The war between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, subconsciously, they thought it was the kind of well-equipped cavalry with spears, halberds and other weapons in their hands, and the two armies faced each other.
pity.
This is not the case.
The nomads were good at riding and archery. When they faced off against the Han army, most of them used horseback riding and archery to deal with the Han army.
Don't they have any other weapons?
Of course, in addition to swords, there are also spears, daggers, halberds and other weapons taken from the Han people.
That's right.
They are still using "Ge", a weapon that has long been eliminated by the Han Dynasty.
For such an army, don't expect heavy cavalry to appear.
The Han Dynasty was located in the Central Plains.
On the battlefield in the Central Plains, most of the earlier arms were equipped with wooden chariots and infantry.
But this method of combat is too cumbersome.
then.
In the early days of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, in the battle between Han and Huns, when the Han people fought against the Huns, they would always feel that they had no strength and no energy.
The Han Dynasty gathered its troops and marched towards the grassland.
The Xiongnu cavalry turned into birds and beasts and scattered. How could the Han Dynasty infantry pursue them?
Not being able to catch up is not the key!
The key is that if you choose to retreat, the cavalry will turn around and harass you with bows and arrows. When the time comes, I can’t run away, I’m exhausted from all the tossing, and I’m finally slowly wasted to death on the grassland.
Nothing can be done.
It is precisely for this reason that the Wen and Jing dynasties vigorously developed the horse breeding industry.
Until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Only then did the Han army have its own cavalry unit to deal with the Xiongnu.
It can be said that the achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the first half of his life were achieved through the efforts of three generations.
But then again.
Although the Han cavalry developed, most of them were formed after learning from the Huns.
The main force of the Huns' cavalry was the cavalry.
then.
The cavalry army of the Han Dynasty also followed the same example, and the main force was composed of cavalry and archers. As for the shock cavalry, at this time, their role is completely auxiliary.
main reason!
Still without a high bridge saddle and stirrups, it was impossible to fight at close range immediately.
Like the plot of the three heroes fighting Lu Bu in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", if there is no high bridge saddle and stirrups, it would be complete nonsense!
The force is mutual.
When riding a horse, there are no stirrups under your feet. No matter how hard you push, you will be hit back with the same force.
With the same strength, if you knock others to the ground, won't you fall off the horse yourself?
This is why during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, most cavalry were not equipped with spear weapons!
anyway!
If you don’t have a high bridge saddle or stirrups, do you need to hold the horse’s reins?
Lead?
So how do you free your hands to fight the enemy? Everyone is desperate on the battlefield. Either you die or I live. Who dares to do it with one hand?
Not involved?
When fighting, how do you control the horse? If you are not careful, you will fall off the horse!
This is also why the cavalry was formed when the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was formed. The reason for not being popular in the first place.
but.
As the cavalry three-piece suit gradually developed.
The terrifying combat power of the shock cavalry to tear apart the enemy's battlefield formations made them completely replace the mounted archers.
General Wei Qing noticed that Huo Guang was distracted, so he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "What are you thinking about?"
Huo Guang came to his senses and quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, the sleeping area in the military camp is too hard. I didn't sleep well last night!"
Hear this.
The expression on Wei Qing's face changed. He glanced at Huo Guang and said, "You have been in the military camp for so long and you still haven't adapted?"
"It's not that I haven't adapted, it's just that I didn't sleep well last night."
Huo Guang smiled awkwardly.
The general did not dwell too much on this issue. He pointed at the sand table and said, "Okay, go back and take the sand table away. I have received your message."
take away?
Huo Guang was stunned for a moment and said, "General, didn't you say you like this sand table? Why do you want me to take it back?"
The general shook his head and said: "Why do I need the terrain of the Qilian Mountains? And it's quite big. Let me take up space here!"
Hearing this, Huo Guang was stunned for a while!
The terrain of the Qilian Mountains area is indeed useless to the general.
But this is a sandbox!
It can be reshaped, and it is not the kind of foam-shaped mold.
After thinking about it, Huo Guang said to Wei Qing: "General, didn't you say that we will arrange a formation drill for the entire army later?"
"Yes, why are you asking?" General Wei Qing glanced at Huo Guang suspiciously.
Huo Guang said calmly: "If we want to practice arranging troops, I can reshape this sand table and lay out the outline of the surrounding military camp where we are now. The general can use it then!"
Wei Qing shook his head and said: "It's just a practice of arranging troops, no map needed!"
Line up your troops!
It is true that there is no need for a map, but Huo Guang thought to himself, just bring back the sand table that he spent several days making?
That's not in vain!
Huo Guang glanced at the sand table he had sent, looking at its proportions to the general's tent.
It does take up quite a bit of space!
But if it becomes important in the eyes of the general, then it seems just right to put it in this camp.
Then here comes the problem!
How can I make the sand table I worked so hard to make become important in the eyes of General Wei Qing?
This is a problem.
While Huo Guang was thinking about this problem, his eyes were fixed on the two small red and blue flags on the sand table.
red blue
Suddenly, Huo Guang's eyes lit up and he thought of a good idea.
"Ahem, General, I have a very important suggestion regarding troop formation drills. Do you want to listen to it?" Huo Guang said seriously.
General Wei Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded and said, "Come and listen!"
Huo Guang then said: "The traditional way of arranging troops is too backward and far from actual combat. This also makes the army disorderly once it reaches the real battlefield."
"So my advice is!"
"The general might as well form a target army, for example, call him the Blue Army, as a training opponent."
"The formation of troops must be used to deal with the enemy."
"We regard this blue army as our enemy. With enemies, the general can better understand what is wrong with our army!"
Huo Guang's words directly inspired General Wei Qingdao.
In the past, when training troops, he always felt that something was missing when arranging troops. When Huo Guang said it, he found what he felt was missing.
But after thinking about it, I felt something was wrong and asked: "But where can I get such a blue army? You can't let me dismantle half of the army and make what you call a blue army!"
It's a taboo for the coach to take away power.
This is a Blues team that absolutely cannot be broken down in half and used for confrontation.
Blues!
As the name suggests, it is an imaginary enemy army.
Since it is a hypothesis, there is no need to consider the strength of the army.
Huo Guang thought of this, smiled faintly, and replied: "General, why does the Blue Army need so many troops? As the imaginary enemy, it only needs to be divided into five thousand people."
"At that time, the blue army will be 5,000, and our army will be 45,000."
“Just count one Blues player as ten.”
"For example, during a confrontation, if a confrontation occurs, the battle loss ratio will be calculated directly. One person from the blue army will die and ten from our army will be fine."
Huo Guang's words meant to Wei Qing.
It was like opening a door to a new world. He didn't expect that the world outside the door could be played like this!
The general looked excited and said, "Huo Guang, how did you come up with this novel method?"
Forehead.
How would Huo Guang answer this question asked by Wei Qing?
You can't tell him.
This is how military confrontation exercises in the future world will come about!
Huo Guang rolled his eyes and immediately said, "Oh, last time my brother, General Hussars, came here to give me a mount, he brought me a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War. I read the contents in it."
As soon as the words came out.
Huo Guang regretted saying that.
His young and promising brother, General Hussar, has read such a famous military book as "The Art of War" several times. Has the general Wei Qing not read it?
Maybe you can memorize it all by heart!
as expected.
General Wei Qing immediately frowned and said, "I can not only recite Sun Tzu's Art of War by heart, but I have read it at least dozens of times. Why don't I remember that there is a record in that book about the art of war?" of these things!”
Huo Guang's face suddenly showed a bitter expression.
When it comes to the ancient art of war, General Wei Qing is more proficient than the champion Hou Huo Qubing.
But the words were spoken.
Huo Guang could only make it up now and said: "The general may have misunderstood what I meant. What I am talking about is not what is recorded in the military book, but what I suddenly thought of when I was reading the military book!"
This sentence.
Huo Guang didn't believe that the general could still find a loophole.
certainly.
No matter whether the general could find a flaw or not, Huo Guang didn't want the other party to delve deeper into his words, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "General, please don't care about these details. If you use the drill method I mentioned and conduct a red-blue army confrontation drill, then This sand table will come in handy again.”
"By the time."
"I'll just take this sand table and shape it again according to the terrain around the military camp."
"correct."
"And this flag, you see, when the red and blue armies confront each other, the red is our army, and the blue is the imaginary enemy blue army. You can see all the changes in the drill situation clearly on the sand table."
"Taking out a small flag means that one army has been wiped out. Planting a flag somewhere means that a certain place is occupied by that army."
As he spoke, Huo Guang started to swing the small flag on the sand table.
Wei Qing is a smart man, so he naturally realizes that Huo Guang talks about it just for this sand table!
That being the case!
He then said: "Since you admire the use of this sand table so much, I will keep it. Oh, first change it to the terrain around the military camp. In a few days, the entire army will be drilled and deployed. It’s time to form.”
"But I do appreciate your suggestion just now of recommending a confrontation drill between the red and blue forces!"
"I'm going to report this to His Majesty, what do you think?"
Huo Guang immediately said: "It would be better if we can get His Majesty's consent."
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, even though he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
His military ability is not bad either. If it weren't for the busy state affairs, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would have said that he would personally teach the young Huo Qubing the art of war!
After Huo Guang had an exchange with General Wei Qing.
The sand table was finally dragged back by Huo Guang, and then prepared to be reshaped into the terrain surrounding the military camp.
Due to time constraints, when Huo Guang came back, he began to re-create the sand table. At the same time, he called Lin Yaoqing, who was usually responsible for leading troop training, to come over.
As for the one hundred recruits.
Huo Guang let them practice archery freely.
Lin Yaoqing was called over and asked, "Uncle Huo Du, are you looking for me?"
"Old Lin, come here and help me figure out the terrain around our military camp. It's urgent!" Huo Guang said he was waiting for urgent help, but his tone gave off a very bland impression.
Lin Yaoqing's age is infinitely older than Huo Guang's, and even older than his brother Huo Qubing.
It's not an exaggeration to call him Lao Lin.
It's just that Huo Guang is too young, so he always feels a little funny.
However, Lin Yaoqing himself didn't realize that when he followed Huo Qubing, the Eight Hundred Hussars from Yao, he was also very young, younger than him.
Lin Yaoqing squatted down when he saw Huo Guang talking.
Looking at the familiar sand table, Lin Yaoqing asked, "Won't our general accept the gift from Uncle Huo Dub?"
"Take it, but we need to redo it to the terrain around the military camp. When the time comes, we can use it when practicing the formation of the entire army!" Huo Guang said briefly and covered it up vaguely. what happened in it.
Lin Yaoqing didn't ask any more questions, so he squatted down and helped Huo Guang finish piling up the terrain around the military camp on the sand table.
Since Huo Guang could not leave the military camp, Lin Yaoqing was more familiar with the surrounding mountains and woods than Huo Guang.
But it was his first time to fabricate, so he was not yet proficient in this craft. As he was doing it, he asked Huo Guang, "Uncle Huo Dub, do you think my pinching is okay?"
"Okay? Hey, you don't need to be so careful, it just looks like a mountain range." After Huo Guang replied to Lin Yaoqing's words, he asked again: "I said Lao Lin, our Han army's cavalry includes cavalry, archer cavalry and assault cavalry. Cavalry, do you know?”
Lin Yaoqing nodded immediately and said: "I know, but the number of cavalry in the South Camp is very small, and they are mostly used to assist our cavalry in battle. The North Camp is different. General Hussars prefers to use the cavalry in battle. Therefore, the number of assault cavalry in Beidaying is much larger.”
While talking.
Lin Yaoqing had a proud expression on his face, as if he was from the Beida Camp Assault Cavalry.
But Huo Guang didn't ask this.
He stopped what he was doing, looked at Lin Yaoqing, and asked: "Since you know that our cavalry is divided into assault cavalry and cavalry shooting, why didn't you tell me?"
Lin Yaoqing immediately said depressedly: "Uncle Huo Dub, I told you!"
"But every time I say it, you don't pay attention."
"and!"
"This is not an important matter. I thought you knew that."
Said?
All right!
Huo Guang really didn't pay attention to Lin Yaoqing's mention. He shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll just concentrate on shaping the new terrain. Then I'll please my uncle and make His Majesty happy. I won't be able to leave the military camp at any time."
The reason why he works so hard is that he naturally has his own plans.
Otherwise, you have too much time to fix this thing?
By the time Huo Guang finished preparing the new sand table terrain, two days had passed, and the day for the Han cavalry to set out to conquer the Xiongnu in the north was getting closer and closer.
This day.
When Huo Guang led people to drag the sand table into the general's camp again, he was surprised to find that there were a few more old guys in the general's camp.
Flying General Li Guang.
The undefeated general Cheng Bushi!
There were also some old generals whom Huo Guang didn't know very well.
Huo Guang was very confused, why did these people come to Nanda Camp? At this age, shouldn't they be at home to take care of themselves?
(End of chapter)
