Zhang Jingzhi and Guo Cunxin stood at the top of the city, looking at the school field half a mile away.
A group of cavalry fled in front, and a group of cavalry chased behind. As the horses' hooves galloped, the grass in the school grounds was flying, and gravel was flying.
Whether they were chasing or escaping, they were all shooting arrows at each other...circling the school grounds again and again, repeating this action for nearly two seconds.
Guo Cunxin asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
"The team behind is practicing how to chase the enemy. The team in front seems to be practicing how to escape..." Zhang Jingzhi said uncertainly.
"It seems?" Guo Cunxin said in surprise, "You don't even know?"
"Of course I know how to chase the enemy, but the team in front is a bit hard to say: they have all been defeated, and of course they are all in a hurry to escape. Which soldier still has the courage to look back and shoot at the enemy?"
Zhang Jingzhi thought for a while and then said, "In so many years, I have only seen it once: three years ago, Lu Gouer, the leader of the Huns who was revolting in Qinzhou, was defeated. When his personal guards protected him and escaped, he used this method to stop him.
The pursuers were eventually escaped by him..."
Somewhat like nonsense.
Even for the Han army, once the general is killed in battle, none of the bodyguards will survive, let alone the Xiongnu?
It is estimated that the whole family will have to be buried with him, how could he not fight to the death?
This method of warfare would be quite effective if used by elites or private soldiers. But if used by ordinary cavalry, it would not be of much use, right?
I wonder what Li Chengzhi is training for?
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"Of course it's used to lure the enemy!"
On the high platform in the school grounds, several cavalry generals gathered behind Li Chengzhi, listening to Li Chengzhi pointing at the cavalry chasing and escaping in the school grounds and explaining tactics to them.
"First use a small group of cavalry to harass, continuously fire around the formation, anger the enemy, trigger the enemy's cavalry to pursue, and lure them to the ambush circle we set up in advance, and finally annihilate them...
If the enemy's cavalry is heavily armored, they will naturally not be able to catch up with you; if they are light cavalry, they will naturally be shot by you...
If the enemy is chasing too closely, turn around and shoot. If you want to give up halfway through the pursuit, then decisively return to the horse to pursue. Nine times out of ten, you will be able to defeat the enemy's cavalry. Naturally, you can take care of the enemy's remaining infantry.
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Of course, the requirements for our own cavalry are not low: first, the horses must be good and have sufficient endurance.
Second, the cavalry must be courageous, because the one who lures the enemy must be light cavalry. You must wear full armor. First, you cannot run. Second, no matter how stupid the enemy is, they will know that you are an elite and they will not dare to chase you. Third, you must be good at riding and shooting...
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"What if the enemy has no cavalry?" Li Shi asked.
"There are no cavalry?" Li Chengzhi smiled coldly, "Isn't that just letting you harass me? Just like the last time I ordered you to explore the formation..."
"What if all the enemy troops are armored soldiers?"
"Then it depends on the equipment and strength of both sides. If your own side has sufficient troops and strong equipment, you can attack the enemy's flanks or rear and launch a lob first. If you can induce the enemy's formation to become unstable, then attack decisively."<
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Li Chengzhi emphasized: "I have repeatedly emphasized that cavalry cannot charge head-on, but I have never said that cavalry cannot charge the two tails and rear wings. The enemy's formation is unstable, and you still don't know how to win with a single charge. Are you stupid?
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Several cavalry generals nodded frequently, and one of them, a tall man who did not show any concessions to Li Song, asked again: "Is this what the general said last time... the 'slow ancient stupid' tactic?"
Li Chengzhi almost laughed out loud. With such a tactic that emphasizes mobility and flexibility, where is it slow and where is it stuck?
Last time he just said it casually, it doesn't matter what you call it, but now, it's not easy to call it like that again.
First, it is difficult to understand the soldiers and generals, and second, the Mongols still don’t know where they are.
Li Chengzhi pondered for a moment and then said: "Just call Ma Jian back!"
This is not Li Chengzhi’s original creation, but this tactic was originally called this, the full name is "Anxi Hui Ma Arrow". After the Mongols learned it, it was changed to "Manguji".
Whether the tactics are good or not can be known by looking at the battle examples.
Let’s not mention the Mongols, let’s just talk about what happened: more than 500 years ago, at the height of the Roman legion’s invincibility, the Parthians used this method of warfare to defeat 9,000 iron cavalry and 1,000 bow cavalry.
With one against four, 40,000 Roman legions were wiped out...
"Practice hard first!"
Li Chengzhi stood up, "No matter how good the tactics are, it still depends on how the general responds when facing battle, whether the courage of the soldiers is available, whether the equipment is sufficient, etc. Of course, it cannot be applied mechanically..."
"Remember this, general!" A group of cavalry generals respectfully presented Li Chengzhi with a gift.
Li Feng's eyes moved and he followed closely: "Lang Jun, I'll see you off!"
Knowing that he might have something to say, Li Chengzhi nodded slightly.
After getting off the general platform and walking a little further, Li Fengcai asked worriedly: "Lang Jun, not to mention such exquisite tactics, but ordinary military books, every family regards them as treasures, and even the clan members do not teach them lightly.
Not to mention outsiders?"
"An outsider?" Li Chengzhi laughed and glared at him, "Are you stupid or still awake?
Not to mention these cavalry officers, even the more than 500 cavalrymen galloping in the school grounds are already my people, Langjun. If I am willing, I can let them all change their surname to Li..."
Li Feng was startled.
In the moment of urgency, I actually forgot that these people were all obtained by Lang Jun in exchange for steel armor and monk households.
No wonder you have to see Zhang Xingyi and his more than thirty Taoist soldiers?
After a moment's thought, his face was full of surprise again.
It is equivalent to saying that these nearly 600 cavalry have become the private soldiers of the Li family. Even if the rebellion is put down and the army is disbanded, these 600 people will not disperse.
The gentleman is wise!
"No need to send it off, you can go and do your work!" Li Chengzhi said as he got on the horse, "Of course ordinary soldiers need to practice their riding and shooting skills, but the basic skills of a cavalry commander must not be relaxed. I dare not say that all of them can be compared.
Better than you and Li Shi, but at least not worse than Li Zhang, right? You must hurry up..."
Li Zhang?
Hehehe...
With his body type, he is not suitable for cavalry. If he wears full armor, a weaker horse will not be able to carry it, let alone charge?
What's the use of being good at riding if you can't even run?
"Don't worry, Sir!" Li Feng responded with confidence.
Li Chengzhi nodded and rode out of the camp.
Then he went around to the Bu Camp three miles away to have a look.
We are still practicing, but it is much simpler than the cavalry.
Change formations, change formations, stay in formation, attack, retreat, and at most add a hollow formation drill.
Li Chengzhi originally planned to have the infantry practice small cavalry formations in teams, but then he thought about it and decided not to do it.
After two or three battles at most, there will be no more battles to fight. By then, these soldiers will most likely be disbanded. If they practice so much, aren’t they making wedding clothes for others?
The fact that he was able to take out the hollow formation for these soldiers to train was the result of his overcoming everyone's opinions.
Li Feng, Li Shi, including Guo Cunxin, none of them agreed.
Because no one can tell whether one day, these soldiers and generals trained by Li Chengzhi personally will become his enemies...
Li Chengzhi did not set up a large banner (commanding flag), but the soldiers guarding the gate recognized Li Xian from a distance and hurriedly reported it to Li Liang.
Li Song hasn't come back yet, so Li Liang can only take charge of the infantry camp first. Li Chengzhi is also considering that after Li Song comes back in a few days, the soldiers and armor will be almost finished, and then the armor-forging battalion should be handed over.
The furnace is closed.
After all, Jingyang is not facing that. He has killed all the county officials, so he is not afraid of anyone snooping.
As he was thinking about it, he saw Li Liang welcoming him out of the village gate from a distance. However, Li Chengzhi still kept his distance and let the guards check the order letter before following Li Liang into the school grounds.
There are only three thousand soldiers, and they are all training.
One thousand of them are the Li family, Song family Ding Zhuang and Monk Ding who were prepared at the beginning, and one thousand are Chao Na Ding Zhuang. The remaining one thousand are selected from the surrendered soldiers.
The reason why there are only three thousand is that it is difficult to select soldiers. It is not that a captured soldier can carry fifty kilograms of equipment or carry a ten kilograms of spears.
The second is to violate taboos.
As long as there is iron, steel armor can be continuously produced, but what if the war is about to be over?
It’s hard to sell and hard to hide!
Li Chengzhi has already begun to worry about how to hide these steel armors.
You can’t just dig a hole and bury it, right?
The third thing to consider is logistics.
The more combat troops there were, the more corresponding auxiliary troops there were. Li Chengzhi cut and cut again and again, and finally it was reduced to three to one.
This is based on the fact that there will be no expedition, no long-distance transportation is required, and there are enough horse, donkey, and mule carriages, otherwise it will be impossible to win two to one.
When there are more people, the consumption will naturally increase.
Moreover, Li Chengzhi still has sufficient supplies. A soldier's daily ration is more than one and a half kilograms. These more than 5,000 soldiers will consume about 60 shi of food a day.
That is to say, after fighting a battle and seizing a lot of livestock, Li Chengzhi returned some livestock to Chaona, a man of the people. Otherwise, the gentry and people of Chaona would have started to complain incessantly.
One can imagine how difficult it is to create this?
He was a little worried about Liu Huiwang. How did he support nearly 200,000 people?
After inspecting a circle and asking about the effect of the political transformation of lowering soldiers, Li Chengzhi was generally satisfied with the results, so Li Chengzhi thought of going back to Forging Armor Camp to have another look.
It has been almost ten days since Guo Cunxin beat him away because he thought his cousin was too young. Guo Cunxin never looked good when he saw him.
Li Chengzhi wanted to have a few drinks with his uncle to relax his feelings while he was not too busy?
I was just thinking about it when I heard the sound of horse hooves rushing towards me. I looked up and saw that it was Li Cong.
There was no flag or whistle, so I guess it wasn’t military sentiment, but why were you running in such a hurry?
Running to Li Chengzhi, Li Cong stopped his horse and whispered: "Lang Jun, Zhang Sima sent someone to report. I don't know what he said, but he seemed to be very anxious... Guo Jijiu asked you to return to the camp as soon as possible...
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Very urgent?
The scouts patrolled Jingyang City every day. Didn't they hear of any bandits coming?
"Got it!" Li Chengzhi responded and sped up his horse.
But not even a mile out of the camp, Guo Cunxin came on horseback. It seemed that he was too impatient to wait and came to see him in person.
Seeing Guo Cunxin's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, Li Chengzhi's heart skipped a beat.
It’s definitely not a good thing!
Guo Cunxin bowed his head and said: "The imperial court has raised troops!"
These words were like a muffled thunder, which shocked Li Chengzhi's heart and made his face even more uncertain.
I’ve already taken off my pants, give me this, what the hell are you doing here so early?
Come sooner or later, I have killed almost half of the elite rebels, and I am preparing to fight to the death with Liu Huiwang, but you come here?