Nanjing, Dongdaying.

There are 30,000 cavalrymen of the Wu army stationed here, as well as other auxiliary troops such as horse-raising.

The cavalry is indispensable for the war in the North and Central Plains, because there are too many plains in the north, which are suitable for cavalry operations.

Although they have a hollow phalanx, this does not mean that the cavalry is useless.

Ten thousand Qing army infantry fighting against 10,000 Wu Jun's flintlock unit may only kill and wound Wu Jun 1,000 people at most.

However, 10,000 Qing cavalrymen battled 10,000 Wu Jun's flintlock troops. Even in a hollow phalanx, the Qing army could kill two to three thousand Wu Jun.

Cavalry is useless and better than infantry.

Moreover, not all of the Wu army were flintlock troops. It was very dangerous for other cold weapon troops to encounter Qing cavalry on the plain.

Moreover, the cavalry of the Qing army did not have to attack the hollow phalanx.

Sneak attack on the logistics line, sneak attack on a small group of troops, attack the artillery position...

If the Qing army can make good use of their cavalry, it may be able to determine the situation on the battlefield.

In short, the cavalry of the Qing army is still a combat force that Wu Changqing needs to take seriously.

In order to cope with the cavalry of the Qing army, Wu Changqing also reformed his cavalry.

The best way to deal with the cavalry of the Qing army is to use the cavalry to contend. The hollow phalanx is too passive. As long as the cavalry of the Qing army does not rush into the battle, they can't help the cavalry of the Qing army.

Compared with speed, no unit is the opponent of cavalry. With its powerful mobility, infantry can be walked like a monkey.

Therefore, considering all things considered, cavalry must be used to contend.

However, the cavalry of the Qing army were basically Manchus and Mongolians. They grew up on horseback and were good at riding and shooting. It is not easy for the Han cavalry to defeat them.

For this reason, Wu Changqing specially compiled the training method of wall cavalry, so that Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai trained in this way.

Wall cavalry actually means that when the cavalry is charging, they should maintain a dense formation. The distance between the two cavalry should not exceed ten centimeters, and they should advance like a wall.

This concept is relatively advanced. The current cavalry charge will keep a large distance between the two cavalry. The cavalry in the front and rear rows will maintain a distance of several meters.

In this way, they have more space to operate and are more flexible.

In contrast, wall cavalry is actually very clumsy. When a horse falls, it often trips other comrades.

However, the wall cavalry also has its unique advantages, that is, its tactics are suitable for the farming nation.

Because the farming people are generally not good at riding and shooting, they don't have skillful riding skills. Choosing to slash against the nomads with a wide and sparse formation, which is better than riding skills and more bravery than the individual. That is, if you are short of yourself and attack the enemy long, it is tantamount to looking for death.

However, after adopting wall cavalry tactics, they no longer need riding skills, which makes up for their biggest weakness. As long as you can maintain the formation, you can rush over.

Don't underestimate this seemingly silly tactic, but it's actually amazing.

At least, the wide and sparse formation of the nomads is definitely not an opponent of the wall cavalry.

Because the density of the wall cavalry caused no room for the nomadic cavalry to play, it was simply exhausted. Their riding skills could not be used, and they lost their greatest advantage.

Moreover, because the wall cavalry is more dense, when the two sides are fighting, a nomadic cavalry often has to face several enemies at the same time per unit area.

This is quite deadly. Only the protagonists or important characters in the film and television dramas can be one enemy two or one enemy. Ordinary people need to concentrate on one-on-one, and if they are careless, they will be solved with a single blow.

When one-on-one, someone behind or next to him gives a knife, but they actually have no way to deal with it.

This number of disadvantages is determined by the formation, not by the total strength.

Even if they have the same number of hedges, it is useless. The wide and sparse formation will cause many of their cavalry to be on the periphery of the battlefield, unable to reach the enemy.

Cavalry that can reach the enemy is often besieged.

And this is the magical function of the wall cavalry.

This tactic not only made up for the weakness of the cavalry's poor cavalry skills, but also took advantage of the battle. Relying on these two points, the wall cavalry once became the classic tactics of the cavalry.

Of course, the wall cavalry is not invincible. If the Qing army is given time to understand and study this tactic, they can also come up with a way to deal with it.

For example, instead of coming into direct contact with the enemy, just shoot arrows at the edge and then fly the enemy's kite.

Because the wall cavalry has to maintain a formation, it is slower than a wide and sparse formation, and a little bit slower is fatal.

The Qing army can hang in front of them and continue to consume them.

In short, there is no such kind of tactics in this world that are perfect, as long as they are used just right, they can exert their power.

And this time, Wu Changqing was going to bully the Qing army again.

Just like using a hollow phalanx to bully the Qing army, the hollow phalanx is not invincible, but the Qing army still suffered a blood loss in this regard, because they did not understand the hollow phalanx.

The current Qing army certainly didn't understand the beauty of the wall cavalry, and would definitely have a head-on collision with the Wu Jun cavalry. At that time, it was time for the Qing army to vomit blood again.

"Insight is really important. I hope you remember this, learn more, and keep pace with the times."

Wu Changqing smiled and said to Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai.

It is a very terrible thing for generals to command no knowledge. Just like the generals of the British and French coalition forces in World War I lacked knowledge of machine guns, they charged in the old way, and as many as fifty or sixty thousand people were swept to death by machine guns in one day.

And when they understand the characteristics of the machine gun, this loss can be reduced dozens of times.

"Follow the general's instructions."

Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai replied.

They had a deep awe and fear of Wu Changqing in their hearts, because Wu Changqing knew too much, and obviously not rich in combat experience, but Wu Changqing could always come up with some very advanced tactics and ideas.

For example, the training method of advanced infantry, the hollow square formation, and the current wall cavalry theory.

These seem to be very simple and easy to understand theories, but it is extremely difficult to be the first to discover them. Unless it is a veteran who has experienced many battles, or a natural wizard like Wu Changqing.

Both Dong Tianbao and Man Dahai knew their own weights and the gap between them and Wu Changqing, so they didn't even think of disrespect. They really didn't dare.

In their eyes, Wu Changqing is the kind of natural man who is rare in a century. This kind of person may be the chosen one.

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