On October 25, Zhao Hongrun summoned several generals of the Yanling army to the city guard mansion of Hyun City and entrusted them with the task of attacking the camp of Feng Ling's army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the moment after the capture of Hyun City, the strength of the 100,000 Su Wang's army is distributed as follows:

In Hyun City, there are 30,000 Yanling troops, 10,000 merchant and sail troops, and 5,000 traveling horses and heavy horses; The Yanling military camp in Yangtou Mountain has 20,000 Yanling troops deployed; The Shangshui military camp in Fayu Mountain is deployed with 20,000 merchant water troops; The last one was the Wei camp built in the southwest of Hyun City, which also had 20,000 merchant and naval troops.

The deployment of these four strongholds and cities totaled 100,000 Wei troops.

Such a deployment of troops made the Suwang army have a belt-like defensive zone, and also made them not afraid of the siege of the three armies of the Han generals Feng Ting, Storm Kite, and Jin Huang, no matter which side was attacked, they could get the rapid support of the rest of the strongholds.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Su Wang Army can be said to occupy the dominant position in this area, if the grain and grass are sufficient, the Su Wang Army can take root here like a nail, cut off the grain road of Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass, so that Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass can not get a grain of rice.

But now that the Su Wangjun army is running out of food, this is very embarrassing, and the dispersion of troops has caused Zhao Hongrun to spend more time preparing even if he wants to evacuate.

At three o'clock that day, Zhao Hongrun left 10,000 merchant troops to garrison Hun's city, and ordered Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and other generals to lead 30,000 Yanling troops to the camp of Feng Ying's army in the northwest.

This time, the horses and horsemen did not send out the whole army, Zhao Hongrun only brought 2,000 people and divided them into four teams, each team of 500 knights, followed by 30,000 Yanling soldiers and soldiers.

After all, the army under the command of Han General Feng Ying was a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, and even if it was the heavy infantry of King Su's army, it still looked quite passive in front of the cavalry. What's more, Zhao Hongrun guessed that when he attacked Feng Ting's military camp, maybe the storm kite would lead the remaining 15,000 cavalry to harass and wait for an opportunity to sneak attack.

"Two thousand heavy cavalry, is it enough to deal with the cavalry of the Tyrant Kite Army?"

When he was on the way, Ma You, the general of the You Ma Army, asked Zhao Hongrun.

You must know that in Ma You's heart, even though the status of the heavy cavalry has been raised to an incredible level, he will inevitably be a little frightened when he uses only 2,000 heavy cavalry to deal with the 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry of the Storm Kite Army and Feng Ying's army, after all, the difference in strength is too great.

However, Zhao Hongrun is not worried about this.

In his opinion, the "Battle of Hyun Castle" Storm Kite has suffered enough from the heavy riding of the horses, and lost 15,000 cavalry in a battle, if it is not surprising, from then on, these Korean cavalry saw the heavy riding of the horses, and nine times out of ten they had to walk around.

In this case, it is enough to bring two thousand traveling horses and heavy horses - because the cavalry under the command of General Han Storm Kite will no longer be stupidly hedged against the heavy riding horses, and if these people use mobility to harass them, whether it is two thousand heavy horses or five thousand heavy horses, in fact, the difference is not big, because unless the two armies hedge, the speed of the heavy cavalry cannot catch up with the light cavalry at all.

In fact, these two thousand heavy horses were used by Zhao Hongrun to deal with the Korean infantry of Feng Yingjun's army.

Don't look at the "Battle of Hyun Castle" a few days ago, the Youma Heavy Cavalry achieved an incredible victory in the face of the Korean light cavalry, but in fact, the reason why the Youma Heavy Cavalry was able to achieve such a result that day was that those Korean light cavalry stupidly chose to hedge with the heavy cavalry, which was simply self-defeating.

Therefore, in other words, that victory was equivalent to the Korean cavalry giving it to the heavy cavalry, and it was not a stable performance of the heavy cavalry.

So, when did the steady performance of the heavy cavalry be embodied?

In fact, it is reflected in the fact that when the heavy cavalry storms the infantry phalanx, it is called real invincibility and sweeps the battlefield.

Not to mention the light infantry of the Korean swordsmen, even the heavy infantry of the Wei infantry, can not stop the charge of the heavy cavalry, especially when the heavy cavalry cooperates with the infantry to attack the enemy infantry phalanx, first the heavy cavalry tears through the enemy's defense line, disrupts the enemy's formation, and then the infantry inserts and divides and surrounds the enemy.

Around the end of the day, Zhao Hongrun led 30,000 Yanling troops and 2,000 horses to Feng Yingjun's camp, a military camp located on the bank of the Danshui River that had not yet been completed.

Along the way, the Wei army successively found a number of small units of Han cavalry, the number of these small units of Han cavalry was about 100 to about 200 horses, and they "saw" the Wei army all the way to the camp of Feng Yingjun.

Zhao Hongrun didn't know whether it was the 2,000 horses riding the banner of the 'Shangshui Traveling Horse' that frightened the other party, or whether the newly formed cavalry of about 2,000 people in the Yanling Army made these small groups of Han cavalry dare not approach.

Yes, the Yanling army has formed a cavalry, numbering about 2,000 people, and the source of the war horses is nothing more than the 30,000 light horses of the Storm Kite Army in the "Battle of Hyun City" - in that battle, the Storm Kite Army lost nearly 15,000 war horses, of which about 12,000 war horses, due to death or wounded, have become the food of the Su Wang Army as the victor of that war, such as the bowl of horse meat soup that Zhao Hongrun drank when he went out today.

The remaining more than 2,000 horses that were lucky enough to survive on the battlefield became the trophies of the Yanling army, which made the generals of the Yanling army ecstatic to form a cavalry.

After all, in this era, cavalry is a tall class, and it is not something that any army can equip.

But then again, although the Yanling army has formed a cavalry of more than 2,000 people, it does not mean that these two thousand Wei cavalry can be put into use, at least in the words of Ma You, the general of the Youma Army, these two thousand Yanling army cavalry are still just infantry on horseback, and they need to learn a lot of things.

"These Korean cavalrymen were scared."

Since there was no order to dispatch for the time being, Ma You stayed by Zhao Hongrun's side, and when he saw that those small groups of Han Qi only dared to watch their army from afar, Ma You couldn't help but smile and said.

Hearing this, Sun Shuke, the general of the third battalion of the Yanling Army, joked with a smile: "General Ma You wants to say that those small groups of Han cavalry were frightened by your Youma Army?" ”

Hearing this, the generals near Zhao Hongrun, such as Qu Cheng and Yan Mo, laughed friendly one after another.

You must know that the Shangshui Youma is different from the Shangshui Army, they do not compete with the Yanling Army, therefore, the relationship between the two armies seems to be harmonious, even the Shangshui Youma is also burdened with the name of "Shangshui".

"You guy." After listening to Sun Shuke's ridicule, Ma You said angrily: "Why don't you talk about yourself?" …… It is extremely rare to use infantry to block Han Cai's charge, so that Han Cai cannot even break through a defensive line. …… I want to come to those Korean army cavalry generals that day, but I hate you to the core! The next time you run into it on the battlefield, those horsemen will bite you. ”

"That's not as good as the scenery of the day of the Horse Army." Sun Shuke replied with a smile: "I believe that when he meets him one day, the first thing those riders are looking for is you to ride a horse...... Oh no, those people have been frightened by your horseback riding, and they dare not come to your trouble. ”

In the kind teasing of the generals, Ma You shook his head helplessly, and after half a sound, he smiled and said, "It's the two thousand new horsemen in your eyes." ”

Hearing this, the generals turned their heads to look at the two thousand light cavalry of the Yanling Army who were guarding the infantry on the side of the ranks.

In fact, they were just cooperating with Sun Shuke to make fun of Ma You, how could they not know the reason why those small groups of cavalry only dared to follow from afar?

The reason is very simple, because on the way to the march, the newly formed light cavalry of the Yanling Army defeated a cavalry of about 200 South Korean cavalry with only 300 cavalry, which shocked the Korean cavalry - it is obviously a newly formed cavalry, why is the riding skill so exquisite?

This brings us to a little secret of the heavy riding of the horses: the saddle they use is a saddle with two stirrups.

In the general perception of the Korean cavalry, the stirrup is only an auxiliary object for the cavalry when turning over the horse, so no one takes the stirrup too seriously.

But Zhao Hongrun was different, he knew too well the role of stirrups in the cavalry charge, so when the horses were first formed, this cavalry used the saddle of bilateral stirrups.

I remember that when the Korean cavalry charged, there would be a "legs clamping the horse's belly" action, why?

The reason was that they did not have stirrups to borrow, and in order to prevent themselves from being thrown off by their horses during the charge, the legs of the Korean cavalry had to be firmly clamped on the belly of the horse. Even cavalrymen who were not skilled in horsemanship had to lean forward during the charge, or simply crouched on their horses.

Although it is true that such a posture can increase the speed of the warhorse's charge, in the final analysis, the knight's body leans forward and falls, only to let the center of gravity of the body move forward and downward, so as to prevent it from falling down during the charge.

But the heavy horsemen were different, and when they charged, they sat up straight on their horses, so didn't they worry about falling?

Yes, they were not worried at all, because when they charged, their feet were firmly stepped on the stirrups, and the double teaching plus the buttocks, the three points were fixed, which allowed the heavy riding of the horse to easily stabilize the body.

I remember the "Battle of Hyun Castle", the heavy cavalry of the horses destroyed one after another Korean cavalry, and many people may mistakenly think that it was the strength of the heavy cavalry itself, but in fact, the small stirrups played a vital role in that battle.

Without the small object of bilateral stirrups, the battle damage of the heavy riding of the day's cruise horse is definitely more than more than 100 rides.

And today is the same, the Yan Ling army formed a new horse with the captured war horses, although Zhao Hongrun could not get the saddle of the stirrups on both sides for the time being, but he could use other methods instead, for example, tied to the saddle with a rope, and tied a loop to the other section, hanging on the side without stirrups to act as stirrups.

It was precisely because of this little secret that the new cavalry of the Yanling Army was newly built, and the soldiers who were promoted to cavalry with infantry, although they did not have much exquisite riding skills, could still sit firmly on horseback, which shocked those small groups of Korean cavalry, and mistakenly thought that the soldiers of Wei were born to know how to ride horses.

At the same time, in the camp of the Feng Ying army on the bank of the Danshui River, the Han general Feng Ting, who had already received the news that the Wei army was coming to attack, was standing at the upper end of the watchtower in the camp, looking at the mighty Su Wang army, with a little surprise in his eyes.

Feng Ying felt a little unable to guess the thoughts of that Wei Gongzi Ji Run.

He knew very well that the Wei army of the Su Wang Army was running out of food and grass in the army, and it stands to reason that this army should consider how to retreat safely, but this Wei army is good, the more urgent the situation, the stronger the desire to attack, and he can't wait to sweep away all threats before retreating.

"So...... Shall I retreat or defend it?'

Feng Ying muttered to himself.