Liu 13 said proudly: "Although my archery skills are not very good, but the riding skills are much higher than him, I think when I was still in the border army, when I was in the school field martial arts, I relied on riding and shooting, and shot the arrow target again and again, and was appreciated by the general, and appointed me as the flag officer for a ......."

"Thirteen!" Scar suddenly interrupted Liu Shisan with an angry shout, his face was pale at the moment, and his expression was a little panicked.

It was the first time Su Yi heard Liu Shisan talk about the past, and when he saw the appearance of the scar, he suddenly had doubts.

Liu 13 knew that he was speechless, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

Although Scar's expression was different, he still stepped forward to hold the stirrup made by Qin Yu, and said slowly: "I can also do it on horseback, but the art of riding and archery is too difficult, and it not only requires the knight to have extraordinary physical strength, but also needs to have tenacious perseverance." The Hu people outside the Saiwai are different, they have grown up on horseback since childhood, and to them riding horses is like walking on horseback, so they have to take advantage of riding and shooting. ”

Qian Leopard, who had been silent, also spoke: "No matter how skilled a person is, when shooting arrows on horseback, he will slow down the speed of the horse to ensure that he can accurately shoot the target, it is too difficult to shoot arrows in galloping, I am afraid that even the Hu cavalry can't do it." ”

Su Yi put away his smile and said lightly: "If I say that equipping this stirrup can allow you to speed up your horse when riding and shooting, and even turn around to shoot arrows at high speed, will you still feel that it is useless?" ”

"Brother Su, is this true?" Scar and the others were taken aback.

Qian Leopard also simply shouted: "Lord, what you said, even the Wuhuan Iron Cavalry may not be able to do it, even the fierce generals of the military, few people can do it, turn around and shoot arrows on galloping horses, even those fierce generals dare not do it easily." ”

"Without this stirrup, it might have been difficult to do this, but with it, it may not be impossible." Su Yi took the stirrup from Scar's hand, "This stirrup can fix you on the back of the horse, whether it is holding a bow and shooting arrows, or having your hands free, whether you are holding a weapon and fighting the enemy, there is no problem." ”

Scar and the others looked at each other, but Qin Yu, who had been silent, nodded and said, "King Su is right, this stirrup may really play a fixed role." ”

Su Yi laughed and said, "After Qin Yu has made a large number of stirrups and horseshoes, you will know their power." ”

So far, Taohuazhai has brought back many craftsmen, most of whom are from Qingyun Village.

Compared with those gold, silver, jewelry, weapons and armor, Su Yi attaches the most importance to these craftsmen, without them, there will always be a day when weapons and armor will be consumed, and arrows will run out one day, but with them, weapons can be maintained, and arrowsmiths can also make arrows.

Unlike He Kui's hunters, hunters can make bamboo arrows and wooden arrows, as well as traps, and these people shuttle through the jungle and are good spies, but unfortunately they are not as good as professional arrowmakers in making bows and arrows.

Arrowsmiths can make three-pronged arrows for fishing, they can also carve blood grooves into arrowheads, and they can even make ballistas in cooperation with carpenters.

Carpenters and stonemasons were also needed for the construction of cottages, whether it was to strengthen the city walls or add arrow towers.

There are a lot of war horses in Taohuazhai, Liu 13 is also training horse bandits, after having stirrups, the efficiency of training cavalry will be greatly improved, and with horseshoes, the loss of cottage war horses is also minimized, the most important thing about war horses is the horseshoe, once the horse's hooves are damaged, even if the horses are excellent, they can only be reduced to horses or vegetable horses.

In the horse farm, Yan Qi casually commanded a few apprentices to release horses for him, while he looked at the north with gloomy eyes.

Yan Qi didn't really train horses for Su Yi, and even when he trained the horseman, he was quite perfunctory, but Su Yi seemed to see his thoughts and put him under house arrest until now, and he wanted to go to the outside of the Saiwai to find a horse source for Su Yi several times, but the other party refused.

Just as Su Yi and others were busy with the construction of Taohuazhai, He Kui sent someone to send back a message that Chen Hu of Shangjun County had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and Youzhou not only sent him an additional 20,000 foot soldiers, but also gave him the right to recruit troops and expand cavalry.

In the battle of Qingyun Village, Chen Hu's subordinates suffered heavy losses, although they captured a large cottage and wiped out the bandit leader Shi Qingyun, but the troops of Shangjun County were also emptied, and if they were not careful, they would let the surrounding grass robbers take advantage of it.

At the same time, the Youzhou Assassin Shi also let go of the right to garrison the county under the advice of the strategist.

Shangjun County is the closest county seat located in the Zongheng Mountain Range, and the situation in the Zongheng Mountain Range is complicated, as if it has become a bandit place where bandits gather, and even the assassin Shi does not want to pay attention to this place.

However, he couldn't sit idly by and watch these grass robbers come out of the mountains and plunder, so the assassin decided to arrange Shangjun County as a barrier against the vertical and horizontal mountain ranges. Increasing the garrison of Shangjun County, on the one hand, can deter the grass robbers in it, and send troops to crisscross the mountains at any time, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent those family lords and chambers of commerce from smuggling contraband to the outside of the customs.

Chen Hu's lone army went deep into the vertical and horizontal mountains and laid down Qingyun Village, which also let Youzhou see his ability, but the world was difficult, and Youzhou's troops were seriously insufficient, so it was impossible to send more troops and horses to Shangjun County on a large scale, so it was decided to let Chen Hu recruit troops on his own at this time, and arbitrarily transfer the finances of Shangjun County to buy horses and equip cavalry.

Shangjun County is rich and powerful, but the government and ordinary people are poor and white, such an economically backward place, financially not as good as the eyes of Thorn Shi and others, in this case, why not use the county's finances to supplement the garrison of Shangjun?

Chen Hu inadvertently suppressed bandits, but he obtained this unexpected gain, and he was overjoyed, but also a little carried away. Thoughts, Xu Da is going to serve in the state and county in the near future, and naturally he has no intention of getting along with him.

In this way, Shangjun County has become Chen Hu's hall.

And Chen Hu's courage is also getting bigger and bigger, not only forcibly recruiting soldiers and horses, but also threatening the local heroes to lend food to officers and soldiers, and at the same time opening up channels outside the Sai and buying a large number of war horses to come back.

Su Yi looked at He Kui's information, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He casually threw the information on the desk and said to Zhang Hongsheng beside him: "Prepare, we are going to add a batch of war horses to Peach Blossom Village." ”

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