0567 Killing a horse
The six people who fell behind were obviously servants. They were very well-behaved. They lined up in a long line and ran quickly in the middle cargo passage, completely avoiding the flow of people on both sides.
Liu Haojia turned to the soldiers and sneered and said, "It's up to you! Kill the horses! Capture the people!"
These dozen soldiers were from three squads, led by three squad leaders. The three squad leaders had obviously discussed in advance who would take command. One of them heard Liu Haojia's order and immediately shouted loudly: "Two rows! Reject the horses!"
The soldiers immediately stood in two rows. The soldier in the front row stuck the bayonet on the gun, then put the butt of the gun on the ground and stepped on it with his feet. He held the gun at a 45-degree angle and pointed the bayonet diagonally at the sky! The soldiers in the back row also fixed their bayonets and held them flat, sticking them out from the heads of the soldiers in the front row! In just two or three seconds, a row of steel jungles formed!
At this time, the merchants and pedestrians on the street had already discovered that someone was riding a horse at the other end of the long street! Moreover, this kind of thing has happened a lot during this period, and they have learned from it. They have quickly hid under the shops and eaves on both sides, and made way for the entire road!
At this time, as soon as the people on the street moved away, Liu Haojia and others were exposed! Pedestrians and merchants immediately recognized Liu Haojia standing behind the soldier! So immediately someone shouted happily: "It's the Marquis who's coming, it's the Marquis who's coming!"
"It's really the Marquis! Now these gangsters are in trouble!"
Different from the cheerfulness of the pedestrians and merchants, the faces of a group of patrolling soldiers who had just arrived were much uglier! Especially the squad leader who led the team turned blue! Read the book
Liu Haojia has already made his attitude clear by standing here, which means that he will never condone anyone running wildly on the pedestrian street! When he encountered this situation in the past, he had no good way to stop it, and these runners often changed their positions, and he couldn't figure out the rules, so he often waited until everyone ran out of the pedestrian street before he arrived!
Today he arrived at the crossroads earlier than usual, ready to stop these people and talk some sense into them. But at this time, he found that the commander was already standing at the crossroads first! So he had a premonition that he might be unlucky!
Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by the Jinyi guards on both sides of the road. Then he said directly: "The second young master is already there, so don't come forward!"
Seeing this situation, the monitor could only nod helplessly and stood on the street waiting for the final decision. However, he still ordered the soldiers to fix their bayonets and be ready to support Liu Haojia at any time.
When Liu Haojia's team had just been organized, there were no pedestrians on the street! Seeing that the road suddenly became empty, the horse runners became even more elated and actually accelerated again!
And when the person running at the front saw the crowd in front starting to move to both sides, he proudly looked back at his companions, showing off that he was running at the front! So he didn't see the soldiers gathering at the intersection at all!
But the two companions behind him could clearly see the soldiers lining up not far away. Although the alcohol made their minds a little dull, they also understood that something was not quite right! So they immediately reined in their horses, slowed down, and shouted warnings to their companions!
But the man running at the front didn't hear what his companions were shouting because the sound of horse hooves was so dense! But fortunately, he still saw something was wrong from his companion's face! And when he turned his head to look at the crossroads, he was already two horses away from his companion!
At this time, he finally discovered that there was someone blocking the intersection in front of him. What surprised him even more was that they clearly saw the flash of weapons! So he immediately shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! Get out of my way!"
When the soldiers heard his shout, not only did they not move away, but they tightened their grip on the muskets in their hands! Those muskets themselves are already very long, plus the three-edged bayonets that are nearly two feet long. Standing on the ground, they are as high as an adult's eyebrows. Therefore, this kind of bayonet bush is a complete deterrent under the sunlight. force!
The long street itself was not very long. After the man finished shouting, the rapidly galloping horse had quickly approached the bayonet bush, so he couldn't help but panic and forgot to rein in the horse for a moment!
But the war horse is alive and spiritual. He knows that the pile of bayonets in front of him will hit him.
There will definitely be no good fruit to eat! He straightened his front legs and bent his hind legs, desperately trying to stop himself! But the friction coefficient between the horseshoe and the concrete floor is too small! Even though the horseshoes had worn out sparks, the war horse still crashed into the bayonet bushes in front!
The soldiers looked at the approaching horses without any hesitation. Especially when they saw the people running in front starting to rein in their horses, they became even more determined!
During training, they were told repeatedly that it was not impossible for infantry to deal with cavalry! As long as they deal with it properly, the cavalry can also be swept off their horses!
A situation like today was one of the situations they had trained for! If based on normal standards, they could knock all six of them to the ground with just two volleys! But the identity of the person on the horse may be unusual, so we have to use the most traditional method of walking against the rider, which is to reject the horse! This is the most effective way for infantry to deal with cavalry!
The cavalry tactics of the East and the cavalry tactics of the West are completely different, which is caused by the different geographical and humanistic environments of the two sides.
There are many small countries in Europe, and each small country also has a noble fief, and under the noble fief there are also knights' fiefs. Their operations were conducted within this range. So their combat radius is very small! This requires the cavalry to have huge lethality and defensive power in a short period of time, so cavalry wearing armor came into being. This is the European knight!
And after the knights appeared, their armor became heavier and heavier in order to ensure their defense! At its peak, the armor worn by a knight weighed more than 100 kilograms! If you include the armor on the war horse, it would exceed 200 kilograms!
So this kind of armored knight not only has no way to wear the armor by himself, but he can't even stand up if he falls! It wasn't until the advent of gunpowder that this trend of armor getting heavier and heavier was put to an end!
But the East is different! Since Qin unified the world, whether it was internal battles within the Central Plains dynasty or facing external opponents, both sides had broad strategic depth! Then what the cavalry needs to display is the mobility of coming and going like the wind! So the East focuses more on light cavalry!
When light cavalry faces infantry, they will never ram them head-on like heavy armored knights in the West. Instead, they will pass by the enemy team at high speed, use bows and arrows and other long-range weapons to break up the opponent's formation, and then cover up and kill them from behind. ! Or cut through the edge of the infantry formation, cutting the infantry layer by layer like peeling an onion!
