China's thousands of years of history is a part of the history of integration, whenever the world is in chaos, there are always heroes and heroes who come out to conquer the world. On the ancient battlefield, cavalry has always been the most important and elite force.
Cavalry charged
If you have a well-equipped and well-trained cavalry, it will play a decisive role in a war. Since ancient times, elite cavalry has been in almost every dynasty, throughout history, there are four cavalry, through their own remarkable achievements, famous in history, what are they?
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1. Han Dynasty heavy cavalry</h1>
Han cavalry
During the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north were powerful and often harassed the Han Dynasty.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the national strength was weakening, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, marched north against the Xiongnu and almost put himself in it, so later in the face of the powerful Xiongnu, he had to stabilize the situation through peace and affinity.
Liu Bang and the Strategist
Until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the country was strong and powerful, and it had the capital to fight against the Huns. During the reign of Emperor Wu, in order to fight the Huns, the Han government gathered at least more than 700,000 warhorses.
The developed smelting industry of the Han Dynasty also provided sophisticated weapons for the Han army, and it is said that the Han army can fight one enemy five in close combat with the Xiongnu, and can still fight one enemy three in the case of equal equipment.
Han Dynasty cavalry
Under the leadership of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty established the most powerful elite cavalry legion in the world at that time, led by two talented generals, Huo Quyi and Wei Qing, who attacked the Xiongnu many times and fought three cavalry battles, all of which won a total victory! More than 300,000 Huns were killed, captured, and surrendered.
Han Dynasty cavalry restoration map
It can be said that with the support of the Han Dynasty, the most powerful country in the world at that time, under the leadership of the best generals, the Iron Horse of the Great Han was the most unstoppable torrent in the world at that time!
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2. Ming Dynasty Guanning Iron Horse</h1>
After Yuan Chonghuan became the inspector of Shanhaiguan, he began to reorganize the Guanning troops. One of the troops in the reorganized Guanning Army galloped thousands of miles to the king in the second year of Chongzhen, and even fought a bloody battle with the Manchu Qing under the Guangqu Gate and repelled the Eight Banners, which was later famous in history!
The "Ming Shi Liechuan No. 147" records: "Chonghuan took Ning Yuan's troops immobile, selected four thousand elite horses, and ordered Shilu and Dashou to fight a decisive battle after bypassing the army."
The Ming Dynasty Northern Sketch records that Zu Dashou organized Jia Ding to form a warlike army.
The "Ming Dynasty Northern Sketch" records: "Iron riders, people from Hebei, Shanxi, and Liaoyang in the north of the mountain, who control the strings and learn to fight." It can be seen that guanning iron riding is more complicated, most of them are bow-ridden warriors.
In the Ming Dynasty Northern Sketch, it is said that Wu Sangui also has a "Guanning Iron Horse". Considering the relationship between Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou was Wu Sangui's uncle, and Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang was Zu Dashou's subordinate, which was actually the same army.
It is mentioned in the "Ming Dynasty Northern Sketch" that "Sangui has thousands of "Guanning Iron Horsemen" under his command, and they all dare to fight, and Jianzhou is afraid of it. ”
The Wu family is a powerful family in the Shanhaiguan area. The cavalry led by Wu Sangui was the most important part of the Guanning Iron Horse, which was also one of the important reasons why After Yuan Chonghuan stepped down, Wu Sangui served as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan. During the period when Wu Sangui was guarding Shanhaiguan, Qing soldiers never had to enter the customs, and later after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing, which caused Shanhaiguan to fall.
Wu Sangui
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3. The Yue family backs the crest army</h1>
The four generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei's Yue Family Army, was the most powerful. The Back Ridge Army was the elite of the Yue Family Army commanded by Yue Fei, and this unit represented the essence of the "Yue Family Army".
Yue Fei
The "Yunlu Manhua" records: "Han and Yue soldiers are particularly skilled, and those who are brave and strong in the middle of the army, do not put their relatives and accompany the army, called the back crest, once they enter the back crest, the armies are under the command of the subordinates, with them, they are very polite, the rewards are abnormal, the brave and healthy are incomparable, and all those who have strong enemies, send their backs to the crests, and there are no one who cannot be broken." ”
Yue Family Army Relationship Diagram
In the Battle of Haocheng, Yue Fei's back ridge army broke the elite "abduction horse" of the Golden Army, defeated 15,000 elite horsemen and 100,000 infantry troops of Wushu, and Wushu sighed: "Since the sea, all of them have won with this victory, and now it is over!" ”
In the face of the strong Yue family army, the Jin army had to issue a sigh of "shaking the mountain is easy to shake the Yue family army"!
4. Datang Xuanjia Iron Horse
The Zizhi Tongjian records: "The Qin Dynasty elected more than a thousand elite horsemen, all dressed in Xuan armor, and divided into left and right teams, so that Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, and Zhai Changsun divided them." In every battle, the people of the world were taken as the forward by Xuan Jia Shuai, taking the opportunity to attack, and all directions were destroyed, and the enemy was afraid of them. ”
In the battle for the most important tiger prison pass in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin led thousands of Xuanjia iron horses, breaking through Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 in one fell swoop.
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he split the Xuanjia Army. One part became the "Hundred Horsemen" of the Imperial Guard, and the other part was handed over to Li Jing, which once again shocked the world in future wars against the Turks.
In the war against the Turks, Li Jing ordered 3,000 elite cavalry to raid the Rear of the Turks on the snowy night, and made four surprise attacks, directly defeating the Turks completely.
Li Shimin
According to historical records, Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin once praised: "Qing used three thousand fine horses to go deep into the Yuting, Kefu Dingxiang, Wei Zhen Beidi, unprecedented in ancient and modern times."
The three thousand elite horses here are the most elite Xuanjia iron horses of the Tang Army!
The above are the four elite cavalry in Chinese history, all of which have achieved brilliant results in foreign wars, are the majestic iron divisions that defend the country, and are the peak of china's ancient armies for thousands of years!
Don't know which cavalry you think is comparable, welcome to discuss!