The attack on Qin was unexpected for the Zhi family, but it was also somewhat expected.
All this is because the Qin State has revealed changes two or three years ago. The Jin State is blocking the Qin State's eastward route. Once the Qin State intends to move eastward, it will definitely attack the Jin State.
So, did the Qin State know how powerful the Jin State was? Maybe they knew that the fatal thing was that the Qin State did not have many ways out, and it had to fight the Jin State if it wanted to go east.
Why didn’t Qin want to expand westward? It’s not that they weren’t expanding westward. Long before Duke Mugong of Qin came to power, the Qin people had repeatedly expanded westward. When they encountered the Rong and Di, they fought endlessly until Qin
It was only during the Ai Gong period that it became effective.
The Qin State fought with the Rong Di for nearly a hundred years, but later realized that relying on force alone was useless, and instead adopted a combination of confiscation and appeasement, and also encouraged Qin people to marry the Rong Di. This may have reduced the troubles of the Rong Di, but it just
The barbarism of the Qin people became more and more serious.
If Duke Mugong of Qin had not turned the Qin chariot eastward, maybe the Qin people would have gone all the way west until one day they became a country like Xianbei?
What's the meaning?
The nomads actually did farming, but forces like the Xiongnu accounted for a very small proportion of farming, about 10%. They relied on force to rob the Han people, and the most important thing was to collect taxes from the countries in the Western Regions.
The Xianbei people are a strange flower among the nomads. Their farming accounts for about 30%. Don’t look at it as just 30%, but it is the highest proportion among the nomads. Moreover, they also have the characteristics of a fishing and hunting people. They can not only herd and farm, but also
Proficient in fishing and hunting.
There is nothing we can do about it. The predecessor of Xianbei was Donghu. They were once chased by the Huns to the sky and into the earth, and then split into several tribes. If they want to survive, they will definitely need to master a variety of survival skills, so that the following
One of them...that is, the Khitan has acquired smelting technology and forging technology that are superior to those of Da Zang.
Is it humiliating to lose to the Khitan? They have something even more humiliating. For example, they have a population of 126 million and are known as the world's number one economic power, but they were pinned to the ground and rubbed repeatedly by Xixia, which has a population of less than 2 million.
Zhiyao knew very well what changes would be brought to history once the Qin state was completely transformed into barbarians, but he wanted to beat the Qin people so that they would not dare to look elsewhere.
Once the Qin State really turns barbaric, they will be an ethnic group that has mastered advanced smelting and forging technologies, as well as farming, textile skills, etc. Going westward will be a natural disaster to all kinds of people along the way.
"I need three brigades of cavalry for this dispatch." The cavalry Zhiyao mentioned was cavalry in the true sense, not infantry on horseback.
That is to say, the farming people have the conditions to feed their war horses with grains, and even add salt and oil to make their war horses fat and strong.
Therefore, once the farming people have enough war horses, playing cavalry is actually far more luxurious than the nomads. Being able to build a cavalry unit, coupled with the advantages in equipment, it is difficult not to beat the nomads wildly.
Zhishi's history of trying to train cavalry is not long, less than five years.
The only appearance of the Zhishi cavalry was in the "Battle of Jinyang", where they were used to intercept the team of the King of Dai.
The person who commanded the cavalry that time was Cheng Wu. In terms of achieving strategic goals, it was relatively good, and the results were extremely brilliant.
It stands to reason that the Dai State is also a foreign country in the skin of princes. Their territory is extremely suitable for raising war horses, and they can carry enough war horses to prevent them from being surrounded and beaten.
Don't forget that this is an era where the nomads are completely defeated. They will definitely have riders who can ride horses and shoot arrows. What's more confusing is that they basically don't do this in battle.
Why? In fact, they are not good at bows and arrows. When hunting, they have to shoot arrows repeatedly to kill a slightly larger prey. When fighting with people and encountering people wearing armor, there is no way. The armor does not need to be very good, just a sheepskin
Jackets, wooden armor, bamboo armor, bows are too soft and there are no metal arrowheads, so it is really impossible to shoot through them.
In fact, unless it is a strong bow and an arrowhead specially designed to break armor, when will the arrow threaten to kill the person who penetrates the armor? (Except for the marksman who can shoot the face or neck.
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It is a reality that after wearing armor, you can still fight without stopping after being hit by several arrows.
Is there an armor-piercing person who was hit by an arrow and jumped into the street? This is because the actor is not qualified to show his face during filming.
As Zhi Yao issued an order, the knights of the Zhi clan who had been recruited would just need to receive training in "Handan". The other knights who had been recruited from various places were getting ready to take their retinue and rush to "Handan".
At present, the knights are not part of the standing army, but they must be quasi-nobles from well-off families.
War horses, armor, weapons, including feeding are not collectively funded. If you don’t have enough slaves, you want to be a cavalry? You wouldn’t even dare to think so in your dreams!
Of course, the Zhishi cavalry currently does not have a special style of armor, and most of them do not wear armor at all. The reason is that they cannot rush into formation against the other countries of the Xia Dynasty, and they do not need to use armor for normal raids and downwind battles.
Wearing it becomes a burden.
Although it is the late Spring and Autumn Period, unless the armies of various countries encounter sneak attacks while marching, or are defeated and flee, they will still have strict formations when fighting. The cavalry will attack the infantry phalanx with strict formations, and rush up to kill people, right?
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"The deterrent effect of cavalry in the future will be so great. The main reason is that the psychological quality of the infantry is too poor. When encountering cavalry, they will first feel guilty without fighting, and then they will retreat on their own. They are destined to be chased by cavalry." Zhiyao knew that this was still the case.
What to do to develop cavalry?
Looking at the size of the Zhishi cavalry, it is obvious that Zhiyao did not want to build an extremely large number of cavalry troops to attack the enemy's food routes or conduct raids, right?
What is the reality? With the quality of the armies of various countries in the current era, unless we can develop cavalry for charging into battle, or even armored cavalry, developing cavalry on a large scale is really a wrong approach.
Zhiyao knew how to play the cavalry charge. It was nothing more than to overwhelm the enemy at any cost, or to scare away the enemy's confidence. Disintegrating the enemy's formation would allow his own cavalry to enter the moment of harvesting lives.
It is very realistic that the quality of the war horses owned by Zhishi is not good. The shock cavalry may be able to play with it, but the costumed cavalry is completely out of the question.
What's more realistic? Use the assault cavalry to trade with the infantry, maybe once or twice, but if you have mines at home, you can't afford it more often!
There are no assault cavalry or armored cavalry? Think about how long the Xiongnu used 100,000 cavalry to besiege the 5,000 Han army, and the Han army finally surrendered after exhausting their food and arrows. You will immediately have a clearer understanding.
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The cavalry units of the three "brigades" were assembled in a short period of one month, and the corresponding food and grass dispatch was also concentrated on the "smart" place.
Zhiyao first returned to "Xintian" to greet Zhishen.
"Yao wants to attack Qin?" Zhishen looked confused.
Isn't the most important thing for the Zhi family now to manage the Qi State and digest the Wei State? Zhiyao needs to make decisions on many matters, so how can he think of attacking a Qin State that is very low in terms of strength and importance?
Zhiyao said: "I already have a knight in my family. I heard that the Qin people are good at raising horses and will need a lot of good horses in the future. It is a good time to go there this time."
Zhishi needs to increase the size of the cavalry to 10,000, which means that there must be at least 30,000 knights or quasi-knights, and the number of horses used for mounted combat should not be less than 100,000.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this kind of calculation. Thirty thousand knights are used for rotation and replacement. Even if there are horseshoes, the loss of horses will be great after entering the battle state. Those numbers are indeed needed, and a comprehensive health is also required.
Internal circulation process, otherwise the number of cavalry will only become smaller and smaller.
Zhishen is someone who has seen how the Zhi family cavalry played King of Dai Kingdom. He never thought that he could play like that on a single horse, especially when he showed unimaginable power.
Although Zhishen still has a dark eye on the construction and development of cavalry, he has a good moral character and cannot or does not understand, so he is right to follow Zhiyao's arrangements.
"The alignment can be delegated to Rangju, and the matter of defending the land is delegated to Cheng Shuo." Zhiyao said.
Where has Sun Wu gone? He is still at "Xianyu", responsible for comprehensively clearing up the many dissatisfactions there and striving to make the place a real part of the Zhi family as soon as possible.
What does it mean to be a real part of the country? It is not just occupation from a military perspective, but also the local people recognizing their identity as a member of the Zhi family, and the production that should be restored.
It is just a military occupation, not part of the territory, and calling it Jimi District is illusory. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than an occupied area.
Local people become a source of soldiers and produce output. At least they don't need to be provided by the central hub to be part of the effective territory.
Zhishen thought about it, but actually didn't think much about it. Basically, it was decided based on what Zhiyao said.
"My family has two divisions of troops in Qi, one division in Weidi, and two divisions in Xianyu. The rest have gone to Jimen and dispersed. Using troops in many places is a loss, and the purpose is to maintain long-term peace and stability.
The output is enough or even more than enough. Don't worry, sir." Zhiyao saw Zhishen frowning and comforted her.
Not only does Zhishen's military thinking not keep up with the times, he also has trouble understanding a lot of internal affairs.
This is also the result of Zhiyao's manipulation.
Therefore, it’s not that Zhishen or the others can’t keep up with the times, it’s entirely that Zhiyao is moving too fast.
A month and a half later, Zhiyao led the army to a place called "Dali".
Han Geng had been waiting for a long time. When he saw so many soldiers on horseback coming from Zhishi, he was extremely confused for a moment.
In the eyes of the vast majority of people...or more than 99% of people, those who fight on horseback are noobs.
Of course, when Han Geng saw the saddle and stirrups, he didn't dare to say that he understood the use immediately. He could understand it after a little thinking, but he had no idea of thinking about it in his heart.
The fact is that they all think that riding a horse alone is a novice, and they have no time to study. They have to wait for Zhishi's cavalry to show their strength before they follow behind and continue to learn.
Han Geng was a little bitter that Zhi Yao actually came in person, which meant that the command of the army would fall into Zhi's hands.
They dispatched a legion of troops, but the command was not in their hands? What the hell is this?
On the other hand, Han Geng is looking forward to how much surprise Zhiyao can bring to everyone this time.
After all, Zhiyao is the man who successively captured "Linzi", "Puyang", "Qiuyou" and "Xianyu"!
If four of the enemy's capitals have been destroyed, will one more "Yong" be added to the record?
