Handan, Arrow Ridge.

In the simple tent, Pang Nuan took Xiao Lianpo to kneel at the door, looking at Zhao Yong who was deep in thought, Zhao Guang with a guilty face, or Feiyi with a solemn face, and finally fixed his eyes on his master.

They may not have thought that the opportunity to stay in this humble place today is very rare for their lives, and even because of this, it has affected their lives, and this influence will not be felt until they become adults.

"One of them is the cause of things, which is the so-called horse." Crane Guanzi said.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Crane Guanzi meant, only Fei Yi and Zhao Yong seemed to have a trace of understanding, but they were a little puzzled, so they could only listen to Crane Guanzi continue.

"Your Excellency should know that the horses used by our army now are all from Daidi. Whether it was cavalry or chariots, Daidi became the main supply area of war horses in Zhao State. Why? The horses of the Central Plains can't either. The crane held out a finger and said the first reason.

Everyone had a sense of enlightenment, but they didn't know why, so Zhao Guang asked, "Why can't the horses of the Central Plains?" ”

"Central Plains horses are different from grassland horses. In my opinion, there is a big difference between a ploughing horse and a steppe horse, and the most important thing is that there is a big difference between the two sides in speed, impact and agility. Although in comparison, the ploughing horse is much faster than the ploughing ox, but compared with the grassland war horse, there is still a big difference. It is based on the Central Plains countries, there is no stable source of war horses, all use ploughing horses as war horses, as everyone knows, although the two are the same horses, but in the performance of the battlefield, there are many differences. ”

When Que Guanzi said this, a cloud of enlightenment rose in Zhao Yong's heart, and he couldn't help but nodded. In fact, this reason, as long as the cavalry generals will understand, because they often deal with war horses, and for horses, they naturally have a scale in their hearts.

Seeing that everyone understood, Crane Guanzi continued, "The second is the reason for people. ”

"Human reasons? What does that mean? "Now, it's Lian Po's turn to be strange, in his eyes, what is the difference between people and people, and the crane crown is specially picked out to say.

"I think the person the master is referring to the training of cavalry." Pang Nuan explained thoughtfully.

"Yes, it means the training of cavalry." Crane Guanzi looked at Pang Nuan with satisfaction, Pang Nuan's talent is very high, which is one of the reasons why he is reluctant to leave him and leave Zhao State, in his opinion, if Pang Nuan can be trained into a generation of famous generals, it is also a very proud thing. It was Pang Nuan who could see through his own meaning, and he felt very proud.

"There are two difficulties in cavalry training, one is that horses are more delicate and need to spend more money to raise, especially natural pastures and large areas of captivity. In the Central Plains, more land was used for cultivation and grain storage, and there were no large pastures for horses; ”

"The second is that the training cycle of cavalry is relatively long, and not anyone can maneuver freely on a horse and complete various attack commands. Because of the constant bumps on the horse, it is very uncomfortable for people to sit naked on horseback. Horses are wild and untamable, and getting on a horse is a skill, and most importantly, you must learn to control the horse, and when you pull his mane, you must accurately convey your instructions to the horse. ”

Crane Guanzi said this, Zhao Yong's heart sudden, and suddenly thought of a question, this question flashed in his mind just now, but just a little disappointed, he didn't think about it carefully, now thinking about it, he found that today's people riding horses are different from later generations, the most intuitive thing is that there is no kind of saddle and stirrup of the high bridge. This is completely different from the cavalry in Zhao Yong's impression, because he once traveled to Inner Mongolia, and when he rode a horse locally, he also heard the tour guide say that it was the stirrup and the high bridge saddle that made the Mongolian cavalry an air force in the era of cold weapons, not only with the ability to move quickly, but also to improve the cavalry's attack ability and complete various equestrian actions.

But now it seems that the cavalry of Zhao State does not have such equipment, so do the cavalry of other countries have the above two pieces of equipment?

Zhao Yong thought in his heart, but he didn't break it, and decided to ask Fei Yi and Crane Guanzi for a while. If there is really no country to use these two things, I am afraid that the knowledge I have crossed over will have a place to use.

He had no idea that Takahashi saddle and stirrups, two things that only existed in later generations, were simply unknown to the vassal states, let alone used. After all, these two items can not only strengthen the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, but also complete the training of the cavalry faster, at least much faster than now.

"Third, there is the weapon factor." Crane Guanzi said.

"Weapons?" Fei Yi said with some doubts, "Now iron tools are popular in all countries, and I, Zhao Guo, am also unique in the world, and even in Handan City, there are many iron smelting masters." The soldiers of the Zhao State were also mostly equipped with iron weapons. Isn't that bad? "He is a famous general in the DPRK, and he has more say in this kind of issue.

"No, I don't mean just iron, the choice of weapons is more important." Crane continued.

"I want to hear about it." Fei Yi arched his hand and said.

"The difference in weapons is manifested in two aspects, the first is the combat weapon on the horse." Quan Guanzi paused and continued, "The weapons of the cavalry of the Zhao State are mostly bronze beryllium and euphorbia, with all due respect, such weapons seem to be relatively powerful, but compared to the Hu people, they are still very inferior. Especially once the Hu people no longer entangled the Zhao army, they still used the method of riding and shooting guerrillas, even if our army's halberd and bronze beryllium were long, they would still fail in the swim, because the other party used bows and arrows, which were longer than halberds and copper beryllium in terms of distance. ”

Zhao Yong and Fei Yi are deeply touched by this, one of them is from the future, and the other is in the battle formation, the latter is not a stranger to the Hu people, he is very familiar with the Hu people's combat methods. Just like what Que Guanzi said, many times, the Hu people will not confront the Zhao people head-on, but more through cavalry and archery to attack, so Li Yan and Li Zhuo's victory in Daijun is not only to take advantage of the terrain, but also to take advantage of the enemy's light enemy rashness.

"Secondly, iron weapons and bronze weapons are not necessarily the best choice. I have passed through the Qin land many times, and I have heard that although the Qin State has many skilled craftsmen, it is still dominated by bronze weapons. Crane Guanzi said this, looked at Zhao Yong and asked, "Do you know why this is?" ”

Zhao Yong groaned slightly, and said cautiously: "Could it be that iron weapons are not as durable as bronze weapons?" ”

Crane Guanzi nodded and said: "This is just one reason, the manufacture of bronze weapons has been passed down for a long time, and many countries are very good at forging bronze skills, but the use of iron weapons is very short, and the reason for this is that in addition to the high cost, heavy weight and difficult smelting, the smelting technology is also the key." Although Handan is known as a big country of iron weapons, the durability of iron weapons is indeed inferior to that of bronze weapons. ”

After listening to what Guan Guanzi said, everyone nodded one after another, whether it was Zhao Yong, Zhao Guang, or Lian Po Pang Nuan, they all opened their eyes. Unexpectedly, although the cavalry has many romanticized fighting methods as Zhao Yong said, his own shortcomings are indeed undoubted. And a lot of the disadvantages are very important.

For example, the excessive cost of cavalry training is a very important problem. The cost of a cavalry is not calculated according to the cost of an infantry, in addition to the training of its own knights, the cost of war horses is even more huge, especially horses are easy to get sick, once an epidemic is formed, it is easy to cause a loss of combat effectiveness. Once a country has a large number of cavalry, it must be prepared to spend money like water.

Secondly, the period of training and formation of combat effectiveness of cavalry is indeed longer than that of infantry. At least except for Zhao Yong, several other people believe that it is very time-consuming for a cavalry to flexibly manipulate horses through the reins and horsemane, but the war is about to break out, and it is said that it will be fought, and it does not give you the opportunity to train for a long time at all, so the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is impossible to talk about.

"It is precisely based on the above three points that I believe that it is very difficult to establish the cavalry planned by the king, at least, if the problem of money and training is not solved, the cavalry will inevitably not be able to become the main battle formation, but can only become a response force, and the key development direction of our army is still the chariot army." Crane Guanzi finally summarized his views, then bowed to Zhao Yong and sat back in his place.

Fei Yi looked at Zhao Yong with a "disappointed" expression, thought about it and comforted: "Although what the monarch thinks in his heart may not come true, it is not difficult to establish a set of cavalry that can fight against the Hu people. The ministers are willing to assist the king and accomplish this feat. ”

Zhao Guang swore an oath when he saw Feiyi, and he was busy kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy: "It's all the incompetence of the subordinates, which has hindered the king's grand cause." The minister is willing to repay the king with a death! As he spoke, he kept kowtowing, and soon, blood flowed from his head, but he didn't know it.

Zhao Yong was thinking about something just now, but he didn't expect the following people to react so much, until he heard Zhao Guang's kowtow, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Wait, this matter has nothing to do with you, I thought of a way, maybe I can shorten the time of cavalry training." ”

As soon as these words were uttered, the entire tent immediately became silent. The crane crown is even more eyeballs, and the eyeballs are about to pop out. I thought that this monarch would not be possessed by Zhao Guoliezu today, a big thunderbolt for a while, a big pant for a while, and the outside of the crane crown and everyone was soft and steaming, just like a roasted sweet potato. Because once the method that Zhao Yong said is really feasible, then the cavalry of Zhao State will become an independent combat force, and it will not be far off.

But does he really have that kind of solution? Everyone looked at Zhao Yong, who was already showing a confident smile, and couldn't wait to break his mouth open, and quickly let him say what he wanted to say.