C59 Xiao Wen's Cavalry Reform(part II)

Just like China, in the thousands of years of war in Europe, there were many dazzling generals.

And among them, the one that impressed Xiao Wen the most was undoubtedly the Emperor of France, Napoleon. Bonaparte.

As the most brilliant military genius in European history, the Napoleon emperor had once led the French army to defeat the famed Mamluk of the circumference of the Mediterranean region in Egypt.

Moreover, he also said something that Xiao Wen still couldn't forget about cavalry: Two Mamluks could definitely defeat three French cavalry, a hundred Mamluks and a hundred French cavalry would be evenly matched, three hundred French cavalry could defeat three hundred Mamluks, and a thousand French cavalry could definitely defeat fifteen hundred Mamluks.

This famous saying allowed Xiao Wen to find a way to defeat the famous cavalry army of Manchukuo, which was known throughout the feudal history of East Asia.

Since you guys are playing with the feudal knights, I can't possibly play with you guys. Then I can flip the table. I won't play feudal knights with you, I'll directly blast apart the modern cavalry to play with you!

The nurturing of a feudal knight was usually carried out over a decade.

"Through training since childhood, the cavalry of the Eight Flags Cavalry possessed riding techniques and martial arts that we were unable to contend against. Relying on their armor and horses' lances, they are able to freely display their skills on the battlefield, often charging over with unstoppable force. " This was Uncle Li's evaluation of the Eight Flag Cavalry.

It could be seen that although he had never come into contact with the Eight Flag Cavalry, his theoretical knowledge was very solid. He displayed a deep fear of the Eight Flag Cavalry's strength.

However, Xiao Wen wasn't worried about the issue of the feudal knights' military prowess.

No matter how strong his martial arts were, in front of the modern cavalry, he was just a serving of food.

Looking at Uncle Li, Xiao Wen asked, "General Li, I believe that you rarely command cavalry to fight. But you are still clear about the cavalry's fighting characteristics, right? "

"Of course. After all, I have over two thousand Northern Knights under my command." Uncle Li nodded.

Xiao Wen laughed, "Since that's the case, you should know that the vast majority of the cavalry cannot maintain a concentrated formation in order to display their martial arts skills. During a battle, they had to spread out. "Is it?"

"That's right!" Otherwise, wouldn't it cause accidental injuries? " Uncle Li nodded. To the cavalry general, this was common knowledge.

"This is very similar to martial artists in the martial world." Xiao Wen suddenly said leisurely.

Xiao Wen's words caused Uncle Li to be stunned. After which, he nodded, "It does look like it."

The same martial arts experts couldn't form a concentrated formation, and it would take them more than ten years to cultivate.

It could be said that the experts of the martial world were the cavalry soldiers who had dismounted from their horses, walked out of the battlefield, and entered the martial world.

"General Lin was once a County Guard in the Cloud City. How did you suppress the experts in the martial arts world?" Xiao Wen asked.

Perhaps because he had not been the county governor for many years, when Xiao Wen asked a question, Uncle Li pondered for a long while and then replied, "If we send out the county soldiers to encircle and annihilate him. Although they have strong martial arts skills, they are useless in front of a dense number of battle formations. "

In this world, there was no such thing as inner force. Perhaps in a duel or a free-for-all, martial arts could really be useful. However, in the face of a concentrated battle formation, no skill can defeat a concentrated attack by a horde of soldiers.

"No wonder you want the cavalrymen to stand in formation and charge!" Suddenly, a look of realization appeared on Uncle Li's face.

He looked at Xiao Wen and said, "You are using the method of a commander-in-chief to fight against an expert from the martial arts world, you are going to fight against those Manchukuo cavalry, right?"

"Of course." Xiao Wen laughed.

Actually, the war theory of the modern cavalry had already appeared in the early days of the feudal era, or even the middle period of the era of slavery.

Using strong discipline and maintaining a tight formation, he could defeat enemies that were more courageous than him. This kind of tactic was extremely effective when facing off against the stragglers of the barbarians in the heavy infantry.

Naturally, Uncle Li, who was familiar with the military books, was familiar with this routine.

However, he noticed a problem when he replaced Han Jia and Man Flag with the role of a commander-in-chief and an expert in the martial arts world.

Sir, the combat mission of the county soldiers against the experts in the martial arts world seems to be different from the mission of the cavalry against the cavalry!

"What do you mean?" Xiao Wen asked.

"When the soldiers fight against the experts of the martial arts world, they coordinate with the streets of the buildings in the city and encircle and annihilate them." Or form a formation, expel them, and protect certain important places, people, or objects. "But the cavalry battle took place on the plains, and the horses of the Manchu cavalry were better than ours. If they wanted to run, we simply could not catch them."

"Could it be that even if we ride unarmored soldiers, we still won't be able to catch up to them?" Xiao Wen asked.

"Let's go!" "Wait, what are you doing?" Uncle Li's eyes widened as he looked at Xiao Wen. This was the first time a frightened expression appeared on his face.

"Although I don't care if those cavalrymen can win or not, you can't just send them to their deaths! "No, definitely not!" Uncle Li snapped.

Reality is not a costume play.

In the ancient costume dramas, if a martial arts expert wanted to pierce through the armor, it was just a matter of swinging the sword Qi.

However, in a realistic situation, not to mention a metal armor, even a leather armor would require a lot of effort to break through it.

Therefore, armor was a very important thing to soldiers on the battlefield.

Hearing Uncle Li's words, Xiao Wen bitterly smiled.

Previously, if it weren't for the fact that his elder brother had been targeted by a group of archers, such as taking turns to aim at his eyes, he wouldn't have been killed in the first round of the battle with just the defensive capabilities of his Man Armor.

Thus, he naturally understood the effect of the armor on the infantry.

However, Xiao Wen actually asked: "Could it be that General thinks that the cavalry armor is as useful as we have imagined?"

"Isn't it so …"

"Sure enough, you're just an infantry general." Xiao Wen shook his index finger, and looked at Lee Bo Ke with an unsightly expression, "In a cavalry battle, we don't need to break through the enemy's defenses. A few intensive slashes, even if it could not cut through the enemy's armor, at least it would be able to knock the enemy off his horse. As for the riders that fell off their horses … Hehe! "Then the only thing we can do is die."

If it was a combat, a fully armed general might be able to rely on his sturdy lower body, strong strength, and heavily protected armor to beat more than ten simple weapons. He did not have any armor, but he still had to form a formation.

But the cavalry battle was different.

No matter how great one's martial arts was, if one could withstand an attack from four to five enemies in the same direction, one would only end up on the ground.

If this was in the past, when facing attacks, these cavalrymen could still rely on their strong martial arts to dodge or balance themselves.

However, under the concentrated formation of the Han Cavalry, no matter how excellent their martial arts were and how little space they had, it would all become meaningless.

Through the advantage of a concentrated formation, it was possible that the cavalry of Han would be able to kill the entire cavalry if they were able to beat him in a one-on-one battle!

Faintly, Uncle Li seemed to have comprehended something.

During the battle, the proportion of casualties on both sides had nothing to do with the total number of soldiers on both sides. It was only related to the density of the soldiers in contact with the two armies when they came into contact with each other. "The more concentrated the formation is, the better it can avoid casualties …"

While he was still in a daze, this general suddenly spoke out the famous words from the battlefield before the artillery and machine guns appeared.

"Therefore, we have to rely on the speed brought by the armor, as well as the advantage brought by the formation. The best outcome for us would be to wipe out all those cavalrymen. And the worst case scenario would just be for them to throw away their armor and slip into the big man's heart. " Xiao Wen said excitedly.

By the time the seven thousand five hundred cavalrymen realized they needed to escape, they were probably left with only six thousand men.

And more than six thousand heavy cavalry soldiers who had abandoned their armor wanted to defeat the Han people in the siege?

Even if the country's elites had been transferred to the eastern front, Xiao Wen believed that any county, or even county, would be able to rely on the brave villagers temporarily recruited in the city to block the attacks of the Manchu constables.