Zhao Guo Handan.

"Defeated..."

King Zhao couldn't accept such a result, and asked angrily: "What's the matter, didn't the orchestra pit say that it was going well not long ago?" Zhongshan has no power to fight back, why is it suddenly defeated? ”

Fei Yi replied: "King, according to the report of the orchestra pool, the army of my Zhao Kingdom was going smoothly and captured more than ten cities in Zhongshan Kingdom, and then when it attacked the hinterland of Zhongshan Kingdom, because Zhongshan was mountainous and the roads were inconvenient, so I gave up the chariot. ”

"Later, when continuing to attack the city of Zhongshan, suddenly thousands of single horsemen came from behind, and for a time arrows rained down, our army was not well prepared, and the rear army was in chaos, and was defeated by the Zhongshan army, and then the Zhongshan army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and our army was completely defeated."

"And because Shancheng is located in the rear, not only is it very empty, but the defense of Zhongshan is insufficient, and the speed of the single horse is too fast, the gate of Shancheng has not had time to close, and the Zhongshan army controls the city gate and takes the opportunity to seize the city."

"Riding alone?!" King Zhao thought of the figure of the Northern Hu people: "The single horse that appeared in the Zhongshan Kingdom is the one-man army of the Northern Hu people. ”

Fei Yi nodded: "Back to the king, it is the kind of army of the Hu people, who completely abandon the foot soldiers and use all single horses. Although a single horse is not as good as a chariot, its combat power is low, and it is easy to be shot by a bow and crossbow, but it is extremely fast and flexible, and once it sneaks up on an unsuspecting foot soldier, it is easy to disrupt the foot soldier formation. ”

"I don't want to ride alone, in addition to robbery, it can also be so advantageous to use it for sneak attacks." King Zhao was slightly stunned.

Solo riding is a new class that has only appeared for more than a hundred years.

In the earliest days, both in the Central Plains and in the surrounding areas, there were only infantry, and then there were chariot soldiers.

Later, the chariot soldier was not only a branch of the army, but also became a formation, a chariot, in addition to the people on the car, there were also 75 standard foot soldiers, and the chariot fought together.

In the past, the big country was the country of a thousand times, which means that the power of the whole country could pull up nearly 100,000 people, and when the total population of many small countries was less than 100,000, it was scary to think about. Today, the smelting industry has matured, the technology has progressed, and the population has grown rapidly.

But by now, the position of combat vehicles in warfare has declined a lot, and this is certainly not because of cavalry, but because of infantry, especially in formation.

Wu Qi's Wei Wushu is a complete subversion of this situation, although Wu Qi also led chariot soldiers in battle, but Wei Wuchu did not have chariot soldiers, all of them were foot soldiers, and all of them were heavily armed foot soldiers.

The years when Wei pushed the world were also the era of the weakening of the chariot, and all countries formed infantry, especially Sun Bin's exposition on the ten formations of the infantry to deal with various situations, the status of the chariot was further weakened, and it also symbolized that the infantry had matured and the era of the infantry had come.

However, when the two armies faced each other, especially in the battles on the plains, the powerful attack power of the chariot was still irreplaceable, and all countries kept the chariot.

As for the new class of troops such as single cavalry, the time of appearance is not long, and it is not short.

Not only do the Hu people have single horses, but they also have them in all countries in the Central Plains, but they are all used for reconnaissance, and they are only used for reconnaissance, and only the Hu people will appear wherever they are. The time when the Hu people and the Central Plains appeared on a single horse is basically the same, initially they were infantry on horses, but because the Hu people are nomads, there are many single horses of the Hu people, and both combat power and tactics have been continuously improved over the years.

As Fei Yi said, the attack and defense of a single horse are not as good as that of a chariot, and the accuracy and lethality of archery are not as good as that of a crossbowman or a chariot, but it is fast and flexible.

Because of this, a large number of single horsemen have gradually appeared in the Hu people for more than 100 years, although the head-to-head duel is far from being the opponent of the foot soldiers or chariots in a good formation, but when they go to other places to rob, they can only run away after grabbing, and the foot soldiers and chariots can only stare dryly, and they can't catch up.

(As for riding horses and killing with knives and guns, in this era when there were no single stirrups, perhaps a very small number of gifted people could do it, and the vast majority of ordinary people in the rest were all riding and shooting.) ）

"Riding Alone..."

King Zhao's mind came to the scene of a large-scale battle with a group of single riders, and then remembered the defects of the single horse, and couldn't help but shake his head, the defects of the head-to-head duel of the single rider are too big, not to mention the chariot, I'm afraid even the foot soldiers can't do it...

But if it is harassment, looting, and sneak attacking, it is far more convenient and faster to ride alone than other troops, and it is impossible to prevent it.

Perhaps...

Zhao Guo should carefully examine the advantages and disadvantages of solo riding...

It's just that Zhao doesn't have a lot of solo rides...

Thinking of this, King Zhao said to Fei Yi: "Xiangguo, the widow wants to see the advantages and disadvantages of riding alone into an army, but because Zhao Guo has too few single horses, I don't know how Xiangguo can teach me." ”

Fei Yi thought for a moment when he heard this, and then suggested: "King, there are not many single riders in various countries now, but there are many Hu people, if you want to quickly gather a large number of single riders, you can only ask the Hu people for it." ”

King Zhao immediately understood, and then thought of his old friend Lou Fu Wang, who helped to sneak attack Yan and Zhongshan at the beginning of his reign, and he had a large number of single horses in his hands.

Said with a smile: "Xiangguo, Daidi is located in the north of Zhao State, and he has a lot of contact with Hu Di, so he sent an order to Zhao Gu, the acting minister, and asked him to recruit Hu people's single horsemen in Daidi." ”

"Tell Zhao Gu, as long as the Hu people can ride horses and shoot arrows, after taking refuge in our Zhao State, they will be treated favorably, and they can enjoy the treatment of Zhao Guo's soldiers.

"As for the number of people, let's recruit three thousand people this time, and after the recruitment is completed, the widow will have to observe it in person."

Fei Yi saluted and said, "Yes, my lord." ”

Then, King Zhao thought of the current endgame, and couldn't help but sigh "sigh" and asked, "How is the front line now?" ”

Fei Yi said heavily: "King, now the Zhao army has fallen into a stalemate with the Zhongshan army on the front line. Because our Zhao State has always maintained an advantage over Zhongshan State before, and defeated the Zhongshan Army in last year's duel, Zhongshan Kingdom suffered heavy losses. ”

"Now Zhongshan is unable to move westward, but this fiasco has caused my Zhao country to also suffer great losses, although our Zhao country still maintains the advantage of this Zhongshan country, but the operation to attack Zhongshan country has failed."

King Zhao was full of regret when he heard this: "It's a pity, I finally formed an alliance with Wei and Han, and made friends with Qin Qi, and in the case of mutual containment of various countries, I got the opportunity to attack Zhongshan, but the result was a failure." ”

"I don't know when I want to have such an opportunity next time."

Fei Yi said in a deep voice: "King, since this opportunity has been lost, then wait for the next time, in this case, continue to hold on to Zhongshan Kingdom, but continue to lose the strength of my Zhao Kingdom." ”

"Therefore, I thought that now I should take advantage of the fact that the war between the countries has not yet been decided, and the strength of my Zhao State is still stronger than that of Zhongshan State, and Zhongshan Country is isolated and helpless, and take the opportunity to make peace with Zhongshan Country."

"Hmm." King Zhao nodded and said: "What Xiangguo said is exactly what the widow thinks, and it is not difficult to make peace with Zhongshan Guo, but what the widow is worried about is indeed something else." ”

Fei Yi pondered and said: "The king is talking about the great war between the Qin-Qi Alliance and the three kingdoms of Chu, Wei and Han. ”