The biggest problem in the Song Dynasty was the lack of horses! And Xu Jinguo's greatest advantage is the horse.
It is convenient for jurchen to chop people with mace, but it is inconvenient for Song soldiers to lift it and poke it!
I'm afraid it's more convenient to poke it with a pike.
Mace, a weapon suitable for knocking down and beating the brains of infantry and crashing cavalry flying around.
But knocking from bottom to top is a bit troublesome!
But in the Song Dynasty, mainly cavalry also used hammers.
In the water margin, Qin Ming is a mace. But that thing looks beautiful and may not work well!
If the infantry wields a mace, I guess I'll fly all the comrades next to me first, if I can wield it.
Therefore, relatively speaking, heavy axes and spears are much easier to use, and in the case of shortage of horses, infantry can only take over cavalry with cooperation, which is why the so-called formation method in ancient times came into being, and several people cooperated to form a small team. Then with a wave of his mace, all his comrades who cooperated with him were beaten away. What kind of war are you still fighting?
In the Song Dynasty, there were also heavily armored troops, and the infantry had armour. But mainly infantry, wearing armor and heavy armor, but they carry axes, heavy hammers and broadswords. Axe and hammer, chop, chop and smash. That mace! I am almost there.
Moreover, the Song Dynasty was not without mace. It looks different from the Jin Dynasty. He lengthened the stick, only the front point was a spike, so it was easy to reach the cavalry, which was mainly used to deal with cavalry.
However, it is always less convenient for infantry to use mace than cavalry.
Sister and Song will agree that it is more convenient to use a hook and sickle gun.
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Use heavy armor to resist the cavalry first.
The infantry immediately hooked his baby off the horse with a sickle gun.
Heavy armor knocked his baby to death with a heavy hammer or axe. Or you can cut with a knife, but you must cooperate with the attack.
Therefore, many hands make light work, and sincerity does not deceive! Unity is strength, an eternal proverb!
What else! What Song Jun is facing is not the minority forces such as refugees, but a minority country with a sound system. This alone is different. Ethnic minorities have changed from fighting without rear areas to rear forces supported by weapons, medical care and food and grass.
Moreover, in terms of science and technology, Xixia began to use vertical bellows blast metallurgy technology in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the advanced degree even exceeded that of the Song Dynasty. Cavalry also have armor-piercing weapons similar to mace. The emergence of stirrups also greatly improved the impact of cavalry, riding and shooting buff began to increase in value, and there was no pressure to compete with Song Jun.
Therefore, science and technology represent advanced productive forces, and only advanced production can you get the upper hand!