Valley Emperor

The first lancer regiment, although there were only more than 400 lancers, actually had more than 800 horses and nearly 500 attendants. The overall size was much larger than that of ordinary light cavalry regiments!

And this is not the full state of the First Lancer Regiment!

According to the establishment, this first lancer regiment should have four cavalry teams, each cavalry team has 150 lancers, with a total strength of 600 lancers, and with the same number of Mongolian horses and attendants.

Therefore, if the First Lancer Regiment was fully staffed, it should have more than 1,200 horses and a total of about 1,200 soldiers, almost twice as many as the Light Cavalry Regiment.

In fact, the first cavalry regiment cannot fight alone. If they want to maintain their combat effectiveness, they must work with the army and let the army's professional baggage units provide them with sufficient supplies. After all, there are more than 1,000 horses every day. The amount of concentrate required is not a small amount.

The first lance cavalry regiment formed by the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty made great reference to the existing light cavalry, and also learned about the cavalry exhibition in contemporary Europe from the Portuguese and Spanish people. To a certain extent, it also refers to the heavy armored cavalry establishment and combat methods on the European side.

Referring to the existing light cavalry model, it is a nearly uniform training method, and the wall-mounted charge is used in combat.

As for the equipment, it refers to the heavy cavalry in contemporary Europe, but it has changed. For example, the weapon and equipment of the European heavy cavalry is a hollow cavalry. This hollow cavalry can be repeated in the hands of the traditional cavalry in East Asia. The solid spear used is completely different.

And the lance used by the First Lancer Regiment of the Tang Dynasty was purely a one-time weapon!

The reason for the use of this hollow lance by the First Lancer Regiment of the Tang Dynasty is also very simple, because the tactics used by the First Lancer Regiment are also intensive wall-mounted charging tactics.

How does this tactic work?

The lancers form a dense and uniform formation, rushing directly towards the enemy. During this process, the movements of the cavalry will be greatly restricted. go!

After stabbing the enemy, because of the huge impact brought by the warhorse, the cavalry cannot move freely and flexibly like those classical cavalry, and use the spear as a cavalry to slash and so on.

This is also doomed. After charging, the cavalry using the wall-type charge will be subjected to a great impact, and it will only take a minute to break the wrist and even the arm.

At this time, a protective measure is needed!

What measures?

Naturally, let the lance stab the enemy and break it on its own!

Some people may ask, how can the cavalry carry out follow-up operations after the lance is broken?

It doesn't matter, there are also knives!

The combat method designed by the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty for the first lance cavalry regiment could not be simpler. Riding a wall charge, rushing up to break through the enemy's phalanx first with a one-time cavalry lance, regardless of whether it is an infantry or an enemy cavalry. , After the lance was broken, the cavalry continued to fight with the cavalry!

Compared with the original light cavalry, it basically uses a one-time lance at the time of the second attack, and the other is basically unchanged.

Of course, the 1st Lancer Regiment will also be equipped with breastplates, which are more suitable for charge combat than light cavalry. In fact, those light cavalrymen also want to be equipped with breastplates, but the horses under their crotch are not powerful enough to afford breastplates. weight.

Nowadays, there are many types of plate armor equipped by the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty, including three categories: full-body armor, half-body armor, and breastplate.

However, each category of armor here will be subdivided according to defense and weight. At present, there are at least three types of armor with different thicknesses and weights under almost every category.

For example, there are three types of breastplates.

The first type appeared in the early days, and is currently the most widely equipped main breastplate model in the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty. It is of medium thickness and medium weight. is a cinch.

In the early days, it was mainly used by spearmen, light armored swordsmen and shield soldiers, and later, in order to strengthen the survivability of musketeers, it also began to equip a large number of musketeers.

The second is to reduce the thickness on the basis of the first medium-thickness breastplate, basically abolishing the defense ability against muskets, but it is still very powerful against cold weapons such as arrows, swords and spears.

This kind of light breastplate was rarely equipped before, but after entering the north, more precisely after the Battle of Anping, the Ordnance Department began to urgently purchase it on a large scale. Why? This is to think that after the Battle of Anping, after the 6th Army of the Tang Dynasty entered Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other regions, the enemy they faced was not the new Ming army of the past.

Their main enemies are many nomadic peoples in the north. Even the Ming army led by King Hui in the Liaodong area does not have many guns and artillery.

And there are a lot of mobile battles!

In this case, the 6th Army quickly improved the armor of the northern troops. The medium-thickness breastplates used by the musketeers were all replaced by light breastplates. The weight was greatly reduced, which greatly reduced the soldiers' mobile combat The burden, while retaining enough defense against cold weapons and sharp weapons.

The third type is the thickest one. On the basis of the original ordinary breastplate, the thickness of the front is deliberately thickened. The defensive ability of the frontal chest is even more than full-body armor. The function is to protect the musket. The whole set weighs dozens of pounds, even heavier than the light half-body armor equipped by the northern troops!

This kind of heavy breastplate was initially equipped with musketeers. The purpose was to increase survivability when the musketeers fought against the enemy's musketeers on the line, but the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is cruel. Ordinary infantrymen with heavy breastplates simply cannot wear them for long-term battles!

Finally, the equipment object of this heavy breastplate is to become part of the grenadier!

Yes, that's right, Grenadiers!

why?

Because the grenadiers are tall and energetic, their physical strength can be compared with the heavy armored sword and shield soldiers who are profitable for assault, and the grenadiers are more dangerous when fighting, so they also need better protection. .

Of course, not every grenadier wears these heavy cuirass. In fact, most grenadiers still wear ordinary cuirass.

As for those heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, they are equipped with full body armor, and those with slightly less physical fitness will also wear half body armor, which does not match the breast armor.

But today, this heavy cuirass welcomed its second owner, the lancers in the first lancer regiment!

When preparing to build this cavalry, Li Xuan personally gave instructions. This must be a heavy-armored cavalry. As for the equipment of full-body armor, half-body armor, or breastplate, your Sixth Army will study and do it yourself.

At the beginning, the cavalry generals of the 6th Army naturally hoped that these cavalry could be equipped with full-body armor.

However, after testing, it was found that if you equip full-body armor, you can basically only equip light full-body armor with the load-bearing capacity of the warhorse, and the defensive ability of these light armors is basically used to fight against the sharp weapons of cold weapons. There is basically no protection capability, and currently only the equipment of the Third Army is deployed in the north.

The half-body armor is better, but the Tang cavalry has no good feelings for the half-body armor, which is not up and down.

In the end, when they gritted their teeth, they were directly equipped with heavy breastplates!

It has a certain ability to defend against cold weapons, and at the same time, it can also have a good defense against muskets.

Finally, the first lancer regiment became a cuirass lancer regiment!

That is the cuirass lancer regiment that Li Xuan sees now!

Li Xuan, dressed in military uniform, rode on a pure white horse, and slowly passed the front of the first lancer regiment, inspecting his first heavy cavalry!

Then go back to the stands and present the flag to the head of the 1st Lancers in person!

The flag-giving ceremony used to be held only when the main infantry division was officially formed. Li Xuan would give the newly established main infantry division a red dragon holding a sword flag embroidered with the division's designation.

But today, Li Xuan made an exception by presenting the flag for the first lancer regiment~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is to announce to the whole army that the status of this heavy cavalry regiment will be no less than that of an infantry division !

After the flag was presented, Li Xuan spoke directly to the more than 400 lancers and soldiers in the stands. Of course, most of what he said was nonsense. It was nothing more than the great and glorious history of our Tang Dynasty. You have also inherited this greatness and glory. To maintain this glory in the future, the rise of the Tang Dynasty depends on you. Don’t be afraid of death when fighting, don’t back down when charging, be brave and be brave!

To put it bluntly, it is to encourage these young people to die, honorable and brave to die!

Because, after today's flag-giving ceremony, this troop will officially go to the front line and join the battle sequence of the First Army. When the First Army reaches the west side of 6 Hanyang, they will appear. Li Xuan will definitely It's about standing up to boost morale.

But it is very strange that these young soldiers are excited when they hear Li Xuan's incomparable nonsense. Although they are far away, Li Xuan still sees their excited expressions, as if they can't wait to go to war and die. .

Song Zhilin, the head of the 1st Lancer Regiment, after listening to Li Xuan's sensational remarks, he even knelt and saluted with excitement on the spot, shouting: "I am willing to fight to the death for Your Majesty!"

The hundreds of soldiers below also shouted in unison: "Fight to the death for Your Majesty!"

Looking at Song Zhilin who was excited and even blushing, Li Xuan didn't understand him a little. At this time, shouldn't they show a mocking expression and say: It's really nice to say, but they don't want us to go If you die, why don't you go to war yourself?

Unable to understand, he could only sigh in his heart: "What a bunch of idiots!"

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