After discovering the strange behavior of Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao, Lu Bu decided to talk to them alone.
After all, Zhang Xiu was a junior who was mentored by Lu Bu when he was in the Xiliang army. He was once considered by the outside world to be the "Lü Hou party", and Zhang Liao was not to mention Lu Bu's good brother who grew up with him.
Lu Bu knew that he was not an eloquent person, but if it came to these two people, he felt that he could persuade them.
First, he found Zhang Liao, who was still in his own house.
It seems that because Lu Bu has been in charge of the center all year round, while Zhang Liao has been leading troops away for a long time, the two of them have rarely drank alone in the mansion in the past two years.
As soon as Zhang Liao entered the small pavilion and saw two pairs of bowls and chopsticks behind the table, he knew that Lu Bu was looking for him alone and did not even call Gao Shun, so he had a vague idea of what the other party was going to say!
Lu Bu did not come up to talk in detail, but instead started to reminisce about the past with Zhang Liao while drinking wine, starting from when Li Su was still here, when they wandered around Bingzhou together...
Even after drinking, it was revealed that Lu Lingqi had recently gotten married and had a child, which made Lu Bu think about it a lot, and he even took the initiative to talk about Mrs. Yan's affairs.
In the end, Zhang Liao couldn't help but said: "I'm the one who got it... If I can be a cavalry general and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era, I will be a cavalry general; if I can be a musketeer general and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era, I will be a musketeer general."
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"Hahaha, Wen Yuan is not only good at appearance, he is simply over the top! Who said that cavalry will be useless in the future? What are the ships of grain sent to Liaodong and the horses brought back from Liaodong for?" Lu Buwen
Yan smiled.
"But... once the Qi bullet crossbows and artillery are released, even the plate armored cavalry will not be very effective!" Zhang Liao said with some reluctance after hearing this.
The plate armored cavalry satisfied all the fantasies of the cavalry officers, including Zhang Liao, about heavy armored cavalry.
The "perfect" defensive power, the weight is lighter than that of chain mail, and even with the backing of Chu State's industry...it's not even a high cost!
Originally, Zhang Liao thought that the heyday of heavy cavalry was coming, and that he could lead the Chu cavalry across the battlefield, killing generals and capturing flags...
Unfortunately, this "prosperous age" was too short-lived!
Even plate armor can't protect the cavalry at all when faced with artillery. At most... it will weaken the speed of artillery shells more when it is on a flesh pad?
When faced with the Qi bullet crossbow, Zhang Liao also tried it. With just the right angle and the right position, he was able to "unload" the bullets of the Qi bullet crossbow to the side. Although it was not uncomfortable to be shot, it would not be too painful.
Serious injuries.
However, if the angle is not good, or the distance is too close, and the bullet hits a weak point, the plate armor will not be able to stop the crossbow bullet!
To completely block bullets, the plate armor needs to be strengthened to the point where it is difficult for horses to carry it and for soldiers to move.
The same is true in the running group of the martial arts hall... no, in the battlefield simulation.
If the plate armor hits the crossbowman head-on, it is only equivalent to reducing the opponent's hit rate to the original 40%, and it can ignore the bullet's ricochet damage - it is better to switch to light cavalry, at least it can get closer to the opponent faster!
The enhancements Chu Jia brought to the cavalry were directly obliterated by crossbows and artillery, and they returned to the starting point...
"Of course plate armored cavalry can't do it. Heavy cavalry has many flaws. Otherwise, how could the hard drive be sold to that Cao Ahao so easily?" Lu Bu said disdainfully.
Indeed, everyone can see this!
Originally there were generals who wanted to respond to the king about the issue of plate armor not being exported first, but after seeing the crossbows and artillery, no one mentioned it.
Plate armor?
Replace it with iron ore, copper ore, tin ore... and make it into artillery. Wouldn't the crossbow be delicious? What kind of plate armor do you need?
In the end, no one mentioned this...
"Then..." Zhang Liao hesitated to speak.
"Heavy cavalry is not suitable for future battlefields, and pure cavalry armies like the Qiang and Xiongnu have little development prospects, but don't forget the true meaning of cavalry to the Chu State!" Lu Bu reminded.
That's right, for the current Chu State, cavalry is not used to fight alone.
After all, how many war horses are there in the entire Chu State? Most of them were transported back from Liaodong!
The number of war horses determines that the greater role of cavalry is to coordinate other armies, just like the Song Dynasty in history...
Although the Song Dynasty was dominated by infantry and was suppressed by the northern regime in terms of cavalry for a long time, the Song Dynasty's first-line army would include at least several hundred cavalry - not for group charge, but for reconnaissance and roundabout response.
Zhang Liao had a look of thought in his eyes when he heard this. In fact, he had been fascinated by the plate armored cavalry before, and his mind was filled with thoughts of the cavalry pushing him across, so he felt a little disappointed.
Of course, on the other hand, it was also because this was Zhang Liao - he felt uncomfortable if he was not allowed to charge with the cavalry!
In Zhang Liao's eyes, the cavalry should go straight into the enemy's formation and capture and kill the enemy chieftain!
Not to mention the drastic changes caused by Baitutiao technology, historically the change from front-loading guns to rear-loading guns was unacceptable to many officers.
Just like in history, when Prussia had just developed mature breech-loading gun technology, some Swiss officers disdainfully called it an "enema gun". There were even Prussian officers who specifically requested that the breech-loading gun be fired at their funerals, otherwise they would "die with their eyes open"...
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The same is true for Zhang Liao.
He is not worried that his abilities will become obsolete, nor is he clinging to his old skills, but he is unable to accept that the cavalry he is proud of has become "outdated"...
Of course, in fact, as Lu Bu said, Zhang Liao just fell too far for a while and got into trouble.
In fact, there is still a long way to go before cavalry becomes obsolete!
In the early days of World War I, Germany still had cavalry establishment. During World War II, Li Yunlong captured the horses and was unwilling to hand them over (dense fog)...
As for battlefields at the level of thermal weapons in the 18th century?
The best tactics of His Majesty, the Emperor who founded the country, were artillery bombardment, cavalry charge, and the three-axe attack on the infantry.
The cavalry still played a vital role in the late 18th century and the early 19th century. It was a very "expensive" force and there were not too many great powers that had already adopted firearms.
What is outdated is the tactic of using cavalry as the main force, or even as tanks...
At the peak of the founding of the country, the country had a population of 28 million, an army of 600,000 or 700,000, an artillery deployment rate of nearly three per thousand, more than 20 light and heavy cavalry regiments, and more than 20 motorized cavalry regiments - the so-called dragoons.
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The dragon cavalry of the Fa Kingdom does not refer to how fierce the horses are, but refers to the semi-cavalry that "uses horses as a mobility force". They use horses to achieve high mobility, but they still play like infantry on the battlefield.
Only dragoons are equipped with rifles. Other real cavalry use swords and lances as their main weapons. As for firearms, they only use muskets...
In the next plan of the Chu State, the war horse cavalry will be formed into an independent cavalry division just like the artillery, and then the company will be used as a unit and attached to each infantry corps, and several reinforced cavalry regiments will be established as the main force to undertake special tasks.
cavalry.
Lu Bu also deliberately recommended Zhang Liao as the commander of the cavalry division, so now he is reminded to go back and think more about the development of cavalry tactics in the new environment!
Then Lu Bu called Zhang Xiu again - Zhang Xiu was flattered that Lu Bu invited him to meet him at Qu'ahou Mansion, his private residence. Under the guidance of his servant, when he first entered the martial arts field in the backyard, he saw Lu Bu
When Gu Jia looked over, Zhang Xiu thought he was going to give him some advice...
"Wear armor." Just after Lu Bu finished speaking, Zhang Xiu also had armor.
after……
Lu Bu was merciless and kicked Zhang Xiu into the rockery on the side. It was difficult to get out!
And before Zhang Xiu could struggle out, Lu Bu pursued him relentlessly, pulled him out, and smashed him so hard that the back of his head hit the ground!
It seems that apart from not actually cutting it, there is no sign of mercy at all.
As a first-class general appraiser, Zhang Xiu's martial arts is at the bottom of the first class. Even if Lu Bu does not enter the divine mode, he is still enough to crush him.
Half an hour later, Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu, who was bruised and swollen, finished explaining their reasoning...