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Chapter 163 Consulting Historical Materials
Zhao Haiping was dumbfounded, and the lieutenants who followed him were also dumbfounded.

General Qin... what happened?
How can he stab the enemy general and fall off his horse?
There is something wrong with General Qin's marksmanship...how could he make such a low-level mistake?
The lieutenants were very puzzled, but it was too late to react at this time, because the enemy had already surrounded them, and these lieutenants and soldiers could only surround Zhao Haiping to support them.

Zhao Haiping still wanted to get on the horse again, but in the chaotic formation, the enemy army kept attacking him as the main general. Even if he wanted to get on the horse, he couldn't find a suitable opportunity at all.

What's more, the lance in his hand was too long. It was originally a weapon for horse warfare, but if he used the ring-shoulders, it was too short. The enemy generals could attack him at will while riding on horseback.

In the end, he could only fall to the ground under the siege.

Back to the original starting point.

Zhao Haiping was a little skeptical about life, and began to replay the previous battle.

"Why did I use my lance to assassinate the enemy general, but I also fell off the horse?
"The effect of force is mutual, that's true, but this kind of reaction force is too strong, I was pushed off the horse even though my legs were sandwiched between the horse's belly.

"Could it be that in the state of no stirrups, other ways of exerting force should be considered?"

Zhao Haiping was sure that the reason why he fell off the horse was because when the two horses crossed with the enemy general, the impact force of the two horses collided directly, and the powerful force was transmitted instantly.

Zhao Haiping was in the state of holding a lance with both hands at that time, even though he clamped the horse's belly with his legs, he still fell off the horse because of his incorrect posture.

After all, it is a bit too fantasy to use the friction force between the legs to clamp the horse's belly to resist the impact force several times the body weight.

"Continue to hold the rein with one hand while attacking with the other?

"It seems to be possible, but in this way, the weapons for one-handed combat are very limited. In comparison, a saber is more suitable, and a long weapon such as a lance is very troublesome to use with one hand.

"Because long weapons are often relatively heavy and difficult to control with one hand. If you miss a hit, it will be difficult to adjust.

"And if you use a lance with both hands, without stirrups, it means that you will easily lose your balance on the horse.

"The front and rear forces are relatively good, at least you can use your legs to clamp the horse's belly and use the saddle to share some; if you encounter lateral forces, basically there is no force point at all, and it is almost inevitable to fall from the horse, even if It's not easy to be physically fit.

"That is to say...

"Most of the top generals in this era still fight with long weapons in both hands, because immediately using a long weapon to fight a short weapon, the advantage in attack range is too great.

"But only when confronting the enemy head-on, can you use long weapons with both hands to fight for a short time, and in the process of fighting, you must always pay attention to your posture and the way you use your strength, and you must also focus on your own side, and try to avoid it. .

"It's too difficult without stirrups!
"Wait, think about it the other way around. Everyone doesn't have stirrups, so it's very difficult. So if I can attack the enemy from the side, will it also greatly increase the chance of them falling off the horse?
"Without stirrups, it's a better test of real riding skills."

After Zhao Haiping resumed, he decided to do it again.

Still the same as before, he led his lieutenants and soldiers to rush to the enemy's position and confront them head-on.

An enemy general rushed over again, this time Zhao Haiping was careful, he didn't directly slam into him with both hands like before, but a little slower to shoot, the lance pierced an angle.

Sure enough, the force transmitted this time was much smaller. Zhao Haiping was not directly dismounted by the reaction force when he was mentally prepared.

But the problem with the slow shot is that the opponent's spear also hit him.

At the moment when the two horses crossed each other, they stabbed each other and fell off the horses in unison.

"Depend on!"

Zhao Haiping was helpless.

Seeing that another embarrassing battle was about to take place, Zhao Haiping didn't bother, and directly drew out his ring knife to kill himself.

Save time.

This time, Zhao Haiping didn't start the trial again blindly, but quit the game first, ready to check the information.

The main purpose is to check two aspects of information: one is what is the mainstream combat method of the cavalry in the era when there were no stirrups; the other is to confirm which battle this is General Qin Kaiyun, and see if there is any record in the historical materials specific details.

After temporarily quitting the game, Zhao Haiping turned on the computer and began to search for relevant information.

After playing the game "Dark Sand", Zhao Haiping found that the number of times he searched for information has also increased significantly, and his historical knowledge has also gradually increased.

I have to say this is a good sign.

Soon, Zhao Haiping found some related records.

"Hmm... There has never been a very definite answer to the way cavalry fought in the stirrupless era. After all, it is too long ago, so we can only rely on some ancient historical materials and unearthed cultural relics to infer.

"When modern people are used to stirrups, riding without stirrups is already a very rare riding skill. It is said that a certain program group wanted to shoot a big scene of an organized cavalry unit without stirrups, but they failed after trying for a long time. It can be done because there are simply not so many actors who can ride without stirrups.

"That is to say, the appearance of stirrups did greatly reduce the training cost of cavalry, and also allowed cavalry to make more tactical actions on horseback.

"But if you say that you can't ride a horse without stirrups, that's not true. Because many cultural relics and murals unearthed show that in the era without stirrups, cavalry can also fight on horseback.

"There is a school of thought that in the era without stirrups, cavalry had to dismount to fight, or could only use long-range attack methods such as throwing spears and crossbows on horseback, which is obviously wrong.

"Then let's take a look at the main attack posture in the stirrupless era."

Zhao Haiping searched again and found that there are not many domestic records on this aspect, but more information can be found in the West.

Whether at home or abroad, long spears are the most commonly used weapons for cavalry.

This is normal. After all, the characteristics of the spear determine that it is the easiest and most efficient weapon to kill whether it is fighting on foot or on horseback.

"There are three types of holding a spear in simple terms: forward grip, reverse grip, and charge with the gun.

"Pinching the gun is the technique with the highest impact developed later, but it can only be tried in the age of stirrups. Because when two cavalry collide at high speed, if the cavalry does not let go, then the cavalry and the spear will become a whole To bear the force, the car still needs a safety belt to fix the driver's body. If there is no stirrup to withstand the impact on the horse, the friction force of the legs clamping the horse's belly is definitely not enough, and it will definitely be taken off the horse... …

"And the first time I fell off the horse for no reason, it was also because I suffered the impact of the collision between the two horses together with Shou, and then I fell off the horse with the enemy general...

"Therefore, there are two common ways of attacking: the prosthetic grip and the reverse grip. The prosthesis is used to stab cavalry, while the reverse grip is used to stab infantry, especially the downward stabbing with the reverse grip. It should be the most common type in the stirrupless era. Attack method, because this kind of attack is the most stable and least prone to problems.

"Of course, it is not ruled out that some famous generals are very talented, and they can still maintain their body balance on horseback in acrobatic ways without stirrups, and perform various difficult movements with weapons in both hands, but that is by no means the current situation. I should have imagined..."

After Zhao Haiping flipped through the information for a while, he gestured to the air twice.

There is no way, even if you check the information, you can only rely on your own brain to figure out the specific combat method.

After all, there were no battle scenes left in that era. Even if there may be murals, the contents of the murals may have been beautified and processed, so they are not completely credible.

Zhao Haiping can only conceive of the situation of fighting after mounting a horse based on his combat experience of using a long spear in foot combat.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Haiping decided not to dwell on this issue anymore, because it was meaningless to dwell on it, and he still had to continue thinking about it in actual combat.

Then, he began to consult the relevant historical materials of the war.

The good news is that Qin Kaiyun was a well-known general at that time, and the historical materials are easy to find. The bad news is that Zhao Haiping has actually heard of this period of history, but he was unable to connect the contents of the historical materials with the battlefield scenes he saw in the first place. stand up.

Regarding this battle, there are many secondary processing contents, but none of them are very credible. The most credible are only a few sentences in the original historical materials.

"Yi has been fierce for many years, and he is familiar with battle formations. Xianyun is the enemy of thousands of people...Kaiyun led light soldiers to attack him. Before he was more than ten miles away, Yi was shocked and came to fight against him. Kaiyun saw Yi's cover and rode his horse. Go straight to stab him among the ten thousand armies, behead him and return him, the generals will be unable to take over, and the siege will be broken."

The "Yi" here refers to Gao Yi, who was also a generation of famous generals at that time.

Zhao Haiping was silent for a long time, and squeezed out a word from between his teeth.

"Designer, I thank you, you really think highly of me!"

(End of this chapter)