兵种介绍-骑兵精锐卫队和弓骑兵

苍星石

Unit feature: Cavalry

In the first of many unit features, we take a look at one of the cavalry units you'll find in Total War: Shogun 2. Cavalry are fast, powerful and particularly effective at breaking through enemy lines. But when charging, we recommend you avoid those pointy things called spears.

We'll be updating this post throughout the day with two more cavalry units, so be sure to keep checking back.



Great Guard




These elite warriors ride heavy horses, and their power in full charge is focused to deliver a devastating spear attack, crashing through many enemies with ease. Great guard samurai have high morale and great prestige, making them inspiring to nearby friendly units. The guard are vulnerable to missile attacks. Spearmen, the other great danger to cavalry, can be flanked by a careful guard commander and then smashed by the guards’ heavy charge.

Historically, the Tokugawa created several guard units during and immediately after their rise to the shogunate. The “oban” or great guard were the personal bodyguards of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1590. By 1600, these guards had multiplied with many “kumi” or companies in existence. Additional guard units were also raised: the “Ryoban” or "Two Guards of the Body Guard" and the "Inner Guard". There was another force called the "Honourable Body Guard" who only guarded the shogun at night in Edo.

A generation after the Sengoku Jidai, the “Goshinban” or "Honourable New Guard" were added to the roster, although this may have been to keep troublesome younger members of samurai families out of trouble and under the shogun’s eye!





Bow Cavalry



With both hands occupied by aiming and firing a bow, these men must use their knees to control and steer their mounts. Japan has a long tradition of mounted archery and these troops remain invaluable despite the introduction of gunpowder. Matchlocks may be powerful, but they are also unreliable and inaccurate, and the ashigaru who use them simply lack the skills and mobility of mounted samurai.

These cavalry archers can quickly move to the flanks of an enemy, or harass the enemy at a distance. If caught in melee, they have enough training to defend themselves, but they should avoid fighting spearmen or heavy cavalry. The introduction of arquebuses in the Sengoku Jidai threatened the Japan’s ancient tradition of mounted archery. Guns meant that a daimyo could bolster his army with large numbers of arquebus-armed ashigaru rather than relying on the skilful, but less numerous, samurai. Fortunately for the samurai, horse archery was too important a tradition to die out, and the art survived.

For training, they would shoot at corralled dogs, or at wooden targets while speeding along a set course. The latter training method, called ‘yabusame’ is still practiced today at special demonstrations for visiting dignitaries, and participation is considered a great honour.



Cavalry warfare is traditionally the preserve of the samurai. Only they have the skill to wield a sword while steering a horse into battle. Katana cavalry are extremely well trained and the weight of their steeds adds to the power of their charge. After a charge, they remain mounted and can engage the enemy with their katana keeping a height advantage over foot soldiers. However, they are vulnerable when facing spears, whether as a wall of spears or a lone, brave enemy thrusting at the belly of a horse.

The Sengoku Jidai saw Japanese warfare shift from the ritualistic, single combat fought by honour-hungry samurai to the kind of indiscriminate, larger battles that were taking place in medieval Europe. Less skilled troops such as the ashigaru were introduced and then armed with matchlocks, but mounted warfare was still for samurai alone. Bows, spears and katana were all used from horseback and, if a samurai was wealthy enough, he would have an assistant to carry and hand him his weapons as needed. The katana, although traditionally used with two-hands, could still be effective when used in a one-handed grip by a horseman. Swung downwards onto an enemy foot soldier, the sharp, curved blade could easily cut through a man.

[ 本帖最后由 秋之回忆n 于 2011-2-18 05:26 编辑 ]

苍星石

老样子 100悬赏野生翻译君

玩的就是你

看到弓骑兵我就想起风筝流了...

momo_t

急聘野生菌~~~ 弓骑流有了，骑铁不远了，  

夜静听雨

完全看不懂  咱是骑兵控 喜欢各种骑兵

mega111

因为两只手都用来持弓射箭了，所以这些人用膝盖（腿吧）来操纵战马。 日本有骑射的传统，这些部队在火药的引进之后也仍然很有价值。 火绳枪很强大，但又是也不太可靠和准确，使用火绳枪的足轻往往也缺乏骑马武士一样的技巧。

这些骑射手可以迅速迂回敌军侧翼，或远远的骚扰敌人。 在陷入近战时， 也有足够能力保护自己。 但他们应避免与长枪或重骑兵交战。火绳枪兵的出现也威胁了这些传统的骑射手。大名可以靠大量的火绳枪兵而不是有技巧，但数量有限的武士来扩充部队。对这些武士而言，不幸的是骑射作为重要的传统已经消亡了，只作为一种仪式保留了下来。

在训练的时候，他们射狗（不确定）或在奔跑的时候射木靶子。后一种训练方式，也叫“流镝马”在今天仍活在特定的场合举行，能参与其中也是一种荣耀

迂回啦 不是与会 ---苍星石

[ 本帖最后由 苍星石 于 2011-2-17 16:10 编辑 ]

mega111

将卫

这些精锐战士骑重型马，持矛全力冲锋时可以轻松撕裂敌军阵型。亲卫武士士气高昂而骄傲，足以激励周围的友军。 他们易受弓箭伤害，长枪兵，骑兵也都是威胁。不过明智的指挥官可以利用侧面冲锋解决掉这些威胁。

历史上， 德川在创建幕府时和后来都建立了几只卫队。1590年时出现的旗本即是德川家康的亲卫武士。1600年的时候这些卫士被扩充成 了很多连队，包括“Ryoban”“亲卫”，“内卫”等等。还有一支“荣誉近卫”，只负责在江户城的晚上守卫将军。

在战国时代后，这些"荣誉卫队"也成为了军队的一部分，这也意味这让武士家族可以有机会让家中的年轻人进入将军的法眼。

wangzhen123666

汗 ！！！ 翻译了一半结果忘记复制粘贴了

花亦殇

骑兵 我滴最爱 喜欢万马奔腾 践踏步兵的情形。。。。。。。。。。。。

najixi123

有日文版？对英文感冒滴说。。。。

102390

十文字枪精锐骑兵···不知道赤备会是什么样子

zhuangbu058

嗯、‘、、、、、、、、、、好想看懂了。。。是英文吧。。。。