Xu is Xiang Lin was left at the Mengyue River station for a period of time and felt left out, so after coming back, he has been trying to express himself. After receiving Xiao Yiran's order to formulate a training plan, he went back and meditated for two days, and on the third day, he handed Xiao Yiran a detailed plan.

First, practice basic actions such as assassination and battle formation coordination in the morning.

Second, practice offensive and defensive coordination in the afternoon, and keep the same pace.

Third, every five days, go out at night to organize large-scale hunting activities to gain practical experience.

Of course, there are some more detailed details. After Xiao Yiran read it carefully, he was still quite satisfied.

"Two more to add, one is to divide the team into two groups and carry out confrontation drills, which can also gain actual combat experience. Second, let the infantry and cavalry also do coordination drills. At the same time, let the infantry explore how to deal with the cavalry in the drill with the cavalry, so as to minimize the casualties of the infantry. ”

"Yes, Emperor."

To be honest, Xiao Yiran was not very afraid of the infantry of the large ethnic groups in the northwest, after all, he had a bow and arrow in his hand, and he could completely defeat one against three. The biggest heart problem is the cavalry of the opposing side. In the face of extremely fast cavalry, the power of the bow and arrow will be greatly reduced, when the two armies face each other, after the first round of bow and arrow attacks, the opponent's cavalry will rush to the front, and it is too late to do the second round of bow and arrow attacks. This is the biggest conundrum.

Xiao Yiran pondered and meditated, and it was not that he remembered that he had read the description of Xu Ning's hook and sickle gun breaking the chain horse in "Water Margin" before he was reborn. It's just that it is difficult to let the infantry risk their lives and use hook and sickle guns to deal with the opponent's nimble war horses.

After thinking about it again, Xiao Yiran only got two strategies that could deal with the opponent's cavalry, one was to form enough cavalry himself, which was obviously impossible to do in the short term. The second is to use the hook and sickle, and in a battle, let the soldiers risk using the hook and sickle to meet the opponent's cavalry, specifically cutting the foot of the opponent's mount. In desperation, Xiao Yiran could only choose the second way first, on the one hand, let the soldiers practice using the hook and sickle first, if the large northern tribes could give enough time for the dragon clan to form a cavalry that was enough to resist them, then there was no need to let the soldiers take risks. In the unlikely event that a large group of northern tribes attacks the Dragons in the near future, it would be better for the soldiers to risk their lives with hook and sickle spears than for the Dragons to face the danger of extinction.

The appearance of the hook and sickle gun, Xiao Yiran can still remember a rough idea. It is a bit similar to the Fang Tian painting halberd, that is, on the side of the gun head, there are many curved sickle-shaped side hooks. During use, it can be hooked and slashed. According to the memory in his mind, Xiao Yiran drew a general appearance, and ordered someone to send it to Liang Mu, so that the manufacturing department could build a few expenses first, and if it was not suitable, it would be improved.

The efficiency of the manufacturing department is still very high, especially in this extraordinary period, and it is even more comprehensive for the task of trial production of weapons assigned by the emperor. Two days later, Liang Mu personally sent Xiao Yiran ten hook sickles, wooden handles, and copper spear heads.

"Yes, that's what it looks like, you go back and think about how to make the side hook part sharper, so that the soldier can use it more effortlessly. I will hand it over to the troops when I go back, and if there is anything inappropriate, I will notify you of the modification at any time. ”

"Yes, Emperor."

After Liang Mu left, Xiao Yiran came to Xiang Lin again.

"This is a new weapon that the manufacturing department has just created, called the hook and sickle, which is specially used against cavalry."

Xiang Lin took the hook and sickle from Xiao Yiran's hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, and seemed to understand a little, but he was not very sure, so he asked tentatively:

"Emperor, is it used to hook and chop the other party's horse legs?"

"You're smart, exactly. It's just that letting the infantry take risks against the cavalry is really a last resort. Hopefully, the large ethnic groups in the northwest will give us enough time to form cavalry, and don't let our soldiers take risks when the time comes. ”

The emperor has always cared for his clansmen and soldiers, which all clansmen can feel, and Xiang Lin is also deeply moved by this.

"Xiang Lin, this is the only way before we don't have enough cavalry. When you go back, explain to the soldiers as clearly as possible the dangers of using the hook and sickle against the cavalry, and choose some of the soldiers who are bold, careful, quick-handed, and most importantly married and have children, and train them to use the hook and sickle. The number of people is about 500. ”

"Yes, Emperor."

Xiao Yiran was a little pessimistic, for people who had never participated in a battle, there would always be an unjustified fear of war. This was the case with Xiao Yiran, who always thought that using the hook and sickle against the cavalry would obviously be at a disadvantage of being attacked. Actually, is this really the case?

When Xiang Lin formed a team of 500 hook and sickle soldiers, when a large number of hook and sickle guns from the manufacturing department were handed over to the soldiers, when Xiang Lin took these soldiers to train for half a month, in a night of large-scale hunting activities, the hook and sickle spears played an irreplaceable role, and at the same time, because of the careful and bold soldiers who were selected in advance, and the soldiers who reached out quickly, there was no soldier casualties in the whole hunting process.

This news made Xiao Yiran, who had always felt that the soldiers who used the hook and sickle spear, always been passively beaten when dealing with the cavalry, had a little change.

With some confidence, Xiao Yiran had to go to the training ground almost every day to watch the training of the soldiers, especially the training of the 500 hook and sickle soldiers. One day, Xiao Yiran, who was watching, accidentally saw the thirty chariots on the edge of the training ground, and suddenly his heart moved.

The tank is large in size, not to mention solid, and has a large inertia after running, making it a favorable weapon for impacting the opponent's battle formation. If you line up the chariots in front of the opposing cavalry and on the left and right sides when facing the opposing cavalry, and use the chariots as a barrier, just like the tanks in modern warfare, can you also deal with the opposing cavalry? Xiao Yiran was pleasantly surprised by this idea, and immediately turned around and went back, ordering Liang Mu's manufacturing department to look at the construction of the chariot. At the same time, he told Li Yu's staff of his thoughts, as well as Xiang Lin, Lin Zhan, and Xuan Liang, and asked them to also use their brains and think about how to give full play to the advantages of the chariot itself against the cavalry.

As the chariots were made one by one, Xiao Yiran asked Xiang Lin to line up the chariots in the shape of arrows, one row in front and one row on each side, and then let Xuan Liang lead the cavalry to attack the chariots. After some drills, the effect was unexpectedly good. Xiao Yiran looked at the cavalry who rushed to the chariot and became helpless, and showed a relieved smile for the first time.

If another 500 soldiers armed with hook and sickle spears were allowed to use the chariot as a barrier to hide behind them and sneak up on the horses and legs of the opposing cavalry, it would not only reduce the casualties of the hook and sickle soldiers, but also block the opponent's cavalry with a greater range.

At this point, a relatively mature plan for the opposing cavalry gradually took shape.