Cavalry and musketeers had their own advantages and disadvantages.

In this era when there were no motor vehicles, cavalry was the most powerful type of troops, and the lethality was extremely high after charging, so in all dynasties, cavalry was an important factor in determining the outcome of the war.

Cavalry is indeed very strong, but it is very difficult to train a qualified cavalry, and generally speaking, except for nomads, they cannot afford to raise a large number of cavalry.

Generally speaking, it takes at least ten to twenty years of equestrian training to raise a cavalryman, two or more spare horses, and concentrated feed such as beans, wheat or alfalfa in order to train the horses.

In addition, it is necessary to prepare weapons and horse harnesses, and it is necessary to take care of the war horses by special personnel, and to carry a large number of war horse rations when going out in wartime, because it is impossible to raise war horses by eating grass alone.

In this way, the annual expenditure of one war horse is equivalent to the annual expenditure of more than five civilians. Therefore, only nomads can afford to raise cavalry.

In contrast, it is much easier to train a musketeer, especially now when the accuracy of thermal weapons is not high, and soldiers only need to train for two or three months to ensure that they can not flee from the battle, can aim at the general direction where the enemy is, and can skillfully reload and shoot.

The best Spanish military theorist of the late 16th century was Bernardino Mendoza, who believed that a company of 120 lancers, if they could charge the enemy from multiple directions at the same time, could defeat a cavalry of 500 men armed with muskets.

The first wave of cavalry charges of the victorious army was not optimistic, after the musketeers of the imperial defense line fired the first wave of bullets, hundreds of war horses and horses fell in response, and the knights who were lucky not to be shot were thrown out in despair.

After each of the three musketeers fired a round, the cavalry units of the victorious army, which were lined up in an arrow formation, had lost all the horses in front of them.

The general who led the 3,000 victorious army was called Liu Shunren, who was also a brave general of the former Liao State, and had very rich combat experience.

Liu Shunren knew that his mission was to test the enemy's reality and reality, so when he saw that the front army was knocked down in an instant, he hurriedly grabbed the reins of the war horse and pursed his lips and howled.

Hearing Liu Shunren's whistle, the cavalry units of the Changsheng Army immediately dispersed, avoiding the enemy in front and charging to the flank, testing the intensity of the attack in other areas of the Imperial Army's position.

Liu Shunren's tactical choice was very correct, this move could not only reduce his own losses, but also make the enemy have no time to adjust the center of gravity of the defense, so that the follow-up cavalry could find the enemy's flaws and rush in.

This method of using cavalry mobility to disrupt enemy formations has been extremely effective in previous battles, but at this moment, the victorious army is not facing the Liao and Song armies, but the Imperial army, which is fully equipped with muskets.

As long as the musketeers have enough firing distance and sufficient ammunition, they are incomprehensible, no matter which direction the cavalry of the victorious army rushes from, as long as they cannot reach the side of the musketeers, they are moving live targets.

"First column, shoot! The first column retreats, the fourth column comes forward, shoot! ”

"Second column, shoot! The second column retreats, the fifth column fills up, shoot! ”

"Third column, shoot! The third column retreats, and the sixth ......"

Accompanied by the loud orders of the junior officers of the Imperial Army, the musketeers arranged in nine columns stepped forward in an orderly manner, withdrew their reloads, and the entire defense line turned into a huge, mechanized war machine, shooting the enemy in front of them efficiently and calmly.

There are always some people on the battlefield who are very lucky, the dead cavalry kicked the horses with their lives, stepped on the potholes, and in the bullets, dozens of cavalry of the victorious army actually came to the front of the Imperial army unscathed.

The cavalrymen knew they could no longer turn back, so they shot a look of despair in their eyes, howling and swinging their swords at the line of the musketeers.

Seeing that the enemy had actually rushed closer, the imperial officer hurriedly ordered the musketeers to retreat, revealing a group of steel monsters with two-meter-long knives in their hands.

These bull roaring barbarians, who are extremely strong and naturally powerful, are wearing plate armor with strong defensive power, internal force and chain mail, and fully enclosed helmets on their heads, and what they hold in their hands is the murderous weapon handed down from the Tang Dynasty---- Mo knife.

Volume 16 of "Tang Liudian" contains: "There are four types of knives: one is called the Yi knife, the second is the obstacle knife, the third is the horizontal knife, and the fourth is the Mo knife.... Mo knife, long knife also, held by infantry, Gai Gu's chopping horse, the knife weighs fifteen pounds, also known as the machete, seven feet long, the blade is three feet long, the handle is four feet long, and the iron drill is used underneath. The horse step waterway is salty and available. Lux persists, and those who use waist force to spin and block are all powder......"

The Mo knife is a heavy infantry weapon of the Tang Dynasty, which is said to have developed from the Western Han Dynasty horse sword, and absorbed the shape and smelting technology of the Han Lu Mo knife and the long knife of the Six Dynasties. There are specific departments for casting, storage, and management. The Mo knife is extremely sharp, the slashing effect is excellent, and it is mainly used to slash and kill the enemy cavalry in the war.

I don't know why, the Modao, which had an excellent effect on dealing with cavalry, began to decline in the Song Dynasty.

Li Nan also spent a lot of energy and money in order to make the Mo knife, but fortunately, the Song Dynasty was not far from the Tang Dynasty, and finally let him find some craftsmen who could make the Mo knife, which reproduced this amazing weapon in the world.

The Mo knife weighing thirty catties is not available to ordinary people, that is, the race with a special physique, which can be wielded and fought on the battlefield for a long time.

The musketeers retreated, and the hundred-strong hoplites appeared, and the surviving cavalry of the victorious army let out a terrible howl at the sight of the shining mosaber like a mountain.

The sword flashed, and the position in front of the imperial army was soaked with blood, and the corpses of people and horses were scattered all over the ground, so far, all the 3,000 cavalry of the Changsheng army were annihilated.

This time the tentative attack, the commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Zongwang, completely saw it.

Wanyan Zongwang and the other Jin people coldly saw the people of Chang Sheng's army who were beaten by muskets turn on their backs; After seeing them change formations, they were still knocked down by the orderly musketeers; Seeing that those surviving cavalry were finally chopped into pieces by the Mo Sword Array; Finally, the Ox Roar hoplites were seen returning to their positions, and the unscathed musketeers were again arrayed.

Guo Yaoshi was a little nervous now, the 30,000 victorious army in his hand was the foundation of his foothold, and he was really afraid that Wanyan Zongwang would let him send all the victorious troops to the battlefield.

The short battle just now made Guo Yaoshi understand that if the army under his command, which was mainly infantry, stepped forward, it would not be able to cause any damage to the imperial army at all, and the biggest effect was to consume the opponent's bullets.

"Are you scared?" Wanyan Zongwang glanced at Pharmacist Guo and asked with a smile.

Without waiting for Pharmacist Guo to answer, Yan Zongwang smiled and comforted him: "I'm not a stupid Song person, so you don't have to worry that I will make a senseless sacrifice with Chang Shengjun." ”

Pointing at the imperial army array in front of him with the horsewhip in his hand, Wanyan Zongwang said with infinite pride: "Today, I will let you see how the Jin warriors who once defeated the army of a million Liao States fought?" ”