Great fusion of heaven and earth

Chapter 897 How strong is the cavalry led by Xiang Juan
Is there something wrong with Liu Bang's thinking?
Absolutely not!

As an excellent commander of the large corps and the leader of one side, Liu Bang's idea is completely correct.

Zhuo Qun told Liu Bang that Xiang Jue might be easy to follow, and brought some elite troops back from the front line, so it's better to be careful.

Liu Bang, on the other hand, was somewhat disapproving.

Because no brain-dead commander would abandon his army, and the whole world knows when the army moves, as long as Xiang Jie makes a big move, Liu Bang will know, and even if Liu Bang doesn't speak, Qi Guotian Heng will not let Xiang borrow of.

And Qi Guo is not something that Xiang Jian can leave if he wants to.

After all, the hatred of massacring the city is not so easy to forget. Xiang borrowed the massacre of the city again and again, and he has long lost the hearts of the people of the world.

In Qicheng before, he directly killed those people who helped him, making everyone in Qi want to borrow money from each other, so how could he let him do it easily, so Liu Bang didn't have this option in his mind at all.

To be honest, Liu Bang also slaughtered the city.

The first time the city was slaughtered was done with Xiang Bian, and the second time Tu Yingyang was done by himself, but after the city was slaughtered once, Liu Bang never did this kind of thing again.

Compared with Xiang Juan, Liu Bang knows his mistakes and can correct them. When he found that massacring the city would not bring him any benefits, he completely stopped massacring the city. Not only did he quit, but even his Han army was not allowed to massacre the city. up.

On the other hand, after Xiang Juan made the first post-war massacre in history, that is, Xiang Juan massacred Xiangcheng, Xiang Juan often massacred the city as if he was addicted.

It is because of this that the heroes of the world began to rebel against Xiang Ren.

But after Liu Bang didn’t slaughter the city, he realized that he seemed to have a lot of help. No matter where he went, he was welcomed by everyone. No matter who he was, he would call him Pei Gong, which made the good-faced Liu Bang even more unwilling to slaughter the city. Pei Gong, I think he, a big bastard who steals chickens and dogs all the year round, will be called a public one day.

This made Liu Bang cherish his feathers even more, and his reputation became even better.

However, Xiang Yu's massacre of the city again and again made him unjust and helpless. No matter where he went, he was hated by the local people. In the past, everyone found that he would be massacred if he opposed Xiang. It was discovered that helping Xiang Ren would also lead to massacres, so everyone desperately fought with Xiang Ren. Anyway, they would die anyway, so it would be better to fight.

Just like the current state of Qi, Xiang Juan has been restrained there for almost a year, and the veterans are already exhausted. Once they withdraw, they will lose troops and generals. Even if Xiang Juan is in front of him, he should not have many soldiers. Moreover, there is no one out of ten in terms of combat power, so Liu Bang doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with letting the army cultivate here.

"Haven't you ever thought that Xiang Jian would bring tens of thousands of cavalry to launch a surprise attack on you?"

Zhuo Qun tried to let Liu Bang know about his problem, because he felt that there were still some problems in the Battle of Pengcheng, that is why Liu Bang didn't find Xiang Leng's troops, and didn't do any defense against the cavalry?

Obviously during this period, both Qin and Zhao countries already had established cavalry. Didn’t everyone find that it was easier for cavalry to fight infantry than for Lao Tzu to fight his son? Why didn’t they plan to defend against cavalry?
"Cavalry, you are talking about those auxiliary troops who search for the enemy and chase after the enemy, they are useless."

Liu Bang waved his hand indifferently.

And the first emperor also took out a historical record and handed it to Liu Bang, and then talked to Zhuo Qun about the cavalry.

That is, before the Battle of Pengcheng, everyone didn't care so much about cavalry.

There were already cavalry in the Central Plains as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, but at this time the cavalry was small-scale and mainly used for carrying people. There is no historical record to prove that there are cavalry combat records.

The real large-scale military use of cavalry in the Central Plains was King Zhao Wuling during the Warring States Period. Since then, cavalry has entered the battlefield as an auxiliary arm.

During the Warring States period, because Qin and Zhao were close to the Hu people in the north, there were many cavalry.But at this time, whether it is Qin or Zhao, the cavalry is used as an auxiliary arm. The cavalry is placed behind the wings and equipped with bows and crossbows.Used for reconnaissance, harassment, sneak attack, rear break, pursuit, etc.

That is to say, the use of searching and chasing the enemy that Liu Bang said. In fact, the infantry was the main force in this period, and the large troops used crossbows most when fighting, and cavalry were born to be overcome by crossbows, especially In this age without stirrups.

A neat military formation cannot be touched by cavalry, so Liu Bang was right, but the Battle of Pengcheng was a revolution in the history of warfare. This was the first large-scale independent use of cavalry to annihilate infantry in history. It is said to be a model of cavalry fighting infantry.

Xiang Juan abandoned his army and traveled thousands of miles before the battle of Pengcheng, making full use of his maneuverability, and it was reasonable to use cavalry.During the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang borrowed a sneak attack on Liu Bang to use the impact of cavalry to disperse the army and drive it into the water, and the cavalry chased and surrounded Liu Bang. Here you can see the shadow of using cavalry tactically.

And these are the abilities that the Qin and Zhao cavalry did not have before, and the first emperor also watched the Han army formations around Pengcheng through the invisible camera released before. They are all loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and they seem to be recuperating. Everything has been put down, but in fact, the interior is very strict, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is waiting for death.

At this time, Liu Bang had also read the cause and effect of the Battle of Pengcheng, which made his face turn blue and white. The book said that Surabaya did not flow, and the 56 troops were wiped out in half a day. Liu Bang can imagine what kind of embarrassing situation this is. After seeing the old Qin cavalry forming an independent cavalry corps, appointing Guan Ying to command, and recruiting a large number of Huren and Lou Annoyance One thing to see is that they suffered a great loss from the cavalry.

This made Liu Bang think about Zhuo Qun's words before, cavalry!
Xiang borrowed a large-scale cavalry raid to kill 56 troops in half a day. Such a powerful impact made him feel a little chilled, even the chariots are not so strong!

In fact, Zhuo Qun is a little dissatisfied with Shihuang's giving historical records. He should have given this, but he didn't think about it because he wanted to know how strong the cavalry led by Xiang Tun was.

And Liu Bang was there thinking about what kind of situation would make his army wiped out.

And Yu Ji, who was regarded as a plaything by her, looked at the history book with bright eyes. He could understand the words on it and naturally understood that Xiang Bian would defeat the Han army in the future. happiness.

Surprised that Xiang Juan took tens of thousands of people to take risks, and happy that Xiang Yu defeated Liu Bang.

(End of this chapter)