Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"A private group that conducts war independently...contains the germs of the decline of ancient popular freedom."

——Engels evaluated the retinue system

The main force of Pyrrhus was still stationed between Pharsalus and Philae.

It is unrealistic for a military force of more than 1 people to go head-to-head with Cassander's more than 2 people. They can only maintain a standby distance that is neither far nor close.

Although I was anxious, I finally had a few days of free time, so I decided to start training first.

At this time, Pyrrhus was in the open space outside the camp, watching the light cavalry who had changed their spears to attack the scarecrow target in turn.

There are those who can hit the target and draw the gun smoothly, there are those who can only throw the gun after hitting the target, and there are those who simply miss the target.

Pyrrhus equipped them with infantry's spears and light shields, and prepared two tactics: charging normally with a gun and charging with a gun and then throwing the gun away, allowing 4500 people to take turns to take the assessment.

Since it’s not easy to practice, we can choose.

Let them practice individually for now, and then practice collective charge after they are selected.

In the current war, the equipment worn by soldiers is often the private property of the soldiers. For example, Pyrrhus, as the commander, has no right to transfer.

But it also depends on the situation.

Based on the current situation in his army, most of the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry brought their own dry food. Therefore, even if Pyrrhus asked them for equipment, they would not give it to them. He also had no way of upgrading the light cavalry into heavy cavalry.

The remaining pikemen, light infantry, and light cavalry did not have much armor, and the weapons were relatively cheap. Some consumables such as javelins had to be provided by Pyrrhus.Therefore, this group of people is relatively obedient and not so stubborn in tactics.

Pyrrhus' current focus on combat effectiveness is to capture these people.

There is no problem with the pikemen. We still let them practice multiple spear formations. We just gradually replace two heavy infantry in each camp to strengthen the effect of the shield wall.

Among the light infantry, the long-range soldiers are divided into different camps according to slingers, harpooneers and different bows. They only need to practice volleys and straddle fire; the melee soldiers are divided into Gallic swordsmen and Phrygian sickle swordsmen. , light shield soldiers and axe-shield soldiers were mixed together, and two-handed axes and two-handed war hammers were added, hoping to form some squad tactics.In the end, long-range and melee combat were mixed at the Centurion level to ensure that they could protect themselves in most situations.

The light cavalry is now the top priority. Although there are many new recruits, fortunately they are obedient.

After preliminary training, a selection process was conducted.In the end, those who could charge with a gun single-handedly selected 500 people to form 10 teams. These 10 teams were the Alpha team.

If you select 1000 people who can stab someone at high speed and then let go smoothly, you can form 20 teams, but Pyrrhus doesn't have so many spears for them to waste.So there was another round of competition to select 500 people with relatively good performance to form 10 teams. These 10 teams were Beta teams.

Another 500 people also formed 10 teams. Let them hang their shields around their necks like Macedonian spearmen and hold guns with both hands. They only need to attack at a low speed. This is the Gamma team.

In the end, there are still 3000 people who can't do anything. We pick 500 people who can shoot and form 10 teams, and these people become light cavalry who can really only harass. Fortunately, long-range attacks are more professional than before, and they no longer look like stragglers.The rest can only serve as auxiliary cavalry. Pyrrhus thought that if you guys pull like this, don't call them auxiliary cavalry. Let's call them Omega Team, the last crane in the queue.

In this way, the cavalry can be regarded as having a basic advancement system.

Whenever you have good equipment, give priority to the Alpha team and equip it downwards - in Pyrrhus's eyes, these Alpha team are more reliable than the disobedient heavy cavalry, and are the key training targets in the future - at least they have good hands. And it can impact. You heavy cavalry with short guns can only be used as melee cavalry!

However, the heavy cavalry could not be left alone if they were disobedient. Pyrrhus forced them to hang some light armor made of leather or linen on their horses.

In addition, there were extra horses. Pyrrhus expanded the mounted infantry to 500 men and 5 centurions. These men usually march and fight according to the standards of infantry, but they have four extra legs for emergency maneuvers.

In addition, some camels were plundered, and the previous melee cavalry was expanded to 500 men and 5 centurions.

Camels are relatively rare in Thessaly. They are considered large camels, but they are only valuable in mountainous areas where carriages cannot pass. Moreover, they are very troublesome to raise, so they are not valued by Thessaly herders.

They can usually march on horseback and can barely maneuver with the cavalry.Although camels cannot attack and fight, they are much taller than ordinary war horses and can wear armor. They have considerable advantages against ordinary cavalry when fighting from a high position.

Pyrrhus planned to use scimitars or recurved swords to transform them into some long-handled broadswords such as the moon sword, so that they could deal with cavalry with short spears more easily.

Looking at the two swaying humps of the camel, Pyrrhus thought of saddles and stirrups.

Thinking of the saddle and stirrups, Pyrrhus wanted to give himself a slap in the face.

He never thought that his men would be able to master such a large cavalry team so quickly, so until some time ago, he secretly cherished the thought of cherishing his broom, fearing that the golden fingers would be learned by the disciples.

Now that we have large groups of cavalry, we cannot equip the cavalry with stirrups.

Because in order to be equipped with stirrups, you must have a saddle, otherwise the horse will be unbearable.Nowadays, when people ride horses, they put a cushion on the horse's back. The function is to increase a little friction. It is not even the prototype of a saddle.

And I want to make a saddle, but I don’t know how to do it.

The normal saddle in later generations must be in the shape of an arch bridge. On the one hand, it should evenly distribute the pressure on the horse's back, and on the other hand, it should evenly distribute the pressure on the person's crotch.To achieve this effect, in addition to the leather or cloth on the outside, there must be a very weird structural support on the inside.

But Pyrrhus didn't know how to make this structure. He tried it several times with wood, but the wooden connectors couldn't withstand the stress. He replaced them with bronze ones, and the key positions of the bronze components soon broke due to fatigue. Then he replaced them with iron ones. Yeah, I really can’t bear to part with it...

Of course Pyrrhus had a saddle himself, but the saddle he used was made by stacking layers of leather in the most clumsy way - like a toilet paper artist - and finally made the shape of a saddle, which was expensive and expensive. Promotional.

I led a group of carpenters and cobblers to try it several times without success, and I was completely at a loss.

At this time Deciacus and Stratton followed, and Pyrrhus asked them if they had any good ideas.

As a result, Stratton sneered.

This guy is particularly annoying in this way.

However, Pyrrhus was able to bend and stretch, and quickly asked, "Why are you laughing, sir?"

"You always brag to me that artificial paper is some kind of cross-generational polymer composite material - why don't you make one out of paper?"

Pyrrhus suddenly became enlightened!

Leather is more expensive, but paper is much cheaper!Various simple and rough processing methods can be used without any distress!

Now that state-run workshops have been set up in the rear areas, there is as much paper as you need!

Not only can you make paper saddles, but you can also make paper armor, paper helmets, and even paper people, paper horses, and paper wives...

cough cough...

Pyrrhus couldn't help but slap his thigh - sir, you are my little pistachio!

Just as he was happy, a horse came running from a distance. It was Metilas who brought Pyrrhus the military report from the front.

After reading the military report, Pyrrhus couldn't help but slap his thigh - Cassander divided his troops!

Not only did they divide their forces, but they also continued to advance inland!

I'm still thinking about how to lure the enemy deeper, and I think about it day and night until I feel almost bald.It turns out that it's better for you to take the initiative to get in there, but I'm worrying too much about co-authoring it!