The two of them had already admired Ying Jingyu deeply, but they were limited to each other's whimsical ideas, political and military talents.
But I never dreamed that Master Da Qin could design such a practical thing. It seems to be a very simple thing, but it has great practicality. Why didn't I think of it?
Mo Cheng cupped his hands and said: "Cheng never thought that Young Master has such a talent. It's really the gods blessing Qin! If a large number of these stirrups are equipped on the cavalry, it will greatly change the situation of the war in the future."
Ying Jingyu handed the stirrups in his hand to the people behind him and said: "Haha, this thing is nothing. If given enough time, you can also make the stirrups. It is not a difficult task."
"But if the 'Science Department' can continue to develop for a long time, the things it will create in the future will be ten times, a hundred times more sophisticated and practical than this stirrup... Can you believe it?"
Everyone was startled. If they had doubts about Ying Jingyu’s unconstrained ideas before, they no longer dared to overestimate their pride.
However, for Ying Jingyu, this stirrup thing can only bring out less than 1% of his wonderful ideas. If science can really develop, it is really unimaginable...
Mo Cheng said respectfully: "Searching for the principles of all things, transforming all things and applying them, this is the 'way of science'. Today, the Mo family has learned a lot and learned a lot. Hahaha."
Ying Jingyu nodded: "Luwu, has this stirrup sample been used in knights? Can it be manufactured in large quantities?"
Lu Wu cupped his hands and said: "After two failures, it was finally completed the third time. Sir, please take a look."
Lu Wu waved his hand to summon a young strong Khan. After obeying the order, the strong Khan soon led a tall horse.
Then skillfully put the saddle that fits the stirrup on the horse's back, kick the stirrup with your left foot, and flip up on the horse's back.
A whip was slapped on the horse's butt, "Drive!"
I saw the tall horse neighing and starting to run on the edge of the open space. At first, I couldn't see anything.
After the knight stabilized his body, he suddenly kicked his feet hard and stood up straight on the horse, waving the whip in his hand.
Let everyone marvel at it
Then the knight hugged the horse's neck with one hand, leaned on the horse's back, raised his right leg over the horse's back, and then his entire body was independent of the left side of the horse's body.
At this time, the knight only had his left foot pedaling on the stirrup to receive the force, but it was enough.
The young knight grabbed the horse's neck with one hand, and kept turning outwards, backwards, and downwards. In two breaths, the knight's other hand actually touched the ground, and he grabbed a handful of dirt.
Everyone widened their eyes and exclaimed, fearing that the knight might fall off his horse at such a high speed...
After the knight touched the ground, he turned over again, sat on the saddle and straightened his body in an instant, and then performed many unimaginably difficult movements.
Except for Ying Jingyu and Wu Fangsi, everyone else has never closed their mouths. Scenes like this can only exist in imagination.
Mo Li, who was behind Mo Cheng, couldn't control his excitement: "This... Young Master, with this magical thing, why are you afraid of the Six Kingdoms of Guandong?"
Ying Jingyu shook his head and said, "No matter how amazing this thing is, it can't quench my thirst."
Mo Cheng turned to look at Jing Yu and said puzzledly: "I think if the cavalry is equipped with stirrups, their combat power will increase several times, and they will be able to crush the infantry. Why can't the dilemma be solved?"
The corners of Jingyu's lips raised: "Although the stirrups are good, the craftsmanship and grinding tools need to be new, and it is difficult to equip them in large quantities in a short time."
"There is still a serious shortage of good horses in Guanzhong. According to what my father said yesterday, the Qin Dynasty has been deploying troops to the east and southern regions of Guanzhong for many years. During the period of the First Emperor, it also mobilized a large number of horses from all over the country to build the Great Wall, galloping roads, etc. Now there are not many horses left in Guanzhong.
To fifteen thousand horses..."
Mo Cheng: "Ten thousand horses are equal to ten thousand riders. Why do you worry, sir?"
"..."
At this time, Lu Wu, who was beside Jingyu, took a step forward and replied: "You don't know something about this. Not all of the tens of thousands of horses are horses. Except for the old, weak, sick and young, and the four thousand cavalry who have already entered the military camp, we can recruit them into the army."
I'm afraid the qualified war horses won will be less than 5,000 riders..."
"Even if all the available horses are recruited, there will only be eight or nine thousand cavalry. It is said that the two armies of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu have no less than eighty thousand cavalry..."
"hiss..."
Everyone who didn't understand the situation took a few breaths of air-conditioning. They thought that after the temple of Qin recovered its strength, as long as it operated normally and recruited troops, it would not be difficult to retreat Liu Xiang's army.
But when I heard that the armament gap was more than ten times higher, I suddenly panicked...
Mo Cheng cupped his hands again and said, "Don't be surprised if you don't understand military skills. So wouldn't this stirrup become a useless thing?"
Ying Jingyu pursed his lips and nodded: "Absolutely. The time is too short. Even if we go all out, we can only make two or three thousand pairs before Xiang Yu arrives."
"Winning Liu Xiang does not depend on this thing."
Mo Cheng was surprised and wondered, if he didn't rely on such a wonderful thing, how could...
Mo Cheng looked up at the huge thrower not far away. He walked closer and circled the thrower a few times, then turned to Ying Jingyu and said, "Sir, is this the throwing weapon?"
Ying Jingyu did not admit it: "This object is an improved catapult that I ordered him to improve. It has flexible movement, long arms, and can be controlled by multiple people. It can increase the throwing distance and attack power."
"Ru Wu, try the power of the new throwing device."
"Yes, sir!"
I saw Lu Wu ordering several young men behind him to go down, and a moment later he brought in baskets of stones.
But this stone is different from ordinary stones. They are all round stones that are polished very evenly and have uniform sizes.
I saw two people standing on both sides of the catapult, and the two of them took a round stone from the basket and put it into the wooden spoon at the end of the long arm, and then pressed it down to touch the bottom.
As soon as the two men let go, the wooden bucket with a large number of stones on the other side of the long arm fell downwards very quickly, and the long arm on this side also quickly rebounded to stand up at 90 degrees.
Something flashed across the sky, and after two or three breaths, no one heard anything.
"this..."
Lu Wu said: "Because the new throwing vehicle is very powerful, and our Wufang Division is small, the stone just hit the outside of the Wufang Division, haha."
Mo Cheng stroked his beard and said: "Wonderful, really wonderful. If this heavy weapon is manufactured in large quantities and equipped to the Qin army, it is very likely that Chu Xiang will be able to retreat."
Lu Wu: "Well, the new thrower can throw polished cobblestones a mile and a half away. If the stone is coated with kerosene, it can also increase its damage."
"It's just that...it will be difficult for the Qin army to equip a large amount of equipment in the short term."
"Oh? What's the meaning of this?"
"Because it is easy to make a large number of catapults, but grinding a large number of suitable stones at the same time requires a lot of manpower, so it is difficult for this object to play a decisive role in the battle of guarding the gate..."
After hearing this, Mo Cheng and others fell into thinking. They originally thought that with these two weapons, they could form an absolute advantage over the six Kanto countries. However, due to national power and time constraints, they could only use part of the value of these two new weapons.
Thinking of this, it makes me regretful for a moment
Ying Jingyu seemed to understand everyone's thoughts, and smiled like a normal person: "Lu Wu, the national treasury is already full, so there is no need to worry about manpower and property. We will try our best to create more new weapons."
"Yes, sir!"
"In addition, I have a big killer weapon. With this weapon, I can not only retreat the Six Kingdoms of Kanto, but also hope to counterattack..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's minds went blank.
Is there a bigger killer weapon? This weapon can actually turn defense into offense?
Is there such a killer weapon in the world?
Mo Cheng held his beard and said seriously: "Sir, although weapons are an important step, the decisive factor still lies in people. As long as the army and people of Qin are united, they can still defend Guanzhong even without such heavy weapons."
After hearing this, Ying Jingyu nodded in agreement: "Gentlemen have the same view. However, if there are no powerful weapons, even if you hold on for a while, the opponent will inevitably come back. And if there are heavy weapons to help, you will avoid heavy casualties of the soldiers and preserve more troops."
The best policy is to have more vitality."
Mo Cheng's body trembled, and he said with a guilty conscience: "Haha, Cheng is not good at military affairs. It's Cheng who is confused. Don't blame me, sir."
When he saw that Ying Jingyu nodded slightly and did not dislike his fallacy about military affairs, he continued: "Then what is the young master pointing to that can determine the trend of the war?"
"Pop!"
Ying Jingyu didn't answer and clapped his hands twice.
When Sima Zhou behind him heard the applause, he immediately walked out with several palace guards, and saw three of them each holding a clay pot and placing it on the ground.