After each victory of the battle, as long as conditions allow, Lu Yao will always patrol the battlefield personally. On the one hand, comfort the casualties, and on the other hand, he also commends the brave soldiers on the spot to encourage the morale of the entire army.:3w. For example, Lu Yao's current guard commander, Ma Rui, who was entrusted to the heavy responsibility to go to Luoyang, was promoted like this. On that day, on the battlefield of Ruyuan, Ma Rui was an ordinary cavalry, attacking and killing regardless of life and death. After the war, Lu Yao inspected and saw his war horse foaming at his crotch, his four hooves trembled, his spear in his palm was broken, his long sword collapsed, and even his armor was dyed red by blood... This scene made Lu Yao highly praised and immediately promoted him.

The same is true today, but he was really curious about the soldiers who killed the enemy generals independently, so he just walked in this direction first. This time, he found that Hu Xiu, who made the best of killing generals, was an acquaintance. If such a brave man could indeed be used by him, it would be the best news. However, Lu Yao is now commanding tens of thousands of people, and there are countless Xiong Ju people under his command. No matter how brave Hu Xiu is, he is not as good as a general who can command thousands of troops. However, this old man speaks very loudly and seems to be more interesting.

Uncle Song was not very wise, otherwise he would have been wasting his time in the Youzhou Army for many years. But seeing many people kneeling around him, how could he not know who the young man in front of him was? He quickly knelt down on the ground with a "thump" and bowed to the ground: "Little man Song He, pay homage to General Pingbei!"

"No need to be polite." Although Lu Yao had a very high status, he was still not used to being kneeling down by such an old man. He waved his hand and asked Song He to get up from the mud all over the ground. Then he looked at Song He's face full of wind and frosty appearance, and then looked at his clothes and colors: "Song Shi is not young. When did you join the army? When did you join our army?"

This question made Song He stunned. He frowned and showed a thoughtful expression. He seemed to have not thought about his past for a long time. After a while, he slowly said: "Report to General, villain... I can't even remember the year I joined the army. I only knew that I was originally under the command of General Wang Yi, and later I followed the Wei Guan Wei Governor. Later... I worked as a soldier under several generals and fought hundreds of wars with Xianbei and Wuhuan people. After Duke Boling died, the troops where the villain was located were recruited by you. The villain went to Jicheng to perform martial arts according to your military order. He was attracted by General Xue Tong and promoted to a leader. Later, I followed you south and came here."

Lu Yao was slightly surprised. The Grand Governor of Wang Yi, the words of Song He, was the son of Wang Xiong, a powerful member of Youzhou during the Cao Wei period. After the founding of the Jin Dynasty, he served as the General of Pingbei. He was the governor of Youzhou for many years. He did not return home until August of the seventh year of Taishi. He gave way to the General of Pingbei, the general of Youzhou, and the general of the military commander of Youzhou, and protected the Wuhuan School Wei Guan. If Song He had fought under his command, he would have joined the army at least seven years before Taishi. It was a full thirty-six years of border wars and a thirty-six years of military career!

Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the borders of various places have never been truly stable. Being able to survive the thirty-six years of struggle in the Northern Frontier Army, which often raises troops and fights, has proved the extraordinaryness of this old man.

Lu Yao nodded awe at Song He: "It turns out to be an old senior. It's not easy to be in the army for 36 years! Lu admires it very much. Since he has experienced hundreds of battles with the Hu clan, he should have some ways to fight against the Hu clan cavalry."

"Yes...yes..." In front of us is General Pingbei, the general of the military in Youzhou! He is the boss of the boss of the boss of the boss of the big-headed soldiers... Ahem, at least he has to be at the top of the boss of the seventies and eighties! Such a big man is really flattered to him so humble and polite to him. The old man has seen too many bloody storms on the battlefield, so he is quite eager to talk to Hu Xiu, but when facing Lu Yao, he is really too nervous and mutters for a long time but can't speak.

Pang Yuan reacted quickly, and at this time he had already pulled Hu Xiuli to wait for his order. Seeing Song He's mouth was awkward, he smiled from the side: "Lord, Wang Yan's guy broke into the military formation just now and came in a fierce momentum. Fortunately, Hu Xiu's battle was killed by the enemy generals and blocked the enemy's momentum; on the other hand, the ten-man team where Mr. Song was located was strong against the thieves, and there were only two people in the team who were slightly injured, which was amazing."

Lu Yao could naturally hear Pang Yuan's intention to ask for me for Hu Xiu. But he had his own opinions, so he ignored Pang Yuan and still smiled and waited for Song He to speak.

Song He took a deep breath and raised his chest: "When it comes to the tricks of fighting against the Hu cavalry, it was learned more than 20 years ago when he followed the Wei governor on the grassland. The eastern Xianbei, the central Xianbei, the Wuhuan people, the Fuyu people, and the cavalry warfare techniques were similar and they were all very good. But the army of the Great Jin Dynasty was not inferior to them at that time. I remember that in the Xianbei civil strife, the Wei governor took the opportunity to send troops to the grassland. In that year, several battles were fought, and our 100-man team killed more than 30 Xianbei heads, and only a dozen brothers died. In comparison, the routines of these Central Plains bandits were much simpler than those of the Hu people, and the villains also had some barely used methods."

"Oh?" Lu Yao looked around and found a dead horse, sat down on the horse's belly, and then brought a shield in front of him. He patted the shield: "Old Song, sit here and talk, do you think there is any other good way to defeat the enemy in this battle just now?"

Lu Yao's casual actions made Song He relax a little more, not to mention what Lu Yao asked was his very familiar combat experience for decades. He sat on the shield and the two started chatting in the heavy rain.

"General, the villain thinks that there is no certain rule for infantry tactics against cavalry. It is generally chosen according to how the enemy soldiers fight. The key points are the coordinated combat of chariots, crossbows, shields, and spears, and the use of them in coordination, and fight according to the enemy's flaws... After all, the bandits in the Central Plains do not have the experience of large-scale cavalry combat like the imperial government army. Therefore, although the bandits are brave, there are many horses and strong armor, they have many flaws in actual combat."

Song He coughed lightly and continued: "When the heavy cavalry rushes to the formation, the formation is as strict as a mountain and destroys it with one blow, so the requirements for horses are extremely high. Careful selection and distribution are required to ensure that the horses in the same team can maintain the same speed during long-term cycling, and the gaps between the cavalry queues are almost unchanged. The horses of the bandits were stolen from the Hebei ranch. The bandits were divided like wolves and tigers, so how could they carefully choose? Therefore, although they launched an attack on the scale of dozens or even hundreds of cavalry every time, the formations of rushing to our army are inevitably sparse, and the soldiers will deal with them at most three or five cavalry. At this time, we cannot stick to the array, but must actively gather the formation, concentrate more than ten people or even more soldiers, and stab the enemy's horses with one blow. As long as the number of cavalry streaks falls to the ground, the enemy will be in chaos, and their attack will not continue!"

Speaking of this, Song He glanced at Hu Xiu who was deeply hunched, and sighed with emotion: "Justice general led his troops to fight, and Hu Xiu's army and I were the first to be hit. Hu Xiu's bravery was a hundred times better than villains, so he was able to achieve the goal of killing generals. However, the difference in the casualties between the two was so great, because in the later battles, the coordination and cooperation of many soldiers were not perfect enough and they failed to accurately grasp the offensive and defensive opportunity."

After a pause, Song He said again: "The general's battle will use long spears and spears to resist, and then use heavy armored elite soldiers to defeat the enemy's sharp edge. It is indeed a good way to defeat the cavalry under the cover of bows and crossbows. If the enemy generals are not too brave, this is enough to win. However, once the enemy cavalry breaks into our array with some warriors, the spears and spears are not effective, and the heavy armored infantry moves slowly, it will inevitably be in a mess... If a villain leads the troops, he will not arrange such a horizontal formation, but will resist the enemy with a large number of small square formations of hundreds of people. Even if the enemy cavalry breaks through the front line, the subsequent square formation can attack their loose teams from the front, left and right sides. In this way, the gap in the formation will be filled at any time, and there will be no risk of failure."

The old man's words were in no order, and he said it completely. But what he said was a bit reasonable. However, this method of formation required extremely high proficiency in the grassroots' combat operations of infantry groups. He had to pay attention to it during military training so that he could use it freely in the future. Lu Yao calculated Song He's statement in his mind and nodded slightly. As Song He spoke, his nervousness gradually disappeared and he gestured with joy: "What I just said were the methods learned from the officers when he was fighting in the northern border, and now it happened to be able to use them. General, you just mentioned the trick, and I happened to remember a simple method that I could learn at once, which was most suitable for dealing with the cavalry that the bandits temporarily gathered together!"

"Oh?" Lu Yao wiped the rain on his face and widened his eyes: "Come on, hurry up."

Song He chuckled: "General, most of the bandits' horses have been looted in recent years. The horses themselves have received very little training and their courage is far from comparable to the military horses that are used to fighting in battle formations in the northern border. When bandits ride on such horses, we just need to raise the spear tip of the spear to level with the eyes of the warhorse. In ten times, there are two or three times that can scare the warhorse to stop. The so-called rushing to the formation has become a joke..."

Lu Yao laughed silently: "What happened like this? It's that simple? It's really effective?"

"Effective!" Song He said firmly.

This kind of experience and memory accumulated over decades is really too precious to take different response measures against different enemies. Although Lu Yao himself is a master of marching and fighting, he never thought of such an idea. Generals other than Lu Yao are either good at governing or fighting, but most of them are young and middle-aged people in their thirties. Compared with old soldiers like Song He, they generally lack some accumulation. Such old soldiers are simply a treasure mountain. As long as the generals and schoolmen ask for advice humbly, they will be able to discover surprising battle formation skills. These skills are what the Youzhou army needs most less than a year since the reorganization.

"Haha, OK!" Lu Yao laughed and said, "Song He!"

"The villain is here." Song He bowed helplessly.

"From today on, you will be the leader of my personal guard camp. As long as Lu has time, I will invite you to be my division commander. Please tell me your decades of experience and experience in the army!"

Lu Yao patted the old man on the shoulder and said something again. There were shouts coming from afar in the direction of the big river embankment behind him.

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Chapter completed!