Chu Tianxiu didn't take out the stirrups before, because he had too many concerns.

Of course, now the Great Chu Dynasty and the Xiongnu are about to have a life-and-death decisive battle to completely resolve the grievances of the past hundred years.

It is also the large-scale supply of 300,000 cavalry troops on the border of Great Chu, equipped with 300,000 pairs of stirrups. Then, let them put on steel armor and upgrade to heavy armor.

Even if the Xiongnu learned stirrups immediately, they would not have had time to build four or five hundred thousand stirrups for a while.

And heavy industrial products such as steel armor have extremely high technical content, not to mention. The Huns couldn't even refine iron tools, and they were mainly leather armor.

After they spent a lot of time building stirrups.

It is estimated that this war against the Xiongnu in the north has long ended.

As for later.

In a hundred years, stirrups will appear sooner or later, sooner or later they will be learned by nomads, and it will not be of much use for him to hide them.

Moreover, after the large-scale epidemic of steel and gunpowder in the Great Chu Dynasty, the nomads will slowly withdraw from the stage of history and will no longer be able to make waves.

If everything goes well in the Great Revolution of Iron and Steel Production in Danyang City, two hundred years later, I am afraid that it will be the era of ironclad warships and the rampant ocean.

Stirrups or something, not worth mentioning. The cavalry withdrew from history, and there was nothing to do with the Wuhu, Jin, and Liao countries.

...

To fight the Huns, it must be based on gunpowder light cavalry.

Otherwise, the two legs were broken, and they could not catch up with the Hun light cavalry.

Of course, infantry tank units are also useful.

The march of the chariot was slightly slower, but it could transport grain and grass, pull small steel cannons, cannonballs, knives, guns, equipment and gunpowder.

Even, loading the chariot with guns can also be used as a temporary defensive position to block the onslaught of the Hun light cavalry.

Coupled with the steel armor heavy cavalry, even the war horses are covered with steel armor, which can break through all the obstructions of the light cavalry.

Chu Tianxiu was ready to bring 20,000 gunpowder gun light cavalry, 20,000 infantry chariots, and 10,000 steel armored heavy cavalry, these three troops, to the north to conquer the Xiongnu.

In this way, the scale of the 50,000-strong army is not large, and the supply of grain and grass does not need too much, so it will basically not bring too much burden to the finances and national strength of Dachu.

...

The 1,000 cadets of the Military Academy soon formed a "team".

They were classmates and knew each other well.

Who has the ability, who can be the leader, who has a temper and personality, everyone knows that there is no run-in period.

Those who are mighty are naturally elected as the leaders and leaders of each team.

On the school ground, they were divided into "Hun Light Cavalry" and "Great Chu Three Armies" and simulated military exercises with each other.

Attack and defend each other!

It's quite decent.

Only fifty elite soldiers each need to be given to them, and they can quickly and directly upgrade to an army of 50,000 soldiers and horses.

"Good!"

"According to the current team structure, you will become acting generals, acting captains, and acting captains. After making meritorious achievements on the battlefield, he turned positive and was rewarded by the imperial court. ”

"Now for the tri-service review!"

After watching a military exercise, Chu Tianxiu was quite satisfied with their performance, and on the campus field, he inspected the 1,000 students.

To review the three armies, of course, it is necessary to ride horses.

Chu Tianxiu, the "hussar general", still can't ride a horse.

When he fought with the army of Wu Wang Xiang Bi before, he rode with Zu'er, and Zu'er drove the war horse. Holding Zu'er's waist, for fear of falling.

King Wu's cavalry was only 20,000 and very weak, mainly infantry.

He, a general, doesn't go into battle to fight, so he doesn't have to worry too much about this.

In this northern expedition, he was going to the grassland to fight the Huns, the grasslands were incomparably vast, and the Huns were all hundreds of thousands of light cavalry, of course, he could not learn to ride horses.

Not to mention going into battle, at least hurry, to ride a horse and run faster. The two rode together, and of course none of them rode fast alone.

Zu'er took a docile stallion, handed the reins to Chu Tianxiu, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you haven't learned horsemanship yet, be careful on the horse!" ”

This stallion, almost two meters tall, is very muscular and powerful.

Chu Tianxiu took the reins and wanted to climb on the horse's back.

But I was embarrassed to find that the horse's back was extremely smooth, and I always slid down when I jumped up, and I couldn't jump on the horse's back.

The stallion did not come with stirrups.

Without a year or two of hard work in equestrianism, it is impossible to ride a horse and fight. If you want to be proficient in riding, you need more than three years of hard work.

If you don't know how to equestrian, it's not too easy to even get on a horse.

On the field of the military academy, many students saw that Chu Tianxiu was quite embarrassed, and they couldn't hold back, and they burst into laughter.

The new general star of the Great Chu generation, the world-famous hussar general, actually can't ride a horse, this joke is estimated to be enough for them to laugh for a whole year.

"Zu'er, go get my gear out and change this horse!"

Chu Tianxiu was quite annoyed.

Zu'er stuck out his tongue, and immediately ran to the carriage next to him, took out a set of gorgeous saddles, stirrups, and "blind" armor of a hundred tempered war horses, and put them on the stallion.

Chu Tianxiu picked the stirrup with one foot, and wanted to exert himself... However, he was wearing a pair of steel armor that weighed dozens of pounds, which was quite heavy.

Seeing this, Zu'er hurriedly supported it.

Chu Tianxiu finally borrowed his strength and jumped on the back of this war horse.

"Drive~!"

Chu Tianxiu took the reins and let the horse move forward slowly.

He held a "heavy" Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, majestic and majestic, and walked in front of the teachers of the Military Academy and the phalanx of 1,000 students, inspecting the three armies.

He's not good at horsemanship.

But the equipment is too good, this is the upgrade of light cavalry to steel cavalry, shotgun for cannon, a large level upgrade.

This majesty alone is not comparable to that of light cavalry.

The eyes of all the teachers and students widened.

These teachers, who have fought all their lives on the battlefield and practiced equestrianism for many years, have never seen anyone wearing heavy armor on a horse - because they can't sit steadily, they are easy to fall off.

But the two feet of the little dusk marquis were supported by stirrups and sat very steadily.

it!

What else can you do?

It's a simple way to put a foot on the horse and help fix it.

Why didn't they think of it!?

"Good stuff!"

"Immediately equip all the horses with such a stepping thing! It's much safer to ride on horseback like this! ”

"It's... Riding a horse, can you still ride like this? ”

"War horses can actually wear heavy armor and be wrapped all over their bodies! Isn't the defense greatly increased, and not afraid of arrows? ”

"Uncle!"

"Master Hou!"

"General!"

"Is there any such armor?"

The eyes of the thousands of students were red with envy.

Those children of the Li family, who were close to Chu Tianxiu, rushed up directly in a swarm, and they couldn't stop touching the stirrups and steel vests of this leather war horse, which was unbelievable.

"Don't rush! Heavy steel cavalry, each of them can have a set of stirrup vests, as well as battle armor! ”

Chu Tianxiu laughed.