Chapter 141: On the Mongolian Horse
One of Su Fuyan's subordinates said: "The king should withdraw quickly, the Han people have already prepared, we are not prepared at all, and we don't know how many people they have."
If we don't withdraw, we may not be able to leave. Let's run west. Not far away is the garrison of our tribe.
Su Fuyan said: Quickly retreat. He didn't want to die. Su Fuyan is an old fox, in fact, he has long been dissatisfied. Just don't care, take the lead and run first.
As soon as Su Fuyan ran, it was miserable. Since he can only distinguish friend from foe by moonlight, he can't see too far away. He didn't know that Su Fuyan had run away. The men and horses of the Badun suffered heavy casualties. At this time, a personal soldier said to him: "King, Su Fuyan has run away, he has run away with his clansmen, let's run away, otherwise we will be surrounded." The Han people still know how many, and we can't see clearly, I found that Su Fuyan ran west, and there was the least sound there, and there should be no enemies. King, let's run too, it's too late.
Of course, he was afraid of death, and said: Withdraw quickly! Withdraw to the west.
Then everyone began to flee for their lives. After all, this is the old nest of Wuhuan, and the Wuhuan people are very familiar with it. It happened to be dark before dawn again, and it was getting darker and darker, and finally he ran away with more than 10,000 people. And Su Muyan also escaped with more than 10,000 people.
After dawn, Zhang Jie and his entourage began to assemble in the center of the Liucheng royal court. At this moment, a Wuhuan soldier who was pretending to be dead on the ground pulled his bow hard and aimed at the heart of "Zhang Jie". An arrow came, only to hear someone shouting to be careful, and the arrow almost fell off the horse with a dinging sound of "Zhang Jie".
Then several relatives cut the Wuhuan soldier into several pieces. And the soldier who replaced Zhang Jie was not lightly injured and was hit by an arrow in his collarbone.
It turned out that this Wuhuan soldier thought that Zhang Jie was the one wearing "Zhang Jie's clothes." "Fortunately, Dian Wei asked Zhang Jie to wear the armor of a small soldier. Otherwise, the one who was hit by the arrow might be the real Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie walked up to the soldier who was injured for him and said: I'm sorry brother, I've tired you. The pro-soldier said: It's my honor to be able to get a little injured for the lord, just raise it for a few days. The lord doesn't have to worry about it!
At this time, Xu Huang said: Hey, let Badun run again, Zhang Jie smiled: Run, run, this time it is a big victory. It's all up to the public to know. But I chose the wrong time, or it would have worked, and I forgot about the darkness before dawn. When the sky is about to dawn, it will be dark for a while, and after a while, Wuhuan will escape a little more.
Xu Huang said: The main thing is that there are too few of our people, if there are more than 10,000 or 20,000 people, surrounded on all sides, we will not want to escape.
Zhang Jiedao: It's not bad to have such a result. Komeito, how many horses have you taken? Xu Huang said: I haven't cleared it yet, I think there should be tens of thousands of horses!
Zhang Jie said: Yes, when we go back, we will rest slowly, and we should be able to form a 50,000 cavalry corps now.
Hehe, Gongming said, if in the Central Plains, 50,000 cavalry let you attack Cao Cao, what are your chances of winning?
Xu Huang thought for a while and said: Cao Cao has a maximum of three or five thousand cavalry in his hands, if the cavalry fights, the last general can destroy him with a charge, but the cavalry is not good at attacking the city. Cao Cao is not a fool, he will definitely defend it. However, there is a cloud in the art of war: if you hold it for a long time, you will lose. The chances of the lord are still very great, and Cao Cao is difficult to resist the lord.
Zhang Jiedao: Why do you think Cao Cao will lose?
Xu Huang said: Because since ancient times, infantry can win ten times against cavalry, but cannot lose once.
Zhang Jiedao: Why?
Xu Huang said: The Central Plains is flat, it is difficult to achieve encirclement, as long as you pay attention to the last time we dealt with the strategy of rejecting the horse and encircling Wuhuan, the cavalry lost ten times, that is, more losses of men and horses, it is difficult to annihilate the cavalry.
The infantry, on the other hand, was in pursuit, once the infantry was scattered by the cavalry. You can't escape, and it will eventually turn into a one-sided massacre. plus the three treasures of the cavalry that the lord gave to the cavalry. The knight's hands were completely free, and the individual infantry had little power to fight back against the cavalry, and could only rely on strong bows and crossbows. But strong bows and crossbows are also not unbreakable, such as heavy cavalry. Iron shields can resist it.
Zhang Jie thought to himself, Xu Huang is really naturally handsome, he can analyze cavalry and infantry so clearly. No wonder in history it was the head of Cao Cao's five good generals. It was considered by Cao Cao to have the style of Zhou Yafu. Being loyal and loyal, it is really a treasure.
Zhang Jie said: Gongming is a great talent, Jie has been taught, and after returning to Jizhou, two cavalry corps will be newly formed, one under the command of you and Wen Chang. Xu Huang said: What about General Zilong?
Zhang Jie said: Zilong, I will form another heavy cavalry corps for him to lead. There aren't too many people. But all men and horses have to wear heavy armor, and I named him "Iron Float". Be invulnerable, and arrows will not penetrate. Only two eyes are exposed, which makes the enemy frightened. But the cost of such heavy cavalry must be very high. My goal is 5,000, but that's not realistic at the moment. Let's get a thousand first! See how it turns out.
Xu Huang said: For such a heavy cavalry, people should choose the most powerful warriors in the army. Horses should also choose tall and good horses, ordinary horses are definitely not good, and the iron armor of people and horses on horses alone will cost more than 200 catties. Combined with the weight of the person, the average horse can't run a few steps. It is good to have a good horse of Dawan Kingdom.
Zhang Jie said: That's not necessarily, the horses of the Xianbei Huns are also okay, but this kind of horse can't run fast at first, but it has good endurance and eats roughage. You can eat anything.
Of course, Zhang Jie knew the strength of Mongolian horses in later generations. It is precisely because of many benefits that those, sweaty horses, and Dawan horses were eliminated in the end. Temujin's Mongolian iron hooves swept the world. The Mongolian horse is native to the Mongolian plateau, in a semi-wild state of survival, it eats whatever grass changes with the seasons, and can live in the desert with dozens of degrees of heat. It can survive in the Siberian cold of minus 40 degrees.
The endurance is extremely strong, the Mongolian army conquered the West, whether it is the European equipment of the chain armor knights, or the world, it can be described as overwhelming, the Mongolian army Western Expedition General Guo Kan led the 10,000 teams alone, and repeatedly broke more than 120 cities in West Asia and more than 180 cities of the Crusaders. These are the achievements of Mongolian horses. Moreover, Mongolian horses can produce milk and drink, and can also eat meat. Of course, Zhang Jie will choose the Mongolian horse. However, the Mongolian horse is not large, and I don't know if it can be a heavy cavalryman. You have to experiment first.
At this time, Dian Wei also ran over and said: It's really enjoyable, a certain person has at least cut one or two hundred Wuhuan people. It's a pity that they let them run away.
Zhang Jie said: Okay, if you have a good time, you will have it, and immediately order someone to clean up the battlefield, and the dead horses will be used as military rations. Gongming, you send someone to guard outside to prevent the Wuhuan from sneaking up.
Send someone to bury the corpse on the spot! Bury our dead brothers together. The Wuhuan people dug a pit and buried it.
Let's leave in the afternoon. I know everyone is very happy, but we can't stay for long. We also have to guard against a sneak attack at night. Therefore, when Wuhuan didn't know how many people we had, we would withdraw to Jixian County first. Take a look at the latest chapters of "Mr. Storyteller of the Three Kingdoms" and read it for free for the first time.