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Meng Da clamped his legs firmly on the horse's belly, and leaned on the horse's back, rising and falling with the running movements of the horse. His eyes were staring straight ahead without blinking, and a knight beside him gradually fell behind, whispering to his ears.
Only the whistling wind was heard.
At this time, Mengda tried to exert force with his feet and stepped on the iron stirrups hanging under the saddle. His body slowly stood up on the horse, and Mengda suddenly realized that he no longer needed to rely on his legs.
Only by tightening the horse's belly could he maintain balance. He quickly held the bow in his right hand, took out an arrow from the quiver with his left hand, pulled it open with all his strength, and shot at a lonely tree growing in front of him.
The arrow traveled along the wind, very fast, and with a thud, the arrowhead disappeared into the tree.
Meng Da sat steadily on the horse, like a motionless rock, and pulled the reins to slow down the horse's pace. Everyone present cheered for him and appreciated his performance just now.
He got off the horse, held the reins with his right hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his left hand, and let out a long sigh.
A group of people, like stars holding the moon, surrounded the emperor and came to Mengda. The emperor smiled and said: "I can't tell that your riding skills are very good."
"Your Majesty, you are so complimentary." Meng Da cupped his hands and said, "My riding skills are slow and I just relied on the stirrups."
Formal stirrups began in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Before that, there were mostly single-sided stirrups, or leather rope loops attached to the saddle. As for real battles, it was all up to the knight to hold the horse's body with his legs to maintain balance and control the reins with one hand.
, wielding a sword to chop with one hand, it is impossible to chop with a sword as you wish.
Moreover, it is easy to become exhausted during a long march and fall off the horse in the exchange of weapons between the two sides. As a result, cavalry training is extremely difficult, and it is rare to train a usable cavalry team in a short period of time.
In his previous life, the emperor had also ridden horses in Mulan Paddock with a group of friends. Although he was a little younger in this life, he still had not forgotten the skills of horseback riding. Although he was not used to riding on horseback at first because there was no assistance from bilateral stirrups, he finally
Sensing the opportunity, he quickly started developing stirrups, making slight adjustments to the saddle based on his impressions from his previous life, and even ordered people to start researching how to nail horseshoes to the horseshoes.
Stirrups allow the cavalry to better integrate the horse and man, and let go to fight without worrying about losing balance. This will greatly reduce the difficulty of cavalry training. Horseshoes will prevent the horse's hoofs from being worn due to the hard ground, and will also allow the horse to
Better grip when running on wet and soft ground.
With these two things, the emperor could quickly organize a group of cavalry units with high mobility and high impact.
"Your Majesty has cleverly thought that if this method is passed on to the cavalry camps of the Northern Army, it will be of great use among the Yulin Cavalry." Xu Rong, the general of Yulin Zhonglang, praised him.
The emperor smiled proudly, knowing that the real show was yet to come.
I saw a group of cavalry in armor and riding gear walking slowly towards the emperor with heavy steps. This cavalry was all wearing heavy armor, wearing bright light armor, and carrying long horses. The horse's
The chest, neck, body, and buttocks are all covered with armor and lined with fine silk.
Even the faces of humans and horses are protected by a layer of iron. These cavalrymen are all tall and majestic. From a distance, they look as if they were carved from the same mold, exuding an awe-inspiring coldness.
The emperor nodded slightly. Seeing this, Captain Xu Huang immediately raised the small flag in his hand high and waved it vigorously a few times.
As if receiving an order, the cavalryman, who was slowly walking as if he was walking, suddenly raised the horse pole in his hand, like a row of bamboo poles that were suddenly chopped down at the same time. The tips of everyone's poles were facing forward. They let out a roar that reached the sky.
, suddenly rode towards the emperor, the horse's hooves flying, like a mountain falling and the ground cracking, making the ground beneath his feet tremble.
Dust and weeds flew everywhere under the trampling of the iron hoofs, and soon a layer of yellow dust mist rose from the ground, forming a dim curtain behind the iron cavalry.
At this time, the charging cavalry gradually gathered towards the leader in the middle, forming a cone shape that was narrow in front and wide in back.
The war horses came running, the dust was flying, the people shouted and the horses neighed, and the sound was loud and powerful.
Although there were only a dozen riders, it gave people the psychological impact of thousands of troops.
Everyone was shocked, and some even couldn't help but tighten their muscles, ready to pull away from the emperor at any time and run forward to try to stop this torrent of steel.
At this time, Xu Huang took a step forward and waved the small flag in his hand to the right.
When the torrent was still a hundred steps away from the emperor, it suddenly stopped. After a short period of confusion, under the leadership of the leader, it smoothly turned to the right.
The emperor quietly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said to everyone who was already stunned: "Ten people can be like this, but if there are thousands or ten thousand people, how majestic it will be."
"If the imperial court has such strong soldiers, it is really a blessing for the country." Yang Qi, who was the first to react, said: "It's just that such strong soldiers, whether it is food, grass, or armor and equipment, all consume a lot of money. Even if they can bear heavy loads,
I'm afraid the knights and war horses in the costumes must be selected from the Northern and Southern armies, and they must be trained diligently. The imperial court is currently short of state resources, so if they train too much, I'm afraid it will be a burden if they train too little and be unable to use them."
Xun You went on to say: "These powerful troops are similar to the Northern Army's garrison cavalry."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, paused, and suddenly smiled and said: "To hit the mark, the cavalry camp is originally made up of men and horses wearing armor, but it is mostly leather armor and other things. Without stirrups, it is difficult to achieve real effectiveness. I am planning to put two thousand
The five hundred garrison troops will change their uniforms and horses, and if there are any who are physically unable to bear the burden, they will be transferred to other places."
If you want to reform a small-scale cavalry camp, you must know that in addition to knights, this kind of heavy cavalry also comes with several horses carrying armor, as well as auxiliary soldiers who are responsible for helping the fully armed knights onto their horses. Ling Ling
All in all, in addition to the cost of changing clothes, there is also a large amount of additional expenditure.
The ancient cavalry is equivalent to the modern tank. They are combat troops with strong deterrent power and extremely high maintenance costs. No matter how much it costs, the emperor must build such a heavy cavalry.
In the emperor's mind, the future organization of the Northern Army should be as follows: the Tunqi Battalion consists of heavy cavalry, the Yueqi Battalion consists of light cavalry, and the Changshui Battalion is mainly composed of foreign cavalry who are good at riding and shooting.
They cooperate with each other on the battlefield and cooperate seamlessly.
In addition, there are archery battalions that specialize in bow and crossbow shooting, infantry battalions that are mainly light infantry, and medium base battalions that are mainly heavy infantry.
This is the emperor's expectation for the Northern Army to implement multi-arms joint operations on the battlefield. Although each battalion has only 2,500 men excluding auxiliary troops, the quality of the troops is more important than the number of soldiers. The emperor believes that this group of 15,000 men
He has the elite troops at hand, plus Yu Lin and Hu Ben who are cooperating with infantry and cavalry.
Looking at the entire world, they will be an invincible and unstoppable army.
The only question at the moment is how much initial investment is needed for such an army. The emperor said to Shang Fang Ling Shi Xin and Kao Gong Ling Wang Chou: "Two thousand five hundred pieces of armor and riding equipment, as well as stirrups for the entire army's cavalry.
, horseshoes, infantry armor weapons, crossbows, arrows and other items, how long does it take to make them?”
Shang Fang, the examiner is an official responsible for swords and other weapons or lacquerware and other royal utensils. At this time, Shi Zun and Wang Chou looked at each other with a look of embarrassment on their faces.
A native of Lu, Shang Fang ordered Shi Xian to speak loudly and said: "When the imperial court opened farmland, many farmers needed agricultural tools provided by the government. The young government was unable to purchase them for a while, so your majesty ordered us to cast them for you. Now all the iron tools have been forged and supplied to the local area.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to fulfill the purpose of farming in a hurry."
The emperor waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "That was in the past. Now there are iron officials in various places. They can let the iron officials forge by themselves. You don't have to overstep your way."