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It must be said that history is a cycle.

By the Tang Dynasty, lightweight cavalry had become the mainstream, and the cavalry in the Central Plains also began to differentiate. There were lancers who adhered to the tradition, and there were also cavalry who began to use short weapons and bows and arrows, but the proportion of lancers was larger. This may be related to

The Central Plains cavalry needs to assist infantry in combat. The ability of cavalry and archers to deal with infantry is too weak. The power and range of cavalry bows are not as good as the infantry's infantry bows. They also have no deterrent effect when using short weapons to attack infantry formations.

On the other hand, although the cavalry using the horse can't use bows and arrows, the horse is very powerful and heavy. When it rushes into the infantry formation, it has the effect of sweeping thousands of troops. It is very helpful to one's own infantry. Strictly speaking, the horse cavalry is not

Bows and arrows cannot be used at all, that is, when shooting arrows, you need to stop your horse, pause on the ground, and then shoot the arrow. Of course, it is not as convenient as the cavalry who use light short weapons to gallop and shoot.

(4) Sui and Tang Dynasties

It’s past one o’clock and I can’t write anymore. I’ll revise and update it when I have time later.

When I write this, I mainly find that many readers still have a too general and too labeled understanding of cavalry. They are not very clear about the development history and genre of cavalry in ancient my country, as well as the traditions of cavalry equipment and tactics.

Many people may have an impression of cavalry as Mongolian cavalry, but that is really not the tradition of the Central Plains cavalry.

The Central Plains cavalry has never been separated from the shadow of infantry since it was essentially a mounted infantry in the Western Han Dynasty. The development of armored lancers is a clear proof.

For cavalry and infantry who have the same formal training, the cavalry's frontal combat capability is not as good as that of the infantry and cannot be defeated.

The advantage of cavalry is mobility. They can fight when they want to and leave when they don't.

The advantage of infantry is their powerful combat power. Humans are animals with upright legs. The weapons they can use when their feet are on the ground and the martial arts they can display are far beyond what people on horseback can compare with.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, cavalrymen who dared to charge infantry head-on were basically in vain. Even when the number of cavalrymen exceeded that of infantrymen, they could not defeat them head-on. There were many such battles.
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