Sideways to chat with Zhao Yun about Hu Ji, Liu Yong turned his head to talk to Ma Dai and Wu Yi, and asked them some questions about cavalry.

To be honest, before talking to these generals, in Liu Yong's traditional impression, Shuzhong was a basin, surrounded by undulating mountains and extremely complex terrain, and I am afraid that it did not produce war horses.

However, the facts that Liu Yong got were very different from his assumptions, Shu Han not only produced horses, but also produced BMWs, which were not only completely supplied to the country's military and civilian use, but also exported in large quantities to Eastern Wu, which was one of the main suppliers of cavalry mounts in Eastern Wu.

Ma Dai and Wu Yi told Liu Yong that Nanzhong (Yunnan) had been a treasure land for war horses (Yunnan horses) since ancient times, and that horses were also produced in the two counties of Yinping and Wudu, which were the places where the white horses and Qiang were entrenched, and the imperial court could also obtain horses by trading with them.

Therefore, there are also formed cavalry units in the country's army, such as the Tiger Cavalry Battalion of the Chinese Army, which is a brave cavalry unit.

"Then there are a lot of cavalry in our army?"

"Although our army has cavalry units, they do not account for much." Ma Dai

With a large number of war horses, but no large-scale cavalry, Liu Yong couldn't react a little and asked, "Why is this?" Is cavalry too expensive? ”

"War horses are delicate, they need to be cared for, and it costs a lot for people to eat horses and chew them. In addition, the difficulty of selecting knights requires the rider to clamp his legs between the belly of the horse, and he can also cross the ravine with the horse and the enemy in danger, and may not be able to reach three of these ten people............ "Zhao Yun saw that Liu Yong, Ma Dai, and Wu Yi were talking very happily, and also joined the group.

"Oh............" Liu Yong patted his head, and then suddenly realized...... Yes...... In this era, a sharp weapon that freed the hands and feet of the rider had not yet been invented - stirrups!

Stirrups, perfect harnesses, make it easier for cavalry to control and tame horses, and make people more comfortable, stable, and labor-saving on horses; At the same time, it was possible to combine cavalry and war horses well, making it easier to train complex tactical maneuvers and formations, and to give full play to the effectiveness of armor and weapons.

And most importantly, the invention of the stirrup gave birth to the nightmare of infantry and light cavalry - the emergence of heavy cavalry.

The cold and sharp riding spear, the whole body of the man and the horse is covered with armor, only a pair of bloodthirsty eyes are exposed, condensed into a formation, and turned into a torrent of steel, crushing everything! Destroy the nations!

Stirrups, cavalry, heavy cavalry!

Liu Yongyi clapped his palms and shouted excitedly, eager to make stirrups immediately............ However, Liu Yong still forcibly listened to today's lecture on martial arts. People, the more excited and excited you are, the more you have to calm down.

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After Zhirong finished talking about martial arts, it was noon, Liu Yong did not stay in Hubu Camp for dinner, but urged the car to return to the palace quickly.

Liu Yong's Son of Heaven car was running wildly on the official road, and the shock absorption system of the carriage of this era could only hehe...... Liu Yong's buttocks were bumped and bloomed, but he couldn't care about it, the corners of his mouth and eyebrows were full of excitement, and he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly back to Cheng1.

Fengche Commander Fa Miao lifted the curtain of the car and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, slow down, don't be in a hurry to return to the palace at this time." ”

Seeing Fa Miao, Liu Chan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, grabbed Fa Miao and said: "Fa Miao, you immediately send Fei Qi to return to Cheng 1 to notify Shaofu and the examination order, and when I return to the palace, I must see the two of them!" Have to! ”

"Your Majesty............" Fa Miao wanted to say something, but Liu Yong rudely interrupted him to speak.

"Don't go yet!"

"No." Fa Miao was helpless, and went to give the order, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart: the painting style of this lord is too different from that of Emperor Xiaohuai............

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Imperial Palace, Jianwei Palace

This is the place where the Shu Han Emperor usually governs, and Liu Yong summoned the Shaofu Wang Mou and the examination order Li Yang here

Shaofu is both an official position and the name of the official office, one of the nine qing, the income of the mountains and Haidi Ze and the royal handicraft manufacturing, for the emperor's private house. Well...... It can be roughly regarded as the later Ministry of Works.

Examination order, responsible for the production of weapons and the operation of handicraft workshops, for the Shaofu subordinate officials.

Liu Yong looked at the dying Wang Shaofu, and also sighed, Wang Mou's age is about seventy years old, hunched back, old eyes are dizzy, not only are his ears not good, but even his mouth is not good.

His lips trembled, and he stumbled: "The old minister is plotting, plotting...... Meet...... Meet ......"

Alas, I was really afraid that he would die in front of Liu Yong without breathing, but helplessly, Liu Yong glared at the uninteresting Chuntuo, and shouted: "What has no eyesight, don't help the prince sit down quickly." ”

Chuntuo was probably also stunned, obviously hesitated for a second, and then replied, "Eh, eh." ”

Wang Mou is too old, this age is an age at which he needs the court to do something for him and it is difficult for him to do anything for the court anymore. Liu Yong doesn't dislike the old man, nor does he want to be honored as a courtier, but a person like Wang Mou, who stepped into the coffin with half a foot, still lives in an official position to "burn his life and exert his residual heat", which is a bit too much, and he properly occupies the pit and doesn't.

Of course, Liu Yong understood that Wang Mou represented the Yizhou wealthy clan behind him, and his position in Shaofu was called political correctness. Besides, this is not Wang Mou doing this alone, it is a lot of people doing this, and the officials who die every year are like crossing the river, after all, bureaucrats, what is the festival? Can you eat it?

In contrast, the examination made Li Yang much more pleasing to the eye, Li Yang is a middle-aged man, and he has the true character of a middle- and lower-class official. His face was a little blank, his expression was calm, and he looked like he was bowing his eyebrows and pleasing to his ears. Obviously, this Li Yang no longer has any edges and corners.

"The minister examined the Gong Lingyang to meet the Son of Heaven! Blessed is the Son of Heaven! Li Yang knelt on the ground and saluted in a proper manner.

Liu Yong saw that he was like a treasure, so he hurriedly helped him up, took Li Yang's hand and came to the imperial case, and said, "I will draw a thing, and see if I can make it." ”

Li Yang thought that Liu Yong was trying to make some kind of lewd and clever music for himself, and he was quite nervous, and said to Ai Ai: "Your Majesty...... Minister......"

Liu Yong didn't care about Li Yang, and went straight back to the imperial case, and drew on a clean silk book.

Gradually, a ring-shaped object appeared on the silk book, and the ring-shaped object also had a circular bottom, and Liu Yong drew the silk book to show Li Yang.

Li Yang stared at the ring-shaped object, a little confused, and didn't know what it was.

"Li Qing, this is called a stirrup, it is a sharp weapon to strengthen the cavalry, if Qing makes it, it will be of great merit to the country!"

"Oh......" Li Yang was immediately relieved when he heard that it was not a strange skill, but as for Li Yang, who had not done much work, he didn't care much. Ancient China has always been a craftsman, when he thinks about it when he is useful, and kicks it away when he is useless, Li Yang has long been numb.

"Hmm...... This thing...... The stirrup looks like a ring and a base, it seems that it is not difficult, gold, silver, copper and iron, may I ask your majesty what kind of material is used to create this thing? ”

What material, by the way, gold, silver and bronze to make stirrups to equip the army, that absolutely is crazy. "With iron, Qing will try to build a pair first."

"Obey the order, it shouldn't be difficult to build this thing." Although Li Yang is numb, he is still very confident in his own craftsmanship.

Soon after

Li Yang respectfully presented a team of iron stirrups, Liu Yong ignored the iron ashes, personally held them in his hands and carefully examined them, the pitch-black iron lumps lying quietly in Liu Yong's hands looked ordinary, only Liu Yong knew - because of it, the era of cavalry invincibility was coming!

Tremble! Scumbags!

"Chuntuo, go and lead a royal horse!" Liu Yong pinched the stirrup in his hand and smiled mysteriously.

Suddenly, Chuntuo personally went to bring a BMW and led the horse to the square outside the Jianwei Palace.

With a smile, Liu Yong went to hold the reins, and found that this horse was red all over, with a neat mane, four hooves of tenacity and strength, bright eyes, and clean speech.

"Your Majesty, this is a good horse smuggled from Liangzhou, and its name is Chiji." Chuntuo stroked Chiji, his face was not without pride, and he smiled tiredly.

"Chiji, well, good name!"

Liu Yong patted the BMW, fastened the stirrups with belts, hung them on both sides of the saddle, and then lifted his robe, stepped on the stirrups on the horse quickly, and let out a strange cry in his mouth.

Riding on a horse and stepping on a stirrup, Liu Yong walked a few steps on the horse and felt very satisfied. In the end, he trotted his horse and pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven to make a chopping action. Chuntuo and Li Yang looked at the emperor who was moving fancy immediately, his body was steady, and there was no sign of crumbling.

Chuntuo and Li Yang looked at the Son of Heaven galloping on the horse, and their eyes were like copper bells, and they were stunned. Especially Chuntuo, he has seen the first emperor Liu Chan and the present Liu Yong learn to ride, the two Tianhuang nobles can barely sit firmly on the back of the horse, but they also need to tie the body with strips of cloth so as not to roll off the saddle, how can it be as easy as today.

Liu Yong rode two laps, was in a good mood, and ran back to the two of them, Liu Yong withdrew the sword of the Son of Heaven with a "bang", turned over and dismounted, took off the straight robe outside and threw it to Chuntuo, and said in a condensed voice: "Summon: Summon, summon the prime minister, Jiuqing, the general of the two thousand stones in Beijing, and the captain of the tiger cavalry battalion to enter the palace immediately, I have something important to tell you!" ”