Chapter 303: The defeated Liao vanguard

And the physiological structure of horses determines that they need to consume a large amount of grain every day,

and the requirements for logistics are much higher than those of ordinary infantry.

After a big battle, if there is no nourishment from fine feed like grain, oats, or even eggs,

they can quickly become listless, get sick, or even die on the spot for you to see!

Even for the Great Liao, which rose on the grassland, and whose vast territory was also grassland,

and could be called a country riding on horseback, it was very common for knights to have one horse for two, three, or even four horses.

Cavalry usually ride only the pack horses specially used for traveling when on the road,

and war materials such as armor, bows, arrows, and grain are also transported by pack horses specially used for carrying things,

and warhorses are only ridden when they are truly fighting.

Of course, cavalry that can be equipped with several horses, with both pack horses and transport horses, is very rare even in the Great Liao.

At least Emperor Tianzuo, who summoned almost all the troops of the country at this time,

could not be equipped with several horses even if he exhausted the strength of the whole country.

Most cavalry, in order to save the physical strength of the horses during long-distance marching, would alternate between riding and walking,

and even armor, weapons, food, etc., sometimes had to be carried by themselves.

And besides this cold method of dealing with cavalry with infantry, this stupid method,

this method that is not a method, the best choice is actually to deal with cavalry with cavalry.

Isn't cavalry mobility strong?

Then I will use cavalry, which is also cavalry, to deal with you.

Relatively speaking, even if the riding skills of Central Plains cavalry cannot catch up with nomadic cavalry who grew up on horseback,

the Central Plains ultimately leads the grassland in productivity and wealth, and with good equipment such as armor and horse armor,

the combat effectiveness of Central Plains cavalry can even surpass nomadic cavalry.

The "one Han is worth five Hu" that circulated in the Han Dynasty had a lot to do with the use of iron weapons and armor.

After all, even for cavalry, in large-scale military operations,

formation, unity, and tacit understanding still win over personal bravery and technology.

And in this regard, agricultural nations are ahead of nomadic nations.

But unfortunately, after the Great Song first lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which had been the place for raising horses in the Central Plains since ancient times,

and then the horse administration for taming, raising, and supplying horses was a mess,

even though Zhang Jie received all the horse farms with almost perfect damage,

the warhorses he got that could truly carry soldiers weighing over a hundred jin and armor weighing dozens of jin,

and carry out high-intensity marching and fighting, were only tens of thousands.

With such a small amount of cavalry, putting them on the grassland with hundreds of thousands of cavalry was just sending food to the Liao army.

But who let Zhang Jie be a transmigrator with a vision that transcended the era?

This problem that could not be solved and could not be solved in the cold weapon era,

then let's use the methods of the hot weapon era to solve it.

In the industrial era, to deal with cavalry, one can completely use vehicles to crush them.

After all, whether it is moving speed or endurance, vehicles with metal as the skeleton,

engines as the heart, and "eating" oil are far superior to the flesh and blood of horses.

But at that time, Zhang Jie looked at his industrial development level,

and silently pressed this method to the bottom of the box.

This is all tears when talking about it.

Even under his promotion, the Great Gan's industry was not enough.

Making some guns and cannons was okay, but cars, especially cars that could gallop in places without cement roads,

and surpass cavalry, just wash up and sleep, everything is in the dream.

Since cars that could crush cavalry in mobility wouldn't work, he could only think of ways with weapons.

At that time, a question quietly floated in his heart:

What is the impression of most netizens on the nomadic nations of the 21st century?

The answer is friendly and hospitable, good at singing and dancing.

So what made the nomadic nations that used to be able to sweep across Eurasia, establish vast empires like Liao, Jin,

and Mongolia, and oppress the southern countries several times to the point of being unable to breathe,

and even directly perish the country, become friendly and hospitable, good at singing and dancing?

The answer is machine guns.

In the face of machine guns whose firepower projection density and range far exceeded bows and arrows,

the nomadic nations' cavalry bows and cavalry charges no longer had much effect.

Even if they could learn firearms, their almost non-existent industrial ability directly sentenced them to death.

You have to buy the bullets for your weapons from the other side, what do you use to resist?

With your head?

Zhang Jie, who had the answer, had been silently preparing for this destined big battle ever since.

And now, it was time to test his preparations.

The result didn't let him down: the Liao army's menacing cavalry was like lambs to be slaughtered under hundreds of Ma Keqin machine guns,

with no power to resist at all.

"Notify the artillery, start shelling."

Zhang Jie, who had the entire battlefield situation in his eyes, waved his hand and issued a combat instruction.

The Ma Keqin machine guns in front made the Liao army unable to advance,

so now it was time to block their retreat.

This vanguard of the most elite Liao cavalry, he wanted to eat them directly into his stomach!

"I respectfully follow the Majesty's decree!"

A small general went to pass the order with a face full of fanaticism and excitement.

Their Great Gan, invincible in the world!

"Devil, the Gan army has obtained the power of the devil!"

"They are not humans, they are evil ghosts crawling out of hell!"

"Buddha, have you abandoned us?"

Watching one comrade after another fall inexplicably beside him, with broken limbs and arms flying,

in this environment that was like a Shura field, the Liao vanguard collapsed.

At this moment, all glory and desire were thrown behind them.

"Run, run away immediately!"

Fear filled their hearts, and they turned their horses' heads one after another, wanting to escape.

If they didn't run, the comrades who were shattered by the weapons that sprayed fire from the Gan army would be their own future fate!

"Drive, drive, drive!"

The horse whips in their hands whipped the mounts frantically, as if this could vent the fear in their hearts.

At this moment, any awe for Emperor Tianzuo, any promise of rewarding a thousand gold,

and enfeoffing ten thousand households were all thrown behind them.

They only had one thought: live!

Escape from this bloody battlefield that was like a slaughterhouse, and never come back.

"General, let's go quickly!"

On Yelu Dashi's side, facing the collapse of the whole army, he, the vanguard general appointed by Emperor Tianzuo, was also powerless,

and with the Ma Keqin machine guns in the Great Gan military formation firing bullets continuously,

his personal guards fell one after another, and he could only flee under the cover of a few personal guards who were still alive.

Boom, boom, boom!

The Liao army in the rear was still rejoicing that such a terrible attack had not fallen on their heads,

and was also preparing to turn their horses' heads and run away; this damn battle,

where they hadn't even touched the Gan army, but had suffered heavy casualties, they couldn't fight anymore.

But suddenly, thunder-like roars sounded among them.

Every time a roar sounded, dozens of comrades beside them would disappear.

Replaced by broken corpses and a big pit.

"Heavenly punishment, it's heavenly punishment!"

Facing such a tragic and beyond-imagination attack, the Liao army in the rear also collapsed and began to flee. ===== CHAPTER 304 =====

Faced with such a tragic and unimaginable attack, the Liao army in the rear also collapsed and began to flee in a rout.