C59 Xiao Wens Cavalry Reform(part II) (1/2)
Just like China, in the thousands of years of war in Europe, there were many dazzling generals.
And among them, the one that impressed Xiao Wen the most was undoubtedly the Emperor of France, Napoleon. Bonaparte.
As the most brilliant military genius in European history, the Napoleon emperor had once led the French army to defeat the famed Mamluk of the circumference of the Mediterranean region in Egypt.
Moreover, he also said something that Xiao Wen still couldn't forget about cavalry: Two Mamluks could definitely defeat three French cavalry, a hundred Mamluks and a hundred French cavalry would be evenly matched, three hundred French cavalry could defeat three hundred Mamluks, and a thousand French cavalry could definitely defeat fifteen hundred Mamluks.
This famous saying allowed Xiao Wen to find a way to defeat the famous cavalry army of Manchukuo, which was known throughout the feudal history of East Asia.
Since you guys are playing with the feudal knights, I can't possibly play with you guys. Then I can flip the table. I won't play feudal knights with you, I'll directly blast apart the modern cavalry to play with you!
The nurturing of a feudal knight was usually carried out over a decade.
”Through training since childhood, the cavalry of the Eight Flags Cavalry possessed riding techniques and martial arts that we were unable to contend against. Relying on their armor and horses' lances, they are able to freely display their skills on the battlefield, often charging over with unstoppable force. ” This was Uncle Li's evaluation of the Eight Flag Cavalry.
It could be seen that although he had never come into contact with the Eight Flag Cavalry, his theoretical knowledge was very solid. He displayed a deep fear of the Eight Flag Cavalry's strength.
However, Xiao Wen wasn't worried about the issue of the feudal knights' military prowess.
No matter how strong his martial arts were, in front of the modern cavalry, he was just a serving of food.
Looking at Uncle Li, Xiao Wen asked, ”General Li, I believe that you rarely command cavalry to fight. But you are still clear about the cavalry's fighting characteristics, right? ”
”Of course. After all, I have over two thousand Northern Knights under my command.” Uncle Li nodded.
Xiao Wen laughed, ”Since that's the case, you should know that the vast majority of the cavalry cannot maintain a concentrated formation in order to display their martial arts skills. During a battle, they had to spread out. ”Is it?”
”That's right!” Otherwise, wouldn't it cause accidental injuries? ” Uncle Li nodded. To the cavalry general, this was common knowledge.
”This is very similar to martial artists in the martial world.” Xiao Wen suddenly said leisurely.
Xiao Wen's words caused Uncle Li to be stunned. After which, he nodded, ”It does look like it.”
The same martial arts experts couldn't form a concentrated formation, and it would take them more than ten years to cultivate.
It could be said that the experts of the martial world were the cavalry soldiers who had dismounted from their horses, walked out of the battlefield, and entered the martial world.
”General Lin was once a County Guard in the Cloud City. How did you suppress the experts in the martial arts world?” Xiao Wen asked.
Perhaps because he had not been the county governor for many years, when Xiao Wen asked a question, Uncle Li pondered for a long while and then replied, ”If we send out the county soldiers to encircle and annihilate him. Although they have strong martial arts skills, they are useless in front of a dense number of battle formations. ”
In this world, there was no such thing as inner force. Perhaps in a duel or a free-for-all, martial arts could really be useful. However, in the face of a concentrated battle formation, no skill can defeat a concentrated attack by a horde of soldiers.
”No wonder you want the cavalrymen to stand in formation and charge!” Suddenly, a look of realization appeared on Uncle Li's face.
He looked at Xiao Wen and said, ”You are using the method of a commander-in-chief to fight against an expert from the martial arts world, you are going to fight against those Manchukuo cavalry, right?”
”Of course.” Xiao Wen laughed.
Actually, the war theory of the modern cavalry had already appeared in the early days of the feudal era, or even the middle period of the era of slavery.
Using strong discipline and maintaining a tight formation, he could defeat enemies that were more courageous than him. This kind of tactic was extremely effective when facing off against the stragglers of the barbarians in the heavy infantry.
Naturally, Uncle Li, who was familiar with the military books, was familiar with this routine.
However, he noticed a problem when he replaced Han Jia and Man Flag with the role of a commander-in-chief and an expert in the martial arts world.