Chapter 116 Heavy Cavalry
More than a hundred cavalry emerged from the darkness, and in just a few breaths they had reached the entrance of the Qiang camp.
The Qiang soldiers who sensed something was wrong have already issued an early warning, and many professional Qiang soldiers have already responded. However, when the Qiang soldiers rushed out with javelins and weapons, they were surprised by this cavalry.
This cavalryman is all wearing armor, and even the horses are wearing half-horse armor. More than a hundred cavalrymen sat firmly on their horses, waving their sabers unnaturally and charging into the second round!
"What kind of monster is this!!" The sudden attack of this cavalry shocked the Qiang and Di cavalry.
In this era, although the cavalry was equipped with a single stirrup, it could only slightly stabilize the body on the horse. Whether it is the Qiang Di people or the Han cavalry, they basically mainly attack with lances.
After all, the uneven force on a single stirrup makes it difficult for the cavalry to borrow force from the horse. If you use a saber to kill, the cavalry will easily be shaken off their horses by the reaction force.
Because of this, the cavalry in this era only had light cavalry, and there was no such thing as heavy cavalry. It's not that they can't afford armored cavalry, but that they can't keep their bodies steady at all.
This is common sense in this period, and basically Qiang and Di people know it.
But this time, Ma Su used practical actions to tell them what a surprise is!
More than a hundred cavalrymen, contrary to common sense, all wearing heavy armor and sabers, and wearing ferocious masks, rushed out. Some Qiang soldiers tried to fight back as if they didn't believe in evil, but were cut off their horses with a sword.
For Ma Su, this is a rare occasion where he can use the knowledge of future generations to show off.
Arched saddle, double stirrups, horseshoes, heavy armored cavalry!
These things are basically bound together. If one thing is missing, the armored heavy cavalry will not be able to get out.
The emergence of double stirrups has greatly reduced the training cost and time of light cavalry. The arched saddle allows the cavalry to truly stabilize their body shape on horseback.
The horseshoes gave the cavalry the ability to travel long distances.
Only with these three things can the prerequisites for heavy cavalry be met.
The armored heavy cavalry beyond this era was brought to the post-Three Kingdoms era by Ma Di! At the same time, even Cao Wei's most powerful tiger and leopard cavalry only fought in leather armor!
But this is also difficult for Ma Su, after all, he is not a professional in this field. He only knew that the arched saddle could stabilize his body shape, but he could only try little by little on how to do it.
Basically, I spent a month or two free time on these things.
Ma Su could not imagine how difficult it would be to improve salt and iron by himself. Will it take several years to improve, which would delay things too much?
Fortunately, the craftsmen of this era are savvy. After Ma Su ate, lived and worked overtime with them for several days, they finally designed the prototype of an arched saddle for Ma Su.
Then there were attempts and improvements again and again, and finally the hundreds of cavalry were created.
Although Ma Su planned to use it as a trump card to surprise Guo Huai or Sima Yi later. But after thinking about it, Ma Su decided to try his hand at the Qiang people first.
If something goes wrong, it can be easily corrected later, so that problems don't occur on the battlefield. He would have made money if he died, but it would not be good if he was implicated in the big man's plan.
But the effect was obviously good, at least this group of Qiang soldiers were fooled immediately. When Ma Su rushed into the formation wearing armor, the Qiang soldiers were directly stabbed through.
Ma Su's unit is Ma Su's most elite personal guard cavalry, and each one is trained by Ma Su like a special force.
The food and drink are the best, sometimes even better than Ma Su himself. Complete off-the-job training, Ma Su even took time to teach them literacy education.
And this personal guard cavalry did not disappoint Ma Su. They all rode steadily on their horses and penetrated the Qiang Di people's defense like a broken bamboo.
Ma Di personally rushed to the front and was unscathed as always. Wherever he went, the Qiang soldiers fled in all directions, and no one dared to resist.
Ma Su was used to this, and he even yelled at the passing Qiang soldiers.
"I am the mighty general Ma Di! Who dares to fight with me!"
Hearing this voice, the surrounding Qiang soldiers ran faster.
General Shenwei! It is said that the powerful general can eat a child with one hand and wipe it clean!
Such a terrifying person actually came to kill them in person, so why fight?
Survival is important!
At this time, the Qiang leader had just woken up when he heard a commotion outside. I felt something was wrong, so I immediately got up and walked outside.
There are thousands of Qiang tribesmen, and the camp is very large. There are also his trusted tribesmen around his camp, so in theory there is not much danger.
However, as soon as he walked out of his tent, he saw a general leading a group of strange cavalry charging towards him.
"That person must be their leader!" Ma Dai had sharp eyes and immediately saw the leader of the Qiang tribe. His past experience allowed him to make an immediate judgment.
This is the leader of this group of Qiang and Di people!
"General Youchang! That's the leader of the Qiang tribe!!" Ma Dai immediately shouted to Ma Su and pointed at the leader of the Qiang tribe.
"Youchang!!" The Qiang leader was shocked. He was very familiar with this word.
This is the Han general who was recently called General Shenwei and beat the Qiang people like rabbits!
Why is he here!
Seeing Ma Su turning his eyes towards him, the leader immediately turned around and ran away, not daring to confront Ma Su at all.
However, before he could run very far, he suddenly felt pain in his back!
"The leader of the thief has been put to death! Anyone who resists will be killed!!"
Ma Su swung his saber and shouted loudly under the firelight.
At this time, Ma Su looked like a god descending to earth, with his red robe fluttering in the strong wind, looking extremely majestic and shocking. A large number of Qiang and Di people, let alone resist, felt their legs were weak even when they tried to escape.
But seeing the power of the Han cavalry, no one except the close associates of the Qiang leader dared to resist. In just a quarter of an hour, Ma Su led his personal cavalry to sweep through the entire Qiang tribe.
"General Bozhan, how was this battle?" After completely eliminating all the resisters, Ma Di looked back at Ma Dai and said with a smile.
"The cavalry of a certain person is no worse than General Meng Qi's back then, right?"
Ma Dai fell into silence, focusing entirely on the arched saddle and the double stirrups.
I have to say that this time he was really frightened by Ma Su.
So the cavalry can still do this?
Ma Dai, who has always played with infantry and cavalry coordination, found for the first time that his understanding of cavalry was not as good as that of a southerner.
"General Youchang, your cavalry can already form its own battalion." Ma Dai was silent for a while and then suddenly said.
"Such a mighty cavalry would be a bit shabby if it didn't have a name."
"Why don't you give this cavalry a name so that they can become famous when you help the Han Dynasty in the future?"
"Really?" Ma Su was stunned for a moment. This was the first time he noticed this problem.
Dahan has always created his own club and then given it a famous name.
For example, a white horse obeys, a tiger and a leopard ride, and you fall into the camp...
Ma Su is now qualified to form his own tribe, and the first heavy cavalry of the Three Kingdoms is also qualified to become an elite of his own.
"In this case, the soldiers are all Longyou people, good at martial arts and dare to fight, so let's name them Longwu Yicong!"
This section is basically a transitional plot. The next big battle is a friendly exchange with Soochow.