Wanyan Pingtao was on the way to withdraw the army, after the scout cavalry determined that Yang Miaozhen did not chase after him, he suddenly changed direction halfway, pounced on Weizhou, took advantage of Li Quan's absence, recovered Weizhou City, and then laid down Li Quan's lair, Lijiazhuang.

The nest was raided, and Li Quan could only flee to Laiyang and lay down Laiyang County, but he couldn't shrink.

After Yan Pingtao conquered Weizhou, he did not move.

Wanyan Chengzong immediately asked the court to ask for credit for his son who had recovered Weizhou, and at the same time suggested that the court recruit Chen Xian.

In the early summer of the second year of Zhenyou, there was a brief lull on Shandong East Road, at least on the surface.

In fact, Chen Xian's strategy has not stopped for a moment, he has been fighting steadily, fighting one fort after another, building one castle after another, from south to north, hundreds of kilometers of castle line slowly and resolutely spreading towards the coastline to the east......

Through letters sent back by Yang Miaozhen and some of her cavalry leaders, Chen Xian learned about the battle that took place outside Laizhou.

Whether it was Yang Miaozhen's proud, ostentatious letter, or the excited letter of the Chen officers who participated in the war, they all described to Chen Xian that quite perfect victory.

After reading these letters, Chen Xian suddenly felt that he was probably underestimating this tactic of the Eighth Banner Army.

Historians' division of modern and ancient times confused Chen Xian's judgment, making him stubbornly think that modern times must be more powerful than ancient ones.

But really, is that really the case?

After careful analysis of this battle case with detailed information, Chen Xian found that the all-round cavalry combat method of the Eight Banners style is probably no worse than the so-called modern Spanish phalanx, and may even be more powerful.

The Spanish phalanx was a phalanx of spearmen, which was a defensive force, and the proportion of arquebuses in this phalanx was also very small.

When such a clumsy phalanx without dense firepower encounters the all-round cavalry of the Eight Banners, close-range, and all-turn archers' face tactics......

Nine out of ninety percent of the arquebusiers in the Spanish phalanx alone could not be shot.

In the face of the eight-flag style quiet distance SHE face tactic, if the shooting is not dominant, the only solution is to pounce and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent!

The Spanish phalanx's combat philosophy used the pikemen phalanx as a mobile fortress, and their pikemen phalanx was too thick, and if they maintained the phalanx, they would be sluggish, and if they did not maintain the phalanx, their combat effectiveness would drop significantly.

Therefore, if the Eight Banners all-round cavalry team really faces the Spanish phalanx, it should have a very big chance of winning.

Comparatively speaking, Chen Xian's current Morris phalanx is much better in this regard.

First of all, the number of arquebusiers in the Morris phalanx is relatively large, the number of people is as high as 50% of the total number of the army, and the pikemen in the Morris phalanx are used as an offensive force, rather than a defensive force, the number of Morris pikemen is smaller, the depth is thinner, and the action is more flexible.

Of course, the all-round cavalry of the Eight Banners is not afraid of hand-to-hand combat.

Therefore, the Morris phalanx does not have much advantage in the face of the eight-banner all-round cavalry, but compared with the all-round cavalry, the training cost of the Morris phalanx is much lower, which is the biggest advantage.

And Chen Xian also has high-quality cannons, which is his biggest advantage.

It's really not good, Chen Xian still has a trick, that is, to develop a flintlock pistol and reequip all his troops with flintlock pistols and bayonets.

Once a flintlock pistol and bayonet were available, and the corresponding combat army was trained, the advantage of the eight-banner all-round cavalry was completely absent.

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During this time, Wanyan Pingtao did not stop, he sent people to Chen Xian to continue to talk about Zhao'an, and on the other hand, he sent people to probe the details of Yang Miaozhen's more than 1,000 strange cavalry.

Chen Xian has nothing to do with Yan Pingtao's Zhao'an lobbying, anyway, he doesn't listen to the tune, and he doesn't listen to the announcement, and it doesn't hurt to wear the hat of a Jinguo official to the outside world, as long as he can avoid a conflict with the Jinguo.

It's not that I'm afraid of the Jin country, but I'm afraid of cheapening the Mongols.

The Jin court dragged on until the autumn before giving Chen Xian a hat as the head of the soldiers and horses of the East Shandong Road.

In the past few months, Wanyan Pingtao dug up several small cavalry leaders in Yang Miaozhen's army by following the path of Yang Miaozhen's cavalry family and using high-ranking officials to slowly unveil this strange cavalry.

After getting the training method of Yang Miaozhen's cavalry, Wanyan Pingtao always felt that this combat method had a sense of déjà vu.

He soon remembered that this method of warfare seemed to be somewhat similar to the tactics used at the beginning of the Dajin Kingdom, which had just risen between the white mountains and black waters.

In the early years of the Jin Kingdom, the Song people evaluated that the Jin army had four characteristics, cavalry, tenacity, heavy armor, and bows!

At that time, the Jin army was good at charging in groups of heavy cavalry, and could also ride and shoot, and after dismounting, he was an excellent infantry and infantry archer, which could be called all-round.

And Yang Miaozhen's cavalry are also almost all armored, they can charge into battle when they get on their horses, they can fight hand-to-hand when they get off their horses, and they are even better at archery.

However, unlike the original Jin army, Yang Miaozhen's cavalry paid more attention to foot combat, while the original Jin army paid more attention to cavalry combat, and foot combat was only a supplement.

When Wanyan Pingtao was a teenager, he lived with his father in his hometown in Liaodong for a period of time, and he still knew the living habits of the Jurchens in Liaodong.

In some remote areas of eastern Liaodong, the Jurchen tribe warriors who still retain the habits of fishing and hunting are very suitable for training this kind of cavalry.

An ambitious idea suddenly appeared in Wan Yan Pingtao's heart!

…… Yang Miaozhen soon learned the secret that Yan Pingtao had stolen the almighty cavalry.

Yang Miaozhen reacted very strongly to the escape of her little bosses, and she immediately sent her henchmen to chase and kill, but it was too late, and when her people chased after her, the homes of those little leaders were already empty.

Both Yang Miaozhen and her officers loyal to Chen Xian quickly reported the bad news to Chen Xian.

After reading the letter they sent, Chen Xian didn't need to guess to know that it was Wanyan Pingtao's handwriting.

In this world, most of the people who can prescribe enough conditions to attract the small leaders of Yang Miaozhen's subordinates do not know the existence and power of the almighty cavalry, and among the people who know the existence and power of the almighty cavalry, except for Wanyan Pingtao, no one else can offer the conditions that can attract the small leaders of Yang Miaozhen's subordinates.

Now Chen Xian's reputation in Shandong is already in full swing, Yang Miao is really Chen Xian's wife, those small leaders who were poached betrayed Chen Xian because their brains were broken, and defected to other rebels who have no tomorrow today, but the Jin court represented by Wanyan Pingtao is different.

The little bosses who were poached were not old people in Yiyuan, they were all recruited by Yang Miaozhen near Yangjiazhuang, and the Jin Imperial Court still had an orthodox status in the hearts of these people.

Except for Wanyan Pingtao, Chen Xian couldn't think of anyone else who had the ability, conditions and willingness to poach people from Yang Miaozhen's hands.

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