Chapter 407: Enemy's Tactics (Please vote and subscribe)
"Keep your voice down, let's talk inside. You are a leader, why are you so panicked when you encounter such a small thing!"
Luo Chong, who had just relaxed, heard Shu Da's shouting, and his heart suddenly tightened, but he still pretended to be calm. No matter how panicked others were, he had to stay calm. Once the leader lost his composure, the people below would be even more unbearable. He still understood this truth.
"Oh." Shu Da's face turned red when he was said by Luo Chong. He felt that he had lost his composure, and he responded softly and went into the house.
"You didn't shout all the way here just now, did you? Give me the letter." Luo Chong took the animal skin letter from Shu Da's hand and asked with a sidelong glance at him.
"No, chief, I just received the letter and saw that something was wrong, so I sent it to you. I didn't shout on the way, and even the remaining soldiers didn't know." Shu Da explained hurriedly.
"Well, that's good enough. Stay calm when you encounter such things in the future. You are a leader. If the soldiers see you in a panic, they may think that the enemy has come to your doorstep." Luo Chong scolded while opening the animal skin letter.
"Yes, leader, I won't do this again in the future." Shu Da promised hurriedly, but Luo Chong didn't listen. His mind was completely focused on the content of the letter.
"Leader, the caravan was attacked last night, more than 20 people were injured, three people died, and the salt transport vehicles, cattle, horses and sheep were robbed.
" "Tsk, what night was it last night? I don't know when it happened." Luo Chong muttered softly, and secretly decided in his heart that he would put the specific date on the agenda when they came back, otherwise the communication time would be unclear. However, according to the approximate distance and the speed of the giant eagle, it should be more than a day at most. In other words, the caravan was attacked the night before yesterday, Luo Chong judged.
"Didn't Youfu say last time that they sent a heavy cavalry of the general flag to escort the grain seeds back? Where is the caravan now?"
Luo Chong suddenly thought of Youfu's division of troops, and he didn't know if this incident was caused by insufficient troops.
"Wait, that's not right. The grassland is so big, how did the enemy know where our caravan was stationed? This must be the enemy following them. So did the enemy know that Youfu had divided his troops? If so, the caravan transporting grain seeds would be in danger."
"Don't worry, leader. We have already received this group of people. They entered the mountain area from the canyon a few days ago and are now gathering at the Lu tribe, staying with our soldiers who supervised the Lu tribe's move. They should have returned with the Lu tribe at this time. The leader will be able to see them in a few days." Dashu answered Luo Chong's doubts immediately, which made Luo Chong feel much more at ease.
Fortunately, the grain seeds returned safely. This is related to the strategy of the Han tribe to march to places without rivers next year. Especially corn, a high-yield and drought-resistant crop, is absolutely the top priority, Luo Chong thought to himself.
"Chief, what happened? Did the caravan encounter an enemy attack at night?"
Dashu frowned and asked in surprise. He couldn't figure out who had the courage to pull the tiger's whiskers of the Han tribe. Besides, that was the most important link of the Han tribe. Now every time they traded with the grassland tribe, they made a lot of money. This time someone actually moved the caravan. I don't know how angry the chief will be. However, Luo Chong in front of him was unusually calm. His slightly frowned eyebrows showed that he seemed to be thinking about the problem.
"Well, You Fu said in the letter that the night before yesterday, a group of cavalry launched a surprise attack at night. It's not clear how many people there were. It's dark at night and can't be seen clearly, but it should be no less than 500 people." Luo Chong said.
"Then didn't they arrange people to stand guard? The sound of more than 500 cavalry running should not be small. If it were me, I would be able to hear it from a long distance." Shu Da also interrupted.
"Didn't you read what was written in the letter?" Luo Chong frowned and asked.
"Well, I just read the beginning. I thought the matter was more important, so I sent it to the chief first." Shu Da blushed and
scratched his head. "You, go back and learn to read and write with Shou Ya. You can't be worse than your own soldiers." Luo Chong pointed at Shu Da and directly exposed his lie. Anyway, there were only three of them here, so he was not afraid of losing face.
"Yes, chief, I know." Shu Da promised hurriedly.
"Well, your question just now was redundant. Before Youfu joined the Han tribe, he was always traveling outside. Wouldn't he know to leave someone to keep watch? And he did it better than you think.
The temporary camps where they rest at night are specially arranged. All the vehicles are lined up to form a temporary wall. If there is no "car wall", think about what the consequences will be. When you are sleeping in the middle of the night, the enemy's cavalry may step over your face." Luo Chong analyzed it for the two of them.
"Since they discovered the enemy's whereabouts in advance and had temporary fortifications, how could there be casualties? Our weapons are not worse than others." This time it was Dashu who raised the question, and he didn't quite understand what was going on.
"This group of enemies should have been following them for a long time, and Youfu suspected that the Xin tribe was behind it, because this group of enemies seemed to be very familiar with them, and the purpose of the night attack was also very clear, it should be to rob things, not to kill people.
The most important thing is that they actually made preparations for the heavy cavalry of the caravan. There were not many people in the whole team who used bows and arrows. Most of them used more powerful javelins, and they were javelins made of bamboo poles. In the grassland, except for the Xin tribe, who could provide such things in large quantities, I can't think of anyone else. So I also agree with Youfu's point of view. It should be that the Xin tribe was holding a grudge, so they were behind it." Luo Chong continued to analyze it for them.
"Javelins?! Can cavalry use javelins?! This is impossible?" Shu Da was seriously suspicious. After all, he had cavalry under his command, and he could ride a horse himself, but he couldn't figure out how to use a weapon like javelins on a moving horse.
Luo Chong also gestured a few times on the spot. The attack distance of a weapon like a javelin is still relatively short, generally only about 30 meters. Those who are strong and know how to throw can throw it at most 70 meters. However, the enemy has no saddles and stirrups, so even if they are all strong men, they can't exert their full strength. In addition, the horse's back is bumpy, making it difficult to maintain the action. It takes a genius to throw it 20 meters.
But can this thing be used? To throw it backwards, you need to twist your body backwards and look back to throw it. Can you throw the javelin in this posture? It is also difficult to exert force to the side, but you can't throw it forward. The front is the direction of the horse's travel. If you throw it 20 meters and rush up on horseback before it lands, it is not attacking the enemy, it is suicide.
Therefore, the most likely way to throw is to line up in a vertical row, like a battle line, and attack from the two sides in front of you. Therefore, this mode cannot be resisted at all on the front battlefield and can only be used when attacking the two wings.
This should be a tactic developed specifically to deal with the heavy cavalry of the Han tribe, because ordinary bows and arrows can't penetrate their armor, but they will be torn into pieces if they are too close, so the javelin, a weapon with great power, high damage and moderate distance, became their magic weapon to deal with the heavy cavalry.
However, it is actually useless.
(End of this chapter)
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