Cavalry, known as the king of war, was the most powerful type of military in ancient warfare, and it can be said that those who won the cavalry won the world. Historically, nomads have repeatedly invaded the Central Plains, and their greatest reliance is on powerful cavalry. The infantry of the Central Plains was always pressed and beaten in front of the nomadic cavalry, especially during the Song Dynasty, when the elite infantry of the Song Dynasty was abused by the cavalry of the Jin State and could not find the north. So the infantry really can't deal with the cavalry? The answer is no.

1. First of all, the terrain, just like the king of land warfare in the plains of modern tank armored forces, if in the mountainous and hilly areas, in the dense areas of water towns, due to the terrain seriously limits the mobility of its cavalry, it cannot gallop as fast as on the plains, if it is attacked by the elite infantry of the opponent in this terrain, the battlefield situation can be completely reversed.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Wushu Nankou, the Zhao and Song dynasties irrigated farmland with water and restricted the passage of cavalry, which once had a very good effect.

In this book, the protagonist chooses to fight a decisive battle with the Tartar cavalry in a hilly area several times, so as to gain the upper hand.

2. The infantry formed a chariot formation and confronted it. The cavalry is most afraid of the infantry's vehicle formation, among which Liu Yu's moon formation is the most classic. Liu Yu used the "Moon Formation" to defeat the 30,000 elite cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty with 2,000 infantry, which became a classic example of infantry and cavalry. Li Ling, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, also defeated the Hun cavalry with a phalanx of chariots with fewer victories.

3. Third, through intensive shooting with bows and crossbows, although a large number of kills and injuries can be inflicted on the opponent, the cavalry's mobility has increased greatly since the horse pedals, and many elite cavalry can ride and shoot freely on horseback, with a great counterattack ability.

In the face of intensive fire from bows and crossbows, of course, it is possible to thwart small groups of cavalry, or large groups of cavalry with weak willpower.

But if the opponent rushes over with his life, as long as he fights closely, he will definitely lose.

In this way, in order to deal with cavalry, the bow and crossbow also need other types of cover in addition to the bow itself, and also need vehicle formations or terrain cover.

Combined with these characteristics, this book has adopted them.

1. Before the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the place where the Tatar cavalry fought was to hide in the hilly area, or in the water town of Zeguo, and the mobility of the cavalry was greatly limited by the terrain.

2. Each department is equipped with a large number of wheelbarrows, two-wheeled carriages, four-wheeled carriages and other chariots, facing the Tartar cavalry, combined with the terrain to form a hollow phalanx, and maneuver with the opponent.

3. The army is equipped with a large number of muskets and crossbows, due to the gradual use of self-generated bird guns (flintlock guns) by the protagonists, coupled with the use of stingers (primitive) bayonets, the ratio of muskets has already exceeded seventy percent, and a small part of the remaining three percent are equipped with bows and crossbows, and long-range weapons have increased greatly.

4. Long-term training of the army. As a modern man of course guides the importance of training, an army that has always been well trained can defeat a rabble ten times more head-on.

Although there are not many cavalry in the army, it can be used as a practice for the Blue Army on how other departments can face and deal with cavalry, and through long-term drills, everyone is no longer unprepared for cavalry, and it also reduces psychological fear.

5. Although there is a tradition of forming a phalanx in traditional Chinese history, the scale of the phalanx is too large, such as Sun Chengzong's need for 3,000 people, and Qi Jiguang's car battalion also has 2,700 people.

In the face of the Tartar cavalry, these small phalanxes were scattered among the enemy formations, like pebbles, cooperating with each other, and it was difficult for the other side to gnaw down.

Even if a few phalanxes are broken on the battlefield, they can quickly retreat to the left to form a new phalanx without collapsing.