Due to the unremitting efforts of Kira Yoshitoki and Ogiku, the cold war between the two sides seems to be improving. Nagao Torahime's attitude towards him has slightly improved. At least they will not hide away from each other all the way. They usually roll their eyes at each other when they meet in the building.
What has become a routine? According to Aju, this is a good start. In his opinion, this start is not that good.
Of course, these cannot affect Kira Yoshitoki's daily training. He unremittingly learns his Teutonic swordsmanship and spear skills from the German Hans every day. He was tortured by this guy with extremely abnormal physical strength and couldn't even hold chopsticks, so he was allowed to do so.
After going back to rest, in his words, Kira Yoshi's performance was just so-so. Of course, the best performance in his mouth was this evaluation, and more such as Yamaoka Tokusho could only receive shit-like evaluations.
That afternoon, Kira Yoshishi was tortured half-dead by the Germans before he was released. Just when he was walking in the courtyard, he heard someone talking to him: "Hey! Come here!"
"Huh?" Turning around to look, Long-tailed Tiger Girl waved at him and said, "I'm calling you, what are you looking at! Come here."
"Oh." Kiragi was confused for a moment, shook his head but walked over as ordered, "What's the matter? I mean, is there anything you need my help with?"
Just as he was about to lean over, the long-tailed tiger girl covered her mouth in disgust: "Oh, what does this smell like on you! Go and wash up quickly before coming back!"
"Princess Tiger Princess!" Aju seemed to be reminding her from behind. Long-tailed Tiger Princess could only curl her lips and say helplessly: "You'd better come here, we just talked about you."
Kiragi suddenly regained his energy, and secretly thought that Oku was so powerful. He followed Nagao Torahime and walked into the building. A group of maids were gathering together in twos and threes to chat. They were used to Kiragi's easygoing temperament, and Aku was always
In a very off-line manner, I shouldered all the responsibilities for the little maids, so that their pressure became very light, and they could always get together and play every day.
Long-tailed Tiger Princess sat in the corridor neatly, like a demure lady. Her long black hair was also combed into a long ponytail, looking like a heroic female knight. She sat down one after another while looking at Kiragi. She asked
: "Sister Aju told a lot of stories about Kyoto, including some of your stories. Are they all true?"
Kira Yoshi said without thinking: "Of course it's true! What did she say?"
"Sister Aku said that you were very good at fighting in Kyoto, and that Miyoshi Chikuzen Mamoru seemed to be very powerful, but sister Aku couldn't explain clearly until she saw it, so I wanted to ask you in person!"
"Sister Torahime is lying! Just now Chiyome clearly said... Wuwu!" Before the idiot Loli could finish her protest, she was covered by the long-tailed Torahime, and the two of them came together and whispered a few words,
Chiyo Mochizuki kept her mouth shut, while Aku smiled encouragingly at Kiragi, as if to say, "Come on, Your Highness."
"Is this a test? Then I'll give it a try!" Kira Yoshichi thought to himself, but he said in a daze: "Oh, you are talking about this! Then let me tell you, I have been in Astronomy for 18 years
When I arrived in Kyoto, the Imperial Palace passed away in April of the 19th year. That month I was ordered to go out to Takashima County, and then..."
This description roughly explains the Kira family's itinerary in Kyoto for more than three years. Of course, some sensitive things are not mentioned. The wars that the girl is most interested in are narrated in detail. According to him, the main participant, of course it is not Chiyo Mochizuki.
Seeing such a one-sided view, Hu Ji was quickly attracted by the stories he told.
Unconsciously, the sky had darkened. After talking for nearly two hours, not only was my mouth dry, but my stomach was also pounding. Kira Yoshi said with a grimace, "How about we continue tomorrow?"
"Wait a minute, I have another question to ask!" Long-tailed Tiger Princess raised her hand and asked curiously: "What happened to the last Miyoshi repair doctor? Did he invade Kyoto again?"
"I finally came to Echigo, so I don't know if Dr. Miyoshi has invaded Kyoto again." Kira Yoshiki said with a wry smile: "I have been practicing spearmanship for a day, and now I am very hungry. Do you have any cakes or something?"
Let me cushion your belly."
"Oops! I just listened to His Highness telling a story and forgot about it. A-Ju is going to get the cakes now!" A-Ju stood up in a hurry and ran back to get the cakes. The little follower Mochizuki Chiyoko also ran over. Needless to say, she must have asked for it.
Go get something to eat.
Long-tailed Tiger Princess praised: "I can't tell you are really powerful! And your retainers are also very powerful!"
"Thank you for the compliment!"
"But our Echigo samurai are not bad either. I can also shoot. You saw it last time, right?" At this point, she also realized what she had said wrongly, and a blush flashed on her white cheeks.
Kira Yoshitsune was stunned. Seeing his lustful look, the long-tailed tiger girl shyly and angrily scolded: "What are you looking at! If you look at me like that again, you're going to beat me up!"
Kira Yoshishi was shocked and apologized quickly: "I was wrong! I will never dare to do that kind of thing again! You are an adult and don't care about the faults of villains. Please spare me once!"
"Grrrr! You're so funny!" Long-tailed Tiger Princess covered her mouth and snickered. A group of maids had already dodged away immediately, giving these two people some time to communicate with each other.
The two of them chatted until the moon was high. No one noticed where the others had gone to hide. They started to communicate with each other. Kira Yoshiki told her many stories about his childhood in Mikawa.
Interesting things about Japan, such as fishing in the Yahagi River, struggling with archery, and forgetting to bring salt to the first hawk hunting picnic, resulting in a pile of super unpalatable barbecue that seemed to be undercooked, which made him upset for several days.
Nagao Torahime also told him that she lived with her mother at her uncle's house since she was a child. She has been particularly fond of cherry blossoms since she was a child. His father planted the cherry blossoms in Kasugayama Castle back then, and she planted them at his uncle's house and in Tochio Castle where his brother lived.
The mother and herself planted it separately. If there is a chance, I will take Kira Yoshito there to see it.
"I heard that there is a cherry blossom forest along the Shinano River, and a kind of late cherry blossom is in full bloom. I have never been there! I don't know if it has withered now!"
"Are there really cherry blossoms so late?"
"There should be! I really want to take a look! Do you want to go with me?"
"Um..." Kira Yoshi hesitated for a moment, feeling that it seemed inappropriate now, so he persuaded: "It was just a few days after the earthquake. How about we go later?"
"Forget it! I know you are not sincere." Long-tailed Tiger Princess curled her lips and ignored him. Suddenly there was a grunting sound. The two of them were stunned at the same time, and then they realized that the sky was completely dark. Only then did Long-tailed Tiger Princess realize that
The surroundings were brightly lit, and no one knew who turned on the lights. Thinking of the stiff relationship between the two of them, Nagao Torahime began to regret her recklessness again, and hurriedly stood up and ran away leaving Kiragi behind.
In the exclusive Kira family's curved wheel, a group of Kira family samurai gathered together to receive special training. Because flashy things like knight's guns were gradually phased out, and instead were trained with Japan's unique large body guns, Hans's knowledge of spearmanship
Instruction focused mainly on the use of marksmanship in cavalry warfare.
This kind of training is destined to only be carried out among samurai who have basic riding skills. In addition to the 700 professional cavalry in the Kira Army, there are more than 300 other semi-professional riding samurai, all of whom come from the less professional level.
In Omi Bichu, the Mikawa samurai had distinguished the infantry and cavalry very well, and there would never be a scene where a mounted samurai led a dozen ashigaru charges.
In these more than a thousand rides, the 700 riders belonging to Mikawa Bei have the highest quality, but even among these 700 rides, there are no more than 20 riders who can really make Hans feel "so-so". Most of them are "shit" level, for
To change this group of "shit" cavalry, he would start from the basics, including teaching them how to raise horses in a standardized manner, and of course, more importantly, how to be a true knight.
"You have to know that knights are not as simple as you think. You are just a group of ordinary cavalry holding the reins and hacking randomly. You are still far from the real elite cavalry. Knights are even further out of reach. Your foundation is too poor.
It's like a piece of shit!" The most favorite word of this serious and rigid Teutonic knight is shit. No matter how unacceptable they are, this title has been with them for several months, and may continue to be for many years to come.
for a long time.
"What the cavalry needs most is basic training, but you don't know what basic training is. It's really..." Hans wanted to continue to express his dissatisfaction, but when he saw Kiragi winking at him, it was enough.
’s continued: “In short, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive training through certain items, that is, basic training, just like infantry.
Such as wrestling, boxing and dodging, fast movement with heavy loads, basic mastery of weapons used in infantry combat, and mastery of horseback balance. These training items have a long history. Cavalry can enhance their physical strength, endurance, and agility through these trainings.
level and proficiency in using weapons, so I ask you to do basic training over and over again. The more solid the foundation, the higher your chance of surviving on the battlefield. If you want to practice equestrian without a foundation, you will only get nothing out of it.
Shit...Sorry, I was rude again."
Hans picked up a handkerchief and wiped the spit from the corner of his mouth. He looked at the more than a thousand people standing opposite and listened to the training. Then he nodded with satisfaction and continued: "In order to use a horse, you must first tame it. Although
The horse has human nature, but it is a beast after all. If you want to make it better accept the knight's intention and make the horse's power be used effectively, you should put people first and try to communicate the relationship between the horse and the human, so that the horse and the human can become one body.
.
Of course, this is not an easy task. It requires careful and patient teaching of the war horse so that it can establish subsequent behaviors. The horse trainer must maintain a close and friendly relationship with the war horse. Even if you encounter a fierce horse, you must always comfort him.
It provides clean drinking water and clean fodder, and often washes the body of the war horse, thereby alleviating its fear and increasing the horse's dependence on the cavalry.
During this period, you need to be patient enough to get close to it little by little. During the horse training period, you must not use a riding crop to intimidate and whip the horse. The war horse is a very smart and very vengeful animal. I think what you are doing is very bad. This requires
Make corrections in time. For knights, war horses are the most precious companions and valuable wealth. If you cannot grasp this wealth, then you will only be killed by the enemy on the battlefield!"
Hans explained it very simply, including repeated and patient training during the horse training process, gradually increasing the difficulty of training the war horse, such as pulling one side of the slow rope, transmitting it to the horse's bit, the horse's bit, the horse's gums, and the corners of the mouth to create unbearable problems.
To feel pressure, force the horse to lie down. After lying down, immediately relax the reins and relieve the pressure of the bit on the corner of the mouth and gums. At the same time, give praise or rewards to the horse, including food rewards.
In addition, higher requirements have been placed on the basic qualities of cavalry. Soldiers are trained in various movements such as getting on and off the horse and riding firmly on the horse. The best knights can mount the horse without stepping on the stirrup and jump up, and dismount without stepping on the horse.
- Leap down and change from one horse to another. You only need to jump in the air to complete the change of mounts, which places higher requirements on riding skills.
You must know that once a war horse starts to move or run wildly, especially when climbing mountains and downhill hills, wading across rivers and climbing over dangerous obstacles, or facing the enemy and facing chaos on the battlefield, the most outstanding knight is the one who can still sit firmly on his mount and remain motionless.
Only when the knight's mentality is stable can the horse run with peace of mind. The two give each other confidence.
For this reason, it is necessary to strengthen the balance training on horseback. There are no shortcuts in this. It all depends on hard work and sweat. A cavalry without a balance training foundation can easily become nervous before a battle.
If the cavalry falls off the horse in the middle of the assault, it will basically result in death or serious injury, and the hard-trained cavalry will be scrapped.
It is not uncommon for cavalrymen to hesitate and fall off their horses due to improper balance when the horses are advancing rapidly. During the battle, there were only a few retreats, but more cavalrymen were knocked off their horses because they could not withstand the fierce impact. All these phenomena were due to the cavalrymen's personal incompetence in riding skills.
, only to die due to a mistake in the battle.
"So don't underestimate wrestling. It is to exercise your balance control. Boxing is to exercise your balance control in high-speed dodging. There is also weight training, which is to improve your continuous combat ability when carrying armor and weapons. In the future, you will
We do basic training in the morning every day, horse racing training in the afternoon, and after dinner we have to summarize our own training experiences and communicate with each other.”
After Hans finished the course, he ordered them to conduct basic training respectively. He turned around and walked to Kira Yoshiki and said to him in broken English: "The quality of these cavalry is good. Except for the three hundred cavalry, the others are a bit inferior."
They can all become excellent cavalry, but I hope you will provide more exquisite food supplies, because both the knights and their mounts need the best supplies."
"I understand this. Is it beef, mutton or ham? There are also milk, fresh vegetables, bread, fish, chicken and duck meat, as well as cheese and wine. The best food for war horses is purple alfalfa and bean cakes, mixed with
Add a lot of refined salt..." Kira Yoshihi shrugged helplessly and asked Matsui Yukan, who was following him: "Okay, how much is the estimated monthly expenditure?"
"One thousand cavalry requires about two thousand Yongle coins." Matsui Yuxian added: "Every month."
"Every month? Two thousand guan? My God, this is a gold-eating beast! How many things can be done with two thousand gan Yongle money? I can build myself a beautiful city, I can build many new towns and prosperous economies, I can
...Okay! Don't look at me like that, I'm willing to pay for the money." Kira Yoshitoki finally decided to compromise.
After a little calculation, he told Matsui Yuxian: "The cost must be reduced as much as possible. You can raise pigs, cattle and sheep by yourself, but you must keep it confidential. In addition, you can grow vegetables by yourself. Bread is not a problem. Chickens and ducks can also be raised. Fish It’s not worth a few bucks, cheese is a dairy product, wine is not difficult, alfalfa is also available, I’m making bean cakes, aren’t I?”
"Yes! The breeding of livestock and above is in progress. The pig breeds may have to wait a few months and must be purchased from Mingguo people in Hirado Port, Kyushu. Everything else is fine. It is expected to be available within three months at the earliest. Reduce the cost by half, and within a year the cost can be reduced to five hundred Guan Yongle money."
"Very good, I'll leave it to you." He sent Matsui Yuhan away, and he still had to do basic training with this group of cavalry, because Hans told him that marksmanship needs to be demonstrated on horseback, and infantry combat can never be used. The greatest power was that he chose to believe what the Germans said. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!