After determining the strategy of marrying with the Qin State and befriending the Qin State to attack the Qi State, Xiong Huai spoke again: "Then the second thing that the widow summoned the ministers to come here today is..."

As he spoke, Xiong Huai's gaze swept over the ministers, and then looked at Gongsun Yan and said, "Rhino head, the widow has something to inquire about?" ”

Seeing this, Gongsun Yan immediately arched his hand and said, "Please command the king!" ”

Xiong Huai muttered: "In this incident of various countries attacking Qin, after reading the battle report, the widow learned that when Yiqu attacked the Qin army, he used a large number of single horsemen to raid the Qin army from the flank. Then, Zhao responded to Wei and also sent a large number of single horsemen to raid the rear of the Qin army. And in these two operations, the rhino head is the commander in the army, I don't know what the rhino head thinks about a large number of single horses acting at the same time? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the vehicle? ”

Gongsun Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and thought for a while: "King, now that among the countries, chariots have been used as auxiliaries, and the head-to-head duel is still dominated by foot soldiers. ”

"As for the advantages and disadvantages of chariots and single cavalry, in fact, they have their own advantages, in terms of the attack power of the charge, it is undoubtedly stronger chariots, but chariots have a great disadvantage, that is, it is difficult to turn around, and even the extremely elite chariot army is difficult to deflect on the battlefield. At this point, riding alone is far superior to chariots. ”

"This time, the minister led Zhao Guo to ride alone to meet the Wei State, and three thousand single horsemen suddenly appeared behind the Qin army, and then after a few rounds of arrows, they killed the rear army of the Qin army, and then dismounted and fought alone, just one charge, the whole Qin army collapsed."

But through the battle of the Zhao army through Yiqu, the minister found that the defects of the single cavalry were also obvious, and there were at least two great flaws. One is that just like the Zhao army's single cavalry, there are too few soldiers who are proficient in cavalry and archery, and the Zhao army's 3,000 single cavalry is still composed of a large number of Hu people, and there are too few people in Zhao who are proficient in cavalry and archery. ”

"The other is that it is difficult to ride alone like a chariot, and it can hit the enemy's flank head-on. After the last Yiqu impact on the Qin army, the three thousand single horsemen were completely defenseless in the Qin army, and there were still more than sixty percent of the casualties, especially the loss of war horses, which was even more amazing, after a vicious battle, the horses brought out by the minister from the Yiqu country were almost exhausted, even if Yiqu was a country with many horses, I am afraid it would be difficult to support such a large loss. ”

Xiong Huai listened to Gongsun Yan's words and kept nodding.

Riding alone has not been used a lot before, and when you use it for the first time, there are naturally many disadvantages of riding alone, and most people can see it clearly.

If you want to talk about the large-scale use of single riding, Zhao was the first to encounter this problem among the countries, and as a result, he suffered a defeat.

Now, Zhao is the first among other countries to adopt the policy of riding alone to form an army, and the effect is obvious.

The last time he crossed the river with the Wei army, he achieved remarkable results on his own, but his own losses were very light, and it could basically be said that it was a complete victory.

With King Zhao's vision, it is already obvious what he will do next.

Xiong Huai naturally knows that cavalry replaces chariots, which is a historical trend.

In other words, when did cavalry begin to appear in large numbers in ancient China?

Xiong Huai himself doesn't know the specific time, but the famous Hufu cavalry still knows, which is almost as famous as Shang Ying's transformation, although the effect is not as good as Shang Ying's.

Now that Zhao Guo is ready to ride and shoot a lot, will Hufu be far away?

You must know that later generations said that Hufu riding and shooting, and I have never heard someone say that riding and shooting Hufu!

In this regard, Xiong Huai did not hesitate.

Thinking of the King of Zhao who had only passed the age of his establishment, Xiong Huai had dealt with him several times, and he knew that this King Zhao was very difficult to mess with, but now it seems that he still underestimated him.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai let out a long sigh, the current King of Qi, King Yan, King Zhao, eh, the King of Qin who died just now is not counted, all of them are not easy to mess with.

As for the newly enthroned Qin Wangdang, he has not seen any obvious advantages and disadvantages for the time being, and the king of Han and Wei is not a virtuous monarch, but in the troubled era of the Warring States, the king of the mean is the faint monarch.

Getting back to the point, let's talk about cavalry, the state of Chu is now facing an extremely serious problem, that is, the state of Chu does not produce horses!

In the past, when chariots were still an intermediate force among countries, Chu did not equip a large number of chariots, but mainly infantry pawns. One is that there are no horses, and the other is that there are many rivers and hills in the territory of Chu State, and the chariot has not yet been used on foot.

In the same way, the same is true of the Yue country, which is a country where the two countries of Chu and Yue are mainly foot soldiers and sailors are dominant.

In the past, the problem of not having horses was not serious, but after Zhao Guo's pure cavalry army, which was good at riding and shooting, appeared on the battlefield, this problem was immediately put on the agenda and had to be taken seriously.

Vehicles can only go straight and are extremely demanding on the terrain, so they can be easily targeted. But the cavalry is far more flexible than the chariot, and once the cavalry is massively equipped by various countries, then the speed of his development must be extremely fast.

What's more, although the pure cavalry army is a rarity, but riding alone has never been a rarity, galloping safari, this is one of the favorite activities of the nobles, hundreds of years ago, there was a king of Chu because he played too high, and as a result, he lost his bow.

Moreover, the State of Qi also has a cavalry team that is far more elite than the skilled fighters, but because there are few people, the whole country can't get together many people, so it can only be reduced to the ceremonial troops of the King of Qi.

The last time the Qi State destroyed Yan, Kuang Zhang brought six hundred cavalry from the Qi State, and at that time, the elite six hundred cavalry made the Yan Kingdom stunned, although in the end, because the number was too small, this tiger skin was quickly exposed.

This series of situations all illustrates one thing to Xiong Huai, that is, the era of cavalry has begun, and in this era when wars basically break out every year, the current shortcomings of cavalry will definitely be quickly made up.

Although the cavalry of various countries has only begun to appear, Xiong Huai does not want to lag behind other countries in this regard, so he decided to arrange the cavalry in advance and prepare to form the cavalry of the Chu State.

Once the state of Chu really gets its own horse farm, then the cavalry of the state of Chu will mature rapidly.

How to operate specifically, I haven't seen a pig run, haven't you eaten pork?

The cavalry three-piece set has no technical content at all, this is the same as a stone mill, if you come up with an idea today, you can see the finished product tomorrow, but as soon as the news is leaked, then the three kingdoms of Yan Zhao and Qin will be fully equipped the day after tomorrow.

This kind of thing of the enemy, before the Chu State obtained its own horse farm, did not dare to use it at all.55

Therefore, Xiong Huai asked Gongsun Yan to discuss this time, not to get a strategy from Gongsun Yan to defeat Qin or prepare for Qin, but to throw the matter of forming cavalry to the ministers for discussion.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai spoke: "What the rhino head said is extremely true, it is true that there are all kinds of flaws in riding alone, but the speed and agility of riding alone far exceed the chariot, which is enough to cover up his shortcomings. ”

"So, the second thing that the widow summoned you to do is the issue of forming a single horse of the Chu State."