Di Qing sent someone to take Yang Wenguang's vanguard army to camp in a clearing in the Bashui camp. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because in the Bashui camp, safety is naturally safe. Naturally, the soldiers of the vanguard army did not need to erect separate fences and barracks to block horses, but only needed the soldiers to erect their tents in an orderly manner according to the arrangement, but it did not take much effort.

After setting up the tent, the Huotou Army, who was in charge of the food in the Bashui camp, brought food.

In Di Qing's handsome tent in the afternoon, after Zhong Hao was arranged by Di Qing for the position of a handsome mansion praise painting, he originally wanted to talk about nailing the horseshoe to the war horse.

However, Di Qing and Yang Wenguang have been talking about some military strategy and wit since then, and it is difficult for them to interject. After they finished talking, after Di Qing gave Yang Wenguang the Pioneer Seal, it was already late, and Di Qing, as the commander of the First Army, still had a lot of things to do, so Zhong Hao didn't mention it again. He planned to come back and think about the pros and cons, and then write a detailed note and send it to the handsome account for Di Qing to see.

And although this horseshoe Zhong Hao knows what shape it is, and he has seen how to nail a horseshoe when he was a child, he has never operated it himself. If there is something wrong with my memory, it will not be good to discard the hooves of the war horse.

Fortunately, the vanguard army will rest in the Bashui camp for two or three days, and only after the grain, grass and baggage provided by Jingzhao Mansion are in place, they will set off for the south as soon as possible, just in time to take advantage of this time to experiment.

Zhong Hao planned to wait for the two days to be tested, and then hand over this Chen.

Although his position as a staff officer of the Shuaifu was due to Di Qing's contribution to repaying himself for his contribution to the method of fried noodles and the clairvoyant mirror, he did not expect himself to really give advice, but Zhong Hao felt that he had to plan his politics when he was in his position, and he still had to make suggestions.

Zhong Hao felt that his consciousness was still very high, and he couldn't do things like eating dry rice for nothing.

However, about the pros and cons of taking out the horseshoe, I have to consult Yang Wenguang and listen to his opinions.

Yang Wenguang had a lot of dealings with the Khitan army and the Western Xia army, and should have a say in this matter. Consulting Yang Wenguang can make his article more high-quality, and it also shows that he attaches great importance to Yang Wenguang.

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After Zhong Hao had dinner with the soldiers of the Pingxi Army, he came to the barracks tent of the vanguard army where Yang Wenguang was.

Zhong Hao told Yang Wenguang what he thought of nailing the war horse, and said his own considerations.

This method of nailing a horseshoe to the horse's paw is an effective method of protecting the horse's paw that has been verified by later generations. With horse iron, the horse's hooves can be better protected, and the number of horses scrapped due to horseshoe damage can be reduced, which is still very beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty, which lacks war horses.

However, there is no technical difficulty in nailing the horseshoe to the horseshoe of the war horse, and there is no way to keep it secret, it is estimated that if it is invented, if the war horses in the Great Song Army are nailed, it will not be long before it will be learned by the Tanguts and Khitans.

Both the Western Xia and the Khitan had large cavalry units, and this horseshoe seemed to be of greater use to them. If they had horseshoes and reduced the wear and tear of their horses, would they make their cavalry units stronger?

Zhong Hao was worried that if he let countries such as Western Xia and Khitan, which were already powerful cavalry, learn from them, would it make the gap between the Great Song Dynasty and combat power widen even more?

Yang Wenguang pondered for a moment and said: "If this method is effective, it is worth promoting in the Great Song Dynasty." As for letting the Xia and Khitan people learn, it will widen the gap between us and them, so we don't have to worry too much. The warriors of the Western Xia and Khitan were limited in number, and they themselves had sufficient war horses, and having this horseshoe did not change much for them. It's nothing more than reducing the loss of some war horses and spending less effort to domesticate war horses. However, if this horseshoe is really effective in protecting the horse's hooves and reducing the wear and tear of the horse's hooves, this must be a major invention. Protect one more war horse, let the Great Song Dynasty have more combat power, this is a good thing that can greatly increase the combat power of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Although Yang Wenguang heard Zhong Hao say that the horseshoe was very useful, he had never seen it, so he was still skeptical, so he continued: "It's just this horseshoe, Wenxuan, have you ever tried it?" If you want to report to the marshal, you must make sure that this horseshoe is effective! Don't you don't protect the horse's hooves, but make the horse's hooves cost?!"

Zhong Hao was relieved when he heard Yang Wenguang say that if this horseshoe was popularized, it would not widen the gap between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia and Khitan.

This nail horseshoe is an effective protection measure for horses' hooves that has been verified by later generations, and Zhong Hao is still very confident.

Zhong Hao said to Yang Wenguang at the moment: "This horseshoe has a good protective effect on the hooves of the war horse, and the little nephew should be able to guarantee this." I still have some time to go south, and tomorrow my little nephew will take someone to nail a few horses to try! ”

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The hooves of a war horse are composed of two layers, the one that comes into contact with the ground is a layer of hard horn about an inch thick, and the upper layer is living.

The horse's hooves are in contact with the ground, and the friction of the ground and the corrosion of water will damage the horse's hooves, and the main purpose of nailing the horseshoe is to delay the wear of the horse's hooves.

The use of horseshoes not only protects the horse's hooves, but also makes the horse's hooves grip the ground more firmly, which is also very beneficial to the stability of the cavalry when riding.

This nail horseshoe is to flatten the living keratin layer of the war horse, and then nail the horseshoe made into the shape of a horseshoe to the horse's hoof.

Zhong Hao first asked people to make more than a dozen horseshoes according to his own requirements, and nailed a few war horses to try it first.

Zhong Hao asked the soldiers of the Pingxi Army to stand on two thick logs with a thick wooden beam in an open space in the camp, and then tied the war horses to the wooden pillars and tied his body.

Zhong Hao asked a few soldiers of the Pingxi Army to lift the horse's legs and press the horse's hooves on the wooden bench to prevent the horses from moving, and let a Pingxi Army soldier hold a sharpening knife and forcefully flatten the cuticle of the horse's hooves.

Then the horseshoe is burned red in the furnace, and this horseshoe is a U-shaped thick iron bar the size of a horseshoe, and the eye hole is punched in advance, and the iron nail can be nailed.

The soldier of the Pingxi Army aimed the horseshoe at the horse's hoove, and used an iron hammer to nail more than half an inch into the horseshoe.

Yang Huaiyu watched as the soldiers of the Pingxi Army were about to nail the red-hot horseshoe to the horse's hooves, and couldn't help but ask a little uneasy: "Big brother, are you sure that this red-hot horseshoe will not hurt the horse's hooves?" ”

Zhong Hao was also a little apprehensive, after all, seeing one thing and actually doing one thing are two different things. However, Zhong Hao still pretended to be very confident, and said to Yang Huaiyu without changing his face: "It's okay, the hooves of this war horse are the same as human fingernails, and there are no nerves, as long as it doesn't touch the flesh and bones of the war horse, it won't hurt, and it won't damage the horse's hooves!" ”

Yang Huaiyu didn't know what the nerves in his eldest brother's mouth meant, but he had always been convinced of his eldest brother's ability. Since the eldest brother said that he would not destroy the horse's hooves, he should not destroy the horse's hooves. He also wished for such a way to protect the horse's hooves from wear and tear, which would be of great benefit to the cavalry. In the battalion of the Zhenxi Army, there are many war horses every year, which are scrapped because the horses' hooves are too worn.

Zhong Hao also watched with some apprehension as the soldier of the Pingxi Army nailed the red-hot horseshoe into the hooves of the war horse.

Fortunately, nailing the horseshoe to this war horse is still very smooth!

After the soldiers of the Pingxi Army nailed the red-hot horseshoe into the horse's paw, although the war horse struggled desperately, it did not feel much severe pain, and did not seem to feel much pain. It struggled only because it seemed to be afraid that someone would nail something into its hooves.

After the four horseshoes were nailed, the soldiers of the Pingxi Army untied the war horse, and the war horse suddenly regained its freedom, and ran away very happily, with its four hooves flying, and there seemed to be no discomfort. (To be continued.) )