Research Of Cavalry Of The Central Plains In Pre-Qin

Military history research in our country’s history in the field of study has been aweak link, cavalry research is weak military history research field in our country for along time not to pay direction, so its basic situation failed to be clearly revealed.This paper mainly use of "double evidence law",from the aspects of the historyof the central-plains cavalry, reasons for its emergence, the selection of cavalry, thedevelopment of equipments, methods of operation and battle array, some inaccurateways of expression in the study of cavalry are examined and corrected. The overallsituation of the central-plains cavalry in Ancient China is further discussed.The article consists of five parts:The first part, Retraces the cavalry, the significance of the central plains began inthe spring and autumn and the later stages of the cavalry qin and zhao. The traditionalriding tradition is the internal cause central cavalry produce; In the northern region ofcentral China national cavalry produce provides for reference.The second part, the reasons for the rise of cavalry. The development ofproductive forces, military equipment improvement, the formation of new operationalideas, the rise of cavalry to exert a positive influence. In addition, the improvement ofthe u.k aspects, cultivate a large number of suitable for riding horses to the rise ofcavalry also have an effect.The third part, the pre-qin cavalry horses and selection of the knights. Takingunearthed documents, we can find the pre-qin period of the horse cavalry andselection of the knight is have the strict request, cavalry belong to elite troops.The fourth part, cavalry armed, divided into war horse equipment and knightequipment, the pre-qin period cavalry horses and knight is not perfect equipment, butdoes not affect the cavalry battle, in the northern region of central China nationalcavalry equipment for cavalry equipment provides a reference for development. The fifth part, cavalry warfighting doctrine and war. Rangers fighting into attackmethods and defensive fighting. The pre-qin era, cavalry did not form independentbehind, mainly in large mix array, need the protection of the chariots and infantry, thebattle is mainly depend on the speed of the advantage, to kill the infantry combat orsurprise.Research in the early qin period of the meaning of cavalry can be simplesummarized as the following:1, Clear the origin of the central plains and cavalry to the origin of cavalrysystem investigation.2, For the pre-qin military history research to make the contribution.3, Helpful to the comparative research between the arms.