473.Chapter 473 The Strength of Cavalry Fusion
In the face of the flying arrows shot by Ma Tie, Hong Du had no time to dodge even if he noticed it, not to mention that he couldn't see the trajectory of the arrows shot by the other party at all, so he could only instinctively close his eyes and try to hide the fear and nervousness in his heart.
After Hong Du closed his eyes, he could even hear the sound of the other party's flying arrows passing by, but what made Hong Du wonder was that the flying arrows passed by, didn't they shoot themselves? In this way, although you don't shoot the opponent, you don't win, but the opponent also misses, then you don't lose, and you should win half of the opponent.
After the bow and arrow were shot, Ma Tie also rode back on his war horse, and everyone gathered around to take a look. At this time, a sergeant ran to the bow and arrow shot by Ma Tie to pick it up, but then showed a look of surprise, only to see that there was also a waist tag that fell along with the arrow feather. The sergeant picked up the arrow feather and the waist card together, and spread it out in everyone's field of vision, Hong Du's whole face suddenly turned gray when he saw this, just because the waist card was his own waist card, and his name was engraved on it.
In ancient times, soldiers fought on the battlefield, and nine times out of ten they could not return safely, and it was common for them to die on the battlefield at any time, especially in the battle of tens of thousands of people. Even if Sergeant B cleaned up the battlefield afterwards, it was impossible to carry all the corpses back, so he just took off the waist tag on each soldier and took it back to register the mourning.
And just now, the general not only intercepted the flying arrow shot by his full force with his bare hands, but also reflected it back with a bow, although he did not shoot himself, but shot off the waist card around his waist, so it can be seen that the opponent's archery is abnormal, this Hong is not only lost, but also lost very completely. I saw Hong Du turn over and dismount in front of everyone, and bowed to Ma Tie is kneeling on one knee and bowing: "The little one has seen the general, and I hope the general will not be worried about it if he offended a lot just now." ”
With the beginning of Hongdu, all the soldiers on the rest turned over and dismounted, followed the appearance of Hongdu, and bowed to Ma Xiu and Ma Tie: "I've seen the general." ”
Originally, it was said that there were three competitions in riding, archery and horse tactics, but now there are only two games of riding and archery, but these two have already convinced everyone. As for the remaining horse warfare technique, naturally there is no need to compete again, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie only have two written exams left to show their good martial arts to everyone.
Then Ma Tie looked at Ma Xiu and smiled, and the latter said to everyone: "Okay, everyone, hurry up, today's competition is just a way to get along with everyone, and my brothers have no dissatisfaction with everyone." In the future, my two brothers will hope that you will help us here, and we will definitely build the entire Qingzhou cavalry battalion into the most powerful cavalry battalion. ”
The cavalry armor couldn't help but ask curiously, "General, can we really become strong?" ”
Matthew immediately encouraged: "Of course, as long as you are willing, we will teach you all the skills of our life, so that you can become as strong as us, or even stronger than us." ”
Cavalry B even expressed his dissatisfaction in his heart and said: "No matter how hard our Qingzhou cavalry is, I am afraid that it will not be able to surpass the white tiger cavalry of the lord Jizhou and the tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao Cao, so it is not a waste of time and energy." As soon as these words came out, the morale of many people was once again lowered.
Hearing this person's words, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie understood why these people's fighting spirit was so low, it turned out that it was because of the White Tiger Rider in Jizhou and the Tiger and Leopard Rider in Cao Cao. Seriously, these two cavalry, both of them have been in contact, and of course they understand their strength. As early as when the Xiliang Ma family fought with Cao Cao before, although it was a head-to-head battle, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry was defeated by the Ma family, but later it was still defeated by this tiger and leopard cavalry.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is the most elite cavalry unit in Cao Cao's hands, and many people only think that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is a type of army. In fact, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry are two different troops, and the only thing they have in common is three points. First, the supreme commander is Cao Cao, and there is no other fixed commander for the two types of cavalry; Second, both types of cavalry were uniformly dressed in black armor; Third, it has strong combat effectiveness, a great reputation, and is even more heroic and fearless in battle.
As for why these two different cavalry are called tiger and leopard cavalry, the reason is that Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry is actually a tiger cavalry, a leopard cavalry. The tiger rider is a heavy horse, and the leopard rider is a light horse. Because the tiger and leopard cavalry belongs to Cao Cao's top secret army, so Cao Cao has an extremely strict secrecy about it, in the eyes of outsiders, although the tiger and leopard cavalry is the head of the Cao army, but its information source is less than Cao Jun's other elite soldiers, Qingzhou soldiers.
However, when Cao Cao fought many times, even if he faced hardships, he was still not a last resort, and he would never send tigers and leopards to fight. At the time of leading the troops, the tiger and leopard cavalry general who was responsible for leading the team was also Cao Cao's confidant, and he was also the Cao general in the Cao family. The first ones who were qualified to lead the tiger and leopard were Cao Chun, the younger brother of Cao Ren, who was good at fighting, won the hearts of the military, respected discipline, did not lose his senses, was studious, and respected the bachelor, and Cao Xiu, who was praised by Cao Cao as "a thousand miles of horses".
As for the selection of the tiger and leopard cavalry, it is selected from the hundreds of generals in the Cao army, which shows that the soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry are all good at one in a hundred, and their elite can be seen.
The tiger and leopard cavalry belongs to the cavalry category. He wears black armor and a face guard. The main weapon is a spear, about six feet long, with a curved hook at the head, and the secondary weapons are an iron sword and a curved crossbow. The war horses ridden by tigers and leopards are all produced in Shangdang, and because of how many war horses are all black, they are called "black horses".
When the tiger and leopard cavalry were divided, it was divided into the tiger cavalry battalion and the leopard cavalry battalion, Cao Chun was also the captain of the tiger cavalry battalion, and Cao Xiu was also the captain of the leopard cavalry battalion. In the Battle of Guandu that year, it was the Tiger Cavalry Battalion led by Cao Chun who finally defeated Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses. Then the battle between the Ma family in Xiliang was the tiger cavalry battalion and the leopard cavalry battalion, which caught the Ma family army off guard, and did not expect to encounter two different cavalry at all, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, so far one wrong move was lost.
The surviving people of the Ma family still can't forget the battle of that year, Cao Cao led many infantry and heavy cavalry tiger cavalry battalions to fight with the Xiliang iron cavalry. At first, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was in the lead, but suddenly a group of strange light cavalry came out from the rear, these light cavalry moved quickly and were equipped with machine crossbows. Although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has strict armor, it is difficult to prevent the leopard cavalry's flanking and sneak attack when the tiger rider is dragged, and finally fades out of the historical stage in a fiasco.
In Jingzhou, it was Cao Xiu's leopard cavalry battalion that pursued Zhao Yu and Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yu and Zhao Yun were the heroes of the ghosts and gods in the world, and they escaped from the army of millions and promoted their reputation to the pinnacle of their lives in one fell swoop.
As for the lord Zhao Yu's current white tiger riding and the original white tiger riding is still different, the original white tiger riding is simply adapted from the white horse Yicong, and the current white tiger riding is from the white horse Yicong and the later Wuhuan iron cavalry fusion evolution, its combat effectiveness is also strong, but most of the white tiger cavalry belongs to the super attack power of the charging cavalry troops, compared with the combination of tiger and leopard riding in the tiger and leopard riding, its leading general is only one person, that is, Zhao Yu's second brother Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong led.
It is really difficult to build this Qingzhou cavalry into an excellent cavalry and get out of the addiction in the tiger and leopard cavalry and the white tiger cavalry, but it is not that it can't be done, but it takes a lot of effort.
Looking at the somewhat lost Qingzhou cavalry in front of him, Ma Xiu couldn't help but say: "Ladies and gentlemen, although Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry and the lord's white tiger cavalry are powerful, maybe we have no possibility of surpassing, but we can't just give up." With the abilities of my two brothers and your own talents, we may be able to train into a unique cavalry that cannot surpass the Tiger and Leopard Riders and the White Tiger Riders, but can be invincible to them. ”
"How is it possible to have a unique cavalry that can defeat the Tiger and Leopard Riders and the White Tiger Riders? How do we do it? After hearing this, the Qingzhou cavalry talked one after another.
Ma Xiu excitedly shouted at everyone again: "Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riding is a combination of the tiger riding camp and the leopard riding camp into a powerful tiger and leopard horse, and the white tiger riding of the lord is formed by the fusion of Gongsun Zhan's white horse Yicong and Wuhuan iron cavalry. As for the way to make you stronger and invincible with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the White Tiger Cavalry, it is to merge our Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Qingzhou Cavalry into a new cavalry class. ”
Not to mention what Matthew's proposal was, the theory of cavalry fusion alone had already shocked everyone in front of him. Although none of these people have ever attended school and few are literate, the term fusion is not difficult to understand. Especially Ma Xiu's clear explanation just now, integrating the advantages of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry into the Qingzhou cavalry, it can be said that it is a matter of learning from each other's strengths.
Because of Ma Xiu's words, I don't know how many people saw new hope, from the earliest Yellow Turban after the troubled times, he joined the army just to make a living. Up to now, under the leadership of King Zhao, Qingzhou is peaceful and peaceful, and he joined the army not only to defend the country and defend this rare good life, but also for the honor of a soldier. Seeing how many elite legions under the command of the lord were famous and spread throughout the counties of various states, even those enemy troops were shocked when they heard it.
The White Tiger Cavalry, the Special Battalion, the Trap Camp, the Xuanwu Hall, and even the current Water Army Camp are growing day by day. Although the land of Qingzhou is not large among the four counties of the lord, it is also a complete state and county. Qingzhou also has a complete military system and a strong military force that is not inferior to other states and counties, but it lacks a way to rise. Every Qingzhou soldier is unwilling to watch the brother battalions of other states and counties grow in obscurity, they also want to become strong together, but they lack a capable person to lead them.
The arrival of Ma Xiu and Ma Tie this time, as well as the equestrian and archery skills performed by the two of them, opened everyone's eyes, if everyone can be like the two of them, then it is not a dream to become famous and have the same ace iron horse as the White Tiger Rider under the command of the lord.