- 主题:再谈骑射
人家说的是骑射打不过火枪，谁能说他不对呢？
【 在 cjohn (猴年马月) 的大作中提到: 】
: 前阵子，DDG同学谈到骑射的作用很小，我一直持怀疑态度。最近看Liddell Hart的Strategy of Indirect Approach，发现骑射在拜占庭帝国的战争机器中有着至关重要的作用：
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: At Casilinum Narses held his centre with spearmen
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lz原文
the Goths had no practice in this branch (mounted archer); their horsemen
were trained to use only lances and swords, while their
foot-archers were accustomed to move behind and
under shelter of the cavalry. Thus the horsemen were
ineffective except in close combat, while having no
means of defending themselves against a mounted op-
ponent who kept just out of reach and rained arrows
upon them; as for their foot-archers, these would
never risk being caught in the open by the enemy's cav-
alry. The effect was that the Gothic cavalry were always
tryingto get to close quarters, and could be easily galled
into an ill-timed charge, whereas the infantry tended
to hang back when the shielding cavalry got far ahead
so that combination broke down, while a gap was
created into which flank counterstrokes could be driven.
【 在 wisely2000 (Let's roll!) 的大作中提到: 】
: 哥特和法兰克人当时的战术体系是比较纯粹的重步兵+重骑兵，并没有像样的投射兵种，
: 军队的护具也很一般。骑弓对飞斧，当然有射程优势
: 你举这个例子说服力在哪里呢？和明清战争又有什么可比性？
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Bivar (1972) constructed an influential theory on the development of Sassanian armor stressing force and counterforce. Out of the Parthian era, the Persians keep the mailed lancers. Improvements in armor from about 200-350 AD lead to a decline in horse archery in the area. The Chionite (Hun) invasions of the mid-4th century change this balance, which Arab sources date to about 421, in favor of the higher- powered compound bow. Procopius writing in the 6th century laid great stock in the armored horse archer of his day. Bivar's concept attempts to explain this enthusiasm and the regional changes that lead to it.
【 在 bearn (秉烛堂主) 的大作中提到: 】
: 查士丁尼时代拜占庭的骑兵恐怕主要是西徐亚等族的雇佣军
: 真正的拜占庭重骑兵应该是7世纪以后组建的
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