Chapter Seventy-Seven: Training the Cavalry

The next day, Huo Yu arranged Gong Du and ten guards to protect Mi Fang and go to Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou Governance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince he moved into Liaodong, Huo Yu has only blindly collected news from the northern nomadic clans such as Xianbei and Wuhuan, and fundamentally ignored the Central Plains. The appearance of Shi A prompted Huo Yu to expand the work of intelligence gathering, and even made the Dark Feather Guard initially formed.

Huo Yu knew that in order to completely eliminate the harassment of the nomadic clan on the border county, it was necessary to have a strong cavalry, so he devoted himself to the cavalry training of only 2,000 people. Even Mi Zhen lived in the Taishou Mansion, but he turned a deaf ear.

If you want to have a strong cavalry, you must improve the construction of horse politics for military use. For the time being, it is the most important thing to establish a strategy of military management that places equal emphasis on infantry and cavalry, gradually shift to cavalry, and expand the size, disposition, and training of cavalry.

Relying only on Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to sell horses obviously could not ensure Huo Yu's demand, so the Taishou Mansion in Liaodong issued a policy to encourage the people to raise horses and encourage merchants to sell horses. However, at present, the problem of food and clothing is the most concerned issue for the people of Liaodong, so the policy of raising horses is difficult to work for a while.

Therefore, in the construction of cavalry, Huo Yucai proposed to pay attention to heavy cavalry for frontal impact; At the same time, it is also necessary to establish lightly armed cavalry to give full play to the advantages of cavalry's strong mobility.

The tactical training of the cavalry is also one of the key points, and the tactics such as long-distance running, detour, and outflanking that the ancestor Huo Qubing once used are the top priorities of Huo Yu's training. Such a tactic would allow the cavalry to be advantaged to the limit.

"If you get on the horse, you will fight, and if you get off the horse, you will raise." This is a new idea put forward by Huo Yu, saying that its newness is only for cavalry. In fact, this idea is extended according to the Tuntian idea of "serving the army in wartime and serving the people in peacetime". When you go to war, you bring weapons and equipment to the battle, and in peacetime, you raise horses for the people, of course, the people here are only in a relative sense.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, special training is also given to the ability to shoot arrows on horseback and use strong crossbows. With the Three Treasures of the Horse and Huang Zhong's teachings, the combat power of the Flying Feather Army skyrocketed. Huo Yu's flying feather cavalry was actually trained according to the method of the Mongolian cavalry of later generations, and the Mongolian iron cavalry was created by Genghis Khan and passed down from generation to generation, and was the absolute main force that swept across the Eurasian continent in that era.

The Mongol cavalry was divided into heavy cavalry and light cavalry engaged in assault operations, the main weapon of the heavy cavalry was the spear, and the light cavalry, in addition to the helmet, was covered with leather armor. The main weapon of the light cavalry was the bow, which was powerful and long-range, and equipped with armor-piercing arrows, which was self-evidently powerful.

With the existence of Zhao Yun, a natural cavalry general, Huo Yu really saved a lot of heart. In the future, these cavalry will surely become the most powerful weapons, used to conquer unprecedented vast territories, and eliminate nomadic tribes such as Xianbei and Wuhuan. After the pacification of the world, this army will definitely march westward and lay a vast territory for future generations.

The compound bow Huo Yu can't be made now, but the armor-piercing arrow is still very simple, and this kind of arrowhead with great penetration power has already been successfully trial-made in the crafty.

For heavy cavalry, in terms of armor, soldiers and horses are equipped with light iron armor to enhance protection, so as to achieve the purpose of frontal impact. Since both men and horses are armoured, their mobility is greatly limited, so the coordination of light and heavy cavalry is crucial.

In the selection of horses, Huo Yu proposed to use a large number of horse breeds with strong endurance, and this kind of horse was called Mongolian horse in later generations. Mongolian horses are not large, with an average body height of 120~135 cm and a weight of 267~370 kg. The body is stout, the limbs are solid and powerful, the physique is rough and strong, the head is large and the forehead is wide, the chest is deep and long, the legs are short, and the joints and tendons are developed. The coat is dense and the coat color is complex. It is hard-working, not afraid of cold, can adapt to extremely extensive feeding management, has strong vitality, and can survive in difficult and harsh conditions.

Once the heavy armored cavalry charged head-on, it was definitely a shocking scene in the Han Dynasty, so Huo Yu specifically asked Zhang Fei to ask for the formation in the training, although the training process was complicated and painful, but with the efforts of everyone, there was finally a decent formation, as long as the equipment was in place, it could be trained in armor.

Cavalry training was extensive, and horse training was one of them. For cavalry, war horses are life, and it is not suitable to bring a horse to the battlefield, so the horse must be trained first.

Although horses are human, they are animals after all, and in order to make them understand the intentions of the rider and consume their strength reasonably, they should first focus on people and try to communicate the relationship between people and horses. In order to achieve his goal, Huo Yu ordered the cavalry to eat and live with the war horse until he could control the war horse well.

As the saying goes: "Kill his ears and eyes, and there is no shock." Xi its relaxation, close its progress and stop, people and horses go on a blind date, and then you can make it. "This kind of emotion is built over a long period of time, not overnight.

Even if it does not meet the requirements of the nomadic people to get on the horse and ride on the horse, and get off the horse, they must at least be flexible and free! It is necessary to balance immediately during the high-speed running and fighting, otherwise there is a danger of falling off the horse, which for the cavalry means death.

Once you have mastered your balance, you have to be on the horse, and you have to practice firing the bow forward, backward, left, right, and right, swinging your weapon, striking the opponent accurately, and being able to deftly dodge or block, which are all necessary skills for cavalry. Huo Yu often said to his subordinates that if they are congenitally insufficient, they must work hard the day after tomorrow, and if they fall behind, they will be beaten, and if they want to get fame and fortune, then kill him on horseback!

After training, Huo Yu said loudly to the group of flying feather riders: "Presumably, everyone knows that the most elite cavalry of my Han is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the White Horse Yicong of Youzhou, but in the near future, there will be only one of the most elite cavalry, and that is the Flying Feather Cavalry. I will give you the best equipment, the best food, the best reward, if you can't do it, then you can go home and farm as soon as possible, maybe you can live a life of wife and children hot kangtou, but that is not the ideal of men. ”

Then Huo Yu recited passionately in addition to the song "Men's Walk":

Men should kill people, and kill mercilessly. Immortal karma is all in killing.

In the past, there were rich men, and they were righteous and promised. The eyes are murderous, and the body is lighter than a feather.

There are also heroes and tyrants, killing people like hemp, galloping around the world, only boasting about swords and guns.

If you want to find this kind of now, you will fish for the moon shadow in vain. You don't see it, the erection of the Confucian bee raises the strong man to die,

Since then, Shenzhou has praised benevolence and righteousness. Once the Central Plains was chaotic, the scholars ran to the cowardly people and wept.

I want to learn from the old style and regain my heroic spirit. Fame is the same as dung, and those who disdain benevolence ridicule.

Wearing an iron sword, he kills in a fit of rage. Cut the shares and drink wine, talk and laugh.

Kill the enemy for thousands of miles, and be willing to spend ten weeks. Specializing in the light of the field, and the knot of the dark love.

Heading out of the west gate, the twilight people turned back. The god was tired and slept, and the battle horn suddenly blew.

Simon said goodbye to his mother, but his mother was not sad. The body is sweaty, and the boy will not return.

Killing the world, the tragedy shocked the underworld. Kill one person in three steps, and your heart stops.

The blood flowed thousands of miles, and the corpse pillowed Qianxun Mountain. The strong man fought and slept with the corpse of the enemy.

In the dream, there is still murder, and the smile is bright. Daughter Mo Xiang asked, why is the man fierce?

In ancient times, benevolence and virtue were exclusive to people, and morality was never true. You don't see, the lion hunts

Things are prestigious, but who is the elk? The world has always been strong and weak, even if

It is justified and in vain. Jun Xiu asked, men have their own men. Boys, dang

Ruthless. Things and benevolence do not stand. The man is in the killing arena, and he is as bold as a bear

Eyes like wolves. If you are born as a man, you will kill people, and you will not teach a man's body to wrap a woman's heart. Boy from

Come without mercy, and kill the enemy with a smile. There are a hundred battlefields in the field of revenge, everywhere

May it be green with wild grass. The man does not tremble, there is a song to listen to: killing one is a crime,

Tu Wan is a male. Slaughter 9 million, that is, the male of the male. Xiongzhongxiong, Dao

Different: see through the name of benevolence and righteousness for thousands of years, but make this life heroic. The good name is not loved

Love notoriety, kill millions of hearts without punishment. It is better to teach 10,000 people to hate than to teach nothing

There are people who scold me. Looking at the world for 5,000 years, where heroes do not kill?