Rebel

However, this indiscriminate thought that suddenly ignited, like a flower in the sky, was instantly brought back to his thoughts by Huai Xin's words.

"The so-called battle formation is to defuse the sharpness of the Rong cavalry." Huai Xin said beside Gu Ao.

"Oh? How to defuse the sharpness of the cavalry?" Gu Ao asked.

"Brother Gu, let's see."

As Huai Xin clapped her hands three times, a pair of 15 soldiers of the Han army stepped forward in an orderly manner.Some were holding spears, some were holding halberds, some were holding huge shields carried by two people, some were holding horse forks, some were holding fire guns, and so on. They quickly formed a staggered and orderly formation, with giants on both sides. The shield stood in front of them.

Huai Xin raised her sleeve and pointed, and said to Gu Ao, "This is the battle formation."

Gu Ao nodded, and the cavalry in armor also got a signal from Huai Xin, retreated a hundred steps away again, raised their whips and rode their horses, and ran straight towards the new formation...

I saw him approaching and swiping his sword down, but this time, he didn't cut the huge shield carried by those two people in half, but just deflected it.

At this time, the armor holding the horse fork suddenly stretched out the horse fork from the gap between the two shields to trip the horse's feet.

At the same time, the halberds and spears suddenly protruded from behind the shield, attracting the cavalry to defend and not caring about the sitting horse.

For a moment, the horse lost its front hoof under the shackles of the horse fork, and the cavalry almost fell down. The armored soldier with the gun quickly stepped forward and rushed behind the horse. The cavalry was ripped from the horse.

The cavalryman in armor fell off his horse, and was immediately pointed at the throat by the halberd and spear.

The cooperation of the 15 people was perfect, and the whole movement was smooth and flowing without any pause.

Huai Xin glanced at Gu Ao, Gu Ao nodded slightly, Huai Xin said: "If you want to be able to resist the charge of the Rong cavalry, you must fight in formation. Different from the armor, many infantry fight against one cavalry together. Chopped off his horse, his heavy armor made it difficult for him to move, so he had to be captured without a fight."

Gu Ao sighed, and said worriedly: "...but this formation has hidden hidden dangers."

Huai Xin nodded and said, "That's right, you can see it too? I would like to hear about it."

Gu Ao said: "Firstly, if the cavalry does not attack directly, but divides the flanks to harass from both ends, the battle formation will be broken; secondly, if the cavalry does not charge alone, but one after another, the shield can block the attack of one person. Attack, but can't stop the blows of two people in a row, if the Rong people come densely, the battle formation will be broken."

"Is that all?"

"Everything else is small."

"Tell me, too."

"Another omission is that the fixing of the shield is too time-consuming. I just saw that the shield is erected by the support behind the shield. In addition to the combined physical strength of the two people, it takes time to install the shield support, and it is impossible to quickly adjust the battle formation during battle. direction, this is a pity;

Second, the armored cavalry just rushed over from a hundred paces away, and the shield was already shaken, but if it was farther away and faster, the shield might not be able to bear it, this is the second regret;

Thirdly, the shields are too heavy, and they cannot be taken away when they need to retreat, but the shields are thick, so they should be thrown away several times.

Fourth, Huo Yi, the one who took the last shot, was the most dangerous and could easily be killed, but what he did was a decisive matter, and this kind of Huo Yi was not easy to train, and his formation might be incomplete after several battles. "

Huai Xin nodded and said: "That's right. In fact, the ancestors left behind many battle formations, which were specially designed to deal with cavalry. However, the iron smelting techniques of the Rong people came from the Western Regions, and they are changing with each passing day. Today's military swords are different from those of 50 years ago. , not to mention those military books left by ancient times. Even if the battle formations contained in them are not lost, they will be difficult to use today. The most urgent thing now is to create a new battle formation. Shicai brother Gu is right, but Another problem I have is that the armor of the Rong people is all captured in the last battle, but I don't know how much they can make new armor if there is another war..."

"Can't the scouts find one or two pieces?"

"Rong people fight when they get on the horse, drink when they get off the horse, and have first-class armor. They are all prepared before the war. Now there have been no soldiers in the past 20 years."

"I see."

Dian Bushi was quietly listening to the conversation between Gu Ao and Huai Xin, at this moment he couldn't help interjecting: "Rong people have cavalry, why can't we have cavalry? He can charge forward, why can't we charge forward?"

Huai Xin said: "Brother Dian does not know that the war horses of the Rong people were tamed from the grasslands when they were young. The horses on the grasslands are different from the horses raised by the people in the Central Plains. They were born in danger surrounded by wild wolves. When they grow up, the leading horse among the male horses will take on the important task of guarding the horses. Even if wild wolves want to attack the horses, the leading horse will raise its front hooves to fight with them. Such horses are extremely wild and are not afraid of blood. The blade will go straight forward. Therefore, the cavalry unit of the Rong people is different from our Central Plains people. They are not divided into long or hundred long teams, but a group of horses. The leader of the Rong people rides the leading horse. Where does the leading horse charge , the horses in the whole team will follow where to run.

But we in the Central Plains do not have such good horses.There are also cavalry in the Central Plains, but their strength is not the same as that of the Rong people.Our horses in the Central Plains were bred in stables since childhood and grew out of the hands of grooms. Nowadays, the land in Shangjun is narrow and there are few people. How can we still have the courage of Emperor Wu to raise thousands of horses in Shanglin Garden?In Shanglin Garden, there are many wolves, tigers and leopards haunting, so that the horses grown up like this can become real war horses. "

Gu Ao asked: "Now, how many cavalry are there in Shangjun?"

Huai Xin replied: "There are also some war horses in Shangjun, but they are the horses that my father tamed a first horse when he conquered Rongdi 20 years ago. Now all of them have foals. Although there are more horses than in Central Plains, But compared to the Rong people, it is not enough."

When the three of them were talking, suddenly someone came forward and reported to Huai Xin: "Young master, my lord is here to inspect the camp."

Huai Xin nodded, walked out of the school grounds with Gu Ao and Dian Bushi, came to the entrance of the camp, Gu Ao looked away, and saw the snow in the north falling like scales and armor, the vastness In the white snow scene, a group of cavalry was galloping in the distance, the two horses in the lead were galloping side by side, both with swords and knives, they were Huai Xin's parents.

They pulled the reins in front of Huai Xin and Gu Ao, got off their horses, Huai Xin took a step forward and asked with a smile: "Father, mother, why are you here?"

Huai Jinsong laughed: "This is the first snow this winter, I have to come and have a few drinks with my old brothers, and see how everyone is eating!"

Huai Xin nodded, didn't know Gu Ao and Dian and said: "Brother Gu, Brother Dian, it's time to eat, let's go together."

After picking up the curtain and entering the big tent, Huai Jinsong quickly walked into a group of generals who had already had their lunch, and after a while, loud laughter could be heard endlessly.But Huai Xin's mother sat down at another table with Huai Xin, Gu Ao and Dian Bushi.

Beidi shochu is strong, Gu Ao respected Huai Mu for a glass, Huai Mu drank a glass of wine, and Huai's face was also rosy, she looked at Gu Ao and said: "Gu boy, have you always been curious, why did my husband and I get married? He is good at fighting, why is Xiao Xin so weak?"

Huai Xin frowned slightly, with a look of worry in her eyes, she said softly: "...Mom, stop talking."

Huai Xin's mother's eyes suddenly turned red, and she said to Gu Ao without hesitation: "When I was pregnant with him, the Rong people held a grand banquet and asked his father to discuss some military affairs. It seemed that he had no good intentions. How can I rest assured that my father went to the meeting alone? I took a detour and chased after him, only to find out later that I was pregnant with Xiaoxin..."

As she spoke, Mother Huai took a deep breath, poured herself another glass of shochu, and drank it up: "...Gu family boy... Rong people can't be trusted! It was a good saying back then, what kind of gentleman makes friends, but in the end they still used swords and soldiers to persecute each other! If it weren't for breaking out of the siege by relying on the trilogy, where would the Huai family still be today? At that time, his father was seriously injured and unconscious, I carried his father on my back, and the horse was shot to death while crossing the river. I had no choice but to die in the winter Swimming back from Yishui to the opposite bank, I was completely unconscious at the time, but when I was lifted up by the trilogy on the opposite bank, I realized that the chill was piercing my bones...so I suffered from Xiaoxin's body cold." Said pregnant mother and then She raised her head and took a sip of wine, tears welled up in her eyes, "...Fortunately, Xiaoxin is fine..."

Gu Ao was a little stunned. When he was studying in Shanyun Academy, Huai Xin once explained why he was cold, but that day he simply said: "My mother swam in Yishui when she was pregnant with me."

Gu Ao asked, "Easy water in winter?"

At that time, how did he know that there were so many hardships hidden behind Huai Xin's words.

Mother Huai breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Gu Ao, and said: "I heard that you came all the way from the north to the south, you may have never seen such a heavily guarded county as our Shang County, you must not take it as a surprise , the Rong people are ferocious, and it is a last resort for us to strengthen our defenses."

Gu Ao said: "Prefect Huai guards the frontier for the country, loyalty and goodness are indistinguishable, it is the blessing of the people of the world."

Mother Huai sneered when she heard the words: "...It's a pity that people in the world don't see it that way. Why is the boy from the Chou family one of the four sons? Isn't it because of his ambiguity that he easily let Rong Shang come to Han?" Do you want to do business in the land? It is said that Shangjun is a land of swords and soldiers, and the prefect wants to avenge his personal revenge with national power, while Yuyang County is a paradise for commerce...

They also said that the boy from the Chou family loved calligraphy, painting, dancing and music. Interacting with each other... It's really unreasonable, so to gain the reputation of the four princes, what is there to be proud of?The people of Rong have ghosts in their hearts, and this time the abolished prince Ben Rong is also strange. Although the people of Rong haven't broken their faces with the court, I think it's coming soon. That kid from the Qiu family is going to die in his false name! "

"Mother..." Huai Xin frowned.

Mother Huai raised her eyebrows: "Why, he dares to do it, so why don't I say it?"

Huai Xin lowered her head and said nothing, Mother Huai wiped the corners of her eyes with her hand, and stood up holding the wine cup, "Eat slowly, I'll pay respect to your father and those old brothers."