Chapter 317: Indigenous Jingguan (Repair)
At this time, the cavalry began to attack the remaining enemies on the right wing. After another attack, there were no more groups of enemies on the entire battlefield, only the natives running around.
The cavalry began to ride horses and shoot, and gradually shot and killed the fleeing natives by name.
Not every cavalry can shoot on horseback. Their bows are usually six or seven, and the force is not small. Using heavy arrows to shoot is also fatal to these unprotected natives.
More people use short crossbows, that is, divine arm bows, which are pulled by hand, and there are about ten forces. In terms of bow power, it is the best bow power. The elite archers in the army can pull the force of more than one hundred pounds of bow power in later generations. In a bow and archery club, there are only hundreds of archery enthusiasts who can pull a hundred pounds of bows. They can continuously pull and shoot arrows, and shoot ten arrows to hit nine arrows. In later generations, even archery champions may not be able to do it.
First, there are no such standards and requirements, so I have never practiced it. Second, no matter how good I practiced in later generations, it is to compete for honor. In this world, it is the greatest capital to settle down and survive on the battlefield. The two have different needs and the results achieved are completely different.
Many archers learned to shoot from an early age. Even if they were divine arm bows, the requirements and standards of the imperial guards were not low. The divine arm archers of the Wei army's imperial guards at that time required the height standard that they could not be less than 1.75 meters, strong height, far-sighted eyes, and steady personality, and not easily panic. Only those who were qualified to be divine arm archers were qualified to be divine arm archers.
The standard for selecting god-arm archers in the cavalry battalion is generally equivalent to that of the imperial guards.
The cavalry battalion has ninety-one divine arm bows, which is quite amazing. The first battalion of the Wei army does not have so many divine arm bow equipment.
For Xu Zixian, it was very simple. There were only so many divine arm bows in total, and they were scattered among each battalion, with nearly twenty battalions, and each battalion had only a few divine arm bows. What's the use?
In addition to advancing like a wall, the iron cavalry also has another feature of using sharp long-range strikes to kill the enemy immediately.
If you can't beat it head-on, fly a kite, or shoot it, this is a qualified and complete iron cavalry.
Therefore, in addition to riding, those who have the basic ability to ride and shoot are given priority to enter, and those who can open the divine arm bow immediately will be given priority to enter.
The Divine Arm Bow is an arm-opening crossbow, with a bow body of three feet and three feet long and a string of two feet and five feet long. It is called a military and national heavy weapon. If you want to even open it, you need to have your arm strength and waist strength exceeds that of ordinary people, you can load it on the horse, and you can pass the riding skills and not fall under the horse.
As for the waist-length crossbow and the slashing crossbow, a large crossbow that needs to be opened by using the waist force and hands and feet cannot be used in cavalry combat anyway.
The cavalry bow and the divine arm crossbow are all powerful weapons to kill the enemy. Within thirty steps, even the iron armored divine arm bow can penetrate. The Northern Lu and Eastern Lu cavalry are the two most feared weapons of the Great Wei imperial guards, one is the divine arm bow and the other is the giant axe. If these two are used, the rest will not pose much threat to the Hu cavalry.
When the enemy was defeated, the shooters were aiming calmly, and the small bow kept pulling, shooting flat, and then shot into the back of the fugitive, which came out of the front chest. The person who was shot splashed out blood without exception, and then howled.
If you are shot by the divine arm bow, you will probably have to roll in place. If the force is too strong, the person who is shot will die soon.
The cavalry had dispersed their ranks and kept chasing and shooting the fleeing enemies, calmly and leisurely.
When the infantry array came up, the natives had already escaped a long time. At this time, Zhang Huchen ordered the cavalry to shrink, dismount under the cover of the infantry array, and take off their armor and rest.
Everyone was very tired, twenty or thirty injured people were carried to one place, and the military doctor ran wildly from the rear to treat the injured cavalry.
People were constantly lifted down with splints, carried onto a carriage, and sent to the rear hospital for further treatment.
Most of the fallen people have broken bones, whether it is the arm bones, leg bones, or ribs, or internal organs, and blood is everywhere in the mouth and nose.
Some people were stabbed by guns or were shot in places where their bodies were not protected by armor. A knight only realized that he was shot in his legs. After pulling out the arrow, there was a bloody hole the size of a chopstick, and blood was flowing.
Many cavalrymen began to take off their pockets, pour out half of their helmets' sweat, and then took off the cotton armor that was stuck on their bodies. Many of them had blood stains on their bodies, and they didn't know whether it was theirs or their enemies.
The cotton armor was soaked and covered in blood. When the infantry passing by saw all this, their eyes were filled with awe.
Just now, the cavalry charged back and forth, and all these infantrymen saw it.
Many people are wondering if they are in their own array to defend against the enemy, can they withstand the impact of these cavalry?
The outcome is unpredictable.
The infantry battalion also has its own pride and heritage, and many of them at the top level have participated in several wars.
After a long training in internal affairs and discipline, these new soldiers also regarded themselves as part of the Nan'an Prefecture soldiers, full of pride and pride.
But when everyone was shocked when they saw the Iron Cavalry charged.
Ge Cunzhong seemed to understand the thoughts of these subordinates and ordered them to be put on.
The slender trumpet sounded, and all the steps were separated.
There were more than two thousand people, each one was apart, each team was five steps apart, and each was fifty steps apart.
The entire Gukou battlefield was obscured by the infantry.
The military horn was loud and the military flag was waving. The soldiers were wearing arrow jackets or cotton armor, leather armor, and a small amount of mail. The steps were consistent and the array was neat. Looking around, the front, back, left and right were their partners.
Long scepter, horizontal sword, barrier sword, shield, and a large number of long bows on both wings. If you are preparing to fight with the enemy cavalry, you will also have tools such as resisting horses and tripping ropes to fight against the cavalry.
After the arrangement was made, the infantry's fear was much lessened. It was very simple. The instructors who were training them on a daily basis, and they were their heads, heads, heads, heads, heads. Seeing these people, the new martial arts master's mind became much more stable.
And the front, back, left and right, all look densely packed with friends, holding weapons, and the queue is majestic. Invisibly, the courage of the new soldiers has doubled.
"Listen." Ge Da rode a tall horse and patroled in front of his team. While riding by, he shouted loudly: "Justices from the cavalry camp just now, I have taught us a lesson to let us know the power of cavalry charge and urging formations. The more this happens, the formation should be thick during normal training, and there should be no reason to violate military orders when facing the battle. The more you should remember it. If you set up a square formation, long-distance to resist the horse, and the sword and card cover it.
Protect, archers are thrown, even cavalry must not rush around the left and right of the stairs. If the method taught by the king and lords is arranged in all directions, the archers are roaming in four corners, and the swords and cards are wandering, even the iron cavalry cannot break my formation! If your family is afraid, like the natives in front of you, they will flee in all directions, and their lives will be entrusted to others. Cavalry will attack and shoot, how can the person you walk on the horses?”
The bloody smell in front of me, the corpses everywhere, and the blood flowing from the shop seemed to confirm Ge Da's statement.
This lesson can impress all the soldiers.
Ge Da pursed his lips. In fact, the cavalry charge just now had a great impact on him. People from Fujian, even heroes, could not see the cavalry array.
Even during the Battle of Jiangtan, more than a hundred cavalry soldiers led by Xu Zixian personally rushed to fight with ordinary cavalry formations.
The current cavalry formation is very magnificent, and the knights are rushing like walls, as neat as step formations, which gave Ge Da a strong shock.
He was thinking, what would happen if the insurgent formation he was now led would encounter a cavalry attack?
It seems that the four-sided array mentioned by Junhou should be included in the training outline in advance.
Junhou’s plan is to train the hollow square formation uniformly next year, but given the impact Ge Da is now facing, although he will not fight with the Donghu people within one or two years, he will still make plans in advance for everything so that he can rest assured.
If you meet thousands of Donghu cavalry on the battlefield, you will feel too relieved if you don’t prepare.
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The infantry soldiers began to be ordered to clean the battlefield, pick up the bodies of the natives, gathered in one place, and cut off their heads with a malfunction knife.
At the same time, many strong men and women from hundreds of households were mobilized to dig holes and prepare to bury the bodies.
It would be better if it was burned, but it would be too difficult to burn thousands of people at once. It would be much better to dig a hole.
Seventh, Nine, Tenth, Eleventh, more than a thousand strong men came from four hundred households. The strong men from each hundred households were shocked when they saw the scene in front of them.
There were corpses all over the ground, and there were serious injuries groaning and struggling. All the dead and injured were cut off their heads with malfunctioning knives, which was shocking and shocking.
The women even lowered their heads and dared not go and see them.
This is also the practice of Xu Zixian's rule. All civilians cannot stay out of the matter. Any war is involved, cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded afterwards. As long as they are healthy and do not distinguish between men and women, they must participate in such actions.
This is for deterrence and education.
The core of soldiers is to protect this land and all tribe members. If the tribe members do not recognize the soldiers' hard work, what will happen to soldiers?
Soldiers who lost their sense of honor either used the vassal states in the late Tang Dynasty, treated the people as two-legged sheep, fought timidly outside and fought in civil war, or were soldiers from the Ming and Qing dynasties, like beggars, had no combat power, and were defeated when they encountered the battle, and plundered when they encountered the people. They were completely a group of brave bandits.
Only by complementing each other, soldiers protect the people and recognize the people, can at least achieve a win-win situation, and both moral integrity and morale are available.
Some of the people are immigrants from Zhangzhou and Nan'an. They have done this kind of thing, which is better.
The early immigrants of the Dongfan period had been peaceful for a long time, and they had never seen such a bloody scene at all, and were shocked for a while.
This is also very good and a successful shocking education.
By dusk, all the heads were cut off and the bodies were buried deep to prevent the environment from polluting and causing plague.
The heads were placed on the ridge, and one thousand one hundred and seventy-one heads were piled up very high, layer by layer, dripping blood and ferocious faces. Many heads were still bleeding, and the ground was wet. The strong smell of blood attracted a large number of flies to fly. A group of soldiers lit grass around and smoked these annoying things to death.
The head level was only piled into a small hill, either bright or dark in the fire, but many people dared not look at it and avoided it from far away. This was the case with not only the people, but also many soldiers.
All the recruits have undergone shocking training. They not only see the bloody and cruel battlefield, but also experience cutting the heads and lifting the corpse. Now many people are squatting on the ground or sitting in a daze. They can move freely before the assembly call sounds, but no one walks around and jokes. Most of them have to experience a period of spiritual impact after cutting the heads. However, generally speaking, everything will be the same after a few days, and there will be no abnormalities when cutting the heads next time.
The training of recruits is at several levels: joining the battalion, joining the team, internal affairs, military discipline, physical fitness, combat skills, and then seeing the battlefield, cutting the head, real swords and guns, and at the last step, after a battle, the veteran will take shape.
After the rest of the cavalry team, they began to surround Xu Zixian and prepared to retreat to the temporary stopping point more than ten miles away.
Next, the cavalry battalion will still be dispersed to patrol and attack those natives who are still alive. However, after this battle of luring the enemy and counter-temptation, tribes around at least within a radius of hundreds of miles should have suffered heavy losses.
Especially in the Dazhai in the deep valley, the houses and grains were burned, and most of the Dings died of death. It was probably a small tribe that would become a small tribe, and it would be difficult to survive.
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Chapter completed!