Ruda listened, feeling uncomfortable all over.

He wanted to say something, but Wu Er stopped him.

Luda lowered his voice and said:"It's not like Sajia, I just want to argue with that kid... Wu Er, he is no longer your subordinate, and you still protect him?"

Wu Er smiled and said,"I just listened to what this kid said. Reason! Tijia, the selection of cavalry in the Song Dynasty is strict, and their martial arts are also excellent, but is there the same training method as our cavalry? From reconnaissance, formation, terrain, speed up, charge formation, defeat the enemy, detour, circle...Our cavalry, even if they have a good foundation in riding skills, without months of hard training and months of training inside and outside the military camp, they are not qualified at all. According to the boss, he has practiced so well This kind of cavalry has been considered as a quick success. Whether it is the grassland cavalry, the Tianfang Dashi cavalry, or the Iron Kites and the Iron Forest Army, these traditional cavalry rely more on personal skills. They are cavalry and individual cavalry battles. Both the art of horsemanship and the art of riding and archery are very good, and there are also some simple coordination, formation, and the general's sudden decision-making and command. The soldiers are better trained, wear more armor, have better horses, and the soldiers are individually brave and brave. Together they became the so-called strong soldiers. Iron Lin soldiers, iron kites, nothing more than that……"

Luda was stunned. He looked at Wu Er who was whispering and looked up and down, as if he didn't recognize him.

"Tiha, Mo Gou looked down upon others. Wu Er smiled complacently and said,"I am leading thousands of soldiers now, and I don't even know how many books on war I have read." Can he still act recklessly, drink and fight like he did back then? These words of the cavalry were taught by the headmaster when giving lessons to the commanders of all households. Cavalry warfare and individual cavalry tactics are two different things. In the future, when we have more firearms, the need for cavalry to break formations will further decrease. At that time, what matters is speed! The cavalry only needs iron helmets and breastplates. There is no need for collars, iron masks, arm guards, and shin guards. The load is only about ten kilograms. No lance, or only a small amount of lance, is enough. On the battlefield, it must be like thunder. Lightning, rushing forward, constantly pulling the enemy's formation, harassing the enemy's formation, attacking the enemy's rear and flanks... It is enough for cavalry tactics to be used like this!"

"Damn it, Sajia was dozing off at that time!"

"Tiha, this must never happen again."

Wu Er said with a serious face:"Now we are not alone in the green forest, enjoying our grudges and letting go of death. We are all generals who lead troops. We have to be responsible for the more than 10,000 brothers under us. We are responsible for Liangshan. We are the masters of the country and make the world harmonious. Everyone has clothes to wear, a house to live in, wine and meat to eat, and the widows and widowers are lonely. The raised Datong is responsible for governing the world! I have thought about it a long time ago. If it were not for the boss, my aggressive and reckless temper would definitely not end well. I have stopped punching and fighting since I was a child. I just want to stand out through fighting, protect my brother, and help my brother live a good life. My martial arts skills are getting better and better, and few people can stop me from punching. So what? I haven't left my hometown, and I have to suffer a lot from my brother.…`~…"

When Wu Song said this, his eye circles turned red.

But then he laughed again, his face still cheerful

"Therefore, I have been diligently learning how to lead troops as a tutor. This is the real ability. With these abilities, we can overthrow the Song Dynasty, tear down the old Zhao family, and replace our elder brother. This is the right thing to do."

"Wu Er, you kid, tell the Sa family earlier!"

Ruda was a little confused for a while.

He has also entered the supreme realm, and is in charge of thousands of military households, with a high position of power.

Compared with a small official in the Western Army back then, I don't know how powerful he is.

Now think about it, It’s really shameful.

If my good brother Wu Er hadn’t reminded me, I don’t know how long it would have been.

"Straight mother-in-law, not only am I not as good as that boy Yue Fei, but now I am not even as good as you, Wu Er."

Ruda is actually a smart man with quite a lot of talent.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to retain those wonderful verses.

"He never cultivates good deeds in his life, he only loves killing people and setting fires. Suddenly the golden rope was opened and the jade lock was torn off. Huh! The tide came from the Qiantang River, and today I know who I am."

There are many verses in ancient and modern times, and many wise words.

But the most impressive ones are not as impressive as these more than thirty words.

Lu Da, who came to his senses, punched Wu Er, and then turned his attention to Wang Lun. Wang Lun smiled and finished Yue Fei's report, nodded and affirmed:"The cavalry tactics of the Song Dynasty were inherited from the Shatuo Dynasties of the Northern Dynasties, and were deeply influenced by the Shatuo people's cavalry fighting style. Daibei produced a lot of fine horses, but it was arid and barren, and its horse reserves were limited. Therefore, it often advocated the tactics of cavalry and elite troops, using a small amount of cavalry to cooperate with a large number of infantry units. In the Battle of Youzhou, the Battle of Wangdu, the Battle of Dingzhou, and the Battle of Bai Tuanwei Village, Li Keyong's army relied on this configuration to defeat the Khitans... Yue Fei, you have to take a look at these battles. At that time, the Khitans Hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen often go south, only to be defeated by a small number of Shatuo cavalry. This is what I am talking about, the difference between nomadic cavalry and real cavalry tactics. As for our cavalry, the tactics are still superior to Daibei's cavalry. This is our strength and advantage. It's ridiculous that the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty will not understand."

In this war, the Song Army assembled a heavy troop group of about 300,000 people.

Of course, there are also a lot of cavalry.

Many of them are from the Jingsai Army.

Judging from the horses, armor, and equipment, these cavalry are all Not weak.

Since cavalry is a scarce resource, cavalry archers in the Song Dynasty are often protected by heavy armor. Except for a few infantry armor used to equip heavy infantry, the armor made by Ordnance Supervision has always been given priority to cavalry. (Watch the storm. For cool novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Influenced by the Shatuo people, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the cavalry’s riding and shooting training, and the cavalry selection criteria were——"Under forty years old, seven or eight feet long, must be strong and strong, capable of riding like a horse, good at shooting, forward, backward, left and right, circling forward, crossing ravines, galloping up tombs, overcoming dangers, and clearing great swamps. Those who dabble in famous waters, dare to offend powerful enemies, and disrupt the public." After selection, daily training is——".The six things are: one is straight shooting, the second is back shooting, the third is horse riding, the fourth is shooting close, the fifth is field fighting, and the sixth is rounding."

Judging from these records, the selection standards of the Song Army's cavalry are extremely high.

Shooting along the horse, shooting from behind, shooting in the circle, shooting in the field, shooting in turns... standard nomadic archer cavalry tactics.

In fact, they are fighting on horseback. There has been great progress in tactics.

The Han cavalry was an infantry cavalry for a long time.

Especially when the Western Han Dynasty did not have high-bridge saddles.

The cavalry of the Western Han Dynasty often numbered more than ten or two hundred thousand, and the Liangjiazi of the border counties were The main source.

But it is difficult for them to shoot directly on the horse, let alone shoot in a circle or from behind.

The main reason is that there is no saddle.

If you can ride on horseback and fight on foot when encountering the enemy, you are considered an elite and excellent knight. Only in the Eastern Han Dynasty did"surprise riding""Because of the emergence of high-bridge saddles, you can charge to the enemy on horseback. This is"assault cavalry."

Later, heavy armored cavalry appeared and became the overlord on the battlefield.

(Li's) And like the Inner Asian cavalry, the Northern Song Dynasty cavalry not only valued shooting skills, being able to shoot against the cavalry of the nomadic regime, but also valued visual combat and charging.

When attacking the enemy's formation, they often"advance the wall", rushing towards the enemy like iron walls, putting great pressure on the foreign cavalry.

This is also the wall charge that Liangshan attaches most importance to now.

But this requires constant adjustment, training, and improvement.

SongThe cavalry has lost this tradition.

What many people don't know is that in cavalry battles, Liao and Xixia rarely won victories against Song.

But those were mostly small-scale cavalry battles.

Large-scale wars are different from fighting in the hinterland of the Central Plains, where supplies are easy to obtain, and more emphasis is placed on large-scale and deep operations.

The poor horse administration of the Song Dynasty resulted in the number of cavalry being far less than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, which became a huge shortcoming. Even though there were elite cavalry units such as the Jingsai Army, they would inevitably be criticized by the enemy using Tian Ji's horse racing routine. , the strategy was hampered everywhere, and there were very few records of the performance of the cavalry. Like the performance of the entire Northern Song Dynasty army, it was much lackluster..

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