Zhao Haiping was stunned, and so were the lieutenants who followed him.
General Qin...what's going on?
How could he stab the enemy general and fall off his horse?
There is something wrong with General Qin's marksmanship... How could he make such a stupid mistake?
The lieutenants were confused, but they had no time to react at this time, because the enemy troops had already surrounded him, and these lieutenants and soldiers could only surround Zhao Haiping and try their best to support him.
Zhao Haiping still wanted to mount his horse again, but in the chaotic formation, the enemy troops continued to attack him, the general. Even if he wanted to mount his horse, he could not find a suitable opportunity at all.
What's more, the sword in his hand is too long, and it was originally a horse fighting weapon. But if he uses the Huanshou sword, it is too short, and the enemy generals can attack him at will while riding on horseback.
In the end, he could only fall to the ground in despair under the heavy siege.
Back to the beginning.
Zhao Haiping had some doubts about life and began to review the previous battles.
"Why did I stab the enemy general with my sword without incident, but I also fell off my horse?
"It's true that the forces act reciprocally, but the reaction force was too strong. I was pushed off the horse even though my legs were sandwiched between the horse's belly.
"Could it be said that in the absence of stirrups, other methods of exerting force must be considered?"
Zhao Haiping determined that the reason why he fell off his horse was because when the two horses of the enemy crossed each other, the impact of the two horses collided directly, and the powerful force was transmitted instantly.
However, Zhao Haiping was in a state where he was holding the horse with both hands. Even though he was holding the horse's belly with his legs, he still fell off the horse because his posture was not correct enough.
After all, it is a bit too fantasy to use the friction between your legs to clamp the horse's belly to resist the impact of several times your body weight.
"One hand continues to hold the horse's rein, and the other hand attacks?
"It seems possible, but in this way, the weapons for one-handed combat are very limited. In comparison, the saber is more suitable, and long weapons like the sword are very troublesome to use with one hand.
"Because long weapons are often heavy and difficult to control with one hand. If you miss a hit, it will be difficult to adjust.
"And if you use both hands without stirrups, it means that you can easily lose your balance on the horse.
"The force from the front and back is relatively good. At least you can clamp the horse's belly with your legs and use the saddle to share some of it; if you encounter force from the side, it can basically be said that there is no point of stress at all, and falling off the horse is almost inevitable, even if
It’s not easy to have extraordinary physical fitness.
"That is to say...
"Most of the top generals in this era fought with long weapons with both hands, because the advantage in attack range is too great when using long weapons to defeat short weapons.
“But only when facing an enemy general in a head-on confrontation, you can briefly fight with long weapons with both hands. During the fight, you must always pay attention to your posture and method of exerting force. You must also focus on your side and try every means to avoid it.
“It’s too difficult without stirrups!
"Wait, think about it the other way around. It's difficult for everyone since we don't have stirrups. So if I can attack the enemy from the side, can I also greatly increase the chance of them falling?
"Without stirrups, it is a better test of true riding skills."
After Zhao Haiping reviewed the game, he decided to try it again.
Still the same as before, he led his lieutenants and soldiers to rush towards the enemy's formation and engage in a head-on confrontation.
An enemy general rushed over again. This time, Zhao Haiping was careful and did not directly hit him with his spear in both hands like before. Instead, he took a slightly slower shot and stabbed an angle.
Sure enough, the force transmitted this time was much smaller. Zhao Haiping was mentally prepared and was not directly knocked off his horse by the reaction force.
But the problem with his slow shot was that the opponent's spear also hit him.
The moment the two horses crossed each other, they stabbed each other and fell off their horses in unison.
"Depend on!"
Zhao Haiping was helpless.
Seeing that another embarrassing foot battle was about to happen, Zhao Haiping didn't waste any effort and directly drew out the Huanshou knife and killed himself.
Save some time.
This time, Zhao Haiping did not blindly restart the trial, but exited the game first and prepared to check the information.
Mainly to check two aspects of information: first, in the era when there were no stirrups, what was the mainstream combat method of cavalry; second, to confirm which battle of General Qin Kaiyun this is, and see if there is any record in the historical materials.
Specific details.
After temporarily quitting the game, Zhao Haiping turned on his computer and began to search for relevant information.
Since playing the game "Dark Sand", Zhao Haiping found that the number of times he checked information has increased significantly, and his historical knowledge has gradually increased.
I have to say this is a good phenomenon.
Soon, Zhao Haiping found some relevant records.
"Well... there has never been a very precise answer to how cavalry fought in the stirrup-less era. After all, it was so long ago that we can only rely on some ancient historical materials and unearthed cultural relics to infer.
"As modern people have become accustomed to stirrups, riding without stirrups is already a very rare riding skill. It is said that a certain program team wanted to film a big scene of the formation of a stirrupless cavalry unit, but it took a long time to try.
It could be done because there simply weren't that many actors who could ride a stirrup horse.
"In other words, the emergence of stirrups has indeed greatly reduced the training cost of cavalry, and also allows cavalry to perform more tactical actions on horseback.
"But if you say you can't ride a horse without stirrups, that's not true. Because many unearthed cultural relics and murals show that in the era without stirrups, cavalry could also fight on horses.
"There is a school of thought that in the era without stirrups, cavalry had to dismount to fight, or could only use long-range attack methods such as spears and crossbows on horseback. This is obviously wrong.
"Then let's take a look at the main attack postures in the era without stirrups."
Zhao Haiping searched again and found that there were not many domestic records in this regard, but more information could be found in the West.
Whether at home or abroad, the spear is the most commonly used weapon by cavalry.
This is normal. After all, the characteristics of the spear determine that it is the easiest to use and most efficient killing weapon whether it is an infantry battle or a horse battle.
"Simply speaking, there are three ways to hold a long gun: front grip, reverse grip, and charge with the gun clipped.
"Clamping the lance is the most impactful technique developed later, but it can only be tried in the era of stirrups. Because when two cavalry collide at high speed, if the cavalry does not let go, then the cavalry and the lance will become a whole
To bear the force, the car still needs a safety belt to fix the driver's body. If there are no stirrups on the horse to withstand the impact, the friction of just holding the horse's belly with the legs is definitely not enough, and he will inevitably be taken off the horse...
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“And the first time I fell off my horse for no apparent reason was because I and I withstood the impact of the collision of two horses, and then I fell off my horse together with the enemy general...
"So the common attack methods are the overhand grip and the overhand grip. The overhand grip is used to stab the cavalry, while the overhand grip is used to thrust into the infantry. Especially the downward thrust with the overhand grip should be the most common one in the era without stirrups.
Attack method, because this type of attack is the most stable and least prone to problems.
"Of course, it is not ruled out that some famous generals are gifted and can still maintain their body balance on horses in an acrobatic way without stirrups and perform various difficult movements with weapons in both hands, but that is by no means what they are now.
I should have fantasized..."
After Zhao Haiping flipped through the information for a while, he gestured twice to the air.
There is no way, even if you check the information, you still have to rely on your own imagination for the specific combat methods.
After all, there are no battle scenes from that era. Even if there may be murals, the contents of the murals may have been beautified and processed, and are not completely credible.
Zhao Haiping could only conceive of the combat situation after mounting his horse based on his combat experience with spears in infantry combat.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Haiping decided not to dwell on this issue anymore, because it was pointless to dwell on it, and he had to continue to think about it in actual combat.
Then, he began to consult relevant historical materials about this war.
The good news is that Qin Kaiyun was a famous general at that time, and historical materials are easy to find. The bad news is that Zhao Haiping has actually heard of this period of history, but he just failed to connect the content of the historical materials with the battlefield scenes he saw at the first time.
stand up.
Regarding this battle, there are many secondary processing contents, but none of them are very credible. The most credible ones are only these few sentences in the original historical documents.
"Yi has been a fierce warrior for many years, and has learned battle formations. Xianyun has ten thousand enemies... Kaiyun led light troops to attack him. Before he had reached more than ten miles, Yi was frightened and came to fight against him. When Kaiyun saw Yi's command, he galloped his horse.
Go straight and stab him in the middle of the army, behead him and return them. None of the generals can resist him, and the siege is lifted."
The "Yi" here refers to Gao Yi, who was also a famous general at that time.
Zhao Haiping was silent for a long time, then squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.
"Thank you designer, you really think highly of me!"
