Time flies, half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, Huo Quzhi can be described as crazy, he has never walked out of the chariot camp for a month, and he has not even seen the most basic Shuofang City, he is dedicated to preparing for war training, and then he is waiting for the emperor's holy decree.

During this period, Huo Qubing made an adjustment to the training of the cavalry battalion, all soldiers must have three combat skills, one is cavalry archery, which is the foundation of grassland and desert warfare, long-distance killing in open areas, the second is horsemanship, which is also a training subject specially designed for the endless desert and grassland, the purpose is to ensure the high mobility of the army, annihilate the enemy in motion, and the third is the spear group charge, which is also a heavyweight training subject.

Seeing that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion had begun to take shape according to the new training subjects, Huo Qubing was very pleased.

While changing the training subjects according to the characteristics of the Huns, the equipment was also improved.

According to Huo Qu's idea before his illness, the chariot battalion must go up and down against the enemy of the Xiongnu, and the training subjects are based on the characteristics of the Xiongnu and the characteristics of the grassland and desert; Equipment modification should also be improved around the "fast" standard; And the living habits of the soldiers must also be changed according to the habits of the Huns, and all of them only need to be made into one point: become the enemy in order to defeat the enemy.

Operational command is the focus of this refinement.

In the past, when the army went out to fight, including Wei Qing's battle and commanded the army, it was all on the big drums, several chariots pulled a few big drums, and then the drummers stood on the chariots and beat violently, especially when the 10,000 people were in a large array, they often had to use more than 30 big drums, because the sound of war drums would be covered by the sound of fighting on the battlefield, which was not conducive to command.

Of course, the number of drums and trumpets is also an important reason for restricting the end of the command, the Han Dynasty continued to use the war drum command sound from the Qin Dynasty handed down, there are the front attack, the right attack, the left side attack, the ring encirclement, the left side of the breakthrough, the right side of the breakthrough and other forty kinds of drum sounds, of course, this way of command also has drawbacks, that is, the target is too big, the maneuver is too difficult, the drum model is many, and the soldiers are difficult to remember.

In response to this situation, Huo Quzhi only retained four command numbers.

The problem of command was solved, and the problem of cavalry maneuver came again.

There are too many things on horseback, there is a folding shield, which can be loaded on the march, which can immediately form a defensive position in wartime, and then there is part of the armor, and the horse looks like it is running fast, but in fact it is not enduring.

"Fan Muzhu!" Huo Quzhi rode on the Baiyun Dragon Horse and shouted at Fan Muzhu, who was organizing and training cavalry.

Fan Muzhu came on a horse quickly: "Contemptible people see the military marquis!" ”

Huo Quzhi slowly walked to the horse, then looked at it and said, "What armor, what shield and other things on the horse's back are all lost, as long as people and weapons." After speaking, he looked at Fan Muzhu and said, "When you were fighting, you were asked to carry so many things, and you still had the heart to fight?" I guess this horse is also thinking in his heart, you better kill me, tired! I couldn't help but smile after saying that.

Huo Qu's words amused everyone.

Fan Muzhu hurriedly explained: "Junhou, this is not good. ”

"What's bad!" After speaking, he looked around at the soldiers and said, "Remember, only five things are allowed on horseback, and the rest are not allowed on horseback, so we still have to respect the horse, right?" ”

The generals laughed: "Hahaha! ”

Fan Muzhu arched his hand and asked, "Which five?" ”

Huo Quzhi said firmly: "People, needless to say, bows, crossbows, swords, and spears. ”

The original cavalry of the Han Dynasty can be said to endure humiliation and burden, in addition to the thick armor worn by the soldiers, even the war horse itself is wearing thick iron armor, not to mention the camel on the horse's back, it is even more varied, there are horses and camels are more than twice his own weight, in the fight, basically run for a while and can't run, or he is tired to death.