After the Western Jin Dynasty, China's military equipment entered a new peak, which was the large-scale emergence of heavy cavalry. Speaking of heavy cavalry, the most famous is the Iron Floating Tu, which is the heavy cavalry of the Jin Dynasty, the soldiers are fully clothed with heavy armor, leaving only two eyes, and the horses are also wearing heavy armor, leaving four to bring out, like an iron tower. Their armor is thick and strong, which can be equivalent to tank level in ancient times!
Of course, as an elite unit, the number of such heavily armored cavalry in the Golden Army was not large, because the ancient heavy armor was very expensive and could not be equipped on a large scale. And because the heavy cavalry has to fight while bearing the weight of the armor, which requires them to have superhuman physique, these iron floats are the elite of the elite of the Golden Army, and their combat effectiveness and defense are extremely strong.
In addition to the Iron Floating Tu, the largest number of cavalry in the Jin Army at that time was the "Kidnapper Horse", which was a light or medium-sized cavalry, which was arranged on both wings and could make full use of its high mobility, producing a huge impact on the enemy when charging the group and making a roundabout attack on the enemy.
In combat, the iron floating horse and the abducted horse are used together, often thousands of iron floating slaughter frontal assault, creating enough sense of oppression, ten thousand abducted horses quickly from both wings to encircle, although the iron floating tu sacrificed mobility, but one punch is a punch, are heavy punches, fists to flesh. At that time, the Liao and Song armies really had no way to fight against them, and the Jin army had even reached the point of fleeing at the sound of the wind.
In addition, the Iron Floating Tu of the Jin Army was not conducive to heavy cavalry combat, and they often dismounted and used as heavy infantry. But even the best equipment also has weaknesses, and in many years of confrontation with Tiefutu, the Yue family army has found the weakness of Tiefutu.
Although the Iron Floating Tu can be attached to the steel of even people and horses, it can be armed all the way to the teeth of people and horses. But the horse has to walk and run, so the horse's legs cannot be armed, otherwise it will limit the horse's running, so the clever Yue family army is equipped with a chopper and specializes in cutting the horse's leg.
Of course, at the same time as cutting the horse's leg, the soldiers who cut the horse's leg also had to die nine times. Because to cut the horse's leg, you have to squat down, so that you can cut the horse's leg. But as soon as you crouch down, you lose protection, and the golden soldier on the horse can hack you to death with a knife, so the one who holds the machete and cuts the horse's leg is also a death squad.
In 1140, Jin Wushu led an army of 100,000 men, fifteen thousand kidnappers and 5,000 tiefutu, and slaughtered the Southern Song Dynasty in Lin'an, invincible and invincible on the way, and has been fiercely killed in Shunchang on the Yinghe River. The Shunchang general Liu Kun led his soldiers to fight bravely, and finally defeated Jin Wushu's army, and the three thousand iron floating tu in the army were suppressed.
Jin Wushu led the troops to retreat, and on the way they were intercepted by Yue Fei, and the Yue family army took advantage of the weakness of Tiefutu to confront jin soldiers, and dealing with Tiefutu not only required wisdom and courage, but also required great sacrifice. Looking at that era, only Yue Jiajun dared to confront TieFutu head-on in this way. In the end, almost all the Golden Wushu army was destroyed, and the remaining two thousand iron floating tusks were also completely destroyed.