The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 110 110 Cavalry Training
Zhang Yan led his army to kill Yuan Jun from behind, and directly tore a huge hole in Yuan Jun. The heavy infantry quickly lined up on both sides, tearing the hole wider and wider.

"Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, get out of here quickly!" Zhang Yan took a deep breath, opened his face, and shouted out.

This cry, like thunder rolling from the sky, resounded through the sky. Most of Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin and others heard it. They turned their heads and looked northwest together, only to see Zhang Yan, Xu Sheng, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others fighting with Yuan Jun. , and has already blazed a wide blood path.

Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin and others immediately fled to the northwest. The three of them took the lead, but they killed all Yuan Jun who came to block them, and the group of people escaped in a short time.

Yuan Tan stood on the high hill, looked at the fleeing Xuzhou soldiers, and said angrily: "Hurry up! Hurry up! Don't let them escape!"

Yuan Jun's soldiers chased after them one after another, but Zhang Yan, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Sheng and others waited in full force, defending fiercely, coming to kill one by one, and one pair to kill a pair. With the help of soldiers, Yuan Jun was shocked be terrified.

At this time, Yuan Jun's fierce fire oil had also been used up, and all the warriors holding blunt weapons were killed. The rest of Yuan Jun's soldiers were watching from a distance, but they did not dare to approach, and watched Zhang Yan and the others retreat.

Zhang Yan and others retreated for about half a mile, then rearranged their troops and horses, and rushed towards Yuan Jun again.

Yuan Jun thought that the Xuzhou soldiers had retreated and they were cleaning the battlefield. No one expected that the Xuzhou soldiers would go and come back. They were in a mess for a while, and they couldn't stop them, so they were driven away by Zhang Yan and others for more than two miles. Road, beheading more than [-] levels.

Seeing Yuan Jun retreating far away, Zhang Yan stopped chasing and led his soldiers back to the place where Yuan Jun was ambushing. Seeing those Xuzhou soldiers who were buried in the sea of ​​fire or died under blunt weapons, he felt a little sad in his heart.

Zhang Yan had someone clean up the battlefield, carried away the bodies of the dead soldiers, and counted the dead soldiers. There were more than 1000 soldiers.The number of people who were burned was as high as 2000 people.

Through this battle, Zhang Yan also realized that his armored army is not invincible.The reason for such a disastrous defeat this time also taught Zhang Yan a profound lesson, so that from now on, no matter what enemy he faces, he will never feel underestimated.

The group of people slowly retreated to Zhuxu City. Who knew that before reaching Zhuxu City, they bumped into Zhang Hong, Kong Rong, Liu Bei and others. Under the protection of three hundred heavy infantry, they came to look for Zhang Yan and told The news that Zhang Yanzhu Xucheng was occupied by Yuan Jun General Zhang Yun.

When Zhang Yan heard the news, he was suddenly surprised. He didn't expect that not only was he caught in an ambush this time, but also lost troops and generals, and even Zhu Xucheng was also occupied by Yuan Jun.He took the heavy cavalry and quickly returned to Zhuxu City. When he got under the city, there was no movement of Yuan Jun in Zhuxu City.

After entering Zhuxu City, Zhang Yan knew that Yuan Jun had taken away all the grain and grass in Zhuxu City.

An exasperated Zhang Yan immediately ordered that all the cavalry take off their heavy armor and horse armor, go into battle lightly, and follow him directly in pursuit.

Zhang He couldn't walk fast with his food and supplies, so Zhang Yan advanced lightly and soon caught up.

Seeing that there were more pursuers coming from behind, Zhang Yun had to give up his supplies and retreat directly.

Zhang Yan intercepted this batch of food, grass and supplies again, and chased Zhang Yun for several miles before leading his troops back to Zhuxu City.

Zhu Xucheng returned to Zhang Yan's hands, and Zhang Yan even reorganized his troops, and Kong Rong and Liu Bei continued to station troops here.

However, through this confrontation with Yuan Jun, he was seriously aware of the shortcomings of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry.He blamed himself for this defeat, and fell into deep self-blame.

That night, Zhang Yan lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep, thinking about how to use the army in his mind.

From the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, I selected the excellent troops of each dynasty and dynasties for comparison, and finally found that the Mongolian cavalry established by Genghis Khan was exactly what he needed.

The Mongolian iron cavalry was created by Genghis Khan and passed down from generation to generation by Genghis Khan's successors. It was a unique cavalry force in that era.

The cavalry was also played to the extreme in the hands of Genghis Khan, and became a war machine that swept that era.

The basis for Mongolian cavalry's victory in combat is not quantity but quality. A single and concise organizational system is a distinctive feature of its army.

The standard Mongolian cavalry field force consists of three cavalry columns, each with [-] cavalry, which is roughly equivalent to a modern cavalry division.

Each cavalry column includes ten cavalry regiments of 1000 men each; each cavalry regiment includes ten cavalry companies of 100 men each; and each cavalry company includes ten cavalry squads of ten men each.

All cavalry generally fought on horseback, but if many horses broke down, some soldiers had to stand behind the horses and shoot arrows under the cover of cavalry units.

About 40.00% of the typical Mongolian iron cavalry are heavy cavalry engaged in assault operations. The main weapon of the heavy cavalry is a long spear. Each soldier also carries a short machete or a mace, which is hung on the waist or placed on the saddle.

And 60.00% of the Mongolian cavalry are mainly light cavalry. They don't wear armor except for a helmet.The task of the light cavalry is to reconnaissance, cover, provide fire support for the heavy cavalry, eliminate remnants of the enemy, and track and pursue.

The main weapon of the light cavalry is the bow, which is a large bow with strong tension and long range.In addition, they also carry two kinds of arrows with them, one is relatively light, with small and sharp arrows, which are used for long-distance shooting; the other is relatively heavy, with large and wide arrows, which is used for close combat.Like the heavy cavalry, they also carried a heavy cutlass or mace, or a noose, and sometimes a javelin or lance with a hook on the head.

In order to ensure and enhance the mobility of the cavalry, each Mongolian cavalry has one or several spare horses.These horses followed closely behind the troops and could be replaced at any time during the march, or even while the battle was in progress.The horse-changing is carried out in a relay manner, which can ensure safety and have the least impact on the completion of the scheduled task.

The Mongolian cavalry were selected from the best-trained soldiers at that time. They were sent to schools in the Gobi desert from the age of three or four to undergo strict horseback riding and archery training, so they had the ability to control horses and use weapons. Amazing ability.For example, they can turn around and shoot enemies following him while retreating quickly.They are able to bear hardships and endure harsh climatic conditions, and do not covet comfort and delicious food.They are physically strong, and with little or no medical condition, they can stay fit and fit for battle.Obeying orders at any time is their bounden duty, and everyone can strictly abide by it.Discipline was institutionalized in a way unheard of elsewhere in that period.

The most critical thing is that the horses used by the cavalry have also undergone extremely strict training.

The horses they use are all Mongolian horses, which live in the wild regardless of the severe winter and heat. If necessary, they can walk for days without eating anything. In short, they have strong endurance.They are capable of covering almost unbelievably long distances over the most treacherous terrains in a very short time.

It is precisely because of these innate conditions that the invincible Mongolian cavalry of that era was created.

In terms of the way the battle starts, the Mongolian iron cavalry is also very distinctive.

Cavalry columns usually set out in an extremely wide formation and rush forward at high speed, and messengers transmit information between the main troops.When the enemy is found, all nearby troops will use this as the target to carry out the assault.

At this time, all information about the enemy's position, strength, and direction of movement was sent to the general headquarters, and then to the field units.If there are not many enemies, the nearest commander will immediately lead his troops to fight.If the enemy is too large to be eaten immediately, the main force of the Mongolian army will quickly gather behind the cavalry covering troops, and then advance at a high speed, and disperse and defeat the enemy before the enemy has time to gather troops.

The most common combat method used by the Mongolian army is to line up the troops in many roughly parallel columns under the cover of light cavalry, and advance in a very wide front.When the first column encounters the main force of the enemy, this column will either stop advancing or retreat slightly according to the situation, while the remaining columns will continue to advance and occupy the areas on the flanks and rear of the enemy.This often forced the enemy to retreat to protect its lines of communication. The Mongolian army took the opportunity to approach the enemy and make it chaotic when retreating, and finally completely surrounded and wiped out the enemy.

Therefore, after a night of thinking, Zhang Yan prepared to learn from the Mongolian cavalry and completely change the existing combat methods.

However, if you want to learn Mongolian cavalry, you must have many, many horses. Xuzhou is not a place rich in horses. If you want to use cavalry thoroughly, you must purchase many, many horses.At least at this stage, he is unable to accomplish this ambitious goal.

Therefore, Zhang Yan can only rely on the existing cavalry to form a reduced version of the Mongolian cavalry.

Cavalry is undoubtedly the most lethal type of arms in the cold weapon era. If Zhang Yan can really use it properly and has a large number of cavalry under his command, he may really be able to conquer the Quartet like Mongolian cavalry.

On the next day in Pingming, Zhang Yan, who had only rested for two hours, got up early in the morning and directly summoned all the cavalry, all gathered in the school grounds.

In yesterday's battle, Zhang Yan's cavalry team also suffered some losses. Now there are only 830 cavalry left, and the rest were killed at the place where Yuan Jun ambushed, and they were completely changed by the raging fire.

So Zhang Yan selected 500 cavalry and divided them into five columns with [-] men in each column. Two of the columns remained unchanged, still wearing heavy armor and wrapped in horses. Horse armor, heavy cavalry with defense to the teeth.The other three columns only wore helmets and only a piece of leather armor to protect their chests. They all went into battle lightly and became light cavalry.

The remaining 330 cavalrymen still went into battle lightly, serving as guerrilla and reconnaissance troops, responsible for reconnaissance and cover.

Then, Zhang Yan began to train these cavalry, let Tai Shici take charge of the light cavalry, Xu Chu took charge of the heavy cavalry, he called Xu Sheng again, let him take charge of the remaining 330 cavalry, and he took full charge of the entire cavalry team. The school field began to practice.

Although Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Xu Sheng, and all the cavalry were a little unclear about Zhang Yan's arrangement, they still obeyed Zhang Yan's command.

After two hours of training, the group gradually formed a tacit understanding from the initial incoordination, and basically grasped the essentials.

At noon, Zhang Yan let all the cavalry rest, and the scouts sent out to inquire about Yuan Jun's news also returned at this time.

The scouts brought back the news of Yuan Jun. Yuan Jun did not leave, but stationed away from Zhu Xucheng, but he stayed still.

Zhang Yan sent out scouts to closely monitor Yuan Jun's movements, and after lunch with many cavalrymen, he continued to practice on the school field.

When Kong Rong, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others saw Zhang Yan training cavalry on the school field, they all ran to watch.

The well-trained cavalry quickly grasped the essentials of cooperating with each other, and their tacit understanding became higher and higher. Zhang Yan was also quite relieved after seeing them.

In the evening, when Zhang Yan's training had begun to take effect, he let the cavalry take a good rest, and prepared to take the cavalry to the front of Yuan Jun's formation for a small test tomorrow to see how the results were!
(End of this chapter)