And this tactic?

Cai Huai was completely stunned, after more than ten years of fighting, Cai Huai can be regarded as a battlefield general. But in the years that he had been fighting horses, he had exterminated the rebels in the south, and he had never fought with the army in the north, so he never expected that the iron cavalry of the Zhao army would be so powerful!

Moreover, Cai Huai has no way to take Zhao Jun's rogue tactics!

Look at it, the tactics of the Zhao army are simply like walking and bullfighting, the cavalry and infantry of the Jin army have just pursued it, and before they have taken out their weapons to engage in short-handed combat, they have been knocked down by an arrow released by the cavalry of the Zhao army from time to time!

The cavalry of the Zhao army is all skilled in bows and horses, which is the Jin army, which has always been dominated by heavy armor foot soldiers, and it is far inferior in any case!

Especially Zhao Jun's crazy rogue tactics!

Shoot an arrow and run, shoot an arrow and run, there is no way to meet the Jin soldiers in close arms, there is no way to take them. At most, there are a few more outstanding Jin cavalry, they can bend their bows and shoot arrows on their horses, and then they can also shoot a few unlucky Zhao cavalry.

I can't do it, I really can't do it!

Cai Huai slammed the sword in his hand and shouted: "The whole army retreats!" Retreat to the south! ”

What should I do if I can't beat it? Run!

The Jin soldiers who received the order to retreat were suddenly pardoned. They turned around and began to move south.

And Cai Huai arranged it properly, and arranged for a general to command two thousand soldiers. But it's too late!

The movement speed of the Zhao army's cavalry was not at all comparable to that of the Jin army. Therefore, at the moment when the phalanx of the Jin army began to retreat, under the command of Li Xin, three thousand cavalry soldiers drove straight in, and encountered the broken team of the oncoming Jin army, they immediately divided into two sections, and then began to throw a rain of arrows from the weakest infantry phalanx of the Jin army.

"Ahhh ......" The sound of miserable howls is endless.

For the Jin soldiers, these enemy cavalrymen who run fast, shoot arrows accurately, and penetrate Yang in a hundred steps are simply their nemesis!

The Jin soldiers and soldiers suddenly dispersed, spread their feet and began to run wildly towards the south of the city!

Zhao Jun's iron cavalry is extremely powerful and extremely sharp. Especially the iron cavalry under Shi Min's command, that is the strongest force in the Zhao Kingdom!

That's right, when it comes to horsemanship, the Han people who have been farming may not be as good as the Hu people who have always been nomads.

However, the cavalry of the Han army under Shi Min were all very harshly trained and well-trained, and there were some veterans who had been in a hundred battles. The tempering of the day after tomorrow is enough to train their combat ability.

Moreover, as we all know, the archery skills of the Han army have always been not bad, not to mention that everyone can wear Yang in a hundred steps, but it can still be done with arrows on horseback!

Because at this time, the horseshoe and the horseshoe had already been invented!

Horseshoes, also known as horseshoes, as the name suggests, are shoes on horses' feet. The material of the horseshoe is mild steel, which is what the common people call ordinary iron (metal).

The use of iron was first in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and matured in the Han Dynasty!

At that time, China's iron smelting technology was mature, and there were a large number of applications in production and life, and even in the form of legislation to ensure the use and maintenance of iron farm tools in the Qin State!

The pedal is an essential tool for modern horseback riding, which is tethered to the horse and hangs on the rider's feet. Horse pedals were first recorded in the Book of Southern Qi and were widely used after the Tang Dynasty.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, more agile and mobile cavalry gradually replaced chariots. By the Tang Dynasty, cavalry became the main combat arm and was used for large-scale operations. It was with its powerful cavalry that the Tang Dynasty defeated the surrounding nomads such as the Eastern and Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, Gaochang, and Tuyuhun in one fell swoop, creating a war miracle in which the agricultural people defeated the nomads on a large scale.

Horseshoes are mostly made of iron in order to make them more secure and not fall off. The Huns were probably the first people to use horseshoe, and in Western Europe it was not until the fall of the Frankish Merovingian dynasty in the 8th century.

The biggest function of the horse pedal is that it can free both hands, and the cavalry can control and balance on the horse by controlling the balance of the two feet, which greatly improves the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, and may defeat the Europeans accordingly.

There is a single pedal in the Western Jin Dynasty, and there is a double pedal in the 16 countries of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

But in fact, the horse pedal should indeed be one of the greatest inventions of the Huns. Before that, it was very inconvenient for people to control horses, and once the mountain road was difficult to walk, it was difficult for the feet to exert force.

Before the invention of the horse pedal, the rider must at least one hand to support the saddle sheath, even if the arrow can only be fired once, it is difficult to change the pruning, can only use one-handed blades and light blades, two-handed knives, hammers, axes and other blades can not be used at all, in this period of cavalry in addition to the speed advantage, its combat effectiveness is far inferior to the down-to-earth infantry, so after the cavalry arrives at the destination, often dismount to fight.

After the invention of the horse pedal, coupled with the popularization of boots, the rider can get rid of the restrictions of the horse opponent, greatly increase the role of both hands in the ride, can hold the weapon bow and arrow in both hands, and the combat effectiveness is greatly enhanced, and at the same time, the Central Plains region has not popularized the horse pedal, so the combat effectiveness of the Hun cavalry is very amazing, causing a huge threat to the Central Plains.

In addition to combat, the role of the horse pedal is also obvious. In the days without stirrups, people had to ride on the back of a bare horse, and only by grasping the reins or mane and clamping the horse's belly with their legs to keep themselves from falling off while the horse was galloping. But this method is unreliable, dangerous and extremely fatigued.

The cavalry equipment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was quite complete. The Cao army during the Three Kingdoms period was already equipped with horse shoe, considering that the Western Jin Dynasty only lasted 28 years, although there are no powerful unearthed cultural relics, it seems debatable that horse shoework was already used during the Three Kingdoms period.

But there is such a fact in history, even if Cao's army once chased the defeated army for 500 miles in one day and one night, if there were no horses, probably the cavalry would have fallen halfway, and there would be no need to chase them.

Don't underestimate the stirrup gadget, the cavalry in the West was always on bareback horses in any period, and they would fall off if they hit it slightly, and they were not used as the main force as described in the movie.

Therefore, the use of horses in Chinese history is not backward, and the use of horse pedals has greatly improved the cavalry's ability to control horses and fight.

"Kill!"

At this moment, from the side of the mountain in the distance, an overwhelming shout of killing sounded.

Cai Huai was shocked, and another small colonel flew over and said, "Report - General!" Something is wrong! Zhao soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in the rear! Dale! Uncountable! ”

"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”

Suddenly encountering such a tricky situation, Cai Huai also panicked, and then galloped away in the direction of Xunnan City.

Because of this large group of Zhao troops that suddenly appeared, the Jin soldiers and soldiers were already in a mess, and the soldiers threw away their armor one after another, and they fled to their own city.

And Shi Min obviously won't let go of this great opportunity.

The Jin army and the Zhao army here are both Han Chinese, originally born from the same root, but now they are their own masters, and they must fight with their lives!

Releasing water or something to these Jin troops, it is simply impossible for Shi Min!

To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself!

"Kill—"

Shi Min then grabbed the reins of Chima Zhulong, causing his previous hooves to puff up, and then hissed. Shi Min waved his weapon double-edged spear like this, pointed at the Jin army soldiers who were fleeing on the opposite side, and said with a solemn face: "Kill with me!" ”

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Zhao army who were following behind Shi Min suddenly howled, and then drove straight in, bravely rushing into the Jin army, which was already in chaos, and met each other in short quarters.

"Puff puff! ......" The sound of weapons wringing flesh and blood sounded, shaking everyone's chest.

Two-thirds of the soldiers and horses that Shi Min brought this time were recruits who had just joined the army for less than half a year. They are well-trained and their combat effectiveness is not weak, but it is obviously not good to lack the grinding of the battlefield, so this time against the Jin army is an excellent opportunity to sharpen!

In the future, there will be more tragic wars, and more severe hard battles are waiting for them!

And using this kind of bullying situation is undoubtedly the best way to hone these recruits.