Chapter 0638: The Great Military Parade
In the endless grassland, thousands of Wei iron cavalry used divine arm crossbows to rain arrows, and after shooting the scarecrow almost without missing a shot, they rushed over without stopping.
"Cone Formation!"
With the order of the leading general, the iron cavalry behind him quickly formed a formation with his Da Xu, and scattered densely on the grassland like an army of ants, and a completely different cone formation appeared in the eyes of everyone.
These well-trained iron cavalry are very powerful, but how can you ensure that this cavalry phalanx is neat and uniform enough?
In fact, the method is really simple, and it doesn't need to be practiced too many times.
With a long pole, they carried a piece of cloth, and the soldiers watched this cloth advance, which was the original meaning of the "flag".
A general leads a military horse, how can so many soldiers tell which general is following?
Just write on the flag, this flag is called "recognize the military flag", referred to as "recognize the flag".
For example, Ran Ke's soldiers followed the banner with the word "Ran", and the soldiers of Wei Liao followed the banner with the word "Wei".
Among all the charging formations, the most commonly used are the square formation and the cone formation.
The iron cavalry of the Wei army used to use a conical formation instead of a phalanx, and the reason was nothing more than that the phalanx was as dense as possible, and there was a problem with this formation, if the speed of the final stage was too fast, it would inevitably lead to scattered formations and could not maintain a dense state.
Conversely, dense formations can also shackle the cavalry, making it difficult for the latter to increase their speed too quickly.
If the cavalry is not disciplined enough, it will be difficult to maintain enough density in this formation!
The cone formation is suitable for breaking through, because there are warriors at the front, or unlucky people leading in front, so the formation can remain relatively dense. The final charge speed should be faster than the phalanx.
As we all know, in addition to killing and stealing heads when chasing and fleeing, the main task of the cavalry is to tear apart the enemy at a critical moment, so as to quickly defeat the enemy army and turn the tide of the battle.
For this reason, the formation of the cavalry when charging should be based on breakthroughs, so Ran Min made some modifications on the basis of the conical formation.
When the cavalry in front comes into contact with the enemy, the cavalry behind cannot pose a threat to the enemy, but after the charge is blocked by the infantry, it seriously affects the cavalry maneuver in front and causes congestion.
Therefore, according to Ran Min's request, the Wei iron cavalry made the cone formation into two rows, and left some cavalry in the middle and rear for emergency.
If the cavalry in the first two rows of cavalry charges loosely and the infantry in one place is not charged, the cavalry in response to the situation can rush up to fill the position, preventing the unattacked infantry from killing or injuring the cavalry in the first two rows.
The effect was still good, and when the iron cavalry charged less than a hundred paces away from the scarecrow, the Wei general at the head shouted: "Get your gun!" ”
All the iron horsemen immediately took out the spears that hung on the side of their saddles and crossed them in their hands.
When he finally arrived in front of the scarecrow, he stabbed it fiercely, and immediately pierced the scarecrow's body and passed through the body!
"Good!"
"Color! ~”
Seeing such a heroic posture of the soldiers, the civil and military forces of the Wei State present applauded, and their faces were filled with pride.
This is the undefeated army of my Great Wei Empire!
But the battle was not over yet, and when all the iron cavalry had poked a shot at the scarecrow, they turned around and continued to form a formation.
"Go to the knife!"
This time, the iron cavalry took out the swords at their waists, and with the order of the general, they immediately cut off the head of the scarecrow and jumped up.
At this time, the Wei military array, which was watching the battle from the side, suddenly applauded.
"Great Wei is mighty! The Wei army is mighty! Great Wei is mighty! The Wei army is mighty! ……”
At this moment of excitement, these iron cavalry of the Wei army finally retreated.
The next thing that came out was the heavy armored cavalry of the Wei State.
The armor of each heavy cavalry was strong, and the whole body was completely covered, even the eyes were completely protected, and this equipment was obviously not conducive to hand-to-hand combat.
Their eye vision is small and largely confined to the front of them. This mode of manufacture reflects the way heavily armored cavalry is used on the battlefield - charge, turn around and charge again, but never stop hand-to-hand combat!
In fact, it is precisely like this that these heavy armored cavalry of the Wei army who appeared on the grassland are like tanks, and they directly push them over in the face of the scarecrow, and they instantly shock the scarecrow to pieces!
The envoys of all countries present were pale.
Looking at Tie Shiwen, the Goguryeo envoy on the side, Ran Min smiled and said, "Tie Shiwen, I heard that your Goguryeo's heavy cavalry is also very powerful, I don't know which is stronger or weaker compared to my Great Wei's heavy cavalry?" ”
Tie Shiwen suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty still doesn't want to make fun of it." Although my Goguryeo is famous for its heavy cavalry, it is far inferior to the heavy armored cavalry of the Great Wei! The heavy cavalry of the Great Wei are all burly warriors who are one in a hundred, wearing heavy armor, invulnerable, and even the equipment of the war horses is complete, even the war horses are carefully selected, where can the heavy cavalry of Goguryeo be compared with the heavy cavalry of the Great Wei? ”
Ran Min smiled but did not speak.
After the heavy cavalry got off the field, the next thing to appear was the much-anticipated and much-watched Shenji Battalion.
The gunners of the Shenji Battalion operated a hundred red-coated cannons, and the target was an earthen wall two hundred paces away. In one round of shelling, the entire earthen wall was blown apart and razed to the ground!
Seeing the power of the red-clothed cannon so great, the envoys trembled even more, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.
With such a sharp weapon, it is no wonder that the Wei army attacked the city and conquered the city, invincible and invincible.
The next to appear were the foot soldiers of the Wei army.
The way of the foot drill is not a scarecrow, not an earthen wall, but a real "group fight"!
They were armed with wooden knives and sticks, stained with a layer of white ash, which could leave marks on the person's body, indicating that the person was killed in battle and could not move.
First, there was a frontal field battle, in which the two armies fought, and then an offensive and defensive battle, in which the offense and defense were exchanged.
The Wei army's infantry were very strong, and compared to their cavalry, it was more than equal.
Three soldiers were killed, 10 were seriously wounded, and countless others were slightly injured.
Although it's not a real fight, it's not a real fight, but it's still going to kill people. This shows how fierce the Wei army is.
How can there be such a training of soldiers?
Every drill is dead!
The land war is basically over, and the next thing is the water war.
Ran Min led a group of people to the river.
The drills of the sailors were actually very simple, one was to shell obstacles in the river, the other was to land, and the other was to fight by boat.
The sailors of the Wei army are also very powerful, at least the sailors of the Yamato Kingdom have been taught a hard lesson. Especially after absorbing a large number of elite sailors from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the sailors of the Wei State grew rapidly and became the first in Asia, I don't know if it is the largest scale in the world.
watched this big military parade of Wei, and the envoys present were silent.
With such a strong army, such a national strength, coupled with such a wise and martial monarch, such a powerful Great Wei Empire is simply not something they can afford to provoke.
These envoys have secretly decided in their hearts that after returning to China, they must persuade their monarchs or chieftains to serve Wei well, and never be half-hearted, let alone rebellious.
Otherwise, the hundreds of thousands of Hu people who died in Yanmen and Hexi are a lesson for them!