In the Great Song Dynasty, cavalry belonged to the aristocratic army and belonged to the high-consumption class. A simple foot soldier only needs a month of simple training to go to the battlefield to fight; Cavalry, on the other hand, consumes more than ten times as much as footmen, and it takes at least a year to train before they can go into battle.

This doomed the Song Dynasty to treat the cavalry as a treasure, unwilling to use it easily, even if it was used, it was also when the victory and defeat had been divided on the battlefield, this time the attack cleaned up the battlefield and pursued the remnants of the soldiers and horses. This invisibly made the cavalry a veteran soldier, with the least contribution on the battlefield, but the treatment was the largest, but the combat power was lower.

In Zhao Pu's view, this is wrong. The old soldier has no point in existing, because not only does it cost money, but it also plays a small role.

The cavalry should keep fighting and cultivate actual combat experience in battle, even if the cavalry is completely annihilated, it is worth it.

In the future, it is inevitable to fight head-on with the Jin army; To regain the territory, the Northern Expedition is also inevitable. A strong cavalry is very important.

From the beginning of the capture of a large number of war horses, Zhao Pu began to train cavalry, 300 heavy cavalry, 1,000 light cavalry.

The previous battles were all battles of the infantry of the Eight-Character Army, and in the constant battles, a powerful infantry was forged. Relying on the strength of the infantry of the Bazi Army, Zhao Pu could easily defeat this rebel army, but it was too boring to defeat the enemy like this. So, let the cavalry rush into battle, and there was the first battle of the cavalry of today's eight-character army.

In this battle, the inherent principle has always been adhered to, using the battlefield as a training ground to train powerful cavalry at the cost of death.

In this battle, the losses may be huge, but those who survive must be the elite.

Zhao Pu doesn't care about losses, anyway, the last thing that Da Song lacks is money, and the last thing he lacks is a loser. Even if you lose some troops, you can quickly replenish them.

It's worth it to be able to train the next powerful cavalry with the behavior of a loser.

The fire was burning, and the charge of the heavy cavalry continued, and at this moment, nothing could be done but charge. The soldiers who stood in the way were either burned to death by the fire oil or were struck to death. Suddenly, the morale of the rebel army was frustrated, the soldiers were somewhat scattered, and they were getting closer and closer to the Chinese army, as long as they hit the Chinese army, victory was in sight.

At this moment, the sound of the horn changed again, and the light cavalry, who were immediately on both sides, immediately drew their bows and arrows and threw them into the air. The arrows that were thrown out were concentrated on the trebuchet not far away.

"Jingle Bell!"

The arrows that were thrown were so dense that it seemed to be raining, and the dense arrows showed great lethality. Not only did he shoot the soldiers of the trebuchet in the distance, but he also completely destroyed the trebuchet and could no longer use it.

In the distance, a dozen bed crossbows, set aside, stirred and about to shoot. At this time, it was discovered by the light cavalry in the distance, and there was another projectile, and although it was protected by a shield, there were still many casualties. However, the bed crossbow was activated, and a dozen javelin-like crossbow arrows were fired, shooting directly at the heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry is not invincible, at least the bed crossbow with long range and powerful penetrating power is the nemesis of the heavy cavalry, and once shot, it is almost certain to die. Fortunately, the cost of bed crossbows is too high, which dooms the number of bed crossbows to be very small, plus the hit rate of bed crossbows is too poor.

There was a burst of crossbow fire, and suddenly more than a dozen heavy cavalry fell to the ground.

However, soon a rain of arrows from the light cavalry rained down, and the bed crossbow was scrapped again.

At this time, there were only more than 100 surviving heavy armored cavalry left, and the horsepower consumption was also huge, and the horse's mouth was panting, but the heavy armored cavalry still rushed forward without hesitation. The value of the existence of heavy cavalry is to constantly rush forward, constantly crush the enemy, and constantly destroy the blocking target.

Until the death of the last heavy cavalry.

heavy cavalry, that is, a moving shield, responsible for covering light cavalry; The heavy cavalry is also a heavy hammer, relying on a powerful impact to destroy the enemy army. However, the heavy cavalry also had a fatal weakness, that is, it was slow and often difficult to dodge when encountering a series of fatal injuries, such as the attack of trebuchet fire shells before, and later the attack of bed crossbows.

At this time, the light cavalry came into play, relying on the bow and crossbow to throw and destroy the obstacles that threatened the heavy cavalry in front. In addition, the light cavalry had to learn to cover the flanks of the heavy cavalry so as not to be attacked by the enemy.

This is the simplest of light and heavy horses, coordinated combat. The heavy cavalry should grasp the rhythm of the impact, and not be too far away from the light cavalry, so as not to go deep alone and be taken advantage of by the enemy; The light cavalry, on the other hand, should be keenly aware of the obstacles in front of them and strike at them in advance, so as to clear the obstacles to the advance of the heavy cavalry.

The light cavalry had to seize the moment, and could not shoot too close so as to injure themselves; You can't shoot too far and you've missed the target. And the physical strength of the archer is also destined to shoot ten arrows, and after ten arrows, the strength is often exhausted, or the accuracy of the head is reduced a lot. Therefore, the light cavalry must learn to save physical strength, only in this way can they live better.

And this requires strict training, and it is not easy for the commander to command shrewdly, to send the enemy situation in advance on the battlefield, and to flexibly command the soldiers to storm the battle formation. Of course, these are not the most important things, the most important thing is to fight and hone yourself in continuous fighting.

The target is getting closer, but the casualties are also getting bigger. There were constantly swords, spears, and all kinds of weapons that were cut in from all over the place, and it was extremely difficult for the heavy cavalry to take a step forward; At this time, the light cavalry on both flanks, after continuous shooting, also had soreness in their arms, their accuracy dropped, and their range also decreased.

However, the impact continues, and between life and death, there is a great feeling. As the death continued, the battle damage intensified, and the tacit understanding between the heavy cavalry and the light cavalry gradually increased, and they no longer fought separately, but with a trace of mystery.

Everything is an instinct to survive, in order to live.

In the distance, Zhao Pu looked at it and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"The whole army attacked, the first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, the fourth battalion, the whole army attacked, destroy the enemy!"

At this time, the whole army began to attack, and the eight-character army, which had been aggrieved for a long time, suddenly seemed like a beast, taking the squad as a unit, constantly turning into flowing sand, and quickly swept towards the opposite rebel army. The infantry, who were originally shaken by the impact of the cavalry of the Bazi Army, immediately became panicked again, and they could only fight on their own.

At this moment in the battle, the formation was all out of order.

In this era of rampant cold weapons, the formation can mobilize the strength of the whole army to the greatest extent and turn it into a powerful attack force.

However, as the battle between the two armies continues, the formation is often chaotic, but there are many moments when the loser messes up the formation first, and the winner messes up the formation later.

However, even if the elite division is chaotic formation, it is not a complete chaotic formation, but a determination in chaos. At the moment when the big formation was chaotic, it turned into a small formation and fierce battle, some of these small formations were a group of three or five people, many were a group of a dozen people, and some were a group of 100 people to annihilate the enemy.

All this depends on the officers at the bottom, the command of the battle, the grasp of the battle situation, and the competition of the will to fight between the two armies.

After a stick of incense, the commander of this rebel army retreated in defeat, and the rebel army, which was showing a rout trend, was completely defeated. At this moment of fierce fighting, there were countless kneeling beggers for mercy, and the ground was full of captives, and spears, swords, etc. were scattered all over the ground.

It's another big win.

But Zhao Pu didn't have a trace of joy, and there was a faint sadness: "What is the point of the Song people fighting the Song people, if they win?" ”

This battle, from beginning to end, did not have a trace of victory significance.

Because of the atrocities of this rebel army, he became angry and destroyed some of the rebels; And this rebel army, in order to take revenge, wanted to destroy him. So, the ping-pong fought, and under the fierce battle, more than 1,000 people were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded. The rebel army was scattered, most of them surrendered, and only a small part fled.

This battle was a fight within the Great Song Dynasty from beginning to end, and victory was meaningless.

"In this battle, how was the cavalry damage?" In the end, Zhao Pu still gritted his teeth and asked. Fools know that in this battle, the cavalry suffered heavy losses, and they couldn't bear it, so they finally asked hard.

"There were less than a hundred heavy cavalry left, and more than a hundred wounded; The light cavalry was less than 500 men, and the rest were killed! ”

Wang Wuyue replied with some sadness. This was her first battle, but the losses were a little miserable, and the cavalry that had just been formed by the Bazi Army was disabled. Some are distressed, and some are even more sad.

"This is just a group of exiled people with poor military discipline, and if they encounter the Jin Army's iron cavalry, the loss will be greater. Don't be afraid of losing, just keep improving! Zhao Pu also felt a little pain in his heart, more fear. Previously, he also had a delusional desire to train a cavalry to fight against the cavalry of the Jin army. Now it seems that it is better to forget it! Not in the short term, at least.

For a long time to come, it will be infantry against cavalry.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the Bazi Army moved again, and Zhao Pu asked casually: "Where does this group of rebels come from?" ”

"It seems to be a part of the Western Army!"

Zhao Pu nodded, "Who is the leader of this group of rebels?" ”

"It seems to be called...... Liu Guangshi! ”

"Liu Guangshi!" Zhao Puyin felt a little familiar, but a little unfamiliar.

"Do you know Liu Guangshi?" Zhao Pu asked.

Wang Yan said: "Liu Guangshi, Uncle Ping, a member of the Security Army (now Zhidan, Shaanxi), a family of generals. Yiyin supplemented the official for the third class, and was promoted to lead the defense envoy, and Langyan Road was the commander of the soldiers and horses. In the third year of Xuanhe, he followed his father Liu Yanqing to suppress the Fangla uprising, and was promoted to the Yaozhou Observation Envoy and the Yanyan Road Soldiers and Horses by virtue of his military exploits. In the fourth year of Xuanhe, the Song army attacked Liao, and Liu Guangshi followed his father to capture Yizhou (now Yixian County, Hebei), and was promoted to the Fengguo Army to undertake the Xuan Envoy and entered the ranks of senior military attachés; During the campaign to attack Liaonanjing. Liu Guangshi breached the contract and did not arrive, resulting in the defeat of the Song army, which had already entered the city first, which became one of the reasons for the defeat of the Song army in the Liao attack, so he was demoted. Later, Zhang Di made a meritorious contribution in the suppression of the Hebei Rebel Army, restored the Xuancheng envoy, and was promoted to the deputy head of the Mabu Army on the Yanyan Road. ”

Zhao Pu nodded and said, "It turned out to be the second generation of the army!" “

Wang Yan continued: "In the first year of Jingkang, the Western Xia attacked the Song Dynasty at the request of the Jin Dynasty to contain the Song Dynasty. This time, I was ordered to be the king of Qin, but I didn't know why I got here! ”

Zhao Pu pondered: "Liu Guangshi, it seems to be a little impressed! “

At this time, I remembered Liu Guangshi, who seemed to be one of the four famous generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.

PS: Happy New Year, it's the New Year, the update is a little unstable, try to update. The four famous generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty will appear one after another.