What did Xiong Wuliang in front of him say just now?

Let the Chu people's riding skills make rapid progress, not inferior to our grassland riders?

ha?

Do you want to listen to what you are saying?

Gesuyi found it funny for a moment and thought Xiong Wuliang might have not recognized the gap yet, so he coughed and reminded: "Master, our grassland tribe grew up on horseback since childhood. We must live with the fertile land of water and grass. Everyone is good at riding..."

"To be honest, when I was twelve years old, I could ride a horse and gallop... When it comes to riding, the best rider in your cavalry army is not as good as me at the age of twelve."

“…”

In Gesuyi's view, in terms of riding, we can only practice from an early age... For example, the Lianghu tribe, both men and women, can ride and shoot.

As for what Xiong Wuliang said, "Let the Chu people ride as well as the grassland people", it is simply a big deal.

If this Quyang Hou treated Liang Hu people well and allowed them to eat and wear warm clothes, he would have received full respect from Ge Suyi... I am afraid that Ge Suyi would have already opened his mouth and started to laugh at him.

Even though Ge Suyi took into account Xiong Wuliang's face and did not openly refute the latter's crazy words, the horizontal face with three scars still had unconcealed doubts.

Even Xiao Hei, who was beside him, obviously didn't believe Xiong Wuliang's words!

The lord of his family is indeed very powerful, and his mind is endlessly filled with fantastic ideas...it can often create some incredible miracles.

But Xiao Hei could see clearly how embarrassed the Chu cavalry looked just now!

Speaking of riding, it can only be achieved through the training and training of riders day after day, and even a little talent is needed to improve... What the Lord said just now, "Let the Chu people's riding skills improve by leaps and bounds", is indeed unlikely...

...

Seeing that everyone was dissatisfied, Xiong Wuliang couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, it is really simple to improve Chu Ren’s riding skills - just use some external objects to help!

During this period, the saddles of later generations had not yet appeared - the cavalry rode on horseback, with only a thin mat under their butts and no pedals at all. If you want to stay on horseback, you can only rely on your familiarity with the horse and control of balance.

But with the pedal, everything is different - riders have support, and as long as they clamp the horse's belly hard, they don't have to worry about falling off the horse's back.

Even literati who have never ridden a horse can easily ride on the horse's back.

In this way, both hands are freed and you can use both hands to fight unscrupulously - bending a bow and arrow on the horse's back, which has become much easier.

This is Xiong Wuliang’s technique of “making riding a leaps and bounds”!

By the way, because there were no foot pedals in this era, even the grassland riders or Qin Zhaoyan cavalry with strong riding skills could not be able to liberate their hands for a long time on the horse's back. Therefore, the main melee weapon of cavalry in the pre-Qin period was mainly one-handed swords.

It was not until the Han Dynasty that cloth stirrups and iron stirrups gradually appeared, and then the powerful generals holding long poles and weapons during the Three Kingdoms period appeared.

No matter what, as long as Xiong Wuliang takes out the big killing weapon, the Chu army's cavalry will immediately have combat power.

Xiong Wuliang has not yet shown the stirrups, mainly because he still has doubts in his heart.

After all, this thing is extremely simple in design and manufacture - just take a look at it from a distance and you can learn it.

Then he made stirrups himself, which would have greatly improved the strength of the Chu cavalry... but Yan, Zhao, Qin and other countries could also easily steal divisions.

No matter what!

The State of Chu really urgently needs a cavalry unit that is worth fighting!

If the level of the Chu cavalry now is ‘0’ and the level of the Qin cavalry is ‘6’… Then with the presence of the Saint, the level of the cavalry on both sides will rise to ‘7’.

In this way, the level of the Chu army's cavalry can evolve from being "beaten by the Qin people pressing their heads" to "comparable".

...

Xiong Wuliang smiled at Ge Suyi and said, "I know you don't believe it, it doesn't matter. You will understand in a few days."

"In the future, let the cavalry not use short bows anymore... I have a killer weapon in my fiefdom called 'Handheld Crossbow', so that the cavalry can fully distribute the crossbow."

Ge Suyi was stunned - he now knew the killing weapon of the serial crossbow.

But in Gesuyi's opinion, this thing is not suitable for the Chu cavalry at all!

Ge Suyi: "Master, please think twice..."

"That crossbow in hand has seen it...it is indeed extraordinary."

"But the drawback is that once it is launched, it will take at least ten breaths to rewind it."

"And these ten breaths require riders to operate the crossbow with both hands!"

"It takes more than ten breaths to be able to take off the reins with your hands on the back of a high-speed sprinter... I am bluntly saying: No one can do it among the 10,000 cavalrymen of the master."

"Even if it is in my Lianghu tribe, there are very few riders who can do this! It's rare!"

"In this way, the cavalry lost the ability to continue fighting - they could not fire a round of arrows and then dismount and load the crossbow, and then go on the horse to fight again? The battlefield changes rapidly, and if there is a slight delay, it will be a world of difference. Such actions are simply foolish!"

Xiao Hei, behind Xiong Wuliang, glared at Ge Suyiduan, shouted: "Rareless!"

Ge Suyi then realized his words and quickly lowered his head and stroked his chest to apologize: "Master... I, uh... didn't mean to say you are stupid, I just said..."

Xiong Wuliang laughed loudly and didn't think it was offensive: "It's okay!"

"I have my own arrangements, and you will understand in a few days!"

Ge Suyi's lips twitched slightly, obviously she wanted to say something, but in the end she closed her mouth.

But on that rough face, he obviously disagreed.

...

The design of the saddle is very simple - this kind of thing is like a window paper being broken by a poke. As long as you understand the principle, it is not a brain-consuming imitation.

Xiong Wuliang found a piece of white paper, outlined it with a charcoal pen a few times, and then called a few craftsmen to make things according to the drawings.

The craftsmen were confused and could not see what they were after looking at it for a long time... Fortunately, the drawings drawn by Xiong Wuliang have always been detailed, so the craftsmen simply ignored them and just followed the drawings and were busy working.

After executing the task, Xiong Wuliang was still idle and wanted to go to Shanggang for a long time, so he called Si Yi, Ying Zhuo, Xiaobai and others, leading dozens of personal soldiers to the Huai River.

The sky is bright - the chilly season of early spring has long passed, and it is not like the hotness of July and August. It is really a good thing to travel in such a weather.

Ping'a Shang Port, a giant port that was invested by Xiong Wuliang, has long surpassed the trade volume of Quyang Shang House.

There are so many ships coming and going - most of them are named as business travelers from various countries.

On the edge of the port are all kinds of materials that are pushed like mountains, tied up and piled up properly.

Merchant ships were docked one after another, and merchants got off the boat and had a brief conversation with the local merchants on the dock. After the price was negotiated, the transport workers rushed forward and brought large batches of goods onto the boat.

Xiong Wuliang is quite pleased—
Chapter completed!