Straight man of steel

Chapter 433 The Art of the Spear

The reason for staying in Chang'an City for three days is to prepare supplies, and the most important thing is to gather troops.

Liu Che's orders were sent to various armies west of Chang'an non-stop day and night.

If you are fast, you will arrive the next day, if you are slow, you will only be able to arrive on the day of departure.

However, Zhang Yuan's request was that the captain who led the troops should go first to meet him in Chang'an City.

A total of [-] cavalry were dispatched this time, and the surplus was naturally the Habayashi Army and the Qimen Army.

The remaining [-] troops have a school lieutenant for every [-] troops.

It is because of Liu Che's generosity that Zhang Yuan, a general of Wei, can lead so many people.

When Wei Qing was a general, the number of people he could actually control was only [-] to [-].

The rest of the troops were divided among the generals.

The key point is that Zhang Yuan's more than 5 soldiers are all cavalry.

The peak period of Huo Qubing's number of soldiers did not reach this level.

It can only be said that the current national strength of the big man far exceeds that of the same period in Zhang Yuan's deep memory.

Moreover, the number of people lost in previous wars has also been greatly reduced. The Han army did not go deep into the grasslands to find traces of the Huns.

In Zhang Yuan's memory, the reason why the big man was dragged down in the later period was that the national strength was exhausted, because the north was too big, and even if he won, the materials won would not be able to cover the consumption.

Many soldiers died on the road, not at the hands of the Huns.

Striving to fight head-on is the best way to avoid this from happening.

It was already the morning of the third day when the five school lieutenants arrived, and they were about to set off on the morning of the fourth day. Zhang Yuan hurriedly met the five school lieutenants at the training place outside the Yulin Army camp.

As soon as Zhang Yuan asked the names of several people, two of them were surnamed Li and one was surnamed Gongsun, so he knew what was going on.

The Li family in Longxi is so powerful in the army.

It is impossible for the people from the west to be from other families surnamed Li, and it is impossible for Zhang Yuan to change generals before the battle, so he can only accept all this silently, hoping that they will be obedient.

"Everyone, I asked the Central Military Mansion for spears that are three times the strength of our troops.

When the army sets out, the spears will be distributed to every soldier.

It will take ten days for us to reach Shuofang County. During these ten days, we need to maintain this posture of holding the spear when we are marching. "

The five captains are here, so Xue Ren must be here.

Li Jian, Zhang Cigong and Li Ju are also here.

There are nine people in total, they are the nine generals under Zhang Yuan's orders this time.

"General Wei, it is inconvenient for the cavalry to use spears.

The spear is more than twice as heavy as the long spear, and it has to be carried for a long march, not to mention the soldiers, even the horses can't bear it. "

The speaker was Li Shuo, a cousin of Li Guang and one of the five captains.

"As long as we go out of the Neishi boundary to Shangjun for this march, we will have a flat terrain, and there will be no obstacles on the way.

In addition, we don't need to bring camp tents except for the necessary dry food. All along the way, we are attached to the edge of the city and stationed. Those county magistrates and prefects will prepare everything for us.

The soldiers held a spear in their hands, and the other two tied a rope to the end of the spear, and hung it on the saddle to drag them on the march.

As long as I arrive at Shuofang County within ten days, I will let the soldiers rest for two days.

In this way, do you still think that the horses will be tired and the soldiers will not be able to bear it? "

Zhang Yuan already had a plan in his heart, and he didn't hesitate at all in the face of Li Shuo's difficulties.

Li Shuo had no choice but to take a step back from Shanshan, lowered her head and stopped talking.

"General Wei wants the soldiers to use the length of their spears to kill a large number of Xiongnu soldiers when they charge?"

It was the first time for Zhang Cigong to visit here, and he knew what Zhang Yuan was up to after just one glance.

"Yes, three spears, throw two out before contact, and use the other as a charge weapon.

After the melee, it can be replaced with a ring head knife. "

"But the general doesn't understand the role of throwing spears. We have crossbows, wouldn't they be more lethal?"

"A spear is six meters long, whether it can kill people or not, you are throwing it among the Huns cavalry.

Does Antouhou still remember how we stopped the Huns to break out of the encirclement, and did not let the Huns who supported outside rush in? "

Although Zhang Cigong did not see Zhang Yuan use the three-bow bed crossbow to make a steel wall with his own eyes, he had heard of it more than once.

It is beyond anyone's imagination that weapons can be used for other purposes besides killing people.

"General Wei wants to use spears to form a wall to resist the Huns' attack?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head.

How could manpower be the opponent of the three-bow bed crossbow.

Long-distance throwing means that the spearhead can be inserted into the soil with the help of the inertia of the fall.

Strong soldiers can go deeper.

"When the time comes, the desk lord will know, and now you can't understand it when you say it out of your mouth."

Zhang Yuan didn't explain much, turned around and asked Xue Ren to order the whole army to go back and pack up their things and prepare to go out tomorrow.

The Qimen army trained with the Yulin army for two days, and Liu Che watched it for two days on the Jiantai of Taiye Pond in Jianzhang Palace.

On the first night, when Huo Qubing returned to the palace, he told Liu Che what had happened.

With such a long distance, Liu Che naturally didn't know what Zhang Yuan did.

After hearing Huo Qubing's report, he finally understood what he had trained, but Liu Che basically agreed with Zhang Cigong about the behavior of throwing spears.

Why do Western cavalry use spears as their main weapon, while China abandoned spears early on.

The main reason is the rapid development of bows and crossbows, which gave cavalry a weapon with greater lethality and longer attack distance.

With the advent of crossbows, weapons such as spears gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

Moreover, Huaxia's use of spears is also used as a weapon for infantry, and cavalry have long been used to hacking with ring-shoulders.

When the Mongolian army swept across Europe, it proved that the heavy cavalry with spears in their hands was no match for the light cavalry with knives.

Because as long as you avoid the first time and rush to the enemy, the heavy and long spear will become your obstacle.

In close combat, one person is holding a six-meter weapon, the spearhead is a few meters away, and the other is holding a knife with a blade on one side, how can you fight like this.

Zhang Yuan was just trying to catch the Huns by surprise, and also made it clear that he would use the Ring Shou Dao to fight in the fight after the first round of charge.

Spears are still very good as cavalry charge weapons.

In Western knight gladiatorial fights, two people confront each other on a long, narrow road, wearing armor all over their bodies, with no skills to speak of.

Although Liu Che didn't understand, he didn't let Zhang Yuan enter the palace to explain at this time.

Before the war, the emperor was most afraid of distrusting the generals he kissed. Once this sentiment spread to the army, it would have a great impact on the generals in charge of the army.

(End of this chapter)