Chapter 317: Indigenous Jingguan
At this time, the cavalry began to charge the remnants of the enemy on the right flank, and after another attack, there were no more groups of enemies on the entire battlefield, only natives fleeing in all directions.
The cavalry began to mount and shoot, gradually killing the fleeing natives by name.
Not every cavalryman was able to shoot on horseback, their bow was usually six or seven forces, and the strength was not small, and shooting with heavy arrows was also a fatal wound to these unprotected natives.
More people use a short crossbow, that is, a divine arm bow, pulled by hand, about ten forces, in terms of bow power, the best bow force, the elite archers in the army only pulled the force, in later generations is more than 100 pounds of bow power, a bow club hundreds of archery enthusiasts, can pull a hundred pounds of bow is rare, can continue to open and shoot arrows, shooting moving targets ten arrows can hit nine arrows of the marksman level, in later generations even if it is an archery champion may not be able to do.
One is that there is no such standard and requirement, so I have not practiced, and second, no matter how good the practice is in the future generations, it is to compete for honor, and in this world, it is the biggest capital to settle down and survive on the battlefield, the needs of the two are different, and the results achieved are completely different.
Many archers are learning to shoot since childhood, even if it is a divine arm bow, the requirements and standards of the forbidden army are not low, the divine arm archers of the Wei army forbidden army, the required height standard is not less than 1.75 meters, tall and powerful, the vision of the eyes can reach far, and the personality is stable and not easy to panic, in order to be qualified as a divine arm archer.
The criteria for selecting the archers of the divine arm in the cavalry battalion are generally comparable to those of the forbidden army.
The cavalry battalion has a total of ninety-one divine arm bows, which is quite amazing, and the Wei army has a battalion, but there are not so many divine arm bow equipment.
For Xu Zixian, it is very simple, there are only so many divine arm bows in total, scattered among the battalions, nearly twenty battalions, and each battalion only has a few divine arm bows, what is the use?
In addition to advancing like a wall, the Iron Cavalry also has the ability to use sharp ranged strikes to kill and damage enemies on their horses.
It's just that you can't hit head-on, you can't run with a kite, and you can't shoot at each other, this is a qualified, complete iron cavalry.
Therefore, in addition to riding, those who can ride and shoot based on archery are preferred, and those who can open the bow of the god arm on a horse are preferentially entered.
The god arm bow is an arm crossbow, the bow body is three feet long, the string length is two feet five, known as the military heavy weapon, if you want to even stretch, you need arm strength and waist strength are more than ordinary people, in order to be able to load on the horse, and ride the test, in order not to fall under the horse.
As for the waist open crossbow, the kick crossbow, and the big crossbow that can only be opened by using both waist strength and hands and feet, it cannot be used in cavalry warfare under any circumstances.
Riding bows, divine arm crossbows, are all sharp weapons to kill the enemy, within thirty steps, even the iron armor divine arm bow can be penetrated, the northern and eastern cavalry, the most feared two sharp weapons of the Great Wei Forbidden Army, one is called the divine arm bow, the other is called the giant axe, and the rest are not much of a threat to Hu Cai.
As the horses galloped, the archers took their sights calmly as the enemy had already fled, and the bows were constantly filled, firing flat, and then shooting into the back of the fleeing man, peeking through the chest, and the ones who were shot were invariably splashed with blood, and then wailed on the ground.
If you are shot by the Divine Arm Bow, most of them will have to roll in place, and the force is too strong, and the person who is shot will die quickly.
The cavalry had already dispersed in line, constantly chasing and shooting those fleeing enemies, calmly and neatly.
When the infantry array came up, the natives had already fled far away, and at this time Zhang Huchen ordered the cavalry to shrink, dismount under the cover of the infantry formation, and unload their armor to rest.
Everyone was tired, twenty or thirty wounded were carried to one place, and the military doctor rushed from the rear to treat the wounded cavalry.
People were constantly being lifted off by splints, carried into wagons, and sent to the rear hospital for further treatment.
Most of those who fall off the horse break their bones, whether it is arm bones, leg bones or ribs, or they may also have internal organ injuries, and there is blood on their mouths and noses.
There were also people who were stabbed by throwing spears, or where their body armor could not protect them, and when a knight dismounted, he realized that he was hit by an arrow in the leg, and after pulling out the arrow, the flesh was blurred, and there were blood holes the size of chopsticks, and blood flowed.
Many cavalrymen began to take off their shackles, poured out the sweat of half of their helmets, and then took off the cotton armor that was glued to their bodies, and many of them were covered with blood, and they did not know whether it was their own or the enemy's.
The armor was soaked and soaked in blood, and the eyes of the passing foot soldiers were full of awe when they saw all this.
The cavalry charged back and forth, and these foot soldiers saw it.
Many people are thinking, if it is their own side of the array to resist the enemy, will they be able to withstand the impact of these cavalry?
Victory or defeat is unpredictable.
The infantry battalion also has its own pride and heritage, and many of them have participated in several major wars.
After a long period of internal affairs and discipline training, these new soldiers also regarded themselves as part of the Nan'an Prefecture soldiers, full of pride and pride.
But when they saw the moment when the Iron Cavalry charged, everyone was shocked.
Ge Cunzhong seemed to understand the thoughts of these subordinates and ordered them to be opened.
The slender horn sounded, and all the steps pulled apart.
More than 2,000 people, each one step apart, five steps between each team, and fifty steps between each team.
The entire battlefield of Taniguchi was covered by infantry.
The trumpets are loud, the military flags are unfurled, and the soldiers are wearing arrows or cotton armor, leather armor, and a small amount of chain mail, the pace is the same, the array is neat, and as far as the eye can see, the front and back are their partners.
Long bows, horizontal knives, barrier swords, shields, a large number of longbows on both wings, and if you are preparing to fight with enemy cavalry, there will also be tools against cavalry such as horse rejection and tripwires.
After setting it up, the infantry's fear has been reduced a lot, this is very simple, around them are the instructors who train them every day, and in the team are their heads, knots, and heads, seeing these people, the minds of the new soldiers are much more stable.
And front and back, left and right, as far as the eye can see, are densely packed with partners, all holding weapons, the queue is mighty and majestic, invisibly, the courage of the new pawns is also doubled.
"Listen up." Ge Da rode a tall horse and paraded in front of his team, and as he rode by, he shouted loudly: "Brother of the cavalry battalion, you have taught us a lesson, so that we can know the power of the cavalry charge and urge the formation. The more this is the case, the more you must remember the principle that the formation should be thick and that there must be no violation of the military order when you are in battle. If the phalanx is opened, the long man rejects the horse, the sword is covered, and the archer throws, although the cavalry is not allowed to gallop around the infantry at will. If, as the law taught by the prince and the marquis, it is spread out on all sides, and the long columns are formed, the archers are at the four corners, and the swords and cards are wandering, and the longitudinal iron cavalry will not be able to break my formation! If you are afraid of your own family, like the natives in front of you, and run in all directions, you will give your back to others, and your life will be entrusted to others. ”
The bloody gas in front of him, as well as the corpses everywhere, and the blood shed from the sale, all seemed to confirm Ge Da's statement.
This lesson can impress all the soldiers.
Ge Da pursed his lips, in fact, the cavalry charge just now had a great impact on him, and it was impossible for the people of Fujian, even if they were heroes, to see the cavalry array.
Even during the battle of Jiangtan, more than 100 cavalry led by Xu Zixian also rushed to kill with ordinary cavalry.
The current cavalry formation is solemn and magnificent, and the knights are also rushing like a wall, as neat as a step formation, which gives Ge Da a quite strong shock.
He was thinking about how he would behave if the infantry he was leading now was attacked by cavalry.
It seems that the four-sided phalanx mentioned by the prince should be included in the training syllabus in advance.
Junhou's plan is to train the hollow phalanx in a unified manner next year, but in terms of the impact that Ge Da is facing now, although he will not fight with the Donghu people in a year or two, he still plans in advance for everything, so that he can rest assured.
If you encounter thousands of Donghu cavalry on the battlefield, if you don't prepare, your heart will be too empty.
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The infantry soldiers began to be ordered to clean up the battlefield, digging through the bodies of the natives, gathering in one place, and cutting off the heads with their knives.
At the same time, many strong men and healthy women from hundreds of households were mobilized to dig a pit and prepare to bury the corpses.
It's better to burn it, but it's too difficult to burn thousands of people at once, and it's much better to dig a pit.
The seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and four hundred households came with more than 1,000 strong men, and the strong men from each hundred households were shocked when they saw the scene in front of them.
There were corpses all over the ground, and the seriously injured were groaning and struggling, and all the dead and injured were cut off with knives, which was shocking and shocking.
The women bowed their heads even more, not daring to look at them.
This is also the practice under Xu Zixian's rule, all the common people can not stay out of the matter, where there is a war, after the cleaning of the battlefield, the treatment of the wounded, the common people must participate, as long as they are in good health, regardless of men and women, they must participate in such actions.
This is all about deterrence and education.
The core of the military is to protect, to protect this land and all the clansmen, and if the clansmen do not recognize the blood and sweat of the soldiers, what will happen to the soldiers?
The soldiers who lost their sense of honor were either like the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, treating the people as two-legged sheep, cowardly in foreign wars and ferocious in civil wars, or they were soldiers in the Ming and Qing dynasties, like beggars, with no combat power, and they were defeated in battle, and plundered when they met the people, and they were completely a group of gutless bandits.
Only by complementing each other, the soldiers protect the people, and the people recognize the soldiers, so that at least a win-win situation can be achieved, and the morale of the army and the people can be used.
Some of the people are immigrants from Zhangzhou and Nan'an, and they have done this kind of thing, which is quite good.
The early immigrants of the Eastern Domain, who had been peaceful for a long time, had never seen such a bloody scene at all, and they were all shocked for a while.
It's also good, and it's a successful shock education.
By dusk, all the heads were cut off and the bodies were buried deep to prevent polluting the environment and causing the plague.
The heads were put on the mountain beams, 1,171 heads were piled up very high, stacked layer by layer, dripping with blood, the faces were hideous, many of the heads were still dripping blood, the ground was wet, the strong smell of blood attracted a large number of flies to fly, a group of soldiers lit grass around them, and smoked these nasty things away.
The head was only piled up into a small mountain, bright or dark in the light of the fire, but many people did not dare to look at it, and avoided it from afar, not only the common people, but also many soldiers.
All the recruits have undergone shocking training, not only to see the bloody and cruel battlefield, but also to experience the cutting of the head, the lifting of the corpse and other things, now many people squatting on the ground or sitting on the ground in a daze, before the rallying horn sounds, they can move freely, but no one moves around and laughs, most of the people have to experience a period of mental impact after cutting the head, but generally speaking, after a few days they will be as usual, and the next time the head is cut will not be too different.
The training of recruits is such several levels, entering the battalion, joining the team, internal affairs, military discipline, physical fitness, combat skills, and then seeing the battlefield, cutting the head, real knives and guns, to the last step, survive a battle, and the veteran will be formed.
After the cavalry finished resting, they began to crowd around Xu Zixian, preparing to retreat to the temporary stop more than ten miles away.
Next, the cavalry battalion still had to disperse patrols to fight against those natives who did not know whether to live or die, but after this big battle of luring the enemy and counter-baiting, the tribes within a radius of at least a hundred miles around should suffer heavy losses.
Especially in the big village in the deep valley, the houses were burned, the grain was burned, and most of Ding Zhuang died, and it is estimated that he will be reduced to a small tribe, and it will not be easy to survive.
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