The "thickness" of Chu Chuang's three wall cavalry is, of course, that compared to ordinary cavalry, their charge formation can be said to be dense to the point of being airtight. People are next to each other, shoulder to shoulder, and the knights can even communicate with each other.
Hearing the gasping sounds of the opponent, the intensity even reached the point where it seriously affected the reorganization of the charge formation.
Such a thick and dense "wall-riding" is very different from Zuoying's cavalry tactics, which can only be said to be the prototype of a wall charge. Their power is almost entirely concentrated on the first wave of charge, and the impact is so great that it can
Destroy any enemy.
The "fragility" of Chu's three-wall cavalry is due to their overly dense charging formation, which makes these knights spend more time and energy than traditional cavalry to reorganize their formation and carry out the charge after the first round of charge.
The second charge.
Although after Li Laiheng's many innovations and improvements, he managed to expand the gap between Chu Chuang's "riding on the wall", leaving enough space for the cavalry to reorganize the team, and also strengthened the training requirements for cavalry officers, so that they should always pay attention to maintaining full safety.
The army's assault queue was strictly organized.
But even so, the real wall cavalry's main strength is still concentrated in the first round of charge.
Hao Yaoqi's first charge was much more powerful than Liu Fangliang's.
After Liu Fangliang led his troops into the enemy formation, he still hoped to rush left and right to overwhelm the officers and soldiers. Hao Yaoqi simply spent all his energy on the first round of charge. From a distance, he saw that the enemy's formation was more strict than he thought.
From now on, let the soldiers be prepared to dismount and maintain their formation after the first round of charge, and wait for the shun army formation to control sufficient charging space before attacking again.
With such preparations, Chu Chuang's cavalry attack indeed achieved astonishing results.
Hao Yaoqi's first charge immediately overturned the battle line of officers and soldiers into a mess. He himself was wearing heavy armor and wielding iron rods, already like a living iron pagoda. The remaining heavy cavalry followed fiercely, killing even more
The enemy team was overwhelmed.
Li Laiheng's strategic construction in Huguang not only created a materially rich rear base. More importantly, he established a more stable source of cadres than Li Zicheng.
When Li Zicheng had to rely on the small number of Yuancong from northern Shaanxi to maintain his army, the mid-level officer positions in Chu Chuang's army were already filled with graduates from Suiying School.
Li Laiheng has always attached great importance to the number of cadres. According to his own words, this means "whether there is anyone in the pocket who can be used." His training of cadres is based on the premise of deep-rooted rule in Huguang.
Judging from the final result, although Huguang still has a shortage of personnel in many places and many times in terms of cadres.
However, in terms of army officers, the number and quality of the officers of Chu Chuang's army were not only far superior to that of the Ming Army and the Central Plains Shun Army, but also to the Eight Banners Army.
Hao Yaoqi's cavalry team, the entire queue is firmly controlled by a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers, and is divided into three parts: the front row command, the main body of the squadron, and the row of officers. Each of the four main parts of the squadron has officers controlling the front row and two wings.
There are also respective cavalry veterans to ensure the control of the flanks. With the formation as a cage and officers and non-commissioned officers as locks, this effectively ensures the "cohesion" and "tenacity" of Chu Chuang's cavalry operations.
Liu Fangliang also deployed many veteran elite cavalry in the squadron and on both wings, but during the charge, the number of officers in the front row of the three walls of the left camp was obviously not as dense as that of Hao Yaoqi.
Will this result in weak frontline command?
Liu Fangliang's temporary predicament actually proves this point. Once the Zuoying cavalry charges, it is difficult to stop. Without advance preparation, they also lack the ability to respond to sudden changes in the battle situation.
The number and position of officers and non-commissioned officers directly determine the strength of the cavalry's control and maintain the discipline and morale of the team.
The stable and efficient training of officers and non-commissioned officers has distanced them from the traditional military leaders in terms of military quality. Officer Chu Chuang not only learned the skills of bow and horse riding and shooting in the camp school, but also learned the skills of archery and horse riding.
The important thing is that they have mastered certain mathematical knowledge, know how to measure distances on the battlefield, are familiar with common sense of military science, and know how to change formations according to the battlefield situation.
Coordination and control abilities are more important to war than growing up on horseback, as well as amazing martial arts and courage.
In this regard, Li Laiheng's potential advantage is the strongest. As the scale of the battle expands, the advantage brought by the number of officers will gradually surpass the gap in personal martial arts and courage, and finally allow Chu Chuang's army to invisibly
Gain the upper hand.
"Draw the sword!"
After the Chu Chuang cavalry penetrated the enemy formation, they first violently attacked the Ming army with spears and other weapons. Some Manchu soldiers who had been arranged by Tunqi to supervise the army in the front were killed by this fierce charge.
After the kinetic energy of the cavalry charge weakened, Hao Yaoqi then calmly organized the reorganization of the cavalry team. He tried two more very short-distance charges. After failing to achieve the expected results, he immediately asked the knights to withdraw.
The waist knife was changed from a spear to a short weapon, and the weapon was quickly wielded to slash and kill in the chaos, leaving huge bloody wounds on the enemy and shaking the enemy's military morale.
Although the soldiers of the Ming army were encouraged by the reward money, they still charged forward one after another. However, there were an extremely large number of officers in the Chu Chuang cavalry team. With so many officers supporting the battle line, the soldiers could make complex tactical changes at any time to deal with various situations.
Various emergencies emerge one after another.
After the cavalry charge stopped, the soldiers formed a formation and drew their swords to fight back. Instead of showing any fear, they killed back the newly charged soldiers, creating a path for the horses to charge again.
Hao Yaoqi did not pull his troops out of the enemy's position, retreat to the rear to regroup and then launch a second charge. Instead, he became stronger as the war progressed. He took advantage of the contingency advantage brought by the number of officers and immediately led his troops to rush out of the enemy's position from the flanks and rushed in with reinforcements.
The cavalry of the left camp was trapped on the front line.
"Liu Shuai! Wait a moment! I'm here to defeat the enemy!"
Chu Chuang's heavy cavalry roared out. The rapid movements of these cavalry and the complex changes in tactics shocked Tunqi. The bravery and skill of this cavalry team, in Tunqi's opinion, was not as powerful as the elite cavalry of the Eight Banners.
But how could they make such complex tactical changes?
It’s as if everyone is a servant, and everyone is a soldier and guard!
The changes in the battlefield situation were truly dramatic. Not long after Liu Fangliang fell into the enemy's siege, Hao Yaoqi led Chu Chuang's cavalry to defeat the enemy's siege. He broke through several Ming army teams in a row and galloped with four hooves.
trample.
When Tun Qi was hesitating whether to send Manchu troops to intercept, Hao Yaoqi had already broken through the encirclement and gathered with the Zuoying knights!
Tang Tong was dumbfounded: "This bandit... It's as if everyone is a servant, otherwise how could they be so normal and move their fingers like arms!...Ah, the bandit is coming to kill!"
Tang Tong exclaimed, and then he realized that the rogue cavalry was rushing into the sea, constantly charging to break the formation, and was almost about to kill them in front of him. Then he hurriedly slapped his horse and wanted to withdraw to the central formation of the Qing army.
, but Tunqi led the Manchu war team to block Tang Tong's rear, leaving Tang Tong in a dilemma.
He lost blood in his brain and was about to faint. He pointed at Tunqi and cursed: "What's your intention? Can this battle still be fought? We can just retreat to the Chinese army and defend the position. Why are we fighting!"
But the Manchurian Supervisory Team was of course unmoved. Tang Tong had no choice but to bring his servants with guns, bows and crossbows, and intercept them desperately. However, the heavy cavalry of the Shun Army had regrouped, and the charge was as fierce as thunder.
, wherever they went, the new vassals fled one after another. No matter how much reward money they received, they still needed life flowers.
Tang Tong was almost in despair. He looked at the few servants around him and wanted to cry out in tears, how should we fight this battle?