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Chapter 469 [Cavalry]

He Ping actually saw this scene with a large-scale cavalry attacking the defense line. Although he had seen several battles before, basically both sides had no camps or defense lines, but directly fought on the field. Although in such a confrontation, the moment when the troops of both sides collided was very spectacular, one side attacked the other side's defense line, and in such a scene, the impact force was not weak at all.

The number of cavalry in the Qi family is obviously more than that in the Li family. In a second-level civilized world like the military world, even if soldiers generally have the habit of practicing martial arts, their weapons are very good, and their personal combat power is very strong. However, in large-scale combat like this, the basic reliance on the number of people and momentum, as well as formation and command. In such battles, cavalry can already be considered large-scale killing and injuring weapons. It can even be said that the combat effectiveness of a unit in a leader is directly related to the number of cavalry.

On the battlefield dominated by cold weapons, as long as the established cavalry troops have enough distance to increase the speed of the war horses' charge to the highest level, the infantry will definitely not be able to stop it. If the equipment and strength of one side of the infantry are average, the cavalry troops may even directly hit the infantry against each other and then pass back from the other side. The infantry has no advantage when facing the cavalry, and they can only rely on the number of formations and equipment to resist the impact of the cavalry.

The Qi family has many cavalrymen. One of the big reasons is that as a family of merchants, the Qi family often brings back a lot of good things from other leaders. In addition, they had trade with Auckland a long time ago. Moreover, after the relationship between the two sides deteriorated and the war began, the trade was in secret. Therefore, they were even able to bring back a lot of good things from Auckland. In promoting the integration and development of civilizations, the Qi family has made considerable contributions to the world.

Among the good things brought back by the Qi family, there are horses from all over the world. In fact, in this world where horses and carriages are the main transportation, even if they are not very intentional, caravans that often run around will often change horses. On the one hand, it is because of injuries that their original horses cannot continue to be driven. On the other hand, whenever they go to a place, local horses are of course more suitable for the local terrain and climate. Changing horses is inevitable.

Therefore, Pinghua Ling gathered various horses from Tianhua and Auckland. After mixed breeding and intercourse, some very excellent new varieties can always be produced. The Qi family is also very smart to raise these new varieties on a large scale and then train them to use them. The Qi family even has many special military horse farms, so the Qi family does not lack war horses, so naturally there is no shortage of cavalry. The Li family is very pitiful. In fact, many of their war horses are just slow horses dedicated to carrying weights and arable land, and then select the better ones to serve as war horses.

The Qi family does not lack cavalry, so a large number of cavalry can be invested to attack the Li family's defense line. The Li family does not have the power to fight against the Qi family under equal conditions, so they cannot pull the troops to the plains to fight head-on with the Qi family. They can only establish camps, set up defense lines and traps to alleviate the charge of the Qi family's cavalry. As long as the cavalry loses the impact, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and then the Li family will have the possibility of confrontation.

The cavalry was very fast, almost the moment the Qi family's troops started charging, the cavalry had already rushed to the Li family's defense line. Then, the trap was launched and the simple traps such as the horse pit were very effective for the cavalry, and there was no need to deliberately disguise them. Some horse pits were hidden pits, which were relatively deep, and some camouflage placed on them, which could allow the cavalry to step on and fall without knowing it. Some were directly open pits, just digging a pit, but the cavalry was too fast and the density was too high, so there was no space or time to dodge. If you were a little careless, you would fall.

If a cavalry falls during the charge, he will basically die. The speed of the war horse is so fast that he will definitely be injured when he falls from above, and it is likely to be seriously injured. Once injured, he will not be able to dodge the tramplings of other cavalry behind. Moreover, the cavalry and war horses falling in front will hinder the cavalry behind and slow down the cavalry's charge. Therefore, trapping a horse pit is a very effective and very simple method for infantry to deal with cavalry.

Even if the Qi family's cavalry was well-trained, the previous training was useless in the face of such a simple and crude trap. Soon, many of the cavalry rushing in the front tripped and fell to the ground. For a moment, it can be said that people were lying on the horse, and their screams and horse roars mixed together, adding a lot of tragedy to the battle. The cavalry behind bypassed these obstacles because of the cavalry in front, and continued to advance.

However, the next two other defenses are: the Resisting Horse and the Arrow Tower. These two methods are more flexible and more convenient than the previous trap, but the effect is not as good as the Resisting Horse. At this time, the Qi family's troops have rushed to the front of the Resisting Horse. The Resisting Horse itself is a fence made with sharpened wooden sticks. If the cavalry does not pay attention to it, they will hit the man and the horse, causing casualties and slowdowns. However, it is obvious that the Qi family's troops are not helpless in the face of this old-fashioned trap.

Although there was no good way to deal with the previous horse trap, it was different from the horse trap, because the horse trap was not a fixed trap. Unlike the horse trap, the horse trap was already tied up and placed on the battlefield. It was flexible and also meant that the foundation was unstable. The cavalrymen who rushed to the front of the Qi family were holding forks longer than ordinary spears. They put the super long fork flat early, and then several people worked together to pick the horse from the ground with the forks and threw it aside.

The horse-rejected horse can only be effective if it is placed horizontally. If it is placed vertically, it will be easily dodged. Moreover, the horse-rejected horse is just tied up with a rope. Some defective products that were completed in a hurry or those that were not inspected for too long will be disbanded by the cavalry. Therefore, although there are many horse-rejected horse-rejected by the Li family, there are very few that can play a role, and it does not cause much damage or slowdown to the cavalry of the Qi family.

Although the effect of the arrow tower is better than that of rejecting horses, it is too small to form a scale. Of course, without the arrow tower, the archers of the Li family can also shoot, but then the range will not be enough. With the speed of the cavalry, the archers on the ground will not have time to shoot a few arrows, and the cavalry will already rushed in front of them. Therefore, in the end, the only thing that can play a role is the trapped horse pit. Once the Qi family's cavalry overcomes this difficulty, the road ahead will be much simpler.

He Ping, Wen Fang and several team leaders saw through the telescope that the generals of Songjiang's troops had already begun to organize their troops. It was obvious that they were also very clear that the role of the trap could play was like this. The rest could only be done by their soldiers themselves. Soon, under the command of the generals, the shield soldiers and spearmen gathered behind the camp gates and fences, preparing to resist the impact of the Qi family cavalry.

He Ping, Wen Fang and other bystanders held their breath. Whether the Li family's troops could withstand the attack of the Qi family's troops depends on the first cavalry charge. Although He Ping did not think that the Qi family could break the Li family's camp during the first charge, as long as they caused a certain degree of damage to the gates and fences of the camp, they could quickly break through the defense line of the camp and face to face with the Li family's troops.
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