More than 30,000 Huns cavalry made various shouting sounds. They have been mainly engaged in riding and shooting since they were young, just like the Gan people who are mainly engaged in farming. This is their advantage. At this moment, they seem to have returned to their previous state. He looks like he is good at fighting, and has regained the savagery and martial prowess he had before entering the Daqiannan Land.
To survive!
How simple is a slogan, and it is also the power that can best stimulate the potential of the human body. More than 30,000 Huns cavalry formed a torrent and rushed straight towards the foot of the mountain guarded by the Second Field Army.
"Shen's giant crossbow is ready, fire!"
On the official road at the foot of the mountain, Su Bubai, the commander of the first brigade, opened his eyes wide, with no trace of fear on his face.
Although there were only 15,033 regiments of warriors around him, which was only half the number of Huns' cavalry. Moreover, they were still infantry, and the people rushing towards him were all cavalry, but he still had no fear, because he knew that halfway up the mountain, , His Majesty Tang Ao must be watching the scene in front of him with a telescope, because of this, he cannot step back even half an inch.
On the official road, among the grass, hundreds of Shen's giant crossbows took off their camouflage and were pushed out. After the order was given, hundreds of giant crossbows with a length of 100 feet were fired forward, landing just before the charge. The Hun cavalry in front of them inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy.
The official road was not wide, so the Huns cavalry gathered together. When the huge crossbow came from a distance, they had no choice but to deal with it head-on. Then the huge power and sharp crossbow tip touched them. When he was on his body, he knocked them off his horse one by one.
If you are lucky, if you fall under the horse, you can dust yourself off and get up to fight again.
Those who are unlucky will be directly penetrated by the giant crossbow or hit by the body. A mouthful of blood will spurt out, and they will fall off the horse and never be able to open their eyes.
Hundreds of giant crossbows only fired the first wave and wiped out hundreds of Hun cavalry, but this did not affect the overall situation. Countless Hun cavalry came to fill the vacancies and continued to rush in.
Another burst of giant crossbows was released, and thousands of Huns cavalry were shot to the ground. After two waves of crossbows, the distance between the two sides was already very close, less than fifty steps away.
At this distance, it was obviously too late to launch the giant crossbow. But the brigade commander Su Bubai had already prepared. After another order, more warriors holding bows and arrows emerged from the grass. They would Bows and arrows were taken out from the quiver one after another and shot forward fiercely.
Bows and arrows fell like rain, turning the Hun cavalry in front into hedgehogs, sliding down under their horses.
But at such a close distance, the Huns cavalry finally began to counterattack. One by one on horseback, they began to fire their bows and arrows. The arrows pierced the air and came to the soldiers of the Second Field Army in the grass. Then the arrow passed through him.
In contrast, the attacks of the soldiers of the Second Field Army were more organized and orderly. They shot in batches, which ensured that there would be bows and arrows flying towards the charging Hun cavalry at any time. But because the opponent was riding a war horse, The speed of movement is very fast, so their accuracy is not very high.
On the contrary, the riding skills of the Huns cavalry were much more exquisite. Every time they shot two arrows, one of them would hit the target, causing a lot of casualties to the Chinese army. If it were not for the fact that the Huns army could not form a large scale, I am afraid that The casualties of the Chinese army will only be more severe this time.
As the Hun cavalry attacked, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. Su Bubai glanced at the enemy who was less than twenty steps away. Although he was unwilling to do so, he still gave the order to give up the official road and the soldiers to withdraw to both sides of the road.
Tang Ao has said more than once that a good general kills the enemy while protecting himself, instead of blindly engaging in bloody battles. A general who injures one thousand enemies and loses eight hundred to himself is not a good general.
In this way, unless it is a last resort or a death order, the Chinese army will not fight head-on with the enemy.
The first brigade gave up the official road and retreated to both sides. This made the attacking Huns cavalry feel the pressure reduced. They no longer considered anything else, but jumped on their horses and galloped forward. Although
During this process, the soldiers of the first brigade on the roadside would still use bows and arrows to cause some damage to them, but no one paid any attention to them anymore.
Everyone agrees that the only way to survive is to rush out. As for those comrades who died in the battle, we can only say that they were unlucky.
The first brigade's defense line was breached. Halfway up the mountain, Tang Ao witnessed this moment with a telescope in his hand. He looked at the deputy chief of staff Ye Fan and others beside him and said: "Look, the Huns cavalry are still very effective.
of."
"Yes, if it weren't for this, they wouldn't have been able to fight so lively in the South, and they would be unbeatable." Ye Fan and others nodded in agreement.
"Hmph! The reason why they are invincible is just because they don't have enough cavalry to control them. Only real cavalry can be effective against cavalry." Tang Ao said this sentence with an assertion, and then raised his hand again.
He picked up the telescope and continued to observe the battlefield.
The reason why Tang Ao said this is because someone proposed to abolish the cavalry of the Great China Army not long ago. Some people believe that since there is a separate cavalry regiment in each field army, it will not be possible to shake the mountain.
There is no need for the cavalry to exist. At least it should be reduced, and the divisions should be returned to brigade-level units, and these cavalry should be allocated to other field armies. In this way, the cost of building cavalry can be spent on infantry. The Dahua Army
The strength of the troops can be increased.
The reason why anyone would raise this opinion is because the consumption of the Shanshan Guard is too great. It is so great that the daily consumption and expenses of the Shanshan Guard have already reached the total expenses of the four field armies.
For example, each of the Shanshan Guard Cavalry will be equipped with three war horses. This alone consumed almost half of the expenses of Daqian's horse farms in several states in the north, making the number of war horses once very tight, and it was even more direct.
It has affected the horse quotas of some local and state capitals.
Whether it is transportation, pulling goods, or wanting to increase traffic volume and speed up traffic operations, it is inseparable from the help of war horses. But now, the war horses at the racecourse have been picked up by Shanshan Guards. How could they not
urgent?
As soon as this view came out, it won the support of many state and local officials. Some of them even said that if you want local development, you must provide enough horses, otherwise it will affect the implementation of some local policies.
, then how to talk about strengthening the country? How to talk about enriching the people?
From one side, from the perspective of these local officials, their statement is not wrong, and therefore more and more people support them. Even some military personnel have expressed their support in a dark way.
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Obviously, with the gradual increase in the number of graduates from Longyuan over the years, the Dahua Army has more reserve talents. From the past, the supply exceeded demand, and now many people are idle. It is not that they have no ability, but that they do not have the right talents.
Arrange them according to their location.
But once the Shanshan Guard is cancelled, with this resource it is very likely that the fifth field army and the sixth field army will be established... At worst, the current first to fourth field armies can also be transformed from divisions into real armies.
Okay. If that's the case, how many positions will be freed, and how many Longyuan graduates will be allowed to apply what they have learned and take on important positions to give full play to their abilities?
It's a matter of their own, so it's no wonder these people expressed support.
When these two groups came together, their momentum was considerable, and the news naturally reached Tang Ao's ears. However, he never expressed his position. This was because he wanted to tell those people with the facts and shake them.
The Mountain Guards must not be withdrawn. Not only that, they will continue to expand if there is an opportunity in the future.
In an era without tanks and aircraft, the dominant position of cavalry on the battlefield will never change, Tang Ao firmly believes in this.
As for the establishment of the cavalry, which occupied other resources and caused the local development to slow down, Tang Ao was even more confused. How can a country defend its fruits of victory if it does not even have a strong armed force?
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Without the support of a strong army, the more prosperous and wealthy a place becomes, the more trouble it will cause.
In the end, the army lost the battle, and everything in that place was nothing more than fat in the eyes of others. You could grab it if you wanted. In that case, no matter how good the economic development was, it was just about making contributions to others. Such development
What's the point?
What he said just now is that we must ultimately rely on cavalry to deal with cavalry. Tang Ao is expressing an attitude, intending to tell everyone that as long as he is in power for another day, he will never allow anyone to abolish the cavalry, no matter what your reasons are.
Will not work!
When Tang Ao finished saying this, Deputy Chief of Staff Ye Fan and others fell into deep thought.
They didn't express their opinions before, not that they didn't, but as Vantage's think tank, they couldn't issue orders casually without their master expressing his opinion. But in fact, deep down in their hearts, they also
I tend to use the rhetoric of local officials and Longyuan graduates.
The human sea tactic can still win the battle. As long as the number of troops is sufficient, what kind of city cannot be captured and what kind of battle cannot be won?
But just now, they saw 15,000 infantry standing in front of the fierce Hun cavalry, and they only held on for less than a quarter of an hour. Their thoughts were shaken involuntarily.
This is only 30,000 Xiongnu troops, and they are still focused on fleeing and have no intention of fighting to the death with the infantry. If there is a real fight, what about the 50,000 enemy cavalry? At that time, how many Chinese troops will need to be sent?
One hundred thousand people, two hundred thousand people, or even five hundred thousand people?
No matter how large the number of troops is, once the battle is defeated, they will still be defeated. The larger the number of troops, the more lasting the chaos will be. It will not have any effect at all. Just like these two hundred thousand slave soldiers, they will