Xiang Liang had been observing the marching Lu Zhejun, and he was even more concerned about the cavalry and was reluctant to take his eyes off.

"It's no different from riding a single horse, the same posture of riding a war horse, it seems that the riding skills are not very superb, how can you sit on the back of the horse smoothly and charge in close combat?" Xiang Bo didn't see the iron cavalry with armor-pierced horses and armor: "That one gives a terrifying impression...... Iron Rider, that's right, Iron Rider! This army didn't see it either, Lu Hou's sense of secrecy was very strong! ”

Xiang Quan nodded silently, just like the soldiers of the Xiang family, when marching, he put the iron armor in the package and let the soldiers carry it on their backs, and the iron weapons in his hands were always wrapped in singing cloth, which was not light at all, so Lu Zhe tried his best to hide the secret that people could charge hand-to-hand combat on horseback, and it was the proper meaning to hide the iron horse tightly.

"Be sure to find this secret!" Xiang Liang's tone was full of longing.

The first appearance of Lu Zhejun's light and heavy cavalry was too impressive, as long as everyone who witnessed it was shocked by that scene, and imagined and postponed how to deal with it more than once in their minds, but the information they knew was too little and too little, and they couldn't find a way to deal with it out of thin air.

In fact, even if you know the advantages and disadvantages of light and heavy riding, you can't deal with it if you want to, otherwise the northern nomads in Chinese history would have been wiped out by the country, how could they repeatedly invade the south and steal the world.

Many people have studied how to deal with cavalry, and have come to the conclusion that the cavalry can only be fought by the cavalry, and if the infantry army is used to engage the cavalry, it can only be a passive defense, and the infantry army can not kill a large number of casualties even if the cavalry is defeated, after all, the cavalry is four-legged, even if the cavalry is defeated, it can rely on strong mobility to escape, and it is only possible to annihilate a large number of cavalry in a special terrain ambush.

Cavalry can only be fought by cavalry? Then there needs to be a sufficient source of war horses, that is, natural and good horse ranches. How many natural and good horse ranches are there in the land of China? The flat terrain of the Heshuo area is considered one, the Longxi Plain is also counted as one, and several small plains in Liaodong can also be counted. The horse breeds bred in these places can be regarded as relatively high-quality war horses. In other places, even horses can be raised, because the breed of horses bred by geographical and climatic relations is only average, and it is not a good military horse.

If you have a map, you can see where the pastures that can breed good war horses are, whether it is Heshuo or Longxi, Ang or Liaodong, all of them are very close to the nomads, and the slightest difference will fall into the hands of the nomads. And the farming people, to be honest, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and even the Qin Unification Period, there were still good means and techniques for herding sheep and horses and training war horses, but in the Han Dynasty and even later dynasties. Unless you can tame the Hu people and herd horses for yourself, you can't raise good horse breeds at all, and you don't have too good means to train war horses.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were able to raise good horses, because this period was the most rapid expansion of the Chinese nation, and in the process of expansion, they constantly took the initiative to integrate different races, and some good technologies of different races were also taken for themselves. Not to mention Qin, it took hundreds of years for the Qin people to take the initiative to fuse Rong Di, and the Qin people were born to herd horses for the Zhou royal family, how could they lack the method of raising and taming horses?

If you look at horse breeding and horse training. Lü Zhe came to a good era, in which the Qin people occupied a large area of Longxi suitable for raising horses, not Longxi during the Han Dynasty, but Longxi with a large plain west of the Tianshan Mountains. During the Han Dynasty, the land north of the Tianshan Mountains, full of rivers and plains, had been lost.

During the period when Qin Gang ruled the world, the horses of Zhao and Yan among the six destroyed countries were plundered by Qin, and the war horses in the world were basically owned by Qin. In addition, the Qin people in some areas still have semi-nomadic habits. Although there is no definite number, the number of war horses owned by Qin will definitely not be less than 600,000.

Many people may not know much about what a war horse is, thinking that every horse can become a war horse. But that's not the case. Not every horse can become a war horse, about four to five horses can appear in a war horse, because becoming a war horse requires enough endurance and weight-bearing capacity, in addition to these two premises, becoming a war horse also needs to be able to be trained to have the spirituality to understand the knight's commands, not afraid of noise, dare to impact and many other characteristics.

If it is said that in what era can the Chinese nation more easily form a cavalry army, it is really the most convenient before the two Han Dynasty, and at this time there is no so-called "wild land" said, not only in the Qin State there are also semi-nomadic Qin people, even Zhao and Yan, the grassland is not an unusable land for the Chinese nation. What is even more gratifying is that there is no deep-rooted idea of "the homeland is difficult to leave", and there is no idea that "parents are not far away", although the people's horizons of this era are not expanded, there is no lack of spirit of expansion, which is also the embodiment of the negative impact of "centralization" has not penetrated into the bone marrow.

Lu Zheyou has done a very obscure investigation, although it is not guaranteed to be reliable, but the feudal model of the social system is definitely the most expansive and aggressive system.

If one piece of land after another is carved out in the grassland in the mode of sub-feudalization, then one vassal after another will definitely try to gain a foothold in the grassland, after all, it is their "own land", from the "land" that is not the "slave owner", as long as the environment is not so bad that it is impossible to survive, the vassals will work hard to build.

Correspondingly, not only can the grassland be occupied for a long time in the mode of partitioning, but any piece of land can be used to achieve the goal of "spreading branches and leaves", but the premise is that the "mind" of the central power is not afraid that one day these feudal countries will destroy themselves.

"Cavalry?" Lu Zhe raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiang Liang who spoke: "Xiang Liang Gong is asking about those troops who will hunt?" ”

Xiang Liang's question was not abrupt, he assumed a background, this background is the battlefield where the army went to war with Qin, Qi, Yan, and Zhao, and how should Lu, Wei, Han, and Chu be distributed if they want to participate in the war, so naturally it is necessary to understand the distribution of troops and the advantages and disadvantages of the troops in the camp. Before asking about the cavalry of Lu Zhejun, Xiang Liang had already introduced the equipment of Xiang's soldiers and the best tactics, and explained in detail what kind of responsibilities each Chu army could bear.

As the same camp, even if this camp is temporary, it is indeed necessary to communicate with each other, so as not to be uncoordinated when a war breaks out, Xiang Liang has already spoken openly and honestly about the situation of the Chu army, if Lu Zhe hides it, he will naturally feel that there is no sincerity in cooperation, so I have to say that Xiang Liang's timing is quite good.

"As you can see when you are hunting, the cavalry under the command of Benhou can charge hand-to-hand combat and can carry out cavalry shooting, which has a natural advantage against the infantry army." Lu Zhe naturally couldn't give a comprehensive introduction, thinking about the wording: "If you take an analogy, the role of nearly 200,000 cavalry troops under Ben Hou is comparable to that of chariot troops, and in some respects they have stronger mobility than charioteers. ”

What stirrups, saddles, and even the horseshoe that is being studied, Lu Zhe naturally can't say a word, and there is no need to say it, so when Xiang Liang wanted to study more penetratingly, Lu Zhe's eyes became extremely sharp.

No matter how good an ally is, no one will take out all the hole cards, no matter what era this is universal, Xiang Liang is so eager to break the sand pot regardless of this rule and ask to the end, which shows how eager he is to understand Lu Zhejun's cavalry.

In fact, Lu Zhe has a wrong understanding, unilateral stirrups have long appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which is a small number of nobles who want to be able to climb on horseback more easily.

I don't know why, it may be that no one has thought about why bilateral stirrups were not set up since unilateral stirrups can be leveraged, or it may be that some people "far-sightedly" thought that the emergence of stirrups was more beneficial to nomads, so they did not invent it.

But to be honest, even if there were a few people who thought that the appearance of stirrups would free the hands of nomads, it would not be all silent, it should have been invented by a few blind guys. Therefore, it is basically impossible to say that it is far-sighted, so it can only be said that people's thinking is fixed, or that layer of "tissue paper" has not been pierced?

It's been repeated a few times, it's impossible to keep the secret from being seen permanently, but trying to cover it up can always delay the time when the secret is discovered prematurely, Lu Zhe's response to Xiang Liang's unopened eyes is a stern face and sharp eyes, so that no matter how urgent Xiang Liang is, he can only stop.

"The number of war horses owned by the Chu State now is less than 20,000, and that secret will not do you any good." Lu Zhe said unhappily.

Xiang Liang apologized, and then asked about where the army should be stationed.

Shen was about fifty li away from the place of battle between Qin and Qi, Yan and Zhao, and it took about a day and a half for an ordinary marching posture, but Lü Zhe and his men concentrated on advancing for a day, and when they were about twenty li away from the place of engagement, they could already encounter the peripheral forces of the combined forces of Qi, Yan and Zhao, and when these allied troops found that there were nearly 600,000 troops full of Lü, Wei, Han, and Chu Jing banners heading to the battlefield, their choice was to get as far away from this advancing force as possible.

"March five miles further, and set up camp fifteen miles from the place of battle." Lu Zhe said that the construction of a camp is not a garrison, and the difference between the two types of garrison has been explained before. He also said: "What kind of camp arrangement does Xiang Liang think should be adopted? ”

Xiang Liang hid the embarrassment caused by excessively asking Lu Zhejun about his secrets, and was proud that Lu Zhe, the art of war, could be asked how to arrange it. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Then it depends on what kind of purpose Lu Hou came here with." ”

"Huh." Lu Zhe chuckled for a while, and finally said incomprehensibly: "What do you say? (To be continued......)