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Chapter 201 Cavalry, what is that

The left wing of the coalition forces.

Le Yi's face was quite heavy, and beside Le Yi, the expressions of Korean general Baoyuan and Wei general Mangmao were also quite ugly.

Although I had long thought that I might be chosen by Qi Jun as a breakthrough, when it was really a fight, the attack strength of Qi Jun's attack was still somewhat beyond the imagination of the three of them.

Bao Yuan said coldly: "There are at least 50,000 martial artists on the front of us!"

As the ace force of Qi, the martial artsmen were established by Qi after imitating another ace force that swept the world.

Under the command of Tian Ji and Sun Bin, the martial artists were defeated in Guiling and Maling in two battles and eliminated the main force of Wei Wuzhang, thus allowing Qi to jump up and step on the body of the old overlord Wei, which was arrogant in the world.

Since then, the Qi martial artists destroyed Yan and Qin and defeated Chu for decades, and were well-known.

These reputations are all made of real swords and guns!

Mang Mao, the chief general of the Wei army, said in a deep voice: "I have lost two thousand martial soldiers in just one hour! General Brutal, your soldiers should also be pushed forward for a while, right?"

Mangmao has no good feelings for Bao Yuan and is not polite when speaking.

The guy Bao Yuan was the first to retreat and sell Wei when he ignored the alliance between Han and Wei during the Battle of Yique, which led to the blood-stained general Gongsun Xi and 100,000 Wei troops being slaughtered on the battlefield by the Qin army led by Bai Qi.

Bao Yuan glanced at Mangmao, and could not hear the accusations hidden in Mangmao's words? He sneered and said, "General Mang's words are interesting. Isn't the one who is fighting the Qi people desperately on the front line now? Isn't it the Korean soldiers under my command?"

Mangmao said a little annoyed: "This general's martial soldiers blocked the Qi people for half an hour, but you, the Korean soldiers, retreated step by step in less than half an hour. Is this reasonable?"

Bao Yuan said expressionlessly: "The situation has been lost by some incompetent troops. What can the Korean soldiers be even more brave? If the Korean soldiers can really defeat the martial artists head-on, will some people still be the turn of me today?"

Since Wei was defeated by Qi from the position of hegemony, because there was a strong Qi in the east and a huge pressure from Qin in the west, Han and Wei had to join forces to keep warm for decades, and they have been regarded as allies for decades.

But things like allies are just allies after all. After the defeat in the Battle of Yique, the two countries were already disunited. Now this contradiction is directly revealed through the words of the chief generals of the two armies.

At this moment, Le Yi finally spoke: "Both generals, please say less. The key issue today is how to solve the offensive of the Qi army, rather than unnecessary quarrels here."

Le Yi had long been tired of hearing this, that is, these two guys were from other countries. If the general of Zhao had been so verbally rumored and turned the blame, Le Yi would have already asked someone to take them down and serve them with military law.

After all, Le Yi is the nominal left-wing leader, so the atmosphere eased a little after Le Yi spoke.

Bao Yuan glanced at Le Yi and said in a deep voice: "General Le Yi, the situation is very obvious now. Although we have already put our elite troops into the battlefield, we still cannot resist the attack of the Qi army. It is better to let someone go to the central army and ask for help from the master father!"

Le Yi was silent for a moment and slowly shook his head: "No for the time being."

Bao Yuan felt a little anxious, and his tone of speech couldn't help but increase: "Can General Le Yi think that the offensive of this Qi army can be stopped?"

Mangmao, who was standing beside him, also said, "General Le Yi, it's not that he doesn't want to win, but with the current situation, there is indeed a gap with the Qi army!"

Although everyone disliked each other, whether it was Bao Yuan or Mangmao, they naturally wanted to win from the bottom of their hearts.

If you lose your fight and lose your reputation, you will be punished by your own king and even beheaded by your head when you go back. Who can withstand this?

Faced with the doubts of Bao Yuan and Mang Mao, Le Yi smiled and said to the messenger in front of him: "Send the order and let General Lian Po lead the three thousand cavalry and Longxiang Army to attack!"

Looking at the commander galloping away, Bao Yuan and Mang Mao looked at each other and frowned.

Mangmao couldn't help but speak, "General Le Yi, the cavalry may not be suitable for the current battle situation?"

Le Yi smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Mangmao said seriously: "As we all know, cavalry is just an auxiliary army and cannot be used as the main force. Now that the Qi army is in full swing, General Le Yi wants to save the situation of the war with this, I am afraid..."

Mangmao still gave Le Yi some face, but the meaning inside was already very obvious.

Here we will talk about the changes in the arms since the Zhou Dynasty.

At the beginning, when King Wu of Zhou attacked Zhou, infantry was still the mainstream, while chariots were a weapon of killing.

Later, throughout the Western Zhou Dynasty, and then in the Spring and Autumn Period, chariots gradually became mainstream.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period, such a trend reached its peak. For a time, countries even represented national strength by the number of chariots, such as "a country of a thousand chariots", "a country of a thousand chariots", and "a country of a thousand chariots". The chariots can be said to be incomparable at the moment.

However, as the Wei Wushang, who were mainly heavy infantry, rose, the chariots slowly went downhill.

After the Wei Wuzhang, the martial artsmen of Qi were also not chariot soldiers, but omnipotent troops mixed with infantry and cyclists, so the trend of chariots decline still did not change.

By now, this period of time that was considered the end of the Warring States Period, the chariots had become supporting roles, and the infantry had completely occupied the leading role in the war.

As for the cavalry...what is that?

Although the military strategist Sun Wu had already analyzed and described the cavalry in his own book "The Art of War" two hundred years ago, in fact, cavalry has been a very inequality army for the princes of the Central Plains until now.

The reason is also very simple, because the nomadic peoples in the north are also mainly cavalry!

You know, back then, there were all barbarians, Rong, Di, Hu everywhere in the Central Plains, but over the past few hundred years, all of these guys were destroyed by the princes of the Central Plains.

So, why did the princes of the Central Plains learn from these weak chickens who were beaten by themselves and engage in cavalry?

No need!

When Zhao's father was playing Hufu, he was ridiculed by the princes for this, saying that Zhao was getting back and forth, and he actually wanted to learn from the Hu people.

Of course, Zhao then used his record to shut up everyone.

In history, it was not until Liu Bang was taught a lesson by the Huns Maodun Shanyu that the Central Plains Dynasty truly attached importance to the cavalry and raised the status of the cavalry to the highest level. This was why Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were later traveling thousands of miles.

Not to mention history, just now, even with the example of Hu clothing and cavalry in Zhao State, the princes of the Central Plains still disagree with cavalry, such as cavalry, which has a strong mark on the Hu people. Even though they have established some cavalry units one after another, most of them are concubines born to concubines, and grandpa doesn't love grandma.

Therefore, although Bao Yuan and Mangmao are also generals above the level of the world, they couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard Le Yi's words.
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