Although Mo Shu fantasized that she could choose a thousand-mile horse from the foal prepared by Wu Ziheng with lotus seeds, it turned out that she was thinking a little too well.

These foals were naturally overjoyed to see Mo Shu, which made Mo Chuan excited and surprised.

But Mo Shu found that there was really nothing better than the one prepared by Wu Ziheng.

At that moment, Mo Shu thought about it, and after all, she didn't choose another one, but chose one for Xiaojing, Mo Chuan, and Mo Wan.

Mo Shu has special abilities, and the ones that are picked out are naturally good and suitable for everyone.

Bai, Yang, and Mo Hao felt that there was no need to prepare a special horse, so they politely refused, and let Mo Shu pick Mo Chuan Mo Wan two beginners.

Mo Shu thought about it, these horses are Wu Ziheng's, he can take them out for the Mo family to choose by himself, it is his good intentions, but the Mo family can't be greedy because of this, thinking that this is the way it should be, whether it is to behave in the world or the Yang family and the Bai family are sophisticated, and he nodded solemnly at the moment to express his understanding.

And Mo Chuan, Mo Wan and Xiao Jing got a foal, as if they got something, they listened carefully to the opinions of the horse breeders, named their horses, and went to the stable every day to feed their foals, wash their manes, and take the foals to the grass slope to let off steam, talk to the horses, and never get tired of it.

Naturally, this is not the horseman of the mountain villa who wants to be opportunistic and save trouble, but in a few days, the benefits will be reflected, and the horses raised by himself have become extremely close to the Mochuan people, and they have a harmonious relationship, and it will be much easier and safer to practice riding at that time.

Mo Shu was very happy to hear it, and wondered if she would also raise one herself.

Now that the horse is ready. Qin Yong began to teach Mochuan a few people to ride horses.

Mo Chuan had already been eager to try, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words, followed Qin Yong to the meadow, and carefully got on the horseback under the guidance of the master.

Mo Shu was worried about Mo Wan in the end, and she didn't rush to learn riding, watching a few people from the side, and she could respond in time if something happened.

Seeing Mo Chuan wearing newly made riding clothes, clumsily climbing on the horse's back with a horsewhip in his hand, Mo Shu couldn't help but be a little amused. But before the smile reached the bottom of her eyes, Mo Shu's eyes suddenly widened: she seemed to have discovered something extraordinary!

Horses here. There are no stirrups yet!

It's so backward! In Mo Shu's cognition. You can't ride a horse without stirrups.

Imagine riding a horse without stirrups, and your legs can only hang on the sides of the horse's belly, without support. When the horse gallops and bumps. To prevent falling off the horse's back. You have to clamp the horse's belly tightly with your legs, and you have to grasp the horse's mane with your hands to keep your body steady.

After this battle, what does the side of the leg have to grind into!

I really shuddered at the thought.

And Mo Shu thinks. On the galloping horse, she probably didn't have the ability to keep herself steady by holding the horse's belly between her legs.

Mo Shu was stunned for a while, and Mo Chuan had already climbed onto the horse's back with the help of Qin Yong and Liao, and she noticed that although the harness did not have stirrups now, it already had the rudiments of a Takahashi saddle with a slight upturn on both sides of the middle depression.

Since the world began to tame horses for riding, they have known how to separate soft objects on the horse's back cushion, but before the advent of the Takahashi saddle, it was always difficult for the rider to control the body not to lean forward or even slide when galloping, but

The stability of the body allows the rider to have more movements while the horse is galloping, such as shooting arrows at the person in front of him on the battlefield, fighting with the person in front of him, etc.

But the design of these Takahashi saddles in front of them is not satisfactory.

Besides, if it is only the fixed effect of this saddle, it is only a little more stable when leaning back and forth, and if it suddenly turns to the left and right when galloping, or even backwards, it is easy to fall off the horse, and it has to be said that it is really very dangerous.

Mo Shu also remembered that although there is no shortage of war horses now, there are still most infantry players, and cavalry needs to go through strict selection and training, all of which are good at riding and shooting on war horses without stirrups, and can also cross the ravines to rush the enemy's dangerous obstacles.

There are not many such people, and after high-intensity training, there are very few who can meet the requirements.

However, a simple stirrup can effectively compensate for these shortcomings of fighting on horseback.

Wu Ziheng was wearing a loose plain white robe, his ink hair was loose, and he walked here with clogs, and saw Mo Shu looking at the war horse in a daze, and asked, "What are you looking at?" Want to ride a horse too? ”

Mo Shu returned to reality from her thoughts, and saw Wu Ziheng's casual but confusing dress, and stayed for a moment before replying, "I'm watching the horse." ”

Immediately, Mo Shu immediately added: "I have discovered a big event, cousin, you will definitely be interested." ”

Wu Ziheng raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?" ”

Mo Shu thought in her heart that she couldn't say this clearly, and said at the moment: "You ask someone to prepare paper and pen, and I will go to Hanxueju to talk to you." ”

Because she was not worried about Mo Wan after all, Mo Shu saw that she couldn't guard beside her, so she asked them not to ride a horse first.

Mo Chuan was cheering up, and he was not happy when he heard this. Seeing this, Mo Shu promised to equip a few people with harnesses that no one else had on another day. Mochuan and the others are not messing around, but if they got Moshu's words, they honestly read and read and read.

In the afternoon, a few people also practiced archery.

Mo Shu and Wu Ziheng returned to Hanxue Ju, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were all ready, and Mo Shu did not deliberately delay the time, and immediately took the pen and paper and drew a pair of stirrups.

Because Mo Shu drew the stirrup first, instead of painting the horse together, Wu Ziheng asked, "What is this?" ”

Mo Shu said very solemnly: "This is a stirrup." ”

After finishing speaking, he kept writing and drew a pair of stirrups hanging on both sides of the saddle of the high bridge on horseback. Mo Shu hadn't finished drawing yet, Wu Ziheng had already stood up and said quite movingly: "No one thought of such a simple thing before!" ”

Wu Ziheng, as a young general who has made many meritorious contributions on the battlefield, naturally tried to fight on horseback. So the significance of this stirrup was immediately apparent. Even though he just looked at the not very detailed drawings drawn by Mo Shu, he could imagine that with this stirrup, it would be safer and more flexible to control the war horse against the enemy.

In addition, it can make the hands of the cavalry on the galloping war horse free to use weapons, turn to avoid the enemy and slash left and right, which are originally very dangerous, can also be completed relatively easily.

Even, the cavalry on horseback stepped on this stirrup, straightened up and slashed at the enemy.

Another point is that with stirrups, soldiers don't have to worry too much about wearing armor to affect the stability of the center of gravity on horseback, thus reducing the casualties of cavalry, and cavalry can also choose more weapons that suit them.

After all, cavalry is not so easy to train, and one less is a big loss.

Such a good thing, why no one thought of it before! (To be continued.) )

PS: Small Theater:

Mo Shu (鄙shì): I want to go back, there is no toilet paper, no tofu, no vegetable oil, no stirrups...... I can't live this day!

Wu Ziheng (disapproving): Isn't this still you?

Mo Shu: ...... That's true, but I'm so good, doesn't it seem like you're useless?

Wu Ziheng: Do you think I'm useless?! Well?

Mo Shu: Hou Ye is angry! The small ones don't mean that! The small thing is to say, I have done everything, how can I show the wisdom of the Hou Ye?

Wu Ziheng (lazy): It's okay, didn't my cousin say it, you are responsible for making money to support your family, and I am responsible for being beautiful like a flower, my cousin will definitely not let you down.

Mo Shu: ...... How do you feel like you've lifted a stone and shot yourself in the foot?