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Chapter 159 Shock Cavalry and Mounted Archer Cavalry

Appetite for the general?Who knows.
My cheap uncle!
In Chang'an City and in the barracks, there were completely two people, and Huo Guang wondered if he was a little smart.

In Chang'an City, the general is called Ruya, and he is polite to the soldiers who guard the gate of the city.But in the Southern Day Camp, Wei Qing is the one and only commander, and his soldiers will be severely reprimanded if they make even the slightest mistake!

The last time Huo Guang mentioned the cavalry three-piece suit, he was reprimanded by General Wei Qing.

otherwise.

He didn't have to work hard to find Sang Hongyang to do things.

"I hope, as long as you don't get kicked out after being scolded!" Huo Guang smiled lightly, then turned to look at Lin Yaoqing, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and said, "Hey, why did you talk to me so much today? ?”

"It's okay!" Lin Yaoqing shook his head.

"Oh!"

Huo Guang snorted when he heard the words, shrugged his shoulders, and continued busy building his own sand table.

Lin Yaoqing saw that he was busy, so he said, "Lieutenant Li arranged for the bows and arrows of our 100 people, and said, let us start training riding and shooting today. In a few days, the general will practice the deployment of the whole army." Array!"

Huo Guang frowned suddenly, and said, "Didn't you say it's all right?"

Lin Yaoqing immediately explained: "It's none of my business!"

"It's none of your business? Why is it none of your business? Aren't you taking care of the usual training? Is it possible that you want to leave?" Huo Guang stared at Lin Yaoqing and asked.

The fact that Lin Yaoqing was transferred to Huo Guang was not only arranged by General Wei Qing, but also by his elder brother Huo Qubing.

Originally, Lin Yaoqing followed Huo Qubing, and participated in the Battle of Hexi two years ago.

It belongs to the veterans of the Han army.

Since General Wei Qing and Hussar General Huo Qubing transferred him to be Huo Guang's assistant, there is no reason to transfer him away!

And Lin Yaoqing quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, what this subordinate means is that after the soldiers heard about your deeds in Shanglin Garden, they all asked you to teach them archery!"

What?
teach yourself?

The key is how do these recruits know?
Huo Guang was puzzled, so he asked, "Did you tell them?"

Lin Yaoqing immediately shook his head and said: "It has been spread throughout the army, saying that your archery skills have shocked His Majesty. He also said that you will be a general of chariots and cavalry in the future, and now you are only here to practice in the South Camp. Moreover, the subordinates didn’t know about it at first, it was the soldiers who told me!”

Right.

I went with the general-level people in the South Camp that day, so with Lin Yaoqing's qualifications, I couldn't go there.

So it wasn't him who spread the matter.

It might be the generals of the Southern Daying Camp who went with them. As for Uncle Wei Qing, he didn't have time to talk about it.

What else is there to ride a general.

General Wei Qing would make such a rumor?Pure thought too much.

Huo Guang shook his head helplessly, and said, "Forget it, let them talk nonsense! You just said that the whole army will practice formation in a few days, is it true or not? What is the specific time?"

The whole army!
Naturally, it refers to the [-] elite soldiers of the Southern Daying Camp.

And the so-called drill of the whole army formation.

To put it bluntly, it is an ancient military exercise!
Hearing Huo Guang's words, Lin Yaoqing immediately replied: "It's true, Lieutenant Li can't lie to me about this, unless he doesn't want his brain anymore."

"It's just the specific time!"

"Huo Dubo, my subordinates have no way of knowing. It all depends on the general's arrangement. Why don't you ask the general?"

Drilling and arranging troops is classified.

Huo Guang asked about it.

Is it impure to seek trouble for nothing, is it boring to ask for trouble?

Huo Guang quickly shook his head, and said, "Stop asking, and save yourself from being scolded. Let's go, teach these recruits how to practice archery!"

"promise."

Lin Yaoqing agreed, and followed Huo Guang to the school grounds to practice archery.

The campuses of the South and North Camps are huge.

Think about it.

To accommodate fifty thousand soldiers and horses at the same time as the school yard, you know how scary it is.

of course.

Also because of the large area, the school yard is very crude, and the archery targets used for archery practice are all tattered, like rotten wood.

No wonder people always say that people in the barracks can directly penetrate the target with one arrow.

Huo Guangshang, he can do it too!
When he got to the side of his 100 people, the recruits who had been sitting loosely on the ground were shouted by Lin Yaoqing and stood up one after another.

Then they formed a square array according to the method Huo Guang taught them earlier.

This immediately formed a stark contrast on the school field of "Gathering Carrots".

Huo Guang glanced at these recruits, and asked, "Where are the horses? Why are there no men here!"

"Didn't you just practice archery, and also ride horses?" said one of the brave recruits.

Huo Guang immediately glared at him and said, "Nonsense, you are cavalry, no matter what you practice, you must be on the horse!"

"go with!"

"Run forward and bring the horse here."

Huo Guang gave an order, and the hundreds of people ran back to lead the horses.At this time, Huo Guang cast his eyes on Lin Yaoqing beside him, and asked, "Hey, Yaoqing, let me ask you, we used to practice ring sword and hook setting together, and now we practice bow and arrow."

"Then it's time to go to the battlefield."

"It's a knife with a ring head and a hook with a hook. How do you use a bow and arrow?"

Lin Yaoqing shook his head, and said: "Except for the ring head knife and the hook inlay, it is for the infantry. We are cavalry and archers, so we just need to be in charge of archery."

"Huh? Infantry? Then why do we cavalry learn it?" Huo Guang asked puzzled.

a cavalryman.

Why learn how to use their infantry weapons!
When the time comes, you don't need to go to the battlefield. Isn't it a waste of time?

however.

But Lin Yaoqing said: "Huo Dubo may not have participated in the war, so he doesn't understand these things."

"Although we are cavalry."

"However, due to some terrain factors or other reasons, it is necessary to dismount for melee combat and also play the role of mounted infantry."

Lin Yaoqing's words are not aimless!

It is recorded in "Yan Bing Shi Shu" that when necessary, the Han army would "get off their horses and fight on the ground, meet each other with swords and halberds, and go to fight each other".

The so-called dismounted fight!
That is, the cavalry was used as infantry, which is why later generations said that the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was horse infantry and cavalry on the ground.As for the meeting of swords and halberds, it means that the short weapon is against the other side's long halberd.

of course.

Short weapons are short in a relative sense, not really short.

For example, the ring head knife is more than one meter long!

Although it is still not even half of the halberd, if it is equipped with a hook, it can block the enemy's weapon when the enemy stabs it, and then cut off his weapon with a sword.

Cavalry without weapons.

Its function is not as good as that of a fine dog!

After listening to Lin Yaoqing's explanation, Huo Guang nodded immediately and said, "Well, I thought we were going to fight with hooks. After a long time, we were both cavalry and infantry!"

talking room.

The recruits have already led the horses and returned here.

Huo Guang straightened his expression, let them bend their bows and set arrows on horseback, and shoot at the target.

Since the first batch of Takahashi saddles and stirrups produced is still small, they cannot be distributed among the hundred recruits like Huo Guang for the time being.

So when these cavalrymen tried riding and shooting for the first time.

As long as the horse moved, he was so frightened that he quickly clamped the horse's belly with his thighs to prevent himself from falling off the horse's back.

But this also led to their first riding and shooting, all failed!
A hundred cavalry!

Even if it is said that they are all recruits, even if they are blindfolded and shoot indiscriminately, he should be shot with an arrow!

So Huo Guang was quite disappointed with the performance of the hundred recruits in front of him.

Raise your hand!

He scolded them.

"Okay, what are you shooting, stop for me. Don't you want to watch me perform archery, okay, just watch me teach you how to archery." Without further ado, Huo Guang got on his horse and fetched it at the same time. Those two stone and iron tire bows were directly bent and set up arrows.

It is the same as the performance of Shanglinyuan.

Huo Guang directly fetched four arrows, bent his bow and set the arrows at the same time, aimed at the target, adjusted the position slightly, and let go to shoot.

Arrows don't just hit the target!

He even shot through two of the archery targets directly, leaving a hole in it.

This is not to say how powerful Huo Guang is, but to say that these archery targets are really bad!

One shot of four arrows, sitting on horseback and hitting the target at the same time, caused cheers from the recruits.

However, Huo Guang didn't care about these cheers. He glanced at these recruits one by one and said, "Okay, you have also seen how I shoot arrows."

"I don't ask you to hit the target with four arrows at once!"

"As long as an arrow can hit the target."

The training is over.

Huo Guang threw the bow and arrow to Lin Yaoqing, and said bluntly: "Okay, come and practice archery with these recruits!"

"promise!"

Lin Yaoqing nodded and said.

After speaking.

Huo Guang left in the direction he came from.

main purpose.

Naturally, it was to complete the sand table so that it could be given to Wei Qing.

After he went back and finished the sand table, the next day, Huo Guang ordered someone to carry it to the general's camp where his uncle Wei Qing was.

The sand tray is filled with sand, which is naturally heavy.

Fortunately, when Huo Guang was making the sand table, he specifically asked Li Carpenter to complete the design of the wooden box he gave, and reminded him to pay attention to the convenience of moving.

Otherwise, it's really hard to carry!

When I arrived at my uncle's camp.

Huo Guang immediately said: "Uncle, I heard that today is your birthday, and my nephew specially brought a gift to honor you!"

However, Wei Qing said with a straight face, "How many times have I said that in the barracks, you must be called a military post!"

"Yes, General!" Huo Guang quickly changed his words.

however.

Wei Qing, however, was still full of displeasure, and said: "Uncle Huo Du, did I say that the general's birthday will be kept simple, and everything will remain as usual. Why do you still give this so-called gift after you said no congratulatory gifts!"

The Great General sits in the Southern Daying Camp and becomes very majestic.

Even if Huo Guang is his nephew!

As long as you break the rules, you will still be punished mercilessly.

Seeing that Wei Qing's face was not looking good, Huo Guang said quickly: "Uncle, don't be angry, the things I gave are actually the same as the three harnesses last time, and they are all beneficial to the army."

"So, it's not a personal gift."

"Say yes for you!"

"It's better to say that it is given to all the soldiers of the Southern Day Camp."

Upon hearing Huo Guang's words, General Wei Qing also lost his temper, and said softly, "Is that so? Well, open this wooden box and have a look!"

then.

Huo Guang ordered his soldiers to open the wooden box, and then a miniature version of the mountain sand appeared, with two colors of triangular mini-flags inserted on it.

Wei Qing was amazed when he saw this thing for the first time.

Years of experience in fighting made him guess at a glance that this was the terrain of the Huns.

but.

This area now belongs to the Han Dynasty.

"Isn't this the Qilian Mountains area? How did you do it? Wei Miaoweiqiao made it out. Could it be that you've been there?" the general asked.

Seeing that Uncle Wei Qing was no longer angry, Huo Guang stepped forward and said, "General, have you forgotten the few veterans I asked you for last time who are familiar with the terrain of the Huns? I figured it out based on their description!"

Wei Qing nodded, and walked closer to observe the sand table.

handy!

Pulled out one of the mini triangular flags on the sand table, and asked Huo Guang, "If I'm not mistaken, these flags should represent the deployment of our Han army and the Huns, right?"

"The general really knows things like a god!" Huo Guang said immediately, cupping his hands.

pity.

This flattery hit the horse's hoof.

I saw the general immediately said: "Don't come here, this general does not need your compliments. Tell me, what is the use of your sand table?"

Hearing Wei Qing's question, Huo Guang explained in detail: "The role of the sand table is to have a good understanding of the overall picture of the war zone, and to allow the generals who command the battle to better control the deployment of their own and the enemy's troops."

"besides."

"The sand table can also be used to study terrain, enemy situation, combat plan, study battle cases and summarize previous combat experience, etc., including the next drill where the general will start the whole army to deploy troops!"

After listening to Huo Guang's explanation.

A rare smile appeared on Wei Qing's face, and he said, "That sounds good, I like this gift!"

"Uncle, ah no, as long as the general likes it, it seems." Huo Guang smiled lightly, but before he finished speaking, several soldiers came in carrying weapons such as spears and halberds.

then.

These soldiers said to the general: "Report, general, we have brought this batch of finished spears and halberds."

Spear?halberd?

Eh!
Huo Guang didn't find out that Nan Daying was equipped with this before!At least, his hundred recruits did not receive this weapon.

Or!
Could it be that like bow and arrow, you have to wait until later to start practicing?

thought here.

Huo Guang couldn't help but asked: "General, I haven't seen any soldiers using these long weapons in the barracks before. Could it be that they will be practiced later?"

Wei Qing was checking these weapons.

Hearing Huo Guang's words, he said lightly: "Oh, these are the weapons used by the cavalry cavalry. It has nothing to do with the cavalry cavalry you are in. You don't need to practice this!"

Shock cavalry?

Cavalry cavalry?

Nan Daying also has these two categories?

Huo Guang doesn't know about such things, but even if there is such a classification, it is impossible for Huo Guang not to know after staying in the barracks for such a long time!

Huo Guang couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "General, why have I never seen this cavalry?"

General Wei Qing continued to inspect these sample weapons, and at the same time, he did not forget to answer Huo Guang's words, saying: "You have never seen normal, assault cavalry needs to overcome various severe environments, so they usually train in the mountains and forests outside the barracks." .”

"And there are not many troops. There were only 5000 people in the past, not the main force of cavalry and archers!"

"This time."

"I found that the harnesses you designed are very helpful to the cavalry cavalry, and greatly enhance their combat capabilities on horseback."

"So we added another three thousand soldiers and horses."

"This batch of weapons was obtained for the three thousand cavalry cavalry."

(End of this chapter)