During the Warring States period, one of the bloodiest wars took place between the Qin and Zhao states, and the two sides fought a special battle of Changping, which almost destroyed the young and middle-aged men of the Zhao state. But we know that Zhao Guo Hufu rode and shot, and they also had a cavalry that dominated the world, what was this cavalry doing at that time?
In the Battle of Changping, the cavalry was almost extinct, because the terrain of Changping was close to the mountains, and it was the place that was not the best at cavalry attack warfare, but was good at infantry offensive warfare. Therefore, in the Battle of Changping, the Zhao state did not send cavalry at all, and the cavalry was still under the command of Li Mu to defend the Xiongnu in the north. This was the main combat purpose of the Zhao cavalry. The Zhao state led by Li Mu raised an army, so that the Xiongnu in the north did not dare to move for more than 10 years, which was already the best performance of Hufu riding and shooting.
The strength it takes to cultivate a cavalry is unimaginable, and Zhao Guo's cultivation of such a cavalry unit actually consumes national strength. The cavalry force led by Li Mu was only more than 10,000 people, and the infantry was nearly 10 times that of the cavalry, but in the battle against the Xiongnu, it was still relying on the infantry and the Xiongnu to be tough, and the cavalry troops attacked around the flanks to win a great victory.
In the Warring States period, even the Qin state did not have such a cavalry, it was the era of infantry, infantry was the center of combat effectiveness, the legendary Wei Wu pawn, is an infantry unit, the main purpose of the cavalry at that time was to sneak attack and harass, can not be the main force of battle. Because the stirrups needed for cavalry to maintain combat effectiveness had not yet been invented, only light cavalry could be based on guerrillas.
In the Battle of Changping, the most powerful thing that the 5,000 cavalry of the Qin State did was to cut off the zhao army's grain route. The cavalry of the Qin Army had an innate advantage, after all, the longshan grassland area was a good place to raise horses.
The State of Qin was originally a tribe that raised horses for Zhou Tianzi, so the cavalry of the State of Qin had more innate advantages, while the cavalry of the State of Zhao, because of the limitations of history, could not join the Battle of Changping, and had to be said to be a regret of history. What do you think?