The rumble of horse hooves came from afar, and everyone at the top of Yanshi City finally relaxed when they saw the Yulin Cavalry returning with a smile as if it had been bathed in a river of blood.
After all, this is the first time that heavy cavalry has appeared in an organized manner in this era, and no one knows what its combat effectiveness is.
Three thousand Yulin cavalry attacked 15,000 Wei troops. Although the cavalry had natural restraint against infantry, in this era where stirrups, horseshoes and other horse equipment had not yet been invented, the lethality of the cavalry was far less than that of later generations. powerful.
Without stirrups as a support point and an auxiliary tool to fix the body, the cavalryman using two-handed weapons would not only easily fall off the horse, but also lack strength.
Therefore, the main weapons of the cavalry are three-foot long swords and crossbows that do not require full force slashing.
However, due to the lack of strength, the three-foot long sword in the hands of the cavalry was slightly insufficient to damage the armor. Its armor-piercing ability was slightly weaker and far less lethal than the crossbow. Therefore, King Wuling of Zhao encouraged the Zhao people to wear Hu clothing and highly praised it. What is more difficult to train is mounted archery.
Therefore, it is inevitable that everyone is so worried about the 3,000 Yulin cavalry attacking the 15,000 Wei army without the cover and support of infantry.
Fortunately, this Yulin Cavalry not only returned safely, but judging from the heads hanging on the horse's head and the sides of the horse's belly, it was obviously a great victory.
"Congratulations to the general on his return from victory!"
A burst of uniform congratulations brought Zhang Ji back to reality from his thoughts, but Zhang Ji just waved his hands, without much joy on his face, and returned to the camp alone.
And Zhang Ji's performance can't help but make people a little confused.
It was clear that they were returning with a great victory, and they had severely damaged the 15,000 Wei army with 3,000 cavalry, but why did the guard seem a little depressed?
Perhaps just like the indifferent Mr. Wu An in the past, all the great talents in the world have their own weird tempers.
However, even though Zhang Ji was like this, he could not hide the fact of this great victory. Thanks to the 40,000 stones of grain, grass and various fruits, vegetables and meat prepared in advance at Zhang Ji's request, this celebration banquet was quite sumptuous. The only drawback was that alcohol was not allowed during the war.
In Zhang Ji's big tent, no one participated in the celebration, Zhang Ji still had a bad face.
In this battle, he was the only one who did not set foot on the battlefield. He just quietly watched the changes in the battlefield situation on the hill.
There seemed to be only about 5,000 Wei soldiers who could still move and flee.
This is not to say that Yulin's cavalry formation killed 10,000 Wei troops, but that many Wei troops were seriously injured and unable to move.
He was knocked away by nearly half a ton of heavy armored cavalry at high speed, leaving him dead and disabled.
Although Yu Linqi began to harvest heads after the Wei army fled, and the impact damage was greatly reduced when the speed was reduced, it was impossible to get up immediately.
But despite this, Yu Lin's cavalry formation will not kill less than 6,000 enemies.
This record is not the upper limit of the Yulin Cavalry. It did not bring out the maximum combat power of the Yulin Army. Zhang Ji must admit that it was due to his negligence.
After taking over the Yulin Guard, he spent most of his time either learning the art of war from Li Xin, Qiang Yu and others, or competing with Jing Salamander, Chao Tide, Zhao Ji and others. Ahem, in short, his mind was full of military strategies. , military situation, and yin and yang of soldiers, I really forgot about saddles, stirrups and horseshoes.
This era was not without saddles, but the saddles at this time were not so much saddles as saddle pads. These saddle pads were shaped like two pillows stuffed with wool on the inside and made of leather on the outside. They were folded when not in use. When getting up, the low-bridge saddle pad, which is unfolded on both sides of the horse's back and fixed with three straps, only serves to make the rider sit more comfortably.
If today's Habayashi Riders are all equipped with high-bridge saddles, stirrups and horseshoes, then with the personal qualities of these Habayashi Riders, who are at least two veterans of Shangzhuojue, the Habayashi Riders will at least still have The Yulin Assault Cavalry has the physical strength to carry out two charges, and the Yulin Assault Cavalry has the freedom to use both hands to charge into the formation with a spear. The ability to break the formation is far better than the Yulin Assault Cavalry using the Qin Sword.
However, what really bothered Zhang Ji was not only that Yu Linqi's combat power did not reach its limit due to his negligence, but that Yu Linqi's terrifying combat power completely defeated the Wei army.
The Wei army, with a casualty rate of 70%, obviously no longer had the will to fight, but Zhang Ji's purpose was never to completely defeat this Wei army.
Zhang Ji's purpose was to sow discord between Jin Yao, the only son of Jin Bi, and Wei Wuji.
The position of deputy general of Jin Yao was personally appointed by King Wei of Wei. This appointment was made after Lu Buwei sent a snare spy in Daliang to spread rumors that Wei Wuji was rebellious and bribed many Wei court officials and Wei King's servants to report to Wei. It was published after Wang Yujin and Wei Wuji slandered him.
It is indeed a clever method to use Jin Yao, who has the connections and prestige left by Jin Bi in the army, and has a sworn feud with Wei Wuji, to restrain Wei Wuji's military power. Jin Yao is a man who knows soldiers and will not do anything to harm the army, but he will always keep an eye on Wei Wuji. And Wei Wuji had to endure Jin Yao's surveillance regardless of whether he had any rebellious intentions or not.
Wei Wangyu's technique of checks and balances was indeed good, but he did not choose the right time.
If there is no war in the Wei State, then this kind of check and balance technique is appropriate, but once the Wei army encounters a war, it will violate the taboo of military strategists.
Since ancient times, there have been five kinds of constant victory: the imperial general cannot win, the ignorant general cannot win, the obedient general cannot win, the time is useless and the enemy cannot win, and the numerous people cannot win.
Wei Wuji, the chief general of the Wei army, was not trusted by King Wei of Wei, so he was called the "royal general". The army was divided into two factions, Wei Wuji and Jin Bi's old tribe. If the generals were in discord, they were called "good generals".
This gave Zhang Ji an opportunity to take advantage of.
Zhang Ji originally planned to use the fortified city made of bricks and stones to hold back the vanguard army on the left led by Jin Yao, and then make Jin Yao think that Wei Wuji was deliberately making things difficult for him. He gave the credit to his confidants and asked him to attack a fortified city that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Only then did Zhang Er and Chen Yu's right vanguard army, as well as Wei Wuji's central army, have secret reports from Jin Bi's old troops to Jin Yao.
But Jin Bi has passed away after all. Not every disciple and former official can have a heart of repaying gratitude to his boss who promoted him in the past. It should be noted that they may not even have a heart of repaying gratitude to their mother country.
Some people can seek refuge with Zhu Hai and Wei Wuji, who killed their old masters, and others can seek refuge with Qin.
In this era of broken etiquette, loyalty, etiquette and justice are a luxury.
These few old Jin Bi men who secretly reported to Jin Yao had actually been trapped in the trap to instigate rebellion.
Their status in the Wei army may not be very high, but with the relationship between Jin Yao and Wei Wuji, their letters can affect the relationship between Jin Yao and Wei Wuji. Even if the instigation is not successful, they will still influence the relationship between Jin Yao and Wei Wuji. A seed of doubt was planted in my heart.
Trust is like a mirror. When it is not broken, it can reflect all the beautiful things in the world. But once it is broken, no matter how beautiful things are, the image in the mirror will be extremely ugly and can never be restored.
Zhang Ji ordered Yu Linqi to raid the Wei army. In fact, he only came with the purpose of dampening the vigor of the Wei army and looking for an opportunity to burn the Wei army's baggage. Only in this way could he completely ensure that the concentrated five thousand defenders could defeat the tens of thousands of Wei army. Defend Yanshi City under attack.
It's just that... Zhang Ji really didn't expect that Yu Linqi would directly defeat the Wei army.
The Yulin Assault Cavalry is the first organized heavy armored cavalry in the world today. No one knows what kind of results an organized heavy armored cavalry can achieve.
Originally, he had already started trying to arrange a complete break between Jin Yao and Wei Wuji, but after the battle, it was good that Jin Yao could escape the death penalty of defeat. How could he still break with Wei Wuji?
Will this make Zhang Jineng not depressed?
Fortunately, there was still someone who could comfort the depressed Zhang Ji.
While everyone was celebrating their victory, Jing Salamander glanced at the sky that was gradually becoming darker and darker.
Well...not during the day.
The next moment, several graceful figures appeared around the camp.
He glared at the sniggering female killers and said in a cold voice, "Just say that the general has gone to bed. Unless there is an emergency military situation, no one is allowed to come in."
"Yes~"
Facing the knowing and joking gazes of the female assassins under his command, Jing Salamander entered Zhang Ji's tent with a slightly blushing pink face, and smoothly lowered the door curtain.
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