Zhang Hong turned around, looked at Li Shuheng and said, "I heard that the second batch of cuirassiers is about to finish training and is preparing to form a cuirassier battalion. Is this the case?"
As his words fell, Ma Yunjiu looked at Li Shuheng.
He used to be a cuirassier, and later he formed an armored cavalry battalion. He took his team of cuirassiers to build the skeleton of the armored cavalry battalion, and recruited many horse bandits from the grassland to form the armored cavalry battalion.
Li Shuheng looked at the grassland and said: "Lao Wu has indeed trained a group of cuirassiers, but the number is not enough to form an armored cavalry battalion. They should form an armored cavalry brigade."
"What a pity." Ma Yunjiu said disappointedly, "The number of our Tiger Banner cavalry is too small. If there were several thousand cavalry, whether they were cuirassiers or armored cavalry, my subordinates would be sure to completely defeat the Mongolian cavalry on the grassland. .”
The Mongolian cavalry he was talking about were not the Mongolian cavalry that had just been defeated by Tusha, but the thousand-man Mongolian cavalry team further away.
Li Shuheng said: "It is difficult for our Tiger Character Banner to establish a cavalry team of several thousand people. Datong does not have so many cavalrymen who are willing to join our Tiger Character Banner. If we want to establish a cavalry team of several thousand people, we must at least use More than three years.”
Training cavalry is far more difficult than training ordinary soldiers.
A combat soldier can be trained to almost the same level in a few months, and then as long as he engages in an actual battle, he can quickly transition from a recruit to a veteran.
But training cavalry is very troublesome, not only because of the problem of war horses, but more importantly, the training of cavalry is far more complicated than that of soldiers, and it takes several times more time.
Because of this, the Tiger Banner has only one armored cavalry battalion with less than a thousand soldiers, while the warrior battalions have been expanded several times.
"My subordinates see the deputy director, see Yingzheng, see Zhang Yingzheng."
Tu Sha was brought to the fort wall by the ordering soldiers. When he saw Li Shuheng and others, he immediately saluted with his right hand across his chest.
Ma Yunjiu turned around and said with a smile: "You guys fought well and did not embarrass our armored cavalry battalion. The deputy director and Zhang Yingzheng praised you just now."
"My subordinates feel that the Mongolian cavalry coming here only has about a thousand men and is far inferior to our cavalry. As long as the armored cavalry battalion is dispatched, they will definitely be able to defeat this Mongolian cavalry." Tu Sha said.
Ma Yunjiu frowned slightly and said, "I understand what you said, but you can guarantee that after the armored cavalry battalion is dispatched, it will be the same as the battle you just had. It's just that some people are injured instead of dying on the battlefield."
"A good man should die in battle." Tu Sha looked at Ma Yunjiu.
Li Shuheng, who was standing next to him, said at this time: "It is true that a good man must die in battle. You may be a good man without dying in battle. Why must you die in battle!"
Tu Sha looked puzzled.
Li Shuheng smiled and said: "Have you ever thought about it, the Mongolian cavalry coming now is just the front army sent by Su Nang, and there are more Mongolian armies coming from behind. The number of Mongolian cavalry now is How many times, do you think your armored cavalry battalion can take down the Mongolian army, which is several times more numerous?"
"This..." Tu Sha choked up.
Because he knew it was impossible.
The number of cavalry in the armored cavalry battalion is less than a thousand. It can be said that it is still several hundred short of a thousand. Facing thousands of Mongolian cavalry, it is impossible to win in battle. Even if the cavalry in the armored cavalry battalion is elite, Can't do this.
Li Shuheng continued: "There is only one cavalry team in the Dunbao, the armored cavalry battalion. Use the blade to fight. You cannot waste your armored cavalry battalion just for the sake of the Mongolian cavalry outside. Do you understand?"
Tu Sha pursed his lips and finally said: "I understand that I was impulsive."
"It's good to understand, and you fought very well in that battle just now, showing the majesty of an armored cavalry battalion." Li Shuheng praised with a smile.
Ma Yunjiu on the side interjected: "I saw someone in your cavalry team was injured before. Is it serious?"
"It's not serious. I was just hit by an arrow in my leg. I have been sent for treatment now." Tu Sha said calmly.
In his eyes, it was just a shot from an arrow. As long as it was not a critical injury, it was not considered a serious injury. Compared with his previous job as a horse bandit, it was not an injury at all.
Ma Yunjiu said: "Remember to rinse the wound with strong alcohol, and be careful not to get infected."
"Yes, I understand. He has been sent for treatment." Tu Sha agreed with his back straight.
"That's good." Ma Yunjiu nodded.
There are specialized doctors in the Dunbao who act as military doctors to treat patients. After all, the number of people in the Dunbao has exceeded 10,000, and a lot of medicinal materials are prepared in the castle. Even if there is no battle with Su Nang, there are still many medicines needed in daily life. The doctor stayed here at Dunbao.
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The dozen or so Mongolian cavalry who escaped from Tusha returned to the Mongolian cavalry group.
"My subordinates are incompetent, please punish me by the commander."
A man jumped off the horse and knelt in front of Wo Lunkuo with other Mongolian cavalry who had escaped.
Wo Lunkuo's face was livid and he said: "You still have the nerve to come back. With so many people, dozens of Han people killed one of them and turned his back on his horse. It is simply a disgrace to the Mongols."
The Mongolian cavalry kneeling on the ground lowered their heads to the ground, getting lower and lower.
Wo Lunkuo said with a cold face: "China, you are also a warrior among the Mongols, the person I trust most, otherwise I would not have sent you to eat the Han cavalry, but you were killed and defeated. Gui, how do you explain it?"
A Mongolian cavalry kneeling on the ground raised his head and said: "Captain, it is my subordinates who are incompetent, but I cannot blame them entirely. It is because the armor of the Han people is too thick and protects the vital parts of the body. My subordinates My bow and arrows couldn't penetrate at all, and my sword couldn't cut it, so I suffered a big loss and had to retreat."
Wo Lunkuo frowned and said, "According to your opinion, we Mongolians are no longer opponents of the Han cavalry?"
"I don't mean this," Chi Na said. "As long as the Han people don't wear that black armor, I'm sure to kill them all."
Hearing this, Wo Lunkuo's face darkened and he said angrily: "Are all Han people fools? Do you take off your armor during the battle and stand still while you shoot with bows and arrows?"
Chi Na's face turned red.
When the two armies faced each other, what they were thinking about was how to kill more enemies. If he had been wearing the kind of iron armor worn by the Han cavalry, he would not have been able to take it off and fight against the Han cavalry.
Wo Lunkuo snorted coldly and did not continue to blame Chi Na in front of him.
He has also experienced the armor of the Tiger Flag, and knows that that kind of armor can protect the body's vital points. It is difficult for the Mongolian bows and arrows and ordinary weapons to hurt the people inside the armor.
Therefore, he knew that Chi Na's defeat could not be entirely blamed on Chi Na. However, Chi Na did not even kill a single Han, so the Han cavalry was defeated and defeated, which really hurt morale.
