The uniform movements and the brave and heroic posture of women brought an unprecedented experience to the entire military parade ceremony.
Some people may say that the people of the Tang Dynasty did not realize how shocking it was, because the Tang Dynasty had the Detachment of Women, and Niangzi Pass had stood for more than a thousand years.
But this is not the case. Princess Pingyang raised an army to respond to Li Yuan, and her military discipline was good, and she also won the support of the people. Therefore, the people called Princess Pingyang "Ms. Li" and the army led by Princess Pingyang. For the "Women's Army".
This does not mean that Princess Pingyang's army is composed of women. In fact, except for a few of Princess Pingyang's personal guards who are women, most of her bodyguards are not women, but all men.
There were no purely female-organized armies in the Tang Dynasty.
It is conceivable how powerful the shock brought by the parade formation composed of these 352 female soldiers, and like the male soldiers, they are all fully armored. Unlike the male soldiers, these female soldiers The weapons held in the hands are different. The two rows in front hold round shields and wear long knives on their waists.
Then the female soldiers in the third and fourth rows had knives on their waists and long guns in their hands!
Then there are bows and arrows equipped with long knives.
It can be said that all the arms of the Tang Dynasty are now available.
The female soldiers in this formation not only gave everyone a shock, because in everyone's impression, women are the husband and godson, or the lady of the family.
When will women be able to hold knives and guns on the battlefield? You must know that the total weight of these armors is more than thirty kilograms. When combined with long knives, spears and other weapons, they can carry at least forty or fifty kilograms. For many women, it is relatively difficult for them to walk with this weight.
Of course, those who have this impression are those from relatively wealthy families. Ordinary people don't think so. It is normal for women from ordinary people's families to carry dozens of kilograms of stuff, unless they are born with a thin body.
But even in ordinary people's homes, women who can do this are considered relatively strong.
When the entire formation passed, another formation of female soldiers followed. The reason why everyone could see it in advance this time was because this time they were not wearing armor. To be precise, they could be said to be the only ones on the battlefield who were not wearing armor. A square formation in armor.
They did not carry weapons, but the tailored leather armor matched with the leather boots on their bodies was very handsome, and they all carried a special cross-body leather bag on their waists with a red gourd embroidered on it. There is also a circle of white cloth on his arm, and there is also a red white cloth on it.
"The brave and heroic five-foot spear, the dawn shines on the military training field, the Chinese people are full of ambitions, they don't like red clothes and love armed forces! Now coming towards us is the second female soldier formation of the Tang Dynasty, which is also a military medical formation. They are made up of The Tang Dynasty is composed of women of the new era with advanced ideas. They are willing to protect their homes and the country just like men! They combine women's carefulness, sophistication and medical skills, and after special military medical training, they have brought life to countless injured soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. hope!"
"The next thing coming to us is the Datang Light Cavalry Squadron! As the mobile force of the Datang Army, they are responsible for detecting, encircling, and cutting up the enemy..."
After the two female soldiers passed by, a neatly arranged cavalry squadron came behind them. The light cavalry squadron at the front had white horses with not a single hair on their bodies, and these horses All are equipped with a combination of leather armor and important armor pieces.
The horses' heads, abdomen and other important parts are equipped with steel protective armor composed of armor plates. The armor on the horses adopts key protection.
The cavalry on horseback is actually not much different from the infantry just now. It is just for the rapid maneuverability of the light cavalry that the protective area is reduced. But even so, its protective area is less than that of the previous Mingguang Armor. One point, it also uses a new steel sheet and reduces the thickness of the steel sheet. After testing, it can protect most bow and arrow shots at a distance of about 20 meters, which is enough.
But in the eyes of the many envoys on the city wall, they all looked speechless. What the hell do you call this light cavalry?
Is your light cavalry the same thing as the light cavalry I think?
But what shocked everyone was that even though those infantrymen were all human beings after all, why did these horses walk so neatly? ! How long does it take to train?
Even war horses can be trained to this point. How strong is the combat effectiveness of Tang Dynasty's cavalry?
After the light cavalry phalanx passed, it was the heavy cavalry phalanx that everyone was looking forward to.
When the black war horses and armored heavy cavalry came, everyone was actually a little disappointed, mainly because...it felt like there was nothing special about them. The armor on them? It is no different from the armor of the Tang Dynasty infantry in front, the only difference is the color.
The disposable spear in their hand? The long knife hanging on the waist? What's there to say about this? Datang has no shortage of weapons. As for the full-body armor on the black war horse...even the light cavalry just now was almost full-body armor. What's so special about this kind of full-body armor? No.
So everyone's expectations were too high, but they were a little disappointed.
Behind this heavy cavalry are the same two heavy cavalry, but the horses under their crotches are of different colors, and there seems to be no difference in other aspects.
After the cavalry troops, a brand new phalanx appeared in front of everyone. A crossbow carriage made of a special carriage was pulled by a horse. The first group was the medium-sized bed that Li Ke once used. Crossbows, they're not that big, and in this unique carriage, one carriage pulls two bed crossbows.
On the side of the carriage is a uniquely built shelf, with rows of crossbow arrows neatly displayed on it, probably at least dozens or hundreds of them.
The bed crossbow is not a new thing, but this bed crossbow obviously has something special. You can see with the naked eye that some of its brackets are very thin, but steel has directly replaced the heavy wood, and it is integrated with the carriage below.
The form and speed of this carriage made everyone frown, because everyone could see that this carriage... was obviously not a carriage with wooden wheels. It looked lighter, and even if it was pulled by a horse, It also moves extremely fast.
Such a carriage may not be able to keep up with the cavalry in the wild, but it has absolutely no problem keeping up with the infantry.
And such a bed crossbow... is also a devastating blow to the enemy's cavalry. As you can see, it only needs to be able to follow the infantry.
Because there are actually very few direct confrontations between cavalry and cavalry, it is often the cavalry that makes tactical insertions to target the enemy's infantry or weak points.
If such a bed crossbow is followed by infantry, it will have a devastating blow to the enemy's cavalry.
