"Fang Cheng's cavalry, there are two or three thousand people? It's not going to be easy......

After learning the news that the scouts had come to report, Bai Qi's subordinate Qin General Hu Yu closed his eyes and thought about countermeasures.

Perhaps everyone in the world thinks that the Qin State can reuse the people who come to join the Qin State regardless of whether they are high or low, such as Wei Ying, Zhang Yi, etc., who have made significant contributions to the Qin State and have a deep influence on the Qin State, are all from other countries.

But in fact, it is not.

Qin reused Wei Ying, Zhang Yi and others, that is because Wei Ying and Zhang Yi were both born in the Central Plains countries, from the countries that Qin used to look up to - before the rise of Qin, there was actually a faint chain of contempt in this world, that is, the people of the Central Plains countries looked down on the people of Qin and Chu, and the Qin people did not look down on outright aliens such as the Yiqu people.

It was not until the Qin State gradually became stronger and stronger that it gradually changed to the people of the Central Plains who looked down on the people of the Central Plains.

But what is different is that the Qin people's contempt for the countries of the Central Plains is the kind of vindictive contempt that "you ignored me in the past, and today I can't afford to climb high", which is still fundamentally different from not looking down on other races such as Yiqu, Xiongnu, and Linhu.

In fact, the most tolerant of foreign races is not the Qin State but the Zhao State, and the Zhao State is also the country that accommodates and assimilates the most foreign races so far.

But in the Qin State, it is still not easy for foreigners to get a certain status, especially the Yiqu people who surrendered to the Qin State for a while, rebelled for a while, and repeated for decades.

In view of this matter, Hu Yu cherished the military position he had now obtained in the Qin State.

Unlike most of the warlike and unscrupulous Yiqu people, Hu Yu had already predicted the fall of his Yiqu country, not to mention that the king of Yiqu is still in the palace of Qin, and even rumored to let Qin's mother, Empress Dowager Xuan, give birth to two sons, but the land of Yiqu has been gradually annexed by Qin in the past ten years.

The stupid king of his Yiqu, the Empress Dowager Xuan, who only had status and beauty in his eyes, did not care about the country and the people, so Hu Yu, who predicted the future fate of his country, took a group of brothers of the same clan to the Qin State early.

Uneducated aliens like them have only one way out in the Qin State, even if they have seen some of the Central Plains Art of War, they sit up from the pawn in the Qin State and rise to the title step by step by virtue of their military merits - the military merit system is the iron law of the Qin State, and the Qin State is still very fair in this regard, even the officials who inspect the military merits look down on him, but at least they will not deduct his military merits.

But the problem is that the Qin people are also very brave in battle, even if they are born in Yiqu, they are not far from ordinary Qin people, so that after joining the army in the Qin State for many years, Hu Yu only obtained the title of an official doctor, which is converted into the military position of other countries, which is probably the level of a brigade commander, commanding 500 soldiers.

Unexpectedly, last year, Marquis Wei Ran personally selected in various armies, and selected him, ordered him to train cavalry, and gave him a staff of 3,000 people at the beginning.

This is simply an opportunity given by God, Hu Yu naturally will not miss it, and he will work hard to select soldiers and train cavalry, it is precisely because of his strict selection that after half a year after the formation of this cavalry, the cavalry under his command is still maintained at 2,000 people, and it is difficult to improve.

But Hu Yu can also pat his chest and proudly say that the Qin cavalry he trained is not inferior to the soldiers of his Yiqu, whether it is bravery or killing skills, the only thing lacking is the archery skills of these Qin cavalry.

It is no wonder that he Yiqu has the blood of the Western Qiang in the Central Plains, and the children of Yiqu know how to use weak bows when they are six or seven years old, and even hunt together when they are older, which is naturally not comparable to ordinary Qin people.

However, his main general Bai Qi didn't care about this, and even entrusted Wei Ran, the marquis, to tell them the solution, that is, to use crossbows instead of bows to become a long-range weapon for cavalry to kill enemies.

It was at that time that Hu Yu first heard of a cavalry, a cavalry led by the Wei general Meng Zhong.

The cavalry of the Qin State under his command was formed at the request of the main general Bai Qi to imitate the cavalry of the Wei State, and now, that cavalry is called the "Fangcheng Cavalry", which is the main reason why they were transferred to the land of Wan and Fang.

Everyone has their own pride, and Hu Yu is no exception, his pride is the cavalry of Yiqu.

As a close branch of the Xiqiang in the Central Plains population and a descendant of the nomadic people, the time when they gave birth to cavalry was far earlier than that of the Central Plains.

Even, Hu Yu had never heard of any cavalry in the Central Plains before.

I have to say that this is of course Hu Yu's loneliness, but it is undeniable that even if the cavalry appeared in Zhao State, it was only a few decades ago, and Zhao's father presided over the Hufu cavalry and archery reform, and formally formed a cavalry in Zhao State, which was only a short period of ten years, and other countries during this period did not have cavalry.

Including the Wei State, the only country that dominated the Central Plains for a hundred years like the former Jin State, it was only because of the appearance of Meng Zhong that the first cavalry was born, and this cavalry has not even been known by the King of Wei to this day, let alone paid attention to it.

It was precisely because of this kind that Hu Yu didn't pay much attention to the more than 1,000 Wei cavalry in Fangcheng before, and it wasn't until today that he learned from the scout that the size of Fangcheng's cavalry was actually two or three thousand, which made him care a little more.

But this concern is only because of the number of people on the other side.

No, after sending someone to report to Bai Qi the true size of the Fangcheng cavalry, Hu Yu began to think about a problem, that is, how to annihilate the cavalry on the opposite side.

He knew very well the reason why his cavalry was formed, it was precisely because Bai Qi's cavalry under Meng Zhong suffered a loss, in other words, the natural enemy of his cavalry was the Fangcheng cavalry, not the other armies of Fangcheng.

"Squeak."

The door of the house behind him opened, and six or seven Qin soldiers walked out of the house with a smile, greeting Hu Yu quite closely: "General." ”

At this time, listening carefully to the room where these Qin soldiers came out, the suppressed sobs of several women could still be faintly heard in the room, with endless despair.

"Hmm."

Hu Yu nodded, and immediately ordered the Qin soldiers: "Put all the food and clothes in the village on horseback and take them away......"

"Whoa!"

The Qin soldiers hugged their fists, and one of them licked his lips and asked, "General, are the women in the room...... Can I take it away? ”

"No."

Hu Yu shook his head and said flatly: "The shouts and cries of those women will expose the location of our army. ”

"That'...... Killed? The Qin pawn asked hesitantly.

As soon as the words fell, another Qin pawn scolded with a smile: "Your guy's heart is really vicious, and he obviously likes the ...... of those women."

"I'm just saying it casually......"

Listening to the discussion of those Qin soldiers, Hu Yu pressed his hand and said in a deep voice: "Okay, go and tell the others, in another moment, everyone will evacuate this village." ”

"Whoa!"

The Qin soldiers responded with their fists clenched, and one of them snickered and asked, "Then again, General, don't you really want to taste it?" The women ......"

Hu Yu smiled faintly: "Go quickly." ”

"Whoa!" Several Qin pawns clenched their fists and left, walking along the rooms where the woman's sobbing sound was heard, reminding those in the room who were still enjoying Tongze.

Looking at the backs of these people, Hu Yu glanced at the open room and shook his head imperceptibly.

Conniving at the evil deeds of his subordinates is one of the fastest ways to get the support of the soldiers, no, the cavalry who still had a private discussion about his identity as a Yiqu person when he was in the country became obedient in just a few days in Yuncheng, and even when he personally led the army to attack the villages in Yuncheng, the cavalry under his command still vied to follow.

This can be regarded as a cohesion of the military's heart.

A moment later, Hu Yu led hundreds of cavalry with food and clothing.

At the same time, Yuncheng ordered Du Su and Sima Caiwu, the garrison of Yuncheng, to entertain several Fangcheng generals such as Menghu, Huahu, Mu Wu, and Cao Chun in the latter's military camp.

Just when everyone was drinking in high spirits, a soldier suddenly walked into the tent and reported: "A soldier from Yuncheng has sent an urgent report. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yuncheng Ling Du Su's complexion suddenly sank, revealing a look of gritting his teeth, and he had already guessed a few points.

Sure enough, after a while, two soldiers from Yuncheng entered the account and reported to everyone the bad news: another village had been looted by the Qin army.

"Which village?" Du Su asked through gritted teeth.

"It's Shi's village, the one to the south." The soldier replied.

Hearing this, Du Su's eyes widened, and his hands clenched into fists.

Seeing this, Cai Cheng asked Cai Wu privately: "Cai Sima, that Shi's village has an old relationship with Du Chengling?" ”

Cai Wu glanced at Du Su and explained in a low voice: "Shi, Du, and Fan are all from the surname Qi, and they are of the same origin as each other, and Lao Du's wife is the daughter of Shi. ”

Hearing this, Meng Hu and Hua Hu glanced at each other, and then Meng Hu turned his head to Du Su and Cai Wu and said, "Lao Du, Lao Cai, let's drink this wine first, let's take some cavalry with you to see the situation." ”

Seeing that Meng Hu and the others were so active, before Cai Wu could speak, Du Su thanked him repeatedly, only to see him arch his hand and say: "That Shi's village is familiar with below, so it is better to lead the way for you below." ”

So a moment later, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu each took a hundred cavalry, and under the guidance of Du Su and Cai Wu, who were riding in a carriage, they came to the village of the Shi clan.

The horse looked outside the village for a while, Hua Hu frowned and said, "Look at it like this, the Qin cavalry who attacked this village should have evacuated......"

As soon as the words fell, I heard Meng Hu pouting and saying, "Withdraw or not, don't you know if you go in and see?" ”

As he spoke, he clamped his legs between the belly of the horse, and the horse galloped towards the village.

"This reckless man ......"

Seeing this, Hua Hu scolded, for fear that there were still cavalry of the Qin army in the village, so he immediately followed behind Meng Hu with men and horses.

But I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune, when Menghu, Huahu and others came to this village, Hu Yu, the Qin general who attacked this village, had already led hundreds of cavalry under his command to leave, leaving only the corpses of men everywhere, old and young.

Seeing this scene, Du Su, who was riding in the carriage, gritted his teeth and scolded: "These animals ......"

As soon as he said this, he heard Meng Hu scolding in a low voice not far away: "These beasts! ”

At this time, looking at Hua Hu and Mu Wu, they were all angry.

It's no wonder, after all, the appearance of this village makes Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu think of their hometown, seeing that the Qin people are cruel, even the old and young in the village do not let go, they will inevitably have a kind of anger that hurts them.

Glancing at the scolding Menghu, Cao Chun naturally commanded on his behalf: "Half of the people will go to the outside of the village to inspect the village, and half of the people will go to the village to see if there are any survivors......"

"Whoa!"

Under Cao Chun's command, half of the three hundred cavalry turned their horses and headed out of the village, while the rest dismounted and went from house to house to inspect the inside of the house.

At this time, Mu Wu vaguely heard a woman's sobbing in a house not far away, so he dismounted and walked over there.

When he entered the house, he saw that there was no one in the outhouse, so he went to the inner room, and saw several women lying or paralyzed on the beds and the ground in the house, some of them wearing a tattered quilt, and some of them without a single strand.

Similarly, the women's eyes were glazed and gray, as if they had lost their life and were reduced to a shell.

Seeing this, Mu Wu was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and walked out of the inner room, almost bumping into several cavalrymen who were about to follow him into the inner room.

"Sima?"

Seeing that Mu Wu's face was different, the cavalry behind him subconsciously wanted to draw weapons, but was stopped by Mu Wu, only to see him stammer: "Inside the house, well, there are a few women ......"

Hearing this, the two cavalrymen glanced at the inner room a few times, and then a sudden expression appeared on their faces, and at the same time, they also felt a little amused at the reaction of Mu Wu, the military horse: Isn't it just that when you see a few bare-bottomed women, why do you make your face red?

As if noticing the expressions of the cavalry, Mu Wu coughed and said, "I'll leave it to you here, I'll go out first." ”

"Whoa!" Several horsemen smiled and nodded.

Although they also understood that it was not appropriate to laugh at this time, they had to say that Mu Wu's reaction was indeed interesting.

A moment later, Mu Wu's lieutenant Lu Wen also heard about this and was a little puzzled by this.

You must know that when Meng Hu boasted to them about the scenery and deeds, when their brothers were in Zhao State, they were often accompanied by palace maids in the palace, and they didn't see anyone behind, so it can be seen that Mu Wu has not tasted the taste of women, but he never thought that he would still react like this.

It's also a shame that Lu Wen doesn't understand, otherwise he would probably say something in his heart: sullen!

At this time, Meng Hu and Hua Hu were examining the wounds on the corpses in the village.

What puzzled them was that most of the wounds on the bodies of these people were traces left by the slashing of weapons, and the wounds were quite long, basically from the shoulder socket to the lower abdomen.

But considering that the murderer who attacked this village was the cavalry of the Qin State, to be honest, this wound was actually very wrong.

No, Hua Hu saw the clue, frowned and said, "Those brutes...... Dismount and chop? ”

"Hmm......"

Meng Hu frowned, gestured with his right hand to the scar on a corpse, and then nodded slightly.

In their impression, the way the cavalry kills the enemy is basically to use the long ge to stab, although there are occasional slashes, but basically there is no way to leave a wound on the opponent's body from the shoulder socket to the lower abdomen, after all, the cavalry has to avoid the head of their mounts, which greatly restricts the attack range of the cavalry when using long weapons.

Unless it's dismounting.

But the question is, the cavalry who dismounted, is this still a cavalry?

It has to be said that in the contemporary era when bilateral stirrups have not yet been born, dismounting and foot combat is indeed a common combat method for cavalry - experienced old horsemen, they can shoot bows on horseback, but they can never fight the enemy horseback, or in other words, their strength on horseback is far inferior to that on flat ground.

The reason is simple, because there are no bilateral stirrups, and the legs are hanging, the cavalry cannot use all their strength, and if they are allowed to fight the foot soldiers in this way, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be knocked off the horse by the foot soldiers.

Therefore, firing a bow on horseback during harassment, shooting at the enemy with a bow and crossbow, and dismounting at a critical moment to fight with the enemy are exactly the regular combat methods of contemporary cavalry, even if it is the cavalry of Zhao State.

But the Fangcheng cavalry is different, because of the relationship between Meng Zhong, the Fangcheng cavalry is equipped with bilateral stirrups, so Meng Hu, Hua Hu and others have already given up Zhao Guo's set of dismounted foot combat methods, even if it is a frontal fight with the enemy, Fangcheng cavalry can also use their feet to step on bilateral stirrups, exert all their strength, and even with the help of horsepower, play a more powerful blow on the flat ground.

Therefore, it was not surprising that Menghu and Huahu were dismounted and fought on foot by those Qin cavalry, and what was strange to them was that this Qin cavalry was supposed to be formed in vain to follow their example, but it seemed that they did not notice the most important bilateral stirrups.

Yes, even during the Battle of Yique, the cavalry under the command of Meng Hu and others at that time had already adopted bilateral stirrups, but at that time, they only used straw ropes and cloth ropes instead, but they could indeed step on both feet, and for this reason, their cavalry was very strong at that time, and it was especially terrifying when chasing and killing the Qin army.

And this cavalry of the Qin State does not seem to have learned the most crucial thing secretly.

Thinking of this, Hua Hu's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "In this case, we might as well ......"

As he spoke, he whispered a few words in Menghu's ear, only to hear Menghu nodding again and again.

I have to say that they didn't expect that they would find the biggest weakness of the Qin cavalry so easily, that is, they didn't have bilateral stirrups, and they were powerless to fight immediately.

And this means that they can force the opponent to fight, attack the enemy's shortcomings with their own strengths, and inflict heavy losses on the opponent in one fell swoop.

While such a tactic is bound to result in more casualties, it is undeniably the best strategy.

"What are you talking about?"

Seeing Meng Hu and Hua Hu communicating solemnly in the distance, Cao Chun and Cai Cheng walked up to the two of them and asked curiously.

So, Meng Hu and Hua Hu told Cao Chun and Cai Cheng about their discovery, but they were stunned and didn't react for half a sound.

This found the flaws in that Qin cavalry, and also formulated tactics?

Really?

Cao Chun and Cai Cheng glanced at each other, and they could not hide the shock in their hearts.

If you want to say that they are brave in battle, these two young tigers are really brave in battle, and they can formulate tactics and use strategies...... Aren't these two reckless men?

Not to mention, even Hua Hu, who keeps saying that he has seen a lot of art of war, is classified as a first-class reckless man by generals such as Cao Chun and Cai Cheng because his combat methods are almost the same as Menghu, but what happened today? These two reckless men have already come up with a strategy to break the enemy?

“……”

With their mouths open, Cao Chun and Cai Cheng didn't come back to their senses.

A moment later, when Mu Wu came back, Meng Hu and Hua Hu told Mu Wu their thoughts.

Seeing that under the gaze of Cao Chun and Cai Cheng with bated breath, Mu Wu frowned and thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Not bad idea." If that Qin Qi really didn't have ...... Without that, we could indeed use this trick to hit them hard...... Not? Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, what are you watching me do? ”

"No ......"

With a sneer, Cao Chun and Cai Cheng glanced at each other.

Among these three military commanders, Mu Wu is the most reliable, and even Mu Wu supports the views of Meng Hu and Hua Hu, which means that this tactic is indeed feasible.

It's unbelievable, the two reckless men have come up with a plan to break the enemy on their own, and what are we two doing?

Glancing at each other, Cao Chun and Cai Chengdu felt a little embarrassed.

At this time, Mu Wu lowered his voice and said to everyone: "In order to be cautious, let's figure out this matter first...... From tomorrow, you can send someone to investigate the nearby area, pay attention to whether the Qin cavalry has that thing, if it is really not, then we will find a way to force them to fight on horses, without that thing, on horse warfare, that Qin cavalry will definitely not be the opponent of our army. ”

As he spoke, he didn't forget to praise Meng Hu and Hua Hu: "Then again...... Okay, Ah Hu, Hua Hu, I really didn't expect you two to have this ability, which made me change my opinion of the two of you...... I'll wait for you outside the village first. ”

"That's nature." Meng Hu patted his chest and said proudly: "I, Meng Hu, have also read the classics of the sages, such as the Analects......

Hearing this, Hua Hu rolled his eyes.

Brothers who are familiar with Menghu know that this guy has read a "Analects" since he was a child, and he was forced to learn it by his grandfather Mengji.

In contrast, he Huahu has also seen the art of war such as "Sun Tzu" and "Wu Zi", anyway, as long as it is the art of war that Meng Zhong has seen, he will throw it to the brothers to watch and learn, but it is unknown how much he can master from it.

Just like he Huahu, he has seen a lot of art of war, but once he fights with the enemy, he feels that his head is completely empty, and he can't think of anything.

About half an hour later, Menghu and his party set off to return to Yuncheng.

Before leaving, they also took the surviving women from the village.

It may be that those Qin soldiers have not yet extinguished their conscience, although almost all the women in the village were insulted, but in the end, those Qin soldiers did not do anything more shameless, but those men in the village, except for a few who fled to the county seat for help, were almost all killed by those Qin cavalry, whether they were old people or young children.

Because of this, whether it is Du Su, Cai Wu, or Menghu, Huahu, Mu Wu and others, they are all angry about this, and they are eager to eradicate this Qin cavalry as soon as possible.

However, in the meantime, we have to inquire first to see if those Qin cavalry are equipped with bilateral stirrups.

In the next two or three days, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu led the cavalry to wander around the territory of Yuncheng every day, searching for the traces of the Qin cavalry.

Although they have not yet found the exact location of the opponent's garrison for a while, they have confirmed this matter, that is, the other side does not have bilateral stirrups, only a unilateral stirrup, but during the riding period, those Qin cavalry did not have the habit of stepping on stirrups, and they all rode in the way of lying on the horse's back and holding the horse's belly between their legs.

After learning of this, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu were overjoyed, because in their eyes, it was only a matter of time before they defeated this Qin cavalry.

It's a pity that during this period, heavy snow fell in Yuncheng, and soon snow fell up to knees on the ground, which made Meng Hu, Hua Hu and others have to postpone the date of defeating this cavalry until the next year.

Once the spring of the next year begins, the 3,000 cavalry under their command will pour into the nest, and they must completely annihilate this Qin cavalry and break off one of their arms.