Zhang Liang looked down at the horseshoe carefully, and sure enough, he found a piece of iron wrapped tightly around it.

"Does this prevent the horse's hooves from wearing?" Zhang Liang couldn't help but be surprised.

How to minimize the speed of horse hoof wear has always been the most troublesome thing for cavalry.

But until then, there is no better way.

Usually, the most they do is wrap the horse's hooves in cloth, which is like putting a pair of shoes on it.

But horses are not like people, and cloth is not cheap, which is used by rich and noble people, or most of them can only be used on good horses.

The cost of this approach is not ordinarily large, and it is not at all affordable for ordinary people.

No matter how strong the national strength is, it cannot withstand this kind of toss.

So, most horses' shoes are wrapped with bark, reeds, straw, horsetail hair and hair.

It took three years to raise 10,000 horses, and for the time being, he is considered a qualified war horse.

The daily expenses of these 10,000 war horses are enough to feed more than 100,000 infantry for three years.

This was followed by the training of the cavalry, another few years.

The loss of war horses is not counted for the time being, but when you go to the battlefield, you will basically scrap a batch of war horses after a battle.

If you can fight for a year and there are not enough war horses to replenish, then the cavalry will turn into infantry in seconds.

The cost of raising horses is too high, and the requirements are also very high, but after they are raised, the efficiency of their use is very low, which is also the real reason why the development of Chinese cavalry has been restricted.

"Zhang Xiang, this is okay, we have ridden different horses for hundreds of miles, and the horses that wear this kind of horseshoe are not as worn as the horse's hooves are not as worn as twenty percent of those who do not wear horses. Next, we're going to pick out some stagecoaches to wear and see how they look. A middle-aged man with a crippled body said with a smile.

"Sir, a man from the Arsenal's Iron Workshop?" Zhang Liang noticed the other party and couldn't help asking.

"Exactly!" The other man nodded.

Zhang Liang looked at the other party with emotion, thinking that back then, it was after seeing the workshop on Ao Mountain that he completely made up his mind to follow King Han.

Today, that model still exists.

It's just that the management is more standardized, and the soldiers mean that this is made up of soldiers who can no longer fight due to injuries.

In addition to the iron workshop, there are also carpentry workshops, light workshops, and so on.

According to the different injuries of these wounded soldiers, these wounded soldiers are divided into different places and do what they can do.

It may be difficult to support a family with food, clothing, and housing, and a certain amount of money every year, but for a person who is injured and unable to farm, this grain is enough to subsidize the family.

With a deep sense of shock and excitement, Zhang Liang returned to the council hall with Wang Buying.

What he saw and heard today made Zhang Liang see hope in an instant.

Now, half of the three mountains that restricted the Han from counterattacking the northern nomads have been removed.

"Your Majesty, this matter should be kept secret, so that the craftsmen can build it with all their might, and hoard enough equipment first." There were only two people in the council hall, Zhang Liang had no worries, and said directly.

"Zhang Xiang is worried that it will leak out and let the nomads in the north learn it?" Wang Bu asked with a smile.

"Exactly!" Zhang Liang nodded and continued: "They have grown up on horseback since they were young, and their combat skills are much stronger than ours, but even so, they can only use ordinary riding bows, and with these, they can use strong bows, which should be the advantage of the big man......"

No one wants to show good things first for others to learn, especially since the other party is better than you in this regard.

The nomads in the north did a very inadequate job of intelligence about the Han people, perhaps because they did not have this awareness, or because they looked different, they were not very good at doing this information.

Although Zhang Liang also did not know how the scouts of the Han army penetrated into the interior of the Huns.

But there is always danger, if you can dog, you can dog, and when the time comes, won't he smell good when he comes to kill him with a blow?

"Your Majesty, it will take at least three years to raise war horses, and even if you prepare now, if you want to go to war, it will be at least five years later. And the nomads are not as good as the land of Zhuxia, they are too mobile, so this war may be a war that lasts for a long time. ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that this war should be delayed as much as possible, if it can be delayed for ten or eight years, and then it will be fought for another ten or eight years, the benefits of encouraging the birth population will be reflected now, and it is not easy to make the Han into a crisis, and these years are enough to make the internal stability down, and now the people's willingness to oppose the war is still quite strong." Zhang Liang said in a bala bala bara.

Don't look at everyone, everyone welcomes the Han army to fight their county, but that is only for the desire for peace, for the policy of the Han state.

Because the Han State is performing very well now, it is very good in all aspects, and the people have high expectations for him and are willing to be ruled by the Han State.

However, if a foreign war is launched just after the founding of the country, this is not a good thing for the Han State, although it is not like the Qin Dynasty, but once the front line is lost, various unstable factors will break out internally.

This is all verified by historical experience, and it is not man-made nonsense.

Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty depose Confucianism?

Is it just for that little vanity?

There may be a factor in this, but the other most important reason is.

At that time, under the circumstances, there were few people in the whole country who supported the war, and the Ram faction seized this opportunity very well, and their doctrine was just in line with the current mood of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

So he just took advantage of the trend, and after a while, the whole country was shouting about beating the special mother.

The king was not hungry and did not want to leave the matter of fighting the Xiongnu to his descendants.

Liu Bang in history also didn't want to, but after the siege of Baideng, he realized the reality, so he had to dog, this dog is Yijiazi, five generations of emperors.

"We are reunified, the country has gradually stabilized, although the Xiongnu are powerful, but it is far from the strongest stage, the Xiongnu also need time to pinch the various departments, he and we are facing the same problem, once the battle is lost, the annexed departments will inevitably be dissatisfied." Wang Bu was hungry and said directly.

When it comes to fighting the Huns, now is indeed the best time.

So far, the Xiongnu have not completed the unification of the steppe, and there are still many strong enemies in him.

It is now the second year of the Han Dynasty, if the Qin Dynasty is still there, it will be the fourth year of the second dynasty, and Ziying has not ascended the throne in this life, so it is not counted, and if you count it again, it is 205 BC.

Historically, the Xiongnu launched an offensive against the Han in 200 BC, and it was also in this year that the siege of Baideng was born.

Why did you withdraw your troops and let Liu Bang go?

Don't they know how much good it would be for them to kill the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty?

In one, is there no woman on the prairie or what?

The Han Dynasty was not ready, and the Huns were likewise not ready, and there are still five years to go.

Wang Buxing's eyes were unusually firm, and within three or five years, he would definitely start a war against the Xiongnu.

"Lone knows where to get a war horse......