When Long Yu heard this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, that Qi tribe could have a thousand such soldiers, which had already made him break out in a cold sweat, and the person in front of him actually said that this was not the strongest.

"Neither the spearmen nor the archers are the strongest, so can it be said that there are a large number of chariots in unison?"

Long Yu hurriedly asked.

Shuo Xiang shook his head and said, "It's not a chariot, it's a cavalry!" ”

"Cavalry? What a cavalry! ”

Long Yu asked.

"Does the monarch know why the army of the Queen of the Summer was defeated?"

Shuo Xiang didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

Long Yu thought for a while and said, "Is it because of this cavalry?" ”

Shuo Xiang smiled bitterly: "The monarch guessed well, that day the Xia Hou clan had a chariot, but in front of the cavalry, there was no trace of fighting back, and in the face of those foot soldiers, the cavalry's cavalry was even more terrifying, under several impacts, the Xia Hou army rushed into chaos, at this time the army of Daqi came to cover up, and Xia Hou surrendered without a fight, becoming a prisoner of Daqi." ”

"There are still such powerful troops in this world, how can this be good, I can't imagine that the Qi tribe is so strong, is it really going to destroy the Xia Hou?"

Long Yu said worriedly.

Seeing this, Shuo Xiang saw that the time was ripe, so he said: "The monarch doesn't need to worry, the cavalry can be trained." ”

Hearing this, Long Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stroked his palm and laughed: "Wonderful! I forgot that the warrior of Shuoxiang is a member of the Naqi tribe, can the warrior be serious? ”

Shuo Xiang clenched his fists and beat his chest and said: "Shuo Xiang is absolutely right. ”

Long Yu was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Okay, if our clan can have such a strong army, it will definitely be able to be with Zhu Xia for a long time, and the Shuoxiang warriors will not be thousands of miles away to defect to our clan, and I will not treat you badly.

You are in peace with our clan, and our clan is responsible for all expenses, and after I send someone to report to the clan, I will definitely grant you a noble status.

”

Shuo Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed to him: "Shuo Xiang thank you for the grace of the monarch to take him in!" ”

At the same time, Xia Qi, who was far away in the west, finally formed the first cavalry unit after months of exploration.

It's just that although Xia Qi's cavalry made a saddle, this saddle is indeed missing the most critical thing, that is, the horse pedal.

Although there is no technical content in horseshoe, just such an idea has stumped human beings for thousands of years.

The craftsmen of Zhuxia were able to study the saddle according to the description, which is enough to show that there was no shortage of intelligent people in this era.

The appearance of the saddle allowed Xia Qi to see the powerful mobility of the cavalry.

Although the bows and arrows of the Xia Dynasty army were not suitable for mounted archery, this was not the point, the bows and arrows were not suitable for mounted archery, so it was necessary to improve them.

Looking at the cavalry whistling by, Xia Qi finally understood why that slave tribe would defeat his own army.

In the face of such a class, the role of the chariot is indeed minimized.

For the autumn crusade, Xia Qi accelerated the formation of cavalry troops.

In this era, the Central Plains did not have a complete agricultural civilization like later generations.

Although thousands of people settled in the nomadic life of living in pursuit of water and grass, the civilization was mainly half-farming and half-pastoral.

The number of excellent war horses in the hands of the major clans of Zhuxia is not a lot, and it can even be said that the number is huge.

Xia Qi's efficiency in forming cavalry far exceeded that of Yang Hao.

After seeing the power of cavalry, Xia Qi only took less than half a month to mobilize more than 500 war horses from the horse farm and select the bravest soldiers in the army to become cavalry.

Looking at the majestic cavalry troops, Xia Qi's confidence swelled again.

I even have the idea of swallowing the world in my heart, and I want to calm down those who oppose me in one fell swoop, and without opponents, I can go around hunting with beauties leisurely.

As for Yang Hao's Great Qi tribe, they were once again regarded by Xia Qi as a trivial disease of ringworm and scabies, and when his army arrived, these clowns were like little insects in front of the wheels, and they could only be crushed into scum.

At a time when all forces are actively responding to the changes brought about by the Great Qi, Yang Hao in Chang'an City is doing a big thing, he wants to design and make armor for the army.

In Yang Hao's heart, the best material for making armor is not bronze, but leather armor.

Before seeing the armor army of the Xia Dynasty, Yang Hao had always thought that leather armor was cut from a piece of skin, and subconsciously thought that this kind of armor had no protective ability.

But the armor of the Xia Dynasty taught him a lesson, and the leather armor was not as simple as he thought.

Yang Hao used his sword to cut through the leather armor and checked, these armors were pressed and stitched with three layers of leather, which had strong protective ability.

The leather used to make leather armor is not the fur of ordinary beasts, but is made of bison leather or rhinoceros leather, and the production process is also very abnormal.

When Yang Hao heard about the creature rhinoceros from Jiang Wuhai, he was extremely surprised in his heart.

In his impression, the rhinoceros only exists in the African savannah, and he never thought that there would be such a thing in China. After asking in detail, I learned that rhinoceros was not common in the Central Plains and Dongyi during this period, and a large number of rhinoceros could only be seen in the southern tribes.

This alone put an end to Yang Hao's idea of wanting to prevent it, it was impossible for him to cross the blockade of the Zhuxia tribe and run to the south under unknown circumstances to find some rhinos, and there were no rhinoceros to replace them with cowhides? How could Yang Hao be willing to kill those ploughing cattle.

In desperation, Yang Hao had no choice but to find another way to improve on the basis of these hundreds of leather armor.

The leather armor of the Xia Dynasty is difficult for a bone or stone arrow to break through its defenses, and even the bronze Ge, which is not sharp in the Xia Dynasty, requires a lot of strength to cut through.

It can be seen that this kind of armor is absolutely top-notch in this era, if it weren't for the weapons of Daqi that exceeded this era, the last war, even with cavalry, would be difficult to end so easily.

Although these leather armors are not bad, it is difficult to meet Yang Hao's needs, if it is armor sewn with more layers of leather, he will definitely directly install it in the Great Qi army.

The population of Daqi was not advantageous in the first place, and the soldiers who had been trained so hard would have one less if they died.

He could only find a way to increase their survival rate as much as possible.

Yang Hao's idea is to combine armor with bronze, bronze is heavy and not suitable for making full-body armor like iron armor, and can only be used in line with the principle of good steel on the blade to defend the most vulnerable parts of the body.

The new armor designed by Yang Hao is to add bronze cuirass and shoulder armor on the basis of leather armor, compared with this era, Yang Hao once again led the trend of the times, while equipping metal armor, he was ready to equip the Daqi army with standard helmets.

Metals are expensive and difficult to smelt, and such a large-scale equipment upgrade is a great challenge to Daqi's metal smelting and mining capacity.