The ability of infantry to march long distances exceeds that of cavalry. This is a talent only possessed by modern infantry.
Modern infantry has a high degree of organization, strong training, sufficient nutritional supplies, and high morale. If they know the purpose of the battle, they will be even more terrifying and can conduct forced marches.
General ancient infantry is definitely not acceptable.
When they encountered the cavalry group, they were simply helpless and completely passive.
Suffering from all the disadvantages of being unable to fight, unable to run, and invisible.
Therefore, tragedies often occur in which thousands of cavalrymen wipe out tens of thousands of infantrymen.
In ancient times, infantry was unable to fight at close range, maneuver, or fight at a distance. They could only be defeated by cavalry.
As long as the cavalry is not stupid, it will basically not be wiped out by the infantry.
At this moment, Lu Zhi asked sincerely: "Master, how should we destroy Zhang Chun's Wuhuan cavalry?"
Wen Rensheng smiled.
Cao Cao later defeated Wuhuan because he formed the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Relying on cavalry against cavalry, the Wuhuan people could not run away and had to fight head-on. As a result, they were defeated by Zhang Liao and the leaders were beheaded on the battlefield. It can be seen that the cavalry is the nemesis of the cavalry.
If the infantry fights, the leader can at least run away.
He did not speak, but said to Xun You: "Xun You, please tell us about the other party's situation first, so that we can know each other."
Xun You immediately stood up and picked up a copy Scroll: "According to the report from the spies,
"Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju gathered a hundred thousand people to cause rebellion. The core force was the Wuhuan cavalry. There were about 3,000 people in the core unit, of which 1,000 were more elite. The other 2,000 had only leather armor or no armor.
“Of the 1,000 elites, some have iron armor, some have chain armor, and a few have cotton armor. "
"They use riding bows, sabers, carbines, hammers, and bones as weapons. "
"Because they were formerly part of the Han army, they are still guaranteed weapons. They are all made of iron, and a few are made of fine steel knives. ”
“Among them...”
"In addition, they can also drive and incite the Wuhuan of the three counties."
"The Wuhuan of the three counties are a relatively large force."
"There are four groups of Wuhuan in the northeast of Youzhou. Huan forces: Lord Wuhuan of Liaoxi County, Qiu Liju, Lord Wuhuan of Liaodong County, Su Puyan, Lord Wuhuan of Youbeiping County, Lord Wuhuan of Shanggu County, Nanlou.
Among them, Lord Wuhuan of Liaoxi County and Liaodong Kingdom. The three counties of Youbeiping and Youhuan are connected, so they are called the three counties of Wuhuan. They are relatively close."
"The total number of people is more than 200,000, and 50,000 cavalry can be mobilized. Of course, there will not be too many elites. Most of them are just herders.”
Xun You described the situation in great detail, and Lu Zhi nodded repeatedly.
One data after another can completely confirm each other.
It’s hard to fake.
For example, these weapon data can be obtained from the weapons that the Han Dynasty has allocated over the years.
And those precious military secrets can be bought with just a little money.
It's true that the blessings of entrusted officials and connoisseurs were sold. There was almost nothing that could not be sold within the Han Dynasty.
Only a few honest people still know how to keep secrets.
In order to raise money for promotion, there is really nothing that other officials cannot sell for money from being an official.
In the prosperous times, there may still be some fear.
Now that the war is in chaos, it is simply ridiculous to expect the officials to keep secrets.
As long as the general is not too stupid, he can form a relatively complete strategy against the enemy based on this information.
After Lu Zhi heard this, he raised his hands and asked: "Master, I already know this information. The other party is a cavalry. They plunder everywhere, have no fixed stronghold, and control the initiative on the battlefield. We are a mountain nation. The army lacks cavalry..."
"No, we do not lack cavalry. Since the beginning of our business, we have focused on developing business with horse traders on the grassland."
"We are passing through the mountains now. In two years, he accumulated more than 20,000 horses and trained more than 8,000 close combat cuirassiers," Xun You said.
Lu Zhi suddenly realized, no wonder the Taihang Mountain people were so confident.
There are both powerful infantry and numerous cavalry. Even if they are weaker in elite proficiency, their training and organization are far superior to their opponents, making it difficult to defeat them.
The opponents seem to number 50,000 or 100,000, but in fact most of them are not elite enough and are just herdsmen.
You can follow the shouts, run around, and shoot arrows, but expecting them to rush into battle is too much.
Even ordinary Han troops can resist.
Not to mention the mountain army carefully trained by the Taihang Mountain people.
"That's right, but since most of them are made up of cavalry, if we want to annihilate them all, we also need to attack the enemy and save them, so that the enemy must move according to our wishes instead of us chasing them." Wen Rensheng Talking about battlefield principles.
Lu Zhi nodded.
This is how it should be.
The most important thing on the battlefield is to reach the enemy, not to the enemy.
It’s who takes the initiative.
"What should we do?" Lu Zhi asked again.
Wen Rensheng said solemnly: "First of all, issue an order. People everywhere should return to their fortresses and hold on to them. Within two months, they will enter the first level of combat readiness."
Lu Zhi naturally knew about level one combat readiness.
That means production and life are reduced to a minimum.
Living on the previous reserves of food, fresh water, salt and vegetables, they abandoned the small village, took food, cloth, tools, etc., and immediately entered the big fort under the organization of the village chief to hold on.
No one shall delay.
Those who procrastinate, those who do not obey the village chief's orders, will have their names recorded, expelled from the village, converted into homeless households, their farmland taken back, and those who are driven to work in the mines.
In peacetime, laxity is really lax. It doesn't matter if you live your life casually or criticize officials, but if you violate military orders in wartime, you will be severely punished.
War is not a child’s play.
No laughing and joking allowed.
Anyone who thinks that tolerance, harmony, or even MZ should be talked about in a war is nonsense.
War is strict, efficient, rigorous and serious.
Anyone who plays tricks or plays with illusions is waiting to be smashed to pieces and trampled on the ground.
Now under the first level of combat readiness, everyone will start daily basic military training after entering the fortress.
The young men were drawn out and prepared for training.
"First find the rebel base, and then we will attack their base and force them to fight us, instead of us chasing them around." Wen Rensheng continued.
Lu Zhi nodded.
That’s right, Zhang Chun Zhang Ju, they are rebelling, the rebels also have families, they have a lot of food and supplies, and they also need a place to store the looted treasures.
They also have old, weak, sick and disabled people. They usually cannot follow them to plunder, but they have to be resettled somewhere.
As long as they attack their base, they have to go back to save them.
Lu Zhi knew that the three counties where the Wuhuan people lived, Liucheng, were their base areas.
It is a city they built themselves.
They did not completely herd like the Huns.
Because they were placed in the three counties by the Han Dynasty, they mainly made a living in the three counties.
If you go to other grasslands, you will have conflicts with other barbarians.
So they won't just run around unless it's the last minute.
“The main base of the Wuhuan people in their three counties is Liucheng.”
“If we march here, the soldiers they looted outside will not return to rescue them. , then their morale will plummet rapidly, and everyone will want to go home to save their parents and relatives."
"And we will fight them on their way back to the division."
Lu Zhi nodded again.
After all, the Wuhuan people were not the great Huns of the past, and they did not have much room to maneuver.
If you abandon the land of three counties, it will be a tree without roots.
Wen Rensheng did not just say it casually. In history, Gongsun Zan went straight to Liucheng to attack all the way.
It’s just that he didn’t have enough troops and food, so he was besieged by Zhang Chun and the Wuhuan people. In the end, only half of them escaped without breaking out.
Later, Cao Cao attacked the Wuhuan people and also attacked Liucheng.
It can be seen that this place has become the ruling center of the Wuhuan people.
Wen Rensheng’s judgment was not a whim.
One is to combine it with the real situation, but with the real history.
This move can hit the enemy at 7 inches.
Soon the soldiers began to mobilize.
The staff are also doing their own thing.
Everyone is planning the march route.
Lu Zhi also saw the strength of the Taihang Mountain Army. The first is logistical.
They developed an extremely terrifying military dry food.
5 kilograms of military dry food can last about a month!
This is so scary.
This means that there is no need to continuously transfer food from the rear, which avoids a huge logistical weakness!
A soldier can carry 10 kilograms of food on his back, which means that he can continue fighting for two months.
In fact, there is no need for soldiers to carry it, just rely on the cart to push it.
Naturally, Lu Zhi didn’t understand what energy density was and what the calories needed by the human body were.
For example, 250 grams of compressed dry food can provide a soldier’s caloric needs for one day.
1 kilogram is 4 days, 5 kilograms is naturally 20 days, and then by adding something else, it can be enlarged to 30 days.
He only knows the great military value of this kind of dry food.
Relying on this kind of military dry food, Wen Rensheng's soldiers can fight without rear areas.
Similar to Wei Qing's thousands-mile raid, there would be no continuous supply of food and grass from the rear to the front.
They brought hundreds of thousands of horses with them, and they ate the horses when they ran out of food and grass.
Then the soldiers' physique, morale, and armor are all top-notch.
Lu Zhi simply couldn’t imagine how he could lose.
Just look at the infantry. When marching, they only wear a layer of light leather armor and carry a light soldier to prevent being surprised.
Once attacked, some people immediately organized a defensive formation, while others wore three layers of armor!
Heavy infantry with triple armor!
That sense of security has skyrocketed!
Unless the horses charge head-on, bows and arrows are useless, and neither spears nor swords can cut!
It can only be smashed with heavy weapons with the help of horse power.
The effect is also very poor.
With such heavy infantry, the opponent can send more than 10,000 people!
There is money behind this!
Lu Zhi immediately understood why agriculture, industry and commerce should be promoted simultaneously and the four industries should be equal.
Without the vigorous development of these three, where would there be such powerful soldiers?
Just looking at it from a distance makes me feel at ease.
He is also the one who leads the troops.
If there are such soldiers, as long as the general is not a fool, as long as the general spreads the scouts far enough and does not lead them into death places, such as swamps, valleys, riverbanks, and jungles, it will be difficult to lose when facing the enemy head-on!
He couldn't wait to see what happened to Zhang Chun's rebels!
The army is dispatched.
There are five lines in the front, rear, left, center, and center, each with 4,000 soldiers.
There are 20,000 people in total, and there are 8,000 cavalry in the middle.
There are 1,500 cavalry scouts alone, which shows that Wen Rensheng attaches great importance to battlefield intelligence.
As long as he does not fall into an ambush, does not fall into a dead end, and ensures the transparency of battlefield information, then his team will be invincible.
After dispatching, they headed all the way towards Liucheng, Liaoxi County in the northeast.
There was a lot of fanfare in the middle.
Every time we go, we preach to wipe out the bandits and protect the land and the people.
The local powerful and civilians who had been robbed returned home one after another.
Wen Rensheng ordered people to gather them and send them back to the fortress in Taihang Mountain one by one.
Of course, when we wait until the dangerous place, we will no longer gather these people.
The army of scouts dispersed very quickly, clearly detecting the enemy situation and terrain within a hundred miles around.
Prevent being ambushed.
As they marched, they gradually encountered the Wuhuan cavalry.
Some are raiding teams, and some are scouts.
The two sides started fighting.
Obviously, cavalry is not easy to train.
Wen Rensheng did not develop muskets, but the crossbows and breastplates he used still had the upper hand.
At least the Wuhuan cavalry were not shielded from the battlefield environment.
This allowed Wen Rensheng to always be aware of the movements around him.
At this time, the Wuhuan people had not yet moved.
This caused Wen Rensheng to slow down his march and took the opportunity to further sweep away the local powerful forces who did not cooperate with the Taihang Mountain Army.
The charges are all ready-made, colluding with the Wuhuan people.
As time passed, the Wuhuan people began to gather.
Intelligence has shown that Zhang Chun and others recalled the Wuhuan people who were looting.
They started to gather together.
About 30,000 people were raised.
Most of them were cavalry.
This is the natural advantage of the grassland barbarians, everyone has a horse.
Having a horse and being good at riding it, its combat effectiveness is much more powerful than the same recruits.
If the Han infantry has not practiced for half a year, they will be nothing more than cannon fodder and can only make up the numbers.
But as long as the herdsman mounts his horse, he is almost a qualified recruit, capable of killing people, shooting arrows, and acting as a threat.
In fact, there are more than 30,000 cavalry, which can truly be called cavalry. Those who can complete the cavalry's tactical movements are only more than 8,000.
The so-called 50,000 people are summoned at every turn. In fact, most of them only follow orders to advance and retreat. It is impossible to expect them to carry out various detailed battlefield orders.
They just saw that the enemy's formation was loose, and then they could swarm up and kill them with arrows. They could use guns, sticks, spears, and hammers to sweep away the scattered infantry from behind.
Arima is so comfortable to fight with.
Anyone who has played Mount and Blade will understand that there are two different feelings from the miserable infantry.
Relying on horse power, you can easily stab infantry with weapons.
You can still escape quickly if you can't beat him.
Of course horses cannot be wasted.
You can’t fight and run away like in the game, and run away and fight again. The horses will not be able to bear it.
You can only play a few times, so you have to go far away to rest the horses and come back after you have rested.
When Zhang Chun and others gathered more than 30,000 people, they gained courage.
They tried to intercept Wen Rensheng's advancing team.
They separated a part of the cavalry and circled outside, trying to find the weak point in the marching column.
Wen Rensheng had ordered one-third of the soldiers to wear armor.
That is to say, one-third of the people are wearing armor, and two-thirds of the people are moving forward lightly.
Then take turns every day.
Prevent someone from getting tired.
Once an enemy comes over, armored men will fight on the outside and shoot in groups with crossbows.
Relying on the large number of crossbow arrows carried by the chariot and recycling, as long as the cavalry wants to get close to shoot arrows and hit a fixed target, they will first be covered by a round of arrow rain.
You must know that the range of cavalry bows and arrows is more than half that of infantry.
There is no way to use force on a horse.
The Three Kingdoms also lacked a crucial piece of cavalry equipment: stirrups.
It was not until the 3rd century AD that mature stirrups appeared.
Without it, the cavalry can shoot arrows at a shorter distance.
It is also mainly used to fight unarmored infantry.
Facing triple-armored infantry, you have to shoot dozens of arrows, and you can only try your luck to hit the opponent's face to be effective.
The opponent also has a visor and a helmet, so it’s basically a matter of luck.
But the other side is different. The crossbow arrows on the other side are densely packed.
How big is the target of a man dodging a horse?
It was also impossible to armor the horses.
It was too expensive and I couldn’t afford it. It was just a blanket and a piece of horse chest leather armor.