June is the last month of summer, and even if you are on a horse, you don't feel like you're riding a horse's hooves, not to mention you have to face a whole group of city leaders, and the slightest mistake can lead to hostility. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Chen Jian was still very ostentatious, two hundred riders stepped on the newly appeared stirrups, the stirrups were shiny by stones, and when they were about to reach Sucheng, several riders also rode horses to chase a panicked wolf, trying to shoot with the horned bows brought back from Dongyi, which frightened several Sucheng farmers who were by the river.

The envoy went to Aeshiro early to apologize for his late arrival, and to announce the death of the head of the clan.

However, when they were about to arrive at Sucheng, many leaders had already gone out of the city to greet them under the leadership of Su Yue, and Chen Jian hurriedly dismounted, and the opposite side also dismounted, but his eyes were staring at the stirrups of the rider behind Chen Jian's reflection of the sun.

"Xia is late, I was supposed to confess, how can I let the leaders greet me?"

"Ji Xia doesn't have to care, this is as it should be. Last year's expedition to Dongyi to save his relatives should have been sacrificed to his ancestors, and the leaders praised it unanimously. It's just that last year, the war was sudden, and many people couldn't come, so where can they not come to greet Ji Xia now? ”

Su Yue said very politely, and some of the leaders also praised a few words, but their eyes were full of envy for the riders behind him.

The riders of the Xia Kingdom only have a stirrup is a rare thing, and the leather armor on their bodies is made of leather, which looks like beggars in their previous lives, and some still have a row of wooden or bamboo armor hanging on their chests, which are connected with ropes.

Under the saddle hung a saddlebag, and next to it hung a spear with a head of junk cast iron inferior to bronze. Next to the saddle bag is a leather scabbard, a very short bronze sword, and there are no divine weapons such as the head sword Tang Zhijian. Only a few had a curved bow, but that was as a special reward rather than a standard piece of equipment. The short javelin, once a rider in Summer City, has completely disappeared from the horseback.

But in the eyes of those leaders, it was a very luxurious set of equipment. Not to mention those bronze swords and stirrups that have never been seen, it is the neat black clothes, and it is difficult for many small towns to make up two hundred sets in a short time. And they are familiar with the military system of Xia Cheng, and they know that these black-clothed soldiers are soldiers who do not need to work and are specially trained...... This is already a sky-high price for them.

It's just that they don't know that some of these horses and people are actually being raised by other cities, but they are stealing rather than robbing them openly.

Su Yue didn't have this feeling of envy, as one of the best cities, there were many slaves, and there was no problem in getting an army, what he cared about was the stirrups on horseback.

"Ji Xia, why haven't you seen you for months, you have this extra thing on your horseback? What is it? ”

"Stirrups. Riding on it, with both feet on it, makes it easier to exert strength. As you all know, before riding a horse, there is always a feeling of rootlessness under your feet, and you will inevitably have a feeling of having no strength but not being able to use it when you wield it with your waist. But with stirrups it's different, and you can shoot arrows on horseback. ”

In fact, whether you can shoot an arrow on a horse or not has nothing to do with whether you have stirrups or not, it's just that the bow skin before Xia Cheng was too inferior and too long, so it couldn't be shot on a horse. With stirrups, they could at least stand up and disguise their foot shooting movements as horses, and also made those leaders think that riding and archery was the mainstream of future riders - with the reputation of chariots and horses gunpowder, many people were sure that Xiacheng's would be the mainstream of the future.

Jian Chen waved his hand back and shouted, "Ji Bai, demonstrate with the leaders." ”

Ji Bai's equestrian skills were good, and his archery skills were also good—but this was as far as the people of Xiacheng were concerned, and although a bird flew by, he did not dare to boast of such boasting as to shoot his left eye, but rode slowly close to a big tree not far away, and said with a shy eye: "Look at the big tree that I shoot twenty paces away." ”

Several of the chief's guards laughed secretly, and when the feathered arrows did not pierce the tree but drifted away from the distance after the horse had run, the secret laughter finally turned into a bright smile.

Someone thought: "I have always heard that the people of Xiacheng are not good at shooting, and there are not many who are good at shooting, and they rely on military formations, gunpowder, chariots, and riders to win, but now it seems that this is really the case." I have also heard of this person in archery, and he followed Ji Xia's expedition to Dongyi to make his first achievements, this archery skill is really ridiculous. ”

Some people thought: "The people of Xiacheng are not good at shooting, but they can defeat repeatedly, the strictness of this army, the edge of the chariot, and the disease of the riders are terrifying." When firing, I heard that the archers who were restrained by the military formation could also have casualties when they heard the drum and fired a volley, and the strength of Xia Cheng could be seen from this missed arrow. ”

There were also some leaders who were familiar with the battle formation, but their minds were different, and after seeing Ji Bai's cavalry, they thought: "In the past, the riders used to throw spears a lot, and they reached the end in twenty or thirty steps, so they could only harass the enemy formation. Now, if there are three or five hundred warriors who can ride horses and control the strings, the horses are fast, the bows and arrows are far away, and they run away after shooting close to the enemy's formation, and the enemy wants to chase but cannot catch up, three or five hundred men can shoot thousands of people like flying kites......"

They saw the spear on the horse, but they did not know how the spear was used, nor did they see the fear of charging into battle on horseback, so they naturally thought of the method of riding and shooting from that arrow.

Su Yue also thought so, but he knew that the archery level of the people in Xia Cheng had no archery skills, so he was not worried, and he didn't say anything.

A few of the leaders who had learned to ride a horseless were to try it, and when they felt the thrill of standing on their legs on their horses, they were very happy.

After galloping a few laps, Su Yue asked: "The ancestor really favored Ji Xia, and even instructed Ji Xia to make such a thing, which is enviable." ”

"Leader Suyue, the ancestors are guiding the entire Great River Tribes, how dare Xia use it? In the future, this thing will be the same as agricultural tools such as ploughshares and sickles, and if the relatives want to buy it, they can go to Yucheng to exchange it. ”

In fact, this thing has no technical content, and other cities do not have iron, but copper or wood is still available, which is also an idea, and there is no means to hinder the spread of technology.

Especially some cities that have always admired Chen Jian, they all feel that Chen Jian is indeed the same as in the legend, there is nothing to hide. They thought that if they had such a thing, they would definitely not be able to take it out, and they were a little embarrassed at this point, and when they looked at Chen Jian again, they felt that there was really a convincing aura on their bodies.

When everyone was still immersed in the shock brought by the stirrups, Jian Chen said again: "This time, I have prepared some gifts for all my relatives, and I don't want to come anywhere else." Stirrups, though novel, are no match for these gifts. ”

After selling a pass, coupled with the shock brought by the stirrups before, the necks of the leaders were stretched out, and their hearts were full of anticipation. They all know that there are many new things in Xia City, and if even Ji Xia feels that it is novel, something that must not be available elsewhere, it must be the treasure of the world.

Even if he was as calm as Su Yue or the like, his heart was pounding at this time, and his eyes were staring at a hemp rope bag handed over by a rider behind him, which made a clanging metal sound, and it looked extremely heavy.