Anu was in charge of training the cavalry, and Guo Yang returned to the Bagan Divine Peak.

He summoned the old patriarch Gilda to the cave and studied the maps with him. If you want to say that the person who is most familiar with this grassland, old Jida is the best choice, he used to be the owner of this place, so he knows more secrets that others don't know.

Guo Yang focused on learning about the Ananda River valley and asked the old patriarch Jida to draw a map on dozens of sheepskins.

Old Jeddah's memory is admirable, and he has filled in many new markers on some of the original parchment rolls, including rivers, mountains, pastures, and even various animal and plant categories.

Guo Yang personally bound those maps into a book, and when he had nothing to do, he would sit there and look through them, ponder, and occasionally go out for a walk to see how the cavalry was trained.

Anu is a good commander, he fought with the Zhou army back then, and followed Guo Yang to the north and south over the years, experienced too many things, and dealt with many complicated situations.

In particular, this battle with the army of the farming tribe gave me a new understanding of war.

He repeatedly drilled the cavalry and made a series of fine-tuning according to different situations, so that it could not only give full play to the advantages of the steppe cavalry as fast as the wind, but also add some methods of charging into battle and facing the enemy head-on, and gradually make this army have both.

He and Ajiu Amu and other ten centurions further improved the weapon, and improved the bow and crossbow that was originally fixed on the chariot, and directly equipped it on horseback, although in terms of range and power, it was not as good as the strong crossbow equipped on those big ox carts, but it was convenient and fast, and it could catch the opponent off guard.

Seeing that the training of the cavalry team was getting better and better, Guo Yang was happy in his heart.

Finally has its own army, and, in his rough estimate, this is still an army that is definitely not weak.

For now, when he encounters the alliance of vassal states at the beginning, he is completely sure that a single surprise attack can kill at least a thousand enemies.

Of course, this kind of light cavalry still has a huge flaw, that is, when facing the chariots and formations of the farming tribes, it is a little thin and cannot compete with it.

……

One day, Guo Yang rode a black horse around the grassland, carrying a whip in his hand, casually whipping the grass that had just passed the horse's hooves.

Anu Ze rode his horse with an unconcealable excitement on his face.

"Young master, there's a way!" Far away, Anu shouted loudly.

"What's the solution?" Guo Yang was slightly stunned.

Anu restrained the war horse three zhang away, rolled off the horse, and arrived in front of Guo Yang in three or two steps.

"Young Master, I have thought of a way to break through those formations in one fell swoop!" Anu laughed.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Guo Yang was overjoyed when he heard this, this problem had actually bothered him for many days, and he was still thinking about it just now.

"Young Master, look." Anu took out a stick and handed it to Guo Yang.

The stick was of ordinary material, with a ball of wool tied to its end, and it looked like a soft fist.

Guo Yang thought about it with a stick, his eyes slowly lit up, and he suddenly smiled.

"Hey, you guy, you've figured it out!" Guo Yang said with a smile.

"It was a chance, Ah Jiu that guy stole my wine to drink, I found a stick to discount his dog leg, as a result, that kid is good at kung fu, and I discounted my stick, but I still can't hurt him. I asked him to find a stick that would hurt him, and the kid got one to fool me. ”

Anukhaha laughed and said, looking in a good mood.

"Wine, that kid...... Hehe, your jar of wine can only be drunk for nothing. Guo Yang said with a smile.

"It's three altars, but even if it's three hundred altars, I'm willing to let him drink it, haha, it's just a mistake." Anuha laughed.

"Let's go, let's drink!" Guo Yang patted the horse and left.

"Okay, three jars of wine, buckle it from your wine." Anu laughed.

"Okay, three altars are too few, ten altars!" Guo Yang shouted loudly and left.

……

After a day and a night of tossing, Guo Yang and Anu finally freed up a new weapon.

A five- or six-foot iron rod, one end of which is made into an iron lump the size of a fist, and the other end of which is made into a handle, making five or six grooves so that the hand can clench.

In addition, at one end of the handle, a small ring is created, and three cooked cowhide straps are put on, just enough to fix the wrist to the handle and increase its stability.

The iron bump on the front end of this weapon is much smaller than the big copper hammer used by the strong men of the farming tribe, but the handle is two or three times longer, and as long as the speed is enough, it can completely make up for the lack of weight.

"Anu, try." Guo Yang held the new weapon in his hand, waved it a few times, and threw it to Anu.

"Good!" Anu caught the new weapon, turned over on the horse, ran out more than 100 steps, and turned the horse's head.

"Come on." Guo Yang casually held up a copper shield wrapped in cowhide and said with a smile.

"Good!" Anu shouted violently, rode his horse and galloped, and rushed over in a few breaths.

He carried a new weapon in his hand, and when he was still more than twenty steps away from the shield, he suddenly swung it out, and with a sharp "woo" of his iron fist, he smashed it into the middle of the shield.

Guo Yang used the power of the spirit and demons to resist with all his might.

"Uhh

Guo Yang only felt that his entire arm was like being struck by lightning, with soreness and severe pain, and the tiger's mouth was dripping with blood.

He glanced at his palm, ignoring the pain, and laughed.

"Young master, can it be done?" Anu also looked happy and asked quite proudly.

"It's done, why can't it be! It's simply made for our cavalry, haha. Guo Yang said with a laugh.

Anu jumped off the horse and walked over quickly, wanting to help Guo Yang wipe the blood from his palm, but Guo Yang waved his hand indifferently and wiped it casually with a piece of linen.

"Anu, is this thing still handy?" Guo Yang asked.

"It's easy, but it can be improved, the front of this hammer is too big, and some cavalrymen with little strength can't wield it. The key to this thing is to use the speed of the war horse galloping, coupled with the speed of swinging, it is simply a shield nemesis. Anu smiled, and couldn't put it down, studying the weapon again.

"Then change it. If not, make the hammer handle longer? Guo Yang took the weapon over and waved it gently.

"It's a little longer than a minute or two, it's not convenient if it's too long." Anu said.

Guo Yang nodded, and began to get busy again.

……

The scimitar made this cavalry a head reaper, and now, there is a new weapon, a small hammer with a long pole.

Ah Jiu and Amu received new weapons, and their faces were confused.

"Master, what is this thing for?" Ah Jiu asked, waving the hammer in his hand gently.

"yes, this thing isn't as good as our scimitar." Amu scratched the back of his head and said.

"This is a new weapon that your Master Anu has freed upside down, specifically to deal with those shield bearers and deck hoplites." Guo Yang sat on the back of the horse and said with a smile.

"This thing...... Does it work? Amu had a frizzy temperament, picked up the long pole and small hammer, and rode out of the horse.

On the training ground, there is no shortage of thick shields, and they are all wrapped with two layers of cooked cowhide, the end is extremely strong, and the ordinary swords and spears are stabbed on it, and there is nothing to be done about it.

Amu slapped his horse and galloped, wielding a small hammer, aiming at a thick shield standing in front of a wooden stake, and smashed it with a bang.

"Wow-" There was a loud bang, and the thick shield was naturally torn apart, and the iron hammer was inertia, and by the way, it smashed the wooden stake with the thickness of the bowl into a fist-sized gap, and the sawdust was splashed everywhere.

Everyone was stunned and immediately cheered loudly.

Their bows, crossbows, scimitars, and shieldmen and hoplites who are deployed in formation, have no choice but to travel far away, and they will never be able to defeat them.

With this weapon, coupled with their speed, the opponent can break it with a single blow, even if they are protected by heavy armor.

"Master, what's the name of this weapon?" Amu rolled off his horse and asked with excitement on his face.

"This thing doesn't have a name yet." Guo Yang said with a smile.

He and Anu were so busy building weapons that they didn't really think to name it for a while.

"Master, our knife is called the Blood Moon Scimitar, it is very domineering, and this blade must have a domineering name." Ah Jiu laughed.

"It's all domineering, how boring it is, I see that the iron fist in front of it is clenched, just like a flower bone, simply, let's call it a flower bone." Guo Yang said with a smile.

"Flower bones?" When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and the name was gentle!

"Some things, not the name is domineering, a good drum does not need to be hammered, and the natural sound is earth-shattering. Flower bones are very good, even if others know that we have such a new weapon, they will not care. Guo Yang said.

"Flower bones are flower bones...... Anyway, you can do whatever you say. Amu muttered, looking unconvinced, and everyone laughed.

……

Whips, horses, scimitars, bows, and flower bones are the standard configuration of Guo Yang's army.

In addition, there is dried beef, mare's milk wine, which is also standard.

Of course, the saddles and stirrups that were already equipped before also counted.

With these few things, this army has been able to fight against some quite tough opponents, and Guo Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more confident.

As long as there is water and grass, this army can run long distances and pacify distant enemies.

If other cavalry wants to launch a long-distance attack, they need to drive a large herd of cattle, sheep and horses as rations, which is like moving, slow, where can they still fight well?

Guo Yang couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

"Today, rest for half a day, grab mutton, mare's milk wine, and be full!" Guo Yang announced loudly, and the grassland was jubilant.

The gang brandished scimitars, galloped wildly, and screamed on the grassland, like a group of mischievous foals, sprinkling joy, and the noise lasted for nearly half an hour before it stopped.

The meat was hand-grasped mutton, the wine was mare's milk wine, and he ate and chewed and drank wildly, and on that day, Guo Yang's army was drunk and fell into a large area.

Guo Yang and Anu sat on a high place, drank slowly with wine, and on the leopard skin in front, the parchment roll was spread out more than ten sheets.

"Young master, there has been news recently, more than a dozen tribes in the land of Liaodong have been beaten by the Yan people and have nowhere to go, and they are coming to the depths of the grassland, so they have to be prepared in advance." Anu said with a frown.

In the land of Liaodong, there are nomadic tribes and farming tribes, and the two forces are intertwined, and they have been fighting for a long time and have never stopped.

In that area, during the Great Shang period, because the trade routes were unimpeded, the grassland people and the farmers communicated with each other, and each took what he needed, which was actually quite stable, but since the Zhou people became the co-masters of the farming tribes, they emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, cutting off a lot of foreign trade, and contradictions naturally arose.

The steppe people needed a lot of salt, grain, cloth and bronze, and the farming tribes needed a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, wool felt, cashmere, and mink skins, and they could not be exchanged, so they had to plunder each other, and war would inevitably break out.

The nomadic tribes had long been at the upper hand, because their methods and purposes of warfare were simple: to seize salt, cloth, and grain.

The farming tribes, on the other hand, were ambitious, and when they saw that the vast area of fertile land was uncultivated, and was used by the stupid steppe people to herd sheep and horses, it was simply a tyrannical thing, so they began to think of a way to drive the steppe people away completely, so that they could go to the wasteland and farm.

The contradiction between the two seemed irreconcilable, and for this reason, a long and tiresome battle went on for many years, and many people died, and it is estimated that large patches of Gesang flowers had grown on their bones.

Guo Yang looked at the maps, frowned, and stretched out a finger to lightly tap the wine lord in his hand.

"Young Master, do you want our cavalry to stop them?" Anu asked.

"How many centaurs do they have? What configuration? Guo Yang asked.

"Nearly 20,000 people, some of them are old and weak, women and children, and less than 5,000 can fight, and the configuration is similar to our previous ones, that is, spears, javelins, and bows and arrows." Anu said.

"Let the old patriarch Jida send an envoy to say that we are all nomadic tribes of the grassland, how can we let those miscellaneous pieces of the farming tribe occupy the grassland that belongs to us? We, the Tengger tribe, will help them chase away the wild dogs and let them herd their sheep and horses with peace of mind. Guo Yang said indifferently.

"Young Master...... Let's fight the Yan people? Anu asked, confused.

"Yes, it's the Yan people who are fighting." Guo Yang said.

"But......" Anu still couldn't react.

"Anu, the nomadic tribe in the land of Liaodong, although it is a plate of loose sand, but the rabbits in a hurry will also eat people. Defeat the Yan people and let them return to their hometowns, on the one hand, they are grateful to us and become our allies, and on the other hand, they can be regarded as a barrier for us to resist those farming tribesmen. ”

Guo Yang slowly stood up, turned his head to look to the east, and said in a deep voice.