Chapter 843: Cavalry
Li Xiaoyao has a very delicate appearance and fair skin. She is considered a freak in the cavalry camp. Everyone else is so hot that he has rolled in a coal mine, but he seems to be unaffected. When he is lined up, there is such a fair guy among a group of black people, so he is so conspicuous that he is so conspicuous.
So the innocent Li Xiaoyao naturally became the target of being teased in the army, but no one expected that Li Xiaoyao, who always speaks softly on weekdays, would answer the other party with his fists whenever he met someone who dared to make fun of him.
He is very delicate and speaks very delicately, but the problem is that his fists are very hard. When the men who claim to be the masters who are black and charcoal are beaten to the point of bruising and swollen by him, everyone automatically ignores his skin color and his voice.
Because he still speaks with strength in the army, Li Xiaoyao not only has a hard fist, but also has excellent horse skills. For him, fighting on horseback seemed to be more handy than falling on the ground, and he was on the back of the horse as if he was walking on flat ground.
Li Xiaoyaoguan'er was promoted very quickly. A person with outstanding skin and a little red in the green bushes could easily attract people's attention wherever he went, giving people a deep impression, and what makes people even easier to remember was that he had a good skill in shooting.
Yu Chao's Fengfeng Camp was equipped with a horse spear and a ring-hand knife, but he did not wear a bow and arrow, because for the cavalry, it is indeed a huge problem to bend the bow and arrow on the horse's back and shoot accurately. Instead of being different from the four, it is better to concentrate on one. But Li Xiaoyao is good. He can not only shoot at the horse, but also shoot at the horse in a variety of ways.
With these blessings, Li Xiaoyao quickly stood out from ordinary soldiers and became a lieutenant officer with 500 cavalry. Moreover, his 500 cavalry were the pioneers of the entire Fengfeng Camp. They can be called the wind-watching, thunder-wading, or they can be called the vanguard.
Li Xiaoyao was very happy when he rode his horse slowly. After this battle, as long as he survived, he would be promoted. General Yu, the elder of Zhuifeng Camp, told him personally that the emperor was obsessed with his own rushing skills. After winning this battle, he would transfer himself to form another cavalry unit, and the requirement was that everyone in the newly built cavalry unit could have the technical skills of his own rushing skills.
Can Li Xiaoyao, the chief officer of the cavalry of the first battalion, be unbeautiful? Then he is on par with Boss Yu.
The ground shook slightly, and smoke and dust rolled up to the sky in the sky. Li Xiaoyao raised one hand and the entire cavalry team stopped. A black line appeared in the sky, and the black line quickly approached them.
"Qi State Cavalry!" a soldier shouted.
Li Xiaoyao took a deep breath. The opponent came very quickly, and the number was roughly equivalent to that of him, so he was naturally the vanguard team of the opponent's cavalry.
"Prepare to charge!" He stretched out a fist and touched the fist that the deputy lieutenant next to him: "Survival!" he shouted.
Turning around, the two of them collided with the person behind them again: "Brother, survive!"
The soldiers punched the comrades around them, without any bold words, only three simple words: "Survival."
They are not new recruits, but old birds who have experienced many battles, especially the battle against the Qin cavalry, which allowed everyone to understand what it means to walk on the edge of life and death. Only after experiencing that moment can they realize that survival is the most important thing.
Li Xiaoyao hung the horse spear on the hook beside the saddle. The equipment of the cavalry of Zhuifeng Camp was, just as Qin Feng had always pursued, not seeking the best, but only seeking better. Everyone was not wearing leather armor, but made of fine steel armor. The whole set of armor was not heavy, just over ten pounds. This extremely thin armor looked very strong, but the protection was quite perfect. Li Xiaoyao had heard Yu Chao talk about this armor with the craftsmen who sent the equipment. He heard that it was made of manganese steel, which not only prevented the knife and the gun from stabbing, but also prevented the smashing of heavy weapons.
Li Xiaoyao has a deep understanding of this. It is difficult for ordinary armor to prevent heavy weapons such as maces, iron bones, hammers, etc., but this new type of armor can effectively resist the bombardment of this critical strike. With one hammer, ordinary armor will penetrate a large pit into the inward squat, but this new armor will only cause minor damage. This is a life-saving thing for soldiers.
This kind of armor made of manganese steel is only equipped for cavalry now. I heard that the output cannot keep up with it, mainly because of manganese or something, which is difficult to make. Li Xiaoyao doesn't understand. He only knows that this manganese steel armor is much better than the previous armor.
Horse lances and ring-headed swords are standard. After the Qin Ming battle, they added another weapon with both offense and defense. Each person had a small round shield, which was hung on the other side of the saddle, and was also made of manganese steel. The edges of the small round shield were as smooth as a knife, which could be used as a protection, and could also hurt the enemy when waving. When attacking, whether it was a horse-shaped or ring-headed sword in the right hand, the small round shield in the left hand could play a great protective role against the soldiers.
The Ming cavalry began to trot and accelerate, and Li Xiaoyao took off the longbow on his back. The bow he used to use had long been thrown away, but now his bow is specially customized. This is also a privilege for the generals of the Ming army. According to the needs of the generals, the Arsenal specially designed for you to make weapons suitable for you. Li Xiaoyao used to be an ordinary iron bow. Even if his arm strength is strong, his hands will be sore and weak at most, and his arms will be sore. On the battlefield, he will usually shoot at most three arrows, otherwise his arms will be sore and weak. How can he fight the next battle?
But the newly customized bow completely subverted his perception. The extremely powerful long bow was completely effortless to pull, and could be pulled open easily. The secret was on the small structures on both sides that he couldn't understand. The people in the Arsenal called the compound bow.
Li Xiaoyao has made up his mind that when he goes to form a new cavalry battalion, he must have a handful of this compound bow. Now this thing is said to be expensive, but after a year or two, the bow will inevitably reduce the cost. The masters of the Arsenal are very powerful.
Now the army gives thumbs up to those men in the Arsenal whenever they mention it, and those guys are determined to do so! The things developed not only greatly increase their combat effectiveness, but also increase their protection ability exponentially.
Of course, what everyone is more grateful to is His Majesty the Emperor. The equipment of cavalry like them is converted into silver, which is really scary.
The shouts of the Qi cavalry on the opposite side were clearly heard. Li Xiaoyao sneered, "Damn it, I'm rushing to the long distance, and I don't know how to save horsepower. Let's make you look good next."
"Gun, shield!" He roared out loud.
Five hundred cavalry formed a triangular cone-shaped attack arrow, and Li Xiaoyao was in front.
Four hundred steps and three hundred steps, the two sides quickly approached.
"Fu!" The cavalry's chest was almost on the back of the horse. Don't underestimate this small movement, but it can allow the war horse to gain considerable speed-up ability.
Two hundred steps, Li Xiaoyao pulled out his bow, and shot arrows one after another, and suddenly he saw seven or eight arrows shooting out. He shot horses, not people.
The cavalry on the opposite side is also well-equipped and dressed in iron armor. The effect of shooting people is not very good, but the effect of shooting horses is very different.
The arrow arrived, the horse fell, and there was a turmoil on the opposite side.
"Get up." Li Xiaoyao carried a bow, held a spear with one hand and held a shield with the other.
The sun shone from the east, while Li Xiaoyao and the others came from the west. In theory, Li Xiaoyao's Mingqi was at a disadvantage because the sunlight would block their vision. But this time, it was very different. The small round shield face, which was as smooth as a mirror, actually reflected beams of light and shot towards the Qi cavalry opposite.
No one expected such an effect, and Li Xiaoyao himself did not expect it.
This reflection of sunlight is more effective against the chaos caused by the cavalry opposite than his own arrows.
The two sides were already very close, holding the guns in their hands tightly and staring at the enemy opposite. No one expected that at the moment when the Ming cavalry stood up, countless extremely bright lights reflected from the shield surface. In an instant, the cavalry in front of the Qi army opposite could not see anything with their eyes.
They subconsciously closed their eyes.
Cavalry hedges, life and death are just a moment.
The moment they closed their eyes, the Ming army had arrived.
The Ming army used Ma Shuo, which was an expensive weapon. Even if he had made it a clever way, it would take several months for an ordinary soldier to manufacture the horse spear, and the cost was as high as fifty taels of silver. Even the State of Qi could not afford such a cost because they had more soldiers. They did not have the idea of Qin Feng.
The Ming army who used a horse lance held it in the rear of the horse lance. What is important is that it can lift the horse lance flat without much effort. The cavalry rifle used by the Qi army can maintain balance in the middle of the cavalry rifle. Only those with strong arms can do it. But how many such people can be in a unit?
It is these few feet long, and in the hedge of the cavalry, it represents the distance between life and death.
The muffled sound sounded, and horse spears easily broke through the enemy's breastplate and stabbed into the enemy's chest. The plot on the spear tip sounded nice, but in fact, it was to ensure that the horse spear would not penetrate too deep and the horse spear could not be pulled out. However, even if there was a plot block, the depth of the stabbed was enough to make people die to death.
The horse spear was bent into a huge arc, but it continued to crack. The Ming cavalry shouted loudly and continued to rush forward, pushing the Qi cavalry out of the saddle, shaking their hands, and pulling out the spear.
In a hedge, the Qi cavalry lay down for a small half, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Whether it was a horse spear or a rifle, it was no longer necessary for a short period of time.
Chapter completed!