Send away the excited and reluctant generals.

The Son of Heaven finally turned around, called Zhang Yue to him, and asked, "What changes did Qing make to the harness?" Why are the generals so excited? ”

Zhang Yue smiled and bowed: "On the basis of the predecessors, the minister has made some improvements to the harness......"

Stirrup saddle, which by this time had appeared.

However, the technology is quite primitive and the design is not reasonable.

At this time, the saddle is a smooth leather goods. Although it increases the friction resistance between the rider and the war horse, the rider can free his hands relatively limited.

However, the freedom and flexibility of the rider are still limited.

Only a few highly skilled riders can move freely on horseback.

As for stirrups, they have also appeared.

However, this is a primitive unilateral stirrup that can only be used to help the cavalry mount, and does not allow the cavalry to gain strength.

As for the horseshoe, the last time Li Guangli returned to Beijing, Zhang Yue had already seen the original horseshoe he was equipped with, the leather shoe.

Therefore, the cavalry at this time was very hard.

The cavalry of the Han army, equipped with these primitive riding equipment, was slightly better.

Without this condition, the Huns would have been very tragic.

You can imagine riding a war horse and galloping for hundreds of miles.

During this process, you must use all your strength to clamp the horse's belly with your feet, and always hold the horse's mane tightly with both hands so as not to fall off the horse.

At the same time, you have to endure all kinds of bumps caused by high-speed exercise.

People with slightly worse physique will directly GG in the process of running.

Even if it is a person with good physical fitness, after a long run of hundreds of miles, he will definitely be tired and out of breath, and the muscles of his hands and feet will twitch.

Once you arrive at your destination, there's usually no way to attack right away.

It must be stayed for a period of time.

This is also a trap often set by the Han army against the Huns in the past when dealing with the Hun cavalry who entered the Kou.

The heavy army groups of the Han army often adopted some oppressive practices to force the Hun cavalry to move.

Once they are in motion, it is basically difficult to gain the ability to attack again in a short period of time.

This gave the Han army the opportunity to encircle and expel these Hun cavalry.

During the reigns of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xian, more than seventy percent of the victories against the Xiongnu were obtained by this method.

I can't beat you, but I can kill you!

And the cavalry trio that Zhang Yue took out will completely rewrite the rules of cavalry combat.

A long run, although it can still be exhausting.

However, if you grit your teeth, you can't go into battle right away.

Moreover, in fact, the cavalry that rushes at high speed usually faces the enemy, which is very weak and weak.

In the era of Huo Quai, the cavalry of the Han army was often staged, interspersed with great depth, dividing, encircling and annihilating the Hun cavalry.

Now, with this three-piece set.

If you do something like this again, you don't necessarily need a super star like Huo Quzhi.

Ordinary generals, I'm afraid they can also play.

The general army also has capital to play.

The Son of Heaven listened to Zhang Yue's introduction, and personally watched the brand-new riding equipment, and even tried to get on the horse.

Coming off his horse, he was shocked.

Although he had never personally led the army to fight, when he was young, when he was hunting in Shanglin Yuan with Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao, he already understood the problems and difficulties of contemporary cavalry warfare.

It was at that time that he discussed with Wei Qing, Gongsun Ao and Han Yan day and night how to overcome this difficulty.

It's a pity that after thinking about it, I didn't think of a solution.

In the end, it was Han Yan and Wei Qing who found an alternative solution.

Since the cavalry is running long distances and it is easy to lose physical strength, then use infantry to solve it!

It was then that the plan to pull the traditional chariot out of the arsenal and convert it into a wugang vehicle for transporting ordnance and supplies was germinated.

But now, this problem of the year has been solved!

A humble leather goods, plus stirrups on both sides with matching pedals.

It perfectly solves the problem of cavalry running long distances.

Even, the seemingly inconspicuous U-shaped horseshoe also solved the problem that the hooves of cavalry war horses were easily injured.

"Great generals and hussar generals, if there were these ...... back then" The Son of Heaven stroked these horses and sighed: "The Huns have long perished!" ”

At the beginning, Wei Qinghuo went to the sick department, not to mention stirrups and saddle horseshoes.

Even the primitive saddle and leather are not there.

So, their army, the battle is very hard.

In particular, Huo Quai's troops often went on expeditions of thousands or even tens of thousands of miles as soon as they left the fortress, and fought in most of the grasslands, from Hexi to Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Along the way, the soldiers crossed the grasslands and deserts, leading their horses through the Gobi and swamps.

The hardships and sufferings are unimaginable to ordinary people!

Others only know that the champion Hou Huo Quai, Changping Hou Weiqing, more than 10,000 households, and the power of the government and the opposition.

Who could know that the bodies and minds of these two generals were devastated and tortured?

Huo Qu died early, but Wei Qing lived to the fourth year of Yuanfeng.

The Son of Heaven still remembers that in his later years, the great general was tortured by illness and injuries, and he was dying, and he no longer looked like a human being.

The Marquis of Changping, the Great Han Empire, was not defeated by the enemy, but by his own body.

If back then, Wei Qing had these things.

Huo Quzhi has these things.

Huns?

Hehe......

It's still alive and well!

After feeling for a while, the Son of Heaven calmed down and asked, "Tell me, how much do these riding equipment cost?" ”

When Zhang Yue heard this, he bowed down and said: "Saddle manufacturing is quite simple......

The Takahashi saddles that now appear on these sweaty horses are crudely made, made of wood and leather in an hour.

There were many disadvantages, and it was also easy to bruise the sides of the cavalryman's thighs.

However, given the time and resources, there is no technical problem in making a saddle that is relatively inexpensive but suitable for cavalry.

After all, Takahashi Saddle is really just a matter of thinking, not technology.

"It's the stirrup and the horseshoe ......," Zhang Yueyu reported: "If you want to make qualified war tools, Shaofu still needs to work hard!" ”

The current horseshoes and stirrups are actually made on the verge of death, purely to support the scene.

It can be used for military parades and displays, but once it enters actual combat, the materials of these two equipment may not be able to withstand high-intensity combat wear and tear.

"What's the problem?" The Son of Heaven asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the main thing is that the quality of pig iron is not up to par!" Zhang Yue replied: "And if it is made of steel, I am afraid that the cost will be high!" ”

At present, the iron smelting of the Han dynasty is mainly smelted with charcoal, and the pig iron smelted is cast iron, most of which is white cast iron.

The advantage of white cast iron is that it has a high carbon content, and the disadvantage is that it also has a high carbon content.

High carbon content means high hardness, but it also means low toughness and easy breakage and wear.

This is a technical problem that must be solved with technology.

The Son of Heaven listened, lost in thought.

He knows the defects of the Han family's pig iron.

Otherwise, he would not have invested heavily in supporting Shaofu to develop the two science and technology trees of steel frying and steel filling for decades.

However, whether it is frying steel or filling steel, the cost is too high!

After pondering for a moment, the Son of Heaven asked with the mentality of trying it out, "Does that Qing have a solution?" ”