On the third day of September, three days before the official start of Zhang Wen's battle, Liu Bei personally rushed to that house with a series of powerful subordinates including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Jian, Dong Huang, Han Hao, etc. in order to reverse the blow to the morale of the Han army caused by this incident. The family of a local powerful man named Hu was arrested.
The Hu family used the family's private soldiers to protect and resist. Liu Bei was furious and directly ordered the use of force.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei advanced with their swords and opened the way in front. The people behind them followed closely and killed all the private soldiers of the Hu family.
Later, Liu Bei took his whole family back to the military camp as traitors, beheaded them in public, confiscated their homes and exterminated them, thus directly physically liberating the family.
Damn it, how dare a mere family ignore an army of 100,000 people just because they have embraced the eunuch?
If I don’t give you some clues, you really don’t know that the military is the strongest source of power in the world!
Interested in the military?
How many brains do you have?
Zhang Wen was very worried about Liu Bei's move.
"Eunuchs care about face and money the most. If Xuande acts like this, some eunuchs may be disadvantageous to Xuande!"
Liu Bei smiled slightly and said it didn't matter.
"Military law is like a mountain. If the military law cannot be implemented and the dignity of the commander cannot be preserved, the soldiers will not be able to use their lives, and the battle will not be won. If the eunuchs are coming, they will come for me! Back then, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong couldn't do anything to me, let alone Now?"
Zhang Wen was speechless.
But Liu Bei really isn't worried about this.
Beforehand, Liu Bei had secretly written to Zhang Rang and told him about the incident, saying that he owed him a favor and asked him to help deal with the eunuch who had suffered losses, and preferably beat him up.
As for the social relations of the Hu family, if they still exist, I hope Zhang Rang will help them to the end and solve them together so that they disappear from this world.
Liu Bei remembered this favor and would return it in the future.
Zhang Wen was unaware of Liu Bei's private actions, and was deeply moved when he saw Liu Bei righteously stating that he would protect the majesty of the coach and military law at all costs.
He thought of the relationship between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and thought that through the relationship between the Cao family, maybe Liu Bei could get through this safely. Even if there were some difficulties, the Cao family would take care of things for him.
Although there were still many question marks, Liu Bei was very grateful to Liu Bei for decisively helping him solve this problem and resolving his urgent need for something he did not dare to do.
Not only Zhang Wen had a complete change in his view of Liu Bei, but many military generals who were not familiar with Liu Bei before also had a completely new view of Liu Bei.
He does what he is told, kills when he is told, is not afraid of the eunuch's threat, and vents heartily. Such a man is a real macho man.
With the help of his superiors and the change of his impression in the army, Liu Bei became more confident about fighting for military merit. So in the first battle on September 6, Liu Bei got the opportunity to attack.
At that time, Dong Zhuo and Zhou Shen each led an army to fight against the main left and right wings of the rebels. Zhang Wen personally led an elite force to attack the opponent's front and middle armies. The two sides used the two sides of the tributary of the Wei River as the battlefield, and the battle was so dark that the sky was dark, the earth was dark, and the sun and the moon were dim. .
The two sides clashed in the early morning and continued until the afternoon. The battle was still a long way from being over.
Near dusk, the rebel cavalry finally attacked. Zhang Wen stood on a hill in the distance to observe the battlefield situation. He saw at a glance that the rebel cavalry was attacking from the central army's formation, targeting Dong Zhuo's left wing, and he realized The opportunity comes.
He ordered the Cavalry Commander Liu Bei to lead five thousand elite cavalry to attack, with the goal of defeating the rebel cavalry. If he could take the opportunity to shake the central army's formation and create an opportunity for the main army to defeat the opponent's central army, it would be a high-level military merit, and Liu Bei would definitely win this battle. ’s first achievement.
Zhang Wen looked at Liu Bei.
"This battle is dangerous, can Xuande be confident?"
Liu Bei, who was wearing armor and fully armed, smiled confidently.
"I am willing to break it for the general!"
Zhang Wen was very happy, nodded, and issued military orders to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei immediately led his five thousand elite cavalry onto the battlefield, preparing to attack.
In the era without perfect high-bridge saddles and bilateral stirrups, the cavalry's tactical movements were greatly restricted. Most cavalry were unable to perform very flexible tactical movements on horseback like the cavalry after the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
But this does not mean that cavalry cannot fight on horseback.
In fact, the development of cavalry harnesses did not happen overnight. It was not one or a few genius inventions that perfected harnesses. Instead, they were improved bit by bit through long-term combat and constant trial and error.
Liu Bei observed this very carefully. Although his cavalry did not have bilateral stirrups and a perfect high-bridge saddle, it was by no means without stirrups to assist in mounting the horse, nor was it without a saddle for carrying the cavalry.
Even the saddles used by the elite cavalry of the Han army are close to the shape of the Takahashi saddle in shape, and they have a direct relationship in function. They are obviously the direct predecessors of the Takahashi saddle.
Such harness is not uncommon in the development of cavalry.
In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, with the continuous development of the war against the Xiongnu, the horse equipment of the Han cavalry also continued to develop, and the saddle, an important carrying tool, was also constantly improved.
Finally, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Youzhou Tuqi was able to shine.
The Youzhou Assault Cavalry are a group of combat cavalry that can launch a serious charge on the battlefield, not horse archers.
Although the equipment is still classified as light cavalry, the existence of the assault cavalry proves that even without perfect horse equipment, skilled cavalry can still rely on their own equestrian skills to launch armed attacks and play a decisive role in the battlefield situation. .
It can be said that the development of cavalry is not stagnant, nor is it fully formed overnight. Instead, it has undergone hundreds of years of gradual development, with the emergence of increasingly complete horse equipment, mature tactics, excellent cavalry commanders, and many other things. content.
When everything is almost ready, the final perfection of stirrups and saddles will naturally make the cavalry even more powerful and possess more powerful crushing combat effectiveness, instead of suddenly appearing like a mechanical god during a certain period in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. These heavily armed brothers who stepped on the stirrups to change the mode of war.
All weapons and equipment in history did not appear suddenly, and their functional modes must have a relationship between the past and the future.
Of course, Liu Bei is an anomaly. In this world, he is the only one who can do things like deus ex machina.
It's just that Liu Bei doesn't have the confidence to dominate the world yet, so although he knows the existence of high bridge saddles, bilateral stirrups and horseshoes, he won't use them easily because these things are too easy to imitate.
He will only release these war magic weapons after he has the most powerful cavalry in the world and basically monopolizes the horse-producing areas, turning his cavalry into heavily armed brothers who can change the battlefield in one go, and then lay down his own power like a majestic Total victory.
At present, he is also a strong man who can face the rough inner thighs directly.
Facing the cavalry attack of the Liangzhou rebels, Liu Bei took a deep breath and adjusted himself to a violent state.
As if aware of Liu Bei's change in status, Zhen Yan immediately became nervous and was ready to pay any price to protect Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was also prepared for an overall impact.
He is already familiar with the battlefield, and he will not have any reaction that does not belong to a warrior to the horror and bloodshed on the battlefield.
What I want to pursue is not just the victory of this war, but the victory of a route. Anyone who blocks my route will be crushed by my best efforts.
So, you all go to hell.
"Attack!"
Liu Bei issued the order to attack.
(End of chapter)
