"Tell me your opinion." Liu Xie waved his hand and looked at Huang Yi.
Huang Yi bowed in greeting.
"I believe that although this battle was unexpectedly setback, it will not affect the overall situation of the war. On the contrary, it is a reminder." Huang Yi said unhurriedly: "The army is surrounding the city, and its strength is ten times that of the enemy. All the armies have the intention of underestimating the enemy, thinking that
It is so easy to get, so everyone is vying to be the first. But our army actually does not have such an advantage, or in other words, our advantage does not lie in the disparity in military strength."
Liu Bei looked at Huang Yi doubtfully, and even Fazheng was a little puzzled.
Liu Xie understood the implication of Huang Yi's words and couldn't help but smile.
Scholars are scholars, with flexible minds, broad ideas, and better understanding than ordinary people. As long as they are willing to work hard, their gains will be far greater than ordinary people.
"Although our army has more than 100,000 troops, nearly half of them are cavalry." Huang Yi explained: "When attacking a city, cavalry cannot play much role, so the advantage in strength is not as great as we imagined."
"After the announcement of Dutian's edict, many Jizhou nobles entered the city, and the number of troops in the city was greater than previously expected. It is estimated that the total number of troops should be more than 30,000. In terms of infantry alone, our army's strength advantage is not more than twice.
If we are not careful when attacking a city in the future, we will be more likely to suffer setbacks."
Liu Bei suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.
Fa Zheng smiled and said: "So, our army's setback this time is a blessing in disguise?"
Huang Yi glanced at him and said calmly: "If you can attract lessons, it will be a blessing in disguise. If you cannot attract lessons, but think it is a trick, I am afraid there will be greater setbacks waiting."
Fazheng's face stiffened and he looked a little embarrassed.
Liu Bei coughed. "Please give me more details, Chief Shi."
Huang Yi walked to the map stand, hung up a piece of paper, picked up a pen, and sketched a schematic diagram of Zhang Fei's position at that time, and marked the specific positions and distances of the two sides.
"It would be best if our army can mobilize the opponent to cross the river. If not, forced crossing is unavoidable. The biggest difficulty in forcing the crossing is that the infantry who cross the river first do not have enough cover. Not only do they have to face the opponent's crossbow attacks, but also
To face the impact of the cavalry, whether the formation can be completed requires higher requirements for the infantry. From the current point of view, it is difficult to be satisfactory, at least the preparations are not sufficient."
Liu Bei rolled his eyes and asked again: "May I ask Chang Shi, what preparations should be made?"
"First of all, we need to formulate corresponding tactics and conduct targeted training so that the soldiers know what they are doing and will not panic when they see the opponent's cavalry assault. Secondly, we need to strengthen the training of the crossbowmen so that they can provide effective cover for the infantry.
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Huang Yi said, pointing to the small black dot on the map that represents the opponent's cavalry. "The rangers are not in large numbers, and their speed is not particularly fast. For such a small number of low-speed moving targets, concentrate a certain number of bows.
Crossbow strikes can achieve good results..."
Huang Yi briefly explained his countermeasures and targeted training techniques. After listening to this, Liu Bei felt satisfied but also a little worried.
Huang Yi's tactics place high demands on his soldiers, which are not something ordinary soldiers can bear.
For example, a group of three people, one carrying a heavy ax and shield, one holding a spear, and one holding a crossbow, rush forward to form a formation that interferes with the cavalry assault. If executed properly, even if all three of these three people are killed, they can still exchange for two or three
Riding is of course cost-effective.
But for those soldiers, this kind of mission is almost a narrow escape from death. How many of them can regard death as home and face it calmly?
Huang Yi said it was effective, but he himself has never been in actual combat. All his experience comes from training and exercises. Who can say for sure if it actually goes on the battlefield?
Of course, if it can be done, forced crossing may not be as difficult as imagined.
Maybe we should ask the emperor to issue an edict and arrange for Huang Yi to come to the camp to help with training?
While Liu Bei hesitated, Liu Xie was very excited.
He saw the value of innovation in the tactics proposed by Huang Yi, and also saw the potential of the martial arts hall.
This method of warfare is very common in Liangzhou. Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan with this method of warfare at Jieqiao and became famous in one battle. There were many Liangzhou people in the martial arts hall, and many of them were familiar with this method of warfare and improved it.
It's also very normal.
The specific improvement is to change the dense formation into a dispersed formation, which is a bit like the three-by-three system, and is most effective against a small number of rangers.
Used well, the three groups cooperate with each other and can block a group or even a dozen cavalry.
The only question is, facing the galloping cavalry, can the soldiers restrain the fear in their hearts, ensure the hit rate of the crossbow, ensure that the spear can hit the war horse, and ensure that the large shield is stable enough to withstand the collision of the war horse and protect the shield.
Later companions.
When the knight fell off his horse, could they attack in time and kill the knight?
For Liu Bei's subordinates, this requirement is not generally high.
But for Han Sui's men, this was not an impossible task.
Huang Yi made such a suggestion at this time, which was actually to give Han Sui a chance to fight.
It seems that Han Sui was not idle last year. He took advantage of the fact that his subordinates were from the Jiangwu Hall and immediately put into practice the new tactics developed by the Jiangwu Hall.
Liu Xie then thought that maybe Sun Ce would get ahead of Han Sui and use this method of warfare in actual combat.
When Yu Fan went to assist Sun Ce in fighting, it was impossible not to mention this method of warfare. Sun Ce, who also lacked war horses, would definitely be interested in this method of warfare and select suitable people for targeted training.
Maybe it won't be long before he hears the news of Sun Ce's success.
"Buzz!" The arrow left the string.
The knight on horseback bowed his head in response, narrowly dodging the crossbow arrows. His helmet was shot away, revealing his buttocks.
"Poof!" There was a muffled sound, and a spear one foot and five feet long pierced the neck of the war horse. The war horse was pushed upright, hissing loudly, and kicking with its front hooves. The knight could not sit firmly on the horse's back, turned over and fell
fall.
"Kill!" Dong Xi, who was eight feet tall, jumped out of the small formation, raised his knife and beheaded the knight in the air, and then cut off the two hind legs of the war horse with a single stroke of his knife.
The war horse fell to the ground with a crash, blood splattering everywhere.
Dong Xi stepped forward, bent his knees to suppress the struggling horse, and inserted his sword into the horse's neck.
The war horse twitched twice and stopped moving, blood gurgling out.
Several rangers watching from a distance saw this, gave up the attack, and quickly retreated.
Dong Xi pulled out the spear that was almost bent into a bow, checked the spear shaft, and said with some regret: "This spear shaft is still too brittle and cannot withstand the pressure. I will have to bring an extra spear as a backup in the future."
But the spearman was very excited. "Sima, it actually doesn't take a few times. As long as you can succeed in one blow, there are horse corpses in front of the formation, and the cavalry won't be able to come so fast again."
"Be prepared." Dong Xi grinned, shook off the blood on the long knife, and returned it to its sheath. "Yu Jijiu is indeed a genius, he can devise such a strategy. We won't have to use it when we encounter rangers in the future.
Worry. As long as you are brave and careful, infantry can defeat cavalry."
The crossbowman also said: "Yu Jijiu is a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. Even in the imperial court, he is still a hero. It's ridiculous that the scholar-bureaucrats in the Central Plains are ignorant and always think that we only have arrow bamboo in Kuaiji."
"What are you doing with them? It's bad luck." Dong Xi dismissed it. Seeing that the rangers in the distance had withdrawn, he raised his hand and ordered. "Retreat, go back to the camp!"