Verse 124: Stirrups
Guan Yan felt incredulous, the stirrup didn't even know what it was?
Guan Yan looked at Ma Teng and said: "Shoucheng, you have lived in the northwest for a long time and have dealt with horses all year round, you should know what this stirrup is, right?" ”
"Uh~~~" Ma Teng was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "The last general doesn't know!" ”
"Ah~! You don't know? Guan Yan asked, "Then how can you sit on horseback in peacetime battles?" ”
Speaking of riding, the horse was energetic, patted his waist and crotch and said loudly: "One relies on this waist strength, the other relies on this leg strength, the waist and legs are one, and you can move freely on horseback!" ”
Guan Yan didn't seem to give up, lifted his right foot and kicked it a few times, looked at everyone and said, "Does anyone know about this 'stirrup'?" Maybe it's called differently, it's an iron ring on a horse with the soles of your feet on it. As he spoke, Guan Yan raised a few more feet in the air.
Looking at the confused eyes of everyone, this is strange! How is it that stirrups are such a common thing, why is no one aware of them? It can't be that this era hasn't appeared yet, has it?
As soon as he had this thought in his mind, Guan Yan's heart flashed with ecstasy.
Guan Yan turned over and jumped off the horse, and said loudly: "Shoucheng, Ling Ming, you come over first!" ”
Guan Yan, Pang De, Ma Teng, plus Xi Zhicai and Chen Deng, the five of them walked to a corner on the edge of the school field. Guan Yan said nervously: "I'm going to tell you about an invention, this is my painstaking work!" You have to spread the word! ”
Chen Deng smiled, Guan Yan went out with Cao Cao every day, when did he "work hard" and do something? But for this lord, Chen Deng felt that he couldn't look at it with a normal heart, since Guan Yan said that there was a "painstaking work", presumably Guan Yan had something new.
Thinking of this, Chen Deng hugged his fists and smiled: "Lord, please speak, I'll listen to you!" ”
Guan Yan didn't speak, just squatted down, found a dead branch, and began to draw on the sand.
Everyone looked at Guan Yan painting on the ground with puzzled heads, and no one could see what Guan Yan was drawing.
After a while, Guan Yan finished drawing, chuckled, and pointed to the simple picture on the ground with a branch and said, "This is the 'stirrup'!" ”
Looking at the strange circle, Pound spoke: "This is the 'stirrup'?" What is it for? ”
"Hey, hey!" Guan Yan smiled slyly: "This circle is a place to put your feet, and the rope that connects the two circles is placed on the back of a horse, and when the cavalry is on the horse, you can put a stirrup on one foot." As the saying goes: strength is born from the feet! With the help of this 'stirrup' on horseback, the cavalry's combat effectiveness can be slightly improved compared to now! ”
Although Guan Yan's drawings are simple, but several people around him are either experienced or extremely smart, Guan Yan said this simply, and the rest of the people also understood a rough idea.
Ma Teng slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "If this thing is really as the lord said, it can be used as a help for the cavalry, I am afraid that the combat power is more than a little, at least thirty percent of the effect!" ”
"So much?" At first, Guan Yan just thought that after having a borrowing point under his feet, the cavalry would inevitably be a little more stable when galloping and fighting, but he didn't expect to be able to improve so much!
Pang De on the side also spoke: "What General Ma said is not bad, at least thirty percent!" ”
Guan Yan nodded with satisfaction, and said to Chen Deng on the side: "Yuanlong, you will recruit some blacksmiths for me tomorrow, tell them this idea, and let them try to build it." ”
"Whoa!" Chen Deng said quietly: "Lord, this matter is easy, but this 'stirrup' must not be spread outside, and it may be of great use in the future!" If these blacksmiths are halfway......"
Referring to this, Guan Yan also had to be careful. Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, as a future visitor, Guan Yan knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and in less than three years, the troubled times would come!
During this time, it is necessary to be fully prepared to meet that troubled era, and this "stirrup" can be regarded as one of the preparations. If it is passed on by the blacksmith, wouldn't it be a bye-bye to someone else?
Thinking of this, Guan Yan said softly: "Yuanlong, when you recruit, hire him with a lot of money, and make it clear that you can't go elsewhere!" After he does something, he finds someone who wants to do something else, kill! ”
It has been two years since he came to this world, and Guan Yan's thoughts have imperceptibly moved closer to this era. Sometimes it's not ruthless, it's a last resort.
Even celebrities like Chen Deng and Xi Zhicai didn't feel that there was anything inappropriate about Guan Yan's approach, but in this way, they felt that Guan Yan did the right thing!
After arranging it, Guan Yan stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks and said: "Shou Cheng and Ling Ming, the two of you have their own strengths in training soldiers, and you still need to learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths to train elite soldiers!" ”
"The last general understands!"
Guan Yan turned around and walked towards the outside of the school grounds, saying as he walked: "You and the two continue to train, and I will let Zhou Cang come tomorrow!" This old Zhou is kept in the house every day, and if he continues like this, he will be slaughtered and sold at the end of the year! ”
"Hahaha~~" Chen Deng and Xi Zhicai smiled heartily and walked out of the school with Guan Yan.