemy's artillery battery used to attack the city.
The knights in the middle camp slashed with knives and charged with spears. Many of them were charging quickly, and they were able to accurately shoot arrows on the violently bumpy horseback. Their riding and shooting skills were not weaker than those they had practiced since childhood.
Eight Banners soldiers fighting hard on horseback.
After Zhang Nai led his troops to break through the enemy's siege, he immediately rushed into the gunners. Most of the Qing army's gunners only had simple armor protection and only a single sword in their hands for protection. They could not compete with the fully armed Shunjun armored cavalry. Zhang Nai
After overcoming the fire blockage of the Donglu gunmen and reaching a distance where they could launch arrows to counterattack and start fighting, the battle immediately turned into a one-sided massacre.
The Shun army rode finely across the field, pursuing and killing them until the flags of the Qing army's troops and horses were revealed in the distance, and many cannons fired from a distance to stop Zhang Nai.
The army's cavalry continued their pursuit, and after a show of force and vigor with the sound of golden drums, they returned triumphantly to Tumenguan City.
The cavalry tactics used by Zhang Nai are certainly not as unique as Chu Chuang's wall charge, but they are still a clever tactic. This tactics was born out of the "Qinzhong Rogue Bandits" uprising army who fought all over the world for more than ten years.
In life, most of the old "Qin bandits" and "thieves" came from the border armies on the three sides of Shaanxi Province and were familiar with the tactics of the Ming army's cavalry.
They combined the tactics of the regular Ming army cavalry with the local wisdom of the rogue bandits who fought all over the world. After Li Zicheng led his troops into the pass and settled the Three Qin Dynasties, they finally formed a master who showed off his power like Zhang Nai does today.
Zhang Pili finally felt ashamed of his ignorance and arrogance. Zhang Nai walked to the top of the city carrying a bunch of Donglu heads, threw the bloody heads with braided hair on the ground, and laughed:
"The Donglu are so weak! If their cannons hadn't been so numerous and dense, blocking the road, I would have really wanted to break through Huolu in one go and kill directly to Zhending City."
Zhang Pili also admired Zhang Nai's heroic performance today and said in admiration:
"Yihou is so majestic! I have fought against the Donglu before, but why have I never seen them defeated so cleanly? I have been in Huguang for a long time, and I have never seen the power of our Dashun Zhongying troops!
Today, Yihou really opened my eyes and made me realize that our elite soldiers in Dashun are actually so powerful."
Zhang Nai chuckled and said: "No need to say more, just wait for Long live and the troops to arrive. We will set off immediately to break the siege of Zhending. The main force of the Qing army must be under the Zhending city now. We use the cavalry to clear the way, drive straight in, and reach the city. Cooperate with
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