Liu Min thought of Wu Zetian in his heart, so he rode on the back of the lion's horse; The horse was well-behaved and did not make a move to resist.

Liu Min saw that the lion was obedient, but he had another thought; With a whip of the whip, the lion scurried wildly, and the wind rushed like an arrow across the Cornell prairie; That look was about to throw Liu Min down.

But Liu Min has the arm strength of Nuwa's internal strength, and he holds the reins of the horse tightly and does not let go; With his legs firmly embedded in the horse's belly, the lion's conspiracy did not succeed.

The lion skull "croaked" and ran for a long time, and the neighing sound was like thunder in the air; Liu Min was shocked.

Liu Min finally grabbed the lion and returned to Liang Ding's side; Liang Ding raised his voice and laughed: "Minzi didn't expect this to be the revenge of the lion!" ”

Liu Min jumped down from the back of the lion's skull, grabbed the horse's bridle with one hand, and asked Liang Ding: "Grandpa Liang, you said that the lion skull took revenge on Minzi!" ”

"yes!" Liang Ding said bluntly: "The horse has spirituality, and Minzi whips it without retaliation!" ”

Liu Min was dumbfounded, glanced at Liang Ding and said, "Grandpa Liang, what you said seems to be reasonable, but how can it be good if you don't whip it like a cow!" ”

Liang Ding sneered and said: "The lion is a good man with a high level of understanding, and it reacts to every action of the master; If two armies fight against each other, you whip it, it will run fast with you, and on the steppe, you whip it, and it will protest so strongly! ”

Liu Min laughed and said: "It turns out that Ma has such a high level of understanding, and if he wants to uncover the rules, he will fight back unceremoniously!" ”

"That's right!" Liang Ding led his black horse and said to Liu Min as he walked: "This lion skull is the prefect's BMW, Minzi must treat it well!" ”

Liang Ding paused for all his thoughts as he spoke: "The lion is carrying Minzi on the grassland, and the speed is the right way, and if you whip it, it will naturally rebound strongly!"

Liu Min laughed loudly and said, "Grandpa Liang, horses have a revenge mentality like people, this guy is jealous of the little woman's whip to make such abnormal movements; But it's okay, Xiao Ke took the opportunity to experience it! ”

Liu Min said and fixed his mind: "The lion wants to throw Xiao Ke down, but Xiao Ke attaches himself to the horse and hugs its neck tightly; Its kind of wild energy is worn away little by little! ”

Waving his arm, he said, "Grandpa Liang, this is also called taming!" The lion skull tries to give Toshiko a horse, but Toshiko doesn't pee and it reverses her tricky temper; Horses are all tamed like this! ”

Liang Ding sneered: "Minzi, you are a strong word!" You have to remember, though; Riding a horse must be clear about the two concepts of horse walking and horse running, and horse racing is used unless it is used in an emergency; Normally, it's a horse, just now we were walking and you broke the rules! ”

"Horses!" Liu Min looked at Liang Ding unreasonably, and the second monk was puzzled: "Aren't running horses and walking horses the same thing?" ”

"Of course it's not the same thing!" Liang Ding laughed and said: "It seems that you are proficient in art, formations, and military books, and you are almost an all-round girl; But little is known about the horses on the prairie! ”

Liang Ding said solemnly: "The horse is the second life of the shepherd, and it is also the herdsman's boat, chariot and boat, and the herdsman loves his horse like his eyes; The one who herds the horses and keeps them is the shepherd! There is no emergency, just walk the horse without running the horse, and the horse is also used to this law; Now there is no emergency, you hit the horse and gallop, the horse will naturally make abnormal movements! ”

Liu Min stared at Liang Ding with wide eyes and listened to him talk about the procedure of walking the horse.

Liang Ding cheered up his spirit and said: "The horse walking on the grassland means that the horse's left front hoof and left hind hoof are raised at the same time and step forward at the same time; And at the same time drop the hoof! ”

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he continued: "When the left hoof moves, the right front hoof and the right hind hoof should also move alternately, this is the walking horse!" ”

He smiled and said, "The speed of the horse is fast and the horse walks steadily, and the horse does not have to exert effort; Running a horse is different, the horse's strength is exhausted after a run; Some horses die at a gallop! ”

Liang Ding frowned as he spoke, and said thoughtfully: "Xue Rengui, the prince of Pingyang County in the Tang Dynasty, pacified the cavalry of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to track the Turks, and a soldier was equipped with 5 horses to run long distances; If it's one, the horse will be exhausted from a long journey! ”

Liu Min realized, stopped and said to Liang Ding: "As soon as Grandpa Liang said this, Min Zimao suddenly opened!" ”

Yang Yang said solemnly: "Before that, Minzi was completely half a bottle of vinegar!" always thought that horseback riding was a simple and easy task, and Grandpa Liang talked a lot about horseback riding; Toshiko knows that there are really a lot of famous halls in horseback riding! ”

took a step forward, bowed and said, "Grandpa Liang, you still tell Minzi the basic knowledge of what is a horse and what is a horse race!" ”

Liang Ding stroked his sparse beard and smiled: "Of course, I have to tell Minzi about it!" ”

After a pause, he cheered up and said: "In fact, it is the herdsmen on the grassland who really know how to walk the horses, and they get along with the horses day and night; Seeing the growth of horses bit by bit, the old man also learned this knowledge from the herdsmen! ”

Liang Ding said as he stepped on the horse's back, and clamped the black horse's belly between his legs; The black steed took a steady step forward.

Liang Ding raised his arm to Liu Min and said, "Minzi, you better get on the horse!" Let's talk as we go! ”

The black horse and the lion skulled drove side by side, moving forward steadily, and Liang Ding said solemnly: "Walking horses are roughly divided into five categories: the first type is self-sufficiency!" ”

"Leave it to fancy?" Liu Min asked in surprise: "How to call yourself to leave!" ”

"Walking on their own is innate, and the footwork is natural and simple!" Liang Ding said energetically: "As soon as the pony lands, it can stand up and walk, which is natural, and the characteristics of the walking footprints of self-generated walking are - the left hind hoof is behind the right hind hoof print. ”

Liu Min let out an "oh" and seemed to understand; In my heart, I said: All species have innate potential, for example, chickens can be eaten with their beaks as soon as they come out of their shells; It is natural for a foal to walk naturally after birth, and only humans are born to be carefully raised; Otherwise, it is normal for people to live to be seventy or eighty years old, and mules and horses are twenty or thirty years old, which is a long life!

Liang Ding stretched his neck and cleared his throat and continued: "The second type is ordinary hoof walking—this is on the basis of self-generated walking, with a little spur or tightening the reins; It accelerates and presents a kind of walking horse with a better way of walking, and its traveling footprints are characterized by: the left hind hoof print and the right hind hoof print form a pair of hoof prints on a horizontal horizontal line! ”

After a pause, the voice was loud: "The third type is to discipline the hoof walking - the training of the hoof walking is completely different from the above two kinds of horses, it is carefully trained by a special horse trainer or rider; The trained horses have high hooves and big strides; The speed of travel is much faster than the previous two types of horses! ”

Liu Min lowered his head and pondered: Isn't the training that Grandpa Liang talked about walking on hooves the same set of actions that horse trainers did in equestrian performances in later generations?

The price of a horse participating in equestrianism can reach up to 2 million yuan, and 2 million yuan can support a rural population of 100 families of three for a year.

Horses have become scarcer and less common in later generations, and it is only natural that they should be valued; But in the Qingshichuan River during the Song Dynasty, people still loved horses; Liu Min was excited.

Liu Min traveled to the Song Dynasty and will be the famous Empress Dowager of Zhang Xianming Su in the future; If you want to do something big, you must learn to ride a horse; Grandpa Liang's talk about walking on the grassland is just like her.

Liu Min pondered for a while, then looked up at Liang Ding a few times; Seeing him talk endlessly, there was a burst of muttering in his heart: no wonder the Song Dynasty, which was highly developed economically and culturally, was repeatedly defeated by the horse teams of the surrounding grassland peoples; The reason for this is that the horse army in the Song Dynasty declined, not to mention the lack of discipline; The steppe peoples grew up almost on horseback, and they trained and enlightened their horses from an early age; The strength of the rush on the battlefield is immeasurable.

If Liang Ding, these herdsmen who are proficient in horse skills, are hundreds or thousands, then they will give the Great Song Dynasty a considerable number of war horses.

Liu Min thought about Liang Ding, and remembered the history textbooks he saw in later generations; The Jingsai Army of the Northern Song Dynasty recorded above.

The Jingsai Army was an extremely powerful cavalry unit that had defeated the elite cavalry units of the Liao Army in the battle against the Khitan.

The Song Dynasty lacked horses and was unable to form a large-scale cavalry corps; Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, won 40,000 horses in the Northern Expedition and personally supervised the construction of the strongest cavalry unit in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty---- Jingsai Army.

The Jingsai army is full of 3,000 people, one person and 5 horses, and the knights are all from Yizhou, Saibei; It can open a hard bow of 200 catties, and it is abnormal.

The horses were all good horses, from the sergeant to the war horse, all wearing heavy armor; Except for bows and arrows, all weapons are equipped with hook company spears.

Although this cavalry was small in number, it was undefeated in all previous battles against the Khitan; Repeatedly defeated the strongest ace army of the Liao State, the Lin Army.

In the famous Battle of the Tang River, the cavalry of the Jingsai Army, as the vanguard of the Song Army, fought bravely, first attacking the enemy and breaking the Liao formation.

The Liao army was defeated, and the Song army pursued to Cao He, beheaded 5,000 and captured 10,000 horses.

The good news was sent to Kaifeng, the ministers celebrated each other, and Song Taizong issued an edict to praise the generals and give rich rewards.

Liu Min thought about the once glorious Jingsai Army of the Song Army, and couldn't help but feel ready to move: Qingshichuan is a good place to raise horses for thousands of miles, if the Great Song Dynasty can use it as a base for cultivating good horses; So why should the surrounding Yidi and vassal states not be destroyed......