The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

The full moon is bright and clean, hanging high in the sky, making the Dushikou Yifa look quiet and cold. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, if a literati and ink artist are here, carrying a guqin and touching a famous song, how comfortable and leisurely it should be.

However, Dushikou is the pass of the border army, and they are all martial artists, so naturally they have no such interest, and what they talk about is all about fighting, killing, and killing.

"Dushikou is located at the junction of the northern Hebei mountains and the Bashang grassland, is the mountain pass where the water enters the blockage, is the pass of the Wangyun Ancient Road from the grassland into the mountain, and it is the pass where the north road defense area within the defense area of the Ming Xuanfu must be defended with all its might.

Winding along here, Shanhaiguan is a transportation hub inside and outside the customs, and the topography is the most important. After the rise of Jiannu, the largest number of troops were stationed in this place.

The general army and the economic strategy are responsible for the town guard, and the army stationed in the border town is called the border soldier. The chief officer led the regular soldiers, and the deputy chief soldiers led 3,000 people as surprise soldiers.

The guerrillas also led 3,000 people to defend back and forth, as guerrillas, and the generals guarded various fortresses, and the east and west coordinated each other as reinforcements.

If Qin Du wanted to run a long distance, it would not be easy. And there are many passes along the way, the terrain is dangerous, and the requirements for cavalry are very high.

If this happens, the number of troops is small, and there is a danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy. If there are many troops, it will definitely lose the effect of the surprise attack, and there is no point. ”

Zhang Songrong has been stationed at Dushikou for many years, and he and Qi Gang cooperated to defend the North Road, and the task was the most difficult.

It is precisely because of this that he knows the entire defense of the border town of Xuanfu well.

"In this way, it may be difficult to make another miraculous feat."

Qin Haoming walked around in front of the military map that he thought was extremely rudimentary, but his mind was highly circulating, how could he gain something?

Otherwise, three or five months will pass in a flash, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

However, for Zhang Songrong, he moved his mind.

As one of the veterans who followed Lu Xiangsheng to recreate the Tianxiong Army, Zhang Songrong not only had a high prestige in the army, but more importantly, he was able to train soldiers, especially cavalry.

I know my own affairs, and it's okay to play some tactics and strategies, but when I train the cavalry in the cold weapon period, it is difficult for him just to arrange the troops.

Of course, if it is the training of hot weapons teams, it is a different matter.

"General Zhang, how long does it take to train a cavalry team? What is the difference between it and the Tartars? ”

In this operation, he was all picking up ready-made cheap, and he was the elite of the Tianxiong Army, so he had this earth-shattering achievement.

If you let yourself train cavalry, you can't raise horses, how can you talk about training?

But cavalry is really indispensable in this era, even if there are muskets and cannons.

Unless it's the same as Da Ming, passive defense. If you want to pursue and fight a war of annihilation, without a cavalry team, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

"Qin Du, there are several ways to say this."

Speaking of cavalry, Zhang Songrong's eyes shone brightly, and his whole body was straight, radiating a terrifying plumpness.

"The main purpose of the Ming cavalry was to defend against the Mongol and Jiannu cavalry, not to abuse the infantry. As long as we have a firm grasp of this general direction, we will not be able to waste our efforts in military training.

And the Mongol and Jiannu cavalry have both differences and similarities.

The difference was that the Mongol cavalry was flexible and fast.

The Jiannu cavalry was unbearable in horsemanship, and it was not even as good as the Ming army. But they were heavily armoured and fearless of death.

The similarity lies in the fact that they have practiced archery since childhood, and the Ming army is far inferior in this regard.

Therefore, the last general first trained the Ming soldiers to ride horses and slash skills, especially the cavalry of the enemy.

Then it's the ability to turn as quickly as possible, specifically the last row turns back, the second row turns back, and so on, until the first row turns backwards.

This is to return fire to the enemy's cavalry group to attack our cavalry group from behind, and it is necessary to have the ability to turn backward in place similar to that of an infantry individual soldier.

To achieve these two points, it will take more than half a year to a year. However, it is only barely an army, and it has the ability to fight, so it can hardly be called an elite! ”

Zhang Songrong compared the Ming cavalry, the Mongols, and the Jiannu cavalry with each other, and listened to the language of the Mongolian cavalry that was the most respected.

Qin Haoming nodded, he actually understood the difference.

The Ming Dynasty is a farming and pastoral people, Mongolia is a nomadic people, and Jiannu is a fishing and hunting people. Therefore, if you want to talk about the comprehensiveness of the cavalry, it is natural that the Mongol cavalry wins.

Before getting the Mongolian steppe, Jiannu was even worse than the Ming Dynasty, hunting in the mountains all day long, fishing by the water, how could there ever be a cavalry?

"So how can you be called elite? How many years does it take to train and become an army? ”

Qin Haoming continued to ask.

"Good knight, get on your horse without stirrups, but leap and ride; Dismount without stepping on the horse, -- leap down.

From horse A to horse B, you don't need to get off horse A and then get on horse B, just jump down to complete the transfer.

In addition, it is well known to the world that a soldier is far less steady on a horse than on the ground.

Once a horse walks or gallops, especially when crossing the moat, climbing the hills, adventuring obstacles, overwhelming the great Ze, galloping strong enemies, and chaotic the public, he can still sit firmly on the horse, and he can be regarded as a good knight.

For this reason, it is quite necessary to master the balance exercise on the horse, otherwise there is a danger of falling off the horse.

Some cavalry of the Ming Dynasty who were not strictly trained, and those who fell off their horses due to nervousness and harm before the battle.

It is not uncommon for a horse to fall off its horse due to poor balance during a rapid advance.

During the battle, only a few returned to the stage, and many fell because they could not withstand the fierce blows.

All kinds of phenomena show that his riding skills are not perfect.

Not only did the cavalry need to ride steadily on a horse that was galloping on a rough road, but it also had to move freely on the horse, and practice a complex set of movements.

For example, shoot arrows with a bow in front of the back, left and right; Swing your weapon and strike your opponent with precision and precision.

For the enemy's swift slashing stabs, it can safely dodge or block or dial or rack.

In this way, it can be called elite! But it takes three or five years of hard work to have this realm. ”

Zhang Songrong's views on the cavalry are profound and wonderful. It was just a sentence of three or five years of hard work, which made Qin Haoming's face gloomy and his mood low.

Yes, don't completely imitate the nomads, one is not so full of horseback riding practice time, and the other is not so many war horse resources.

The Mongols are called a people on horseback, but this is not a lie.

Regardless of gender, it is not uncommon to develop a set of horse movement skills since childhood, and it is not uncommon to ride without a saddle.

They can even move on the horses for two days and nights, taking advantage of the opportunity for the horses to graze, and sit and sleep on the horse's back.

In addition, the loss of war horses is too great, and without a continuous supply of war horses, the size of the cavalry team is limited after all.

Therefore, the strategic vision of the enemy chieftain Taiji is really clever, desperate to capture the Mongolian steppe, and marry the Mongols in their time.

Not only to obtain excellent cavalry, but also to get a steady stream of high-quality war horses.

Otherwise, in the deep mountains and old forests, where did the war horses come from? And how can there be heavy cavalry of Jiannu?

"However, Qin Du doesn't need to worry, if he is comprehensive and has all kinds of tactical actions, it is not easy, and even time does not allow it.

However, our Ming cavalry does not need to be the same as the Mongolian cavalry, as long as it is divided into several groups, each has a focus on training the corresponding tactical movements, and then uses them together, then it can be elite in one or two years.

As for the group, what is the focus of each group?

Even individual tactical actions do not need to be practiced at all by various groups, and the final general's heart is like a mirror. ”

Zhang Songrong's whole person exudes strong self-confidence and talks eloquently.

"Great goodness!" Qin Haoming clapped his hands and praised loudly.

There are so many talents in China, but they are always lost for various reasons.

is like Zhang Songrong in front of him, with the death of Lu Xiangsheng in history, his nationality is unknown.

But Lu Xiangsheng was a civilian general, and he couldn't train cavalry by reading a few military books.

It is conceivable that Lu Xiangsheng, as the commander-in-chief, is responsible for coordinating high-end affairs such as court funds, food and salary, and war horses, and the specific things must be completed by Zhang Songrong.

From the mouths of the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army, it can be seen that his words today are by no means on paper. Otherwise, there would be no combat effectiveness of the Tianxiong Army today.

With such a great talent, he is just a mere general, and he has been stationed in Dushikou for many years, isn't it a waste?

It's him, the head of the cavalry in his army in the future, no matter what, he must dig into his own entrainment.

"Now in the Ming Dynasty, is it possible to form the invincible iron cavalry of the original Han Dynasty?"

Delong Wangshu, Qin Haoming smiled and continued to teach.