Early the next morning, Zhang Yue entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and told His Majesty his plan.

When the Son of Heaven heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Heavy cavalry?"

"Aiqing's idea is really wild!"

It's just that, immediately, he said with some loss: "It's just that I'm afraid that there is no war horse that can carry the kind of cavalry described by Dong Qing!" ”

At present, the cavalry of the Han army is generally more than 7 feet 5 inches tall, and the elite ones are more than 8 feet tall and weigh more than 70 kilograms.

If you count a set of full-body iron armor, it weighs at least twenty kilograms.

The weight of a horse lance or a horse sword is probably close to this number.

What kind of war horse can carry a cavalry of one hundred and twenty kilograms?

I'm afraid it can be flattened!

Even if you can move, it doesn't make sense.

With such a heavy burden, the fragile hooves of a war horse are easily injured.

The injury and infection of the horse's hooves is the biggest reason for the loss of the Han war horse.

Almost more than seventy percent of the damaged horses died from wound infections.

This majesty is not an emperor who does not know soldiers and military affairs.

In fact, in addition to the fact that he has never really commanded a battle, his military theoretical skills are quite profound!

Wei Qing's Henan Campaign, Huo Quai's Hexi Campaign, and the Mobei Decisive Battle were all strategies formulated by him.

Therefore, he knew very well that in the current Han-Hungarian War, the cavalry of the two countries actually dismounted and walked on foot and led the horses to march during non-combat moments.

This is done to save horsepower and protect the war horse.

After all, a war horse is not a tank.

Even if it's a tank, it needs diesel fuel to run.

Horses are creatures that have a lot of stamina, especially in Northeast Asia.

But no matter how strong the endurance is, a horse is only a horse after all.

Endurance is a weakness of all horse breeds.

In fact, even the Wusun horse, which is now recognized as the best in the Han army, spends half of the day eating or resting.

In the general sense, cavalry combat is generally one man and two horses.

A war horse, a pack horse.

When the war horse is not fighting, it is led and walked, while the pack horse carries ordnance and materials and follows the army.

Only when facing the enemy or when a large area of maneuver is required, the cavalry will really move at high speed.

And when it is not combat, in fact, the marching speed of the cavalry is even inferior to that of the infantry.

Therefore, the Son of Heaven was immediately keenly aware of the disadvantages of this kind of heavy armored cavalry.

And not just because it's too heavy.

Moreover, because its armament is too heavy, it may not be able to meet its needs in the popular one-man two-horse model in the past.

Maybe you need one person, one or three horses.

One war horse, two pack horses.

Alternatively, each combat lieutenant cavalry needs to be equipped with a whole coordinated infantry to protect the Wugang vehicles carrying ordnance.

This will seriously increase the logistical supply pressure, and may even exceed the supply capacity of the Han army.

Not to mention, this kind of heavy armored cavalry is very expensive in itself!

Therefore, whether it is economic or military, this kind of heavy armored cavalry, it seems that it is not feasible!

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Zhang Yue bowed and said: "However, this kind of heavy armored cavalry proposed by the minister is just for the sake of prestige!" ”

"Xiao Xiangguo once admonished Emperor Gao: If it is not magnificent, it is not powerful!"

"Now Your Majesty is in the world, and the same is true for the four Yis!"

"If it is not magnificent, it is not powerful, and Yi Di has no faith for a long time, his generation is afraid of power but not virtue, and if he wants to convince his heart, he will be afraid of his courage!"

"And the minister thinks that the Han family can't use heavy armored cavalry today, it doesn't mean that it can't be used in the future!"

If in the future, the technology development goes up, you can click on the technology tree of the flintlock pistol.

The era of lining up to shoot is coming!

And in the era of lining up to shoot, cuirassiers were an indispensable composition.

The sluggish flintlock phalanx also needed a cavalry capable of maneuvering at high speeds and with strong defensive capabilities to protect its vulnerable flanks and rear supply lines.

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he felt that this was the case, so he said, "Then Qing will let it go!" ”

"It's just ......," the Son of Heaven asked, "How can Qing solve the problem that war horses are easily injured?" ”

If you want to camel such a heavy cavalry, you must use sweat and blood horses.

However, sweat and blood horses are incomparably precious and valuable, and the Son of Heaven does not want to let himself lose hundreds of precious sweat and blood horses because of a demonstration.

"The minister already has a way...... Zhang Yue bowed: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, it will not cause any damage to the precious heavenly horses of the country!" ”

The sweaty horses brought back by Li Guangli from Dawan are the hope of the Han family to improve their own horse breeds.

Each horse was bought by the soldiers of the Han army with blood and sacrifice.

Of course, Zhang Yue understands the preciousness of these horses!

"In that case, then Qing will let it go!" When the Son of Heaven saw it, he nodded and said, "I will order Jin Riyan to fully cooperate with Aiqing!" ”

"The minister respectfully obeys the edict!" Zhang Yuedun led the order.

So, immediately, the Son of Heaven ordered Jin Riyan to come to the palace and explained his full cooperation with Zhang Yue's work.

After getting the approval of the Son of Heaven and cooperating with Jin Riyan, Zhang Yue's work was naturally extremely smooth.

First of all, a hundred well-preserved sets of infantry armor were transferred from the arsenal.

Of course, this infantry armor was designed for heavy infantry and could not be used immediately on cavalry.

Some improvements and modifications are needed.

However, this is not difficult for Zhang Yue.

After getting this batch of armor, he found more than a dozen master craftsmen from Shaofu, gave them drawings, and asked them to modify them according to the drawings.

This work is not difficult, mainly to modify the armor of the lower body so that it can be worn by cavalry.

Taking advantage of the gap in the modification of Shaofu craftsmen.

Zhang Yue and Jin Riyan selected a hundred elite Han army elites who met the standards in height, weight and strength from Yulinwei and the Qimen army.

and transferred a hundred sweaty horses from the Heavenly Horse Garden of the servant.

After doing these things, the modification work on the Shaofu side was also completed.

So, on this afternoon, in the Phoenix Que of Jianzhang Palace, the most terrifying monster in the history of human warfare was born!

A hundred horsemen, riding tall and mighty horses, all in armor, divided into two columns.

A column holding a huge slashing sword, the cold light flickering, making people daunting, and even feeling creepy.

In the other column, holding a terrible horse lance, the sharp head of the lance shines brightly in the winter sun.

It almost gives people the illusion that they are the heavenly soldiers and generals in myths and legends, descending into the mortal world.

Everyone looked at this cavalry in amazement.

Especially when they slowly marched forward, the heavy sense of oppression and terrifying visual impact made the Han generals and colonels present feel broken.

If such a monster appeared on the battlefield and appeared when it appeared against the Huns, how powerful should it be?

Even the Son of Heaven began to waver.

In his heart, a voice shouted frantically: "This is the cavalry, the cavalry I want!" ”

However, what shocked all the generals was another detail.

These heavily armored cavalry can actually move at high speed?

"Look at their horses' hooves!" Zhao Chongguo, who returned from Juyan, quickly noticed the difference in details between these war horses.

The horseshoe of all sweaty horses seems to have been nailed to something.

It's like a person wearing boots.

The other generals also noticed it immediately.

You can't pay attention to it, because when the cavalry runs, the sound of horses' hooves is particularly loud.

"Zhang Shizhong actually nailed the iron to the horseshoe!" After careful observation, Zhao Chongguo said softly: "This is simply a genius design!" ”

In order to protect the horses, the soldiers and craftsmen on the front line of Juyan thought of countless methods, including the design of wearing leather for the horses.

But this design is too expensive.

Moreover, leatherfish is fragile and can usually only be used once.

Zhao Chongguo's own war horse used a leather puff to protect the horse's hooves, and he knew that this leather utensil was fragile and expensive!

But now......

In Chang'an, far away from the court of Juyan, Zhao Chongguo saw a new kind of horseshoe protector.

Protect the horse's hooves with iron!

That's just great idea!

From now on, the combat ability of the Han cavalry will probably be upgraded by one level!

What's more important is that the Han army no longer has to worry about the loss of horses in every major war.

If this kind of iron hoof can really effectively protect the horse's hooves, then at least it can reduce non-combat losses by more than half.

This is equivalent to indirectly creating tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of war horses for the Han cavalry!

Unlike the generals, the Son of Heaven looked at these terrible cavalry, and his thoughts immediately changed.

He called Zhang Yue in front of him and said, "Zhang Qing, these days, Qing and the horse captain, you must train this heavy armored cavalry seriously!" ”

"When the southwest comes to Chang'an, I want all the kings of the southwest to see with their own eyes the majesty and majesty of the king of my Han family!"

Whether this kind of monster cavalry can go to the battlefield or not, the Son of Heaven does not know.

But the Son of Heaven knew that using them to deter the four Yi would definitely have a miraculous effect.

It will also greatly boost the morale of the people in the government and the opposition!

Is there anything more powerful than a cavalry wearing armor, riding a sweaty horse, and holding or holding a huge weapon?