Text: Imperial Hegemony_Chapter 436 Mongolian Assault Cavalry

This skirmish, which was hundreds of miles away from Jiuyuan County of the Great Qin Empire, did not imagine that the invincible iron cavalry of Great Qin swept through the Mongolian elite cavalry. Similarly, the Mongolian elite cavalry did not push the European army as it did in history, and defeated the Great Qin Iron Cavalry.

The Great Qin scouts were more than fifty people less than the Mongolian cavalry, after all, in the military system of Great Qin, there were only fifty people in a team, and there were more than 100 people in the Mongolian cavalry. This is not to say how advanced the military system of the Great Qin troops is, it is nothing more than the difference in terrain. On the grasslands, the 100-man team is a key connecting factor. Because grassland warfare is different from plain and mountain warfare, it is easy to destroy an enemy who is less numerous than one's own. And in the face of a large number of enemies, a hundred people relied on war horses, scattered and retreated, and half of them could survive to say the least.

Of course, the cavalry of the Great Qin Empire is different, although the Great Qin Empire also has to admit that the Mongols have an extremely obvious advantage in the grassland, but this does not mean that the Great Qin eats dry rice. What's wrong with a team of fifty people, you still can't eat a hundred or so people.

In the face of the full armament of the Great Qin scouts, the Mongolian 100-man team can be regarded as suffering, but this is not the first time, and it has no impact. After fighting with the Great Qin Empire for hundreds of years, the Mongols knew that except for the return cannon and compound bow, the Mongols could surpass the Great Qin, and the rest were still not to be thought about.

That's it, because the return cannon belonged to the highest secret measure of the Mongol Empire. The building method is strictly forbidden to flow out, and even if the return cannon cannot be pulled back on the battlefield, it will be burned immediately, so that Daqin has not been able to get a sample of the return cannon many times. The Mongols didn't dare, if the Great Qin Empire was allowed to get a sample of the return artillery, it was estimated that the entire Mongolia would be smashed to pieces by the Great Qin's return artillery.

As for the compound bow, there is no big problem, the Great Qin people will get it if they get it, and without the materials, you won't be able to make much if you give it eight lifetimes. The first thing to use for bows and arrows is good wood, which is nothing for Daqin. But the cow tendon is disgusting, and the killing of a cow by an agrarian nation is worse than killing ten people. In addition, Daqin now has a large population, even if it is a bison smuggled from the grassland, it has to be well protected, where will there be nothing to kill and play.

Therefore, most of the bows and crossbows of the Great Qin Empire were made using the tendons of beasts. Although it is said that under high-level technology, the bow and crossbow made by the beast tendon are very powerful, but it will never be as powerful as the cow tendon. If there were enough cow tendons, the Great Qin Empire would have wiped out the Mongols with its bow and crossbow. And the Mongolians are like a mirror in their hearts, strictly controlling the inflow of cattle and horses into Daqin, and the whole Daqin people are itching.

Without powerful long-range strike weapons, the Great Qin Empire would not let its soldiers go to the battlefield to die, so sophisticated armor and equipment came out. Full-body plate armor, which is the standard equipment of the infantry of the Great Qin Empire. There can never be a mistake that war was the catalyst of technology, and in the hundreds of years it took to fight the Mongol cavalry, the Great Qin Empire had truly tasted the power of the Mongol compound bow. Armor made of ordinary armor pieces can't block so many arrows at all, but the fish scale armor is still a little stronger. However, there are too many manufacturing procedures for fish scale armor, which is very expensive to produce and extremely wasteful.

It wasn't until Daqin captured the European plate armor from the Mongols that he found that his own people had been falling into a misunderstanding. China's armor was very effective against swords, after all, the most common in ancient Chinese warfare were sword soldiers, and the number of archers was always limited due to the difficulty of producing bows and arrows. As for the spearmen, the Chinese spearmen, seriously, are really not comparable to the Europeans.

After all, the longest spear in Europe was more than seven meters long, while in China it was only during the Spring and Autumn Period that the Changge reached five meters long. In addition, the different modes of warfare also lead to different use of weapons. Most of Europe is fought on a group scale, and with a small number of people, it is natural that defense is prioritized. The seven-meter-long spear formed a formation, and the power of the sword soldiers was simply infinitely reduced. And although China is fighting on a scale and the number of people participating in the war, the number of participants is not comparable to that of Europeans. But the use of strange strategies is not comparable to that of Europe.

Coupled with the different terrain, the army is still very rare in formation, and it will only appear when there is a real battle to the death. Most of the time was spent in various ambushes and attacks, and in the ambushes and attacks, the length of Changge was slowly eliminated. In other words, it was the emergence of the 36 Strategies that made China's war model begin to change. Eventually, the Changge soldiers were eliminated and replaced with pikemen.

Spearmen, in medium-range attacks, are naturally much stronger than Changge. In addition, when it comes to preventing the assault of the sword and shield soldiers, it is also more than a hundred times stronger than Changge. Spears and spears, which are as short as more than two meters long and as long as more than three meters long, are easy to restrain in the face of sword and shield soldiers. It is also a good choice in a large-scale military formation, although it is not as good as a knife in preventing enemy attacks, it is much stronger than a five- or six-meter-long Changge.

In this way, the difference in the mode of war has naturally changed a lot. It is precisely because of the elimination of Changge and the rise of spears and spears that China's equipment has always been made of armor. When facing a bow and crossbow, it is a shield, and when facing a long strength, it is still a shield. When facing the knife hand, I don't say anything, I stand and stroke you.

In addition, the Europeans were tall and physically stronger than the Chinese, and fighting had no effect when wearing full-body plate armor. But the Chinese can't, the heavy plate armor is still too heavy for the Chinese's figure. Therefore, after Daqin obtained the European plate armor, he also directly gave up the style of the European plate armor, and then created a tight-fitting full-body armor according to the figure of the Great Qin people. The cuirass is naturally thicker, which is the focus of protection.

Then there is the abdominal armor, which is a very important part here, but it should not be too heavy, otherwise it will affect the strength of the soldiers. Therefore, this part of Daqin was created by beating with 100 forged steel. It is lightweight and more protective than a cuirass.

Finally, there is the lower body armor, for the lower body armor, the Great Qin people even almost directly used the armor in the original standard equipment of the Great Qin. In the end, it was because the First Emperor felt that the combination of the two was a bit nondescript, and then the craftsmen carried out reforms. In the end, the lower body armor is not much different from the previous armor, except that the armor has become plate armor, and it is shorter, which is just right with leggings and combat boots.

Faced with the full armament of the Great Qin soldiers, the Mongols, who had always been in a barren state of armor, were also drunk. The compound bow was still so easy to use, but many of the Great Qin soldiers were injured, and very few were directly shot, which made the Great Qin people see the hope of victory.

The triangular arrow cluster is the time of the renewal of the bow and arrow, but the Mongols are really not good, maybe they have a good idea on the bow, but in the case of the lack of iron on the arrow, there is an idea and no idea. Daqin has no scruples, the triangular arrow cluster has long been used by the Daqin people to fight, and if you go down with an arrow, you will be seriously injured if you don't die.

What is really fighting in skirmishes is the fighting quality of the soldiers, the ability to cooperate, and the ability of the officers. At this point, under the Great Qin Empire, which already had institutional teaching, the Mongols really couldn't play anymore. Although the personal skills of the Mongols are extremely strong, the warriors they have cultivated since childhood are naturally extraordinary, and the will to fight is also very strong.

In terms of skill, the Great Qin scouts may not be as good as the Mongols. But when it comes to the will to fight, the battlefield and the horse leather shroud are still transmitted from China, and the Mongols will learn it once they have learned, but if they want to compete with the teacher, it is really incomparable. After all, even if the Mongols are brave, you just get some extra grass and cattle and sheep. And the people of Daqin, that is a title, and the marquis is the highest dream of every Chinese man.

Secondly, in command, that is the Great Qin crushing Mongolia. It was so easy to fight the Great Song Kingdom, it was because Prince Yue was no longer there at that time. If Lord Yue is here, you can take a look. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that the Mongols entered Sichuan from Tibet in history, and the Mongols had absolutely no hope of completing it. Because, it is no longer combat effectiveness that can determine victory or defeat, but strategy. The combat power is strong, can you cut down all the mountains in Sichuan?

As a result of the battle, the Great Qin soldiers killed fifty-two Mongolian soldiers, and their own losses were twenty-four and they were defeated. Well, let's count it a crushing defeat, and the Mongols also rejoiced in the victory in this battle. After more than 100 years, he finally won a victory in the military aspect of Great Qin. This is also because the imperial marshal of Great Qin, Meng Tian, is too confident, after all, after fighting for more than a hundred years, the Mongols have not been able to win a victory in a head-to-head confrontation, and anyone will be arrogant.

However, it is not arrogant, and the Great Qin warriors are also qualified to say that they are stronger than the Mongols. In the face of an enemy twice as large as oneself, he still killed more than half of the enemy, and he lost more than half of his own losses, but he can already be proud.

This is the strength of the Great Qin Empire, which can use 10 million troops across the country to oppose the Great Qin army of nearly 15 million cavalry of the Mongol Empire. Although the territory of the Mongol Empire is much larger than that of the Great Qin Empire, if it is really a decisive battle, the Great Qin Empire will send six or seven million troops at most, while the Mongol Empire can easily reach more than ten million. Without absolute strength, could the Great Qin Empire fight the Mongol Empire for hundreds of years and win victories one after another?

A battle in which the number of participants on both sides was less than one hundred and fifty did not attract the attention of Meng Tian, the marshal of the Great Qin Empire. The battle of the scouts is not in their own hands, and if there is any important information, someone will naturally pick it out and submit it to them. Small battles like this happen dozens or hundreds of times a day. If you look at it one by one, you won't be tired to death.

Besides, I have a lot of things to think about, especially the transfer of millions of troops. Things like the transportation of logistics, the settlement of the camps, the stationing of each unit, the supply of equipment for each unit, and the process of planning the war, etc., are enough to worry about yourself.

Meng Tian was very troubled, and Yue Fei, who was also a marshal, was also troubled. No way, it's obvious that the combat effectiveness of the Beichen army is not as good as the Mongolian cavalry. Not to mention the cavalry of the Beichen Empire, no matter how elite the infantry of the Beichen Empire is, they lack combat experience against cavalry, and there is no way to make up for this. Throughout the rise of the Beichen Empire, how many large-scale cavalry battles have there been?

As far as Yue Fei knew, it seemed that he had fought hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the north before. But there was no infantry in the battle that time, it was all cavalry fighting, what's the use?

This time to attack the Mongol Empire, the cavalry will not be of much use. There are only less than 800,000 cavalry of the Beichen Empire, and under the sea of cavalry of four or five million cavalry of the Mongol Empire at every turn, there is definitely not even a bubble. The main force of the real battle is still the infantry, and now that the infantry lacks combat experience against cavalry, Yue Fei really can't think of any way to make the Beichen Empire win.

Of course, this is a frontal battle. If it is said that he will not fight head-on, Yue Fei really has a way, that is, let the Great Qin Empire fight first, and then the army of the Beichen Empire will go north directly, and then grab the territory first. As for the future, the strength of the Great Qin Empire is stronger than that of the Mongol Empire, as long as the Great Qin takes the victory, does the Beichen Empire still need to worry about the attack of the Mongol cavalry? However, the only trouble is that people need to bring millions of infantry from the Beichen Empire to help Great Qin fight. Otherwise, Daqin will not honestly help you fight the Mongols, and provide you with opportunities to grab territory.

In the final analysis, the strength is still not good, if he has three or four million cavalry, Yue Fei dares to put aside the Great Qin Empire and go up directly to do it himself.

The scout in front came with the news of the defeat again, this was the first time, Yue Fei didn't remember it for a long time, and he had been a little numb recently. The scouts of more than 100 people encountered the Mongol cavalry, and there was almost no fighting. The crossbow in the hands of the cavalry can fire one round, and then it is almost swept away. Both sides were a hundred people, and the Beichen Empire suffered seventy or eighty casualties, and it was not necessarily able to kill more than forty Mongols. The best record seems to be that Ma Chao personally led the team and wiped out a team of 100 of the Mongols. Then Ma Chao came back with more than a dozen feather arrows in his body....

There are no serious injuries, but the protection ability of the Beichen Empire's armor is still good, especially when most people wear double armor. But it can also be seen from this, how good it is for the cavalry of the Beichen Empire and the Mongolian cavalry to fight each other, not to mention the infantry now.

Yue Fei really didn't know how to fight, but he couldn't fight if he didn't fight. If the Mongol Empire is not damaged this time, the Beichen Empire will be in trouble. I believe that the recent fighting situation also let the Mongols know that they are easy to bully.

Xiao Chen knows all about these situations in the army now, but what can he say, he can only say that he has been cheated by the system. These ancient empires, where can they be done by a new empire, but fortunately, they have been brought into the Great Qin Empire this time. Even if you can't bear it on your side, you will still be able to bite off a piece of meat from the Mongol Empire if you follow the Great Qin Empire in the future.

The cavalry could only wait until it had bitten a piece of meat from the Mongol Empire in the future, and then it would be vigorously developed. The fecundity of war horses is too low, that is, the output of 200,000 war horses every year, and it can only arm 100,000 cavalry, which is really useless.