I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 311 Look down on cavalry, right?
Attacking the Qin State was an accident to the Zhi family, but it was also somewhat expected.

It's all because the Qin State has already revealed changes two or three years ago. Jin State is a country that blocks Qin State's eastward route. Once Qin State has the intention to attack Jin State.

So, does Qin know the strength of Jin?Perhaps they know that the terrible thing is that Qin has no way out, and if they want to go east, they can only fight with Jin.

Why doesn't Qin want to expand to the west?It's not that they are not expanding westward. Long before Qin Mugong came to power, the Qin people had repeatedly explored westward, and when they met Rongdi, they fought endlessly.

The state of Qin fought with Rongdi for nearly a hundred years, and later realized that it was useless to rely solely on force, and changed it to both collection and appeasement, and also encouraged the people of Qin to marry Rongdi.This may have reduced Rong Di's troubles, but the Huhua of the Qin people has become more and more serious.

If Qin Mugong hadn't turned Qin's chariot east, maybe the people of Qin would have gone all the way west until one day they became a country like Xianbei?
What do you mean?
Nomads actually had farming, but forces like the Xiongnu accounted for a very small proportion of farming, about [-]%. They relied on force to plunder the Han people, and the most important thing was to collect taxes from the Western Regions.

Xianbei is a wonderful flower among nomadic peoples. Their farming accounts for about [-]% or so. Don’t look at only [-]%, but it is the one with the highest proportion among nomadic peoples. Moreover, they also have the characteristics of a fishing and hunting people. They not only know how to herd and farm, but also Proficient in fishing and hunting.

That's impossible. Xianbei's predecessor was the Donghu. They were once chased by the Huns, and then split into several tribes. If they want to survive, they must master a variety of survival skills, so that later One of them... that is, the Khitan has acquired smelting and forging techniques that are more advanced than Dasao.

Is it a shame to lose to Khitan?There are even more shameful things about them. For example, with a population of 600 million, they are known as the world's number one economic power, and then they are repeatedly rubbed on the ground by Xixia, which has a population of less than 200 million.

Zhiyao is very aware of the changes that Qin will bring to history once it is completely transformed into a barbarian, but she really wants to beat the people of Qin so that they dare not look back.

Once the Qin State is really transformed into a barbarian, they will be an ethnic group who have mastered advanced smelting technology and forging technology, as well as farming, textile skills, etc. All the way to the west will be a natural disaster for all kinds of people along the way.

"I need three 'brigades' of cavalry for this dispatch." The cavalry Zhiyao mentioned was cavalry in the true sense, not infantry on horseback.

That is to say, the farming nation has the conditions to feed the war horses with grains, and even add salt and oil to make the war horses fat and strong.

Therefore, once the farming nation has enough war horses, playing cavalry is actually far more luxurious than that of nomads. Being able to build up a cavalry unit, coupled with the advantages in equipment, it is difficult not to beat the nomads madly.

Zhishi's history of trying to train cavalry is not long, only less than five years.

The only appearance of Chi's cavalry was in the "Battle of Jinyang", which was used to intercept the team of the king of Daiguo.

The person who commanded the cavalry at that time was Cheng Wu, who was relatively good in terms of completing the strategic goals, and the results were extremely brilliant.

It stands to reason that the Dai Kingdom is also an alien country in the skin of princes. Their territory is extremely suitable for raising war horses, and the number of war horses they carry is sufficient, so that they will not be besieged and beaten violently.

Don't forget that this is an era when the nomads are completely down. They will definitely have riders who can ride horses and shoot arrows. What is more fascinating is that they basically don't do this in combat.

why?In fact, their bows and arrows are not good enough. When hunting, they have to shoot arrows repeatedly to kill a slightly larger prey. When fighting people, they will have nothing to do with people wearing armor.The armor doesn't need to be too good, a sheepskin jacket, or wooden or bamboo armor, the bow is too soft and there are no metal arrowheads, it really can't be pierced.

In fact, unless it is a strong bow and an arrowhead specially used for piercing armor, when will the arrow threaten to kill the armor-piercing person? (Except marksmen who can shoot exclusively in the face or neck)
After wearing armor, it is a reality that you can still fight endlessly with arrows in your body.

Wearing armor and being shot with an arrow, you will fall to the street?This is when she was filming, she was not qualified to show her face more.

Following Zhiyao's order, the chi knights who were recruited had to be trained in "Handan".

At present, knights are not part of the standing army, but they must be quasi-nobles from a wealthy family.

War horses, armor, weapons, including feeding are not collectively funded. Don't have enough property to become a cavalry?I dare not think so in my dreams!
Of course, Zhishi’s cavalry currently don’t have any special style of armor, and most of them don’t wear armor at all. , Wearing it is a burden instead.

Although it was the late Spring and Autumn Period, unless the armies of various countries were attacked by surprise while marching, or were defeated and fled in battle, otherwise they would still have strict formations when fighting.The cavalry is going to attack the infantry phalanx with strict formation, rushing up to give away the head, right?

"In the future, the deterrent effect of the cavalry will be so great, mainly because the infantry's psychological quality is too poor. When encountering the cavalry, they will feel guilty before they fight, and then flee on their own. They are destined to be chased and killed by the cavalry." What does the development cavalry do?
Looking at the scale of Zhi's cavalry, it is obvious that Zhiyao didn't intend to create an extremely large number of cavalry troops to attack the enemy's food roads or conduct harassment warfare, didn't he?

What is reality?With the quality of the armies of various countries in the current era, unless the assault cavalry used for the battle, and even the armored cavalry can be developed, the large-scale development of the cavalry is really a wrong way.

Zhiyao knows how to play the cavalry, it is nothing more than to crush the enemy at any cost, or scare the confidence of the enemy, disintegrating the enemy's formation will let the cavalry of one's own side enter the moment of harvesting lives.

It is very realistic that the quality of the horses owned by the Zhi family is not good, and the assault cavalry may be able to play, but the armored cavalry is not even considered.

What is more realistic?Use the cavalry to exchange with the infantry, maybe once or twice, but if you have too many times, you can't afford it if you have mines at home!
No stormtroopers or armored cavalry?Think about how long it took the Xiongnu to besiege the [-] Han army with hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and surrendered until the Han army exhausted their grain, fodder and arrows, and immediately had a clearer understanding.

The cavalry units of the three "brigades" were assembled within a short month, and the corresponding dispatch of food and grass was also concentrated in the "smart" land.

Zhiyao first went back to "Xintian" to greet Zhishen.

"Yao wants to attack Qin?" Zhishen looked puzzled.

Isn't the most important thing for Zhishi now is to manage the Qi State and digest the Wei State?Many affairs require Zhiyao to make up his mind, how could he think of attacking Qin, a country that is very low in strength and importance.

Zhiyao said: "My family already has knights. I heard that Qin people are good at raising horses. In the future, there will be a lot of good horses. This time I went here at the right time."

Zhishi needed to increase the size of the cavalry to [-], which meant at least [-] knights or quasi-knights, and no less than [-] horses for mounted combat.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this calculation. The [-] knights are used for rotation and replacement. Even if there is such a thing as horseshoes, the wear and tear of the horses will be great after entering the battle state. Those numbers are indeed needed, and a comprehensive health is required. The internal circulation process, otherwise the number of cavalry will only become smaller and smaller.

Zhishen is a person who has seen how Zhi's cavalry played the battle report of the king of the country. He really didn't expect that he could play like that on a horse alone, especially when he showed power beyond imagination.

Although Zhishen still has dark eyes on the construction and development of the cavalry, he has a good moral character, he doesn't know or doesn't understand, and he is right to listen to Zhiyao's arrangement.

"Qi Ke is given full authority to Rang Ju, and Cheng Shuo is authorized to defend the land." Zhiyao said.

Where did Sun Wu go?He is still on the side of "Xianyu", responsible for comprehensively clearing up the many dissatisfaction there, and striving to make this place a real part of Zhishi as soon as possible.

What is a real part?It is not just an occupation from a military point of view, but also requires the local people to recognize their identity as a member of Zhishi, so that some production should be resumed.

Just a military occupation is not a part of the territory. Calling it a Jimi area is false. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than an occupied area.

The local people become a source of soldiers, and there are still outputs, at least not everything provided by the central hub, which is considered part of the effective territory.

Zhishen thought about it, but in fact he didn't think too much about it. It was basically what Zhiyao said, and the matter was decided that way.

"My family used two 'divisions' of soldiers in Qi, one 'division' of soldiers in Weidi, and two 'divisions' of soldiers in 'Xianyu', and the rest have gone through the 'Thorn Gate' and dispersed. Using troops in many places means that the loss is intended for long-term stability. The output can be reached, even more than enough. Don't worry about it, my lord." Zhiyao comforted Zhishen when she saw Zhishen frowning.

Not only did Zhishen's military thinking fail to keep up with the times, but he also couldn't understand a lot of internal affairs.

This is also the result of Zhiyao's manipulation for a while.

Therefore, it's not that Zhishen or other people can't keep up with the times, it's that Zhiyao's pace of walking is too fast.

One and a half months later, Zhiyao led the army to a place called "Dali".

Han Geng had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw so many soldiers riding horses coming from Zhishi, he was extremely confused for a while.

In the eyes of the vast majority of people..., or more than [-]% of people, people who ride horses to fight are rookies.

Of course, when Han Geng saw the saddle and stirrup, he didn't dare to say that he understood the purpose immediately, but he could understand it after a little thought, but he didn't think much about it at all.

The fact is also that they all think that riding a horse alone is a rookie, and they don't have time to study it. They need to wait for Zhishi's cavalry to show their power before they follow behind and continue to learn.

What Han Geng was a little bit bitter about was that Zhi Yao actually came in person, which meant that the command of the army would fall into Zhi's hands.

They dispatched a legion of troops, but the command is not in their own hands?What are these things called?

On the other hand, Han Geng is looking forward to what kind of surprise Zhiyao can bring everyone this time.

After all, Zhiyao was the man who conquered "Linzi", "Puyang", "Qiuyou" and "Xianyu" successively!

Four of the enemy's capitals have been destroyed, will one more "Yong" be added to the record?

(End of this chapter)