According to archaeology, there was no stirrup in the Qin and Han dynasties, this can be seen in the unearthed terracotta warriors, the terracotta warriors and horses are complete, the saddle bridle and the reins are all there, but there is no stirrup, and from the cavalry is distributed on both sides of the foot soldiers, it can be seen that the cavalry is not the main force, so the historians judge that there is no stirrup in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the physical excavation of the stirrup has been in the Eastern Jin Dynasty after the Three Kingdoms, even the powerful Han Dynasty did not, But this brought about a huge controversy, if there were no stirrups, and the role of the stirrups was so huge, then how did those huge cavalry battles in the Qin and Han dynasties be carried out?

The first example, that is, the Battle of Pengcheng in the Battle of Chu and Han, Xiang Yu led 30,000 elite soldiers, most of whom were horse pawns (recorded in the historical records of Guan Ying Lie), killed Liu Bang's 560,000 army, killed more than 100,000, and more than 100,000 fell into Suishui and drowned, Liu Bang escaped and only a few hundred people remained, so after returning to Xingyang, he realized the horror of the horse pawn and began to form a large-scale horse army. You must know that if there is no stirrup, it is basically impossible to fight on a horse, the battlefield is complicated, the horse is running, the rider has to hold the horse's mane or even hold the horse's neck, how can he free his hands to fight, all rely on the strength of his legs to clamp the horse's belly, and then he can also dance the knife and get a gun, slash and slash, impact and even look back at the moon archery is a very thing.

In the second example, Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing led 100,000 cavalry deep into the hinterland of the Huns, fought for more than 2,000 miles, and broke 100,000 Huns.

Therefore, the large-scale formation of cavalry, at least the cavalry has completely possessed the power of surpassing the foot soldiers, in addition to the problem of mobility, it should also have a strong combat effectiveness in high-speed maneuvering.

Therefore, many people judge that either stirrups already existed in the Qin and Han dynasties, or stirrups were not as powerful as later legends, and they were not indispensable in cavalry warfare.

Of course, the old guest is biased towards the former, because the cavalry appeared at the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, and it has been very popular in the Zhou Dynasty, and the scale has been very large in the Qin and Han dynasties, and it has been able to carry out large-scale cavalry operations in the Han Dynasty, which shows that the cavalry has been able to make very complex offensive actions on horseback, and the Qin and Han dynasties have all kinds of horse harnesses, but there is no stirrup, which is somewhat unreasonable, the idea of hanging a rope on the horseback and making two rings to step on the foot is not difficult, the history of the Shang, Zhou and Han dynasties is nearly two thousand years, It was impossible for the ancients to solve this problem without a wise man, so the old guest thought that the Qin Dynasty should have had simple stirrups.

There is also a addition, the Three Kingdoms describe Zhao Zilong in Changban Slope in Cao Ying's seven in and seven out as if entering a no-man's land, it is difficult for the old guest to imagine the scene of Zhao Yun hanging his two legs and dancing a spear back and forth, that scene is too weird, although this is the plot, but there is no stirrup to stabilize the body, I am afraid that Zhao Yun has not been reversed and it is estimated that the eggs have already been broken...... Shattered......

Later archaeology only made this judgment from the terracotta figurines in a few tombs or unearthed cultural relics, and the burial goods are generally mainly gold and jade or ritual vessels, and horse harness should not be commonly used, so the age of the stirrup cannot be fully confirmed, and it can only be used as a reference for a sign of maturity.

Of course, the above is just the shallow understanding of the old customer, and if you don't agree, you will think that the old customer is talking nonsense, and you won't get pregnant if you talk nonsense anyway!