Because of the rise of the Mongol Empire, many people began to despise the role of heavy cavalry. In fact, although the light cavalry is flexible with the heavy armored cavalry and is very easy to play with the mangu, it really needs to break the enemy and fight a tough battle, and it can't play without the heavy armored cavalry. Meng Yuan's iron cavalry seems to have fought all over the world with light cavalry. But few people paid attention to the fact that once the Mongols encountered hard stubble, they still had to use the most elite cowardly army.

There were hundreds of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry, but the total number of the cowardly Xue army never exceeded 10,000. This is a typical heavy cavalry army, and it is also the Great Khan's personal guard, and its combat power is unmatched. The Mongol cavalry fought in Eurasia, not without encountering a stubborn enemy. But no matter how stubborn the enemy is, as long as the cowardly Xue army is released, they will all be defeated by the wind.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan on the Mongolian steppe thought that hundreds of thousands of light cavalry could sweep the world, but he was beaten to death by Nurhachi led by 3,000 heavy cavalry Baijia Army, which is exactly the reason.

What's more important is that if you invade others, you can naturally use light cavalry to gallop to your heart's content, burn, kill and loot, and drain the blood of the enemy country. But if it's on your own soil, this trick is a bit too shameless. Because you can't engage the enemy in a tough battle, you can only blindly lure the enemy into the depths and blindly fight guerrilla attacks, but in the end you sacrifice your own people.

Dong Xian, who was born in a family of cavalry generals, of course also understands the power of heavy armored cavalry. To his regret, not only did his second division have no heavy cavalry, but the entire Protector Army cavalry did not have heavy cavalry.

The cost of heavy cavalry is staggering, and the cost of arming one heavy cavalry is enough to arm ten light cavalry. Dong Xian thought that at the beginning of the Protector Army, the military expenditure was not enough to configure heavy armored cavalry, but later he realized that Yue Fei did not advocate the configuration of heavy armored cavalry.

The reason why Yue Fei is not optimistic about the heavy armored cavalry is not that he is reluctant to spend the heavy armored cavalry, but that he really can't find a knight who can become a heavy armored soldier, and he must be an elite one in a thousand. Even a nomadic empire like Meng Yuan couldn't find too many suitable heavy armor soldiers, let alone in the Central Plains, where most of them were farmers.

More importantly, Yue Fei knew that with the industrial level of the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as he was not forcibly interrupted by barbaric external forces, it would take more than ten years to enter the era of firearms. Once the musket appears, no matter how powerful the heavy cavalry is, it will be scum.

Now in the Yingtian Arsenal, the craftsmen led by Zhang Xiaobao are taking the Xixia bronze firecracker as a model, and adopting Yue Fei's improvement suggestions, and are rushing to the construction site day and night to make the first batch of firecrackers. Xu Qing said that by the Mid-Autumn Festival this year at the latest, there will be an army of firearms in the People's Protector Army.

With such a prospect, Yue Fei certainly wouldn't have worked hard to build a heavy cavalry. Among the cavalry guarding the people, only 800 elite cavalry can fight with the heavy cavalry of the Jin Kingdom.

However, the Beiwei Army is all selected from the elite of the Protector Army, and those who can be selected for the Beiwei Army can defeat more than ten ordinary sergeants in heads-up. Moreover, the Beiwei army is equipped with the best war horses, the best steel swords and steel armor. That kind of steel armor seems to be light and thin, but it can block hard bows and crossbows. That kind of steel knife, which seems to be as thin as a whip, can sharpen iron like clay, and is not inferior to the Damascus saber. Even so, every time they fought with the Jin soldiers, the Beiwei army had to lose half of their troops. This shows the power of the Jurchen heavy horse.

Dong Xian has never been a person who waits for the dawn. Since it was impossible to equip heavy cavalry, he made a fuss about his own cavalry division. The cavalry configuration of the Protector Army is mostly between light and heavy cavalry.

In order to meet the Jurchen heavy cavalry one day and be able to carry it, Dong Xian selected 2,000 elites from the 10,000 cavalry, equipped them with good iron armor, good riding crossbows, good sabers, and then equipped their war horses with iron armor that could block bows and arrows. But more importantly, the 2,000 elites were equipped with a 1-foot-4-foot-long oversized cavalry gun. This kind of riding spear is similar to the horse lance of the Tang Dynasty, and it is all a disposable weapon.

Now seeing the Jurchen iron cavalry rolling back, and the two thousand men and horses in the forefront were all armored heavy horses, Dong Xian's heart couldn't help but tighten. But then he burst out laughing again.

"What about the heavy cavalry? Zhang Xianneng broke you with heavy infantry. I can do the same. Brothers, blow the horn, follow me Lao Dong, and do it with the golden dog! ”

"with the Golden Dog!" The 2,000 selected cavalry also gathered behind Dong Xian's horse, urged the war horse, crossed the other brothers, and quickly aimed at the 2,000 heavy armored cavalry and collided with it.

Man Huli sneered, "If you can break the heavy armored cavalry with the so-called courage alone, Taizu will not be able to painstakingly build a heavy cavalry." Dong Xianxiao'er, let you see the real Dajin Iron Horse. ”

The two thousand Jurchen heavy armor ran faster and faster, and the heavy iron hooves stepped on the ground, the dust was splashed, and the earth trembled faintly. In the face of such a mighty situation, the Protector Cavalry did not hesitate at all. Dong Xian carried a big knife in his hand, like an ancient mad demon, running like the wind, running in the front. Hundreds of guards guarded both sides. Behind them, a selection of two thousand cavalry.

When the distance between the two sides was less than seventy steps, Dong Xian suddenly shouted, "Get on the crossbow, shoot the golden dog!" ”

Hundreds of steel crossbows flew up from the Protector Army with a strong wind and nailed to the sharpness of the Jurchen heavy armor.

Even so, few Jurchen heavy armor fell off the horse. This kind of iron-floating cavalry is really an iron can that can run. Up and down, all protected by iron armor.

Dong Xian had expected this consequence, but he still shouted unhurriedly, "Abandon the crossbow and pick up the gun." ”

The Protectors raised their surprisingly long riding spears one after another. The standard length of a riding spear is mostly more than two meters, and rarely more than one zhang long. Dong first equipped his subordinates with this kind of cavalry spear, but for the first wave of attacks, he could strike first. Because the weapons used by the Jurchen heavy armor are still long knives, iron swords, and maces.

The horses of both sides collided in an instant.

The weapons in the hands of the Jurchen heavy armor soldiers had not yet reached the Protectors, and they had been stabbed in the body by the Protectors' large cavalry spears. No matter how strong the iron armor was, the high-speed collision force of the two horses, coupled with the sharp spear head of the mounted gun, directly stabbed the Jurchen heavy armor soldiers who rushed to the front row through the body, and rushed back against the horse.

Accompanied by the screams of the Jurchen heavy armor soldiers, there was the breaking sound of cavalry spears. No matter how strong the barrel of the gun is, it can't withstand such an impact. If the Protectors still hold on to their guns, their wrists will definitely be broken. After all, the riding guns are all made of hardwood, not like the Zhangba guns used by Yue Fei, Zhang Xian and others, which are made of ash poles with excellent flexibility.

However, the Protectors had already done countless drills, and as soon as the cavalry gun hit the body of the Jurchen heavy armor, they abandoned the gun and pulled out a slender lancet steel knife like a whip from behind their backs.

Those who can be selected for the Jurchen heavy armor are all skilled in riding and archery. Although the first wave of heavy cavalry suffered heavy casualties, the horses were also stabbed a lot. However, only a few of the heavy riders in the second row were knocked off their horses by the upside-down heavy horses, and most of them controlled their horses with clever riding skills, not only avoiding the heavy horses that landed in the first row, but also did not slow down in the slightest.

A Jurchen heavy rider hid behind iron armor with a sinister smile on his face. In his opinion, the whip-like saber in the hands of the Protectors was simply vulnerable, and no matter how good the steel knife was, it would never be able to withstand the heavy blow of the mace. He raised his mace and smashed it at the onrushing Trovers.

But instead of using a steel knife to stop him, the protector turned around on his horse to dodge and let go of the castration of the mace, while the steel knife in his hand was whipped like a whip on the belly of the Jurchen heavy horse.

The seemingly thin steel knife was extremely sharp, not only easily cutting through the vest, but also pulling a wound more than a foot long on the horse's belly. Blood and the horse's internal organs immediately fell out. The war horse immediately fell to the ground.

"What's the situation?" The Jurchen heavy riders could never have imagined that such a saber as thin as a willow leaf could cut through the iron vest. Although Daikin foundry industry is backward and cannot make enough good iron armor, most of the horses are covered with inferior iron armor. But this kind of iron armor can't be cut by a saber. This Jurchen heavy rider rolled out in confusion and was trampled into pulp by the follow-up Protectors.

As a barbarian who drank blood, of course, he couldn't understand that the lancet in the hands of the Protector Cavalry was the top casting process of this era. If you draw too fast, even the iron armor on their bodies can cut through.

The collision between the Jurchen heavy cavalry and the Protector Army in the second row still failed to take advantage of too much. Although the third row of Jurchen heavy horsemen was surprised, they still urged the horses to rush over.

The power of heavy riding lies in its unparalleled impact. However, the Protectors exchanged their lives for their lives, first stabbing with their rifles, then abandoning their guns, and using lancets to smash the weaker horses of the golden soldiers.

Some Jurchen heavy riders have quick eyes and hands, and they have already knocked over the Protector Army in front of their steel knives and bodies. But there are also many Jurchen heavy horsemen who can only die with the Protectors.

This kind of consumption Dong Xian's heart is extremely painful. But he had no other choice. Although Yue Fei sent Ji Qian over, he wanted Dong Xian to stick to Shenyuan Town and block the eastward road of Yan Sali. But since Dong Xian was defeated by Jin Bing in Bianliang, he has always wanted to take revenge. What's more, when he saw that Yue Fei not only sent Ji Qian, but also sent Wang Gang's 800 Beiwei army, he immediately understood that Yue Fei also had the intention of letting him go.

Dong Xian knows that today's Protector Cavalry, even if it is not as good as the Jurchen Cavalry, it is not much worse. The lack of fighting experience can be compensated for with a fearless spirit. The only thing that couldn't be dealt with was the heavy cavalry.

The Beiwei army could deal with the heavily armored cavalry, but Yue Fei could let the Beiwei army consume half of it to meet the Jin soldiers, but Dong Xian didn't dare. Besides, he and Ji Qian Wang Gang discussed a plan to attack Huanglong, and they needed an invincible backrest army to take responsibility. Therefore, he could only use his selected 2,000 elites to face the Jurchen heavy armor.

The heartache made Dong Xian even more courageous, and a big knife flew up and down in his hand. The big knife weighing more than 70 catties doesn't matter if you are heavy armor and light armor, once you cut it, it will definitely become a broken armor. Dong Xian's personal guard also had a big knife of more than 30 catties in his hand, hitting the hearty place, and the Jurchen heavy armor horse head to the horse's head, nose to nose, picking up the big knife and slashing hard, and if it was put together, it was the same end.

This style of play soon made Man Huli unbearable. He dispatched heavy armor, not to exchange lives with the Protectors. He wants to cut through the mess with a quick knife, and cut through the people's army with a hot knife. Unexpectedly, he was stopped here by more than 2,000 cavalry. The four platoons of heavy armor made contact with the Protectors, but they still failed to make much progress. The Protectors also came up in rows, with guns and bayonets, and although the casualties were equally huge, they were about two to one with the Jurchen heavy armor. In other words, two protectors can be exchanged for one heavy cavalry.

Such a result seems to be a good deal, but Man Huli can't bear it. It's a pity that at this point, he can't pull back. Under the influence of the heavy cavalry, Man Huli could only watch with burning eyes as the protectors rushed up with spears in their hands, and died together with the Jurchen heavy armor.

Wanyan also saw the dilemma of heavy armor. But this crying Langjun showed his iron-blooded side at this time. He said coldly, "Blow the horn and let Man Huli attack with all his might." Let the sons of both wings step up to outflank. Dong Xian is the master of the first army, and if he kills him, it will be no problem for the two thousand heavy armor to die. Ali, you take my 500 guards to besiege and kill that reckless man surnamed Ji! ”