Han Dao world

Chapter 909 New Tactics

"Tell me your opinion." Liu Xie waved his hand and looked at Huang Yi.

Huang Yi bowed in greeting.

"I think that although this battle was unexpectedly frustrated, it did not affect the overall situation of the battle. On the contrary, it was a reminder." Huang Yi said unhurriedly: "The army is besieging the city, and its strength is ten times that of the enemy. All armies have the intention of underestimating the enemy. It is easy to get, so everyone strives to be the first. But our army does not actually have such an advantage, or in other words, our advantage does not lie in the disparity in strength."

Liu Bei looked at Huang Yi suspiciously, even Fazheng was a little puzzled.

But Liu Xie understood Huang Yi's implication, and couldn't help showing a slight smile.

A scholar is a scholar, with a flexible mind, a broad mind, and a better understanding than ordinary people.As long as they are willing to work hard, the harvest will far exceed that of ordinary people.

"Although our army has more than [-] troops, nearly half of them are cavalry." Huang Yi explained: "When attacking a city, cavalry can't play much role, so the advantage of troops is not as great as we imagined."

"After the announcement of Dutian's edict, many big clans from Jizhou entered the city, and the number of troops in the city was larger than expected. It is estimated that the total number of troops should be more than [-]. In terms of infantry alone, our army's strength advantage is no more than twice. When attacking the city in the future, if you do not proceed with caution, you will be more likely to suffer setbacks."

Liu Bei was stunned and nodded again and again.

Fazheng smiled and said, "So, our army's setback this time was a blessing in disguise?"

Huang Yi glanced at him, and said indifferently: "If you can attract a lesson, it will be a blessing in disguise. If you can't attract a lesson, but think you have a plan, I'm afraid there will be even greater setbacks waiting."

Fazheng's face froze, and he looked a little embarrassed.

Liu Bei coughed. "Also ask the long history to explain in detail."

Huang Yi walked to the map stand, hung a piece of paper, picked up a pen, and sketched Zhang Fei's position at that time on it, and marked the specific positions and distances of the two sides.

"For our army to cross the river, it would be best if we could mobilize the opponent. If not, forced crossing is inevitable. The biggest difficulty in crossing the river is that the infantry who crossed the river first did not have enough cover. We have to face the impact of the cavalry. Whether we can complete the formation requires higher requirements for the infantry. From the current point of view, it is difficult to be satisfactory, at least the preparation is not sufficient."

Liu Bei rolled his eyes, and asked again: "Dare to ask Chang Shi, what preparations should we make?"

"The first is to formulate corresponding tactics and carry out targeted training, so that the soldiers will know what to expect, so that they will not be flustered when they see the opponent's cavalry assault. Second, we must strengthen the training of crossbowmen so that they can provide effective cover for infantry. .”

As Huang Yi said, he pointed to the small black dot on the map that represented the opponent's cavalry. "The number of rangers is not large, and the speed will not be particularly fast. Concentrating a certain number of bows and crossbows on such a small number of low-speed moving targets can achieve good results..."

Huang Yi briefly explained his countermeasures and the skills of targeted training. After listening to Liu Bei, he felt very satisfied, but at the same time he was a little worried.

Huang Yi's tactics have high requirements on soldiers, which cannot be borne by ordinary soldiers.

For example, in a group of three, one person carries a heavy ax and shield, one person holds a spear, and one person holds a crossbow, protruding forward to form a formation that interferes with the cavalry assault.If it can be carried out properly, even if all three of them are killed, they can still exchange for two or three riders, which is of course a good deal.

But for those soldiers, this kind of task is almost a narrow escape. How many people can face death calmly?

Huang Yi said it was effective, but he himself had no actual combat experience, and all his experience came from training and exercises.It's really on the battlefield, who can say for sure?
Of course, if it can be done, it might not be as difficult as imagined.

Perhaps the emperor should be asked to issue an edict to arrange for Huang Yi to go to the camp to help with training?
When Liu Bei hesitated, Liu Xie was very excited.

He saw the value of innovation from the tactics proposed by Huang Yi, and also saw the potential of the martial arts hall.

This method of warfare is very common in Liangzhou.Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan with this method of warfare when he was at Jieqiao, and became famous in the first battle.There are quite a few Liangzhou people in the lecture hall, and many of them are familiar with this kind of warfare, so it is normal to improve it.

The specific improvement is to change the dense formation into a scattered formation, a bit like the three-three system, which is most effective against a small number of rangers.

Used well, the three groups cooperate with each other, which is enough to block a group or even a dozen cavalry.

The only question is, in the face of the galloping cavalry, can the soldiers restrain the fear in their hearts, ensure the hit rate of the crossbow, ensure that the spear can hit the horse, ensure that the large shield is stable enough to withstand the impact of the horse, and protect the shield? later companions.

When the knight falls off the horse, can they attack in time to kill the knight.

For Liu Bei's subordinates, this requirement is not generally high.

But for Han Sui's subordinates, this is not an impossible task.

Huang Yi made such a suggestion at this time, in fact, it was to fight for Han Sui's chance to fight.

It seems that Han Sui was not idle last year.Taking advantage of the convenience of his subordinates coming from the martial arts hall, he immediately put into practice the new tactics researched by the martial arts hall.

Liu Xie then thought that perhaps Sun Ce would be ahead of Han Sui and use this tactic in actual combat.

It is impossible for Yu Fan to assist Sun Ce in fighting without mentioning this method of warfare.Sun Ce, who also lacks war horses, will definitely be interested in this method of warfare, and will select suitable people for targeted training.

Maybe it won't be long before he hears the good news from Sun Ce.

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"Buzz!" The arrow left the string.

The knight on horseback lowered his head in response, and narrowly dodged the crossbow arrow, his helmet was shot off, revealing his head.

"Pfft!" With a muffled sound, the one-foot-five-foot long spear pierced the horse's neck.The horse was pushed up to stand up, neighing sharply and kicking with its front hooves.The knight couldn't sit still on his horse, turned over and fell down.

"Kill!" Dong Xi, who was eight feet tall, jumped out of the small formation, raised his knife and dropped it, beheading the knight in the air, and then cut off the two hind legs of the horse with a single knife.

The horse fell to the ground with a bang, blood splattered everywhere.

Dong Xi stepped forward, bent his knees to hold down the struggling horse, and inserted the saber into the horse's neck.

The war horse twitched twice, then stopped moving, blood gushing out.

Seeing this, several rangers watching from a distance gave up their attack and quickly retreated.

Dong Xi pulled out the spear that was almost bent into a bow, checked the shaft of the spear, and said with some regret: "The shaft of this spear is still too brittle to withstand the pressure. I need to bring an extra spear as a spare in the future."

The spearman was excited. "Sima, in fact, it doesn't take a few times. As long as you can hit him in one blow, and there are dead horses in front of the formation, the cavalry can't come so fast again."

"Be prepared." Dong Xi grinned, shook off the blood on the long knife, and put the knife back into its sheath. "Yu Jijiu is indeed a genius. He can devise such a strategy. We don't have to worry about encountering rangers in the future. As long as we are bold and careful, pawns can defeat cavalry."

The crossbowman also said: "Yu Jijiu is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, even if he is in the court, he is still a hero. It is ridiculous that those Central Plains scholar-bureaucrats have no eyes, and always think that we only have arrow bamboo in Kuaiji."

"What are you talking about them for? It's bad luck." Dong Xi dismissed it, seeing that the rangers in the distance had already retreated, he raised his hand to give an order. "Withdraw, return to the camp!"

(End of this chapter)