Yingbu smoothly passed through the chaotic army and joined Wu Rui: "What's the situation?" Something happened to the rear camp? ”

"The Han army attacked the camp, and they have already led the army back to help. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Now continue to defend against the Han army or try to retreat as soon as possible? Wu Rui didn't talk nonsense and explained directly.

"The Han army has been planning for a long time, and the momentum is sharp, so you can't fight hard with it!" Yingbu made a decision in an instant, "I will organize the interception, and you will organize the team to retreat!" ”

"Okay!" Wu Rui responded, and hurriedly began to command the team to prepare for retreat.

Yingbu took over the command and immediately commanded the soldiers to go up to resist the Han army.

In this regard, Yingbu's skills are more skillful and exquisite, after all, there is a lot of experience in fighting with Xiang Yu, to say that the soldiers are strong and sharp, the Han army still can't be compared with that, there is a way to become a good doctor for a long time, and after being attacked for a long time, it is ultimately a little more reliable in defense.

At this time, it is up to the Han army to go up and play, which everyone in Bao Hong's army has long expected, and they have already arranged for those generals.

Yang Zaixing and the others led the cavalry to rush and kill when the Yellow Turban Army's formation was not expanded, which was also the same intention as Yingbu to disrupt the other party's arrangement.

However, Yang Zaixing's cavalry is naturally stronger than Yingbu, who is not well prepared, and the impact on the Yellow Turban formation will naturally have a better effect.

However, with the continuous convergence of the formation organized by Wu Rui, coupled with the fact that Yingbu has the command to organize the defense, it is a little difficult to continue to attack the enemy formation, even if it is reluctant to rush forward, there will be a lot of losses, it is better to do something else with strong mobility.

In general, the earliest cavalry was the mounted reconnaissance cavalry at the end of primitive society, but this was mainly used for reconnaissance and early warning, and basically had no combat effectiveness.

Generally speaking, for cavalry, speed is king. The actual combat utility of cavalry was limited. The main mode of warfare or tactical role of cavalry is to play a role under the condition of mobility and power, such as long-distance raids, interspersed with division and encirclement of enemy troops, surprise attacks on positions, pursuit and annihilation of remnants of the enemy or fleeing enemies, etc.

In fact, if the cavalry attacks head-on or charges the enemy, if the enemy is prepared, it is not so easy to rush through in the face of bow and spear formations, not to mention that the enemy is assisted by trenches and city walls, and then the cavalry rushes forward is suicide. In order to deal with the cavalry of the northern nomads, the armies of the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty also had a special "ditch crossing tactic", and set up special troops, which are said to use trenches to deal with the cavalry.

In terms of technology, both Chinese and foreign cavalry are divided into light and heavy, that is to say, in addition to the light cavalry that relies on mobility, the emergence and development of heavy cavalry completely makes up for the problems in the assault cavalry.

It is the task of the light cavalry to kill and injure the enemy by projectile weapons, and the task of the heavy cavalry is to charge the formation, tear a breakthrough in the enemy's battle line, and then cover the army, because in the era of cold weapons, it is difficult to make up for the defects on the front. So there is a very appropriate word in China to describe heavy cavalry -- called "assault cavalry".

The Han Dynasty already had a distinction between light cavalry and heavy cavalry. The light cavalry was basically unarmoured, and its weapons were mainly bows and arrows, equipped with shorter horses, and the heavy cavalry was armoured, and its weapons were melee weapons such as halberds, spears, and ring-headed knives, and they were equipped with tall horses for charging into battle. In the Han Dynasty, with the improvement of smelting technology, there was a long iron knife with a ring handle that was more suitable for immediate combat, with a thick spine and a sharp blade suitable for chopping, which became an important weapon for cavalry.

But in any case, speed is fundamental for cavalry, and only when you run can you be king on land, once the speed is reduced and you fall into the point of fighting the enemy in place, it is not as good as heavy infantry, at least heavy infantry is more professional.

Of course, the heavy cavalry is a luxury for the present, although there is already that kind of thing, but it can be said to be a luxury, Bao Hong has not officially seen the heavy cavalry in the formation until now.

Cao Cao once said in the "Military Policy Order": "Yuan Benchu armor 10,000 collars, my big armor 20 collars, 300 primordial horse armor, I can't have 10 bodies, I broke it by surprise." ”

At that stage, Boss Cao and Brother Yuan Shao's house also had that bit of private goods, not to mention other people, so it can be seen that that thing is definitely a rare thing.

Of course, in the actual operation process, various tactical uses, strategic coordination, etc., give full play to the advantages of the cavalry to destroy the formation of the corps, and then charge is the right way, and it is categorically not said that the opposite side will attack head-on when the formation is organized.

The cavalry at this stage also has a tactical role, that is, to deal with the enemy's cavalry, that is, pure cavalry warfare, there is no co-operation of other arms, so the tactics are relatively simple: the two sides shoot and charge in a skirmish line, mainly with sabers as weapons, supplemented by bows and arrows: bow and arrow shooting is used for medium and long-range shooting, and the general hit rate is low, and sabers are mainly used for melee combat - cutting off heads. There is no one who still uses a spear on a horse, because there are no stirrups, so you have to hold the horse by the neck with one hand and cut with a knife in the other.

All in all, with the current technological development, when Wu Rui and Yingbu have already built a defensive line, there is no need to attack the enemy formation, and what needs to be done at this time is to exert mobility to fight.

Of course, according to the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, the next round of technological innovation is the stirrup and the like on the stage of history, so that the soldiers' hands can be freed.

When it came to cavalry warfare in this period, it was one word: fast. Charge fast, fight fast, chase fast. Due to the liberation of the hand, the cavalry could use long weapons, engage in combat, and was the main weapon for close combat; Bows and arrows remain the main vitality of mid- and long-range combat due to increased accuracy due to improved stability; And the saber came in handy only when the infantry was in pursuit.

And before that, unless it is a super elite cavalry that has the advanced skill of cavalry archery, it can effectively hit the enemy legion, and Yang Zaixing and others can only lead the team to travel around safely and steadily, interspersed with surprise attacks and so on. That was the spring of the cavalry, which appeared on the battlefield on a large scale as the main force.

As for the model of the Great Mongolia dominating the world in the future, it will be even farther, and it can only be said that it is out of reach, and it is useless to say more.

Yang Zaixing and others led the cavalry to detour from both flanks, but instead restrained Wu Rui's team that was preparing to retreat, although Wu Rui would inevitably have to organize more people to hold on, which was not conducive to the Han army's support of the surprise attack troops, but it also had more time to eliminate Yingbu's well-trained Yellow Turban elite.

From the current point of view, Yingbu's side is a big trouble, and it is indeed necessary to eliminate the living force of his personal guards. As for that side, how to continue to think about it after the attack on the camp is also capable enough to make decisions, and I will not fully count on this side to cooperate with them.