The three exchanged a look: Iron is also expensive!

Fu Zhu tugged at Liu He's sleeve: "Childe, what are the farriers and stirrups you are talking about?" Our saddle is so good, why mend it? ”

Liu He smiled and said, "You want the generals to do nothing but ride and shoot." Can you still have the ability to fight in close quarters on horseback? ”

He was stunned: "Childe, what did you say?" ”

Liu He patted Frustrated on the shoulder: "I have thought of a way." It may be possible to give the cavalry the ability to charge with halberds and kill opponents at close range. ”

Along the way, the three of them still didn't believe it: "How is this possible, it's not easy to shoot on horseback, and charging with a halberd is not something ordinary people can do." If it is really like what the lord said, everyone can charge with a halberd, then wouldn't we all become the overlords of Chu, as long as there are 8,000 soldiers who can run rampant in the world. ”

Liu He's heart moved.

Since the crossing, he has been reluctant to be too shocking and sent to drink talisman water as a demon. Therefore, in addition to the specious one-way tax reform, he hardly advanced the science and technology of the world, and tried his best to make himself look like an ordinary Han Dynasty teenager. Of course, he can do stirrups, saddles and other necessary artifacts for crossing, but under the guidance of this kind of thinking, he has always refused to do it, because he is afraid that the explanation will not be clear and arouse people's suspicions.

He decided to do it now because he found that without these things, he wanted to improve his riding skills in the short term. It is almost impossible for the Han army to reach the same level as the Xianbei people. The siege of Baitan has been lifted, but the battle to recover the homeland of Youbeiping, Yuyang, Shanggu, and Daijun counties is not over, and he doesn't want to fall off his horse and die because of his poor riding skills, ending his life of traversing. For the sake of a small life, I can't care so much.

Of course, how to explain that nature is free of loopholes has become a headache for him.

He was reminded that the Han people may not be as sensitive as he was, and that they may be more receptive to new things than he could have imagined. What's more, he also has a very good excuse - ancient books.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a book burning order of Qin Shi Huang, and then a large number of ancient books were destroyed in a state of war that lasted for many years.

Who knows what the wooden kite that flies in the sky for three days does not fall?

Compared to this wooden kite, stirrups and saddles are considered hair.

Who can tell why Xiang Yu, who grew up in Wu and was the main force of Jiangdong's disciples, suddenly had 30,000 cavalry?

So after the construction was completed, sitting on the saddle of the high bridge and stepping on the stirrups, Liu He felt a lot more at ease, and he no longer had to worry about falling from the fast speed. He tried firing a few arrows, and his stability and hit rate improved, although it was not comparable to the vertical shot, at least it was much better than pure luck before. Within fifty steps, he can basically guarantee a fifty percent hit rate, and within thirty steps, he is confident that he can directly take the opponent's vital point.

If you combine the ability of riding and shooting, basically as long as you don't compare with the master, he is no worse than ordinary people.

Liu He is like this, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and others are even more powerful. With this new style of harness, let alone hand-to-hand combat, he felt that hand-to-hand combat was not a problem.

The generals were convinced of this.

In addition to the original bow and arrow and ring-headed knife, Liu He ordered the blacksmith to fight more than a dozen guns and halberds of about two zhang. In this era, there are still a few people who can use long weapons to fight on horses, so there are no special long soldiers for riding, so they can only use guns and halberds instead. Fortunately, these 10,000 enemies have a high level of martial arts cultivation and comprehension, and they are no strangers to the use of long weapons, and all they need to be familiar with is how to use them on the horse.

Just when Liu He ordered absolute secrecy and no leakage, he originally wanted to delegate power and be quiet for a few days, but it turned out that the recruits were not highly motivated for recruit training?

Liu He decided to take Zhang Feibu as a model.

Because the recruits were all on foot, Liu He did not ride horses. He ordered the front team to go first, and the rear team to press the formation.

Zhang Fei is the pioneer of the front team, shouting at the captains of this song, urging them to lead the team quickly. Most of the recruits were born as farmers, had no experience in the army, and were driven by the captains of each "team", the front and the back, like a group of ducks being driven out, and like dumplings thrown into the pot.

The performance of the back team was similar.

Liu He looked at the scattered team in front of him, smiled bitterly, and said in his heart: "The villagers don't know how to act strictly, and they will be strangled by the Ministry of Military Justice." But you can't be too strict with the recruits, this method is purely helpless. ”

The more he looked at the team in front of him, the more he felt unpleasant, so he simply stopped looking, and thought: "My method can attract the interest of the recruits at most and mobilize their enthusiasm." This is just the first step. I hope it can be done quickly so that I can move on to the next step. ”

Motivation is the first step, and the second step is formal drills.

"Sui'an! Yide! Today's drills are not based on technical strikes. The recruits have not been through the army, and they are not too active in the drill, so I plan to play first and mobilize their interests first......" Liu He said to Zhang Fei.

Zou Jing and Zhang Fei listened to it, and they all said: "The lord has a clever plan." ”

Zou Jing usually pays more attention to world affairs and miscellaneous news, and compared with Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, he has a wider range of knowledge, and added: "The villagers are dull, and they should be taught by this method." I heard that the generals of the Huangfu family often used this method to practice, which contains the art of war. Teaching it in this way will be effective. ”

The generals of the Huangfu family: that is, the family of the famous general Huangfu Song in the late Han Dynasty, this family has produced generals from generation to generation.

Liu He said with a smile: "Those who know me, Sui'an also." Pulling back to the topic, he looked ahead and said, "The front team is almost at the drill site. It's not too early, let's start! ”

Although the recruits on the opposite side were untidy and chaotic, Liu He was still able to maintain a calm attitude, patiently waited for them to calm down, and said with a smile: "Didn't you just want to know what I asked Jun Sima to take?" ”

The recruits were already curious, and replied in a messy: "Yes! Wonder. ”

"Lord, what did you let the military master get?"

"Jun Sima, what about the things you just took? Take it out! ”

"Yes, yes, hurry up and take it out! Let's see what it is. ”

Before Zou Jing led the team to set off, he hid the things he took in Zhang Fei's horse bag, and with Liu He's permission, he went over and took out an object and raised it above his head.

Everyone looked at it intently, some "hey", some "ah", some suddenly realized, some were stunned, some immediately turned their eyes to look at Liu He, and some touched their heads and didn't know what it meant to take this thing.

There were also those who reacted quickly and shouted out the name of the thing: "It turned out to be a bow!" ”

Juju is Keju - ancient football. Keju began with the Yellow Emperor and began to be used for military training. Ju is made of leather in a round shape and filled with hair. The Warring States Silk Book has a record that after the Yellow Emperor killed Chiyou, "filling his stomach with a bow, making people cling, and rewarding those who are more".

Liu Xiang said in "Don't Record": "Bow down, the strength of the army is also." Therefore, when practicing samurai, knowing and talented, they all practice because of playfulness." In addition to symbolizing "military strength" and training samurai, Kemari was also used to enrich the life of the army and keep the warriors physically and emotionally good. "If the army has nothing to do, we will make a bow" is a reflection of the latter. Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty included ancient football in the category of military skills, and said: "The winner of attack and defense is also." Tang Dynasty Yan Shi Gu Zhuyun: "Keju, Chen Li's matter, so attached to the art of war." ”

Through Keju, one can exercise the physique of the soldiers; secondly, through fierce physical confrontation, the courage and unyielding spirit of the soldiers can be stimulated; Three, two sides of the battle, but also to cultivate the team spirit of the soldiers; Fourth, because there are referees and rules, soldiers can develop the habit of obeying orders. If you give an order, you will move forward bravely, and if you give an order, you will bow your head and stick to your ears.

It can be said that there is no harm in all kinds. Keju and has the effect of boosting morale, the former Han champion Hou Huo went out of the Saiwai expedition, the lone army went deep, far away from the main force, there was a danger of cutting off food and grass, he built a goal, "through the domain of Juju", with the soldiers to play Keju.

In the Han Dynasty, the sport of Keju was like table tennis today. Therefore, when thinking about what method to use to train recruits, Liu He's first thought was "Keju". Recruits have a foundation, and Keju can be used as a means of training, so why not do it? If you come up and practice queues and drill skills, even if the recruits don't object, they will definitely lack interest. Rather than that, it's better to do what you like.