Han Dao world

Chapter 1194
The crossbow and armor cannot be put in place in a short time, but the training can be carried out.

In fact, by classifying the personnel according to their physique and matching them with better war horses, the flexibility has been significantly improved.These people have lived on horseback since childhood, and have a solid foundation in riding skills. They are natural light cavalry.

Shen You just strengthened their advantages and concentrated the use of a small number of crossbows.

Xianbei people also have crossbows, but the quantity is small and the quality is not as good as Han crossbows.

The difference in way of life is doomed that nomadic peoples are not as good as farming peoples in technology accumulation.In the early stages of technological development, they can still gain the upper hand with the advantage of cavalry. Once the technological development passes that stage, the nomads will never have a chance.

If the Song and Ming Dynasties hadn’t been controlled by Confucian scholars, self-destructed martial arts, and infighting all day long, they could have suppressed the nomads, turned them into vassals, and made them work for themselves.

Just like Shen You is going to do now.

He helped Tang Suhe train soldiers not for the Xianbei people, not just for Tang Suhe, but also to verify the emperor's military training ideas.As a native of Jiangdong, he has always maintained a close relationship with the Jiangwu Hall. He knows that what the Jiangwu Hall is pursuing is to be small but refined, and use advanced technology and tactics to improve combat effectiveness, rather than blindly pursuing more soldiers and more generals.

For learning new tactics, personal experience is the most important.

It is a good practical method to use Tang Suhe's personal guard cavalry to imitate the female cavalry around the emperor.

If women can be allowed to display their due combat effectiveness, the potential of Xianbei people can be discovered.There are obviously more Xianbei women who can mount horses and fight than Han people.It is easy for Tang Suhe to gather one or two thousand female cavalry.

Shen You is very attentive, and Tang Suhe is also motivated, supervising and urging the guards to train every day.

Soon, they ushered in a chance to show their talents.

In an encounter, five female cavalry entangled seven or eight rangers of the opponent in a wandering manner, and attacked with crossbows out of the opponent's range.After fighting for half a day, he achieved the record of killing three people and wounding two without any casualties.

Tang Suhe was very excited about this, and reminded Hardy again to respect Shen You and listen to Shen You's suggestions.

If he can train the female knights around me into real knights, he can help you improve your strength and help us Xianbei people improve their strength.

Although Hardy kept Ke Bineng's instructions in mind and did not dare to confide in Shen You, he could not remain indifferent to the facts before him.He lowered his posture and asked Shen You for advice.

Shen You recalled the previous plan and suggested that Hardy speed up and seize the two banks of the lower reaches of the Borysthenes River before the spring, especially before the freezing, so as to control the trading channel between the local barbarians and the Romans.

Once the weather turns warm and the frozen ground melts, it will be difficult to move quickly.

This time, Hardy did not hesitate and ordered a swift march.

They encountered sporadic resistance, but the numbers were too limited to stop their progress.In several small-scale battles, Tang Suhe showed his talents and became the most dazzling new star, which is impressive.

Hardy felt the pressure.

If he was defeated by Tang Suhe's elder brother Ke Wu, he would not have any psychological pressure.Being compared by Tang Suhe, he felt that his face was dull.If he can't save face, how will he gain a foothold in the future?

He invited Shen You, and asked Shen You about the next action plan, gearing up for a big battle.

Shen You told him that on the right bank of the mouth of the Borysthenes River, there is a stone city named Borysthenes, and the Boh River flows through it and flows into the Black Sea.

The city was built at the time of the Greek dominance and belonged to the colony of Miletus.Many Greeks who traveled here came to this city and left the prosperity of this city in their writings.

Even though it is occupied by the Romans today, there are still many people who like to call it by its Greek name - Olbia.

If the city can be captured, Hardy will not only get the honor, but also the wealth accumulated in the city for many years.

Hardy asked carefully about the situation of the city of Borysthenes, and was a little worried while being moved.

The city is not small in size, and it is very strong.With my four thousand steps, can I take this big city?
Shen You said that it is indeed difficult, but it is not that there is no chance.

In the eyes of the Romans, this was the place of contact with the barbarians, the edge of the world.They came here from Rome not for vacation, but to do business with the barbarians on the steppe.

Since it was a business, the Romans didn't want the grassland to be too chaotic.If the barbarians on the grassland attacked each other or were attacked by outsiders, they would often mediate and assist the local barbarians to defeat the outsiders, maintain peace on the grassland, and gain the gratitude of the barbarians.

The local people living with them today are the former owners of this prairie - the Scythians.Before the Romans came, they were defeated by a group of tribes coming from the southeast, and had to migrate south, almost dying.It wasn't until the Romans came here to help them block the attacks of outsiders that they established a new kingdom on the northern shore of the Black Sea and the southern part of the prairie.

This was all two hundred years ago.Today's Rome is no longer the Rome of two hundred years ago. Their strength is not as good as before, but they still have certain advantages over the barbarians on the grassland, and they are struggling to maintain the glory of the former overlord.

You only have [-] steps to ride, and your strength is not considered strong. If the local tribe asks the Romans for help, the possibility of the Romans leaving the city is very high.Don't you have a chance when they leave the city?

The Romans were mainly infantry and were good at fighting in formations.They also have cavalry, but they don't pay enough attention to cavalry. Most of them are local barbarians.The real main force is still the Roman infantry phalanx.

The fighting power of the Roman infantry phalanx is indeed very strong, but they are not what they used to be, with a serious lack of organization and incomplete weapons and equipment.In addition, the local barbarians who have been dealt with all the year round have never encountered a real opponent, and the thought of underestimating the enemy is also very serious.As long as you seize the opportunity, surprise them, and catch them off guard, the possibility of winning is very high.

Shen You spoke in great detail, and Hardy listened carefully, but felt a little harsh.

Shen You had a barbarian on the left and a tribe on the right. He seemed to have forgotten that the Xianbei people in front of him were also barbarians and tribes.

After being repeatedly provoked by Shen You, Hardy couldn't help it anymore, and said jokingly: "Shen Changshi, don't forget that we Xianbei people also live as nomads, no different from the barbarians on this grassland. Since the Romans Facing the local barbarians, I have enough advantages, how can I be sure that I can defeat them?"

Shen You thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you know the difference between you and the barbarians on this grassland?"

"do not know."

"Since the Huns, the nomads in the northern border of the Han Dynasty have fought against the Han Dynasty for three or four hundred years. Although you have all lost, you have learned a lot from the war, and it is by no means local. The barbarians in China are comparable. Think about the Huns. They were beaten to pieces by my big man, and they were completely defeated. They almost wiped out their clan. After recovering, I’m afraid they will attack the Romans before you Xianbei attack the Romans.”

(End of this chapter)