In the face of artillery fire, the surviving enemy cavalry still did not retreat, and continued to charge forward rapidly, but the formation was already slightly loose. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and the rapid-fire cannon of the Song army has been replaced, but this time it is a shotgun, but in this short time, the enemy cavalry has approached within 200 steps, and they have already picked up their bows and put arrows in their hands, ready to release the arrows immediately after entering the firing range. But with a series of roars, the rapid-fire cannon aimed at the enemy group and opened fire again.

The shotgun fired by the rapid-fire gun, which was filled with more than 150 small lead bullets of five coins, was a fan after being hit, and the killing surface was 30 paces wide. Zhao Hao could clearly see in the telescope that the enemy cavalry fell off their horses like dumplings, and the war horses then rushed a few steps by inertia and fell to the ground and died.

'Bang, Bang, Bang...... sporadic enemy cavalry rushed through the blockade, but before they could release their arrows, the Song army musketeers guarding the fortifications under the command of the officers concentrated fire on them, after a burst of explosion, the first wave of enemy cavalry was left alive, they saw that it was difficult to turn their horses and ran towards the formation, and a round of impact was repulsed.

Now that the battle had begun, the enemy was following in the next wave, and they had shortened the distance between the two platoons. This intention was obviously to try to break through the fire blockade line arranged by the Song army by taking advantage of the dense and continuous rapid onslaught. But this tactic, which has been tried and tested in the past, did not achieve the desired results, but instead suffered heavy losses.

In fact, the Song army was also quite stressed to deal with this kind of dense charge, you must know that the speed of the war horse's full sprint is very fast, and it does not take a few seconds to reach a hundred steps. Even rapid-fire guns can only fire two rounds of enemy cavalry to get in front of the battle. In this situation of insufficient long-range firepower, the Song army also had corresponding tactics, rapid-fire guns adopted the method of interval firing, one part of which fired flower shells to hit medium and long-range targets, and the other part fired shotguns to hit targets in the middle and gold distance. In this way, you can kill as many enemy troops as possible and block the impact speed of the enemy cavalry.

At the same time, the Song army used the Ben Thunder Gun to hit the group targets at close range, but the secondary reloading speed of the Ben Thunder Gun was slow, and it was difficult to achieve continuous release, but after several rounds of artillery fire, the enemy army was also heavily damaged, if it were not for the elite division, it would have been defeated. If they still insisted on attacking, the Song army's musketeers would use the method of 'three-stage shooting' to ensure the continuity of firepower and kill and wound the approaching places.

However, this method also has drawbacks, if the enemy maintains a high-density uninterrupted attack for a long time, the Song army's firearms will inevitably appear at intervals, even if it is short, it is possible to be penetrated by the enemy to the front of the formation, and at this time the infantry needs to be bayonet and the enemy's hand-to-hand combat. Fortunately, the enemy's team participating in the first attack today was obviously insufficient in strength, and the impact surface was narrow, so that the Song army's firepower could be maximized, and after nearly 300 casualties, it retreated, not daring to attack rashly, but began to worry about being counterattacked by the Song army.

Although Zhao Hao has vigorously advocated the establishment of a new army in recent years, replaced it with firearms, held military exercises every year, and sent troops to take turns to participate in actual combat, in fact, this is the first time he has witnessed actual combat with his own eyes. After listening to the report and watching the drill, he could not compare with the feeling of actually participating, so when he saw that the Song army repelled the enemy cavalry with firearms, and he had almost no casualties, he was greatly relieved and his confidence doubled.

The fear of the Mongolian iron cavalry can be said to be like a dream-like existence has been pressing on Zhao Hao's heart, but this can't be blamed for his timidity, but in ancient China, the farming peoples of the Central Plains have been threatened by the armed forces of the steppe nomads, because almost all the historical materials are written by the Han people in the Central Plains, so the steppe people have become fierce and strong, and it is difficult to resist the madmen. As a result, later generations had a mindset: cavalry in the era of cold weapons was the most effective type of troops.

Thinking about Zhao Hao, as a guest in his previous life, even horses became a rarity in that era, how could he understand what cavalry combat was like? Therefore, his knowledge also comes from the records of historical books, and cavalry fans on the Internet like to testify to the brilliant achievements of the Xiongnu and Mongolian cavalry. And at the first glance when he came to this era, he saw that the cavalry was chasing and killing himself, and the blood of the officers and soldiers guarding the guards and the righteous and brave killings flowed into a river, which further solidified the invincible thinking of the cavalry.

Therefore, Zhao Hao has been thinking about how to defeat the cavalry while training the troops, and they all said that 'riding to control the cavalry' is a good strategy, but the congenital shortcomings make this method like a cake to satisfy hunger, and the reality forces him to vigorously develop firearms, trying to defeat the strongest cavalry in history with advanced weapons and equipment and military management methods. The results of the battle confirmed that his thinking was not wrong, and also made him firmly believe that in fact, whether it was cavalry or infantry, the key to victory or defeat was the use of wisdom by the commander, and no one was definitely stronger than the other party, and anyone who faced the enemy had the possibility of defeat.

The victory in this battle was also based on Zhao's careful analysis. After many understandings and practices, he found that the advantages of cavalry over infantry lie in two points: first, it is highly mobile, and its strategy is reflected in the fact that it can be put into battle at a time and place of its choice. Tactically, it is embodied in the fact that it can quickly break away from the enemy in an unfavorable situation, and in a favorable situation, it can quickly impact the enemy's formation and expand the results of the battle; The second is that the weight and strength of the horse are much greater than that of a man, and it is difficult for the opposing infantry to stop them when they charge before.

Although the infantry has poor mobility, it is difficult to grasp the main force of the opponent, and it is necessary to maintain a tight formation in battle, and the disadvantage of slow movement. However, it also has an undeniable advantage over cavalry, and infantry can form a multi-arm formation to exert its power and make up for the shortcomings of a single soldier's weak impact and defense. And the cavalry also has disadvantages, because the cavalry needs the cooperation of soldiers and horses, so it is difficult to cooperate between the cavalry and the cavalry, and it cannot form a dense phalanx like the infantry to cooperate closely.

After figuring out the respective advantages and disadvantages of cavalry and infantry, Zhao Yu used reverse thinking to figure out the solution. What should he do if he assumes that he is a cavalry commander like Genghis Khan, and wants to fight the enemy's infantry army? The best way to do this, of course, is to suddenly charge the enemy while they are marching or camping and sleeping, and slaughter them in the bed. But this kind of opportunity will be given to you by the opponent, so you can only go head-to-head.

Since it is already known that the cavalry takes the initiative to attack the enemy's infantry formation and city that is waiting for the enemy, it is no different from sending them to death, so the two armies should not be hard when they meet, and they should violently impact the opponent's formation after discovering the weak links of the opponent's camp. The best way in a field battle is to divide the troops into small groups and disperse them to a relatively large area, while your own large troops can observe the enemy situation from a greater distance and recuperate.

At the same time, the scattered detachments kept shooting arrows at the opponent and harassing the opponent. Because you don't have to worry about being chased by infantry when you're on horseback, you can retreat a little if your opponent attacks. The scattered troops also made the enemy lose the target of the key attack, thus demoralizing them and neglecting one or the other. During a long standoff, you can have your soldiers take turns, but the opponents must stay in a tight formation, they are much more tired than you, and this will drain the enemy's physical strength and spirit.

At the same time, try to surround the opponent's flanks and rear, and if successful, harass the opponent from multiple sides. When the opponent is tired, quickly gather the main cavalry to attack the opponent's formation, and the opponent has little resistance at this time; If the opponent wants to attack or retreat, be sure to give him this opportunity, and carefully observe the enemy's formation, once you find something out of shape, you must not hesitate to insert it and disrupt the opponent's formation.

On the other hand, if you are an infantry commander, how can you fight the cavalry? No matter how powerful the cavalry is, it can't fly over the city walls and enter the city, and there is no point in discussing this, and often the field battle is the battlefield of decisive victory. We know that it is difficult for the infantry to block the onslaught of the cavalry when encountering strong cavalry, so we must first solve this problem.

If you have enough time to prepare, you can set up antlers, trenches, fences and other obstacles to block the enemy's charge, and the cavalry crowded in front of the obstacles is the best target for arrows. If you don't have time to set these up, blocking the front of the vehicle transporting food supplies can also play a role, of course, you have to unload the food, so that the back is loaded with heavy objects such as dirt, you can also use tree branches, rocks and other things, but the height should be appropriate, too low to block the opponent's charge, too high to become the opponent's concealment, can not play the power of the bow and crossbow.

As mentioned earlier, the enemy will shoot arrows non-stop, so shields are unavoidable, and there should be a row of soldiers who use shields to block the front and block the enemy's arrows. This should be followed by a row of soldiers with long-handled weapons, such as spears, and stab the cavalry who rush in front of them, taking care that the handle is long enough. There was also a platoon of soldiers with short knives, slashing the legs of the enemy's horses.

These three platoons of soldiers should work closely together, decide who is in front and who is in the back according to the situation, and flexibly change. On the one hand, it can prevent the soldiers of the first line of defense from retreating and forcing them to fight to the death, and on the other hand, the soldiers of the first line of defense can not bear it and go up in time. In the innermost part, there must be a crossbowman who constantly fires crossbows and arrows to kill and injure the enemy.

Generally speaking, the Central Plains infantry will be accompanied by a small number of cavalry to fight, so where are these cavalry placed? The first method is placed on both flanks, we know that the enemy cavalry always tries to outflank from both flanks, these cavalry can cover both flanks, the disadvantage is that due to the fact that they are engaged with the enemy from the beginning, it is likely to affect the combat effectiveness when cavalry is needed to attack.

After a hard battle, the enemy's sharp spirit has been completely lost, if his own cavalry is also relatively strong, he can outflank from both flanks and encircle and annihilate the enemy. If the cavalry is weak, you can use the infantry formation to move forward, and generally the opponent's cavalry can't resist it at all, so it will retreat, and the cavalry on both flanks can rush up at this time. The so-called defeat is like a mountain, and a small number of our cavalry can also crush the enemy's large number of cavalry, but it will also be a rout.

If our flanks are leaning on the special terrain of rivers and lakes, we can also deploy only the cavalry on the other side, and in addition to the role mentioned above, we can also choose the time to drive the enemy to unfavorable terrain. There is also the most dangerous trick, which is to surround the cavalry in the middle, the disadvantage is obvious, it is very easy to be surrounded by the enemy, and the advantage is that it can be suddenly killed by the enemy's tired cavalry as a new force. But the timing must be mastered, and it is certain that the enemy is really tired, otherwise the gap in the infantry line will be opened, and the own cavalry will not rush out, and the enemy cavalry will rush in, and it will be troublesome.

Therefore, as long as the infantry does not panic and maintains a strict formation, the cavalry has no way to take you, and this is true in history, such as the Xiongnu against Li Ling, which was also successful after Li Ling's arrows were exhausted, and the Huns' casualties were far greater than those of the Han soldiers. Meng Heng has never suffered a big loss to Mongolia. As can be seen from the above, in addition to the spirit of bravery, the infantry has relatively high training requirements and high requirements for the coordination ability of the commander due to the need for close coordination.

After thinking about it several times, Zhao Hao thought clearly that if he wanted to completely defeat the steppe cavalry, it was very important to use a certain strategy to seize the opponent, and he also found that the Mongolian army was good at using roundabout tactics in strategy, and its most common combat method was to line up the troops into many roughly parallel columns under the cover of light cavalry, and advance forward with a very wide line of position, and the main troops were sent messages by the commanders of the communication room.

When the first column of the Mongol army encountered the enemy's main force, the column either stopped advancing or retreated slightly, depending on the situation, while the other units continued to advance, occupying the enemy's flank and the area behind it. This often forces the opponent to retreat to protect its lines of communication, while the Mongols take the opportunity to close in on the enemy and cause them to become chaotic as they retreat, and finally completely encircle the enemy and annihilate it. And when the non-main enemy force is discovered, all the nearby troops will carry out a surprise attack with this goal.

At the same time, all information about the enemy's position, strength, direction of movement, etc., was quickly sent to the general headquarters, and then to the field detachments. If there are not many enemies, the nearest commander will immediately lead his troops to meet them; If the enemy army is too large to be eaten immediately with nearby troops, then the main force of the Mongolian army will quickly assemble behind the cavalry covering troops, and then advance at high speed, and defeat the enemy before he has time to gather his forces!

Through continuous research and summarization, Zhao Yu discovered that the strategy of the Mongolian army actually coincided with the strategy and tactics used in modern warfare, and it was very simple to say: lure the enemy into depth, encircle the enemy army with a large penetration and detour, concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation, and destroy the enemy's living forces. Doesn't it sound familiar, and he can't help but laugh secretly, is this the inheritance of his predecessors, or the development of future generations? After sparing a big circle, he circled around again.

However, Zhao Hao also understands, this is the same as principles and laws, no matter when it develops, it is nothing more than revolving around such a little truth, the key is that you should respond to the times, use it flexibly, and know how to be flexible......