Chapter 260: Horseshoe, stirrups, Takahashi saddle
Tian Fan nodded, hugged his fist at Liu Bei, and said, "Lord, what do you think?" ”
Liu Bei was extremely excited and satisfied, he could fully imagine the power of these three main cavalry! Hearing Tian Fan's question, he shook his head again and again, and said, "Boguang, you can arrange it!" ”
Tian Fan nodded, hugged his fists at a few horsemen, and said, "Everyone, I know that the knights under your command have a brotherly relationship with you, and they don't want to separate!" However, for the sake of the great cause of the lord, and in order to give better play to the characteristics and might of the three main cavalry battalions, to earn greater military merits for you, and to earn a greater future for the brothers, the knights under your command must make a large-scale adjustment! ”
The three of them hurriedly clasped their fists and said, "I'll obey the order!" ”
Tian Fan nodded and said, "Several, the weapons and armor I brought are only samples now, and it will take at least six months to redress all the three main cavalry." Therefore, after you go back, first divide these three parts, and the horses in the army are also deployed according to the principle of Yide first, Zilong and Feng first. Well, there are 30,000 war horses in the army, and you don't have to worry about not being able to choose the right war horse!
"After that, you will intensify your training in the special tactics we have agreed upon while stepping up your training in ordinary tactics. In these six months, nothing has to happen, so you can't give up the way ordinary cavalry fights. What do you think? ”
The three of them stood up, clenched their fists violently, and shouted, "Order! ”
Tian Fan waved his hand and said, "You sit down, we don't have to be like this!" After a slight pause, he looked at Pang De and said, "Ling Ming, hehe, Cao Xingcheng Lian will definitely choose to follow Feng Xian and help him command the six thousand wolf horses, so that among the three cavalry deputy generals, you haven't arranged it yet!" And Yide only has 2,000 main Xuanjia cavalry under his command, and he doesn't need a deputy general, and besides, Yide has eighteen cavalry to help, and he doesn't need you to be a deputy general! You see, do you choose to follow Zilong or follow Fengxian? ”
Pang De was a little at a loss, he knew what Tian Fan meant, he couldn't be the chief general of the First Army, because his qualifications were shallow, and his knowledge was not as rich as Zhao Yun's, so he could only be the deputy general of the First Army. However, in the wolf cavalry camp, there are only 6,000 people, the main general Lu Bu, and the deputy generals Cheng Lian and Cao Xing, so they can do without him at all, in that case, wouldn't he have to follow Zhao Yun?
However, the Flying Feather Battalion's tactics are mainly based on harassing and shooting the enemy, and he doesn't like it, besides, his archery skills are not top-notch, and in the Flying Feather Battalion, he will probably be buried soon! And relatively speaking, he prefers the combat style of wolf riding! The Liangzhou cavalry and the Bingzhou cavalry are not much different in terms of tactics, and it is easier for him to integrate into them.
Before he could figure out how to choose, Zhang Fei suddenly spoke, and he said: "Boguang, I heard you say this just now, the main cavalry of the three of us has a total of 12,000 people, so what about the remaining 2,000 cavalry and 4,000 recruits?" ”
Tian Fan smiled and said, "You just remembered? After a slight pause, he continued: "Among these 6,000 people, there are 4,000 recruits, and they can't go to the battlefield for the time being, and even if they do, they can only be strong!" I thought so, and handed over these 6,000 men to Fengxian's command as a supplement to the wolf cavalry battalion. ”
After a slight pause, he looked at Pang De with a smile and continued: "However, Feng Xian, Cheng Lian, and Cao Xing have to command three battalions of wolf cavalry, so these six thousand people...... I suggest that the lord hand them over to General Ling Ming, who will be the deputy general of the wolf cavalry battalion! ”
After that, he looked at Liu Bei, bowed, and said, "Lord, what do you think of this arrangement?" ”
Liu Bei held his chin, looked at Pang De who was full of excitement, and then looked at Lu Bu, thinking in his heart, Ling Ming is a native of Liangzhou, and the tactics of the Liangzhou cavalry are similar to those of the Bingzhou cavalry, if Ling Ming is Fengxian's deputy general and commands the remaining six thousand knights, this is a good decision! …,
Thinking of this, he slapped the case in front of him a few times and said, "What Boguang said is reasonable!" Lingming listens to orders! ”
Pound clenched his fists and said: "The end will be!" ”
Liu Bei said: "Let you be the deputy general of the wolf cavalry battalion and assist Feng Xian, do you have any objections?" ”
Pound said loudly: "The last will be ordered!" ”
Liu Bei smiled, and Wen Yan comforted: "Ling Ming, you are still young, although your level is very high, but your qualifications are insufficient, so for the time being, I can only wronged you to be Fengxian's deputy general!" Do a good job, don't worry, one day, you have enough experience, and when you are a little older, you will have the opportunity to lead the army alone! ”
Pound hurriedly saluted and said gratefully: "Thank you for your trust, De will definitely live up to the expectations of the lord!" ”
Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction, looked at a few horsemen, and asked, "What Boguang said is very clear, you just do it!" Well, are there any difficulties? ”
Several people frowned and thought for a while, and Lu Bu said: "Lord, the veterans of Bingzhou who followed me at the beginning are now only about 2,000 people left. In addition to the 800 backers, about 500 of the remaining 1,200 people can ride and shoot kung fu. I can allocate all of these 500 people to Zilong. In addition, among the wolf riders under my command, there are not many people with the ability to ride and shoot, and when they are full, they are hundreds. Even if you choose from these 18,000 people, I am afraid that you will not be able to pick 3,000 people...... Besides, my bearer cannot move! In this way, among the people who can be deployed to Zilong, there are only about 2,000 people who can ride and shoot kung fu, and there is still a big gap between 4,000 people! ”
After a pause, he looked at Zhao Yun with some concern, and continued: "In this way, if you retrain cavalry and archery, it will be a long time, and without two years of hard work, it will be difficult for them to have the combat power of a white horse!" ”
Zhao Yun nodded, frowned, and said, "Yes!" In this way, I can only fight with 2,000 people......" Gritting his teeth, he continued: "Forget it, 2,000 people are 2,000 people, as long as these 2,000 people are trained, they can be used by tens of thousands of people!" As for the rest, it will only be necessary to train slowly! ”
Tian Fan Yiqi couldn't help asking: "Zilong, is it so difficult to train from an ordinary cavalry to an archer cavalry?" ”
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Not bad!" The training of an archer is indispensable for a year, let alone the archers? You can imagine that on a galloping war horse, on the one hand, you have to control the horse, on the other hand, you have to bend the bow and arrows, without two or three years of effort, it is difficult to do! ”
Shaking his head, he continued: "Hey, the speed of the war horse is very fast, and it is a completely different concept from an archer standing on the ground and shooting arrows!" A soldier who can shoot a four-stone bow and arrow, if he is on a horse, can only shoot a two-stone bow...... Immediately bumps, distracts a part of the attention, takes up a lot of energy, and it is difficult for the person to exert all his strength. ”
Lu Bu continued: "Not bad! Therefore, the strength of the riding bow is generally about two stones, and the range of the feather arrow is much closer than that of the infantry archer. ”
Tian Fan really didn't expect this, but now that he thinks about it, it really makes sense! The knight is on the horse, and he clamps the horse's belly completely with the strength of his legs, so that he can not be thrown off by the galloping horse, where can he spend much time on drawing the bow and arrows? In this way, it is bound to be different from the play on the ground!
After figuring out this, Tian Fan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed!
He asked, "Zilong, if the range of the riding bow is not as long as the foot bow, then why is the combat power of the white horse Yicong so strong?" ”
Zhao Yun said: "Bai Ma Yi has always come and gone like the wind, and his movement speed is fast, so it is difficult to be accurately shot by infantry archers, unless the arrows are like flying locusts, and tens of thousands of feathered arrows are fired in a volley. Moreover, the white horse Yicong are from Youzhou and the people of the state to choose the brave people, they have been dealing with horses since childhood, deeply influenced by the grassland people, riding and archery that has been trained since childhood, riding and archery skills are skilled, riding and archery kung fu is also good, training is naturally easy. Moreover, among the tens of thousands of troops of General Gongsun Bogui, most of them were cavalry, but only 3,000 people could be selected as white horse righteous servants, which was the best of the best, and the best of the best, their cavalry bows were the same as those of infantry archers, all of which were three-stone bows. ”…,
After a slight pause, he frowned and said: "However, most of our cavalry are from the Central Plains, and many cavalry horsemen are not so exquisite, it is indeed difficult to train them into archers!" ”
Tian Fan scratched his head and asked a little dejectedly, "Don't you have any way?" ”
Several riders shook their heads at the same time, and Pound said, "There is really no good way!" It takes three years for an infantry to train into a cavalryman, and the key is to learn to control the horse flexibly and to communicate with the horse, which is too difficult! And from cavalry training to archers, the difficulty is no less than the former! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone stopped talking. Everyone is thinking hard, but how many years has this problem existed, and where is it so easy to solve?
For a long time, everyone was still silent.
Suddenly, Tian Fan's eyes lit up!
He said: "Fengxian, Yide, Zilong, Lingming, according to your meaning, the reason why cavalry is difficult to train, and the reason why archers are difficult to train, is mainly because they need to control their horses with two legs, which involves a lot of energy from the knights?" Isn't it? ”
Several people nodded, and Zhang Fei said: "Yes, that's right!" When a knight rides a horse, his feet are dangling in the air, and it does take a lot of attention and energy to hold the horse's belly between his legs. Unless they are like the horsemen of the steppe, they have been accompanied by horses since childhood, and riding horses is not much different from our walking! ”
Tian Fan laughed and said with a little excitement: "So, can I say that as long as this problem is solved, the training of cavalry will be much easier?" ”
Lu Bu nodded and said, "That's nature!" ”
Zhao Yun reacted quickly, he grabbed Tian Fan, and asked eagerly, "Boguang, do you have a way?" ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Tian Fan with blazing eyes, and asked nonsense: "Is there any way, say it quickly!" ”
Tian Fan smiled and said, "Lord, everyone, I really have a way!" ”
Liu Bei was also anxious, he suddenly jumped up, grabbed Tian Fan, and said, "What way?" Say it! ”
Tian Fan said: "Lord, everyone, if there is one thing, it should be able to solve this problem!" After a slight pause, he continued: "Whoever offers something, called 'stirrups', can make the soldiers sit on the horses more securely!" At the same time, there is another thing called the 'horseshoe', which can make the war horse trample on the sword and gun without hurting the hooves! The third object, called 'Takahashi Saddle', is used with stirrups to make it easier for riders to control their horses! ”
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