The struggle of the reborn prince
Chapter 382 Gulam
Know yourself, know your enemy, and win every battle. Everyone is still very unfamiliar with the army of the Seljuk Empire. They don’t understand its combat methods and tactical characteristics. Now it can only be analyzed and understood from the existing clues.
After a few field-tested veterans checked, they found that these Seljuk cavalry not only had excellent personal equipment, but even the saddles were made quite strong.Of course, the saddle, as an important equipment for cavalry, is only a basic condition. The problem is that its interior has been carefully padded to make the butt feel more comfortable, which is very important for soldiers who grow on horseback.Moreover, there is a heavy woolen cloak tied to the saddle, which can keep out the cold when it is cold, and can be used as a blanket when sleeping at night, and can also keep the horse warm.
As for the composition of the personnel, according to the weapons equipped by the enemy, the elders believe that they should be the noble children of the country. A child from a poor family cannot afford the cost of learning martial arts since childhood. Even those weapons and war horses are not available to every family. started.Only those officials and nobles can have enough financial resources to support their children's martial arts training expenses, buy what they need, hire famous teachers, and train a warrior who is good at fighting.
Although it is impossible to accurately judge the true strength of an army from these details, it can also be seen from them to see its level of training and combat readiness.After analysis, they thought that the scale of this army would not be too large, and the scale should be between 5 and [-], because such well-equipped armor and weapons need to be piled up with money, and large-scale equipment will cost a lot of money. A huge sum of money, even if the Seljuk Empire was rich, it would be unbearable.
But the interrogation of the prisoners made their glasses shattered all over the place. The identities of these knights are actually the most humble slaves in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains...
Seljuk heavy cavalry.Most of the Turkic court guards formed by the Seljuk Sultan - Gulam, which means "trained slaves".It is a professional army.Ghulam is further divided into Court Ghulam and General Ghulam.The court ghuram was the personal guard of the sultans.In addition, the Gulam cavalry of local governors and lords, as well as mercenaries of Turkic, Persian, Armenian, Kurdish and other ethnic groups are also the source of heavy cavalry for the Seljuk Empire.
Due to the rigorous training, many lords would rather choose more professional slaves than those professional free men. The main way to obtain slaves is through trading, and prisoners of war are also an important source.The members of Gulam were indoctrinated with Persian culture and values, and Islamic teachings since they were young, and taught them to possess superb riding and martial arts. After Gulam grew up, they were incorporated into the army and stationed in various places for the dynasty.Accumulated meritorious service can also be promoted to an officer and become the backbone of the empire's military.
The word "slave" here is easy to cause misunderstandings, but although those slave soldiers can be bought and sold, they can get paid, share the spoils of war, and can also be promoted by virtue of their outstanding military exploits, and then they can become famous.Serve as a senior official in a government department, or a general who holds military power.The Gulam of the nobles started as a private guard and gradually became their stewards, retainers and guards.Therefore, Gulam has a very high social status in his country. Although they are still called slaves, they actually enjoy a very high honor!
The palace Gulam heavy cavalry is the ace unit, and its equipment is completely issued by the state.Because Central Asia has always had a tradition of armored armor.Therefore, in the Gulam Guards perfected in the Samanid Dynasty, heavy cavalry occupied the main position.Gulam heavy cavalry is generally equipped with the most sophisticated armor and horses, armor such as Turkic-style pointed neck helmets, with foxtail decorations on the top of the helmets, heavy fur helmets decorated with felt around, riding tall and strong horses and equip the horses Armor for good protection.In normal times, she also wears finely crafted patterned skirts, felt hats, and leather boots.The high cost is evident.
The most common protective equipment for heavy cavalry is heavy plate armor and chain mail soft armor. This kind of heavy plate armor is well-crafted and can be used as high-quality chain armor. Only trained soldiers can wear them and move freely. As an excellent professional soldier, Gulam fully meets these requirements. The training they usually pay most attention to is strength training, and they have to carry out repeated weightlifting, fighting, and riding every day. Practice with archery to get used to these heavy armors.
Compared with other nomads, the Gulam cavalry is equipped with fewer war horses, but their Akhal-Take horses are stronger, have stronger running and load-bearing capabilities, and have undergone strict training. Perform complex formation changes on the field and battlefield.Therefore, Gulam cavalry can be replaced with thicker armor, equipped with bows, spears, swords and other weapons, so that they can shoot long distances or charge melee melee, and become more excellent cavalry with more functions.
Of course, the riding and archery skills of the Gulam cavalry must also be proficient, although they prefer to stand still and shoot arrows.A skilled and excellent Gulam cavalry is said to be able to shoot five arrows in a very short period of time, which means that if the enemy cavalry is only thirty steps away from the Gulam cavalry, and they attack at a sprint speed, they still have enough time for them to attack. The Gorum cavalry released five arrows before the enemy rushed to the front, but they only required speed and did not emphasize accuracy, and used it more as a means of disrupting the enemy.
There are various signs that Mawei and others realized that these Gulam cavalry can be said to be the strongest opponents they have encountered since the emperor formed a new army.However, as they analyzed, because of good equipment and pickiness about soldiers, the number of Gulam cavalry is still limited. Now the Seljuk Empire has 5000 court Gulam heavy cavalry, and there are 1 People followed Sultan Sanjar to attack Xiliao, and only 5000 people were guarding the house.The governors and lords of the provinces belonged to the general Gulam, depending on their financial resources. There were thousands or dozens of people, but they could all be called elites.
Now that the news that the Song army is marching towards the capital has already reached Baghdad, the crown prince and prime minister who stayed behind have issued a call-up order to the provinces and lords, asking them to block the Song army along the way and enter the king of Jingqin.According to what the captives said, most of the provinces and lords' Ghulam had arrived in Baghdad, and what the expeditionary army encountered these days were the private armies of those lords. Due to their small numbers, they did not dare to face each other head-on, so they could only delay Song by harassing them. The marching speed of the army...
"Li Gong, what are you doing with those spears?" When everyone was talking about the enemy army they were about to face, only Li Gong, the commander of the hussars brigade, stared at the flags on the captured spears in a daze, wondering what he was thinking. Wang Gang was curious. asked.
"Oh, Dutong, look at the equipment of the Seljuks. The eyes of the gun flags, the horsehair on the helmet and the long clothes are all the same color. Isn't it very similar to our hussar formation!" Li Gong suddenly Hearing someone calling him, he froze for a moment and said.
"What's so strange about this? This is common sense, and it's the same in all armies!" Wang Gang heard Li Gong's answer, understood that he was thinking about these low-level questions, and said a little funny.
"Take a look!" Li Gong put the enemy's breastplate on his body, tied the round shield on his left arm, and said in a sprinting motion with a spear in his hand.
"Why is this dress similar to our hussars!" Li Quan said in surprise as he circled around him.
"That's right. I asked the captives carefully just now. They also use lances when charging. They charge in neat rows. It's just that the long spears they use are slightly shorter than ours!" Li Gong retracted his lance and said. .
"Isn't it a bit too coincidental?" In the Song army, only the hussars were equipped with iron breastplates and horse armor, and the other arms were all leather armor. In addition to firearms, the two armies also used long cavalry spears as their main attack. Weapons, and the charge also uses horizontal battle formations to charge in waves, which is really similar.Ma Wei and Li Quan looked at each other in puzzlement and said, everyone could see that their eyes were full of surprise.
"Your Majesty has ever been to Seljuk?" Wang Gang also saw something strange after mentioning it.As a veteran of Beifu, he knew that the Hussar Army was formed by the emperor himself, and he began to use this tactic of charging with spears against Jurchens' Tiefutu in the Krupp Army, and gradually extended it to the entire army of Hussars. Everyone always thought that It was initiated by the emperor, and I did not expect to encounter a similar tactic here.
"No, as far as I know, His Majesty has never been to the Western Regions!" Li Quan said after thinking for a while.
"Are you sure His Majesty didn't sneak out when he was in the northwest?" Ma Wei asked.
"Impossible, reaching Seljuk from the northwest is not something that can be done in a short period of time. At the beginning, there were no more than [-] soldiers in the army, and His Majesty was often in the camp. He has never disappeared for such a long time. This Wang Gang can also testify!" Li Quan was in the guard camp at that time, and it was impossible for him not to know that the emperor had been away for a long time.
"Well, in the later period, His Majesty will at most travel between Datong and Taiyuan, let alone travel far!" Wang Gang nodded for confirmation.
"His Majesty did not send hussars to aid Korea in several expeditions after he ascended the throne, nor did he use hussars to attack Dali and conquer Gaochang. It was simply because the hussars had a single combat method and cost a lot of money, and it was difficult to replenish them during the expedition. But we traveled thousands of miles to Serre But Zhu sent hussars, and our route is the farthest, and it is more difficult to replenish, it is really hard to figure out!" Ma Wei said after thinking for a moment, but he was even more puzzled in his heart, how did the emperor think about it?
"I can't figure it out. His Majesty Seljuk is planning to go on this expedition himself. Everything was prepared according to His Majesty's arrangement. Obviously he knew that he would encounter heavy cavalry here, so he sent hussars to fight against them. , don’t forget that your majesty is a god!" Li Quan said, thinking that if the emperor is here, they don't need to think about it here.
"Your Majesty is really good at predicting things. In the future, the general will look at His Majesty and predict that our hussars will definitely defeat the Seljuk heavy cavalry!" Li Gong said while rubbing his head...
After a few field-tested veterans checked, they found that these Seljuk cavalry not only had excellent personal equipment, but even the saddles were made quite strong.Of course, the saddle, as an important equipment for cavalry, is only a basic condition. The problem is that its interior has been carefully padded to make the butt feel more comfortable, which is very important for soldiers who grow on horseback.Moreover, there is a heavy woolen cloak tied to the saddle, which can keep out the cold when it is cold, and can be used as a blanket when sleeping at night, and can also keep the horse warm.
As for the composition of the personnel, according to the weapons equipped by the enemy, the elders believe that they should be the noble children of the country. A child from a poor family cannot afford the cost of learning martial arts since childhood. Even those weapons and war horses are not available to every family. started.Only those officials and nobles can have enough financial resources to support their children's martial arts training expenses, buy what they need, hire famous teachers, and train a warrior who is good at fighting.
Although it is impossible to accurately judge the true strength of an army from these details, it can also be seen from them to see its level of training and combat readiness.After analysis, they thought that the scale of this army would not be too large, and the scale should be between 5 and [-], because such well-equipped armor and weapons need to be piled up with money, and large-scale equipment will cost a lot of money. A huge sum of money, even if the Seljuk Empire was rich, it would be unbearable.
But the interrogation of the prisoners made their glasses shattered all over the place. The identities of these knights are actually the most humble slaves in the eyes of the people of the Central Plains...
Seljuk heavy cavalry.Most of the Turkic court guards formed by the Seljuk Sultan - Gulam, which means "trained slaves".It is a professional army.Ghulam is further divided into Court Ghulam and General Ghulam.The court ghuram was the personal guard of the sultans.In addition, the Gulam cavalry of local governors and lords, as well as mercenaries of Turkic, Persian, Armenian, Kurdish and other ethnic groups are also the source of heavy cavalry for the Seljuk Empire.
Due to the rigorous training, many lords would rather choose more professional slaves than those professional free men. The main way to obtain slaves is through trading, and prisoners of war are also an important source.The members of Gulam were indoctrinated with Persian culture and values, and Islamic teachings since they were young, and taught them to possess superb riding and martial arts. After Gulam grew up, they were incorporated into the army and stationed in various places for the dynasty.Accumulated meritorious service can also be promoted to an officer and become the backbone of the empire's military.
The word "slave" here is easy to cause misunderstandings, but although those slave soldiers can be bought and sold, they can get paid, share the spoils of war, and can also be promoted by virtue of their outstanding military exploits, and then they can become famous.Serve as a senior official in a government department, or a general who holds military power.The Gulam of the nobles started as a private guard and gradually became their stewards, retainers and guards.Therefore, Gulam has a very high social status in his country. Although they are still called slaves, they actually enjoy a very high honor!
The palace Gulam heavy cavalry is the ace unit, and its equipment is completely issued by the state.Because Central Asia has always had a tradition of armored armor.Therefore, in the Gulam Guards perfected in the Samanid Dynasty, heavy cavalry occupied the main position.Gulam heavy cavalry is generally equipped with the most sophisticated armor and horses, armor such as Turkic-style pointed neck helmets, with foxtail decorations on the top of the helmets, heavy fur helmets decorated with felt around, riding tall and strong horses and equip the horses Armor for good protection.In normal times, she also wears finely crafted patterned skirts, felt hats, and leather boots.The high cost is evident.
The most common protective equipment for heavy cavalry is heavy plate armor and chain mail soft armor. This kind of heavy plate armor is well-crafted and can be used as high-quality chain armor. Only trained soldiers can wear them and move freely. As an excellent professional soldier, Gulam fully meets these requirements. The training they usually pay most attention to is strength training, and they have to carry out repeated weightlifting, fighting, and riding every day. Practice with archery to get used to these heavy armors.
Compared with other nomads, the Gulam cavalry is equipped with fewer war horses, but their Akhal-Take horses are stronger, have stronger running and load-bearing capabilities, and have undergone strict training. Perform complex formation changes on the field and battlefield.Therefore, Gulam cavalry can be replaced with thicker armor, equipped with bows, spears, swords and other weapons, so that they can shoot long distances or charge melee melee, and become more excellent cavalry with more functions.
Of course, the riding and archery skills of the Gulam cavalry must also be proficient, although they prefer to stand still and shoot arrows.A skilled and excellent Gulam cavalry is said to be able to shoot five arrows in a very short period of time, which means that if the enemy cavalry is only thirty steps away from the Gulam cavalry, and they attack at a sprint speed, they still have enough time for them to attack. The Gorum cavalry released five arrows before the enemy rushed to the front, but they only required speed and did not emphasize accuracy, and used it more as a means of disrupting the enemy.
There are various signs that Mawei and others realized that these Gulam cavalry can be said to be the strongest opponents they have encountered since the emperor formed a new army.However, as they analyzed, because of good equipment and pickiness about soldiers, the number of Gulam cavalry is still limited. Now the Seljuk Empire has 5000 court Gulam heavy cavalry, and there are 1 People followed Sultan Sanjar to attack Xiliao, and only 5000 people were guarding the house.The governors and lords of the provinces belonged to the general Gulam, depending on their financial resources. There were thousands or dozens of people, but they could all be called elites.
Now that the news that the Song army is marching towards the capital has already reached Baghdad, the crown prince and prime minister who stayed behind have issued a call-up order to the provinces and lords, asking them to block the Song army along the way and enter the king of Jingqin.According to what the captives said, most of the provinces and lords' Ghulam had arrived in Baghdad, and what the expeditionary army encountered these days were the private armies of those lords. Due to their small numbers, they did not dare to face each other head-on, so they could only delay Song by harassing them. The marching speed of the army...
"Li Gong, what are you doing with those spears?" When everyone was talking about the enemy army they were about to face, only Li Gong, the commander of the hussars brigade, stared at the flags on the captured spears in a daze, wondering what he was thinking. Wang Gang was curious. asked.
"Oh, Dutong, look at the equipment of the Seljuks. The eyes of the gun flags, the horsehair on the helmet and the long clothes are all the same color. Isn't it very similar to our hussar formation!" Li Gong suddenly Hearing someone calling him, he froze for a moment and said.
"What's so strange about this? This is common sense, and it's the same in all armies!" Wang Gang heard Li Gong's answer, understood that he was thinking about these low-level questions, and said a little funny.
"Take a look!" Li Gong put the enemy's breastplate on his body, tied the round shield on his left arm, and said in a sprinting motion with a spear in his hand.
"Why is this dress similar to our hussars!" Li Quan said in surprise as he circled around him.
"That's right. I asked the captives carefully just now. They also use lances when charging. They charge in neat rows. It's just that the long spears they use are slightly shorter than ours!" Li Gong retracted his lance and said. .
"Isn't it a bit too coincidental?" In the Song army, only the hussars were equipped with iron breastplates and horse armor, and the other arms were all leather armor. In addition to firearms, the two armies also used long cavalry spears as their main attack. Weapons, and the charge also uses horizontal battle formations to charge in waves, which is really similar.Ma Wei and Li Quan looked at each other in puzzlement and said, everyone could see that their eyes were full of surprise.
"Your Majesty has ever been to Seljuk?" Wang Gang also saw something strange after mentioning it.As a veteran of Beifu, he knew that the Hussar Army was formed by the emperor himself, and he began to use this tactic of charging with spears against Jurchens' Tiefutu in the Krupp Army, and gradually extended it to the entire army of Hussars. Everyone always thought that It was initiated by the emperor, and I did not expect to encounter a similar tactic here.
"No, as far as I know, His Majesty has never been to the Western Regions!" Li Quan said after thinking for a while.
"Are you sure His Majesty didn't sneak out when he was in the northwest?" Ma Wei asked.
"Impossible, reaching Seljuk from the northwest is not something that can be done in a short period of time. At the beginning, there were no more than [-] soldiers in the army, and His Majesty was often in the camp. He has never disappeared for such a long time. This Wang Gang can also testify!" Li Quan was in the guard camp at that time, and it was impossible for him not to know that the emperor had been away for a long time.
"Well, in the later period, His Majesty will at most travel between Datong and Taiyuan, let alone travel far!" Wang Gang nodded for confirmation.
"His Majesty did not send hussars to aid Korea in several expeditions after he ascended the throne, nor did he use hussars to attack Dali and conquer Gaochang. It was simply because the hussars had a single combat method and cost a lot of money, and it was difficult to replenish them during the expedition. But we traveled thousands of miles to Serre But Zhu sent hussars, and our route is the farthest, and it is more difficult to replenish, it is really hard to figure out!" Ma Wei said after thinking for a moment, but he was even more puzzled in his heart, how did the emperor think about it?
"I can't figure it out. His Majesty Seljuk is planning to go on this expedition himself. Everything was prepared according to His Majesty's arrangement. Obviously he knew that he would encounter heavy cavalry here, so he sent hussars to fight against them. , don’t forget that your majesty is a god!" Li Quan said, thinking that if the emperor is here, they don't need to think about it here.
"Your Majesty is really good at predicting things. In the future, the general will look at His Majesty and predict that our hussars will definitely defeat the Seljuk heavy cavalry!" Li Gong said while rubbing his head...
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