Nine hundred and twenty-nine heavy cavalry
"Okay, clean up your mood, and then go back to the city with me, people who practice martial arts can't blindly force a breakthrough." Lu Bu sighed and admonished Zhao Ang.
After all, everything has to pay attention to a degree, if you blindly force it, resulting in the end exceeding that line, it will be harmful and useless.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ang also nodded slightly, he took a deep breath, the cool air in the mountains and forests filled his chest and lungs, and his somewhat restless heart finally calmed down.
After cleaning up the mess caused by the previous breakthrough, Zhao Ang followed behind Lu Bu and began to move in the direction of the city.
"Sigh and ......" The two of them didn't walk out for long, and a loud neighing of horses suddenly sounded in the distance.
With a slight stroke, Zhao Ang's whole person changed color, and his nervousness suddenly tensed.
I saw a golden iron horse in the distance, murderous.
The sound of horses' hooves continued, and the knights sitting on horseback were wearing iron armor one by one, with iron helmets on their heads, and the iron armor and iron helmets were black as the background color, with dark edges, and a bunch of high upturned tassels on the helmet, red as blood.
The dull hooves of the horses trampled over the cold ground, kicking up billowing dust, reflecting the light of the forest in the bright light.
This cavalry was divided into two teams, both of which were heavily armoured, and the two rows of war horses led by them were burly and tall.
The face of each cavalryman was indifferent, and his whole body was full of murderous aura, which made people feel cold.
In their hands, the bright steel knife reflected a dazzling cold glow in the bright light, and it shook so dizzily.
In the distance, the rumbling sound of galloping horses and a large amount of rising smoke and dust came straight towards Lu Bu and the two of them.
The galloping iron hooves trampled on the muddy ground, splashing the sky with debris, and the rumbling sound of iron hooves stirred and tumbling between the heavens and the earth, deafening.
The smoke was swirling, like clouds, and everywhere he went, he lifted up a piece of sand and dust, like a god descending from heaven.
Zhao Ang's eyes condensed slightly, and he looked into the distance, only to see a group of cavalry, galloping in their direction.
There were fifty heavy cavalry in a row, a total of two rows, the first row of heavy cavalry each six or seven meters apart, the second row of heavy cavalry as well, but each heavy cavalry in the second row was exactly in the center of the distance between every two heavy cavalry in the first row.
In this way, if the charge of the first row of heavy cavalry is blocked, it will not affect the charge of the second row of heavy cavalry.
Don't underestimate this heavy cavalry of just 100 people, if they encounter unprepared infantry, just with this 100 people, they can easily cut through a camp of 5,000 infantry with a charge.
When the heavy cavalry fights in a frontal war, there is no kind of team that can stop it, its strength lies in the firepower, and the strength of the light cavalry lies in mobility, roundabout play, and clever use of the terrain, which can drag the heavy cavalry to death.
But the premise of this is that the law is all heavy cavalry, and if the two arms cooperate with each other and use each other, it will be difficult to say.
In ancient times, in face-to-face decisive battles, heavy cavalry still had its necessary value.
Although the heavy cavalry is extremely powerful, its mobility and agility are far lower than those of ordinary cavalry, and the target is too large to be used in narrow places.
The speed of the heavy cavalry was not too fast, and their equipment was too heavy, but the equipment on the heavy cavalry was also the most polished and expensive in any country's army. If you are marching long distances, one heavy cavalry should be accompanied by at least four logistical supply personnel.
The strength of the heavy cavalry lies in small-scale collective combat, but in the face of a large area and a large area, especially after a long journey, the formation is pulled apart, and the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.
The heavy cavalry armor was too heavy, and the knights could not move after disembarking from their horses.
In general, heavy cavalry pays more attention to small-scale formations, group battles, such as forests, small dirt slopes, and so on.
The light cavalry needs a vast area, such as plains, deserts, etc., which is very suitable for large-scale long-distance attacks, relying on speed to win.
The two have advantages and disadvantages, heavy cavalry has obvious effects in small-scale wars, and can instantly raze that area to the ground, while light cavalry can exert its power in large-scale wars, and can pull the opponent's formation back and forth, and break through important areas one by one, which is very fast.
Of course, there is no invincible thing in the world, but everything is good and there must be disadvantages, the key is to see how people want to use, learn from each other's strengths, in order to give full play to the maximum power of things.
The main equipment of the heavy cavalry includes heavy armor covering every corner of the body, high-grade war horses with full-body horse armor, vertical cavalry spears, longbows, and round shields.
It is no exaggeration to say that a charging heavy cavalry feels that it can be called the most terrifying type of troops on the battlefield, and once the heavy cavalry forms a large-scale charge, it is almost invincible in the plain terrain.
With heavy spears ranging from three to four meters in length, they were like moving fortresses. Even from a distance, you can use your longbow to shoot non-heavily armored enemies.
Of course, the resources required to equip a heavy cavalry army are also quite terrifying, so even Lu Bu, who now has a state, only tried to form a heavy cavalry with a scale of 100 people at the suggestion of Gao Zhi.
"Hahaha, don't panic, this heavy cavalry is also under the command of a certain commander, go, take you to see it."
Looking at the menacing heavy cavalry in front of him, Lu Bu laughed and suppressed Zhao Ang, who was already on guard and ready to move.
"Phew!" The current cavalry commander pulled the reins of his horse with gravity, his legs straddled his crotch and his war horse, and the sound of horses' hooves was heavy on the ground, and the smoke and dust were swirling.
"All stopped!" A shout came from the mouth of the cavalry commander at the forefront.
At the same time, the cavalry commander strangled the reins of the horse, and the mount under the crotch suddenly stood up with a neigh, and the strong front legs kicked in the air, and he stopped rushing forward.
The cavalry behind him followed the same pace, rushing forward about a dozen paces before reining in the reins of their horses, and then, in a puff of smoke, suddenly moved to both sides, forming two neat columns.
Under the leadership of the cavalry commander at the forefront, everyone turned over and dismounted, and led the war horses one by one to form a neat marching column on the nearby grass.
Everyone was silent, silent, and only the occasional snort of the war horses in the dust of the hunt.
Not only do they have excellent fighting skills, but they also have a cold and tenacious will!
Lu Bu strode forward, turned over and led a war horse, and rode a war horse slowly past the front of the formation, and the eyes of all the cavalry followed Lu Bu and moved slowly.