There was no cavalry army in the Great Song army at all.

Without him, it costs too much money. Song Jun couldn't afford to raise it.

The important horse breeding grounds are all in Daliao and Daxia, and there is no suitable horse breeding grassland in the Great Song Dynasty.

A good horse from the north is about 20-50 in Daliao, but it must be at least doubled when transported to the Great Song Dynasty.

It takes 120-200 yuan to sell it to the south.

In addition to the high price of horses, the maintenance of horses is also a large expense.

Therefore, it is too expensive and too difficult to form a cavalry army!

In the Song army, there were war horses above the rank of general, and most of them were patchwork horses, and the others were infantry.

Now Yang Zhi saw that Shijiazhuang actually had a cavalry team, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Cavalry, this is a cavalry!

Although there are only a dozen people, this cavalry team is not the kind of cavalry team built with horses, it is a cavalry team formed by good horses from the north.

The cavalry team of horses and Northland horses as war horses is not the same concept at all.

A hundred miles a day, a thousand miles of travel. These are the best things the cavalry is good at, but in order to do this, you need the support of excellent war horses to be competent.

In terms of horsepower, impact, maneuverability, and gravity, the horse cannot be compared with the good horse. It's like a horse coming down a hundred miles a day, but I'm afraid that the horse will be useless. But a good horse can do it.

Yang Zhi's eyes lit up as he looked at this cavalry team, "Zhuang Master, these are all the cavalry on our village?" ”

Shi Jin nodded and said, "Of course, Brother Yang, what do you think of this cavalry?" ”

When Yang Zhi heard it, he turned his head to look at Shi Jin and said, "I don't know if the owner wants to hear the truth or if he wants to hear a lie?" ”

Shi Jin was stunned for a moment and asked, "How about the truth?" What about lies? ”

Yang Zhi immediately replied: "This cavalry under the owner of the village is really worthy of being a strong soldier, and there are no ten times the number of troops in the Great Song Dynasty, but I am afraid that it is not their opponent!" ”

Of course, Shi Jin heard Yang Zhi's words and said, "In the Great Song Dynasty? Brother Yang doesn't have to hide something to say, but please say it directly! ”

Yang Zhi saw that Shi Jin was not a trace dissatisfied with his sarcasm, and continued with satisfaction, "But if you encounter the Liao army and the Xia army, this cavalry of the owner of the village will definitely die!" ”

When Shi Jin heard this, he was taken aback and said, "Why? ”

Yang Zhi immediately said, "Let's not talk about cavalry equestrianism, the cavalry of the owner is not properly trained, and the person who leads the troops does not understand the method of cavalry combat at all, and he is practicing blindly." If it encounters the Song army, which lacks cavalry, the owner's cavalry can also rely on the advantage of war horses to gain the upper hand. But when encountering the Liao army and the Xia army, which are also excellent in war horses, this cavalry team will inevitably be in danger of annihilation! ”

Yang Zhi's ancestor Jin Dao was invincible Yang Ye was a famous general of the Northern Han Dynasty, who commanded the cavalry army and defeated the Liao army. Among the Yang family, there are also many family heirlooms of cavalry leading the army to fight.

Seeing Shi Jin's cavalry team, Yang Zhi could see at a glance that it was good-looking, and it was useless.

Shi Jin was very indignant at first when he heard Yang Zhi unceremoniously say that the cavalry team he had formed was practicing blindly, but soon Shi Jin came to his senses.

Before he was reborn, he was a third-rate university student, and he had never even ridden a horse, so he didn't know what to do in cavalry combat.

Li Zhong?

Forget it, his ancestors have been performing in the rivers and lakes for three generations, and they can expect him to understand cavalry!

Shi Jin knew the importance of cavalry, but no one in Shijiazhuang knew cavalry.

There was no way, and Shi Jin could only train this cavalry through some knowledge that he tried to recall.

Now it seems that this professional thing really needs to be done by professional people.

Otherwise, like Cao Cao, he doesn't understand water warfare. Even if he was a generation of famous marshals, commanding 800,000 soldiers and horses, in the end, he was set on fire by Zhou Yu in Chibi, and he was defeated, losing the best opportunity to dominate the country.

In the future, he will deal with the Liao Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom, and he must not disobey the advice because he is against his ears.

Otherwise, it is hard to guarantee that one day there will be a fiasco like Cao Cao, and he will regret it for the rest of his life.

It seems that he recruited Yang Zhi in the first place, and it was really a correct decision.

It doesn't matter if I don't understand the cavalry, there is no one in front of me. Professional things should be handed over to professional people!

Shi Jin clenched his fists and said, "Brother Yang, the Sprinkle family doesn't understand this cavalry, so they will make the pearl dusty." Please also ask Brother Yang to help train this cavalry team, and be sure to train them into a real strong army! ”

Yang Zhi also clenched his fists and said, "I don't dare to ask for it!" ”

Shi Jin said, "If there is anything you need, Brother Yang just speak!" ”

Yang Zhi also said unceremoniously, "This cavalry's weapon needs to be rebuilt, this spear is not suitable, and you must use a saber instead?" ”

"Sabre?" Shi Jin asked.

"Yes, with a saber! It's not that a spear can't be reached, but if you use a spear, heavy cavalry is more suitable. There were only a dozen cavalry horses on the village, and Yang Zhi felt that it was more suitable to use them as light cavalry. Rely on the mobility of cavalry to kill the enemy, so you can train sabers and bows and arrows. ”

Listen, this professional is different!

Shi Jin hurriedly said, "Okay, Shi Jin will ask someone to build it!" ”

According to Yang Zhi's request, Shi Jin asked the blacksmith in the village to make a saber with an arc.

When the saber was being made, Yang Zhi also began to train cavalry.

Yang Zhi changed his previous training program from Shi Jin.

Cavalry training pays attention to "unity of men and horses"

Yang Zhi guided the cavalry one by one from the basic movements, and practiced them one by one.

Yang Zhi stood in front of the 14 cavalrymen and shouted loudly, "What is the most important thing for a cavalryman? ”

When the 14 bankers heard this, they thought about it and said.

"Speed!"

"Sabre!"

"Courage!"

……

The answers are messy and vary.

Yang Zhi shouted loudly, "Stupid, it's a war horse!" Without war horses, what is the difference between you and the infantry. With a warhorse, you are the most powerful and fierce warrior. So for a cavalryman, the war horse is the most important. ”

Yang Zhi looked at the cavalry team in front of him and shouted: "The cavalry's horse is not an animal, let alone a headshot, it is a close and silent comrade-in-arms with you, they are partners who fight side by side with you, you must treat them as brothers and take care of them like wives, understand?" ”

The cavalry shouted in unison, "Yes, sir! ”

Yang Zhi shouted with satisfaction, "Very good, from today onwards, you must perform the "horse qin" three times a day, that is, to ride a horse, feed the horse at night, comb and shave the horse, and enhance blood circulation. Whoever dares to be lazy and does not take good care of the war horse will be severely punished! ”

In addition to allowing the cavalry and the war horse to cultivate affection, the riding skills of these cavalrymen are not enough.

When cavalry fights, it doesn't look like infantry.

When the cavalry attacked, the best formation was to advance in a conical shape and give full play to the huge impact of the cavalry.

This requires the cavalry to have the ability to fully "control the horse" and be able to control the horse at all times to maintain the formation.

In the first equestrian queue training, in order to be able to control the horse even in battle, it was necessary to stand and kick.

With both feet on the horses, the cavalry stood up, or half-squatted.

From slow to fast, from plains to complex terrain, the slightest carelessness causes the horse to stumble and the man falls to the ground from the horse.

In addition to the basic standing kicks, the detachment was also essential for cavalry.

Kick-off is the most difficult subject in basic training, requiring the rider to remove the pedal and rely only on the muscles of the inner thigh to clamp the horse's belly, and after a few days, the inner thigh will be wiped and blurred. Not to mention stripping and showering, even walking has become a problem.

After taking off the pedal, it is necessary to train to hide in the pedal with higher difficulty!

A war horse galloped in the distance, only to see that the war horse did not see the cavalry, and when it was close, suddenly, the cavalry flashed on the horse's back.

Hiding in the kick can reduce the range of the arrow, reduce casualties, and is a surprising victory for cavalry on the battlefield.

The basic riding skills alone were trained for nearly two months and barely completed, and only then did it come to the training of cavalry sword and gun skills.

On the training ground, the flag is hunting, the sword is shining, the horse is galloping, and the horse's hooves are windy.

Mighty horses neighed on the training ground.

In the open field, seven dolls of different heights and heights are erected in the open field.

With Yang Zhi's order, there was a rush of horses' hooves, and the rider rode his horse to attack, drawing his knife sideways in the gallop, approaching the target, and falling with his hand, and in an instant, the "human head" rolled down to the dust.

The most striking thing was the collective onslaught of the cavalry.

Even if there are only 14 war horses, when the cavalry rushes forward at high speed, the war horses gallop, the shiny sabers are raised, a white steel forest, the flying mane, the speed of the gallop, and the devastating momentum make people frightened when they see it, and they can't resist the will.

Riding a horse to attack, riding a horse to cross obstacles, riding a horse to chop......

Every majestic equestrian action requires unimaginable effort and sweat.

Under Yang Zhi's training, this cavalry gradually grew stronger, and became more and more elite.