Chapter 1977 There are probably more than a thousand armored cavalry
Li Xingchen took the battle report, glanced at it briefly, and said directly: "Bang the drum, gather the generals!"
Bao Xing and Zhang Xutuo both shook their heads and agreed at the same time.
After just a beat of the drum, the generals and even many accompanying officials were already gathered.
Li Xingchen glanced at Zhang Xutuo, who stood up and said directly: "I received two battle reports at the same time this morning. One was from the forward Yulin Cavalry. The battle took place yesterday afternoon when the sun set. They were not far away from Hanoi County.
Not far away, they encountered a Zhou counterattack, mainly composed of hundreds of armored cavalry. General Yu Linqi Cheng decisively sent armored cavalry to fight. The losses on both sides were not great, and because our light cavalry arrived in time, the Zhou people retreated.
The second one is the battle report from Xiao Shilue's headquarters in Hedong. The battle took place yesterday morning. The Zhou army in Qiziling launched an attack on our camp. The armored cavalry was the main frontal attack, while the infantry passed through the mountains and forests to outflank one side. The armored cavalry was attacked by our army.
It was a defeat. Because the reinforcements were returned in time, although there were a lot of casualties, the enemy's attack was still repelled. In addition, the reinforcements from Shaozhou have arrived, so Xiao Shilue's headquarters is still capable of fighting."
Everyone's expressions became serious.
Even the dullest person can detect the two words "Jiaqi".
This is the point.
The secret weapon of the Northern Zhou Dynasty that the Han army had been guarding against since the Northern Expedition finally appeared?
Lu Quangda's expression was even more solemn. He knew that the existence of armored cavalry would definitely make adjustments to all the deployments of the Han army, especially since there was no armored cavalry - the Han army that now has armored cavalry is nothing more than Yulin cavalry.
The rest of the troops were heavy armored soldiers. Armored cavalry was really a luxury for the Han army from the south - and they lacked teams with heavy weapons such as artillery, so they rashly advanced alone.
It would be a disaster.
After realizing that not all teams of the Han army have armored cavalry, the Northern Zhou army will definitely try every means to find omissions in the Han army's marching array. For example, Xiao Shilue encountered armored cavalry in the mountains, and the performance of the armored cavalry will definitely be affected.
, and if they encounter armored cavalry in the wilderness, no matter how hard the Han soldiers fight, they will never be able to stop these iron guys from marching on the formation.
It can be clearly seen from the enemy's formation that the opponent has realized that the armored cavalry must cooperate with the light cavalry and infantry. This shows that the opponent's armored cavalry has also formed a system and has mastered certain operations, at least in drills.
experience.
Baipao's deputy commander, Tian Duan, hurriedly rushed to the camp from a fort in Hanoi yesterday. As early as when the Han army crossed the Huai River for the Northern Expedition, Baipao began to further layout Jizhou and activate many hidden secrets that had been laid.
Zi, gained actual control over no less than ten forts, and used these forts as nodes to build a network that was no less than a network built through cities.
As a place with dense population and cultural exchanges and conflicts, towns, of course, have a lot of information that can be collected. In comparison, Wubao seems a bit closed, but this is in peacetime, after the war breaks out, towns, especially some large state capitals
Martial law must be enforced and people entering and exiting must be strictly searched and screened. Under such circumstances, it naturally becomes unrealistic to rely on large towns to collect and transmit all kinds of intelligence.
Transmitting messages through Wubao can avoid the impact of martial law on message delivery. Secondly, Wubao faces the vast wilderness, which is naturally more conducive to collecting information about the enemy's march. As for the large and small cities in the north represented by Ye City,
It becomes a distribution center for important information. Unless the information is of great importance, it will not be delivered easily to reduce exposure.
Chen Yu, the leader of Baipao, has sneaked into Yecheng, so now it is Tian Duan who is actually in charge of all matters of Baipao.
The existence of armored cavalry has directly affected strategic arrangements, so everyone expects white robes to bring more practical and effective information.
Their eyes invariably focused on Tabata.
Tabata took a deep breath and said directly: "Your Majesty, according to Baipao's inside information, the Zhou people should have collected good iron and steel in Youzhou area to build armored cavalry armor. The number of armored cavalrymen who are now armed is about five.
More than six hundred, there should be three to four hundred armored cavalry in training, so the total number of armored cavalry should be nearly a thousand, and it is not ruled out that the armored cavalry will continue to be produced, so the number of armored cavalry we will face in the end should be thousands."
The generals couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
With thousands of heavy armored cavalry, Yu Wenxian is so rich.
No wonder he was so anxious to plunder the Jizhou family. To support such a team of armored cavalry, Yu Wenxian must have been under great pressure.
Li Xingchen was not shocked. Firstly, it was no secret that the Northern Zhou army was forming a large-scale armored cavalry team, but the number was slightly beyond everyone's imagination. Secondly, since the Northern Zhou Dynasty would use armored cavalry as a weapon to deal with the Han army's firearms.
Let go of your trump card, it is reasonable to form a large number of armored cavalry.
In the history of China, there has never been such a large-scale armored cavalry unit before, so it is understandable that everyone is surprised, but this number does not exceed Li Xingchen's expectation. After all, among the more famous armored cavalry units in history,
There are still 3,000 Iron Harriers in Xixia, while the Tielin Army of the Khitans and the Iron Buddha of the Jurchens only have a much larger number.
Therefore, an armored cavalry troop of less than a thousand people would not cause Li Xingchen to panic.
Li Xingchen was just a little curious. As the heavy armored cavalry at the peak of the cold weapon era, who would win when faced with the muskets and artillery that were the beginning of the next era?
At least in history, the Ming Dynasty army with relatively advanced firearms was ultimately defeated by the rolling Jurchen cavalry. However, how much combat power did the Ming army have at that time, how deep their understanding of firearms was, and the previous civil unrest.
In fact, the impact and losses caused to the Ming army cannot be ignored. Therefore, if this is used to say that early firearms were unable to fight back against heavy armored cavalry, Li Xingchen disagreed.
Historical experience is indeed precious, but not all experience can be used for reference.
Therefore, Li Xingchen believed that this victory should belong to him.
"Your Majesty, the general believes that there are three strategies to deal with this." Lu Guangda said after talking in low voices with several generals.
Li Xingchen looked at Lu Guangda. Of course he knew that this was not just Lu Guangda's idea, but everyone was obviously willing to give this opportunity to speak to the old general.
"Let's talk."
"First of all, our army should slow down the pace of its advance. The troops should not be too dispersed to prevent them from being defeated by the enemy one by one." Lu Guangda obviously did not just listen to other people's suggestions. He also had his own ideas, otherwise he would not have talked about it.
He said, "At the same time, the armored cavalry, swordsmen, musketeers, heavy armor and artillery in each army should be deployed centrally."