Were the Huns scary?

If it was a few years ago, perhaps the Han army would still have a little timid feeling towards the Huns.

But now, it's not that they look down on people, but that the Huns give people the feeling that it's really just that.

Are the Huns strong or not?

This is a matter of contrast.

As the saying goes, people have to die more than others.

The reason is the same, after a few battles with the Huns, the entire Han Dynasty has a deeper understanding of the Xiongnu's combat effectiveness, command ability, combat methods, combat ideas, etc.

And after an in-depth analysis, when the veil of the most mysterious layer was lifted.

Everyone found out, in fact, the Huns were just that.

Of course, just that thing is the same thing, and what should be despised is despised where it should not be despised and what should not be despised must not be despised by all.

After thoroughly studying the detailed information such as the combat thinking and methods of the Huns, the imperial court also made a comprehensive analysis of this and the strategic way to deal with it.

In other words, all the officers of the Han army at the thousand-level level, when they see the Huns, they basically know what to do with them as long as they glance at their formation.

Capable officers can make subtle changes according to standard procedures to achieve the best combat results.

Officers who don't have much confidence can just deal with it with the standard, at least tactically, they will not be completely defeated.

Of course, what really determines the outcome is the individual quality of the soldiers and the cooperation of the team.

There is no problem with the Han army in this regard.

Even these Yue Clan soldiers under Ma Ya don't have any big problems, even if the tacit understanding is not reached, their commander will take them to complete the set goal.

And how did the Huns fight?

The routine is actually very simple, the most commonly used is that the cavalry rushes up, using the impact and speed advantage of the cavalry, quickly opening the gap, destroying the enemy's formation, expanding the gap, so that it can not be connected from end to end, so as to achieve the purpose of forcing the opponent to be unable to exert its combat effectiveness, so as to be gradually eroded by their own side.

The other is to send people around the rear and carry out a multi-faceted flanking attack on the enemy.

Previously, scouts were sent to reconnoitre, which was to determine whether the Huns had divided their troops.

Although it only detected the distance of ten miles, it was about the same.

The main reason is that there is not enough time, and with such a geographical environment, it is unlikely that the Huns will have much space to deploy these strategies.

Because within a hundred miles between the two armies, there are a large number of scouts who are constantly cross-probing.

In the same way, letting the people on both sides pay attention to the observation is to prevent the enemy's main camp from suddenly splitting up its forces to flank the attack.

As long as the opponent moves, the cavalry on the corresponding side will break away from the main camp and take the initiative to engage the opposing unit responsible for carrying out the flanking attack, so that it cannot complete the set flanking mission.

When the distance between the two sides is about three miles or so.

Maia gave the order to charge.

The speed of the Hun cavalry had already risen, and they charged longer.

But relatively speaking, the peak speed of the war horse is relatively fixed, and the longer the charge, the greater the physical exertion on the war horse.

So it doesn't make much sense.

The charging distance of a single war horse is about 100 meters, that is, the distance required to rush from stationary to speed, which is the premise of only one rider with light equipment.

The group charge is divided into many steps, formation, slow walking, fast walking, jogging, accelerating running, and charging at full speed.

After these steps, it takes about 200 to 300 meters to complete the distance.

The weight of the load is also a key factor affecting the charging distance.

Why can't the war horses raised by the people during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty be used in history?

Most of the warhorses fell on this link.

Because war horses need to carry heavy loads to fight, the ability of war horses raised by the people is relatively poor in this regard, and the soldiers carrying them are not able to rush at all, or the staying power is not good, so they can only be eliminated.

Now the war horses of the Han army are all obtained from the Xiongnu and the Yueshi people, and they are themselves horse breeds produced in the plateau and cold regions and grew up in this living environment.

So there is no big problem with physical strength or anything, plus this batch of war horses has been on the northern border, after the Huns ran away, they would go to the grassland from time to time to walk around to maintain their physical strength or something.

Therefore, the Han army added the load, and the cavalry charged at a distance of about 400 meters, which means that the sprint speed is reached from a stationary state in the case of a cluster charge.

Of course, different environments have different requirements.

Cavalry charges on the battlefield are divided into two modes: initial charge and cross charge.

The first is the current one, where the two armies face each other and directly charge at a certain distance.

The second type belongs to the two armies that have come into contact, each running behind the other side, and needs to turn around and re-charge.

In this case, it is difficult to open up a distance of 400 meters before making a charge.

Therefore, it is generally about 100 to 200 meters to start turning around, and then directly reverse the second charge.

At this time, the charging speed of both sides will not be too fast, and the physical strength of the war horse has been consumed, so the disadvantage in speed is not so obvious.

The service life of the war horse is also determined based on this use environment.

The difference between a good war horse and a bad war horse is that a good war horse can charge a few more times, while a bad war horse is basically scrapped after a battle, and a new war horse must be replaced to continue fighting.

The reason is the same as driving a car and directly pressing the accelerator to the end.

will cause permanent irreversible damage to the engine.

It is naturally impossible for the Huns not to know the impact of a premature charge on themselves, but there is no way to do it.

They had to charge early, too late, to give the Han army more time to prepare.

The distance of four hundred meters passed in the blink of an eye, and the speed of the Yue's cavalry had reached the speed of a charge, and even faintly faster than the Hun cavalry on the opposite side.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides is only less than 300 meters.

Both sides are charging at the fastest speed, and the distance of three hundred meters is actually not far, it is about ten seconds to make contact.

The front row holds a gun, the back row holds a bow, for this set of combat methods, the Yueshi people have long been proficient.

At the beginning, they used this trick to beat those rioting Yueshi people who were suspicious of life in a few clicks.

And when the Han army dealt with the Huns, it used the same trick.

Now, of course, they're using an improved version.

Or how can you say that the Han Dynasty was strong?

As long as they have played with you, they will immediately summarize their experience, discuss and deal with the problems on the battlefield, so as to test them and then generalize.

As a lieutenant, Maia was the one who led the charge, but he did not run to the front first, but was in the middle of the line, charging parallel to the first row of cavalry.

The two sides were about to fight, and Maia adjusted the position of the cavalry gun in his hand slightly, and suddenly roared......

'Tear the ......'