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Yes, the Huns also had heavy cavalry.

In fact, this is also a very understandable thing, since the Huns have been repeatedly defeated by the heavy cavalry of Zhao, then there must be a desire to form a heavy cavalry to compete with Zhao.

This is the study and imitation of advanced nations by backward nations, and if we look at history, we will find that such things are really not uncommon at all.

Let's take the Warring States Period as an example, Wei became the hegemon in the early years of the Warring States Period because of Li Kui's reform, dominating the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, and then all countries followed suit.

As long as there is good, then there will never be a shortage of people to follow suit. The old system sometimes really doesn't have much resistance in the face of the new interests.

The Huns' desire to form heavy cavalry had already arisen when they were defeated by armored cavalry for the first time.

But the embarrassing problem is that the Huns did not lack war horses, but they lacked iron tools, and the smelting technology was completely blank.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Huns at that time did not even know how to smelt an iron pot.

In fact, it was not until hundreds or even thousands of years later in history that when the nomads from the grasslands went south to plunder, their favorite was iron pots, tea, salt and other necessities, and only the nobles would like gold, silver and jewelry more.

A country that doesn't even know how to make an iron pot wants to make a full-coverage steel heavy armor like an armored cavalry, which is basically a fool's dream.

This dilemma lasted for many years, until the Xiongnu invaded the Western Regions in a big way two years ago, and the situation was finally changed.

In the Western Regions, the Huns captured a large number of slaves with one victory after another, and as a very far-sighted and brilliant Danyu, Uwei Shan Yu captured almost all the craftsmen he could find, especially the blacksmiths.

In addition, in the great war with the Bactriates, although the Huns finally returned, the Huns' troops still ravaged the northeast of Bactria, and also captured a large number of artisans in the Bactriatic region.

It was here that Uwei Shan Yu received a crucial piece of information.

Among these Bactrian craftsmen, someone was able to craft the equipment of a companion cavalry!

The Companion Cavalry, also known as the Companion Cavalry and the Macedonian Praetorian Cavalry, was the most important elite cavalry unit under the command of Alexander the Great, who swept across Asia, Europe and Africa decades ago.

In the famous battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, the companion cavalry, under the wise command of Alexander the Great, defeated the Steki heavy cavalry, sounding the death knell of the Persian Empire, and became the world's first heavy cavalry at that time!

After the death of Alexander the Great, the empire he built fell apart, and Seleucus was one of the countries that broke off, and Bactria, the eastern region of Seleucus, was inhabited by a large number of artisans who were with the army in the past, and even after a few decades, the descendants of these craftsmen still retain the craftsmanship of their ancestors and even make some improvements.

With a loud trumpet, the sound of heavy horses' hooves began to sound, and a heavy cavalry appeared in front of Uwei Shan Yu.

Unlike the armored cavalry, this heavy cavalry did not have as much heavy armor on their bodies, and their faces were also exposed on their helmets, and they only had heavy armor on the more important parts of the body, such as the chest, abdomen, and arms, and the rest of the body was still leather armor.

In addition, the Huns' stature was originally shorter than that of the Central Plains, so their hands were full of scimitars from the Western Regions, and there were no spears.

This is not to say that Uwei is reluctant to invest, but because the craftsmen are short of manpower and need training, and secondly, they only know the process formula, and it takes time to re-establish a production line, so although more than a year has passed, there are only 1,000 heavy armored cavalry in the Hun army today.

Uwei Shan Yu looked at the thousand heavily armored cavalry in front of him, and couldn't help but feel quite emotional in his heart, and he was vaguely proud.

This is the Huns' own heavy cavalry!

A Xiongnu general rode his horse and came to the front of Uwei Shan Yu: "Da Shan Yu, a thousand heavy cavalry are in place, waiting for your order!" ”

Uwei Shan Yu nodded vigorously and said, "Very good, Ben Shan Yu has already ordered the servant army to attack, you will line up in front of the formation first, as long as you wait until the servant army starts to contact the Zhao army, you can attack!" ”

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"The infantry of the Huns has rushed up, Grand Governor!" A scout galloped towards Li Mu and shouted at him.

"Infantry?" When Li Mu heard these words, he couldn't help but pause.

Make no mistake, the Huns still have infantry?

This is the first time that Li Mu has shown an unexpected look on his face in this war.

And this is also a big "surprise" given by the Huns to Li Mu.

As a nomadic people, if the Huns were allowed to go to the ground to fight, it was actually a very torturous thing.

After all, after riding a horse for a long time, people are about to become Luo Quanjiao, think about making a group of Luohuan legged dwarfs waving long swords and sabers and running to attack the Zhao army that swept the world...... Isn't this looking for death?

But no matter what, this news still aroused Li Mu's great vigilance.

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

The Huns can now pull out an infantry, and they may be able to make some more moths later.

Li Mu did not make a judgment immediately, but gave an order: "Let the cavalry in front of the formation disperse, and after the Pontus Governor wants to see the Huns, the smoke and dust will gradually disperse."

An infantry unit appeared in front of Li Mu.

This infantry held a huge leather shield, wore leather armor, and held spears in their hands, forming a rather strict queue, and approached the central army of the Zhao army step by step.

As a general who has led the troops all the year round, Li Mu only glanced at it and came to a judgment that the infantry of the Huns was about seven or eight thousand.

But these Hun infantry looked tall and tall, even taller than the Central Plains people of Zhao State, and it was obvious that they were not Huns.

"I see...... Li Mu nodded thoughtfully: "This must be the servant army of the Huns." ”

The so-called servant army, to put it bluntly, is the soldiers of the Western Regions who surrendered to the Huns, just like the puppet army during the anti-Japanese period, and belonged to the kind of spineless surrenderers.

The Huns have been ravaging the Western Regions for so long, and it is normal to have a servant army of this size.

Thinking of this, Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave a new order.

"Alright, let the vanguard of the Chinese army attack, destroy this servant army, and then take the flank of the enemy's central army! Yiqu wins ......"

Li Mu said this, and specially glanced back at Yiqu Sheng, who had already scratched his ears and cheeks on the side: "You take your armored cavalry to prepare, once the vanguard force breaks through this servant army, then you will rush in from the gap with the armored cavalry, and strive to defeat the Xiongnu Chinese army in one fell swoop and lay down the victory!" ”

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