Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 706 Xiliang old tactics

Fei Qian led his troops to set up a camp near Wenxi County. Although Wang Yi screamed fiercely, it seemed that something would happen if Fei Qian was a little late, but in fact Fei Qian Qian also knew that Wang Yi might not have much friction with Niu Fu immediately.

  Anyi, as the governor of Hedong, is naturally different from other small counties. Although it is not as large-scale and majestic as Luoyang Chang'an, it cannot be captured overnight.

Although Wang Yi is not a general who is good at attacking, he had brought a small number of soldiers to resist the Baibo army for half a month in Xiangling before. Xiangling also has an increase in the number of defenders.

Neither Fei Qian nor Xu Shu knew much about Xiliang soldiers, so Fei Qian called Ma Yan back from the Beiqu camp. Learn more about arms types and combat habits.

  After using up the late dried meat, Fei Qian, Xu Shu, and Ma Yan sat around the small bonfire in the tent, and while they were baking the damp clothes that had been soaked in the spring cold, they started discussing the situation of the Xiliang army.

  Ma Yan's eyes diverged slightly, and he didn't know what to recall, and said: "The soldiers in Xiliang are actually the same as the soldiers in Bingzhou, they belong to the frontier army of the imperial court..."

  The three major soldiers of the Han Dynasty, the Central Forbidden Army, the Frontier Garrison Army, and the County Guard Army.

  The Central Forbidden Army was originally the strongest and best-equipped soldier. In the earliest days, the Central Forbidden Army of the Han Dynasty was divided into two armies, the North and the South.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han re-established Qimen and Yubayashi Second Armies in addition to the Southern and Northern Armies. The main purpose was to further strengthen the dominant position of the Central Army, especially when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty left the position of Taiwei idle for a long time. , even after dismissal, in order to further strengthen the imperial power and enrich the power of Langwei, the "Langzhongling" was renamed "Guangluxun", the number of Langwei was expanded, and Qimen and Habayashi Army were added under Guangluxun. .

In this way, on the one hand, Langwei can form a three-point confrontation with the southern and northern armies, and use them to contain the southern and northern armies; .

  However, since Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, the quality of the Central Forbidden Army has gradually declined. First, the Southern Army existed in name only, and then a large number of noble soldiers filled it.

  In comparison, the combat effectiveness of the frontier army gradually became stronger during the counter-insurgency process.

   Especially Xiliang soldiers.

   Bingzhou used to have strong soldiers, but under Emperor Han Heng and Emperor Han Ling's repeated mobilizations, the frontier soldiers of Bingzhou were gradually evacuated...

Ma Yan continued: "... Xiliang soldiers, because they have been fighting with Xiqiang for a long time, have a large quota of cavalry. If it is a county soldier from all over the country, it is very remarkable that one-fifth of them are cavalry. But in Xiliang Among the Liang soldiers, generally at least one-third, or even one-half are cavalry...Dong...Dong thief, there are even troops that are purely cavalry, known as the Flying Bear Army, not strong men Can't be included in the…”

   Feiqian nodded, but some doubts arose in his heart. This Dong Zhuo's flying bear army, in fact, was Dong Zhuo's personal guard, but why did Dong Zhuo disappear when he died?

If the Flying Bear Army was stationed in Chang'an, Wang Yun probably wouldn't dare to do anything, and as Dong Zhuo's personal guard, he should probably be stationed at Meiwu. However, after Dong Zhuo died, Huang Fusong led his own private army. Bing, he took care of Meiwu easily...

  How to explain this?

  But people like Niu Fu should not have this flying bear army, because in Fei Qian's impression, it seems that this flying bear army has never appeared again...

"I won't say much about infantry, because Xiliang has a vast territory, and the soldiers in frontal combat are actually similar to Bingzhou. They are mainly cavalry, and because Xiliang has many battles, the imperial court has given Xiliang more armor and equipment. Therefore, compared with the Bingzhou cavalry, the Xiliang cavalry is more complete in terms of weapons and armor. Like the Feixiong army, it is said that even the horses are armored..." Ma Yan clicked his tongue twice, obviously for the Xiliang army The equipment is slightly envious.

  War horses also approved armor?

   Fei Qian and Xu Shu looked at each other, this is a bit difficult for the Bingzhou cavalry.

It is not because of people, but because of horses. There are still some differences in height and physique between Xiliang horses and Bingzhou horses. With armor, it looks like a flying pig...

   But after saying this, Fei Qian and Xu Shu generally understood that if the Bingzhou cavalry were wolf cavalry, then the Xiliang cavalry was worthy of being called iron cavalry. In the more popular version of later generations, the Bingzhou cavalry is a unit between light cavalry and heavy cavalry, while the Xiliang cavalry is a heavy cavalry that focuses on armor.

Ma Yan picked up a twig from the side and drew a sketch on the ground. While drawing, he said: "If Xiliang cavalry confront each other head-on, although there are slight changes when they are going into battle, most of them use Use force to break skill..."

  Ma Yan drew a slightly flat and elongated square, then pointed it out, and said, "This is the Xiliang infantry formation, and it is arranged horizontally in battle..."

  Then drew three triangles behind the rectangle, and continued: "...This is the Xiliang cavalry formation, and in most cases it will be hidden behind the infantry formation..."

  Finally, he drew a triangle on the left and right sides of the rectangle, and pointed twice: "This is a two-winged cavalry."

Ma Yan looked at Fei Qian, then looked at Xu Shu, then lowered his head, continued to gesture and said: "...if it is a battle, the infantry will step forward to press down the opponent's forward line, and the rangers on the left and right wings will drag the opponent's army The left and right sides of the army, and then the cavalry formation in the center will look for opportunities from the left, middle and right directions, looking for gaps to attack the opponent's central army or the left and right wings..."

  Xu Shu couldn't help frowning, and asked, "From left, middle and right at the same time?"

Ma Yan shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, Xiliang soldiers are very familiar with this kind of tactics, so they will naturally make adjustments before the battle. If there is a big gap there, they will sprint in which direction, and sometimes they will deliberately feint to attack one side, but actually It's the emphasis on the other side..."

  It is very simple and practical, and there are no fancy and high-end names, but the Xiliang cavalry relies on this kind of warfare, which has been tempered time and time again in the confrontation with the Xiqiang Hu people.

The direction of the battle formation is not like the click of the mouse on the computer of later generations. In the battle of tens of thousands of people, the orders between the commanders at all levels are complicated, and the connection of each formation is also different. The tactics of Xiliang soldiers are actually quite different. It is simple, relying on the strength of the heavy cavalry, and then using infantry and cavalry to pull the opponent's formation. Once the opponent reveals a flaw, it will focus on this flaw until the opponent's formation completely collapses.

  Of course, horse refusal traps are effective, but the choice of the battlefield is not necessarily a unilateral matter. The Xiliang soldiers have cavalry advantages. For example, when choosing a battlefield, the initiative is often in the hands of troops with relatively high mobility values.

  Even if you set up a refusal horse and dig a trap, if the opponent avoids fighting, it will be useless.

  When Xiliang soldiers are willing to line up to fight, they may not have enough time to set up horses and dig traps...

Although it is an old method, it is still difficult to deal with. One is that this method has been tested again and again in the **** battles, and the other is that the Xiliang soldiers are very familiar with this method. , I realized that even without the special orders from the commander-in-chief of the central government, the fighters can still be seized and used...

   This is the advantage of Xiliang soldiers, and this is the advantage of having more veterans in the team, but now the benefits for Xiliang soldiers have become difficulties for Fei Qian.

   Soldiers from Xiliang, some of them are better off, and some are even veterans who have fought for more than ten years...

   But the so-called famous generals are the ones with the same strength, you can't win no matter what...

   It’s like playing StarCraft with a master, bursting to 200 people, but you lose every game in the central rush...

  (end of this chapter)