"In the past, people walked barefoot, and when they knew it hurt, they made shoes and put on them to protect their feet."

Wang Xiao stretched out his hand and knocked on the horseshoe, "But why can't anyone think of putting shoes on the horse." ”

Meng Tian smiled bitterly: "It is estimated that there was no suitable thing before." If you don't mention the cloth, it won't be long before it will be scrapped. Copper is too soft and can be easily damaged by long-term running. Perhaps only this sturdy iron is the most suitable. ”

Wang Xiao scratched his forehead, feeling a little embarrassed.

I wanted to rely on knowledge to crush and pretend to be X, but he really didn't expect these details.

"It's a good thing, a good thing."

Meng Tian was very excited, and patted Wang Xiao's shoulder hard, "With this horseshoe, you don't have to worry about the horse's hooves cracking in the future." You must know that more than 30% of the horses that cannot be used every year are due to cracked hooves. ”

Wang Xiao then explained, "It can also improve the staying power of horses, which is the staying power of running." and the ability to pass through harsh terrain. ”

The prairie is not all grass. Rocks, mudflats, deserts, bushes, and so on.

Moreover, in the future, the Qin army will also go westward, and when they reach the Western Regions, they will even cross the Green Mountains, and the terrain will definitely be a torture.

"Okay." Meng Tian, who was excited, nodded again and again, "What did you just say about the three artifacts, what other good things?" ”

Wang Xiao reached for the package.

Meng Tian looked at the package in a daze, as if he was in some immortal artifact.

What Wang Xiao took out was a cushion that was upturned back and forth and recessed in the middle, "This is the Takahashi saddle." ”

At this time, the Great Qin cavalry used a saddle, which was simply a mat.

It is a padded saddle sewn from leather with padding inside. This thing is relatively flat and is fastened to the horse's back with a belly strap.

Horses have a high backbone, which makes them feel more difficult to ride. There will be pain in an important area, and of course the horse will feel uncomfortable.

Then there is instability, which will lead to left and right swings.

The saddle used today can relieve the discomfort to a certain extent, but it cannot solve the problem of instability.

The Takahashi saddle can effectively fix the body, thus solving the problem of unstable shaking.

Meng Tian couldn't wait to take off the saddle sheath of his beloved horse and directly installed the Takahashi saddle.

Turning over on the horse again, I felt it myself while swaying left and right while trotting on the horse.

He even had his servants hand him iron swords and crossbows, experimenting with what it was like to use weapons.

"Great." Riding the horse over, Meng Tian turned over and dismounted, "Riding on horseback, there is no feeling that it may fall down at any time in the past." This stuff is good. ”

The horseshoe is just a few pieces of iron, and the Takahashi saddle is nothing more than leather with supports.

These things have no technology to speak of, but they are like piercing window paper to see the sun, which no one could have thought of before.

Meng Tian's eyes were fixed on the package, and he couldn't wait to see what the third cavalry artifact was.

In his opinion, the Great Qin cavalry, with the high bridge saddle and the horseshoe, was enough to sweep the opponent. I really can't think of anything else that can be compared to these two, and even put it at the end.

The things Wang Xiao took out were a pair, which were still made of iron. It looks even more rudimentary than the previous horseshoe.

Meng Tian was puzzled, not understanding what these two things looked the same thing were.

Wang Xiao didn't waste his saliva, walked directly to Meng Tian's mount, and installed the things by himself.

After the installation, there was no need for Wang Xiao to explain, and Meng Tian, who had been experienced in battle formations for a long time, understood that this thing could help get started.

"Only that simple?"

Wang Xiao smiled and stretched out his hand, "Go up and try it." ”

The last cavalry artifact is, of course, the stirrup.

Of course, this thing can't be as simple as getting off the horse in the face. Its greatest effect is that it can free your hands.

The main thing is to support the rider's feet while riding, so as to maximize the advantages of riding a horse and at the same time effectively protect the safety of the rider.

Before stirrups, cavalry needed to be carefully selected and have strong equestrian skills.

Because when riding a war horse to fight, you need to firmly control the war horse to prevent it from falling.

And with stirrups, it can make the war horse easier to control, make people and horses one, and free the hands of people riding on horses.

The cavalry can ride and shoot on a galloping horse, or swing sharply from side to side on horseback to complete the military action of slashing left and right.

The stirrup also lowered the selection criteria for cavalry, removing obstacles for large-scale violent cavalry.

This gap is equivalent to a qualitative leap.

Meng Tian rode a horse and galloped, and Wang Xiao took a Changge from the weapon rack and threw it over.

Meng Tian, who caught Changge, danced left and right and played very skillfully.

Wang Xiao then threw a strong bow and quiver over.

Meng Tian shot arrows one after another on horseback, hitting seven out of ten arrows, showing a high level of skill and tactics.

Meng Tian, who had returned from riding his horse, turned over and dismounted, and the first thing he did was to gather the craftsmen and servants.

"From now on, you are all drafted into the army. After entering the barracks, the news of these three artifacts must not be allowed to be leaked. Violators will be killed! ”

As a commander of the army, Meng Tian was very clear about the role of these three artifacts.

Once the technology spreads to the grasslands, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

The herders of the steppe have lived on horseback since childhood, and once they have received these technological improvements. Hundreds of thousands of cavalry came and went, and it would be terrible.

"The necessary precautions should be taken, but not so stressful."

Wang Xiao put forward his opinion: "Even if the grassland tribes get the technology, they don't have iron." ”

There is not even much wood in the grasslands, let alone iron ore mining.

Or rather, they didn't light up the smelted tech tree at all.

Later, the strength of the Xiongnu was entirely due to the fact that they picked up the Yangluo of Great Qin.

After the ancestral dragon hung up, Great Qin was in chaos. The Great Wall Army was constantly sent south to deal with the rebels, and finally even all of them were dispatched to fight Xiang Yu in Julu.

As a result, they went and never came back.

Then the Huns crossed the river and occupied the loop, easily obtaining the remnants of the Great Qin and various craftsmen left in the local area. Of course, there are also a large number of workshops, including a blacksmith's shop.

The Xiongnu were able to rise in large part because they received the legacy of Great Qin.

As for now, whether it is Donghu or Yueshi, they only have a small amount of iron tools seized and smuggled. If you want to popularize the three artifacts of cavalry on a large scale, it's far from it.

"Brother, you have to remember." Meng Tian looked at Wang Xiao with a serious expression, "Don't underestimate your opponent at any time." Even if they're just a bunch of weak rabbits. ”

"Understood. Rabbits can also bite when they are in a hurry. ”

Although he is also a famous general who has commanded the army for many years, Wang Xiao still did not hesitate to express his gratitude in the face of Meng Tian's advice and advice.

This is a good old man who loves his younger brother.

The strength of Great Qin does not lie in its strong national strength, but the real strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty.

The Great Qin where the ancestral dragon is alive lies in its execution.

With Zu Long's order, the workshops presided over by the Mo family began to produce the three cavalry artifacts on a large scale.

At the same time, a large number of soldiers were selected and drawn for cavalry training.

It is to raise horses for the Zhou family surnamed Ji, and Daqin, who also occupies the Hetao generation, is not short of horses.

And with the help of a three-piece set, the speed of training cavalry was also greatly accelerated.

At least there's no need to pick and choose the elite who can control the horse with their legs. With stirrups and Takahashi saddles, the training time of ordinary soldiers converted to cavalry was greatly saved.

The entire Daqin was like a sophisticated machine, running at high speed.

Countless convoys were like long dragons, sending all kinds of supplies to the far north through the Qin Straight Road.

With the arrival of the season of autumn and horse fat, Meng Tian obtained the tiger talisman from the ancestral dragon and set off for the far north to prepare for the challenge.

This time, Wang Xiao was also asked to follow his peers. He has no military merits yet, and he fought as Meng Tian's own soldier.

Before leaving, Wang Xiao needs to appease his confidants.

In these years, the war was not finished after a few rounds of fire, and the dispatch of troops was basically calculated on a year-by-year basis.

Others are okay to say, only Lu Su is in some trouble.

Because Wang Xiao promised her to take her back to Pei County to get married.

"I don't care about that." Lu Su hugged Wang Xiao from behind and pressed heavily on his back, "As long as I can be with you." ”

Today, Lu Pheasant took the initiative to back down and left all the time to his sister.

Wang Xiao turned around and hugged the rabbit, "When I come back, even if I don't go to Peixian, I have to do the ceremony." ”

Lu Su looked at him with a blushing face, and his eyes seemed to melt ice.

Subconsciously nieced the rabbit eyes, Wang Xiao felt the need to do broadcast gymnastics again.

"I'm going to teach you now, the seventh set of radio gymnastics."

After more than a year of full construction, Dragon City has transformed from a previous adobe enclosure into a large city.

The adobe and masonry walls were five or six meters high, and the garrison and inhabitants numbered tens of thousands.

Due to the lack of supplies, most of the materials for the construction of the city were transported from the south.

If it weren't for the use of a large number of prisoners of war, the construction of this city in such a short period of time would inevitably cost a large number of people.

It's still called Dragon City.

Originally, Zulong wanted to change it to God of War City, but he was worried that it would attract unnecessary peeping, so he simply used the name mentioned by Wang Xiao before.

By the time Wang Xiao came with the army, it had turned into a huge military camp.

Almost all of the mobile forces of the Great Wall Legion were concentrated here.

A large number of soldiers, horses and supplies, plus those caravans that were moving when they heard the news. The whole Dragon City seems to be full of people, and it is very lively.

Meng Tian, who had finished the military discussion, approached Wang Xiao and asked him what he thought of the battle.

"In the face of Donghu and Yue's attack, you must preemptively defeat one side. Fighting on two fronts has always been a taboo for soldiers. ”

Wang Xiao thought of the Hans during the two wars, shook his head, and gave his opinion: "Concentrate your forces first and defeat one side." ”

Meng Tian nodded in satisfaction, "Good." ”