Chapter 22, the head of the twig
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It was the first time that Shihoon had seen a military general go head-to-head, and it was even the first time he had seen a real horse battle. In the past, he followed Tai Shi Ci to break out of Duchang City, but he also saw that a yellow scarf rider would stop him, but he was either knocked down by Tai Shi Ziyi with an arrow from a distance, or he was directly slapped away by him when he arrived in front of him, and the three of them broke through without even stopping their horses - it was crushing, not fighting.
It wasn't until this time that he really understood what the ancient horse war was all about.
I saw that both sides put away their bows and arrows and grabbed their long weapons in their hands. Sun Ce holds a long halberd, the head of the halberd is more than two feet long, and the sprigs alone are no less than 30 centimeters; Tai Shi Ci made a horse lance, and the head of the lance was only longer and thicker than the opponent's halberd. The two generals each put their long weapons under their ribs with their big arms, and then took the reins of their horses in their left hands and opened up a distance of about forty or fifty paces......
Is it Xun Xin who said, is it really like the European knights in the Middle Ages in the movie, the so-called horse war, is it aimed at hedging? It's easy to tell the winner. It's not right to think about it again, the knight is fighting like that, and he has to tie a shield to his left arm, and these two don't have a shield, so will they go over one by one, you and I will die, and everyone will break up?
Looking closer, the next scene is different. I saw that the two horses were far away from each other, and then the two generals each released the reins and used their legs to control the mounts under their crotches. Seeing that they had all opened their right arms, he shook his wrists, picked up his weapons, and put his left hand on - although it was still a direct stab in the face, this two-handed weapon was much more flexible than a one-handed spear, and there were many more tricks to play.
On second thought, yes, the European knights of the Middle Ages were all dressed in heavy armor like tin cans, maybe they were still riding, carrying a riding spear of four or five meters or even longer, with both hands, they couldn't wield it at all, and with one hand, they had to be clamped under their ribs. Now there is no heavy armor in these years, Sun Ce is dressed in fish scales, and it is called the middle armor in AD&d, and Tai Shici is not wearing armor at all, so even on horseback, the long weapon can dance.
With both hands flat, the two generals knocked the horse's belly with their calves, and the mount began to run, and the faster and faster it ran, and when it came to the face, it was estimated that the speed would be forty miles. It's too late, it's fast, seeing that the two horsemen are approaching, they immediately wave their weapons up, and the basic action is still piercing, but in an instant, there are many changes, as often said in romance novels: more than 10,000 guns are shaken out in one move!
Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration...... But all in all, with Shixun's eyesight and ability, he couldn't see which part of the other party's body a halberd and a lance were really pointing at. Only listen to the sound of "dang", the two blades intersect, and the two horses staggered. It stands to reason that this missed is a turn, and then the horse hovers, turns around, and then goes on a second turn. However, this is not a tin can knight hedge after all, I saw that the two generals swung their weapons back when they were wrong, swept them away, and then "dang" again, and then separated before and after.
Shi Xun was dazzled and shaken, but he was just looking at the excitement, if there was really a master here, he would immediately not be able to detect the right - Tai Shi Ci suffered too much!
The problem is that these two horses are in the wrong stirrup...... Well, only Tai Shi Ci has stirrups, so to be more rigorous, it should be called two horses and one wrong body - the sweep when two horses are wrong, although it is not difficult to block, but if one is not careful, it is easy to be injured. Sun Ce is a fish scale, and if Tai Shici's lance tip is stabbed straight, it can also stab him through the heart, but if he strokes it lightly on the side, it will be like tickling to him. Take 10,000 steps back and say, Tai Shi Ci's strength is too great, and that stroke catches up with an inch, really cutting through his fish scale armor, which may not be able to cut through the skin lining of the armor, let alone Sun Ce's skin.
But Tai Shi Ci only had a jacket on his body, and he didn't even owe a piece of skin—he did have a leather armor, but it was still hanging on the saddlebag, and he didn't expect to meet an enemy here, so he didn't take it out to wear. If Sun Ce's halberd head slashed over a certain part of Tai Shi Ci's body like this, it would definitely be a splash of blood, and he Tai Shi Ziyi had never practiced "Golden Bell Jar, Iron Cloth Shirt"!
Therefore, the weapons of both sides swiped sideways, and their respective weapons were swinged, and the human body couldn't help but shrink backwards slightly. Sun Ce is a small contraction, Tai Shi Ci is a big contraction, this physical activity is a large amplitude, which naturally affects the gallop of the war horse, so when he ran out and then turned back the horse's head to prepare for the second round, Tai Shi Ci was obviously half a beat slower than Sun Ce.
Every round was half a beat slower, Tai Shici lost the first move, and the whole child was pressed by Sun Ce. In the blink of an eye, four or five rounds passed, and Ziyi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He was still thinking about how to save the first move, Sun Ce was unforgiving, and when the two sides met again, he directly twisted the halberd head and locked Tai Shici's horse lance.
If both sides use a lance, the weapon cannot be wrenched, but one side uses a halberd differently, and the small branches on the halberd twist upward, which are just used to lock the weapon. At that moment, Sun Ce locked the head of the lance, and twisted his arms so hard, if the opponent's strength was a little smaller, he would have to take off the blade on the spot. But Taishi Ziyi is also a powerful man, not only did he not take it off, but he twisted his strength to get it back. If according to the general rules of warfare, Sun Ce would not move, he should give up for the time being and draw out his halberd, but Tai Shici twisted it like this, and summoned Sun Ce's ambition - okay, let's compare and see whose strength it is!
Seeing that the two horses did not hedge, but each strode to the side, and began to turn in circles centered on the halberd and lance that were twisted together. "Click, click, click", the sound of hooves became denser and denser, and the dust and sand were spreading, and Shixun was about to see the figures of the two generals clearly. The time was not big, so I heard the sound of "pop", and the two horses each took three steps back.
It turned out that the strength of the two sides was only between the two sides, and no one could win anyone, and no one refused to let go, and finally broke the lance and the twig at the same time. On the surface, Sun Ce suffered a loss, because the small branches on his halberd catapulted and flew straight to his front door, although Sun Ce hurriedly raised his head to dodge, he was still cut a thin cut on his face by the strong wind, and the blood "brushed" down. But in fact, Tai Shi Ci suffered, because although the small branch on Sun Ce's halberd was broken, the big blade was still there, and he could continue to be a spearman, but Tai Shi Ci's hammer head was as thick as a small arm, and the blade span on both sides was more than ten centimeters wide, and it was impossible to break it by manpower, so it was actually the wooden part of the lance that was connected to the lance head. To put it bluntly, Sun Ce has a spear in his hand, and Tai Shi Ci has only one stick left.
The two horses pulled away, turned around and hedged again-Tai Shici didn't want to rush, but if he didn't rush, he couldn't do it, the enemies were coming, could it be that at this time, he would run away? Don't say that if you run, Yeshun will definitely be finished, just say that you are carrying a clothes pole, and you may not be able to run! He saw that the face of the other general's face showed a smug sneer that made people feel cold, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and rush forward.
This time, when the weapons intersected, there was only a "click", and it couldn't be crisp, because one side no longer had an iron head. Although he had already carried this trick, Tai Shici felt that his arms were sore, his mouth was shaken, and the clothes pole was almost taken off. There is no way, charging on horseback, one relies on the strength of the generals themselves, the second relies on horsepower, and the third has to rely on the weapon to be handy, Tai Shici usually uses the head of the lance is broken, and the weapon in his hand is more than half lighter, and the strong force from the other party's halberd is not cushioned by the lance, and it is all through the guò lance. His lance is a wood-core bamboo, and its flexibility is very good, so the opponent's strength formed a shock wave along the lance, and it was all "eaten" by Tai Shici's arms.
As soon as the two horses were wrong, Sun Ce swung the halberd over again, and said in his heart This time, see how you carry it? You're missing a whole lance, which means that your weapon can't threaten me, and my halberd can still catch your body!
is a good Tai Shi Ci, seeing that the situation is not good, he simply didn't block it, and directly threw the clothes pole in his hand towards Sun Ce's front door. Sun Ce was forced to change the direction of the halberd, and flicked it upwards and flew the mallet. Then he saw that Tai Shi Ci pulled out the ring-headed big knife in his waist, and then did not urge the horse to rush out, but knocked the horse's belly with one leg, approached Sun Ce sideways, and slashed it off with a knife.
Seeing this, Sun Ce hurriedly brought the halberd back. At this time, if he was a little faster, he would be able to stab Tai Shi Ci's waist with a halberd, anyway, the halberd was long and the knife was short, and Tai Shi Ci had no tricks against him at all. But Tai Shi Ci was extremely accurate in time and distance, he knew that Sun Ce had to carry the lance he threw with a weapon, and he also knew that as long as he was close, Sun Ce would not be able to counterattack for the time being, so he had to carry his own knife. When the knife and halberd intersected, there was a "click", and Sun Ce couldn't help but secretly scream: "It's not good!" ”
It is said that Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci's strength is only between the two of them, although Tai Shi Ci said that he came with the momentum of Tai Tai's overwhelming pounce, after all, he waved the knife with one hand, Sun Ce held the halberd with both hands, and compared his strength, he might not lose to the other party. And Sun Ce's halberd is also a wooden core bamboo, his father is a county guard, a famous general in the world, and his family is rich, maybe the quality of the weapon is more than one grade higher than Tai Shici, and it will not be cut off with just one knife. But people are not as good as heaven, but Sun Ce can't "hard" eat the other party!
The cavalry has a process of evolution and development, Sun Ce doesn't know about this, Tai Shici doesn't know, only Xun Mo vaguely understands. In fact, the earliest cavalry of the Central Plains was only a cavalry infantry, because of the lack of auxiliary tools to firmly maintain the knight and the war horse as a whole, so people could not fight on horseback, and could only run to the ground and then dismount and fight. At that time, the only people who could ride and shoot and even slash on horseback were the cavalry of the northern nomads.
Therefore, the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty, as well as the cavalry of the early Han Dynasty, did not configure bows and arrows like the Hun cavalry, but used crossbows, because crossbows could be used without lateral force on the horseback (most of the cavalry crossbows at that time were knee-fed), and they could shoot with confidence without fear of unstable riding. The appearance of the Central Plains archers was not until the Takahashi saddle was invented or introduced, and the cavalry was fixed to a certain extent - it is generally believed that at least in the late Western Han Dynasty, the Central Plains had already obtained the Takahashi saddle.
The innovation of cavalry tactics that followed the Takahashi saddle, in addition to the transformation of crossbow cavalry into archers, also included the creation of combat cavalry, and the Central Plains people could finally wield melee weapons on horseback - in fact, even the Huns, before the Takahashi saddle, were really able to ride horses and fight hand-to-hand only certain warriors. However, at that time, the cavalry of the Central Plains was basically lancers, using spears, lances, or halberds and other stabbing weapons, and the direction of attack was basically frontal. Like the sword cavalry and thistle cavalry of the Arabs or Mongols who crossed the Eurasian continent in later generations, they did not appear at this time.
Why didn't it show up? Because there are no stirrups!