Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 77 The idea of ​​building heavy cavalry

The next day, Ma Chao went to the racecourse to have a look at the horses in person, carrying his heavy sick body.

Since Ma Teng took charge of Fufeng County, the original horse shed in Fufeng County was moved to the outskirts of the county guard, and a new horse farm was opened up.There is no other reason, it is because Ma Teng's subordinates are all Xiliang cavalry, and there are too many horses.Meng Ta was helpless, so he specially selected a place, took out a part of the county guard's surplus, and built this Ma's ranch.

Ma Chao took a look at the war horses in this large racecourse, and carefully asked the steward here, and learned that Ma's Ranch now has 650 war horses, 420 six foals, and 430 seven cows. There are eleven thousand four hundred and four sheep...

Most of those war horses were brought back by Ma Teng from the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou. They were tall and big, with long legs and strong legs.Ma Chao walked back and forth to have a look, and sure enough, he saw that these war horses were very handsome and full of wildness, and he was very happy in his heart.

"Young master, I have heard that the world's brave knights are nothing more than the three types of Youzhou Karasuma, Bingzhou Xiongnu and Liangzhou Qiang." Seeing Ma Chao's elegant mood, Pang De couldn't help talking eloquently: "Youzhou and Bingzhou are both Beidi horses are short in stature and have excellent stamina. Therefore, Karasuma and the Xiongnu mainly used long-distance outflanking, light riding and archery on the battlefield. It lasts long and consumes a lot of fodder, so it is good for short-distance charges on the battlefield, heavy armor breakthroughs, and explosive sprints, which are extremely powerful."

"Oh? The Liangzhou war horse's load is quite amazing?" Hearing Pound's words, Ma Chao suddenly had a terrible idea in his mind.

"Well, yes, our Liangzhou war horses are tall and powerful. Even with two or three people on them, they can still run like flying." Pang De didn't know why Ma Chao asked this question: these war horses are different from those pack horses However, if war horses were used as pack horses, that would be a waste of money!

Of course, Ma Chao didn't want to use these war horses as workhorses, but after receiving Pound's affirmative answer, the idea in his mind became more firm: heavy cavalry!

Heavy cavalry is a kind of heavy cavalry unit during the Cold Weapons War. Generally, men and horses in this unit are equipped with armor and shields with good protection performance. The weapons are mainly spears. They are famous for their powerful impact and excellent defense.

During the cold weapon war, heavy cavalry was almost the overlord on the battlefield.Any country with heavy cavalry does not use heavy cavalry to perform auxiliary tasks, and completely relies on the power of heavy cavalry to kill, destroy, and conquer!

In battle, heavy cavalry usually destroy opponents through quick and short group charges, using lances as the main strike weapon, supplemented by various short weapons for melee combat.After the appearance of the metal double stirrups, the heavy cavalry completely used the "heavy impact" tactics and an impeccable posture to destroy the enemies in front of them!

This kind of terrifying arms did not first appear in China, but in ancient Europe.In China, there were no records about heavy cavalry until after the Jin Dynasty.In the countries of ancient Eurasia, there were more famous cavalry such as Macedonian cavalry, Parthian noble cavalry, Gothic cavalry, Carolingian cavalry, Norman cavalry, etc. These cavalry were invincible. Bad name!

Of course, the emergence of heavy cavalry is related to the general environment of the times. For example, heavy cavalry needs extremely good horses first, and secondly, metallurgy and armor technology must reach a certain level to create heavy armor with super defensive power.In the research of later generations, it was concluded that the armor that can make the cast iron military heavy arrows unable to pose a threat at a distance of 50 meters can be regarded as heavy armor.

Secondly, the cost of heavy cavalry is also staggering. In addition to the consumption and maintenance of horses and armor, the selection and training of heavy cavalry is also a considerable expenditure.In the Han Dynasty, the consumption of a light cavalry for one month was already equal to the consumption of an infantry for a year. It can be predicted that the consumption of a heavy cavalry for one month was at least equal to the consumption of an infantry for three years!
Such an expensive unit of arms naturally gave birth to corresponding cultural systems, such as the famous knight system and chivalry in the European Middle Ages, which made heavy cavalry knights a nobleman with a high social status.

But even so, no one can restrain the unique charm of heavy cavalry.Especially for the time travelers, building an invincible and unstoppable heavy cavalry is simply a cross-age achievement!
Think about it, when the enemy army is on the vast battlefield, they see a knight and horse whose heads are covered with cold iron helmets, and the whole is an army of metal monsters!Especially those metal monsters are still sweeping over like a tide, with the momentum of crushing everything, bringing fear, helplessness, and trembling of death to the enemy...

That kind of cavalry... Even if you are given a sharp spear, you don't know where to poke~~
That kind of cavalry... Even if you want to fight for it, you have no chance of winning!

Thinking up to this point, Ma Chao was almost flustered: If he had a heavy cavalry unit, then he would not be able to achieve great success if he wanted to conquer the Three Kingdoms and sweep the world.

"Young master, young master... what's the matter with you?" Seeing that Ma Chao's eyes were blurred, as if he had fallen into an illusion, Pang De hurriedly called Ma Chao.

"Well, it's okay..." Ma Chao suddenly came back to his senses, but he sighed sadly in his heart: let's think about the idea of ​​building heavy cavalry.After all, with the production technology of the Han Dynasty in Fufeng alone, it is simply not enough to have suitable horse breeds.

"By the way, Ling Ming, you, Brother Chou and Han Feng both mentioned that there are not enough horses. However, the number of horses I see in the pasture is enough to drive an army. Why is there a shortage?" Recalling the original intention of coming here, Ma Chao couldn't help asking Pound asked.

"Look, young master," Pound casually led a war horse over. The psychic horse seemed to be afraid of the murderous aura of Pound and Ma Chao, so it suddenly became obedient and allowed Pound to lift its front hoof: "This The horseshoes of the war horses have long been worn out and broken, and they are no longer able to fight. If this kind of horses are used to fight, the hooves of the horses will hurt and cannot be driven. It may even cause the horses to become irritable and out of control due to the pain, and eventually throw off the knight and run away .”

Ma Chao looked at the broken and torn hooves of the poor war horse, with a strange expression on his face, and didn't know what to think.When Pang De saw Ma Chao like this, he continued to explain: "The horses I used to conquer the Qiang people with the young master are all unusable. But in the Battle of Fufeng County, the horses ran on weapons and gravel, and most of the horseshoes It was seriously damaged, and the war horses of the bandit army were seized later, and they were unusable due to the long-distance travel..."

"That is to say, the war horses are unusable, not because of the shortage of war horses, but because of the horseshoes?" Ma Chao asked in astonishment, as if with an expression of disbelief.

"Of course." Pound nodded: Why did the young master show such a look on such a matter of course?

And Ma Chao slapped his forehead, feeling very annoyed, and then said to Pound: "I have already found a solution to the matter of the war horse. After three days, it will definitely open Ling Ming's eyes!"

And Pound looked at Ma Chao blankly, and finally reached out to touch Ma Chao's forehead: "Young master, you don't have a fever..."

"I'll burn your brother-in-law!"

(End of this chapter)