"Before determining the purpose of these iron blocks, I would like to ask, how many war horses in your army are eliminated every year because of the wear of horses' hooves?"

Chen Yang didn't answer their question first, but asked such a question.

Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, who immediately understood, and said first: "There are more than 1,200 war horses that were eliminated last year because of the abrasion of the horses' hooves. ”

With Cao Cao's strength now, it is not his heyday, most of the army is dominated by infantry, and the number of cavalry that burns money is not much, but the elimination of more than 1,000 war horses every year is enough to make them feel pain.

The money for buying these war horses can allow them to train more infantry, but the two armies cannot fight without cavalry.

"From now on, you don't have to worry about it anymore." Chen Yang said.

"Shopkeeper Chen, you mean that these things can solve the problem of horses' hooves?" Guo Jia pointed to those iron hooves and asked.

Xun Yu still didn't believe it, shook his head and said, "These things are average, I don't think they're very useful, right?" ”

Chen Yang smiled: "This is equivalent to a horse's shoes, if you don't believe it, you can bring an eliminated war horse, give it a try." ”

Cao Cao said curiously: "The horse's shoes, it sounds very interesting, come on, bring the war horse!" ”

After a while, a tall war horse stood in front of Chen Yang, but its hooves were extremely worn, and it was a little difficult to walk.

Under Chen Yang's guidance, several soldiers quickly put iron hooves on the hooves of their war horses, which really looked like they were wearing shoes.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what is the purpose of this thing?" Xun Yu picked up a stirrup and asked.

"Hang it in the saddle, hang it up first, this thing is more useful. Find someone on horseback and try the effect of the iron hoof, and you will know that what I say is true. Chen Yang said confidently.

Immediately, according to Chen Yang's orders, some soldiers also equipped the stirrups.

The war horse with iron hooves didn't look very good, so Cao Cao asked, "Who wants to give it a try?" ”

"I'm coming!"

At this time, a tall figure walked out from behind Cao Cao, and this person Chen Yang had seen it for the first time.

"Okay, I'll try it first." Cao Cao nodded and said.

This old Xu is one of Cao Cao's guards, Xu Chu, the word Zhongkang.

Xu Chu didn't need to rely on the stirrups, he landed on the horse's back with a slight jump, and with his leather whip pumping hard, the war horse let go of its four hooves and ran directly, and the speed was not slow at all.

The war horse, which was originally difficult to walk, was able to gallop, and its four hooves could not be seen to be abrasive at all.

"This ......"

When Cao Cao and the others saw it, they all opened their mouths and didn't know how to close them, and they didn't even know how to describe the shock at the moment.

This war horse can really run again, and it still runs with people, and there is no problem with the worn hooves.

"This horseshoe is really good, haha...... With this item, all of our eliminated war horses can continue to be used, and we no longer have to worry about the shortage of war horses. ”

At this time, Xu Chu had already come back from a lap, and he said excitedly.

Xun Yu's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, good!" In the future, we will have a sum of money left over from our military spending to buy war horses, which is really good. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Shopkeeper Chen, your shoes for horses are wonderful!" ”

Cao Cao laughed at first, and he said with satisfaction: "Yes, it's really good, with this thing, we can expand the cavalry team on a large scale in the future and create the strongest cavalry in the world, great!" ”

Chen Yang suddenly said: "Lao Cao, what you think is still too simple, I said that you can improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, but you can't do it with iron hooves, and the real place that can be improved is here!" ”

As he spoke, Chen Yang pointed to the stirrups.

"This thing looks pretty ordinary, does it really have that much effect?" Cao Cao asked curiously.

"That's right, I ask you a question, if you are riding on a war horse and fighting the enemy, or if you suddenly want to bend your bow and shoot an arrow while galloping on a horse, do you have to worry about the danger of falling off your horse?" Chen Yang looked at Xu Chu and asked.

Xu Chu nodded and said: "The cavalry rushes to kill, you must tightly clamp the horse's belly with your legs to stabilize yourself, and to do horse shooting, ordinary cavalry must also stop the horse and bend the bow again, and those who can ride the horse and run while riding and shooting, only a brave general like me can do it." ”

When he said this, he praised himself and laughed proudly.

Chen Yang continued: "Then Lao Xu, you put your feet on the stirrups and do a charging cavalry for everyone to see." ”

Xu Chu got Cao Cao's consent, he was not ambiguous, he directly picked up the bow and arrow and galloped on the horse, and when the speed of the war horse reached its peak, Xu Chu bent the bow and arrow, and easily hit the tree pole a hundred steps away.

At this time, Xu Chu pulled the reins, and after the war horse stopped, he was stunned.

He knew very well his strength, this speed of the charging state, in the past, he would never be able to hit a target a hundred steps away, just now when he rode and shot, he was very easy to free his hands, there was no need to clamp the horse's belly at all, and there was no need to worry about falling off the horse.

Thinking of this, Xu Chu glanced down at the stirrup, and continued to charge and shoot, shooting three arrows in a row, all of which hit the target.

"Good! Ha ha...... That's great! ”

Xu Chu rode back and said excitedly: "With this thing, it is really not difficult to ride a horse. ”

Dian Wei also knew Xu Chu's strength, and when he saw this scene, he hurriedly said: "Old Xu, is it really that good?" No, I'm going to give it a try. ”

After that, he jumped directly onto the horse, and just like Xu Chu just now, he rode and shot 100 shots.

Cao Cao was also born in the army, and at this time, he was stunned for a while when he saw that the equestrian skills of the two generals around him were more powerful than before, and then he was ecstatic.

"Immediately order to go down and build this kind of hooves and stirrups in large quantities, and all cavalry must be equipped with this kind of thing before conquering Yuan Shu." Cao Cao shouted excitedly.

With this kind of thing, even ordinary infantrymen, as long as they know a little about horsemanship, can become cavalry.

Originally, Cao Cao didn't have much confidence in the cavalry that fought against Yuan Shu, and at this moment he was already thinking that after fighting Yuan Shu, he could even go directly to fight Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao said again: "The stirrup can really improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, more than ten times, this time the shopkeeper Chen has made a great contribution again!" ”

Chen Yang said modestly: "It's enough to satisfy the prime minister, besides, isn't my credit to Lao Cao?" As long as you remember to give me the reward. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "This reward must be given, or you will come directly to my army, right?" ”

Chen Yang hurriedly waved his hand: "I'll forget it, marching and fighting is not suitable for me." ”

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ning, and said, "Since you don't want to fight, then Ning'er ...... Can you think again? ”

At this moment, Cao Ning finally realized how powerful Chen Yang was, but after listening to his father's words, he pretended to raise his head proudly, and didn't want to look at Chen Yang again.

Chen Yang said helplessly: "Lao Cao, this is really not good, with our relationship, you don't need to use this means to tie me and you together, do you?" ”

Cao Cao was shocked in his heart, it turned out that his little idea had been seen through by Shopkeeper Chen, and he quickly smiled awkwardly, no longer entangled in this problem.

"However, Lao Cao, I still have something I want to discuss with you, why don't you let Lao Dian fight with my men, how about it?"

Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "Wang Yue, you come up!" ”

Then, he looked at Wang Yue and Dian Wei with burning eyes, and wondered which of them was more powerful.

What is the strength of Lao Dian, Chen Yang has seen it.

Wang Yue's swordsmanship, Chen Yang has also seen it.

One is a big swordsman, and the other is a fierce general in the army, it should be shocking to fight, right?